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TCM PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE #45 SPECIAL CHALLENGES: Challenge #1: ClassiCategories Your mission is to program 1 block of films based on one of the 2,000+ categories in the ClassiCategories thread. You may have 2 free premieres as part of this particular challenge that don't count toward the dozen premiere limit. Details below: Back in 2015, TopBilled created a fun game in the Games & Trivia section of the TCM Forums in which he proposes a category and we fill in movies or actors that fit. With a new challenge being posted every day since then, we have over 2,000 categories ready for programming. TopBilled works hard making sure every day is creative and unique. I want to honor TB's hard work by incorporating it into the challenge. It is a treasure trove for programming with categories based on movie genres, themes, actors, filmmakers, props, awards, filming locations, etc. The requirement is to have 1 block of at least 4 films anywhere in your schedule based on 1 of the daily categories in ClassiCategories. You may have trouble picking just one, so feel free to schedule many blocks of films based on many daily categories--you can fill the whole week with ClassiCategories if you want--but you only are only required to pick 1. You DO NOT have to commit to the exact responses mentioned in the thread that day. You may add to the ClassiCategories with other films that fit the category that weren't mentioned that day. Responses are only for 1 day and depend on the time, availability and memory of whoever chose to post that day, so there are lots more answers for each category. For example, on March 25, 2021, the category of the day was "Settling the West". Only 11 movies were mentioned that day, but I know there are many, many more movies on this topic. Dig deep and do research all you want. Note that you still have to follow the regular programming challenge rules. Although we mention TV shows on the thread sometimes, you are still only allowed to program movies and short films. TV content is only allowed if TCM has shown it before (as in the Screen Director's Playhouse or James Dean's TV appearances once shown) or if TCM created it (Osbourne interviews, etc). And, sorry, still no Disney animated feature films allowed! Feel free to incorporate your ClassiCategories selection into other required programming such as SOTM or a national holiday or other commemoration you wish to include in your schedule. The link to the ClassiCategories thread is: https://forums.tcm.com/topic/54245-classicategories/ Challenge #2: Animal Actors Animal Actors do all the work and never get enough credit! Celebrate our hard working animal actors by scheduling a block of films anywhere you want that honors them. These can be feature films, short films, or classic movie serials. You can honor 1 animal actor in many different movie roles, 1 animal character that got played over the years by many different animals, 1 type of animal in different movies, or animals that came from the same animal trainer or school. The animal doesn't have to be the main character of the movie as in Disney's TOGO, it just has to show up, like all the many horses in western movies. Pick any type of animal you want -- dogs, cats, fish, horses, birds, monkeys, lions, tigers, bears--oh my! Go ahead and have an animal as SOTM if you want. The catch is, of course, to make sure it's a real animal actor, not a cartoon, puppet, animatronic, or a guy in a gorilla suit. It's fine if they use a puppet/animation/suit for stunts as long as most of the time the animal character is played by a real animal, as we do for human actors. For example, the sled dogs in Disney's TOGO are mostly real dogs with some CGI for stunts. But King Kong is 100% stop motion puppet, so he's out. You are allowed 2 premieres in this challenge that don't count against the dozen for the rest of the schedule. Challenge #3: TCM Theme Park With summer vacation looming, we all want something fun and different. Let's say TCM is creating a theme park like Disneyland or Universal and wants your two cents on park attractions. The task is to schedule at least 4 movies in a block anywhere in your schedule that represent fictional movie locations you would love to visit in real life. Get creative and fill your theme park with anything you'd like to visit--restaurants, mascot characters, live shows, rides based on movies, or any type of attraction you like. As an example, many Disneyland attractions are based on non-Disney movies. Walt Disney used THE AFRICAN QUEEN as inspiration for the Jungle Cruise ride and recreated the saloon in CALAMITY JANE for a restaurant location with live entertainment (The Golden Horseshoe). Then later they made rides based on STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES. So Walt Disney's programming block would include those four movies. Michael Crichton's programming block would be a bunch of western movies that inspired Westworld. To use a TV example, I would schedule that "Bob Newhart Show" where they visit that ice cream parlor. I wish that place was real! If you hate "theme parks," you can also think in terms of a resort hotel with swimming, casinos, skiing, etc, as long as it's based on a movie. Show movies with restaurants you wish were real. The idea is to let us dream with you. Make us your ideal vacation destination based on a movie. As long as you can't visit it in real life, you can put it in the theme park. (Don't just do "the Alps"). You are allowed, you guessed it, 2 extra premieres just for this challenge. Premiere Limit: In addition to Challenge-based free premieres, you have 12 Premieres available to you in this challenge. Go forth and program!

Lady of the Night Alexander Hamilton Ambassador Bill Don’t Bet on Women Frankenstein As You Desire Me Attorney for the Defense A Bill of Divorcement The Tenderfoot Two Against the World You Said a Mouthful Emergency Call Island of Lost Souls The Mind Reader The Story of Temple Drake He Was Her Man Massacre Dr. Socrates

Island of Lost Souls (1934) The Curse of the Cat People (1944) Dillinger (1945) (The 1931 version of Frankenstein is still sometimes listed as being 70 minutes, but this is true only of pre-1986 prints that lack certain previously censored scenes--notably a crucial segment of the scene where the monster accidentally drowns Maria. Most restored versions run 71 or 72 minutes.)

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) The Wolf Man (1941) Bambi (1942)

Once again, I am disappointed that my July 1, Canada Day suggestion has fallen on deaf ears. Still no Canada Day TCM? What about featuring some of these people on July 1: Jack Warner, Mack Sennett, Norman Jewison, Marie Dressler, Walter Pidgeon, Mary Pickford, Fay Wray, Nell Shipman, Walter Huston, John Candy, Glenn Ford, Deanna Durbin, Colleen Dewhurst, Lorne Green, John Ireland, William Shatner, James Doohan, Martin Short, James Cameron, Michael J. Fox, Keanu Reeves, Norma Shearer, Christopher Plummer, John Colicos, Matheson Lang, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Nielsen, Gordon Pinsent, Laura Linney, Eugene Levy, Chief Dan George, Jay Silverheels, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, David Cronenberg, Denis Villeneuve, Denys Arcand, Francis Mankiewicz, Norman McLaren, Budge Crawley, Joanna Shimkus, Alexandra Stewart, Carole Laure, Hume Cronyn, Yvonne De Carlo, Maude Eburne, Arthur Hiller, Brendan Fraser, Brent Carver, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Genevieve Bujold, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Barry Pepper, Catherine O'Hara, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Andrea Martin, Craig Russell, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, Bruce Greenwood, Raymond Massey, Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Rody Piper, Kate Nelligan, Raymond Burr. and Louis B. Mayer (landed)

The opening scene crime is kind of a MacGuffin. It's just a way to get Vargas meddling into Quinlan's doings to get the story going and to illustrate Quinlan's corruption, and since the crime crossed borders (bomb planted in Mexico, but exploded in the US), it's sort of reasonable for Mexican police (Vargas) to be involved. There had to be some mechanism to get both sides involved in order for the flipped corruption angle to be explored (corruption in the US police instead of the usual trope of Mexican police corruption) My question is why would you honeymoon in a dump of a town like that (on either side of the border)? What's wrong with Acapulco (the tourist hotspot in Mexico at that time)?

If the July schedule is now available, as it appears to be, I think it should be discussed here in General Discussions. And not where it apparently is now, under Star of the Month, where it's apparently Elvis Presley. The schedule can be found here: https://www.moviecollectoroh.com/nightly/sched-new.htm

There were some threads for 2019 and it was mentioned in a couple of threads for 2020 but there's no separate thread for 2021, so I decided to make one. Here are the movies that are going to be shown: The Birdcage (25th Anniversary, 1996) - Sun, Jun 27, Mon, Jun 28, Wed, Jun 30 The African Queen (70th Anniversary, 1951) - Sun, Jul 18, Wed, Jul 21 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (50th Anniversary, 1971) - Sun, Aug 15, Wed, Aug 18 Citizen Kane (80th anniversary, 1941) - Sun, Sep 19, Wed, Sep 22 Silence of the Lambs (30th anniversary, 1991) - Sun, Oct 17, Wed, Oct 20 High Society (65th anniversary, 1956) - Wed, Nov 10, Sun, Nov 14 West Side Story (60th anniversary, 1961) - Sun, Nov 28, Wed, Dec 1 On Golden Pond (40th anniversary, 1981) - Sun, Dec 12, Wed, Dec 15

I couldn't agree with you with you more about the live disc part of this album. Full disclosure, I rarely like "live" albums, even when by my favourite artists (the one exception maybe being "The Who Live at Leeds".) But the Kinks in particular don't work for me as a live band. I have seen them live twice (ages ago...yes, I'm old -ish !) both times at Massey Hall in Toronto. Ray just hams it up too much, he's more interested in goofing around and trying to get the audience to sing along, not to mention mocking his brother Dave, than he is in seriously performing his music. ( Hey, if I'd wanted to sing " Dedicated Follower of Fashion" myself, I'd have stayed at home, saved the fifty bucks (or however much it was at the t ime), and played the record. ) But the first disc is pretty good. Most of the tracks are ok, as you mention. And again as you mention, the two stand-outs are "Sitting in My Hotel Room" - so meditative and lonely- and of course, "Celluloid Heroes". I have to assume that anyone who comes to this website (the Turner Classic Movies forum) has to love this song. We know all the "stars" Ray mentions ! The song is , as you put it so well, " a beautiful, poignant tribute to classic film stars". I'd put "Celluloid Heroes" up there in the top 20 Ray Davies compositions, which is really saying something, since I think this guy was a great song-writer.

Fast and Loose 1930 Taxi 1931 Virture 1932 Winner Take All 1932

Everybody's In Show Biz by The Kinks-Aug 1972 A double album, one studio tracks, the other a live disc. The studio one is very entertaining, the live one not so much, seems unnecessary to include it, really brings down the quality of the whole package. Disc 1 It starts with "Here Come Yet Another Day" a fast paced and funny song about a rock star's life on the road. "Maximum Consumption" continues the life of a performer, he is obsessed with food. "Unreal Reality" is just OK, about illusions. "Hot Potatoes" is another funny and catchy song about food. Ray slips into his working class bloke persona for this one, as his baby nags him about getting a job and if he doesn't all he will get for dinner is potatoes. "Sitting In My Hotel" is pretty good, more about life on the road and stuck in hotels. Side 2 opens with "Motorway" about a job which forces the narrator to ride down the motorway and eat a lot of bad food. Dave's only contribution is "You Don't Know My Name", not one of his best. "Supersonic Rocket Ship" is a fun song about wanting to fly away from earth. It has a good reggae beat and I like the guitar sound on it. "Look A Little On The Sunny Side" is another funny comical song with a Dixieland feel with the horns. Ray is having a good time goofing around on this one. The last and best song (and one of the group's best ever) is "Celluloid Heroes" a beautiful, poignant tribute to classic film stars. It's about the stars on Hollywood boulevard, some that you recognize (he mentions Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, George Sanders, Mickey Rooney and "dearest Marilyn") and some you hardly heard of. Disc 2 The live set does not have any of the classic Kinks hits. It is mostly just songs that were on Muswell Hillbillies, their most recent record. There a couple of snippets of Ray camping it up on old songs like "Mr Wonderful", "Banana Boat Song" and "Baby Face". The last track is 1:40 of Ray leading the audience in the chorus of their hit "Lola". So it is not really worth it, but Disc 1 is definitely worth listening to.

If Clayton Moore married Walter Pidgeon he'd be Clay Pidgeon If Penny Marshall married John Candy she'd be Penny Candy If French Stewart married Dwight Frye he'd be French Frye

MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR (1958) Next: Turhan Bey, Ann Dvorak and Virginia Mayo

Yes, I thought of that too! It reminded me that the actress Joan Perry had the misfortune not only of being married for many years to Harry Cohn, but also of having to change her name to...Joan Cohn: On the plus side, after he died she married Laurence Harvey. (At least I assume that was a plus for her, comparatively speaking, but who knows.)

If Kitty Carlisle married Conway Twitty, she would be Kitty Twitty. If Dolly Parton married Buddy Holly, she would be Dolly Holly. If 50's TV personality Buff Cobb married Howard Duff, she would be Buff Duff. If Crystal Gayle married baseball pitcher Mark Clear, she would be Crystal Clear. Or If Crystal Gayle married baseball pitcher Vida Blue and later convinced him to get a divorce, that would be a Crystal Blue Persuasion. (which is worse than Tara Bull.)

From May 22-25, 1921, the Poli ran Brewster’s Millions, starring Fatty Arbuckle as Monte Brewster. The film was released in January of 1921 at five to six reels, and is presumed lost. I could only find a few stills, but there are others at the IMDb webpage. Plot: The film opens with toddler Monte Brewster in a high chair, wearing a baby bonnet and playing with two lumps of sugar, learning to roll them as if they were dice. Monte’s two grandfathers argue as to how Monte should be raised. One is an aristocrat who believes Monte should not have to work; the other is a self-made man who believes Monte should work. Monte’s mother decides she will bring him up her own way. As a result, when Monte is twenty-one, he is a clerk in a steamship office. Now the two grandfathers step in. One decides to give Monte a million dollars while the other offers him five million provided at the end of the year he spends the one million given him by the other grandfather. The conditions are that Monte must go completely broke, will not marry for five years, and that he tells no one of the arrangement. Monte does his best to get rid of the money, but he ends up making even more. He hires three men to help him spend the money, but they end investing it safely. The men hire Peggy Gray to work in Monte’s office and manage his affairs so he won’t lose all his money. Peggy buys some mines in Peru for Monte. Monte hires a pleasure ship to go to Peru with his friends, but the trip is interrupted when they rescue a ship in distress and are forced to turn back when their own ship experiences disaster. At the end of the year, Monte is finally broke, and marries Peggy. But the ship Monte rescued brings him two million in salvage, and the Peruvian mines bring him a bigger fortune. The film was based upon a novel by George Barr McCutcheon, and an ensuing play by Winchell Smith. This was the second film version, following a 1914 release (which is also lost). Several films versions have followed. For this version, at least one reviewer stated that Brewster had to spend two million in order to inherit ten million. Motion Picture News wrote “give Arbuckle such pieces as “Brewster’s Millions” and there won’t be any question of his drawing power. The picture is slapstick in several places. But it is so rich in humor, so spontaneous in action, so snappy and bright and up-to-date that no one will mind it whether it follows the book or not. The patron will be too busy laughing.” Exhibitor’s Herald remarked “it is a sure fire generator of continuous laughter for it is crowded with comical situations and amusing perplexities on the star’s part.” Wid’s Daily raved that the film was “another one of the year’s best comedies; starts with a few laughs and ends up in roars.” The trade journal added this for exhibitors: “if you can’t clean up with a picture like this, there’s something wrong.”

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. Never was this truth more plain than in the recent attacks at Netherfield Park, in which an entire household was slaughtered by a horde of the living dead during a whist party." Darcy is a noted zombie killer with a strident manner and dour aspect. Elizabeth and her sisters are all Shaolin-trained to protect their family and estate. This movie is not in any manner as silly or camp or stupid as the title might lead a potential viewer to believe. It is a fairly respectable retelling of the Jane Austen borefest while breathing some life into that whiny fairy tale. The main difference is that it is set during a zombie infestation and so the characters' personal needs and desires are subordinate to their greater duty to family and society. The adaptation is intelligently and delicately done. I am sorry to say that I fear this means that the movie will sink out of sight and not properly valued by serious cinephiles nor enter the ranks of cult movies. The movie's greatest flaw is that it follows the original story more closely than it deserves and so drags interminably in several places. 7.5/10 It is available for viewing free with commercials on: IMDb.TV.

4th time was the charm for me. Sanchez plants the bomb because he thinks he's going to marry the daughter, Marcia Linnekar. She is in cahoots with her attorney though and he anticipates Quinlan eventually becoming involved in the investigation. Once that happens, Sanchez is the ready made patsy. It's just a subplot and has nothing to do with the Grandi crime family. You have the scheme to discredit Vargas right. But I don't think they actually use heroin. The hot-rod hellcats make her believe they used the real stuff but there's mention that it was sodium pentathol, as Vargas had suspected. There's several plots going on that intersect with Quinlan , the bombing, the Grandi arrest and who will be head of the crime family, Quinlan's history of planting evidence and Quinlan's relationship with his partner, candy bars, hooch and Tanya the fortune teller.

Two Seconds (1932) Five Minutes to Live (1961) Fourteen Hours (1951) 28 Days Later... (2002) 9-1/2 Weeks (1986) 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007) Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

Richard Widmark in NO WAY OUT (1950) Jack Palance in SECOND CHANCE (1953) Gene Tierney in LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1946)

BUNDLE OF JOY. Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. 1954 PLYMOUTH BELMONT CONVERTIBLE - Concept car.

I don't mind the 'obvious ones' if they can bring in rarely seen films for these people. Like if they select Bette Davis, why not include her film debut for a change-- BAD SISTER (1931) is a very good Universal precode.

The Mummy Who Came in from the Cold (2007) Egypt is renowned for the numerous rituals and elaborate preparation of its mummies but it is simple fact that they can occur with little or no preparation anywhere that conditions desiccate the body before it begins to putrefy. This fascinating little documentary shows the discovery and further investigation of a mummy in Sakha. That is the region which most typifies the mental image which most Western people have of Siberia. It is barren. It is cold. It is hundreds of miles of nothing but miles and miles. Bodies buried there in ancient times became mummies in the grave because the permafrost inhibited both chemical and microbial action while it caused also the bodies to dry out in a process similar to freezer burn on an intense scale. They touch on discovery and research of a typical mummy. Then they find one which is very special. The clothes are silk and leather trimmed with mink and are elaborately beaded. The garment which served as a garter belt to hold up leggings and which would not be seen when she was dressed was made of silver and copper and was covered in beads. They had never before found signs of such wealth. Perplexing to the researchers is that her feet were bound by rope which encircled her body also. The ends of her sleeves had been sewn closed to prevent her using her hands after death. I am an easy mark for interesting regional history and for examples of how researchers solve mysteries. This documentary has both. It is slightly less than an hour long and so is not a great commitment for the curious. 8.8/10 It is available for viewing for free with commercials on: TubiTV.

I could probably list several right away, but maybe one at a time may be best for now. It seems like the list gets larger as the years move forward and I turn into a sentimental old cuss, but here's a start: Film: "Yankee Doodle Dandy" Scene: Walter Huston's death scene Why?: My own father's gone, and I miss him more as I age. Plus, Jimmy Cagney cries so convincingly.

TCM Programming Challenge #45 BACKSTORY: Path40a created the first TCM Programming Challenge in February, 2006 to give people a glimpse into the complexities of the programming process. The challenge has endured because it allows entrants to exercise their imagination, display their knowledge and introduce rare classics. TCM Programming Challenges are neither sponsored nor endorsed by TCM but tcmprogrammr has stated that programmers happily steal ideas from these schedules. Many entrants have had the joy of seeing their themes and movie selections air on TCM. The Challenge is to create a week’s schedule following TCM’s standard format. CHALLENGE DURATION: This challenge starts at RIGHT NOW!!! and ends 11:59 PM (PDT) Monday, June 28, 2021. Voting will be the right after that in a separate thread. CHALLENGE ENTRANTS: Anyone can enter and anyone can vote! Voting will be in a separate thread after the challenge ends. You can vote by posting here or messaging me. The winner has the honor of hosting the next challenge. CHALLENGE PARAMETERS: 1. Create a week's schedule which begins directly at 6 AM (EST) Sunday and ends around 6 AM (EST) the following Sunday. The week selected must be between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. 2. Each day’s programming should begin at 6 AM (EST.) But since TCM itself never holds to that, don't worry about running the previous night's theme over the line. 3. Primetime/Evening absolutely MUST begin at 8 PM (EST.) 4. Feature films must start on the hour, quarter-hour, half-hour or three-quarters hour. Short films or other material can be used to “fill-in” between movies so that there is never more than 14 minutes of unscheduled time between features. You do not have to schedule all those little 1 or 2 minute fillers in between each film, just the main programming. (Just look at previous people's schedules to get an idea.) CHALLENGE INGREDIENTS: Your schedule must include: 1. Star of the Month -- At least 4 movies on one evening to showcase an actor who has made enough movies to fill evenings throughout the month (sorry, James Dean!) 2. Silent Sunday Night -- A silent film which begins around 12 AM (EST) Sunday night/Monday morning. 3. TCM Imports -- A foreign film that begins around 2 AM (EST) Monday morning. 4. TCM Spotlight -- A group of films which showcase a theme which appears in prime time one night a week for a month. 5. The Essentials --- An classic film necessary for everyone's film education that begins at 8 PM (EST) Saturday night. 6. TCM Underground -- A “cult” film which begins around 2 AM (EST) Friday night. 7. Noir Alley -- A film noir which airs on Saturday night around midnight (don't worry about the Sunday encore) 8. Mandatory Challenges as outlined for TCM Programming Challenge, #45. CHALLENGE EXTRAS: Silent Sunday Night, TCM Imports and TCM Underground are exempt from the limit of premieres stated in the requirements for this challenge. You may include a Guest Programmer but you are not required to do so. You may schedule August & March like regular months and ignore Summer Under the Stars and 31 Days of Oscar. Programming related to birthdays, anniversaries of historical or cinematic importance, genres, places or anything else that can reasonably be thematically grouped together is encouraged. Thought provoking, humorous and/or outrageous themes are especially welcome. Be creative! Programming notes to explain your themes or to provide additional information on your selected movies are not required but are greatly encouraged. These notes should be on a separate post following the posting of your schedule. CHALLENGE FORMAT: Follow the standard TCM scheduling format for each film: Time, Title, Year, Actor(s) Director(s) Studio, Running Time and justification. For example: 6:15 PM What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) George Peppard & Mary Tyler Moore, dir George Seaton UI 1h34min PREMIERE (Running times and studio information may be found in the TCM database or at IMDB.com) Justifications: P/S for movies or programs which have been previously shown. “EXEMPT” for Silent Sunday Night, TCM Imports or TCM Underground films. PD or “PUBLIC DOMAIN” for films in the public domain. “PREMIERE” for movies which count toward the Challenge allowance on premieres. Studio abbreviations which may be used: · UI = Universal International Pictures · WB = Warner Brothers · MGM = Metro Goldwyn Mayer · RKO = RKO Radio Pictures · PAR = Paramount · COL = Columbia · FOX = 20th Century Fox · RANK = J Arthur Rank · UA = United Artists CHALLENGE LINKS: The original Turner library consisted of: Warner Brothers (pre-1948 only,) MGM (pre-1986 only) and RKO (all years.) Disney animated feature films are never allowed because Disney will not license them to TCM. Disney live action films are allowed, either as previously shown films or as premieres. Animated movies created by other studios whose rights were later acquired Disney are allowed as previously shown films or as premieres. Disney shorts or cartoons which have been previously shown on TCM are allowed. All other theatrical films are allowed as premieres. Movies in the original Turner library are: Warner Brothers (pre-1948 only): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warner_Bros._films MGM (pre-1986 only): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer_films RKO (all): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RKO_Pictures_films Columbia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Columbia_Pictures_films United Artists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Artists_films Samuel Goldwyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn_Productions 20th Century Fox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_20th_Century_Fox_films Paramount: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Paramount_Pictures_films Universal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Universal_Pictures_films British Gaumont/Gainsborough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gainsborough_Pictures_films J. Arthur Rank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rank_Organisation Movies in the public domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States A link of previous Stars Of The Month can be found here: https://forums.tcm.com/forum/130-star-of-the-month/ Previous Challenges can be reviewed here: https://forums.tcm.com/forum/138-tcm-program-challenges-archive/ CHALLENGE BOTTOM LINE: If a movie has been on TCM before, it's fair game. If not, it's a "premiere". How to tell if a movie has aired previously on TCM: Many thanks to Moviecollector for this “unofficial report” of what has aired on TCM since 2001. It can be a great resource as you are creating your schedule. http://www.moviecollectoroh.com/reports/TCM_SCHEDULES_SUMMARY_alpha.htm CHALLENGE SPECIAL THANKS: This is the conclusion of Volume 45 of TCM Challenge Rules that have been copied, pasted, and edited over the years. Thanks to previous Challenge Moderators for molding these instructions. The specific challenges will be in a separate thread. Questions? Just ask. Thanks for playing!

Lonesome--I liked that you included ClassiCategories in the latest Programming Challenge. Good idea!

as far as I'm concerned the 2005 KEIRA KNIGHTLY, aggressively au natural version of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE- which was filmed at someone's misbegotten insistence that the actors NOT ONLY use NO MAKE-UP but also be filmed in lighting which I can only describe as SADISTIC is the original PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES.

It is very entertaining and I think only one had a chain saw.

Edison, Thomas A. - Spencer Tracy in Edison the Man

Aside from Village Green songs, there aren't many KINKS songs I love and that's one of them. Wonderful.

And the Angels Sing

It (1927) Children of Divorce (1927) Wings (1927) Next: Mary Astor and Ricardo Cortez (5 possibilities)

Fiesta (1947) Next: Spain

Ghost Town Renegades (1947)

You did it again, Peebs! I looking for Bob Newhart with Aniston in HORRIBLE BOSSES (2011) and with Darin in 1962's HELL IS FOR HEROES. 49 years apart.

There are certain things I will never take part in regardless if I'm the only one. I have found that, in time, the rest of the world eventually catches up, or at least enough to make a difference.

On Svengoolie tomorrow, May 22, 2021: I know nothing about this movie (aka King Kong Escapes):

ST. ELMO'S FIRE (1985)...WISDOM (1986)...BOBBY (2006) Next: William Haines & Joan Crawford

Maybe I'll tune in then. (LOL).

Hi, thanks for doing that. This is another data feed, it is used on their new website. This one appears to be "downstream" from the other - as in less detail. I make both available just in case. Sooner or later the other one should be ready and I'll let you know, so you can change the OP link.

Pal Joey - "That's what I like...champagne that fights back" said by Frank Sinatra as him and Rita Hayworth have a glass of champagne. Next: bourbon

oh wait, here we go. for the record, it's not bad, but it's not BEST ACTRESS AT THE OSCARS, and UNTIE THAT **** KNOT!

A TIGER WALKS

Harrison Ford (the silent movie star) Next: born in England

Tyrone Power was a huge star and made many many movies yet I see very few nowadays. I would love to see him as a feature player due Summer Under the Stars

The Master of Ballantrae (1953) Paradise for Three (1938) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) A Bucket of Blood (1959) 36 Hours (1965)