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The character of Quentin proved to be so popular, the show survived Vicki's exit. I've heard that Alexandra Moltke wanted to return as a different character, someone much darker than the virturous Vicki, but Dan Curtis refused, insisting the audience would never accept her as anything but the sweet, innocent Miss Winters. Despite the fact that Joel Crothers went from nice, decent guy Joe Haskell in the present to the scumbag scoundrel Nathan Forbes in 1795 and viewers had no problem adapting to that.

"Man-child learns to be adult." (...yep, you guessed it...this one is every Adam Sandler movie ever made)

Jack Palance next: nosy neighbor

After leaving MGM, my favorite Jane Powell movie was 1957's The Girl Most Likely produced at RKO. Also starred Cliff Robertson, Keith Andes, Tommy Noonan, Kay Ballard and Una Merkel. Apparently it was the only film being produced at RKO before the original studio closed. Kay Ballard used to joke: "Our picture shut RKO down!"

How many times are we old timers going to need to address these types of comments? TCM is not dead… First of all I see that you have been a member of the Message Boards since May of 2012, and yet you have only posted on the boards a total of six times. Four of your posts appear in the last month. So obviously you have been around possibly lurking in the shadows reading but not commenting, that is until the changes were announced recently for TCM. Not everyone who is a member on the Message Boards likes to share their thoughts and this is okay. But I have to write this because I truly believe it. If anyone is going to come on the Message Boards and attempt to start a thread by indicating that what they are seeing themselves is some sort of demise of the channel based on a few select films from a different time period, chiefly more recent. And I have to assume you are making these claims which I am guessing is based on a very small sampling size, instead of looking at a much larger sampling size, let’s say over a one to three month time period. You are going to have to do better than this. I have said this before and it bears repeating here again. If you are going to make wild claims like you did at the beginning of this thread, then at least have the courage to go and perform some basic research to try and back up your claims. I understand that not everyone is interested in performing research, mainly because of the time element involved. But it can be done, and once completed, one can then use that information in making much more logical opinions. Instead of making wildly based comments that are more based on emotion that actual hard data. Long-time member MovieCollector OH has been very generous over the years by performing a great amount of research about the types of films shown on TCM and the film release years that those films that have been shown on TCM were. Several months ago I undertook a labourous experiment by trying to figure out what percentage of films that have been shown on TCM over the years were films from before 1970. I use that year simply because it is one year and one month removed from the MPAA’s decision to change their film content guidelines from the long and over-used Hays Production code from 1930. That code was based on moral guidelines and was used quite extensively between 1930 and the early 1960’s. It prevented film studios from tackling more sensitive topics, such as the depiction of drug use, nudity, abortion, inter-racial marriages, gay and lesbian topics and the like. In November of 1968, new MPAA President Jack Valenti replaced the Hays Code with a voluntary system of film ratings. The new film ratings would not only protect children from being exposed to potentially harmful images, but would also allow Hollywood to produce films without any restrictions. So based on this decision, I concluded that even though the Hays Code was abolished in November of 1968, I chose 1970 as the break from older Hollywood films from the newer generation of Hollywood films being produced. Even though films released in the United States since the early 1960’s had already begun to change, especially films like La Dolce Vita (1960), 8½ (1963), Breathless (1960), Blow-Up (1966), Belle De Jour (1967), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Graduate (1967), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967) and many others. But there were still many films being released that were simply much lighter in tone and made with general audiences in mind. It was not really until the dawn of the 1970’s that the film industry really started to change. IMHO. So based on all of this, I decided to look back at the films TCM had chosen to show on their channel and come up with some sort of an idea that would indicate just how many films were being shown on the channel that were made before the end of 1969 and then after the beginning of 1970. These then were the results I came up with: 79.5% of all films shown on TCM from the production years of 1915 until the end of 1959. 20.5% of all films shown on TCM from the production years of 1960 until the end of 2020. I also looked at using a different set of years. 91.3% of all films shown on TCM were from the production years of 1915 until the end of 1969. 8.7 % of all films shown on TCM were from the production years of 1970 until the end of 2020. So, as you can see the information clearly shows that more films have been shown on TCM over the years that were produced from before 1970 than those that were produced after the ending of 1969. Your belief that the ending of TCM as you know it is really just a fantasy. Also, just because you may have seen a few more recently made films that many might conclude are just glorified “B” pictures is way off the mark. Yes, TCM shows more recent films. But all in all they show many more older films that were made before 1970. And as others have pointed out, when Robert Osborne first came on TCM to introduce himself and TCM to the general public, even he said at the time that more recent films would be shown on the channel. That was in 1994.

No, Dave was a sweetheart. He became an attorney, he took care of Rick's kids financially and made very smart investments for them., He took care of Ozzie when Ozzie had colon cancer. Don't say anything bad about Dave or Ricky, or else! LOL ( teasing,you know you're my buddy dargo, but I loved those boys)June was on an episode of Million Dollar Listing LA, a few years ago. she wanted to sell her condo and buy a condo in the same buliding she was living in. Multi millions btw. she wanted the other condo because the terrace was larger and had grass so that she wouldn't have to walk her dog LOL.Besides, since when can't a good natured, kind, intelligent man have a beautiful wife. Lately there is more male chauvinist nonsense on these bds. and I think one of the newbies that showed up a few months ago is responsible and his posts aren't funny.

Silver Linings Playbook learning 'The Tapioca'--Thoroughly Modern Millie everyone's learning the latest craze...Twist Around the Clock teaching 'The Freddie'--Troop Beverly Hills Ed teaches Ralph a few steps in The Honeymooners

She wanted to play a vampire.

I triple checked IMDb to make sure I wasn’t seeing things after reading it. mind=blown

Swingtime (1936) (Fred Astaire pretends to need instruction from Ginger Rogers) ("Pick Yourself Up") Anchors Aweigh (1945) (Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse) ("Look at me--I'm dancin!") Easter Parade (1948) (Fred Astaire and Judy Garland) Latin Lovers (1953) (Ricardo Montalban and Lana Turner) The King and I (1956) (Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner) Tunes of Glory (1960) (Duncan Macrae and Richard Leech disagree on the performance of a Scottish dance:"surely, Pipe Major, that's a matter of individual style") Zorba the Greek (1964) (Anthony Quinn and Alan Bates) Shall We Dance? (1996/2004)(Koji Yakusho/Tamiyo Kusakari; Richard Gere/Jennifer Lopez) A Knight's Tale (2001) (Paul Bettany and Heath Ledger) Hitch (2005) (Will Smith and Kevin James)

I'm not surprised it stalked him because it's one of the most perfect pairings of actor and role ever. I love the movie and still laugh out loud at some of the corny jokes and wittily drawn characters, especially William Lanteau as Available Jones, who was Julie Newmar's "wrangler". I like Leslie Parrish very much, but it's a shame Edie Adams couldn't have passed as the teenaged Daisy Mae in front of a movie camera; you can get away with a lot more on stage. The movie eliminated the beautiful duet he had with Edie, "You Can Tell When There's Love in a Home", which was the loss of a very special moment. It was Peter's unflagging sincerity in what was essentially a stylized cartoon of a role which was the buoyancy which kept the whole thing afloat. I understand that Steve Reeves sometimes played the role in summer stock; he was actually a capable actor (don't know about his singing)and probably physically right, but I can't help wondering whether he could have captured the sweet stupidity (and yet instinctual good sense) of Abner. I was so excited when the local high school chose Li'l Abner, but wanted to melt into the floor as the local football hero failed miserably to bring the character to life; it's so much more than a body and Peter Palmer was so much more and then some. Many actors have gone their whole career without a defining role and I'm sure would have wished to have something like Abner as their legacy. And the voice! R.I.P. to a rare talent.

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) A great version of a Ray Bradbury novel. Mr Dark (Jonathan Pryce) is mysterious carnival owner who can grant wishes, but it comes at a price. Two young boys are suspicious of him., Jason Robards is the father of one of them and Pam Grier plays a witch.

stationary = not moving (adjective) stationery = writing paper (noun) (Sorry, I normally refrain from correcting any one person's spelling, but seeing the same error twice in immediate succession triggered a sense of civic duty to limit the contagion before it morphed into a pandemic. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.) 🙂

THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON (1958) next: multi-national cast

Sydney Greenstreet appeared in 24 films between 1941-49; one of them he played himself in 'Hollywood Canteen' and another he had a quickie cameo as himself in "It's a Great Feeling". That leaves twenty-two movies where Sydney had a 'regular' part not as himself. The only two of those 22 not listed ^above^ are RUTHLESS and THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON. If there's an 'Open' spot at present in the November schedule there aren't a lot of choices to fill it!

James Warner Bellah: Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950) A. B. Guthrie Jr.: The Big Sky (1952), The Way West (1967) Walter Van Tilburg Clark: Track of the Cat (1954) Alan Le May: The Searchers (1956) Elmore Leonard: 3:10 to Yuma (1957), Hombre (1967), Valdez is Coming (1971), Border Shootout (1990) Glendon Swarthout: They Came to Cordura (1959), The Shootist (1976) Dorothy M. Johnson: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Thomas Berger: Little Big Man (1970) Max Evans: The Hi-Lo Country (1998) Ron Hansen: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

R.I.P.

How the devil could I forget Cast Your Fate to the Wind? Benson's cover is smoove, in the groove, no problem to approve -- a real solid sender. Here's the classic by Vince Guaraldi:

Thursday evenings sometimes we would get in the car and drive down the Santa Monica Freeway to the Olympic Auditorium. There we would see the World Champion Thunderbirds take on all comers. Thrills and spills, they raced around the track, a roar like a freight train. A synchronized chaotic melee. Then times even the chaos would disintegrate, and there would be fights and the refs would struggle to break them up (not too quickly). You can keep your football and your wrestling. No other sport has anything like Big Jim using a bench from the infield to pin four of the opposing team up agains the rails. Rollerball has nothin on this. Kansas City Bomber (1972). Thursday, 7:15 p. m., Pacific. and also Rollerball (1975), Thursday 5 p. m., Pacific.

From Dark Shadows Everyday: I'm still laughing. To review: Maggie is Maggie and Vicki is Vicki. Maggie is also Josette, but then Barnabas decides that Vicki is Josette, except Josette really is Maggie and Vicki is still Vicki. After Vicki leaves, Maggie becomes Vicki. Then Rachel (who is Vicki played by Maggie) could be Josette, but then Kitty (also Maggie) really is Josette. And finally there’s Daphne, who’s either Vicki, Maggie, Rachel, Beth or Sheriff Patterson. That last one is kind of a long shot.

Smallville

Van Heflin's character in Act of Violence was certainly pitchforkable. Ratting out his men to the head Nazi in the German POW camp for digging a tunnel was bad enough. "He gave me his word they wouldn't be punished!" he explains. How stupid IS this guy? Then after they're tortured and killed and the war's over, he comes home and is living the good life with seemingly not a care in the world. Until the lone survivor Robert Ryan limps into town looking for him. Then he goes on the run, leaving his wife Janet Leigh and little baby alone as sitting ducks. Great film though, one of the best by Fred Zinneman.

Reminded me of an awesome line that the noted sportswriter Jim Murray once got off: "Sure, pro wrestling's fake, but the fans are real"!

West Side Story 1961 Saturday Night Fever 1977 Urban Cowboy 1980 Flashdance 1983

What a great series, so glad one of the best character actors is being honoured. Sydney Greenstreet had a rich career on Broadway, beginning with a supporting role in The Merchant of Venice in 1907, when he was 28 years ago. The cast also included Sybil Thorndike. He later appeared (1938) as Sorin in Uncle Vanya with the Lunts. In 1933, he appeared in Roberta, the musical. He also played Uncle in The Good Earth, a role that was played on screen by Walter Connolly.

Except for The Fugitive Kind which I haven't seen for a few years, his selections have been predictable films that TCM shows regularly. I'm no art critic, but his paintings didn't wow me. What did was hearing about his plans to remake The Misfits with himself as director. Reminded me of Madonna trying to sell a remake of Casablanca with Ashton Kutcher and getting laughed out of studios.

I for one am happy to see some of the newer films airing. I've been a long time fan of TCM and it's nice to see some of these films airing uncut and in their proper aspect ratio. Something most every other channel out there would never do. Many of these films aren't even circulating around anymore so it's not as if they are airing repeatedly on several different channels. The days of going to the video store and being able to rent all of these films are long gone. Sure maybe a few will show up on Fox Movie Channel or AMC from time to time, so what? It's not as if the TCM showing of the film is happening every week. After all these years I'm thankful TCM has stayed true to their format of airing films uncut and in their theatrical ratio (whenever possible) commercial free. Think of how many channels over the years started off great and have gone downhill to the point where they are unwatchable. Remember how good AMC used to be. Remember how good TV Land used to be, one of the only channels airing all of its tv shows uncut. I've discovered so many films on TCM over the years (both new and old) that I wouldn't have otherwise. TCM is a treasure to so many millions of people out there. From time to time they are going to air something you don't care for. Show me any other channel out there that every single show or movie they air you watch and like. Go ahead, I'll wait...

Something tells me she was born in a hippie stage.... you know who she was married to for a year or two while she was doing the show, yeah? if not, it'll blow you mind. (it did mine)

Jay Novello, CRIME WAVE (1953) next: do not mess with this woman

I don't remember much about Betsy Durkin aside from the fact I didn't like her.

Christopher Jones? Recognizable, but not known by name by me. If so Next: THE LOOKING GLASS WAR (1970)

The Sound and the Fury (1959)

I LOVED IT WHEN THAT WOULD HAPPEN....And I kind of wish it would sometimes in real life. Like if you don’t feel like going into work, just send in a reasonable facsimile of you and they can say “the role of (your name) is being played today by...”

Interesting conversation about Alexandra.... KLS said that when she left the show to go to Europe with her fiance Dan came up with Maggie being driven off to the snakepit.....in the hope that the popular character of Maggie could soon reappear.

Alice Pearce Next: bad role model

@Dargo: Yes, Dargo, I came up with the 'Astrology' series. My friends call me 'MOON TRASH' behind my back and I thought it naturally reflective [whatever that might mean] to turn my insidious attentions toward banal things! And so we had the 'Astrology' series. I knew this chick named 'STAR CHILD' and I'd selected her to host this fetid field day . . . but before she could read my palm again for encouragement THE COSMOS swallowed her up! Gone -- just like that. → Swallowed whole in a seething space morass! GULP! 😛 Well, hell, there went the neighborhood . . . what was I to do? I consulted my "BIG BOOK OF STARS AND PLUMBING CONSTRUCTION" but could find no answers upon which to base my selection as host of the hoary exercise. So I delegated my responsibility and had TCM do the 'host search' thing. Because I am a 'Truly Modern Man' I take no blame for *anything* that went wrong! I aspired for this 'Astrology' bit to be a highly intelligent discourse about the joys of 'Space Junk' and its effects on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds. But nooooo! My high standards were compromised by low-rent production values. Damn. 🤪 All of this makes me a 'POMAWB' (means 'Pi*ss*ed Off Middle-Age White Boy'). But I digress. I bid you all Good Evening.

NASHVILLE (1975)

Gilda

FORT DOBBS (1958-Western) C. Walker, V. Mayo

MARGARET RUTHERFORD Next: Max Basner U.S. Bates Maish Rennick

Dame Judith Anderson: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Laura (1944), Rebecca (1940) A great actress. Big Mama was unexpected, but surprisingly effective casting. Next: Madame Arcati Miss (Letitia) Prism Miss Jane Marple (in three or four films)

Over the weekend I watched two of the Jesse Stone movies one of the networks was airing: DEATH IN PARADISE and STONE COLD. I really like these made for TV films. Tom Sellick is great in the role and the supporting cast is excellent. Viola Davis is fantastic as one of the Paradise Police force officers. I've learned there are nine total films. CBS carried them early on and Hallmark took over at some point. I know Robert B. Parker died and a couple of other authors have kept the character alive in books. I just read one of the novels (COLORBLIND) and thoroughly enjoyed it. While I realize there probably won't be anymore films, I'm hoping to be able to find the remaining seven I haven't seen somewhere in the future. Are there any other fans out there and if so, where can I find the other movies.

Jane Powell was vivacious, authentic, and… talented. The late 1940s into the 1950s were the glory years for MGM musicals, and Jane was a big part of that great period of film making. A favorite performance of mine was in 1953’s Three Sailors and a Girl, which she did at Warner Bros. Jane’s character was a bit worldlier, while still exhibiting the traits that made her so endearing.

TCM take note! Please show Li'l Abner on Sadie Hawkins Day (November 13).

Claybourne, Chris - Robert Taylor in His Brother's Wife

I'm glad this thread was posted. Willie Garson was a terrific actor. He did not have to be an actor in the classic time frame to be honored by comments. He had enough credits and his work was well known and respected . Thanks for posting about his untimely and very sad passing. Shame on anyone having a problem with posters showing their respect.

FORREST GUMP, hands down. Everyone I know gushes over it, including my sister. My mom shares my disdain for it though. It's a shame, because I really do like Tom Hanks in just about anything he does, but I just was not bowled over by the film.

I managed to pick this one up somewhere along the way, probably Reddit, but who knows.

More wedding announcements: Sweet-Hart (Blanche Sweet + William S. Hart) Hay-Stack (Will Hay + Robert Stack) Fell-Down (Norman Fell + Lesley-Anne Down) Baskett-Weaving (James Baskett + Hugo Weaving) Pitt-Bull (Ingrid Pitt + Peter Bull) French-Horne (Valerie French + Lena Horne) Black-Smith (Karen Black + C. Aubrey Smith) Crabbe-Cake (Buster Crabbe + Jonathan Cake) Foote-Ball (Hallie Foote + Lucille Ball) Reynolds-Rappe (Burt Reynolds + Virginia Rappe) Mason-Dixon (James Mason + Jean Dixon) Cotten-Pickens (Joseph Cotten + Slim Pickens)