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An addendum to the discussion on the logo. Here is the guy/studio/talent who designed the original TCM brand art. Charles S. Anderson. Go straight to him, he has more where that came from. Much much more. https://www.csaimages.com/

Bump this old thread....I just went to the local historical museum and saw THIS: Obviously a student project, I thought it was so nice of the museum to display it since it has nothing to do with local history. I imagine that's her name written in Chinese under the English version. (the lights around her name blinked on/off) Glad there's at least one kid in town who knows & appreciates the fabulous Anna Mae Wong.

Thank you so much for this. It (and Charles S. Anderson) are treasures. I totally agree with his statement that while technology is great, it has taken away, too often, of the need to think creatively and to do things by hand.

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How about ANYBODY instead of Wendell Corey in The Furies? He's the charmless anchor in that noir western, as far as I'm concerned. Either Ford or Widmark would have easily been improvements upon him, I agree.

I will always remember the first time I saw a film projected in 70mm. It was 1959 and my dad took me to the old Ritz theater in Albany, NY to see BEN-HUR. I can still recall seeing that massive wall-to-wall gold curtain. Then as the house lights dimmed the overture started leaving just the lights on the curtain. Very slowly those lights faded so that as the music reach it's crescendo the auditorium was in total darkness. Then as the curtain opened we saw the MGM logo fill that giant screen and Leo The Lion roaring like I had never heard before. Between the huge picture and surround sound it was an electrifying experience for this kid. Over the years I saw many 70mm films, often as roadshows with all the extra trappings , but nothing will every replace "my first time".

Michael Constantine, the Emmy-winning actor from "Room 222" who also played the Windex-loving father from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," died on Aug. 31. He was 94. The actor’s family announced the news to the local outlet of his Reading, Penn. hometown, the Reading Eagle. In the announcement, the family stated that he died peacefully of natural causes surrounded by close family, including his sisters. He had been battling an undisclosed illness for several years, his brother-in-law, Michael Gordon, disclosed to the outlet. Constantine, whose birth name was Gus Efstration, was born May 22, 1927. He began his career on stage in New York in the 1950s before pivoting over to television, ultimately landing the role that put him on the map as principal Seymour Kaufman at the fictional Los Angeles Walt Whitman High On ABC’s "Room 222." The role earned Constantine an Emmy award for best supporting actor in a comedy in 1970 before the show concluded its five-season run in 1974. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Constantine’s most recent claim to popularity was as Gus Portokalos in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." Born to Greek immigrants himself, the role of an eccentric Greek family man was not a stretch for the accomplished character actor. The actor said in a 2016 interview that he was worried the script would be inauthentic to the actual Greek-American experience. ‘THE WIRE’ ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS FOUND DEAD IN NYC APARTMENT Michael Constantine's family announced that he has died at age 94. (Bobby Bank/WireImage) "I had to audition for the part," he recalled at the time. "Before that, I asked to read the script, because I was very leery. I didn’t know Nia then [she also penned the screenplay], and I was anxious about someone writing some Greek thing. Was it going to be baloney or was it going to be something by somebody who really knows Greeks? So I read the script and I said, ‘Yes, this person obviously knows Greeks.'" He also noted that fans took his character’s trait of thinking the household cleaner Windex could solve any problem. However, he revealed he was "sick of Windex" after fans sent him hundreds of bottles after the film’s premiere in 2002. He was also asked to sign many bottles as well. 'TIGER KING' ZOOKEEPER ERIK COWIE DEAD AT 53 Still, that didn’t stop him from reprising the role in the short-lived 2003 sitcom "My Big Fat Greek Life" or the 2016 film sequel "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2." On Wednesday, actress and co-writer of the franchise, Nia Vardalos, paid tribute to Constantine on Twitter. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "Michael Constantine, the dad to our cast-family, a gift to the written word, and always a friend," she wrote. "Acting with him came with a rush of love and fun. I will treasure this man who brought Gus to life. He gave us so much laughter and deserves a rest now. We love you Michael." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP THR also notes that, in addition to his two most popular roles, Constantine studied acting with Hoard Da Silva and spent nearly two years in the "Inherit the Wind" company. After a few more roles on stage, he made his big-screen debut alongside Mickey Rooney in "The Last Mile" and went on to appear in, "The Defenders," "Naked City," "Dr. Kildare," "The Untouchables," "The Twilight Zone," "Perry Mason," "Ironside" and "The Flying Nun."

Sepiatone: I'm in New Hampshire and my channel guide for TCM is all messed up today. Things have been a little wonky for the last couple of days. But I started to think something was really fishy when "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" runs from 4:00 pm to after 10:00 tonight! Thought it might be the 2nd Unit Director's cut that we've been promised for so long. Brian

Ray Dennis Stickler!!! Aka Cash Flagg!!! One of my sleaz cheese movie maker icons! 🤓 How bad could it be? Knowing my man Ray/Cash it's probably beyond the scale of normal stink. His regular "straight" movies were testaments to Bad film. Throw in nudity and possible ****!? We're talking cross country milk truck with the refrigeration unit shut off levels of possible stink! Underground needs to suck it up and air this one immediately!

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Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937) Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) A World War One veteran seeks danger and excitement and beautiful women to lift him out of the boredom of being just another English gentleman of independent means. I recently discovered that: TubiTV has these and several more Bulldog Drummond movies. It is interesting to see the differences which Ray Milland, John Lodge and John Howard bring to the role. R. Milland is the most polished but his humor seems a bit forced. I had the impression that J. Lodge did not find the role comfortable. That his movie was the worst-written did not help. I found J. Howard to be the most believable as a man who would go through life as an undemanding bum if he were not wealthy and this seems to me to fit the concept of the character. 6.4/10 5.2/10 6.1/10 I am sorry to say that there is one Bulldog Drummond movie which I have never watched. 13 Lead Soldiers (1948) starring Tom Conway does not seem to be available anywhere.

Knock on Any Door (1949) I've been on a Bogart kick lately. I was such a nerd while watching this movie too. I just happened to be wearing my new Bogart shirt while I watched Bogart. Anyway, this was a movie that was streaming on The Criterion Channel as part of a series they have on courtroom dramas. In this film, Bogart plays Andrew Morton, a fairly prominent lawyer who is offered a partnership at his firm at the beginning of the film. However, part of the terms of the partnership is Andrew turning down Nick "Pretty Boy" Romano (John Derek), a troubled young man who has been accused of murdering a police officer. Andrew ends up turning down the partnership because he feels guilty about Nick's circumstances. It seems that a few years prior, Nick's father was falsely imprisoned due to Andrew's partner's mishandling of the case. The Romano family entrusted Andrew with the case, but he didn't have time and passed the case off. Mr. Romano is convicted and is imprisoned for four months before dying. Due to the family patriarch's death, the Romano family is forced to move to the slums to survive. Nick, who up until now was presented as a fairly nice kid, devolves into a juvenile delinquent. He begins by dabbling in petty crime; but it soon escalates into more serious, more dangerous heists. Andrew also feels somewhat of a kinship with Nick as he himself grew up in the slums and was also a juvenile delinquent until he pulled it together and became a successful lawyer. Much of the film involves Andrew in the courtroom, in flashback, telling Nick's story (to gain sympathy from the jury) and what circumstances led to him being the defendant in this trial. Much of this film's message involves the idea of being permanently labeled a delinquent, because of society's need to provide harsh punishment and condemnation versus providing opportunities for rehabilitation and offering second chances to be a valuable member of society. Andrew also argues that Nick being forced to live in the slums due to his family's lack of income is what made him a criminal. I felt that this was somewhat prescient today, in that society tends to condemn and generalize people who live in poverty, saying that most of the time, it's the impoverished person's fault that they are poor. It's never that they had the misfortune of being born into an impoverished family who is unable to break free of the cycle. I just read an article the other day about a school district in Wisconsin that actually voted against providing free school lunches to children because they didn't want these kids to "be spoiled." Seriously? We're forcing children to go without food due to their parents' inability to afford school lunches, because we don't want them to get spoiled by being able to eat a meal? This is such a messed up society. But I digress. In Knock on Any Door, Andrew who grew up in the slums, was obviously was able to pull it together and be a productive member of society in spite of society's stance on poverty. It could be argued that it is up to the individual's desire to change as much as society's willingness to provide the chance to change. Nick does run into the issue of being treated like a criminal even if he's not doing anything illegal (at that moment). At the beginning of the film, as he's arrested under the suspicion of murdering the police officer, Nick proclaims his innocence. However, because of his history and connection to the slums, he is ignored--after all, his life's motto is, "live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse." I thought this was an interesting courtroom film. Bogart's impassioned plea to the jury at the end was performed very well by Bogart. I thought that George Macready who played the District Attorney was excellent. While his character is not a villain, he is very adept at playing those sophisticated, high brow, haughty types who seem to command fear just as well as respect. He really put the screws to Nick to get the truth about the evening out of him and it was very fun to watch. John Derek was fine. He was an attractive man, so he definitely fit the "Pretty Boy" label, but I wished that he had a bit more of an edge to him as I didn't completely believe him as the cynical, hot-tempered delinquent. The weak spot in the film I thought was the Emma character who marries Nick. I could not understand for the life of me why this young, soft spoken girl was interested in this thug--aside from the fact that he was attractive. It might have been the classic story of someone wanting to "save" a troubled person. But I couldn't believe that she wanted to stay with him as the movie wore on. I just thought she was too much of a namby pamby and she didn't hold my interest. Overall, this Nicholas Ray-directed film had a grittiness I like in a noir and featured strong performances from Bogart and Macready. I don't think this is Ray or Bogart's best film by any means, but it was interesting and I would watch it again.

Thanks for reviving this thread. It's a pleasure to post in a thread created by Prince Saliano! I saw Daughter of Shanghai for the first time recently. Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn are the leads. It's refreshing to have two Asian protagonists who are portrayed so well. Spoilers: The most evil of all the villains in the film is a Caucasian women, well played by Cecil Cunningham. A scene near the beginning is terrifying and tragically timely: the trap door in the plane.

John Glen directed five Bond films: For Your Eyes Only (1981) Octopussy (1983) A View to a Kill (1985) The Living Daylights (1987) License to Kill (1989) and he was second unit director on three Bond films: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Moonraker (1979)

Well, with Marceau, at least no one would have complained about his Irish accent.

Well ya know Tom, I've always said that if only he were Irish instead of French, Marcel Marceau would've been perfectly cast in John Ford's The Quiet Man. (...okay okay, so I've never said this until now...but now I'll bet you wish I hadn't, huh)

Glad you mentioned Ameche here, speedy. You see, for years and years I never thought he was very interesting in any of the films I had seen him in, but this all changed after I first caught him in THIS film and in the 1939 rom-com Midnight. Kind of became of fan of his afterwards, in fact. (...although btw, I STILL say that it was NOT supposed to be him in that "Hollywood Steps Out" cartoon...nope, STILL say that that was supposed to George Brent!!!) LOL

Thanks NoShear! Years ago, my husband was a new teacher at school that required a week of community service before classes started. Each teacher was assigned a gaggle of teens and had to find a place to volunteer. We were new in town and tried calling all the usual places but they weren't interested or had enough volunteers. I ran across an article in the local paper about an old theater that a small group was trying to refurbish. I called them and they were in desperate need of volunteers and were delighted to have the students. The students cleaned out old dressing rooms and under the stage, saving any old ticket stubs or programs. They washed windows, swept floors, pulled up old carpeting, that sort of thing. The students also learned some history of the building and who played there. Houdini got the biggest response. A month or two later the theater owners invited us and the kids who volunteered to a showing of "Some Like It Hot." The kids got to sit in the balcony, munch on popcorn and take pride in their part of getting the theater back into operation. I think Marilyn Monroe on the big screen was a memorable experience for many of the teen boys.

I was around 8 when One Million Years BC came out. Like a lot of young boys I was really interested in dinosaurs so I told my dad this was a must see film. I also asked that he get me a film poster. He just blew me off and I never got a poster. It wasn't until years later that I understood mom was the one that vetoed the idea. Dinosaurs weren't the reason my dad and older brother wanted to see this film!

The film, of course, didn't star Flynn. It starred Tyrone Power, a swashbuckling competitor of Flynn's in what many consider to be that actor's greatest performance. This thread is mere speculation and nothing more as to whether Flynn would have been effective casting as charming, ambitious, cold blooded Stan Carlisle, a con artist ready to take advantage of all the suckers that were ready to be taken. I strongly suspect he would have been excellent casting because the role of Carlisle would have been close to the actor's own often larcenous heart. Don't forget that, prior to Hollywood, he had lived the life of a roustabout living by the skin of his teeth in Australia and New Guinea. He didn't make much money in honest jobs and was usually either fired or quit. But, as Flynn learned and came to sincerely believe, there was nothing as great as making a dishonest buck. And he often became, as a survivalist with few funds, a scammer, using his charm and quick wits (and,when backed into a corner, fists) to make a buck as he worked and travelled in the south seas and then slowly made his way half way around the world by various ships, with numerous stops and stays along the way, to England. On one occasion, for example, he decided to make money from c ock fighting in, I believe, the Philippines. He and a buddy would buy a fighting rooster for a handful of dollars then secretively dip the rooster's beak in snake venom just before putting it in the ring with a competitor. The two birds would then peck each other's comb and after the birds had fought for a minute or two the other one would keel over dead from the poison. This went on for some time. Once in a while Flynn and his friend would let their bird lose just so it looked legitimate but they made a small fortune on the streets with their wagers on their birds. It backfired on them one day when, after their bird pecked the other bird's comb, the two birds then warily circled one another for a few minutes without a fight beginning when the other bird suddenly fell over dead. The scam was exposed and Flynn and his friend disappeared while the street wagerers were yelling amongst themselves and soon on the run for their lives catching a steamer just leaving port with an angry crowd behind them. The point is, scamming rubes, and feeling superior to them in the process, as Carlisle did, would have appealed immensely to Flynn's own often crooked heart. He would have been a casting natural for the role, I feel. Since his statutory rape trial Flynn's public image had changed (he had skilfully played an immoral scoundrel in Uncertain Glory in 1944 in a film that few saw). He would also play an ambitious louse in a western, Silver River, and give an effective performance. Flynn was tired of playing the hero and enjoyed the few opportunities he had to play characters with dark streaks (echoing the duality of his own personality, I'm supposing). So anyone having any casting suggestions of their own that they think might have worked in famous films?

You've found the right topic for your post. What you stumbled across is the FX Movie Channel (FXM). FXM Retro is a programming block on that channel during the morning and early afternoon hours. The movies shown in this block are commercial free, whereas the more recent movies aired later in the day on the channel have commercial interruptions.

British prime ministers? (Pitt, Churchill, Eden, Blair, Johnson)

The novel was great. I first read it in 1968 and found it fabulous. Read it twice more in the years that followed. The movie went very, very wrong and was terribly miscast in the lead role. The central character of the novel is a 1960's advertising executive named Eddie Anderson. Jason Robards Jr. was born to play this role - if you read the novel and picture him from his 1960's image and speaking style, you'll not be able to imagine anyone else in the role. He'd have been perfect in every way. Kazan had planned for Brando to play the part - and for a time it seemed that that might happen. But when Brando eventually (and wisely) withdrew, Kazan went with Kirk Douglas. This was as disastrous a choice as is imaginable and the resulting movie is definitive in proving so. A great novel could have been a wonderful film - if only Robards had been Eddie Anderson. What could have been. I'm still disappointed after all these years about this. But do read the novel - it is worthwhile. Naturally, the world is kind of different now than back in the mid 60's and the novel will no doubt be somewhat dated in its feel today, but I can't imagine it wouldn't still be highly entertaining. At the time, it almost felt life-changing.

Good point. I also felt Alexandra Moltke was a bit dull as the romantic lead, and she often wore very odd-fitting clothes. Miss Scott, on the other hand, looked really good in her miniskirts.

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Keefer, Florence -- Judy Holiday in The Marrying Kind

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When I was a little kid in Brooklyn in the late 1960's- early 70's my older bro and I and would occasionally make plans with our dad (who worked at 42nd St. and 6th Ave) to meet him at his work and then go to a flick (or two). Within 4 blocks of his job, there were at least 50 movie theaters. Sometimes we'd see dad's choice (e.g. THE GODFATHER, PAPILLON, VANISHING POINT) and that was usually fine. Sometimes older films (GUNS OF NAVARONE, THE HAUNTING I remember well). My bro and I loved horror movies so for us the highlights of those days were THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, WILLARD, HANDS OF THE RIPPER, etc. The double feature of HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN/SCARS OF DRACULA was a great day. One film that particularly stands out in memory was TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972). In the theater entrance was a kiosk with a TV showing a loop of the preview. That was extremely high tech at the time, first time we ever saw that. There were machines spewing greasy "fog" all over. There was also wall decor that resembled razor blades. The movie did not disappoint, it was one of our favorites!

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No comparison whatsoever. Glad to post these videos, one of my friends emailed me the links last night after a get-together. Naturally I was the last one to find out this connection, as I am in a different industry.

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"I love people that gave a s**t." Yes indeed, sir.

Emil Jannings next : the perfect fairy queen

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Lionel Atwill next: rabbits or a rabbit

Three Coins In A Fountain - Frank Sinatra sang the title song another great Julie Styne and Sammy Cahn song

About six years ago, Steven Soderbergh did a re-cut of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) which runs 110 minutes. 😳

I agree that Jose Ferrer was pretty hammy in that part, though I enjoy seeing people (who deserve it) get what's coming to them, so I liked that scene. Interesting what you said about MacMurray. While I noticed that he seemed pretty indifferent to everything that was going on on The Caine, I didn't really pick-up on him doing anything overt. When Jose Ferrer gave him his verbal lashing re: putting the idea about Queeg's paranoia into everyone's minds so that it would grow, I didn't immediately think that he was doing anything under-handed. Maybe I'm just not up on my military politics, or I need to re-watch the film again. May Wynn was not anything to write home about. The ONLY thing notable about her was the song she was singing at the beginning of the film. It was the same song that Tom Neal's girlfriend is singing at the beginning of Detour. Other than that, she was so dull and Robert Francis was so dull and his mother was so dull, that they were the dullest couple with mommy issues ever!

I hated Under the Yum Yum Tree when I saw it. I love Jack Lemmon, but his character was so off-putting. I really liked the two films you didn't mention--Good Neighbor Sam and Operation Mad Ball. 'Sam' is fun. I also liked Operation Mad Ball because it featured Ernie Kovacs and a very early James Darren appearance. While 'Operation' is pre-Some Like it Hot and The Apartment, Lemmon went through this weird period in the early-mid 60s where he appeared in all these comedies playing offbeat characters. Despite this period, I am still a big fan of Lemmon's. He is excellent in comedies like 'Hot,' The Odd Couple, and my personal favorite, Grumpy Old Men. But he's also fantastic in heavy dramas like Days of Wine and Roses (one of the most depressing films I've ever seen) and The China Syndrome.

Two of the 5 (!) films that Barbara Stanwyck made in 1947 were Cry Wolf and The Two Mrs. Carrolls. Her co-stars were Errol Flynn and Humphrey Bogart, respectively. In Cry Wolf, Flynn plays the uncle of Barbara's deceased husband. In the film, Flynn may or may not be menacing. I've always thought that Flynn was too young to be playing Barbara's uncle-in-law. Maybe he was her husband's father's kid brother or something. In The Two Mrs. Carrolls, Barbara plays a woman who gets involved with Bogart, a tortured painter...who is also married and has a daughter. It seems that Bogart's wife is an invalid. He completes a painting depicting his wife as an "angel of death." She then dies and Bogart marries Stanwyck. As the marriage progresses, Stanwyck becomes concerned that Bogart is having an affair with the younger Alexis Smith and then she mysteriously falls ill. She follows a pattern of being sick, recovering, then getting sick again. However, her illnesses are written off by the doctor as "nerves." Eventually, Stanwyck begins to suspect that Bogart is poisoning her, especially when she sees his latest painting--a portrait of her as "the angel of death." Anyway, while I think both films are okay and I own both (mostly because I love noir, Stanwyck, Flynn, and Bogart) I can't help but feel like both films would be better had Flynn and Bogart switched roles. Age-wise, Bogart makes a lot more sense playing the uncle of Stanwyck's husband. I could buy that. I can also see Bogart being more outwardly menacing in that film. Flynn seems more believable as the tortured and psychotic painter. Since the story takes place in England, Flynn's accent would support the young daughter being the only character in the family with a British accent. Flynn's good looks would also support his being able to land one woman after another as well, thus making him seem more terrifying as well.

Would Have Loved to See Sir Richard Johnson as 007. (No Knock Against Any of the Other Bonds either) While on that same train of thought; "Bond Villian" would be RIGHT Up In Vincent Price's Wheelhouse.

I believe that you are forgetting your film history. The play: I'll Take Paris by Springtime toured London, Moscow and Buenos Aires from 1936 to 1940 but was not filmed until 1941. It was in any event a fantasy and not a comedy. Or are you confusing it with: Springtime for Hitler? I do not recall a horse doing an impression of Goering. I doubt that any horse would lower himself to imitate a jackass. The Führer's New Groove did feature a talking llama but that was not released until 2000.

I managed to watch most of it. Did Kirk or the film win any Razzies that year??? Did they exist back then? I remember the film bombing badly (at the B.O. and with critics) Kirk is really over the top (even for him). But the script and direction are terrible too. The scenes between him and Richard Boone are so awful. Non-stop shouting. UGH.

When I read about the overall story line for 3:10 to Yuma I asked myself why Glenn Ford was cast in the film, but after I saw it I felt Ford did a very good job (since the outlaw was understated as written). Mitchum and his type of screen persona would have worked perfectly. Widmark: by this stage of his career he had toned-it-down so I can see that working but still not as well as Mitchum. But one thing I have always pondered was if the roles of Ford and Van Heflin were reserved. My gut tells me that would have been better casting. Van Heflin, comes off as more shifty and devious than Ford.

Here's a tune that -- I wouldn't at all be surprised -- probably is or will be on "The Cancel Culture's" Hit List: