gagman66

Lynn, The Shorter Brownlow restoration from 1983, isn't really all that short. It runs at least a 125 minutes! One thing is the new version re-instated all the original tints. Though the still missing Technicolor footage was not found. I am really frustrated that THE BIG PARADE has virtually disappeared for the better part of this decade. It's reputation has needlessly suffered as a result.

Lynn, In all honesty, The restoration of the film elements of THE BIG PARADE didn't take all that long. Warner's started working on it in mid 2003, and completed the project in 2004. The camera negative was found in 1997 though at Eastman House. So it took them that long just to make a fine-grain master print. Now it's been another Four years that have gone by, and we are still waiting for a DVD to emerge. The lack of a recorded score pushing this event back year, after year. Unfortunately, according to Rodney Sauer of Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, the chances of Warner's having Robert Israel, and his orchestra or anyone else for that matter, recording the original William Axt, David Mendoza 1925 score that has been performed live at a handful of screenings of the new restoration are likely slim to none! This because of probable copyright restrictions on various music pieces that Axt, and Mendoza used. He basically said that those could potentially drive up production cost to the point where Warner's felt it just wasn't worth it? Much cheaper to commission and all new score, by some nobody! Well, all I can say is, I sure hope He is wrong about this! I know that the majority of the vintage score, Carl Davis used allot of in the Thames version too, so it should be mostly Public Domain Material? Still with some themes perhaps still under copyright this could well explain allot more about why Warner's did not have Israel record the score back in 2005, when He was touring with the film??? Charles Tabesh was confident that the new version was coming out on DVD in 2009, and thus THE BIG PARADE would also finally be returning to TCM next year as well. Yet I'm very sorry to say that He could provide no details on the scoring, or if the Thames version re-mastered would also be included with the release or not? I would be appalled to see this landmark film given some inferior score! Especially, when I am so used to the Davis one. Only the Axt-Mendoza score would be comparable, since it contains a fair amount of the same music. For all the people waiting patiently to see this film, have you voted for a DVD release on the TCM Movie Data Base??? Let's get those vote numbers way up! This picture should have significantly more votes than it does!

> {quote:title=Film_Fatale wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > > Someone mentioned John Ford's FOUR SONS (1928), though the film loses allot without it's vintage Movie-tone track. > > What did they use for the DVD? The Erno-Rapee-Lew Pollack, Maurice Barron, Movie-Tone track including the haunting "Little Mother" composition was completely ripped away. Fox replaced the Movie-tone score with new music by Christopher Caliendo. A solid score, but lacking the beauty, and emotional punch of the original by a wide margin.

hamradio, I concur that It's gotten beyond absurd that THE BIG PARADE (MGM, 1925), has been in total limbo on TCM for Four years now. Pending the readiness of the new restoration which though completed four years ago as well, still has no musical score recorded, and is probably not yet in digital format for broadcast either? Without a score, stands to right that it wouldn't be! So frustrating because THE BIG PARADE is much better than 85 to 90% of the films currently in print on commercial DVD from all studios. We are talking about the highest grossing film of the Silent era. Not to mention the film used as the absolute measuring stick for all subsequent movies produced in Hollywood up until GONE WITH THE WIND in 1939. TCM Programmer Charles Tabesh, has indicated the DVD will almost certainly be forth coming from Warner Home Video in 2009, but I have heard that every year since 2005 from various sources, and nothing has happened. He is anxious to air the newly mastered and 20 minute longer version as soon as He can, after seeing it at a live screening last year. In the meantime, He passed on running the older Thames version for the 90th Anniversary of Armistice Day, in November, which He could have done. No it's not the last great Silent, there were numerous others made after THE BIG PARADE. Three more films that fit into the War Category WHAT PRICE GLORY?, THE PATENT LEATHER KID, and SEVENTH HEAVEN are among them. Really the list is quite numerous. Someone mentioned John Ford's FOUR SONS (1928), though the film loses allot without it's vintage Movie-tone track.

Phooey! I have seen plenty of obscure names over the years get a "TCM Remembers" spot that most people would not know, and even your average classic movie fan wouldn't necessarily recognize right away, if at all? Among them were Character Actors, Directors, habitual second Banana's, and so forth. Some of them I didn't even know myself! For this reason, To deny Anita, her own segment like this would be virtually unthinkable! I refuse to believe that they won't have at least something running!

OK people, Where is King Vidor's THE BIG PARADE on these lists??? The first and still one of, if not thee greatest and most influential War-epic ever made!

Hey, the typical "TCM Remembers" segment for Anita Page, hasn't run at all? Or has it? I haven't seen anything so far? Anyone else spotted this between movies? Seems like it is taking awhile to make it on the air??? Kind of disappointing it you ask me. Maybe they will have a half-day dedicated to her scheduled for next week sometime??? I sure hope so anyway!

Hey, the typical "TCM Remembers" segment for Anita Page, hasn't aired at all? Or has it? I haven't seen anything so far? Anyone else spotted this between movies? Seems like it is taking awhile to make it on the air??? Kind of disappointing it you ask me. Maybe they will have a half-day dedicated to her scheduled for next week sometime??? I sure hope so anyway!

mateo107, Probably not until next week sometime at the earliest? I haven't seen anything yet, not even a standard "TCM Remembers" feature between movies?

Mike, Bebe Daniels died in 1971. Only about a month after Harold Lloyd did I believe? He passed away in March of that year.

Mike, Hey, those Lobby-cards are fantastic! never seen any of those before? But that's not Laura La Plante on THE CAT AND THE CANARY one? Johanna, The first photo is not labeled? Are or the first two of them in the post both from the same movie? Here are a couple more colrized photo's. *Bebe Daniels, from "She's A Sheik" (Paramount, 1927), Boy was She Ever!* *Bessie Love, Is She waiting to Dance?*

ugaarte, *Bessie Love, Is She waiting to Dance?* *Bebe Daniels, from "She's A Sheik" (Paramount, 1927), Boy was She Ever!*

*Anita Page, Such A Sweetheart*

ugaarte, *Mary Nolan, With Helpful pooch* *Janet Gaynor, A Single Rose, From FOUR DEVILS* *Janet Gaynor, Black Stockings, From STREET ANGEL* *Bebe Daniels, In Russian Dress* *Phyllis Haver, Funny Honey* *Constance Talmadge, Golden Dress*

Anita Page, A loving tribute to the memory of A Beautiful, Classy Lady

Ed, I love the vintage soundtrack to OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS with "I LOVED YOU THEN, AS I LOVE YOU NOW", which became a big standard. Can't complain about that any. Great music, but it could be cleaned up a little.

Ed, OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS needs some re-mastering, or at the very least a fresh transfer. Kind of scratchy at times, and even a few hairs in there, stuck in the telecine. OUR MODERN MAIDENS looks so much better. Warner's should put these both out on DVD now in order to honor her. TCM should pull the 1912 CLEOPATRA tonight, and run SPEEDWAY (1929), with Anita and William Haines instead. This movie hasn't aired in years, and years!

*Anita Page, Great Big Lovely Smile!* ] *"Anita Page, By The Light Of The Moon."*

*Anita Page, Great Big Lovely Smile!*

Hey, where do I get a Smilie with the Bye, Bye sign? That is just adorable!

rover27, I have no idea what you are talking about???

Ed, Good lord! Mayer was a rather perverted character. It seems like He habitually Hit on virtually every Woman who ever worked for him? Here's another photo that I just finished working on. *Anita Page, One Classy Lady! "I Just Despise Dirty Old Men!"*

*Anita Page. One Classy Lady*

Aaron, Busted all Speed records with this! An extremely lovely photo that does more fitting Justice to the memory of a great, great lady! Now what will they have for a TCM Memorial tribute I wonder? How soon might this be? *Anita Page, A Rare Gem!*

Well, as far as I know, TCM hasn't aired THE FLAPPER, or any other Olive Thomas features so far? You could try requesting the movie, and the "EVERBODY'S SWEETHEART" Documentary too.