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A reminder about the Watch TCM feature on the Turner Classic Movies website. I wouldn't be surprised if a good percentage of the Summer of Darkness offerings will be available online every week.

"Occasionally, it seems to have...too many notes." -- The Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones) critiquing a musical piece by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) in "Amadeus" (1984).

"In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again." -- Chance (Peter Sellers), the simple-minded gardener who mistakenly becomes a White House guru in "Being There" (1979).

"Mein Führer, I can walk!" -- German-born White House adviser Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers) in "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).

"Does your dog bite?" -- Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) to a Munich hotel clerk (Graham Stark) in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (1976).

"...you've got to ask yourself a question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) to the Scorpio Killer (Andrew Robinson) in "Dirty Harry" (1971).

"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart." -- Anne Frank (Millie Perkins) in "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959).

"Houston, we have a problem." -- Astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) after an explosion that imperils a 1970 manned moon landing in "Apollo 13." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAmsi05P9Uw

"It's showtime, folks!" -- Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) as the ailing stage director/choreographer modeled on Bob Fosse in "All That Jazz" (1979).

"We may be a small country, but we're a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that." -- The British Prime Minister (Hugh Grant), standing up to the U.S. President (Billy Bob Thornton) in "Love Actually" (2003).

"Elementary, my dear Watson." -- Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to Dr. John Watson (Nigel Bruce) in "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" (1942). Although the famous sleuth never said these exact words in anything written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the phrase has popped up many times in adaptations by others.

TCM On Demand for June 5, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Boys' Night Out (1962) -- Kim Novak, James Garner, Tony Randall, Howard Duff, Howard Morris, Janet Blair, Anne Jeffreys, Patti Page, Oscar Homolka, Jessie Royce Landis. Novak co-produced this sex comedy, in which she plays a "housekeeper" at a posh New York City bachelor pad. The apartment has been rented by four Connecticut commuter pals (Garner, Randall, Duff and Morris) -- three of them married -- who plan to use it for occasional pleasure trips to the big city. Unknown to them, there's more to Novak's character than meets the eye. Landis, remembered for her appearances in the Alfred Hitchcock films "To Catch a Thief" (1955) and "North By Northwest" (1959), plays Garner's mother. Page, who co-stars as Morris' wife, sings the title song. Expires June 11, 2015. 2. Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) -- Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel, Reginald Denny, Porter Hall, Fay Holden, E.E. Clive. Walter Kingsford, Patrick Kelly, Charles McNaughton, Clyde Cook, Frank Elliott, David Clyde, Doris Lloyd. Directed by James P. Hogan, this crime drama stars Milland as ex-British Army officer Captain Hugh "Builldog" Drummond, the sleuth created by "Sapper" -- pen name of H.C. McNeile (1888-1937). The story, derived from the stage play "Bulldog Drummond Again" by McNeile and Gerard Fairlie, finds the detective concerned about the welfare of a young woman (Angel) because of her suspicious guardian (Hall). This was one of eight films in the "Bulldog Drummond" series that were aired by Turner Classic Movies on Thursday, June 4th and Friday, June 5th. Expires June 11, 2015.

"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in." -- Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley) to Jane Burnham (Thora Birch) in "American Beauty" (1999).

"First rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do NOT talk about Fight Club!" -- Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) to the Narrator (Edward Norton) in "Fight Club" (1999).

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ***. And I'm all out of bubblegum." -- John Nada (former wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) in John Carpenter's "They Live" (1988), preparing to battle aliens masquerading as humans.

"Watch the skies -- everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!" -- Reporter Ned "Scotty" Scott (Douglas Spencer), issuing a warning from the North Pole in "The Thing from Another World" (1951).

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." --Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) in "Casablanca" (1942), after he sees old flame Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) for the first time since the Germans invaded Paris.

"...in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." -- Harry Lime (Orson Welles) to Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) in "The Third Man" (1949).

"Fill your hand, you son of a ****!" -- U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne), challenging "Lucky" Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall) and his gang in "True Grit" (1969).

"Whaddaya got?" -- Biker leader Johnny Strabler (Marlon Brando) in "The Wild One" (1953), when asked what he's rebelling against.

"I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue." -- Airport tower supervisor Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges) in "Airplane!" (1980).

TCM On Demand for June 4, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Pin Up Girl (1944) -- Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown, Eugene Pallette, Dorothea Kent, Dave Willock, Skating Vanities, The Condos Brothers, Charlie Spivak and the Charlie Spivak Orchestra. Uncredited: Nat 'King' Cole, Marcel Dalio, Adele Jergens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Hermes Pan, Neil Hefti, Mantan Moreland. Directed by Bruce Humberstone ("Hello Frisco, Hello," "Wonder Man"), this romantic comedy with music stars Grable as a very popular USO canteen hostess from Missouri who moves to Washington, D.C. to work as a stenographer. During a stopover in New York City, she meets a Navy hero (Harvey), and then runs into him again in the nation's capital. Expires June 10, 2015. 2. Wuthering Heights (1939) -- Sir Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Dame Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hugh Williams, Leo G. Carroll, Miles Mander, Cecil Kellaway, Cecil Humphreys, Sarita Wooton, Rex Downing, Douglas Scott. Producer Samuel Goldwyn's film version of Emily Brontë's 19th-century classic tale received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (William Wyler) and Best Actor (Olivier, who became a worldwide star as a result of the film's success). In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked the film No. 73 on its list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. When AFI updated the list in 2007, the film did not reappear. Set in Yorkshire in the northern England of the early 1800s, the film is about the star-crossed romance between the brooding Heathcliff (Olivier) and Catherine Earnshaw (Oberon) Niven co-stars as Edgar Linton, who becomes a serious suitor for Cathy's hand. The film's screenplay was adapted from Brontë's 1847 novel by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. John Huston also made contributions to the script. This release from Samuel Goldwyn Productions-United Artists was one of 10 films nominated for the Academy Award as the Best Picture of 1939. The other nominees for that memorable year were: "Gone With the Wind" (Selznick International Pictures-MGM), "Dark Victory" (Warner Bros.), "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (MGM), "Love Affair" (RKO Radio), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (Columbia), "Ninotchka" (MGM), "Of Mice and Men" (Hal Roach Studios-United Artists), "Stagecoach" (United Artists) and "The Wizard of Oz" (MGM). The Oscar went to "Gone With the Wind." The film's only Oscar win was for Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Gregg Toland). It also received nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Fitzgerald), Best Adapted Screenplay (Hecht and MacArthur), Best Art Direction (James Basevi) and Best Original Score (Alfred Newman). Memorable quote: "No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me -- now -- standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever." -- Cathy. Expires June 10, 2015.

"Go pick me out a winner, Bobby." -- New York Knights slugger Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) to batboy Bobby Savoy (George Wilkosz) after the star's prized bat "Wonderboy" breaks in "The Natural" (1984).

"You...You've got me? Who's got you?" -- Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), rescued from certain death by the Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) in "Superman" (1978).

"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make!" -- Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) in "Dracula" (1931).