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Well, at least they must have spelled "TCM" correctly.

> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}I recall seeing a "short" shown between movies on TCM that was a musical number that had an actress(whom I CAN'T recall) being surrounded by well dressed "suitors" which danced around her that included Anderson and STEVE FORREST, who's also still with us. > > > > > > That was Lana Turner doing "A Great Lady Has an Interivew" in 1954 which originally aired on The Ed Sullivan Show (when it was known as Toast of the Town). You can also spot Paul Picerni in the bit. It was originally a song done by Judy Garland in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES.

I agree - I started to watch it, but the image is too fuzzy. Not that I expect a 45-year-old TV movie to be in any decent shape these days. But with THE GREEN SLIME running tonight, it's not too often that one gets to see two Robert Horton films within 24 hours.

There's one on TCM right now - THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF KIOWA JONES.

They should check the Warner Archive. They put the film out on DVD to complaints of it being cut. To their credit, the Archive people restored the missing footage and even offered free replacements to those who had purchased the edited edition.

{font:Times New Roman}Platt, Glass, et al board the Los Angeles train for New York. There Platt and Glass save their careers when hired for NORTH BY NORTHWEST. Lupton tries marketing soup under his surname and is sued for copyright infringement. {font}

> {quote:title=BingFan wrote:}{quote} > My apologies to Valeska -- because of a formatting problem that I was unable to correct, the first few sentences of my reply below (beginning with "I think Robert...") inaccurately appear to be part of a quotation from her message. > > --BingFan If you go back to your post in edit mode you can fix that. Take the appropriate text, cut and paste it into the area below the arrowheads on the left of the text box... But you must do this in "plain text" mode, the center tab at the top of the message box.

One year I got him a monogrammed smoking jacket but he refused to wear it.

> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote} > And be careful about being talked into "bundling". > > I had a terrible time getting in touch with someone when their Fios "blacked out" for 3 days - they were without phone, internet (& TV) all at the same time! > Just recently I called Time Warner about swapping my boxes for HD ones and of course while they had me on the line, they tried to push me into the Triple Play package of TV/Internet/phone. They gave me the rate, which would be cheaper than what I'm paying for my services now (phone is Verizon), but the rate is only for the first year. I asked about the increase after the first year and they would not give me a figure. "But it's still likely to be less than you're paying now and you will be saving in ther meantime." "I guess you would like me to continue after the first year" I said and he replied in the affirmative. So I said that I'd only be interested in considering - not committing - if he told me the price 13 months from now. He couldn't do it so I respectfully declined the offer, but added "I've had a couple of situations where my cable service went out and I wanted to check your website which does list service area outages. But I couldn't get on the internet. So, I had to call and the only reason that I could do that is because I'm with Verizon for the phone service." "Don't you have a cell phone?" he asked and I said that I don't, which is true. So, right there he was acknowledging that I could lose all three services at once. Besides, the rate they offer is just for basic cable plus web and phone. Add the premium channels and I'm getting closer to what I'm paying now and I still don't know what it will be next year. But Time Warner does offer me good service, I have no complaints with them. I am also avoiding the package as I don't need any more wiring being done around here if I had them supply the phone. Most likely what I'll do is cut out the premium channels and the additional bedroom box when my limited income can no longer keep pace with my bills. Or else I'll just go the Magic Jack route for phone service.

TCM also aired HONDO AND THE APACHES which was two episodes of the Ralph Taeger HONDO series. They did have Robert Taylor's RETURN OF THE GUNFIGHTER listed during his SOTM tribute, but it was cancelled at the last minute. They have also aired SCREEN DIRECTOR'S PLAYHOUSE as well as some Grace Kelly TV dramas from her early days.

There was also a 1979 mini-series titled SOS TITANIC. Better than the Scott film and oddly enough, David Warner was in the cast. He would sail the Titanic again for James Cameron. The Queen Mary subbed as the vessel. I didn't watch the 2012 version that aired this weekend. It's the only film on the subject that I've missed. The idea of sitting through commercials has me avoiding all network television.

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > > Does this make it the most expensive movie ever made? > Now there's one for *TCM Imports* > Actually, they have played it on TCM Imports. It was perhaps five or six years ago that I saw it and I believe that it aired again. I'm sure someone around here can provide more info.

It's only fair that you point out my mistake. After all, I've caught quite a few of yours.

> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}My favorite - TOMORROW IS FOREVER > > Speaking of "melodramas", anyone remember when TV Guide used to classify the Universal horror pictures as melodramas? Oh yes. When I was a kid and "studied" the TV Guide movie listings, it often led to disappointment as some "melodramas" ended up just being mellow dramas.

> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote}I've seen that photo of Stevens and Loftin before. My guess is I saw it in Famous Monsters of Filmland. It was either that or the companion mag "Monster World" where I first saw it. Probably the "You Axed For It" feature that appeared in both. Coincidentally, I had a letter printed in the MW issue with SON OF FRANKENSTEIN as the cover story. I don't have my collection any longer, a basement flood saw to most of it.

I love this publicity shot from HOUSE OF DRACULA that has Onslow Stevens putting the finishing touches on his stunt man's make-up. The double was Carey Loftin who would go on to be the unseen driver of the truck in DUEL. The resemblance is such that the camera could get fairly lose and you couldn't tell the difference. Loftin's running and leaping in a chase scene are enhanced by shadows that seem influenced by the MGM version of DR. JEKYLL AND MR HYDE.

> {quote:title=kriegerg69 wrote: > }{quote}LOL...yeah, I love that bit and Sean Connery's snappy comeback: > > "Hi! I'm Plenty!" > > > > > > "...but of course you are!" > > > > > > "Plenty O'Toole!" > > > > > > :^0 To which he follows with "named after your father no doubt." That and the "collars and cuffs" comment to Jill St. John are about the only enjoyable moments in the film for me. It's one of the few Bond films that I don't own on DVD.

GHOST runs about 68 minutes and we see the monster moving around from the very first. In SON it takes just about that long for the monster to get off the slab. I'd gladly take 15 less minutes of SON if it meant restoring the lost 15 or so minutes of BRIDE. The scene in GHOST where the monster is walking around trying to attract the lightning bolts is among my favorite images in the whole series. It does get a little silly with the monster wanting the little girl's brain put in his head, but for a "B" film, it has nice sets and cinematography.

> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote} > You left out Playmate Sally Todd, which is the only reason to watch this bomb. By the way, the female monster in this flick is played by a man.Was Sally Todd a playmate? I haven't seen the film in close to 50 years and while I know of some such as Mara Corday and June Wilkinson who were in the magazine and also acted, I can't say that I've ever heard that Todd has that on her resume - or should I say data sheet?

> {quote:title=JonnyGeetar wrote:}{quote} > Rathbone plays his role like a man who has given up drinking and smoking and chocolate and red meat and sex and has decided to compensate by overindulging in the one vice he has left, which is apparently consuming large amounts of expresso. And throwing darts. I'd love to see a picture of Ygor inserted where the dart board appears. It would fit the scene perfectly.

> {quote:title=mitali77 wrote:}{quote}I have never seen any extras on the WB Archive DVDs. You have now - here's something that arrived in my email this very day: [WESTWARD THE WOMEN|http://l.email-warnerbros.com/u.d?VYGjKTEF_Pyr6KcBpoV30=2021] (1951) We are more than pleased to bring you the DVD debut of one of William Wellman’s best and most overlooked films. Based on historical record, Wellman directed this genre busting western-ladies picture from a story by fellow silver screen-wizard Frank Capra with production personally overseen by MGM gem Dore Schary. Detailing an arduous 2,000 mile trek from Chicago to California that sees a wagon train ‘manned’ by a group of women, Wellman quickly pulls back the curtain of pre-conception and convention to reveal that Western sobriquets like pioneer, trailblazer and gunfighter are not confined to the masculine side of the species. Shot on location in often harsh conditions - Wellman famously informed his cast that there would be no room for prima donnas during the 11 week shoot - the film’s rugged authenticity of setting and actors shine on the screen. Western great Robert Taylor is at his gritty, hardest best as Buck Wyatt, the scout who finds himself at the head of a train of ladies with Denise Darcel, Julie Bishop, and superb character actress Hope Emerson. *Special Features* include an Audio Commentary by film historian Scott Eyman and a vintage MGM promotional featurette “Challenge the Wilderness”

Too funny. Thanks I needed a good laugh today. I'm glad to have brightened your day. Thank you for the compliment.

> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote}With this one and Charley's Aunt, can't we just call it > Worn-out Print Night > and leave it at that? Hi, I'm Robert Osborne. Tonight as our second Bob's pick, we intended to show you THE SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, but we couldn't afford, errr, I mean, we couldn't get the rights to it. That darn Universal hits 100 years old and suddenly they think the value has gone up on all of their films. So, instead we bring you FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, a chiller from 1958. The film has a unique pedigree outside the Frankenstein family. It stars Sandra Knight who was once Mrs Jack Nicholson and it also has Harold Lloyd, Jr and Robert Dix, the lookalike son of Richard Dix. Also in the cast is Felix Locher, the father of Jon Hall and no doubt, Jon was glad that he wasn't a lookalike for his father. The star of the film is John Ashley, who isn't related to anybody but he must have had the goods on someone as they also let him sing in the film. We can all thank our stars that he later went into production. In keeping with tonight's theme, our copy comes from a worn-out Alpha Video VHS tape that we've transferred to digital with a machine that we got at WalMart.

There's a scene in PILLOW TALK where Doris is telling Rock that her latest is rather the gentleman type. Rock then says something along the line of "Oh, is he one of those - the kind who collects recipes." Something else may have followed, but it's obvious that he's implying that her date didn't make a pass because he's gay. I just got the DVD today, I'll have to check for the sake of accuracy. It came in a set with four other films, and I watched CHARADE and DOUBLE INDEMNITY first.

{quote:title=princessananka wrote:}{quote} > Wow, Bob, you are fantastic! > > I'm not very technical--how can I put my address in your "in" box? Not sure where to find it. > Click where it says Private Message User after clicking the link below: http://forums.tcm.com/profile.jspa?userID=49375