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Dear Molo, Miss Goddess, Jackie: I hope and pray you will all be safe and out of harm's way!
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Photo of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922) courtesy of San Francisco Sentinel Archives
After we've all been tingled, frightened, afraid, scintillated and savaged by the spooky October screenings on TCM, I realized something is just around the corner, and it's not Christmas I'm pondering. At least not yet.
I've been doing a little research, and it seems that, according to my information, passes for the Turner Classic Film Festival 2012 went on sale on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. Spotlight passes were sold out by 4 p.m. that afternoon, and Essential passes were sold out on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, by 6:10 pm. (CST)
So stay tuned if you plan to join the fun April 25-28 at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 2013! Announcements could pop up in your favorite email accounts at anytime. You can also stalk the announcements by following this link: http://www.tcm.com/festival/
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We all revert to our more instinctual natures in such circumstances, and settling around in a circle in front of an open fire, even though it was so hot, everyone naturally gravitates to story telling, sharing, eating and drinking. Usually whomever remembered all the ingredients for the S'mores and the necessary hot dog condiments is revered as a god, or "goddess," in my case. :-)
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IKE was a 4, Ma'm. You are correct. We stayed here after the unbelievable debacle of evacuating for Rita. (14 1/2 hours on the road with my son, 14, my Mom, 83, and Tody, the 65 lb doggie, who looks just like Scrappy Doo.)
My neighbor, who is like my sister, and I decided to stay here with all the kids during Ike. Our Moms were both in the nursing homes, and when the eye finally came over the house, everybody who was still here in our neighborhood walked out into the street to enjoy the calm because we knew the "dirty side" was on its way and everyone had that ominous feel. We all kept peering into the sky. And then it started raining pelts, and we all went inside for the deluge.
But we were all very lucky on our street.
We went 14 days without electricity. But the very next day after the storm, the Red Cross trucks were delivering hot meals and stopping at each house with hungry people. That was the best meat loaf I've ever had!
I must say thank you to the Red Cross. And the mosquitoes didn't start swarming like mad until about four days afterwards.
My son and I cleared and moved the debris all by ourselves with our chainsaw and wheelbarrow. We were lucky. It saved us about $500-$800 in cleanup fees.
Then the next four months were FEMA hell because a million and one fly-by-night contractors all showed up at my front door wanting my name and personal information so they could "help" me out.
Somehow, I just wouldn't give it to them.
I waited for another 6 months before I put on the new roof so the price would go down about $7000. The fun part? Pitching in with our neighbors to fix broken generators, cooking hot dogs outside, sharing our favorite parts of our MRE's, and learning how to beat the heat with ice packs. Plus card games by candelight.
But my favorite moment? On my birthday, about 5 days after Ike went through, we had no milk, and no generator yet, and my son wakes me up that morning, and brings me a cup of hot coffee that he boiled outside, and says "Happy Birthday!" It was delicious!
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I am thoroughly enjoying Lesley Coffin's responses about Lew Ayres!
Thank you, Moira, for spreading the word.
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Gee, what happened to Florida in that photo? Is that the latest satellite rendering? Yikes!
I am just glad that molo has returned!
Did it take Froderick Frankenschtorm?
Bronxie, I hope Halloween Treats are not bottles of water and MREs!
IKE was no fun at all here.
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Thanks for posting the information about the last six Guest Programmers, Kyle! I've enjoyed watching the Guest Programmer events, and the last six months have had some exciting and unusual choices, like Ellen Barkin's. I never would have believed she would have chosen *NIghts In Cabiria*, or that Debra Winger would have chosen *Rififi,* or Regis Philbin would have chosen *Gunga Din.*
I can't wait until the November Guest Programmers from The Movie Morlocks!
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}It could be a couple of factors. Putting on the Film Festival costs major dollars.
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> TCM has to rent Grauman's Chinese Theater (the big auditorium) for four days (they likely rent Grauman's on Thursday to set up for the big gala Opening Night film and testing of the various equipment they use). $$
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> In addition to Graumans, this year they increased the number of theaters in the adjacent Chinese complex for four days. (Thursday through Sunday). Which means they had to spend more $$
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> They rent the Egyptian Theater for four days. $$
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> This year, they rented the Cinerama Dome for a special screening of *How the West Was Won* on Sunday morning.$$
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> For 2013, will they increase the number of theaters? If they do, that will cost money. If they rent the Cinerama Dome for another screening that will cost.
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> In addition to the theaters, TCM also rents a number of spaces at the Roosevelt Hotel, the Club TCM space, the Lobby where Robert O tapes five days (Wednesday through Sunday), the two ballrooms upstairs --- one is where we go to pick up our badges and/or swag bags depending on your badge level----the other is the war room across the hall where TCM staffers work.
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> In addition to the lobby being used for Robert O tapings, they rent the lobby (and catered food) for the Opening evening meet and greet. (This year they also used an additional bar area across from where they tape). $$
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> TCM also shuts down Hollywood Blvd from Highland Blvd to Orange Street twice during the Festival. Once on Opening Night for the Red Carpet gala prior to the Opening Night film unspooling and on Saturday morning when they have the hand print ceremony in the forecourt of Grauman's. That probably costs some major bucks that goes to the City of Los Angeles. $$$.
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> The Chinese Theater complex is under new management and while the Film Festival is probably not a money maker for TCM, that doesn't mean that those who supply the theaters, the rooms, the equipment, the catered food, etc. can't increase their fees for those services and probably have.
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> And that doesn't even take into consideration air fare for Guest Stars and speakers who don't live in the City of Angels (along with hotel costs) and the cost of TCM staffers for at least five days (air fare, hotel, food, etc). Considering how much they do, they do it without a large number of staffers.
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> In addition, they hire additional camera and sound crews to shoot events, shoot interviews with fans of the channel and shoot Retrospectives that are used on the channel in the months after the Film Festival.
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> Those are just some of the reasons I can think of that may have caused the increase in the cost of passes.
Those are definitely many reasons to keep in mind. I know from my discussions with previous passholders that they want TCM to retain the quality of venues and quantity of films presented at the festival in April. With the cost of increasing airfares and lodging, it is also becoming much more expensive to engage and care for the film stars, biographers, historians, and filmakers hired as guest stars and panel members. Thank you for this detailed explanation, lzcutter!
You are appreciated!
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Thanks, cinecrazydc.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}I think that *THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED* (1926) is one of the most astounding films ever made. This should be released on Blu-ray. It is, or has been on DVD from Milestone for those who missed it. Just an incredibly inventive and ambitious production. It takes great perseverance and dedication to create such a extraordinarily unique film. Musical Score was simply stupendous!
I totally agree, gagman66. I also felt that some of the artwork is reminiscent of some ancient Mayan drawings of Lords and Priests, and I enjoyed the lovely score, too. I have never seen this film, and am glad to find it has some enthusiastic fans like me.
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Happy, Happy Birthday! I just can't improve on that lovely photo that lzcutter sent of ROD TAYLOR!
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I thoroughly enjoyed the RARE ANIMATION evening with Jerry Beck, too. I had never seen the German silhouette feature *The Adventures of Prince Achmed* and found it enchanting, and was delighted to revisit the James Thurber inspired *The Unicorn in the Garden*.
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*{font}{font:Georgia}*HERE IS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT BIG TEX:*
*1949* Conceived as a 52 foot tall "Santa Claus" on November 10th, 1949; to bolster the Christmas shopping business of Kerens, Texas in Navarro County. The "man with the plan" was Howell Brister, the then Secretary of the Kerens Chamber of Commerce. The original Santa was patterned after a Mr. Hardy Mayo, a local grocer with broad shoulders, long hands and arms; who stood 6 foot 2 inches tall and weighed 270 pounds.
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*1950* After the 1950 Christmas season, the novelty wore off, and the 52 foot giant was transported 60 miles to Dallas, Texas and sold to The State Fair of Texas for $750.00.
*1952* The statue was transformed into a giant Cowboy, his name was changed; and the character *BIG TEX* was born. The big guy made his debut in late October of that year; as the official symbol of the *Great* *State Fair of Texas!* Many changes to the face and body were made that first year, and *TEX* (along with his trade mark western clothing) has continued to evolve over the years. Dallas artist and stage designer Jack Bridges was hired to update the face of *BIG* *TEX*. Mr. Bridges used a photograph of his own face, a photograph of rancher Doc Simmons and a photograph of Will Rogers, to create the new look.
*1953* *BIG TEX* talks for the first time! Over the years, six (6) different persons have performed the voice, but the most remembered voice was that of Jim Lowe. Mr. Lowe was a pioneer broadcaster in Dallas, and had the top rated morning radio show on WRR-AM for many years. *BIG TEX* says "H-O-W-D-Y" about 60 times a day during the State Fair each year.
{font:Georgia}*1997* The original body was rebuilt and now includes a cage-like skeleton with 4,200 feet of steel rods.{font}
{font:Georgia}*2000* *BIG TEX* was able to move for the first time, and began to wave to the millions of State Fair visitors who passed by each year on their way to the famous "Million Dollar Midway".{font}
{font:Georgia}*2001* Visitors spent a record 21.4 million dollars on food and amusement rides at the great State Fair of Texas.{font}
{font:Georgia}*2002* *BIG TEX* turned 50, got an all new wardrobe and a new voice. *Yesterday USA Radio Founder Bill Bragg was chosen as the seventh (7th) person to perform the voice of* *BIG TEX*! "While I can't speak for the State Fair, I will say that I hope to beat Jim Lowe's record of doing the voice for 30 plus years". "Doing TEX is the number one announcing job in Texas and I am deeply honored to have the opportunity", says Bragg
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*{font:Georgia}VITAL STATISTICS{font}*
{font:Georgia}*HEIGHT:* 52 Feet{font}
{font:Georgia}*WEIGHT:* 6,000 Pounds{font}
{font:Georgia}*HAT:* 75 Gallon, measuring 5 feet high{font}
{font:Georgia}*SHIRT:*
The Williamson-Dickie Company will cover TEX's 30 foot chest with a shirt that
has a 100 inch neck and 181 inch long sleeves. This is 600 times larger than the shirts they sell in the stores. The buttons are 3 and a half inches in diameter and the shirt contains 70 yards of blue denim and 80 yards of awning material. It took 2 weeks and a team of 8 workers to make the shirt at the Dickies work-ware plant in Fort Worth, Texas. {font}
{font:Georgia}*BELT:* 23 feet long, with a 50 pound buckle{font}
{font:Georgia}*PANTS:* Size 284W x 185L. The rivets are 3 and a half inches in diameter, the inseam is 200 inches, the fly is 56 inches long and his pants weigh a total of 65 pounds. And, the Dickies' folks worked a week to sew the new pants. {font}
{font:Georgia}*BOOTS:* Size 70, measuring 7 foot 7 inches high{font}
{font:Georgia}*FUN FACTS*{font}
{font:Georgia}Charles Noland and a crew of 7 people will use a giant crane to stand *BIG TEX* upright. Fans have been installed inside the body to cool the workers, who must crawl inside TEX in order to disconnect the crane and attach him to the platform. {font}
{font:Georgia}While *BIG TEX* is the undisputed "world's tallest Texan", he does have a "little brother" of sorts in Canyon, Texas.
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Follow this link to read more about it courtesy of Yesterday Radio Networks and the BIG TEX FACT PAGE:
http://www.yesterdayusa.com/big_tex_fact_page.htm
Thanks to Aggie Amy for the lovely photo!
Follow this link for a CBS affiliate story:http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/10/19/the-history-of-big-tex/
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Thanks, dear Kyle. I always thought he was hot!
And I could just stand there, and he would talk to me all day long....
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> You may recall my fluttery reactions towards Cecil Parker in his makeshift bath from UNDER CAPRICORN, as I was quite taken with his underarms.
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> Searching for early Cecil films, I found a pip on YouTube which I'm going to watch soon -- 1936's THE MAN WHO CHANGED HIS MIND, with Boris Karloff, Anna Lee (reunited in BEDLAM) and John Loder!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I can't wait to find out what you have to say about that one!
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Kyle, and filmlover, I completely agree. Thanks to TCM for showing these wonderful Cinerama films.
I especially enjoyed the music and the Venetian interlude. I also was fascinated by the panoramic scenery when the crewmen describe flying over the active volcano and the engines sputtered!
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Hamradio, Bob Morgan was married to Yvonne De Carlo until 1968, and they had two children. Bob was also the brother of singer, actress, and comedienne Jaye P. Morgan, and after the tragic accident, it took him about five years to recover. De Carlo devoted her time to nursing Morgan back to health, relinquishing her career opportunities. Morgan died at the age of 83 in 1999. He had two sons with De Carlo, and a daughter from a previous marriage.
De Carlo died at the age of 84 in 2007 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills.
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Lou Costello!
"Louisiana ___ride" "The ___Witch" "Sex, ___s and Videotapes" "____Quiet on the Western Front" "___thern Nights"
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> {quote:title=SansFin wrote:}{quote}
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> > I also enjoyed Cecil Parker in *Indiscreet*.
> I believe he is the best to portray dithering stodginess. He appears always to be intelligent and yet constrained by tradition so he dares not suggest a thing which has not been done before. I feel nearly as if he might be the uncle of Jeeves who is proud of him and yet does not fully approve of his flamboyant nature.
Dithering Stodginess! An excellent way to describe him and also to relate him to the unorthodoxed Jeeves...
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SonOfUniversalHorror: I don't have a film degree, just an M.A. in English, and I don't correct every grammatical error I find on the TCM Message Boards. I just like to discuss film. I am not sorry that I didn't remember every moment of the film. I wasn't taking notes. I was simply enjoying the film. And I don't take an offense to a comment that clarifies or explains an error I might have made when it is done with kindness and concern.
I don't feel that you responded with kindness. And I would like an apology. And I would like it now. But if you don't find it is part of your character as a kind and concerned human being to apologize for what I consider undue and unwarranted unkindness, I understand. I am conditioned to dealing with the general public.
I used the word "like" to indicate an example and the word "illuminate" meaning to highlight a particular moment that I was referring to in the statement.
If you were so concerned about clarity and factual information concerning the film, you could have responded to scsu 1975 on your own, and not chosen it as a moment to be unkind to me.
I just wish to celebrate the Cinerama films and the Cinerama process.
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Love this game!
Molly Picon?
Next up:
____ COSTELLO ___FITZGERALD JACK ____ + ____ OF KATIE ELDER
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:-) A hat like that needs its own thread!
BRONXGIRL'S MOTHER, HENRY FONDA'S HIRSUTENESS, ETC.
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Proud of you, Miss G! Take care. (And Rob, as I recall, said that line with an accent reminiscent of Boris Karloff or Bela Lugosi.
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And you, too, Molo. And Jackie!