ziggyelman
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Just about all the Columbia films from the early 30's that show up on TCM! They have a very different feel than the RKO, WB, MGM films most of us have seen. More on location footage, different actors, just a different feel than the films we normally see from that era.
Of course it's late, and not thinking all that quickly, but off the top of my head, something like *By Whose Hand?*, starring Ben Lyon should not be a forgotten film! Great scenes inside a train station, not just for a minute, but for much of the film
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022733/
*Air Hostess* with Evalyn Knapp, and James Murray, ran just a few weeks back, much of the footage was in and around a real airport. It really gives me a feel for what it really was like in 1933.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023749/
I'm sure it was cheaper for Harry Cohn,(I wonder if Columbia had any exclusive deals to shoot in and around L.A. then?) but it's sure interesting in 2009!
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It's just my opinion, but I just can't get that excited about blu-ray. Perhaps if I was rich!
I know, the discs and players keep coming down in price. But, I can't afford a new TV, and you can't record on blu-ray yet(as far as I know, someone may be selling them for an arm and 2 legs)So, if only the top 100-200 films come out, (and like markfp2 mentioned, many films came out of VHS that still haven't come out on DVD) it's just not for me, not yet at least.
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John Huston is certainly memorable in Chinatown. He had a perfect voice for an actor.
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didn't really know where else to put this, but stumbled upon this facinating (IMO) 5 minute clip from 1928 of women's fashions, with folks such as Laura Le Plante as models...Oh, and in the early "two strip" Technicolor process to boot!
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> {quote:title=ugaarte wrote:}{quote}
> PS . . . WHAT IS THE 'QUICKEST' WAY TO GET TO THE LAST PAGE TO READ THE
> MOST RECENT POSTINGS ??
ugaarte, you can do a few things, you can always bookmark the last page of a long thread like this one, and just keep updating that bookmark every time a new page comes up, or you can go up to your control panel( upper right hand corner, thing that looks like a carrot with a wing nut on it!
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}
> By the description, I was wondering if it would be that picture. Sure enough it is. I know that picture, and where it came from...my good friend Louie's El Brendel blog of January 20, 2009.
> In addition to Bert Wheeler, he found lots of other rare one-of-a-kind pictures of stars (and even a President) in Hawaii. Here's where to see the rest of them:
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> http://www.elbrendel.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
musicalnovelty, what a great site! Such great photos, and I have only gone from Jan to April of this year!!!
and in the middle of April, I found this great blog on *So This is Africa*, with just loads of documents and other info on this heavily censored film. If only it could be put back together, but highly unlikley, it would seem.
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}
> I hope you can post that picture somewhere...I'd like to see it!
Will it work just as a link???? Lets see...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/BertWheeler.jpg
Yep, that still works.
Edited by: ziggyelman on Oct 18, 2009 6:10 PM
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For me, it was seeing Wynne Gibson in *Aggie Appleby Maker of Men* A really interesting RKO movie I hope will be shown on TCM. She's a bit hard boiled, but if you saw her in this role, you'd wonder why she didn't become a well known star...or at least a reliable best friend of the Lead actress. She did make a fair number of films in the early 30's, but when they were at Universal, Fox, and Columbia....you just aren't going to be well known today. At least we can hope they will show the Columbia films on TCM, someday!
http://www.allstarpics.net/0033102/010239416/wynne-gibson-pic.html
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}
> Someone posted recently that "This Thing Called Love" had some rights issue that had kept it off TV for years (although I do recall seeing it on a local channel in the late 1970's or early 1980's). Perhaps there is still some problem with it and TCM had to pull it from the schedule for that reason.
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> A big dropped movie disappointment for me came when the 1933 Columbia movie "The Woman I Stole" was replaced on the Oct. 15 schedule. As usual in these cases it was on the schedule three months ago. Although I'd seen it once before years ago in a theater as part of a "Columbia Before the Code" series, it had never been on TCM before and I was looking forward to seeing it again.
> Who knows if or when it will ever be rescheduled?
"*The Woman I Stole*" was still on the schedule as of a week or so ago, as I set my DISH DVR to record it...imagine my joy in seeing instead, *the Adventures of Dobie Gillis* !
Edited by: ziggyelman on Oct 18, 2009 6:09 AM
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Ham, I think he was talking about great actor(s) never mentioned. Peter Finch often is!
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=ADDIE wrote:}{quote}
> > The teams appeal that I never understood is, "The Ritz Brothers." I mean what on earth...?
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> I've only seen 2 movies with them featured: THE GORILLA and STRAIGHT, PLACE AND SHOW. I thought they were aight. THE GORILLA is better, but that's mainly due the mix and storyline, which is quite good and funny.
I hear you guys! They are in an Alice Faye movie that ran on Fox a few years ago...umm, what was it???
Oh yes, IMDB says *You Can't Have Everything,* 1937....It's ok.....they try hard, if nothing else.
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}
> I enjoy A&C's films very much. They went through several periods - the best being the early Arthur Lubin films and the later Charles Barton pictures. Barton's first, THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES, is an outstanding comedy irrespective of Abbott and Costello. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN increases its stature year-by-year. It is one of the most solidly-made pictures of the post-war period. Script, cast, photography, music, cutting - all are absolutely first-rate.
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Ray, I agree completely! Those are the 2 best...it's a shame *The Time of Their Lives* isn't better known,(It sure wasn't in the batch that they ran all the time in St. Louis when I was kid) it's the film people that aren't big fans of A&C often like. They are not even really paired up, (To not give too much of the plot away, Lou's character was born in the 1700's) and Abbott gets the short end of the stick more often than not, which...if you have seen dozens of A&C films, it's nice to see!
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> {quote:title=molo14 wrote:}{quote}
> Please don't make me turn in my "TCM classic comedy lover" badge but I don't think I've ever watched a Wheeler and Woolsey film!
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> I missed *The Cuckoos* and *Hook, Line and Sinker* but I did record the other two. I think I also have copies of *Rio Rita*, *Hold 'Em Jail* and *Hips, Hips, Hooray!* lying around here somewhere.
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> What should I start with?
A little late to this thread...first off, I have to say, I find them very funny, but I don't think they had the writers they needed, or deserved to make that perfect comedy. Hips Hips, Hooray sure has it's moments, probably the best one I have seen so far....I happened across Hold 'Em Jail after another film on a disc, and I would say the first 15-20 minutes were brilliant! Just silly, almost anarchistic comedy ala Marx Bros, then....I don't know what happened. Like the writer died, and they just winged it for the last 40 minutes. 1 16-17 year old Bette Grable is the love interest for Wheeler! But, still worth watching just for the beginning!
Checking imdb I see they may 25 films in about 8 years! That doesn't give you much time to polish the rough edges, does it???
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> {quote:title=drednm wrote:}{quote}
> Who was who said about Williams: "Wet, she's a star."
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> I certainly have nothing (really) against Williams, BUT I dislike TCM using a block of primetime only to hawk a DVD set.... and speaking of DVD sets, where are the set for Kay Francis or Marion Davies??
But, they have certainly done this a fair bit in the past with new books, box sets, etc, correct???
As I mentioned on another thread, TCM is not even part of basic cable,(Well, satellite for me) as it used to be. So its a niche channel right there. And I bet with economy and job market being so bad, folks are dropping luxuries like cable nationwide, or at least paring down the packages they do have. The LAST thing anyone here wants to see it TCM go away! Can you imagine what that would be like??? How many movies would simply be lost to the ages????
I say, let them do box set film blocks like this. Warner must pay for the prime time "hawking", and it helps sell these sets, which will hopefully get more sets released in the future....I'll get upset when it's a night of Adam Sandler films showing....
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> The most famous classics keep getting reissued partly because people keep buying them (doh!) and also because sometimes people like to upgrade to a new format (say, from DVD to blu-ray).
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> Sometimes the most profitable classic titles like The Wizard of Oz probably help offset less profitable releases of classic movies.
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> As for ads on TCM, I've also been seeing a lot of ads for the Esther Williams and William Castle collections.
Well, I hope they are making money re-re-re-releasing these films!
But, the mindset seems to be they are the only films people will pony up for....and the only ones worth spreading the word on. It's true you see ads for Esther Williams and William Castle on TCM,(Which I imagine help fund the channel) but why not take a chance running them elsewhere as well??? There must be people that would want the Esther Williams set, that will never know of either volumes existence. TCM is not part of basic cable anymore, and blockbuster stores(the few left) aren't likely to have them either.
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looks like a very good month! Has *If I Had A Million (1932)* Been on TCM before??? I recall it being on AMC a long time ago....really a fun film for those that haven't seen it...even for those that have!
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I think one reason sales are not that great for older films on DVD...ever see an ad for one outside of TCM??? Well, I think I have seen one for the Wizard of Oz on regular TV, but that's a special situation.
And I don't buy the cost of advertising factor...there are so many cheap ads late at night, that even on national channels cost next to nothing...
I know, a bit off subject!
From Barrrie Maxwell of the digital bits site...if you think it's bad with WB film releases...
*Much as fans may be unhappy with the reduced/altered output from Warners, the real disappointment is the Fox situation. The classic faucet has been effectively turned off and aside from some classic titles making the transition from DVD to Blu-ray, no new classic releases are apparently planned for the remainder of this year. Nor is there anything to suggest that a change in this approach will be forthcoming next year.*
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> {quote:title=Moodri wrote:}{quote}
> There will be four Charley Chase silent shorts on TCM this Sunday night/Monday morning (all times eastern):
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> Sunday/Monday 09/27-28
> (12mid) *Bad Boy* (1925) 19m
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> Monday 09/28
> 12:30am *Isn't Life Terrible* (1925) 22m
> 1:00am *The Uneasy Three* (1925) 22m
> 1:30am *Mama Behave* (1926) 22m
Thanks for mentioning them, Moodri!
Isn't Life Terrible will be interesting for so very many reasons....check out the cast and the director(same director for all the shorts that night....
*Isn't Life Terrible (1925)*
*In this silent short, a family camping trip turns into a disaster.*
*Cast: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Fay Wray, Lon Poff Dir: Leo McCarey*
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Just did a quick check to make sure the first two(AIR HOSTESS
ANN CARVER'S PROFESSION) recorded aok, they did, and the prints look fantastic! I guess it helps that the films probably haven't copies made from them much in the last 76 years.
I sure hope the films that were supposed to run will run later on. This is the 3rd time(that I know of) for that Nancy Carroll movie....
Edited by: ziggyelman on Sep 25, 2009 9:14 AM
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> {quote:title=RainingViolets101 wrote:}{quote}
> I saw Miss Weidler in 'Best Foot Forward' and she was a young adult - I thought
> she was quite lovely in Technicolor....
I thought so too! But you could sort of feel that MGM didn't know what to do with her.
Margaret O'Brien is another child star that should have done better in films as an adult. Films such as Glory, in 1956, took away all the good qualities she possessed, and just made her a whiny 19 year old...sigh....
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> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}
> Mom could never remember Dyan Cannon: "Who was the young wife of Cary Grant with the curly hair, Diahann Carroll?"
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> I've never been able to bring myself to watch that HERE COMES MR. JORDAN remake. I don't know what it is, I don't want to see actors in bell bottoms in the 1970's doing this kind of a story.
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> Mom already considers you part of the family.
That would have been something if Cary had married Diahann Carroll in the 60's!
Its always interesting to compare film memories or stories. It all depends on which one you see first! I saw Heaven Can Wait in the theatres as a kid, and really enjoyed it! Perhaps the only film I have really liked Warren Beatty in(Well, that and *Bugsy* ) Didn't get a chance to see Here Comes Mr. Jordan til many years later, and just thought it was ok. Seeing it again later on, I was able to enjoy it much more. Guess I was expecting too much the first time.
Always wondered if Warren just ripped off the title from the Don Ameche film???
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Oh brother! I used to be such a fan of Spielberg's.
How can they disguise what this is based on?? What will they call it???
Me an Harv?? A Man and his Bunny??? My Best Friend??? A Drunk's Imaginary Buddy???
I have seen 2 movies in a theater in the last 3 years. This won't be the next one I see.
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*his affairs with men, such as the actors Earl Larimore, Johnny Mack Brown, William Haines, and Rod LaRocque ? men whom Gable outed to the press to prevent himself from being outed.*
Huh??? Does that make any sense??? Umm, you caught me so I will umm.. out some other guys that are gay if you don't out me??? I am sure it was quite the shock for folks to find out Haines was gay!
As for the writer, as mentioned above, his books are almost always trashed, and boy is he thin skinned!
http://lisaburks.typepad.com/jeanharlow/2009/05/tarnished-.html
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lets see if I can do this still
Virginia Bruce
Fay Wray
I know, the discs and players keep coming down in price. But, I can't afford a new TV, and you can't record on blu-ray yet(as far as I know, someone may be selling them for an arm and 2 legs)
The Tell Tale Heart
in Shorts
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Doesn't seem like I needed to check, but I did, and it's on that disc.
EDIT: Just was checking out what shorts are going to be on, since I keep missing the Boyfriends shorts, and saw this!
Wednesday , in the early A.M, est.
*4:00am Old Dark House, The (1932)*
*5:15am [short] Festival of Shorts #11 (1998)*
*In The Tell-Tale Heart (1942) a man confesses to murder after being tormented by the sound of his victim's beating heart.*
*BW-22 mins*
Oh, and there are two Old Dark House films that night, it's the 2nd one that night you want to set it up to record!
Edited by: ziggyelman on Oct 20, 2009 3:53 AM