ziggyelman
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> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote}
> >He's currently registered as a Democrat and said he cast a ballot for Barack Obama from Bulgaria, where he was filming.
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> Hey, wait a minute - Barack Obama is from Bulgaria?
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> Oh, sorry, I misread that. Barack Obama is filming in Bulgaria. Whew!
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> I have noticed a few stations are now doing encore type programming that is repeating a movie during the day. That can come on handy during viewing conflicts and I don't have to bother recording them. On Directv there are east and west channels like Starz, HBO, NBC, ABC, etc. If one would to miss a movie, you get a second chance with the 2nd channel. So neat.
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> Why don't TCM do the same thing, that is have a TCM and a TCMw channels?
Good question! It would make sense for many reasons.
I have DISH and their DVR. And if I remember to set a movie for 5-10 minutes longer than the time slot, AND record the movie afterwards, sometimes it will stop and start recording the 2nd movie 3-4 times in the first 10 minutes!
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> > For the past several years, the May theme has been the depiction of a particular minority group on film.
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> A good choice for a minority group might be cabinet nominees who have actually paid their income taxes.
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> I was waiting a long time for this one. I hadn't seen it since AMC ran it over a dozen years ago.
> Now I'm looking forward to Sun. 2/15 for No Time For Love, another Fred MacMurray gem that has been dormant for too long. This time, with my favorite Fred Macmurray co-star, Claudette Colbert.
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> I hope TCM will have the rights to run these films again. It'd be a shame to see them go back into obscurity.
Oh man, I haven't poured through the whole month yet, that is a GREAT comedy, perhaps my favorite Fred MacMurray film! Thanks for the 411! I will try to mention it again before it shows, hopefully more than 5 minutes before it shows.
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How's that for a warning??? I mentioned it in the good older films coming up thread, and meant to start a tread the day before it aired...Oh well....It's a very cute comedy with Fred MacMurray, and Rosalind Russell, a Paramount film. If you miss it today, hopefully TCM will run it again in the next month or so.
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> {quote:title=ChipHeartsMovies wrote:}{quote}
> NZ, *Girl Crazy* is available on DVD, it's in the Mickey and Judy box set.
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> I'd love to see the Andy Hardys all in a set. About half of Jean Harlow's films are unavailable, including the spectacular *Bombshell* . Several of Judy Garland's lesser titles like *Everybody Sing* and *Little Nellie Kelly* never made the leap to DVD. The MGM *A Midsummer Night's Dream* is a treasure, never on DVD.
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> You can get virtually all of the movies mentioned on bootleg DVD --- it's a shame that the studios aren't releasing them.
Chip, I was going to pick a nit, and mention that A Midsummer Night's Dream was a Warner Bros film, but, just on the off chance I was wrong,(It happened once, in 1986
) I went to IMDB and I saw an image of a dvd coming out of a case. Figured it was perhaps from a foreign version, but nope, It's out on DVD! Since 2007!!!! Never have seen or heard about this!
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I don't want to oversell this film too much, but if "you" really like smart, romantic comedies, then please check out *Take a Letter, Darling* Sunday February 1st, at 4 PM EST!!! From the underrated director Mitchell Leisen, who once again has Fred MacMurray as the leading man(well, as much of a leading man as a secretary can be!
) with Rosalind Russell in another rare for a woman in the 40's role as an Ad exec. I have loved the film ever since I saw it on AMC years ago(or was it Showtime?) It's a shame Fred and Roz didn't make more films together. Oh, and it's from Paramount!!!!! I sure hope there will be more rare Paramounts coming our way! -
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> Seeing Blondell and Sothern together was a pip. I can't exactly express why. They've been around a long time by 1943.
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You know, to me they seemed at times to almost like they could be sisters! (Joan's sister Gloria did work in film as well) It's more appearance than in acting style. Both were professionals in the best sense of the word.
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I think one or two of the early Charlie Chan's with Oland use the plane across a map.
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> I always loved this movie. Someone mentioned the actor who played CJ. His name was Larry Riley and I thought he was fantastic also. Unfortunately he died much too young like Howard Rollins. He was later a regular on the TV show Knots Landing and died after apperaring on the show for 100 episodes.
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> He alos had a part as a cop killer in one of James Woods more underappreciated roles. Woods played a DA going after some Black panthers who killed two cops in the late 60s early 70s. It is a TV movie called Badge of the Assasin and Woods and the whole cast are excellent in this true story..
A very, very good film! I didn't see it this time, but with you mentioning Larry Riley, along with Howard Rollins, several people died far too young who were in this film! Adolph Caesar was only 53 when he died. 51 when he made this, doesn't he look about 15 years older? The Imdb page on him says he was the voice of the NAACP commericals where you hear a voice say a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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Didn't he use a Cockney accent in None But the Lonely Heart??? Been awhile since I've seen the film.
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Good question! I bought a few weeks back(and haven't watched) a VHS from RKO called Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men. Stars Charlies Farrell and Wynne Gibson(Who looks a bit like Miriam Hopkins, at least from the box)
I sure never heard of this film, let alone seen it on TCM, has it???
By the way, for reasons I cannot quite figure out, even though it's clearly a rare film, long out of print, there are 6 copies up there now, including one for only 75 cents! Act now, as supplies are limited!
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I have liked Rose with Robert. She more respectful than some of the other women sitting across from Robert, that seem to think they should try to make the show a Siskel and Ebert for classic films.
And I think it shows, in that Robert is more comfortable with her. I wish she was doing it for another year.
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> Hi there, we're looking to get the uncut version of "The Swinger" as we speak. We apologize for playing the shorter version last weekend.
Very glad to hear that! It was also pan and scan version......
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Saw that Filmlover had mentioned this a few days ago on the upcoming releases page(Have been off the board for a few days) and thought for sure it would be mentioned here, but it wasn't so heres the dope!!!
I'll tell you what, Universal has thrown down the gauntlet, with this box set. Warner brothers may have started the DVD pre code series, but the films on this set are films most of us have never seen, or if we have, from beat to death 16 MM prints.
Granted, Universal has been terrible about letting anyone see these films over the years(the set is all Paramount films, correct?) but the next pre code set from Warners(after 3) had better have some really interesting films that haven't run in TCM in the last year.
Competition is a good thing!
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Like a lot of folks here, I really like Martin(Didn't like him at first) and wish he wasn't doing this, but like someone said, he needs to make money too.
I did see the first ones, and there were some genuinely clever, funny moments in it, but it felt rushed, with some unfunny moments as well.
Perhaps he just likes the challenge of it all, has to be more fun than playing yet another Father...
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> Hi, Chip,
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> Sorry, what you have there are regular DVDs. Many new DVDs (including Sony/Columbia, which issued those) from the last few years will say "Remastered in High Definition" on them but they are not high def discs. They are still only standard definition discs because their output is 480p. "Remastered in high defnition" only means that the master they were using was high def, not the disc. It's like seeing a TV program that says "Broadcast in high definition" but you are still watching it over a standard defintion TV. In the case of the DVDs you have were played over a Blu-ray or HD DVD high definition player, they would still only be standard definition because the disc output is only 480p.
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> If they were the loser in the format war, HD DVD, they would not be playable on a standard DVD player. Plus those titles were never issued on HD DVD, nor on Blu (not yet on the latter, but some day). (Also, they would never be HD DVD because the fact they are Sony/Columbia titles, and Sony was only supporting Blu-ray.)
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> However, on the good side, $10 for the three DVDs is an excellent bargain.
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Well, this is interesting. I hadn't kept up much with the format wars of the past few years, I only knew that Blu-ray had won.
Anyway, I have hit every Kroger looking for that cheap 3 movie set with no luck, but they are selling Combo HD DVD discs for anywhere from 4.99 to 7.99! What's funny, is reading about them online, no one liked the idea when they first came out,(Doesn't make much sense to pay even more than a "regular" HD DVD to get a lesser quality on the flip side, and why would someone without an HD DVD player, spend all that money?) and now HD failed, sales wise . But, now you can possibly find films cheaper than the standard DVD release....You can see the titles listed on Amazon that were put out(I assume that is all, 84 isn't a whole lot though, is it?)
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_d?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=ComboHDDVDandStandard+DVD&x=0&y=0
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> *"Since you get rid of all those talented and knowledgeable staffers, this is the fate you deserve. Once the commissioned sales folk bit the dust, I made it a point to never set foot into a Circuit City store."* - VP19
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> Gosh. I thought I was the only one that paid attention to such things. I don't think I ever read a more outrageous newstory than when I read a year ago or so that Circuit City was firing all their higher-paid (aka - Most Senior) sales staff but told them they could reapply for their jobs at a lower wage.
> I won't miss 'em...but also fear the lack of a major competitor will put an end to "loss leader" sales that get people in the doors. And it is one less large advertiser for most newspapers.
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> Kyle In Hollywood
You are clearly are not alone! I good friend of mine saw that news story, she said she'd never step in to their store again...she did one time, as they were closing down the stores in Atlanta(they closed them all before Christmas)
Lousy deals, even at 40% off I was thinking I could get the stuff for less online....
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> I remember a promo with Tony Curtis explaining where the line "Judy Judy Judy" often used by Grant imitators came from, and I have just now heard what he actually says in "Only Angels Have Wings". It is funny the line has been changed and everyone remembers it differently from what it actually is on the film.
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> Thanks, TCM!
Actually, wasn't it the Peter Bogdanovich promo ???
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20th after 9:30am est John Loves Mary (1949)
11:08am [short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Capital City Washington D.C., The (1940)
An installment of James A. Fitzpatrick's Travel Talks honoring Washington D.C.
Cast: James A. FitzPatrick C-9 mins
20th After the 5:30pm est Subject Was Roses, The (1968)
7:19pm est Short Film: From The Vaults: *Pat Neal Is Back* (1968)
C-8 mins
20th after the 10:00pm est Bringing Up Baby (1938)
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11:49pm *Little Maestro* (1937)
BW-11 mins (A reviewer from IMDB)A silent, little man carrying a violin case wanders into the kitchen of a swanky nightclub looking for a meal. The chef takes pity on him and convinces the nightclub's owner that the man is actually a world-famous artist. The owner insists that the man perform for his customers. That's when the fun begins.
There are a few more on the 21st, but I am out of time!!!
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16th AM EST after 8:30am National Velvet (1944)
10:35am [short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: *Hollywood Scout* (1945)
BW-8 mins another Pete Smith short on animals
16th after the 11:00am EST film Tom Thumb (1958)
12:42pm *Wagon Wheels West* (1943)
BW-17 mins This sounds interesting, how many shorts have a murder in them??? Pretty good cast as well, Robert Shayne , Nina Foch, Charles Middleton, and Addison Richards
16th after the 2:30pm film Three Strangers (1946)
4:04pm [short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: *Three On A Rope* (1938)
BW-10 mins (A Pete Smith film it appears)
16th/17th after the 12:00am est showing of Elephant Walk (1954)
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1:46am [short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: *Seeing Ceylon* (1953)
A tour of the British colony of Ceylon, today know as Sri Lanka. James A. FitzPatrick C-8 mins
early 17th after 2:00am movie Terror of Tiny Town, The (1938)
3:11am [short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: *Three Chumps Ahead* (1934)
In this Todd/Kelly short, Thelma falls for a gentleman but Patsy has her doubts.
Cast: Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, Frank Moran, Eddie Phillips Dir: Gus Meins BW-19 mins
17th, After the 10:00am Big Clock, The (1948)
11:49am [short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: *Story Of A Dog* (1945)
It's a dog's life in this short, man's best friend trains for the battle field and becomes a crucial part of the army.
Cast: Knox Manning BW-10 mins
17th After the 2:00pm Cat Ballou (1965)
3:50pm [short Film] Short Film: From The Vaults: *San Sebastian 1746 In 1968* (1968)
C-10 mins
17th after the 8:00pm est Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)
9:51pm est [short Film] *Night Life In Chicago* (1948)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the high-lights of Chicago's night life.
Cast: James A. FitzPatrick C-9 mins
18th at 5:15am est [ Festival of Shorts #30 (2000)
TCM promotes two MGM Passing Parade informational shorts; "A Way in the Wilderness" (1940) and "Your Last Act" (1941).
C-23 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned]
5:44am [short Film] Short Film: From The Vaults: King Of The Duplicators (1968)
C-12 mins (A short on makeup artist William Tuttle)
12:00am [silent] *Manhatta* (1921)
This silent documentary cameras capture the beauty and majesty of the New York harbor.
12:15am [short Film] Short Film: *N.Y., N.Y*. (1957)
This experimental short chronicles a day in the life of New York City.
Dir: Francis Thompson C-15 mins, TV-G
19th after 6:00am EST] Search, The (1948)
7:45am [short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: *In The Valley Of The Rhine* (1953)
Cast: James A. FitzPatrick C-8 mins
19th after the 6:00pm [Drama] Patch Of Blue, A (1965)
7:49pm From The Vaults: *Cinderella Named Elizabeth*, A (1965)
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They must not run it more 10-12 times a day!
Don't get me wrong, it's very interesting, but I don't think I have ever seen a clip run as often as this one! It's after every film I record! It can't just be me, is it??? -
They are also running a couple of Laurel and Hardy Films one on the 15th... 10:15 AM.(EST)
*GREAT GUNS* (FS)
Year:1941
Rating: TV-PG, V
Stan and Ollie go to war.
Cast and Crew:
Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Sheila Ryan, Dick Nelson, Edmund Macdonald, Monty Banks
Then on the 18th, at 7:30 AM EST *THE BIG NOISE* (FS)
Year:1944
Rating: TV-PG, V
Detective agency janitors (Laurel and Hardy) guard secret WWII bomb.
Cast and Crew:
Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space, Veda Ann Borg, Malcolm St. Clair, Stan Laurel
On the 19th, at 9 AM EST, a surprisingly good little film, *I'D CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN* (FS)
Year:1951
Rating: TV-PG
A county preacher (Lundigan) and his wife (Hayward) travel to rural Georgia, enriching the lives of the people in the community.
Cast and Crew:
Lynn Bari, Susan Hayward, Henry King, Gene Lockhart, William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun
Seeing more interesting films! Saw this the last time they ran it, sort of a variation on The Lady Eve!(Not as good, but still a cute film, with a beautiful Gene Tierney)
20th at 6 AM EST *RINGS ON HER FINGERS* (FS)
Year:1942
Rating: TV-PG
Charming comedy about a pair of hapless con-artists (Cregar and Byington) who get a young girl (Tierney) to help them stick a millionare (Fonda), but their plans go awry when she actually falls in love with him.
Cast and Crew:
Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Rouben Mamoulian
There are some other interesting films as well(They don't even have their schedule up past the 29th, believe it or not!) So check out the link if you care...
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> {quote:title=danthemoviefan wrote:}{quote}
> FMC is showing Kipps (a.k.a. The Remarkable Mr. Kipps), a rarely seen Michael Redgrave film and one directed by Carol Reed, at 6 a.m. ET this Monday, Dec. 15. That's the only scheduled broadcast of it this month.
Running again on the 20th of January at 7:30 AM EST. Perhaps I can remember to record it this time...
"NO TIME FOR LOVE" (1943) - TCM Premiere 2/15
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Film_Fatale Thanks so much for mentioning! I was going to start a thread when someone else mentioned it was going to be on (A few weeks back) but was going to wait til it was close to being on...well, forgot all about it til I saw it was going to be on in less than 20 minutes!!! I hope everyone has gotten fair warning its on, they won't regret watching this one.
As others have mentioned, a very funny film, one that doesn't deserve to be nearly forgotten. If it was a Warner Bros., or MGM Film, everyone hear would know of it.
If AMC hadn't run it so many years ago, I wouldn't know the first thing about the film.
IMHO it's the best of the pairings between Fred and Claudette.
I'm straight as an arrow,(not that there's anything wrong with that!
) but even I couldn't help notice what a he man he comes across as in this movie, and it really fits him. Which is amazing if like me, you first saw him as the nice, soft, sweater wearing Father on my 3 sons and the Flubber movies!
The dream sequence, Fred dealing with her dandified friends, it's just a very fun movie!