clore

{font:Calibri}Who was the outlaw with the moustache and high staccato voice? I think he was the director in {font}{font:Calibri}*Singin in the Rain.*{font} That was Douglas Fowley who was in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. He would later be the Doc Holliday to Hugh O'Brien's WYATT EARP. This was a really good film. Maybe Roy Huggins was right to quit while he was ahead. Maybe I was unclear - it's HANGMAN'S KNOT that Huggins directed, but another one that is a must see. Sorry for the monster-sized font, the system is giving me grief tonight.

Did I spell analog incorrectly? Just goes to show my inexperience in the matter. Now that you quoted it, it jumps out at me, so I'm going to fix my original reference, then type the word ten times and also use it in a sentence. Just as Mrs. Rydell has us doing 50 years ago. I'm not kidding, I will do that, I do that quite a few times a week when I discover I've misspelled a word or uncover one that I've not seen before.

And Warner Archive may not be the only one that has a year long moratorium on new released titles being broadcast on TCM, they're just the one we know does that thank to a post a few months back by one of the TCM staffers. I believe that when that statement was made, the reference was made to "remastered" Archive titles. Some films, such as STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR and BACKGROUND TO DANGER have gotten the restoration treatment, whereas a third title with Peter Lorre, THE VERDICT looks rather shabby in comparison. I have them all and can vouch for that. EDITED TO ADD I was wrong, it was "mastered" and not "remastered" that was referenced. Here's the text of the announcement: *All Warner Archive mastered titles have a 1 year moritorium on them. This mean that TCM cannot access the new master of "Lafayette Escadrille" until November 2012. We'd love to be running then new master today, but WB controls their film library, not TCM. * http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8625058

LZ, I look at it this way. You're the Film Encyclopedia that I just consulted for some info for a paper. I'm obligated to indicate you as the source, you're the one obligated to indicate your source(s). But it's nice to see we're all such honorable people.

This is why I wish that someone on staff would chime in. It's been a long time since I worked at a broadcaster, I'm unaware of any incompatibility issues. But everything that we see on TCM, the films, promos, shorts, etc, is tagged with an ID number and all is pre-programmed so that A precedes B which airs before C... I don't know if one system is friendly with another. It's analog and digital here being discussed, that's out of my field. From my syndication days, I know of the inherent problems that came from things being moved to a tape format when film had been the standard. Columbia, my employer, was insistent on tape and it was only those prospects with the clout and the money who got films as film. But that overlap only lasted for a few years, eventually tape became the standard and the stations had to keep up with the change in technology - like it or not. When Paramount was trying to get ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT off the ground, they had to make the satellite dishes available to most of the stations signing on for the show as back then, it was relatively new technology. Being that the show was day/date specific, that was the only way to make it available to all for airing that day. A station downloaded the show onto a broadcast tape format. The distributor didn't mind paying the freight for the dishes in the better economy of 1981 and for making it available to the station, they were able to license the show for more than just the standard one-year contract. Similarly, now it's likely the distributors who are expected to carry the additional cost and burden of converting to a digital format. OK, with stuff that's out there on DVD or BluRay, it's an additional source of revenue to make up for the expenses. But that's a matter of demand prioritizing whether GONE WITH THE WIND is converted before some more obscure title starring James Craig which isn't likely to sell. You and I may want to see these lesser known films, but someone has to pay for it to meet the new industry standard of digital servers. It will take time, it's just a sorting out process right now I guess. Edited by: clore on May 1, 2012 10:21 PM

It makes my day to have made your day.

I imagine that with everything stored in a digital format, TCM can save tons of money in the way that we were warned of years ago - the machines are taking over. It's also becoming an industry standard, so like it or not, I'm guessing that they have to keep up or fall behind. It's akin to when stations went from film to tape for the films that they aired. There were a few holdouts who ran 16mm and even 35mm, but even when I worked at holdout WCBS in 1989, they were converting to tape and we had to get the suppliers to provide them in that format. TCM is now faced with a similar problem. Most of what I'm saying on the subject is based on what I've read here from TCM staff as well as some of my own interpretation. I can only hope that someone from staff comes along and elaborates on the subject.

Well then, in the absence of other evidence, I'm only too glad to credit lzcutter with the compilation. I hesitated to post the list at first as I'm not the type to take credit for another person's work. So, the compromise was to post it and hope that the original author would appreciate my sincerity.

Full disclosure here - someone posted the list about two years ago, I copied it and have been updating it ever since. I'd love to give credit, but I no longer have the file in which I did note the source. This comes from an email that I sent a while back and fortunately had saved. STAR OF THE MONTH: May 1994: Greta Garbo June 1994: Glenn Ford July 1994: Greer Garson Aug.1994: Edward G. Robinson Sept.1994: Barbara Stanwyck Oct.1994: Angela Lansbury Nov.1994 John Garfield Dec.1994: Best of ‘94 Jan.1995: Esther Williams Feb.1995: Ronald Reagan Mar.1995: TCM Salutes the Oscars Apr.1995: Doris Day May 1995: Myrna Loy June 1995: Errol Flynn July 1995: Gene Kelly Aug.1995: Paul Muni Sept.1995: Jane Powell Oct.1995: Clark Gable Nov.1995: The Barrymores Dec.1995: Best of ‘95 Jan.1996: Deborah Kerr Feb.1996: Robert Young Mar.1996: 31 Days of Oscar April 1996: Irene Dunne May 1996: James Stewart June 1996: Rosalind Russell July 1996: Fred Astaire Aug.1996: Ann Sheridan Sept.1996: Van Johnson Oct.1996: Kathryn Grayson Nov.1996: Robert Mitchum Dec.1996: Best of ‘96 Jan.97: Humphrey Bogart Feb.97: Eleanor Parker Mar.97: 31 Days of Oscar Apr.97: Ava Gardner May 97: George Brent June 97: June Allyson July 97: John and Walter Huston (also Director of the Month) Aug.97: Cary Grant Sept.97: Ida Lupino Oct.97: Walter Pidgeon Nov.97: Katharine Hepburn Dec.97: Best of ‘97 Jan.1998: Lana Turner Feb.1998: Charlton Heston Mar.1998:31 Days of Oscar April 1998: Red Skelton May 1998: Olivia de Havilland June 1998: James Cagney July 1998: Lucille Ball August 1998: Joan Crawford Sept.1998: John Wayne Oct.1998: Cyd Charisse Nov.1998: Claude Rains Dec.1998: Best of ‘98 Jan.1999: Elizabeth Taylor Feb.1999: William Powell March 1999: 31 Days of Oscar April 1999: Dennis Morgan May 1999: Bette Davis June 1999: Mickey Rooney July1999: Natalie Wood August 1999: Peter Sellers Sept.1999: Norma Shearer Oct. 1999: Gregory Peck Nov. 1999: Ginger Rogers Dec. 1999: Burt Lancaster Jan. 2000: Debbie Reynolds Feb. 2000: Robert Ryan March 2000: 31 Days of Oscars April 2000: Spencer Tracy May 2000: Alexis Smith June 2000:Wallace Beery July 2000: Judy Garland August 2000: film debuts Sept 2000: Jane Wyman October 2000: Dick Powell Nov 2000: Frank Sinatra Dec. 2000: Lauren Bacall Jan. 2001: Elvis Presley Feb.2001: Jean Hagen March 2001: 31 Days of Oscar Apr.2001: Knighted Actors May 2001: Jean Harlow June 2001: W.C. Fields July 2001: Ann Sothern Aug.2001: James Garner Sept. 2001: Robert Taylor Oct. 2001: Lana Turner Nov.2001: Glenn Ford Dec.2001: The Marx Brothers Jan. 2002: Marlene Dietrich Feb. 2002: Kirk Douglas March 2002: 31 Days of Oscar April 2002: Barbara Stanwyck May 2002: Edward G. Robinson June 2002: Greta Garbo July 2002: Sidney Poitier Aug. 2002: Joan Crawford Sept. 2002: Van Heflin Oct. 2002: Final films Nov. 2002: Shelly Winters Dec. 2002: Montgomery Clift Jan. 2003: Doris Day Feb. 2003: John Garfield Mar. 2003: 31 Days of Oscar Apr. 2003: Harold Lloyd May 2003: Olivia de Havilland June 2003: TV Actors in Films July 2003: Lee Marvin Aug. 2003: 1st Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2003: James Mason Oct. 2003: Boris Karloff Nov. 2003: Shirley MacLaine Dec. 2003: David Niven Jan. 2004: Katherine Hepburn Feb.2004: 31 Days of Oscar Mar.2004: Charles Chaplin Apr. 2004: Judy Garland May 2004: Greer Garson June 2004: Cary Grant July 2004: Stars That Died Before Their Time Aug.2004: 2nd Summer Under the Stars Sept.2004: Myrna Loy Oct. 2004: Peter Lorre Nov.2004: Clark Gable Dec. 2004: James Stewart Jan.2005: Canadian Actors Feb. 2005: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2005: Claudette Colbert Apr. 2005: Errol Flynn May 2005: Orson Welles June 2005: Ingrid Bergman July 2005: Audrey Hepburn Aug. 2005: 3rd Summer Under the Stars Sept.2005: Greta Garbo Oct.2005: Robert Mitchum Nov.2005: Joan Fontaine Dec. 2005: Bing Crosby Jan. 2006: Robert Montgomery Feb.2006: 31 Days of Oscar Mar.2006: Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald Apr.2006: Deborah Kerr May 2006: Bette Davis June 2006: Anthony Quinn July 2006: Elizabeth Taylor Aug.2006: 4th Summer Under the Stars Sept.2006: William Holden Oct.2006: Child Stars Nov.2006: Lucille Ball Dec. 2006: Gary Cooper Jan.2007: Jean Arthur Feb.2007: 31 Days of Oscar Mar.2007: Gene Kelly Apr.2007: Rita Hayworth May 2007: John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn June 2007: Ida Lupino July 2007: Randolph Scott Aug.2007: 5th Summer Under the Stars Sept.2007: A Star is Born (starmaking/breakthrough performances) Oct.2007: Henry Fonda Nov.2007: Guest Programmer Month Dec.2007: Irene Dunne Jan.2008: James Cagney Feb.2008: 31 Days of Oscar Mar.2008: Acting Dynasties Apr.2008: Hedy Lamarr May 2008: Frank Sinatra June 2008: Sophia Loren July 2008: Rosalind Russell Aug.2008: 6th annual Summer Under the Stars Sept.2008: Kay Francis Oct.2008: Carole Lombard Nov.2008: Charles Laughton Dec. 2008: Joseph Cotten Jan. 2009: Jack Lemmon Feb. 2009: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2009: Ronald Reagan April 2009: Funny Ladies and 15th Anniversary May 2009: Sean Connery June 2009: Great Directors July 2009: Stewart Granger August 2009: Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2009: Claude Rains Oct. 2009: Leslie Caron Nov. 2009: Grace Kelly Dec. 2009: Humphrey Bogart Jan. 2010: “The Method” Feb. 2010: 31 Days of Oscar March 2010: Ginger Rogers April 2010: Robert Taylor May 2010: Donna Reed June 2010: Natalie Wood July 2010: Gregory Peck August 2010: SUTS Sept. 2010: Vivien Leigh Oct. 2010: Fredric March Nov. 2010: Ava Gardner Dec. 2010: Mickey Rooney Jan. 2011: Peter Sellers Feb. 2011: 31 Days of Oscar March 2011: Jean Harlow April 2011: Ray Milland May 2011: Esther Williams June 2011: Jean Simmons July 2011: Singing cowboys August 2011 SUTS Sept. 2011 Kirk Douglas Oct. 2011 Nicholas Ray Nov 2011 Battle of the Blondes/Shipboard Sagas Dec. 2011 William Powell/Christmas movies Jan, 2012 Angela Lansbury/Jack Cardiff Feb. 2012: 31 Days of Oscar March 2012: Karl Malden/British New Wave April 2012: Doris Day

The RIN TIN TIN series was shot on the old FORT APACHE set, probably used a lot of the same wardrobe also. There's even a connection to the Scott films we're discussing since Rand Brooks was also a series regular - he was in COMANCHE STATION and also GWTW (where Scott should have played Ashley ) The RIN TIN TIN series airs on weekend mornings on Antenna TV so I watched a couple of them not long ago. The music has been changed, must have been a rights issue, but the show is just what I expected and all the better for it. The dog always has the last word.

Yes, you can do that at the IMDb, but I do it a different way. I just go to the page for any Paramount movie, scroll down to where they give a link to the studio, and then I'm provided with a list like this: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0023400/ It's just a matter of scrolling down to the year that you have in mind. But there is a search function there that does allow filtering by many different criteria.

Wondering? The daily and weekly schedules for July 5 have been available since early April. The listed guest programmer is Spike Lee. Wise guy. I don't go past the message boards to look for the promo stuff or announcements. Life is short, so I try to enjoy today without worrying or getting excited about what's airing in two or three months. If someone hadn't posted the link, I wouldn't have been here concerned that It's now May and I don't know what's airing in July. Not a knock on those who do, but I dealt with that kind of thing for years when I was in the biz. I was using history to do scheduling and make audience estimates up to a year in advance. I was zipping through time so much during the day that it was easy to forget just what was the present day or even month. But at least you've confirmed that my hunch was correct. Are you suggesting that you have found evidence that Mr. Lee’s chosen films will air without his introductions? If I were suggesting that, then I would not have referred to it as possibly being a Guest Programmer night since they need a guest by definition.

Maybe it was the Cinecolor process, but Macready's eyes never looked so blue to me before. Here's this cold villain, with what were among the warmest blue eyes I've ever seen. I grew up with Joe Sawyer playing Sgt. O'Hara on THE ADVENTURES OF RIN TIN TIN. So, I was used to him being something of a buffoon before I was exposed to his tough guy roles. At one point, the show's sponsor, Nabisco, was advertising face masks to be found on the back of every box of Shredded Wheat. I was five or six years old, I wanted to be Lt. Rip Masters, or even Rusty, but the store in my neighborhood had nothing but boxes with Joe Sawyer's face on the back to be cut out and worn as a mask. That was equivalent to expecting a kid to be happy dressed up as Perry White on Halloween.

I'm wondering if July 5 is Guest Programmer night. The sked has: ACE IN THE HOLE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER ON THE WATERFRONT A FACE IN THE CROWD Those titles seem to get a lot of play on such occasions. It's nice to see: TOO MUCH, TOO SOON A FEVER IN THE BLOOD VOLTAIRE THE SEA GULL THE EASIEST WAY BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK THE SOLITAIRE MAN OUTWARD BOUND CAPTURED YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW BERKELEY SQUARE THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBER Plus a bunch of Stanwyck pre-Codes on the 20th and some with Joan Blondell on the 31st. All in all, a nice diverse group of infrequently aired films that may or may not be considered "classic" but they bring some relatively fresh meat to the table and for me that's always good. Your mileage may vary, some titles not available in all areas. Check your local listings, running times, aspect ratios and your temperature. The opinions expressed in this post are those of the author, and do not reflect in any way upon the opinions of TCM Programming, Management or Janitorial departments, fan clubs or any affiliations.

I love that leather jacket of his. Even in his last, you can see him wearing it. When I finally caught up again with BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE after about 40 years, I was so distressed that Stardust was being ridden by a differrent character in the film. That's all resolved at the end, but it was a concern of mine. What a magnificent mane that horse had. Somewhere during the years, I read that Scott would visit the horse between films and after retiring, just to bring him some treats. You can almost chuckle during THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN in a scene where Scott and Lina Romay are supposed to be sweet talking each other and Stardust is nudging Scott as the scene is progressing. I'm sure it wasn't intended.

McCarthy had nothing to do with Garfield. Fred, I feel for ya guy. You keep correcting this one on that info, but hey, at least "Cohn" was spelled properly this time.

And thank you VX. I'm on a fairly new PC, my last one had a hard drive failure and there went my TCM schedules going back to January 2001. I wonder how many airings I could have found going back that far.

Shame on TCM for never showing this, but I'm sure the sycophantic number crunchers here who defend TCM programming will tell me it was shown at 3:30pm on Dec. 15th in 1982 and swear that TCM is still a classic station. And shame on you for saying that TCM "never" shows it. It aired in December 2009, April 2010, March 2011 and of course, April 2012 - tonight. I only have skeds going back to January 2009, but that still gives a result of three times more than "never" without counting tonight. I'll spare you the exact dates and times, lest I be called a sycophant. There are those around here who prefer to call me a nag for jumping on errors in the "facts" cited on air or for picking on the substitution of pan-and-scan prints for widescreen movies - I'd hate to be accused of having two faces. I just prefer accuracy when "facts" are given, no matter who gives them.

Other than the Boetticher films, and the one Peckinpah film, HANGMAN'S KNOT is probably my favorite of the 50s-60s Scott westerns. A way station features prominently, sort of a glimpse ahead to several of the Boetticher titles. Amazingly, this was the only film that Roy Huggins would ever direct, although he would go on to create the TV shows MAVERICK, 77 SUNSET STRIP and THE FUGITIVE. HANGMAN'S KNOT also gives us a very nice supporting cast with Donna Reed, Richard Denning, Claude Jarman, Guinn Williams and of course, Lee Marvin. This was the first Scott title that I bought on DVD, this being before the two Warner three-packs and the Boetticher titles became available. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Lots of women in this western, I like that. Sally Eilers, the actress playing Della, the character who hires Scott to protect her interests, was the ex-wife of producer Harry Joe Brown. Maybe that saved the guy an alimony check that month. Previously she was married to Hoot Gibson. Harry Joe Brown had some career, with stints as producer, director, writer and cinematographer. The last shot of Randolph Scott that I saw for many years was his visiting Brown and Glenn Ford on the set of A TIME FOR KILLING in 1967. That's about the only thing that film has going for it in my estimation. Easily one of the worst post-1960 westerns I've seen. The pic was a reunion as Scott, Ford and Brown were all connected to the 1943 western THE DESPERADOES, the first Columbia film in Technicolor. The last shot of Scott that I saw was one of him standing aside longtime friend Fred Astaire at the funeral service for some mutual friend, circa 1986. In less than a year, both Scott and Astaire were gone.

Glad to hear that you liked it and that it gave you something to keep your mind off your ailment. I hope that you're feeling better soon.

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I just input the title into the YouTube search box. It may be one that demands absolute accuracy, like the one on these premises which doesn't always make suggestions if you happen to input one wrong letter or number from the title.

I just input the title into the YouTube search box. It may be one that demands absolute accuracy, like the one on these premises which doesn't always make suggestions if you happen to input one wrong letter or number from the title.