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Sullivan's Travels (1941) Midnight Run (1988) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) It Happened One Night (1934)

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Transamerica (2005) The Straight Story (1999) The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

For classic, read 'studio era.' That encompasses both the good (few) and the (many) not good. Whooee! What makes you think studio era movies weren't pushing an agenda? The production code was one big huge agenda package.

Vaudeville stories like GYPSY and YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

The Endless Summer My Life in Ruins Summer Holiday

Now, Voyager 1942 Three Coins in the Fountain 1954 Come Fly With Me 1963 Ship of Fools 1965 Easy Rider 1969

Well then look at it THIS way then, Cid ol' boy! Because Vietnam War movies were made YEARS after the demise of the studio era, IF they showed more of those, you'd probably get a lot more people, aka "One Post Wonders", comin' on here and complainin' these movies were WAY too recent to be called "classics" and thus shouldn't be shown on TCM at all! LOL (...btw, I hope you know I'm only half kiddin' here, don't ya)

39 Steps (1935) Next: Margaret Leighton Michael Wilding Ingrid Bergman

I'll have to come up with another venn diagram and see where this takes me. Classic movies, classic movies that are great, classic movies that aren't great, non-classic movies that are great, non-classic movies that aren't great, classic movies that are great that aren't "woke" (and therefore must be wrapped up in viewer warnings), non-classic movies that aren't great yet have a "woke" moment (and are therefore now a hidden gem), etc. Unintentionally ridiculous.

The Awful Truth (1937) My Favorite Wife (1940) Penny Serenade (1941) Next: Dan Duryea and Shelley Winters

I agree that TO HELL AND BACK would be a worthy addition to a Memorial Day marathon. It's a very compelling account of Audie Murphy's WWII experiences, with Murphy himself in the lead role. I read somewhere that the moviemakers toned down Murphy's real-life experiences recounted in his book of the same name because they were so thrilling as to seem unrealistic. (Keep in mind that his heroism was well documented to support his many military decorations. He received every combat decoration for valor available from the US Army, including the Congressional Medal of Honor.) Has TO HELL AND BACK really not been shown on TCM (or not often)? I can't find the link to that excellent database of movies that have been shown on TCM, so I can't check, but I have a vague memory of seeing the movie on TCM. (I first saw it on broadcast TV many years ago, probably around the time Murphy sadly died in a 1971 plane crash.) Audie Murphy in 1948, wearing his full-sized medals (as opposed the associated ribbons):

I like being able to see films that most people would not necessarily think are classics, but that aren’t available readily elsewhere. For example, In Search of Gregory and Every Little Crook and Nanny, just to randomly choose a couple. I’m pretty happy with TCM’s current direction.

Bob Dylan is 80 today. Here is an old favorite from I think 1975. He once said Blood On The Tracks was an entire album based on Chekhov stories. I love Bob, but I know you can't always take him at his word. I'm not even sure there was a motorcycle accident. But I do love this one.

Ed Next: Tandy, Biel and Rabbit

Mitchell Next: Asner, O'Neill, Wynn

LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL is not just boring but incredibly racist. Like, racism on a whole other level- QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST RACIST THING I HAVE SEEN/READ/HEARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, and I am from North Carolina, [ergo PRETTY USED TO IT by now. ] Racism that is- I don't know, I don't want to use the word "eloquent" because Racism doesn't deserve to be described as such, but it's as close to eloquent racism as anyone besides LENI REIFENSTAHL or DW GRIFFITH came up with in the 20th century. The only time the writing in LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL comes alive is when WOLFE waxes like ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING over his jaunts into N-WORDTOWN to basically rape some women for free newspapers [don't ask]. Even HP LOVECRAFT would be like "whoa dude- ease up!"

I've tried to get into the works of Thomas Wolfe (like Look Homeward, Angel) but have found his work to be a big bore. A few years ago, I saw an adaptation in London (transfer from Chichester) of Jane Austen's unfinished novel The Watsons. It wasn't that she died before finishing it; she just abandoned it, earlier in her career. The play was wonderful, funny and wise. Needing 42 actors it will never come to Broadway! https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/nov/08/the-watsons-review-minerva-chichester-jane-austen-laura-wade

re: JANE AUSTEN All you have to do is tell me that some author or novel is in YE PANTHEON OF THE GREATESTS and I fold my arms, stomp my foot and MAKE UP MY MIND TO HATE THEM/IT THEN AND THERE. I'm not saying it's right to have adopted this attitude at my stage in life, but I've come by it honest- from the day I drop-kicked a copy of A WRINKLE IN TIME across the room at age 11. Over the decades since- I have thrown many of the GREATEST NOVELS OF ALL TIME and many of THE GREATEST AUTHORS OF ALL TIME clear across various rooms- sometimes into the ash bin- but never at anyone and some titles I have thrown on multiple occasions [ie LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL] [also- never library books] that said, JANE AUSTEN is one of those who- insofar as I am concerned- EARNED THAT SPOT in YE PANTHEON- if for no other reason than she unfolds A LOT of story and a LOT of clearly drawn characters into just a little over 200 pages- Basically DICKENS if he wasn't prone to prattling on for four pages at the start of every chapter in order to set the mood and place. I don't like EMMA and even her fans admit there's not a lot of "there" there in MANSFIELD PARK, but PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and most especially PERSUASION- where she exudes GROWTH as a writer- are all three pretty superlatively crafted works, everything that a novel- and a story- is really supposed to be. She can plot, she can create characters, she can tell a story, she can set the scene and she WASTES NO TIME IN DOING SO- those are combined talents that even the BEST of AUTHORS are not completely well-rounded at.

Oh my God. Did you leave any survivors?

I agree. Not a bad movie but while watching I thought it dragged on. I'm a fan of Richard Conte, in fact as a kid because of Ocean 11, I had a crush on him. this isn't his best. His character believing Kubik up until the almost end is not quite believeable for me. The performances by all I thought were very good but somehow it just dragged on and I agree King, not very compelling., although I did think the scenes of Gino brutally beaten and killed and Johnny knowing he's about to be killed were very dark and noirish, that happy ending did gave some relief from those scenes but I dont know, just didn't work for me. I'd give it a 6.5 to a 7 out of 10.

I will admit that I was intelligent and insightful as a child and I am told that I was quite precocious but I doubt that I understood any of the man-woman things in Nabokov and they became large themes in his later work. Invitation to a Beheading and Glory were the staples at that time in my life. Mature people are generally better able to look beyond someone's persona and affiliations and judge the quality of their work on its own merits. This disassociation also means that some cherished idols are cast aside when it becomes apparent that their grand image propped up meager talent. People who love only the same things when they are fifty as they did when they were twenty became older but never truly grew up.

And sometimes maybe over-orchestrated. It didn't bother in this case though Dianne Foster was fun to watch very convincing.

UNDER CAPRICORN (1949) Next: Rudy Vallee, Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea

9. She appeared in one of the eponymous roles in the very enjoyable late 1960s sitcom The Mothers-in-Law. (Kaye ballard was her co-star.)

The Bond films KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO CHARADE ADDRESS UNKNOWN

If you are refering to rights negotiations probably not. In the past TCM has pulled premieres off their schedule a few days before they were supposed to be shown. The programmers might be trying to get the rights for other movies they don't own in their catalog (or TCM management approval to pay for the rights). If they aren't sucessful then they can show one of the "usual suspects" they own.

Secret Agent (1936) Next: Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll

Dern Next: Grant, Cameron, and Thomas

I had seen The Brothers Rico several years ago and thought it was The Movie Dull. A friend who's a big fan of Phil Karlson says most Karlson aficionados are not crazy about this one. I always like Richard Conte, but this isn't one of his better vehicles. Not bad, just not very compelling.

Out of the Fog (1941) Next: Frank Morgan, John Garfield, Hedy Lamarr

I'd seen The Brothers Rico before, in fact, I own it on a DVD set of Columbia noirs. ( Eddie's right, by the way, about Columbia noirs being much less shadowy than some other studios that made noirs. Sometimes they're downright sun-drenched. But that's ok, it doesn't take away from how well-done and how noirish they are in other ways.) Just a quick response to Thompson's complaint about the wife character: But, I don't know how many noirs you've seen, but the trope of the devoted wife is quite common. There are many noirs that depict such scenes, the male protagonist joking around with his wife in some pleasant and seemingly safe domestic setting, whether it's shaving, playing with their kid (sometimes there's a kid), eating the dinner (or often, breakfast) the devoted wife has prepared, or "getting frisky" with her....these kinds of scenes are not at all foreign to noir. They're there for a reason: to show A) that the male protagonist is basically a sympathetic character, one the audience can like and/or relate to and B ) that the protagonist has got something to lose. These playful domestic scenes are carefully orchestrated to demonstrate how happy our hero is with his wife /family/ home and how much he does not want to be dragged down into criminal activity again. I do realize that as Georges Simenon wrote it, Eddie Rico may not have been quite so devoted to home and family -- haven't read the book, so I don't know. But as Eddie pointed out, this is a movie adaptation of Simenon's novel, and as such, it actually, as I said, follows the pattern of many noirs in including such light romantic domestic scenes.

Tuesday May 25, 2021 Wealth on TCM the heiress

If it hasn't been remastered, it's not going to look much different than the ones on youtube or OK...

Porter, Jean

Lucy Liu was in Jerry Maguire (1996) with Tom Cruise, who was in The Color of Money (1986) with Paul Newman. Next: Jackie Earle Haley

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Capucine. I remember the name but not the actress. Next: EYES LEAVE TRACES )1952) OBSESSION (1954) EL CID (1961) NEVADA SMITH (1966) A TIME TO DIE (1982)

Back then the studios provided the nomination recommendations to the Academy. My guess is that Fox did not wish to bring attention to the film and especially the role Power played. The suits at Fox did not wish to cast him in the film in the first place fearing that playing such a character was not good for his career. The poor box office returns confirmed this in the minds of the suits at Fox.

Not a movie, but I remember that was Ted Baxter's favorite drink on THE MARY TYKER MOORE SHOW Next Champagne (repeating because it shows up so much)

Lindsay Lohan was in Georgia Rule (2007) with Dermot Mulroney, who was in Where the Money Is (2000) with Paul Newman. Next: Sean Nelson

Natalie Schafer was in Molly and Me with Queenie Leonard.

The Lady with the Tutti-Fruitti Hat (Carmen Miranda) Next: Sung by an operatic soprano

It just is whatever it is. Somewhat "downstream" for the masses, if you ask me, and I have my theories on this. If/when the other comes up, I will post it.

If I was Janet Leigh I would have insisted on a good grade heroin, not that sodium stuff. Too much salt in that.

Saturday, May 22 4:30 p.m. Point Blank (1967). With Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson.

DAY OF THE OUTLAW (1959)

Clerks (1994)