PrinceSaliano
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The film fell into obscurity no doubt because of its lack of name stars (Alan Mowbray, Florinne McKinney, Peggy Shannon). It wasn't included in Universal's Shock Theater television package in 1957 (other obscure non-horror titles were). It was made after the production code enforcement of mid-1934 and, therefore, lacks the sauciness of the novel. However, the special effects are said to be very good.
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> {quote:title=sfpcc1 wrote:}{quote}Is that movie anything like Food Of The Gods?
No.
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Would be great to have other "B" diectors celebrated...Erle C. Kenton, Roy William Neill, Phil Rosen, William Nigh, Jean Yarbrough, Richard Thorpe (pre-MGM), Lambert Hillyer, and of course, William Beaudine.
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I would really like TCM to show it. It won't turn up anywhere else. The TOPPER films are popular on TCM and NIGHT LIFE OF THE GODS was written by Thorne Smith
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A " thank you" to TCM for having a Lew Landers Fest. Despite the absence of THE RAVEN and RETURN OF HE VAMPIRE, I'm impressed that someone decided to do it...and it got approved.
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Would be great to see his 1930s Paramount pics, as well as BROADWAY (Universal, 1942) on TCM.
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We're 10 days into the New Year and the "Ignore Member" feature is as relevant as ever. Despite an aggressive administrator, I am surprised at the excess of snarky comments.
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Who's Mabye?
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> {quote:title=AndyM108 wrote:}{quote}NINE GIRLS has once again been eliminated, as has MURDER IN TIMES SQUARE.
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> Good information, but you might want to mention *when* they were being scheduled while you were at it.
Shall I cut your meat for you too?
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> {quote:title=musikone wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}NINE GIRLS has once again been eliminated, as has MURDER IN TIMES SQUARE.
> Were you watching any of the nine girls being "eliminated" in Times Square? Or is your grammar better than it appears to be at first glance?
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> musikone
This from somebody who spells "music" with a "k"?
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NINE GIRLS has once again been eliminated, as has MURDER IN TIMES SQUARE.
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> {quote:title=lydecker wrote:}{quote}I thought I would start a new thread on this since the subject keeps popping up
> on the Loretta Young SOTM thread. Like many of you, I despise February on TCM.
> Does AMPAS have a gun to TCM's head to force it to program non-stop
> Oscar nominated movies EVERY YEAR or do they just continue to do it because it's a no brainer,
> programming wise? I will give TCM credit for trying to find new ways to recycle the stuff --
> By studio, by geographic location, etc. etc. Still, in our house, we'll do what we always do --
> record the hell out of December and January films and just play them back all through February.
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> If they MUST continue with February as Oscar Month I like the suggestion of doing an "Oscar Night" once a week (just like SOTM) to make each February less of a viewer turn off (literally.)
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> Lydecker
I couldn't agree more. Every year we must suffer through this. No B movies. No Silent Sundays. No TCM Underground. No serials. Yuck!
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Let's hope so. None of us is getting any younger!
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More importantly, who will be SOTM in 2013? If Universal titles were available, we could have Maria Montez or Bela Lugosi or Evelyn Ankers or Deanna Durbin or Lon Chaney (Jr.) or Jeff Chandler.
If Paramount titles were available, we could have Nancy Carroll or W.C. Fields or George Raft or Richard Arlen or Clara Bow or Claudette Colbert.
What about Wheeler & Woolsey, Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Richard Dix, Glenda Farrell, Laurel & Hardy, Ramon Novarro, John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Leila Hyams, Richard Barthelmess, Thelma Todd.
How about Monogram Pictures as SOTM?
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It's annoying to me when people complain about ethnic stereotypes in films that are 70 OR 80 YEARS OLD! Cripes. It's this attitude that suppressed the Charlie Chan films and Our Gang comedies back in the day. Have you written letters to MTV complaining about "Jersey Shore"?
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New Year's Eve 1932 was prominently featured in MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM.
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Mantan Moreland for Star Of The Month.
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}MURDER BY TELEVISION (Bela Lugosi)
> BEHIND LOCKED DOORS (Tor Johnson)
> QUEEN OF BURLESQUE (Evelyn Ankers)
> UNKNOWN ISLAND (Richard Denning)
> TWO LOST WORLDS (James Arness)
> THE UNEARTHY (John Caradine)
> NIGHT OF THE HOULS (Tor Johnson)
> DEATHDREAM
> BEAST OF THE DEAD
> THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF DR. SADISM (Christopher Le)
> MARK OF THE DEVIL
> SO SAD ABOUT GLORIA
> LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
> DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT
> THE MASK (1961)
> MATANGO
> THE FLESH EATERS
> I EAT YOUR SKIN
> TERRIFIED!
> BLOODY PIT OF HORROR
> BLOOD BATH
> THIS NIGHT I'LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE
> BLOOD AND LACE
> DERANGED
> BLOOD MANIA
Resurrecting this.
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No reason why it shouldn't with enough effort on the part of the programmers.
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I saw it. It was creepy but I didn't like it.
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Must have missed LEMORA too.
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Glenda Farrell for Star Of The Month.
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NIGHT LIFE OF THE GODS (Universal, 1935). This is not a "lost" film, but a very rare one. It is based on Thorne Smith's comic-fantasy novel. Smith was also the author of TOPPER. The film was made after the Production Code went into effect, so the pre-code naughtiness of the novel is absent. The special effects (as you would expect from Universal) are supposedly quite good. Lack of star power has kept this one obscure.
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TCM Underground is a weekly escape from Andy Hardy and Dr. Kildaire.
losing interest in TCM
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February is dismal...the annual 31 Days of Oscar (despite February having only 28 days). TCM will maintain interest and enthusiasm by showing lots of Bs and pre-Codes; the continuation and promotion of TCM Underground and Silent Sundays; the acqusition of Universal & Paramount 30s & 40s titles; serials; more titles from Republic and Monogram; more B stars and charactor actors for SOTM and SUTS; more rarities from archives such as UCLA Film Archives, Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, etc.