movieloverny
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The phone scene with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Indiscreet is one of my favorites. One in London, one in Paris, the split screen showing their hand-in-glove synchronicity reveals much more about the path of their relationship than the conversation does.
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My guess is probably because the print they have was not letterboxed. When movies were/are released for televised broadcast, it's the owner's decision as to what format (wide screen or "standard"). I would imagine that TCM does not pay for any re-formatting. Or if they do, they probably can only do so many a year - building the library of letterboxed movies. Also, they would have to be the owners of the master (or have it re-mastered) or get permission from the copyright owners.
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I know your post is about a month old and probably no longer active. But, boy, I'm with you! I also live in New York and I would go stark, raving mad if it were not for TCM. I don't watch it (or television in general) nearly as much when I leave NYC.
Between the huge masses of humanity pushing and shoving, and the total lack of any relationship between distance and time, and the incredible cost of "entertainment", and fighter jets flying overhead, and everything else that goes along with living here, TCM is a welcome relief. Sometimes, I will admit, it's totally escapism and a chance to "de-compress". But more often it's exactly what you said -- quality entertainment. A wide variety of mostly good movies and other programming.
If you don't already know (which you probably do) there are several local movie theatres which often show "classic" movies... The Film Forum (which is having a Lubitsch festival in June), MoMA has a theatre on 23rd St (they had a Minnelli series a couple months ago) and the Clearview on 23/8 have a classic of one sort another depending on your defination every Thursday. Occasionally the Screening Room will have a classic series as well.
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This Could Be The Night, 1957, directed by Robert Wise. Paul Douglas plays the nightclub owner, Jean Simmons the school teacher/secretary and Tony Franciosa as the love interest. The teacher does not fall in love with the owner, who ends up feeling quite protective of the teacher, but with one of his associates.
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I believe the hymn the boys sang was O Sing Unto God. The arrangement is probably not commercially available and I don't think there is a soundtrack available.
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I've heard various reasons given for this "jump cut". Ranging from the master had deteriorated and a few frames were missing by the time home video technology came to be; to censorship a la The Pirate; to Kelly liking the performances of parts of two different takes, requiring that they be edited together at the least intrusive moment.
It's hard to believe that Kelly would let this go intentionally -- it is so noticeable. And he spoke about the studio removing a dance sequence from The Pirate because it was thought to be too risque. If it had been about censorship he would have most likely spoken about it. It seems logical to me that with the stature of SITR if there were a real "story" behind this, it would be well known by now. My vote is that the master had fallen into disrepair like so many films and a few frames were lost.
I disagree that it would have anything to do with contradicting the romance between Don and Kathy. If that were the case, the whole Broadway Ballet would be a contradiction. A kiss would hardly make this sequence more senuous or suggestive than it already is. Unlike the ballet section in On The Town, the Broadway Ballet is not a recap of the story or of the characters. It has nothing to tell us about Don and Kathy.
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A Star is Born, The Harvey Girls, Til The Clouds Roll By and, of course, The Wizard of Oz are all available on DVD. Also, most, if not all, of The Judy Garland Show is available in both episodes and collections.
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It was Lisa Kirk, not Phyllis Kirk, who did most of the singing for Rose. Lisa also was the original Bianca in the stage version of Kiss Me, Kate in 1948
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There is an online petition "urging" this very bad idea not to come to fruition. Not that it will actually stop anyone from doing anything, but it does feel good.
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The Firefly, MGM 1937. I believe it was a duet with Jeanette MacDonald.