PrinceSaliano
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I love Jon Stewart. We haven't been to the moon since 1972. Apparently, there were no inhabitants to exploit or enslave.
No moon men with oil or weapons of mass destruction. What's the point?
FYI...it takes three years to get to Mars. Have we finished exploring the oceans?
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> February? No, that's "31 Days of Oscar".
My point exactly.
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Montezuma's other revenge???
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There was an intriguing special on some cable channel the other night. One of the disbelievers claims that Area 51 is where the moon landing was shot.
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> > The October schedule is quite interesting. But Leslie Caron as Star of the Month? Why not Lugosi or Karloff or Chaney or Atwill. Remember Halloween???
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> Wouldn't it get old very fast if the October SOTM was always a horror movie star?
You mean like February???
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> For one reason or another, in 1942 MGM lost 4 of its all-time biggest stars: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Jeanette MacDonald, and Greta Garbo.
During 1931/32, Paramount lost Kay Francis, William Powell and Ruth Chatterton to Warner Brothers. Fay Wray also left Paramount at that time, as did Clara Bow.
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The October schedule is quite interesting. But Leslie Caron as Star of the Month? Why not Lugosi or Karloff or Chaney or Atwill. Remember Halloween???
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I doubt very much if people who can't afford to buy health insurance, pay their mortgage, pay their taxes, etc., care very much about NASA.
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He functioned similarly the same year in Paramount's TERROR ABOARD...another zesty pre-Code which would be much better remembered today if Atwill or Lugosi played the villain.
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I think he gets top billing, which is a bigger crime than anything Atwill does in the movie!
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Universal made _fun_ B-movies in the 40s...Patric Knowles, Robert Paige, Jon Hall, Alan Curtis, David Bruce, Hugh Herbert, Evelyn Ankers, Anne Gwynne, Anne Nagel, Louise Allbritton, Peggy Moran, Acquanetta, et al.
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> Yes, and of course, Christopher Columbus never found the new world either.
I'm sure the Mayas, the Aztecs and the Incas wished he hadn't!
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Uh oh.
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Of course, the footage isn't important if we never actually went to the moon.
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> PrinceSaliano:
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> You mentioned the familiar theme music used for the end cast lists for Universal movies. We've all heard it hundreds of times.
> Have you ever wondered what the name of that tune is, who composed it, and exactly when and how often it was used?
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> The name of the music is "Strange Faces", composed by Frank Skinner for the 1938 Universal picture "Strange Faces".
> It was used as end cast list music for a total of 219 different Universal movies between 1938 and 1945.
> In 1938 it was used 4 times.
> In 1939: 35 times.
> In 1940: 43 times.
> In 1941: 38 times.
> In 1942: 39 times.
> In 1943: 31 times.
> In 1944: 26 times.
> In 1945: 3 times.
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> It was heard incidentally in two other Universal movies and in at least two trailers.
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> I wrote a detailed article on that music, along with a complete listing of usages, appearing in the March 2008 issue of "Classic Images".
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Fascinating! I must dig out that issue. Thanks.
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One wonders what was taped over it. The mind reels.
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The print of Columbia's THE FINAL EDITION (1932) was terrific.
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It depends on the studio. During the "Golden Age", Columbia rarely had closing credits, while Universal almost always did (and they had familiar theme music as accompaniment). During the pre-Code era, Warner Brothers did not. But later in the 30s it did.
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If you're a pre-Code or Lionel Atwill fan, it's pure delight. The cast includes Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick and Kathleen ("The Panther Woman") Burke.
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This will never be resolved. Everybody has their own definition of "classic", regardless of TCM's mission statement. We live in a diverse world with people who's opinions on every topic under the sun differ. However, I will appreciate TCM's continued commitment to pleasing fans of Hollywood's Golden Age (roughly 1960 & prior). Last Friday's daytime line-up was a knockout and I hope that kind of programming continues. Keep those rare pre-Codes coming!
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Dolores Costello and Noah Beery
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I've been requesting BLACK MOON. Let's hope it does indeed make it.
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October is looking very good indeed.
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BLACK MOON (1934) and MURDERS IN THE ZOO (1933) are scheduled!!!
Does TCM show the best prints?
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Two years or so ago, TCM aired some Roy Rogers westerns. The prints weren't so hot and they were edited. Who owns these anyway? The Roy Rogers Estate?