PrinceSaliano
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Haven't seen ANIMAL CRACKERS in years!
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Easily one of their best.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=sineast wrote:}{quote}
> > If the point is that a ten-year old film such as Gladiator somehow endangers
> > TCM's commitment to showing films predominately from the studio era, I doubt
> > there's much to worry about.
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> Yeah, yeah, yeah, thats like saying that when Germany rolled into the Sudetenland in 1938, that wasnt anything to worry about.
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> http://www.nevillechamberlain.com/pictures/neville-chamberlain-0002.jpg
Good one, Fred.
By the way, "quality" has very little to do with a film's ability to entertain. I find studio-era films vastly more entertaining than so-called "classics" of a more recent vintage (such as the CGI-infested GLADIATOR).
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Forget the word "classic". It's too subjective. I'm an old movie fan, plain and simple. I'm a purist. In my opinion, movies from 70s & forward are not appropriate for TCM (excepting TCM Underground). Attracting a broader audience is a double-edged sword. As the number of recent titles increase, the number of older titles must decrease. That means less Ann Harding. Less John Gilbert. Less Wheeler & Woolsey. Less Falcon, Saint, Crime Doctor, et al. Fewer pre-Codes. Fewer serials. Last year TCM had a Goldie Hawn birthday tribute. Goldie Hawn! These are, indeed, perilous times.
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> {quote:title=sineast wrote:}{quote}
> Besides the obvious tie-in of a movie that won five Oscars, including Best Picture, to
> 31 Days of Oscar, there is the shocking to conceive possibility that Gladiator is a better
> movie than some of the "classic" films mentioned.
You miss the point entirely.
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Leonard's approach bolsters the argument that classic pre-dates the mid-1960s. Thanks, Leonard!
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}
> > I'd much rather see George Arliss from THE GREEN GODDESS on there!
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> I have a recording of the 1930 version. I wonder why TCM doesn't show this one? I wonder why TCM doesn't show "Phantom Lady"? I wonder why TCM doesn't show "The Story of Temple Drake"? I wonder why TCM is going to show "Gladiator"?
Please don't get me started, Fred.
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> > Is it J. Carrol Naish's birthday?
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> I think that's right, didn't notice it before, good call!
> I actually dig on J. Carrol Naish so it's all good...plus a GREAT assortment of flix for his special day!
A+ to the programmer responsible for this!
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ZaSu for SOTM...or at least a day in August.
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> And another piece of chalk and a new body for our friend Daniel.
LOL!
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Edited by: TCMWebAdmin on Jan 23, 2010 10:16 PM
inappropriate comment
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> *I like that - holding out hope someone might go from being a Russell Crowe fan to a Mary Pickford fan. Hey, it can happen.*
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> There's likely a stop at Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper or someone else before they get to Mary Pickford.
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> Which was the point I was trying to make.
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> I would much prefer TCM try to grow its viewership this way than resorting to more drastic measures.
The implication is that if this doesn't work (and it won't) TCM will resort "to more drastic measures". I don't like the sound of that.
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Whoever is responsible for today's programming deserves a promotion and a raise.
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> When I got the issue in the mail, I thought, "Oh oh, this will start a riot among those who believe classics stopped in 1955." But then I realized it is a brilliant (and necessary) marketing move by TCM because the Oscar issue of Now Playing is the one issue given away free each year at places like Barnes & Noble. *Gladiator* on the cover will catch the eye of the casual movie fan and they will pick it up. Then they tune in to see all these great films in February...and we've got them!
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> Besides, getting "Gladiator" is a great coup. Why not show it off?
I hope you don't think these new fans will be inspired to watch Wheeler & Woolsey, Constance Bennett, Dick Tracy serials and Silent Sundays.
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Aren't "The Bat" and "The Circular Staircase" one and the same?
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Lotsa J. Carrol Naish. Is it his birthday?
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I'm surprised neither THE BAT nor THE BAT WHISPERS has shown up on TCM.
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Is it J. Carrol Naish's birthday?
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> {quote:title=audreyforever wrote:}{quote}
> To those who have got the February issue of Now Playing, were we all surprised with a 21st century movie being on the cover? I don't want to cause arguments and such about the definition of "classic" or how it's perfectly fine to put Gladiator on the cover, but I hope this is not the direction TCM is going in...
Dreadful choice.
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I'm sorry the other thread was locked. Must have gotten too progressive.
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Although I'm not a western fan, a day of William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy would be nice.
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Try Blockbuster, HBO, Showtime, Cinemax.
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AUNTIE MAME and HAROLD AND MAUDE immediately come to mind.
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All Carl Laemmle-era titles would be welcome on TCM...like Fay Wray's 1934 trio, MADAME SPY, THE COUNTESS OF MONTE CRISTO and CHEATING CHEATERS.
BLOCK-HEADS (1938)
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Was this removed from the schedule the other night or did I screw up?