markbeckuaf
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Oh yes, it would definitely mean LOTS of pre-codes! I hope TCM considers this seriously!
He's been one of my main men for a long time! Dig that dude!
Thanks for the support everyone!!
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> {quote:title=rodee wrote:}{quote}
> I must agree with you. I was thrilled to see the Laurel and Hardy marathon on TCM. I haven't seen many of these shorts since I was a kid and one local TV station played them. I have loved Laurel and Hardy ever since. No one has been able to match their comedy. I can only hope that now that TCM has played these shorts they will repeat this marathon often (hint hint please please) and hopefully add these wonderful films to their DVD collection. I will be first up to purchase.
I second this!!! I would LOVE to see these out in a collection! I would be in line for that!!!
I'm glad you are enjoying them! I realize humor is very subjective and they are probably not for everyone, but wow, I sooooo dig these guys!!! I actually really discovered them thanks to TCM when they started airing some of the features and then the shorts a few years ago. Wow! I had previously only seem them in documentaries and some clips. Since then I've had the chance to see much more of these guys and they are hilarious! Totally crack me up! And yep, early 30's always pretty much rocks the house!
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Wow!!! Warner Oland himself!!! I hope we see some of his films on here sometime soon too!!!
This rocks!!!! I love it even if only a brief appearance in this short!!
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I don't have a lot of fancy rhymes ready, so feel free to join in, but let me give a shout out to those who sponsored this in THE MATCH KING thread, I just had to shout it from the rooftops (or start a thread for it anyway!)
One of my absolute main men of cinema, he did tons of pre-codes (so that's a winner!), plus most of his work was with Warner Bros, so that should be a good go! So many great films he appeared in, and it would be cool to have a night of his Lone Wolf flicks from Columbia too!
SOTM? Lonnnnnnnnng overdue I say!
Totally dig me some Warren William! Who's in?
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Wow, well, I liked THE MATCH KING better than some it seems! I understand that he was a total jerk, but I still dug it and could appreciate his performance for what it was! I thought the story was very well done, and while I do dig WW in some other films perhaps better, I actually thought he did a fine job here as well!
And wow, in THIS IS THE NIGHT, which I haven't seen yet, Thelma Todd loses her dress eh???? OMG! I can't wait to see that now!!! DVR here I come!
Thelma....I have a huge crush on her as it is!!! And as for WW for SOTM----I'm THERE!!!!
Pre-code heaven!
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I'm totally grooving to the lineup tonight!!! WOW!!! I totally dig Laurel and Hardy, and these shorts are awesome!!!!
I wish they would put these out in a box set, that would rock! But as it is, thank you TCM!!
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Wow, getting a late start on my weekly groove, but OMG, Laurel and Hardy marathon this Tuesday night and into Wednesday, it's outta control!!! Lots I've seen, lots I've NOT seen and I'm totally looking forward to it, as it gets under way Tuesday in prime time!! Lots of shorts, and I can't wait, they are SO funny!!
Pre-code grooviness on Thursday with Kay Francis celebrating her birthday! GUILTY HANDS (yes, haven't seen this in a while!!!), JEWEL ROBBERY (awesome pre-code!!), ONE WAY PASSAGE...along with some early 30's fare in the lineup such as THE GOOSE AND THE GANDER (wild and crazy stuff!).
Friday night noir fans get a coolio treat with some John Payne goodies, including the fave KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL, but also two gritty flicks I've not seen before, 99 RIVER STREET and THE CROOKED WAY!!! Awesome way to spend a Friday evening!!!
Another very cool Saturday morning, with one of the best of Red Skelton's "Whistling" series, WHISTLING IN THE DARK to lead off the morning, followed by the zany IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD, then the dark Bogie flick CONFLICT, and of course my boyz, the Bowery Boys, in their weekly flick, JAIL BUSTERS!!! Later in the afternoon the gritty WWII Bogie drama SAHARA hits the tube!
Sunday morning it's pre-code risque at it's finest with Mae West in I'M NO ANGEL!!!
Totally grooving this week, thank you, TCM!!!
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THE MATCH KING was incredible! Wow! Warren William at his best! And yes, Fred, you have it right on that, very interesting to watch it wind and then unravel.
FRIENDS AND LOVERS I'd seen before, excellent pre-code!
I haven't yet had a chance to watch THIS IS THE NIGHT, really looking forward to it from the DVR!!! Thelma Todd, be still my beating heart!!! She rocks my world!
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I'm totally grooving to these tonight!!! Can't wait!!! Lili Damita!!! Hotcha!!
Warren William! Groove!
Pre-codes in prime-time! Rocking!
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> Thanks.
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> Some great movies today.
There really are, especially this evening!!!!
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This was GREAT!!!! Thanks for sharing this! Love the Stooges!
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Those are all great ideas/suggestions! I also dig the multi-packs because they are more economical and offer more quality for the buck!
I dig Archie's suggestion for the Warren William Perry Mason flix! Would love to see B sets for sure!
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Great discussion!
To get back to the OP:
Ann Savage in DETOUR! Man was she brutal!!!
Proto noir: Glenda Farrell in I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG! Wicked and hot!
Jean Gillie in DECOY! Woah!
Just a few off the top!
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It's one of my faves, for sure! I've seen it years ago on TCM (wasn't able to catch it this time), and have it on one of the Film Noir sets, so I'm grooving any time to it! Dig it!
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}
> Let's hope they reach back to the early thirties for some real rarities.
I second that!!!
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Ziggy, thank you so much for the alert on this pre-code set!!! I'm all over it!!!
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Ziggy, thank you so much for the alert on this pre-code set!!! I'm all over it!!!
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I'm in agreement with the groove over ANIMAL CRACKERS!!! Though I was out of touch with TCM over the past couple weeks, I have this one saved to the DVR to enjoy when I have some free time! One of my all time faves!!
I also wish they had aired THE COCOANUTS, but maybe another time?
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Kinokima, thank you so much for your thoughts on SHANGHAI EXPRESS!!! Enjoyed reading them!
Agree with you completely about Anna May Wong!
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> Yay!
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> I got my new VHS-DVD set up just in time today, and Im recording Shanghai Express on DVD right now! I already have a copy of it on DVD, but I want another one in case I scratch the old one.
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> What a night! Old movies all day and night! Yay!
Fred, it was an awesome night and day today too! Glad you to hear you were grooving!!
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I'm late with this greeting as I was out of touch for over a week (internet and TCM access-no!).
I wanted to wish all my fellow TCM groovers a very happy new year in 2011! Groove to the films, enjoy and have a very safe, healthy and happy year!
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> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}
> *"...I would love for T.C.M. to have a Thirties Thursdays trial schedule, at least for a month."* - jpwrs
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> This March will be very much to your liking. Jean Harlow is "Star Of The Month" and the rest of the schedule for the month is full of 1930s films. And that includes the evening hours.
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> http://www.tcm.com/schedule/month/?cid=N&timezone=PST&oid=3/1/2011
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> Kyle In Hollywood
March is completely, utterly, absolutely out of control!!!
If you dig early 30's films, March on TCM is for you!!! I'm there!
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Kinokima, I'm right there with you watching SHANGHAI EXPRESS!!! One of my favorite pre-code flix of all time! Please share what you think sometime after? Much appreciated!
As for THIS IS THE NIGHT, I've never seen it, and am SO looking forward to it!
This is one of the greatest features of TCM and the community of shared experience, something I miss a lot with timeshifting. Great to know that there are others out there not only watching what I am, but grooving to it, sharing ideas about it, and digging it together!
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TCM totally rocks out!!!
I just got back and wow!!! First off is tonight's Josef Von Sternberg's night, and wow! SHANGHAI EXPRESS, phenomenal pre-code! MOROCCO, awesome, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, never saw before but one of my favorite novels!!! And wow, the very B THE SHANGHAI GESTURE--what a hoot!! MACAO, one of my favorite Mitch/Russell flix!!! And a flick I've not seen before, THE KING STEPS OUT!!! WOW, what a way to kick off a week, and the new year!!!
Tuesday daytime finds us with a cool B flick starring one of the greatest comedic character actors, Frank McHugh, in HE COULDN'T SAY NO!! Then Kay Kyser in MY FAVORITE SPY, always a cool groove!
Tuesday night and through the day on Wed is the first of the Hal Roach features every week this month, and this week it's "The Little Rascals"! I have to say that surprisingly I'm not a huge fan of this series, but I will definitely be checking it out and see if I find them more entertaining than I have in the past! No matter what, it's totally far freaking out that TCM airs these!!
Loretta Young's day on Thursday rocks with the very underrated gem, THE UNGUARDED HOUR, a film I've not seen before A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, the noir CAUSE FOR ALARM. Rock!
And wow, Saturday, out of control!!! Morning features THE GLASS KEY, great noir with Ladd and Veronica Lake! Followed by this week's Bowery Boys feature, SPY CHASERS!! Then from one of my favorite series, ANOTHER THIN MAN!! And one of the greatest of the big bug sci-fi flix from the 50's, THEM! Wow!
And OMG, Sunday evening!!!! Pre-code heaven with two VERY obscure gems! First off at 8pm is Thelma Todd and Cary Grant in THIS IS THE NIGHT!!! Followed by my main man Warren William in THE MATCH KING with the luscious Lili Damita!!! Hotcha with Lili and Thelma!!!
And wrap that up with FRIENDS AND LOVERS, from 1931! Pre-code rock and roll!
Very groovy, TCM!!! Thank you for the great films!
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Really looking forward to the 3 Payne noir films this Friday evening! TCM rocks!