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    The greatest Show On Earth

    in General Discussions

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    So true, clore. I also found that films that were my favorites might not be nominated by the Academy, but I have missed very few ceremonies just to see some of those performers who had officially or unofficially retired.

     

    I thought Betty Hutton's energy and ability helped to make *The Greatest Show on Earth* so enjoyable, and also saw it, as well as many other classic films on NBC on Saturday Night at the Movies. The train wreck scared me, too!

    The Annual FrankGrimes Torture Thread

    in Your Favorites

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    > {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}

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    > SueSue, I like Glenn Ford in everything. He's understated but always interesting, relaxed but not dull. There's usually an undercurrent to Glenn, something simmering just beneath the comfy surface -- cynicism, passion, doubt, and guilt. Too bad he never worked for Hitchcock, lol.

     

    I think Glenn Ford would have helped Hitch make a much different film of *The Trouble With Harry.* I picture the nervousness of *The Gazebo* with a 'maguffin' of the corpse and the angst of *The Sheepman*.

    TCMFF UPDATE: Passes Go On Sale November 15....

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    I would thoroughly enjoy seeing Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif attend the festival. But as Kyle pointed out, he might not be interested in traveling to the U.S. :

    http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sharif10-2008jul10,0,404632.story

     

    An excellent article about the making of *Funny Girl* can be found on the TCM database.To read "Behind the Camera- *Funny Girl* " by Andrea Passaflume, follow this link: http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/220494%7C0/Behind-the-Camera-Funny-Girl.html

    SUE SUE II...

    in General Discussion

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    Passes go on sale November 15 at 12 PM ET!

     

    Gala Screening of Newly Restored Funny Girl (1968) To Launch Fourth Annual TCM Classic Film Festival

     

    Vanity Fair Returns for Fourth Year as Festival Partner and Co-Presenter of Opening Night After-Party

     

     

    Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will open the 2013 edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival with the world premiere of a brand new restoration of the musical classic Funny Girl (1968). TCM’s own Robert Osborne, who serves as official host for the festival, will introduce Funny Girl to kick off the four-day, star-studded event taking place Thursday, April 25 – Sunday, April 28, 2013, in Hollywood. In addition to Funny Girl, the TCM Classic Film Festival will feature world premiere restorations of The General (1926), Giant (1956) and The Great Escape (1962), with many additional titles to be announced later.

     

     

    Passes for the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival are set to go on sale to the public Thursday, Nov. 15, at noon (ET). Passes can be purchased exclusively through the official festival website: http://www.tcm.com/festival.

     

     

    Also announced today, Vanity Fair will serve as official partner for the TCM Classic Film Festival for the fourth consecutive year. Vanity Fair will co-present the after-party following the gala opening-night screening of Funny Girl.

     

     

    Restored in 4K from the original camera negative by Sony Pictures Colorworks in celebration of its 45th anniversary, Funny Girl stars Barbra Streisand in her Oscar®-winning performance as Ziegfeld Follies comedienne Fanny Brice. Omar Sharif co-stars as high-rolling entrepreneur Nicky Arnstein, with Hollywood veteran William Wyler in the director's chair. Adapted from the popular Broadway musical that earned Streisand a Tony nomination, Funny Girl features a score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill. Among the many memorable songs featured are "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade," both of which became signature Streisand hits.

     

     

    Among the first films slated for the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival are three perennial favorites to be screened for the first time ever in restored editions:

     

     

    • The General (1926) – World Premiere Restoration

    Buster Keaton's timeless Civil War comedy returns in a newly restored edition presented with a live score written and performed by the Alloy Orchestra. For this restoration, The General was scanned from the original nitrate camera negative and restored through the collaborative efforts of the Cohen Film Collective, the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation and TCM.

     

     

    • Giant (1956) – World Premiere Restoration

     

     

    George Stevens directed this sprawling adaptation of Edna Ferber's Texas saga starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean. This 4K restoration from the original camera negative was completed by Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging under the direction of George Stevens Jr.

     

     

    • The Great Escape (1963) – World Premiere of 50th Anniversary Restoration

    Steve McQueen heads an all-star cast in this blockbuster World War II tale based on actual events. The Great Escape was restored by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios at Deluxe Digital Media using a 4K scan of the original camera negative.

     

    For the full update announcement, follow this link:

    http://filmfestival.tcm.com/_pdf/TCM_Festival_SaleAnnouncement.pdf

    BRONXGIRL'S MOTHER, HENRY FONDA'S HIRSUTENESS, ETC.

    in Films and Filmmakers

    Posted

    True, Frank, the weather has been wild everywhere. The drought killed many lovely trees here in Texas.

     

    I am just glad that the loss of life and property damage were not as severe as Katrina or Ike. (My home is in the IKE strike zone.) Two days after Ike, there were 50 unidentified bodies that washed ashore near Crystal Beach and Galveston.

     

     

     

    We are so lucky that this enormous storm did not have an enormous loss of life.

    BRONXGIRL'S MOTHER, HENRY FONDA'S HIRSUTENESS, ETC.

    in Films and Filmmakers

    Posted

    > {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}It's easy discerning who the talented brother is in those Saints and Falcons. Not Tom, lol.

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    > I didn't catch APPOINTMENT IN BERLIN. George is probably either a Nazi overlord/ underling with one of those cigarette holders and cropped hair, or a droll, womanizing, tweedy British agent who enjoys his tea breaks but complains about the jam sandwiches.

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    > Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Oct 30, 2012 2:44 AM

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    HA!

    :-)

    BRONXGIRL'S MOTHER, HENRY FONDA'S HIRSUTENESS, ETC.

    in Films and Filmmakers

    Posted

    I really enjoy *Judgment At Nuremberg*, too. Mawlene is reawy wovelwy. And I think the script had some fantastic moments. I loved how her daughter explained the moment in the film when she said "we did not know." Marlene had trouble with the line, and Spence told her that "it is needed" and went on to express that she needed to be the one to say it.

     

    I just feel there are so many excellent performances in it, and it is a cohesive ensemble cast.

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