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"Sinterklaas Kapoentje"
St. Nicholas Day Song
Sinterklaas Kapoentje,
Leg wat in mijn schoentje,
Leg wat in mijn laarsje,
Dank je Sinterklaasje!(Saint Nicholas, Little Rascal,
Put something into my little shoe,
Put something into my little boot,
Thank you, little Saint Nicholas!)From Miracle on 34th Street...
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Mel on The Producers...
See that link up there? I think Mel wants pass holders to do their homework before the opening night film at the TCMFF 2018...
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The 2017 edition of TCM Remembers aired today right before Casablanca. Get out the hankies!
Or just pretend you were cutting onions for the potato salad....
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New films and guests have been added today: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/
Mel Brooks returns for The Producers (OPENING NIGHT!) and director and Texas native Robert Benton arrives for Places In The Heart and Kramer Vs. Kramer and a director's salute!
Plus:
To Have and Have Not
Throne of Blood
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Hope you enjoyed the fabulous documentary last night and the National Film Registry Movies screened. “Wanda” was first featured during #TrailblazingWomenInFilm a few years ago.
More Christmas films are scheduled tonight on TCM...
in the meantime, enjoy this Yuletide blog post from author Jacqueline Lynch: https://anotheroldmovieblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/mankind-was-my-business-christmas-carol.html?m=1
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National Film Registry Films tonight! And docs! Check out the schedule: http://www.tcm.com/schedule/
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Well, there is still no official word concerning the TBA programming listed on the monthly schedule for December 13 here. Stay tuned!
There are no films listed from 8 p.m. December 13, until 6 a.m. December 13, the next day.
Could there be a block of special interviews from the TCM Film Festival? Could they be announcing a new permanent host? Could there be special editions of Private Screenings with Robert Osborne interviewing former guests? Guess I'll have to tune in and find out.
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This is fabulous news, Moira. I can't wait to hear more about Michael Curtiz and Alan K. Rode's process for developing this book! Thank you.
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Michael Curtiz and Errol Flynn on set....
Tomfoolery, shenanigans, or serious commiserating about a scene?
Find out tomorrow when Alan K. Rode, author of Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film, visits The Silver Screen Oasis to discuss his latest epic!
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Comedian, writer, actor and director Matt Walsh is on board tonight as Guest Programmer: http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1370712|0/Guest-Programmer-Matt-Walsh-12-11.html
A December update for the TCMFF 2018 may be in the works. Stay tuned!
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Christmas double feature is tonight!
A Christmas Carol (1951) and Scrooge (1935) are coming you way this evening.
I heard from TCM Moderator1 earlier in the week. I had reported that while on the TCM Message Boards that we had previously been able to access the main TCM web page while clicking on the TCM logo in the top lefthand corner of the page, and that functionality has been lost since the update a few months ago. They are looking into the issue.
Thank you!
As far as reversing the post order so that the newest post is seen first in a thread (instead of currently showing the beginning post in a thread, which might be several years old) as had been the procedure before the update, the post order will not change. So the latest post will be listed on the final page of a thread. Currently my new posts are on page 46. Guess I've been writing on the TCM Festival Forum for a while!
I hope that's clear.
Passes are still on sale for the TCM Film Festival 2018. The only pass currently sold out is the Essential.
To order a pass, go to: https://festival.tcm.com/tcm/
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Director Alexandra Dean is currently online to answer questions about her ground-breaking documentary, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story at The Silver Screen Oasis: http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/viewtopic.php?f=130&t=7013&p=165668#p165668
Director Dean conducted the last onscreen interview with beloved TCM Host Robert Osborne, who was a close friend of Hedy's. Hedy Lamarr was also a "Hidden Figure" concerning her contributions to current technology making cell phones and even this website a viable venture. Come join us this weekend!
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We are excited to announce that our Monthly Highlights Calendar now includes an advance look at the upcoming month, with this month's calendar giving you an early peek at January programming! Read on for more December programming highlights and your crossword for the month.December is here already! Here's a link to the NOW PLAYING Newsletter: http://mailchi.mp/6a801f632d9a/your-december-now-playing-newsletter
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Visiting with the Los Angeles TCM Backlot group was so much fun! This lovely photo was added to the TCM Backlot images for the Casablanca screenings article! I had a wonderful time visiting with Trudy, Lawrence, Linda, Ruth, and Jessica at the film! Thanks, TCM Backlot fans.
I've also enjoyed all the films in the monthlong celebration of the talents of Jimmy Stewart. Tweeting along with some of the films with #TCMParty enhanced the experience.
Exploring films of Blacklisted entertainment professionals in November also included the final visit this month with Lee Grant, actress, director, writer and producer. It's amazing the career she's had, inspite of the travails of being blacklisted. I'm grateful that TCM decided to focus on a previously neglected topic in such a thorough manner. Writers and historians as Guest Programmers always add to the interesting factual research that highlight selected films.
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Expenses always vary at the TCM Film Festival depending upon a myriad of factors, and I find that the choices I make always reflect what's available in my pocketbook. Los Angeles is an expensive town to visit, but during the festival there are important factors to take into consideration. Complaints about costs at the TCM Film Festival have always been a topic due to the expense of arriving, lodging, and dining at such a popular venue. Yet fans come, and festival attendance has blossomed every year.
For me, it is always connecting with like-minded fans of classic film and visiting with friends I've made at every festival since 2010. There's actually no way to attach a price tag to the treasured memories I've collected while celebrating with my friends at events, at films, at private dinners, at visits to local historical sites, and in Club TCM.
I believe an estimate of $8850 or $7500 is an inflated projection. I travel from Texas, have purchased an Essential pass a few years and never spent more than $2,000. Putting a price tag on a precious memory is always a personal choice, so if enormous expenses are your highest priority, daily vociferous complaining about costs will certainly impede an expectation of festival enjoyment. Personal priorities should always orchestrate a decision to attend.
Wrighbar, who has only made one post here on the Message Boards, is correct. There are ways to economize if you are more serious about attendance than cost. ArchieLeachJr, I'm sorry to hear that the cost estimates you have devised seem to preclude your attendance in 2018. Since you have made only 8 posts here on the Message Boards, maybe reviewing all the posts on the forums threads or making an internet search for TCM Film Festival topics by reporters, journalists, and bloggers will help you overcome such financial reluctance, however well-conceived.
Kingrat, a TCM Film Festival veteran, has made some valid comments about costs at the festival, too. I enjoy seeing and visiting with him every year, and listening to him discuss classic film with his encyclopedic knowledge of topics that every classic film aficionado would enjoy.
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A review of Alan K. Rode's fabulous new book about Michael Curtiz: https://www.wsj.com/articles/review-michael-curtiz-seeing-in-pictures-1511558631
Michael Curtiz
Alan K. Rode
University Press of Kentucky, 681 pages, $50
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TCM Backlot members Skyped with Ben yesterday...
Wendy Vick, from Texas, chose Gigi (1958)....
Chris Mich chose Test Pilot (1938)
Christopher Cooney, youngest TCM Backlot member to be a Guest Programmer, chose The Petrified Forest (1935).
And...LeeAundra Keany chose the 1932 pre-code, One Way Passage....If you are interested in becoming a Guest Programmer with Ben Mankiewicz via Skype, join TCM Backlot and enter their periodic contests: https://www.tcmbacklot.com/(Photos courtesy of TCM Backlot)Alan K. Rode's fabulous new book about Michael Curtiz has received several wonderful reviews.... -
Director Alexandra Dean visits The Silver Screen Oasis this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story has screened in Dallas, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, and several other venues in the United States.
Following her PBS experience, she became a series and documentary producer at Bloomberg television. She co-created the long running Bloomberg series Innovators. Her Bloomberg documentary, The Player, an investigation of the gambling industry, received a New York Press Club Award and was described as a “breakout” by the channel and received 4 times Bloomberg’s usual viewership.
The Silver Screen Oasis: http://www.silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=7011&p=165635#p165635-
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Director Alexandra Dean visits The Silver Screen Oasis this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story has screened in Dallas, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, and several other venues in the United States.
Following PBS she became a series and documentary producer at Bloomberg television. She co-created the long running Bloomberg series Innovators. Her Bloomberg documentary, The Player, an investigation of the gambling industry, received a New York Press Club Award and was described as a “breakout” by the channel and received 4 times Bloomberg’s usual viewership.
The Silver Screen Oasis: http://www.silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=7011&p=165635#p165635 -
Had a wonderful afternoon with TCM Backlot folks Trudy, Lawrence, Linda, Sue Sue, Ruth, and Jessica on Sunday...and dining at Rock Sugar was yummy!!!!
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So that's Hollywood for now...
Passes for the TCMFF 2018 are still on sale... Hope to see you in April!
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Author and Film Noir Foundation kingpin Alan K. Rode is having a book sigining for his tome on Michael Curtiz on Saturday at 2 at the illustrious Larry Edmunds Bookstore on Hollywood Boulevard, conveniently next to Bordner's... https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Curtiz-Life-Screen-Classics-ebook/dp/B06WVDXBQV/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1488236553&sr=8-2&keywords=curtiz
Saw film writers Kim Luperi and The Essentials author Jeremy Arnold while plowing through stacks of clippings and research, hunting and pecking out details for Thelma Ritter: Hollywood's Favorite New Yorker....seems Mr. Arnold is hush-hush on his new book for Turner Classic Movies coming sometime in 2018....
AND....here are a few photos from the exciting Julien's Auction featuring jewelry from Joseff of Hollywood and items from the Judy Garland collection.....
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I'm currently in Los Angeles researching Thelma Ritter-Hollywood's Favorite New Yorker, and I've run into several of our TCM Film Festival regulars during my travels around town. Everyone is excited about the upcoming festival, the announced films, and involved in the pass-buying frenzy.
Currently, the Essential pass is sold out during the sale to the public. For more festival pass questions, check out the link: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/attend/
Hoping to catch Casablanca with the Los Angeles branch of TCM Backlot tomorrow. If you're in LA, I hope to see you!
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And it looks like Spotlights and Essentials have sold out during the Citibank presale.... More tomorrow when passes go on sale to the public...
Stay tuned, and purchase your pass if you are coming to share in the excitement of "Powerful Words,"our theme this year....
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Merry Christmas and many blessings to you, Joe! You are missed.