ziggyelman
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> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote}
> I'm still waiting for a film about William Howard Taft, although I hear Guinn "Big Boy" Williams won't be available for the lead.
LOL!!! I'd really love to see a Bio pic on President Harrison!
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Lots of people up pretty late considering the night it is! Well, or on the west coast I guess.(Not me though)
I had several questions pop up watching this film for about the 3000th time...forgot most of them after seeing the making of clip, and the Frank Jr rememberance...but, I remembered oneGeorge has to stay on as the secretary of the bank, otherwise the board will side with Potter. Ok...but, supposedly Harry will take it over when he comes back from college. Why would the board trust him??? Just something that happened off screen???
And what happened if they raised more than the 8 K needed, did George and Mary get to take a round the world trip??? Braces for the kids??? A contract put out on Potter???
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> > Hey, didn't anyone like my pictures of George Bailey's bridge?
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> I did.
I did as well! What a sad story....
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> I am very sorry if you thought that was insulting to "IAWL" (a film I love). If I thought it was offensive I would NOT have posted it!
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> I'm not a fan of SNL either, but my family has always loved this clip...we do have a rather strange humor though ;-) . I was hoping somebody else on the boards would think this was funny too.
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> I am truly sorry if everyone thinks this is insulting!
I wasn't insulted, it's what Potter needed to have happen to him!
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Missed it, but thank God they are showing it again in the early(well, fairly early) AM! How I missed it and Cluny Brown is beyond me, but I have a talent for forgetting to record movies I really want to see! Glad everyone seemed to like it, can't wait!
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CK, I'm sure you are kidding, but I did see it run on some channel several years ago, oh my is it bad! Color is worse than colorization, stupid story, non existent budget....
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You know, the Alastair Sim version that many people consider the best version???(I like the 1938 version a lot, just wish it was longer, like the 1951 version)
I remember it coming across it on A&E a few years ago, but where is it now??? When was it last on any channel??? Seems strange not to see it show up more to increase the DVD sales...Guess, that's what I need to do if I want to see it again....
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> > Wow, well... TCM has disappointed me for the end of the year. On Christmas night, they decided to replace Holiday Inn, White Christmas and It's A Wonderful Life with such movies as The Big Sleep (about the murder of a pornographer), The Maltese Falcon (about murders over a bird statue), and war-related movies. A bunch of Grinches must have planned this schedule.
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> Those three holiday movies you mention were never a part of TCM's schedule. White Christmas is being shown on ABC Family channel, It's a Wonderful Life is being shown on NBC (they have exclusive rights to air it and have for a number of years). TCM would have no chance of showing either film this year because of those deals already in place. And I'm sure Holiday Inn will be showing up somewhere.
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> Frankly, I can't see what all the fuss is about -- the three titles mentioned are all available on DVD. And it's not as though TCM is ignoring Christmas. Some wonderful, little-seen holiday gems are part of the December schedule, like Remember the Night and The Cheaters. There are also some old, familiar favorites like A Christmas Carol, Christmas in Connecticut, The Shop Around the Corner, and Holiday Affair on the schedule. Plenty of movies to keep one in the holiday spirit.
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Diana, I agree! I feel it's much better than last year, that someone asked around about lesser known films, and did some digging to get them! I just watched *Remember the Night,* (They ran it a few nights ago) after not seeing it in a few years, just a warm beautiful Christmas film.....Watched Christmas in Connecticut as I do every year now(After never seeing it run when I was young)
Like you said, you can grab most of the films not shown fairly cheaply most everywhere...
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Johnny Carson, or Bob Hope, I ain't picky!
Hugh Jackman at least seems classy, I hate when someone like Whoopie hosts it...I think Billy Crystal would be the choice, it's just tiring, and he's done it a lot. I liked Steve Martin hosting it, but his humor is different, and a lot of folks don't like different....
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> {quote:title=ziggyelman wrote:}{quote}
> Anyone checked out the DVD's at Big Lots of late??? For awhile they have had a bunch of Sony/Columbia films for $3, almost all without drill holes or cut out marks.
> Stuff like.... *Fugitive Kind* with Brando, *The Prisoner* with Alec Guinness, *Pride of the Yankees *(MGM release) *Moulin Rouge*, *Run Silen*t, *Run Deep*, *Hallelujah Trail*, *Custer of the West*, and many other newer releases.
> Don't think about turning around and selling them on Amazon, cuz they are that price or cheaper there I have found...but, really good prices, and I imagine if they are in the bins, they are soon to be out of print.....
Well, they have some other interesting WB titles, with really long cut out marks on the bar code(One I saw was the entire length of the case!) I have found *Dames*, *Gold Diggers of 1935*, *Petrified Forest, East of Eden*, and the 2 disc set of *The Band Wagon* !!!
Now, don't get the bright idea of selling this on ebay, at least not yet! I had that idea as well after buying copies for myself....some big outfit had *Dames* up for a penny, and sold it at that price, several times!!! So, you can get 'em cheap that way as well.
But, it can't hurt to grab up some(I mentioned in the next post I made in November that these are only available at their stores) and put them away....most likely they will go out of print, if they haven't already, and will be worth something....eventually. Will probably perform better than stocks in 2-3 years. : |
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I posted this on the 11th of November on another thread. IMHO, this was a well thought out month of Xmas movies...Fox movie has NOTHING Christmas eve and just some Shirley Temple movies Christmas morning....
Hey, just checked out the schedule for Christmas Eve, some very interesting films! Some of the usual , but very good suspects earlier in the day, and then during prime time....
The 8 PM (EST) film is one I have never heard of, The Cheaters (1945) A pretty good cast for a non John Wayne Republic film! Anyone see this before???
From IMDB A wealthy family is preparing for Christmas in their usual stylish fashion (Eugene Pallette and Billie Burke play the parents.) They hit on a bright idea that will make them outstanding durng this holiday season among their friends. They will adopt a "lost man" and bring him to their house for the holidays. They find a news story of a washed-up actor (Joseph Schildkraut) who has attempted to commit suicide and bring him to their home. The actor proves far more than they bargained for and he shows them some real truths about giving and living.
Then at 9:30 PM, Ernst Lubitsch's last film, (And A TCM premiere I recall Robert Osboure saying months ago after another Lubitsch film )
From TCM...
Cluny Brown (1946)
A servant girl's passion for plumbing shocks London society.
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Charles Boyer, Peter Lawford. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch.
Sounds Christmasy!
And at 11:15 PM, a film mentioned by others, and very much worth seeing,
Remember the Night (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Mitchell Leisen. BW-94 mins, TV-G
Just clicked on the 25th to see what was on, and they are doing something very interesting....Running the Cheaters and Remember the Night a 2nd time! Bravo! Great for folks on the west coast! The TCM programmers really put some effort into this, hats off guys and gals!!!
4:45am Drama Cheaters, The (1945)
An unemployed actor tries to save a young innocent from greedy relations.
+Cast: Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette. Dir: Joseph Kane. BW-86 mins
6:15am Comedy Remember the Night (1940)
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Mitchell Leisen. BW-94 mins,
8:00am Western Three Godfathers (1936)
Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
Cast: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan. Dir: Richard Boleslawski. BW-81 mins,+
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2 things, first, I sure hope the downturn in the economy doesn't hurt the chances of that Charley Chase set coming out! (Hearing stuff around the board that some companies like Fox are going to cut way back on new releases)
2nd, I thought I'd mention on the 22nd,(11:32am) after Twentieth Century, the Leon Errol short, *Good Morning, Eve!* (1934) Will be on! I think it's on the Busby Berkley set, but this is funny, sexy, and in beautiful 3 strip technicolor, being the 2nd 3 stripper according to someone on imdb.com
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> {quote:title=Big_Bopper wrote:}{quote}
> I already apologized in advance. nobody watches more old movies or owns more old movies than me. I have every right to be on this board in fact its my duty to be here.
> if only Capra would have edited "wondeful life" it could have been ok if a cheap sad imitation of citizen kane & magnificent ambersons. if Capra would have removed the phony sappy ending & angel baloney & just let jimmy stewart die - the movie would be true to itself. there could be a few wrap up scenes with that crummy main street duhmerica as it really is: nobody giving a damn about anybody especially jimmy who they never even rated as a person. just another loser who couldn't cut the mustard. I could edit this movie myself - maybe I'll do that - remove all the overabundence of forced hollywood sentiment & phony patriotics.
> yes we suck as individuals, families as a collective society duhmerica is the worst culture on the planet. much as we try n pretend with every drug we can consume to try n convince the world to love us - the human filth comes roaring thru the haze. they can see it very clearly. I hear xmas songs I feel nothing. the xtian right destroyed our culture like a parasite from within. as only they can.
You are sunshine in human form. And I like the fact your handle is the Big Bopper, when you hate everything American. I also want back the 45 seconds it took to write this.
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> {quote:title=Pia wrote:}{quote}
> I just saw it (the early bird catching worms? No - I have a 10 month old!!). And to echo another poster, I also knew Paul Newman would be last, but I was still reacting to Van Johnson - the news of his passing I had somehow missed.
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> Personal anecdotes here;
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> My parents both grew up in tony Fairfield County, CT, and as a teen, their HS crowd used to go to Westport after school, which I suppose was a lot more 'hip' & exciting than their own smaller town. One very late afternoon near Christmas, in the boutique section of a turn of the century-style "emporium" called, "Ye Olde Ice Cream Parlor", my mom was crouched in front of a case of 'hippie' jewelry. As she stood to go, and went to turn, she realized someone was standing directly behind her, quite close - she figured whoever it was hadn't noticed her. She turned and faced a man's sweater. Slowly, her gaze lifted - and stopped at what she says really were the most incredible blue eyes ever! Of course, it was Paul Newman. "O- Hi" she said. He glanced down at her (he was TALL!) "Hi".he said to her - but didn't move. "Sorry". said my mom, and as Newman stepped aside, she says she mumbled, "Thank you, Mr. Newman" To which he replied, "Yup . She's not sure why she thanked him - maybe for letting a 15-year old girl have a really cool story to tell for YEARS after. Probably, cause here I am, second generation! Not the most amazing 'I met a star' story ever, but ...Paul Newman, come on!.
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> Then, several years later, my mom was waitressing there, in the restuarant section. On a Sunday in early spring, the lunch shift was slow starting and she was working by herself on the floor. A woman and several children sat down at her largest table - and right away my mom saw that it was Joanne Woodward with her kids. (no Paul that time) She took thier orders, and turned them into the kitchen. But just at that moment, my mother received a phonecall from an uncle saying that her much adored grandfather had just died, having suffered a herart attack in church. Trying very hard not to cry, mom still had to serve the Newmans their food. Joanne Woodward noticed that their previously cheery waitress was now subdued and shaky and asked my mom if everything was all right. Well,that did it, I guess because my mom broke down a little & quietly stated what had happened. Joanne was super sweet & very sympathetic. Not only did she leave my mom a 50 dollar bill as a tip (on what was then, in 1970, probably a $20.00 check) but on their way out, she told the boss what a wonderful, pretty waitress they had had!
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> Thanks for letting me share my own nostalgia..
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> Joe Henry, as in 2005, I believe, has had yet another of his haunting and beautiful songs chosen as the' TCM Rmembers 'them, and even though I was already familiar with the song, the entire piece did not fail to move me, as ever.
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> Pia
Pia, just wanted to say those two stories about the Newmans were great!
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I felt like they were way too short on some of those who died....there really shouldn't been a time limit, should there??? Well, song might have played a role, but for Richard Widmark to go first, for about 1 second, his image in blurry water...just didn't seem right to me. It was well done no doubt, just felt rushed. And I sure didn't know Nina Foch had died!
I'm sure entertainment tonight devoted a whole show to that fact. /sarcasm.
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I remember my Late Mother talking about watching TV in LA in the late 40's, watching the Indian Head test pattern before the TV station started running programming. Yep, she was a kid then!
Shoot, I can remember watching one of the UHF stations in St. Louis in the mid 70's, and they just had music and the stock exchange numbers running all over the screen til about 3:30 PM when they started to run regular shows! That makes me sound pretty old too....
Edit to say, I thing the NYSE was around 800 points then....which is where it will be again in 6-12 months....
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> Roberto Clemente
LOL!!!
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> "Oh F-U-D-G-E. Except I didn't say fudge."
That, and "Fra-gee-lay. It must be Italian!" are probably my Favorites. So many great lines...wish I had seen it one the big screen. -
Man, most of those are dirt cheap, and out of print!
I love those books! Started buying them in the 80's, when there seemed to be many more classic film books in book stores(I worked at Waldenbooks and Borders in the 90's and by then, there hardly were any good movie books it seemed, at least that hadn't been in print for years)
The bulk of my film books are made up of these books. I have Bogart(One of the weaker ones in the series) Cagney, Bette Davis, WC Fields, Garland, Grant, Harlow, Lombard, Sophia Loren, Myrna Loy, Nelson and Jeanette, William Powell, Heddy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers, Norma Shearer, Stanwyck, and James Stewart. No, I don't know them by heart, just quickly wrote down the titles.
If you haven't seen them before (You being anyone) they are fun because after the film synopsis , you get several reviews of the day, and then comments from the author about what the film did, or didn't do for the star(I think that's what I didn't like about the Bogart book, no reviews, nothing but what the film was about)
It amazed me how many of the early films of say Carole Lombard, or William Powell I had not only never seen before, but never even heard of! And 20+ years later, that's still pretty much the case....
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> I'd also seen the knockabout working class comic drama Fast Workers (1931) with Gilbert on TCM in the past and hope that it will be broadcast again. In this film, he plays the kind of role Jimmy Cagney might have been cast in at Warners in the same period. Gilbert appears opposite Robert Armstrong, though in the Cagney film, the character would undoubtedly have been played by Frank McHugh. Gilbert and Armstrong play iron workers with Gilbert as the cynical manipulator of women and Armstrong as a naive fool who is constantly being taken advantage of during their extracirricular adventures. Mae Clarke gives a good performance as a woman who treads lightly on the borderline between con artist and good time gal in this film. I'm sure that L. B. Mayer loathed these movies as much as he did their star, but they are prime examples of a cheerful cynicism that kept audience spirits afloat in the early '30s.
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> If you've seen this movie or would like to voice an opinion about John Gilbert's later career, it would be a pleasure to read them. Thanks.
moira, I really liked Fast Workers as well! From the few talkies of his I have seen, it's easily his best work. He did much better than I could have imagined in that kind of role. It really does seem like a WB film more than MGM. His voice seems fine in it. I notice no one has talked about his voice, one of many reasons given for his downfall....seems to be more Urban legend than truth, IMO.
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Kubrickbuff , sometimes it just takes time to adjust to a style that is a bit unfamiliar. I grew up seeing classic films, but for the most part, wasn't crazy about them...let's say when I was 14 or younger. But, it wasn't a shock like I am sure it is to folks that just didn't see them growing up(I assume you may be 30 or younger?)
What I LOVE about classic films, is you just don't know what you will find to like(or dislike) when you check them out. Sometimes, a B movie with folks you don't even know, will be better than a A picture with nothing but names.
Ever see any of those Val Lewton atmospheric films??? The Body Snatcher(Boris Karloff's best role, IMHO), the Black Cat, The Seventh Victim ???
Early 30's Michael Curtiz films with lots of low and and tilted camera shots????
If you haven't already seen early Barbara Stanwyck films, check them out! To me, she was the most natural actress there was in early talkies. The Miracle Woman from 1931, is just amazing. She plays a thinly veiled Aimee Semple McPherson. Her emotions are as real as you get....
And if you like the Big Sleep, check out films like Dark Passage, which is seen thru Bogie's eyes only for the first 20 minutes.
And keep checking out older films here from time to time! And not just prime time. Some of the best films are on at 8 AM.
Shoot, if you really like West Side Story, your tastes can't be too narrow (I know a lot of people like that film, but there many muscials I'd much rather watch...good music though)
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A few years back, TCM stopped being part of the basic package for Cable, and satellite which is really a shame. A lot of people don't get it that would like it. A lot of people don't want to pay a penny more than they do right now.
I would suggest if it's too expensive, or if they say for some strange reason they don't get it where you live, that you look into getting satellite.
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I don't have the best luck with the search function(I am better than before) but I just found these on another forum, and searched the web and found them on a nice Norma Shearer site.
They come from her clearly early days, for Alfred Cheney Johnson. I will give the warning that there is nudity, but you really don't see anything (either that, or she was born without nipples!
), and you can't get much more tasteful. At first, I wasn't convinced it was her, but after looking a few more times, it does appear to be here. What do you all think???
http://www.divasthesite.com/Acting_Divas/Gallery/Gallery_Norma_Shearer_16.htm
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Here's a link to the Amazon black Friday Classic films...
Some great prices on the Loony Tunes sets, and many others....
FROST/NIXON
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> I just watched another TCM commercial for the FROST/NIXON movie. I saw the original Frost/Nixon TV interviews years ago, and Nixon did NOT say what the actor says in this commercial for the movie, and he did NOT sound like the way the actor sounds in this movie.
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> Nixon sounded defeated in the real interviews. There was a point where he said he let the people of America down, and he looked like he was about to cry, and David Frost looked like he was about to cry too. It was dramatic TV, but it wasn't like what TCM has been advertising for this movie.
I don't know if I saw the interview back in 1977, or in a later broadcast(I seem to recall PBS making a big deal about running them again) but you are right, this looks to be close to an Oliver Stone re-telling of history....not many clips on youtube of the original interview(They were probably knocked off because of the movie) and what's there are just 1-2 minute clips...Here is a whole 2 1/2 minute clip via the NYT website...
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/10/31/movies/1194829436782/the-frost-nixon-interview.html
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I'm sure Ron Howard had access to the tapes....and Langella may be a fine actor, but my God, that's the worst impression of Nixon I have ever seen! I can do better, and I can't do Nixon!