cinemafan

A-girl - TCM will always have a place in my budget - it is a part of my life. It provides entertainment, education, and soothes and provides a journey elsewhere when I get home after going out and earning my living. If I ever had to relocate, I believe I would scout ahead and make sure that I could get TCM in my new community! I feel your pain!

This was another first for me. Thoroughly enjoyable - I have never seen Leslie Howard so alive. (Of course, I need to see more Leslie Howard movies.) I've only seen him in dramas. I love it when he tripped on the stairs towards the end. Wendy Hiller made me tune in -that was a treat in itself, but the bonus was the talent of Leslie Howard. Fun movie. It plays again on March 8.

I also took a look at the site. This caught my eye - *Uber TCM*. I like the sound of that!

mongo, thanks for honoring one of my favorites - Alan Bates. Gone way too soon.

FrankGrimes said: What movie did Valentino don the gaucho hat? "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" 1921. Search the TCM database for a photo. I'd post one if I were tech savvy. On the Silent Sunday Nights intro, there's a clip of Valentino wearing the hat and a very mesmerizing look.

Allow me to peek in for a comment on the Hat. I'm more of an appreciative listener and reader than a rambler. I've alway known the hat was unique, but now I've figured out where I've seen it before. On Rudolph Valentino!! It's a gaucho hat. I like it. I never could figure out what South American country they were supposed to be in.

Just getting a chance to comment on "Room at the Top". I've been a Laurence Harvey fan for a long time and this was a first for me. The movie was indeed, wrenching; it had my emotions going. I believe the accents were intended to be Northern England. I missed a bit of the dialogue myself, they were that thick. Laurence Harvey is another one who died way too young, at 45. I would love to read a good biography of him. Sounds like he led an interesting life, being born in Lithuania, moving to South Africa, making his first movie in the early 40s and marrying Harry Cohn's widow, Joan. He was all over with the accents, from southern in "Summer and Smoke" to "Of Human Bondage". I want a Laurence Harvey day!

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > to all you lads and lassies. > > "Tis a terrible strong curse". > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVVJoArn8p4 B-girl: Thanks for posting that clip last night. I went to sleep with sweet dreams. cinemafan

: Thanks, Fred. Stubby didn't look as stubby in that youtube verson. (I can only see so much on my 19" screen). Message was edited by: cinemafan

mongo - once again, your captions are very often half the fun. You are appreciated.

> This is a lousy print. It is squished top to bottom. It makes everyone look short, wide, and fat. It makes Dasie Mae look like she's about 5 feet tall with big thick fat legs. Fred, do you mean to say that Mammy and Pappy Yokum were squished to look 4 feet tall? I'd like to see this again - it took me a while to get used to the cartoon look of the thing.

I don't believe anyone has mentioned "All Creatures Great and Small". I loved this series, and as a result, read the whole series (5+) of books by James Herriot. Siegfried's visits to his "mother", charming Tristan, Helen and the entire Yorkshire Dales came alive for me. Before cable, PBS had the best television viewing options. Still has in some cases.

I tried it again this morning, and after deleting a number of "cookies" (some accidentally), the picture came on. I listen to a lot of radio, so the first "viewing" was ok. R.O. is a great natural speaker. Now I wish I hadn't procrastinated, and got my question posted on time.

My experience: came on quickly, but there was no video - was there supposed to be a black screen? I enjoyed it. It was nice to hear R.O. speak without a script. I hope they do this again - maybe they will, as all the questions seemed to be Oscar related, and the relating thread was expanded to all kinds of questions. I'd like to hear more.

Kyle, count me as one of many who check out your posters every day. Thank you. Just had to point out the misspelling on the Zorro poster. I had to look twice. Noah *Berry*? This one surprised me (I should have been a proof reader, but I'd probably wouldn't have a job). Thanks again.

Both shown earlier this month - Blind Alley, 1939 with Chester Morris and remake The Dark Past, l948 with William Holden, used this. I don't know about this theory, usually people have some idea of what is causing their problems. It might take years to overcome them, but in a movie there can be some spectacularly quick breakthroughs, especially with hypnosis. Much more dramatically effective.

Thanks, Fred. I don't know that I would have noticed that change right off. Did they change the format overnight? Now, I have to find a way to word my question!

I had longshot hopes that since TCMWebAdmin checked in on us this evening in General Discussion, maybe they could see their way to organizing a little for us; maybe a little practice for the future. Just in that category (Oscar questions). It's nice to see them get involved more here. My suggestion was me just wishfully thinking out loud - "what could be helpful".

I know we have no moderators here, but this might be an opportunity to sort out some of the mish mash of irrelevant questions being asked in the Robert Osborne/Oscar category. It is already getting unwieldy and hard to read. I can't imagine our wonderful R.O. trying to make sense of these questions. Is there any way for you to move the questions that are just asking for general info to the Info forum? It would be a blessing. (Doesn't hurt to ask.)

Fred - you would be a hoot to see on a promo. You've already let us know how "old and crotchety" you are (not to mention your creeping paranoia), and as Mongo said somewhere, they would fix you up with makeup! and hairstyling! The number of posts had nothing to do with the selections, it's obviously the *content* of the posts.

Chip - 600 perfumes!? I had no idea that there was such a history to this.. Can you give some examples, or a link to info? Thanks.

FF - This is the first time I have addressed you - report me if you wish. You seem to be a robo-poster. You are everywhere, at every time of day. It appears that many members have you on our IGNORE feature, because you are ubiquitous and very often sound insincere. You also name drop quite often, thereby suggesting that others are in agreement with you. I have not put you on IGNORE yet, as I like to see what you are up to. But, that is always an option that many others have apparently used with you. If others have you on IGNORE, or don't wish to communicate with you, that is their choice. None of this is new - I have had these thoughts since your first days here. This is like anywhere else that we invest our time in - we get to know each other. Some people we have something to say to, some we don't. *You get more transparent with every post.* These sort of threads can be useful.

Fred, I think you may have something here. Being a Robert Montgomery fan, I watched this for the first time tonight. He played a character whose style and voice were different from any role I've seen him in. I thought that he and Edmund Gwenn gave great performances.

As far as I can tell, *6* of our TCM Board members will be guest programmers. I am very proud of you all and am looking forward to the April presentations. I'm glad that you had a wonderful time with Bob O. and from your descriptions, it sounds like TCM "gets us" out here. It also seems that they are very aware of our Boards. Congratulations, all.

As many times as I have seen Mr. Roberts, I know nothing about the background of this movie, I will check out the articles after I post this. This movie was a great favorite in my large Navy family, growing up. We watched this every time it was on. Back then, I did not recognize William Powell from his younger days, or appreciate the contrast between the young Jimmy Cagney and the older one. Last night, I watched it again after a long time, and it was just as great. I did notice that some of the sailors were a little "stagey" - sort of like some of the characters in Stalag 17. I still cheered when Pulver took care of the palm tree. Also, during the credits last night, I noticed Duke Kahanamoku played the native chief, and Ken Curtis played Dolan. Nick Adams was always a favorite.