sweetsmellofsuccess
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I doubt TCM had any "influence" on Elvis Mitchell steering Bill Murray away from Arsenic and Old Lace. However, I would have liked to have heard more on what Bill enjoyed about the film. Perhaps that's the disadvantage of having a thirty minute show instead of an hour.
Still, the interview was terrific. Murray's final comments even had the crew cracking up!!
Note: Great picture of Babs!! I love me some Barbara Stanwyck.
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Tomorrow at 8:15am Eastern:
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Detective Mike Hammer fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker with a mysterious connection to the Mob.
Cast: Ralph Meeker, Cloris Leachman, Albert Dekker. Dir: Robert Aldrich. BW-106 mins, TV-PG
Fantastic and brutal film-noir from director Robert Aldrich.
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Lots of great stuff!!
I'm thrilled that Carole Lombard is Star of the Month. Hopefully, I'll finally have the chance to see No Man of Her Own and The Eagle and the Hawk. Twentieth Century is finally airing on TCM as well. Lombard and John Barrymore are sublime in this one.
Too many other goodies to mention, though I'm happy about seeing Le Mans and Boomerang.
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Saturday at 10am Eastern:
Out of the Past (1947)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-97 mins, TV-PG
Easily one of the great film-noirs I've seen.
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You bet!!
This series looks really great. I also loved hearing his comments on the documentaries of Gene Kelly and Cary Grant.
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TCM has honored Olivia de Havilland in the past, including a day of her films on her 90th birthday. I still wouldn't mind, though, seeing some of her films as part of another festival. Perhaps they have something in store in the future. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
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Tonight at 1:30am Eastern:
None but the Lonely Heart (1944)
A young ne'er-do-well tries to get his life on track to help his ailing mother.
Cast: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: Clifford Odets. BW-113 mins, TV-PG
Archie Leach's most personal film, and one of his very best performances. He and Ethel Barrymore are superb here.
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Tomorrow at 4:15 and 6 pm Eastern:
Public Enemy, The (1931)
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Cast: James Cagney, Edward Woods, Jean Harlow. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-84 mins, TV-PG
Roaring Twenties, The (1939)
Three WWI Army buddies get mixed up with the mob in peacetime.
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-107 mins, TV-G
Two Cagney classics.
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Greta Garbo Day- August 7 on TCM
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I'm going to have to hear Rose's comments if Seven Samurai repeats on The Essentials. She's been great so far, so I may give her a break if her remarks aren't too flattering. I'd rather, though, her say she's not a fan of the film than give a phony excuse as to why she feels it's the greatest thing ever.
Note: This again makes my head scratch. I have no problem if a co-host isn't a fan of a particular film airing. However, if it's called The Essentials then why would a picture be selected if Robert Osborne and his co-host don't both agree on how great it is? Osborne, Molly Haskell, and Carrie Fisher have said (once or twice) they weren't quite in love with a film as much as most critics and fans were.
Haven't seen Seven Samurai in a few years, but I was completely captivated from beginning to end. I really need to see more of Kurosawa's films.
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Today at 4pm Eastern:
Man From Laramie, The (1955)
A wandering cowboy gets caught in the rivalry between an aging rancher's sons.
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-102 mins, TV-PG
Among the very best of the Anthony Mann-James Stewart westerns. Arthur Kennedy is a particular standout here.
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I'm not really tired of seeing the Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedies on TCM. Lover Come Back seems to be the only one of the three airing in the past year or so. However, there is on Rock Hudson film I'd love to see on TCM: Seconds. It's been a few years since I've seen it, but this film contains arguably Rock's best performance. A very memorable drama from John Frankenheimer.
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I saw But Not For Me last year. It's not bad at all. Lilli Palmer is especially wonderful in a female C.K. Dexter Haven type of role. I woudn't mind seeing it on TCM either.
Gable was typically good throughout his career, but I particularly prefer his performances from his later years: Command Decision, Mogambo, Teacher's Pet, Run Silent Run Deep, It Started in Naples, The Misfits, etc...
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Another thing I've noticed is when someone requests a movie, another person follows by saying when that movie will air and on what station. It only annoys me because that individual may not have that particular TV station, which is why they've suggested it on the TCM website!! We don't all have 500 stations to turn to.
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Agreed. I sometimes wonder if my suggestion squeezed in between Dukes of Hazzard and Gigli would get ignored by TCM. As a result, I wait a little later when those "requests" are gone.
Hopefully, the programmers at TCM won't get fed up seeing those suggestions and decide to shut the request page down. Thankfully, several of my requests have aired over the past few years.
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I forgot about Joan Blondell. I'd definitely love to see her spotlighted for an entire month.
Dietrich sounds great as well, if only to see ALL of her von Sternberg collaborations air on TCM.
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OK, OK, I know this question comes up often. There are several actors and actresses I'm dying to see celebrated with an extensive tribute. A few names have already been Star of the Month, but they were long before I was into TCM or classic movies. Here's my list:
Mary Astor (most definitely)
Paul Newman (I'm surprised he's never been SOTM)
Buster Keaton
Ann Sheridan
Alan Ladd
Ginger Rogers
Van Johnson
Claire Trevor
Clint Eastwood (yep)
Sydney Greenstreet
Eleanor Parker
Lee Tracy
Lon Chaney
Robert Ryan
Lillian Gish
Joel McCrea (don't think I saw his name on the list, either)
Rock Hudson
Glenda Farrell (with the several posts recently about Glenda, I'm sure many will agree with me)
That's enough... for now.
BTW, here's the list of the Stars of the Month if you want to check it out:
TCM has the list posted of each actor and actress celebrated as Star of the Month since it began in 1994.
May 1994 G. Garbo
June 1994 G. Ford
July 1994 G. Garson
August 1994 E. G. Robinson
September 1994 B. Stanwyck
October 1994 A. Lansbury
November 1994 J. Garfield
January 1995 E. Williams
February 1995 R. Reagan
April 1995 D. Day
May 1995 M. Loy
June 1995 E. Flynn
July 1995 G. Kelly
August 1995 P. Muni
September 1995 J. Powell
October 1995 C. Gable
November 1995 Barrymores
January 1996 D. Kerr
February 1996 R. Young
April 1996 I. Dunne
May 1996 J. Stewart
June 1996 R. Russell
July 1996 F. Astaire
August 1996 A. Sheridan
September 1996 V. Johnson
October 1996 K. Grayson
November 1996 R. Mitchum
January 1997 H. Bogart
February 1997 E. Parker
April 1997 A. Gardner
May 1997 G. Brent
June 1997 J. Allyson
July 1997 W. Huston
August 1997 C. Grant
September 1997 I. Lupino
October 1997 W. Pidgeon
November 1997 K. Hepburn
January 1998 L. Turner
February 1998 C. Heston
April 1998 R. Skelton
May 1998 O. de Havilland
June 1998 J. Cagney
July 1998 L. Ball
August 1998 J. Crawford
September 1998 J. Wayne
October 1998 C. Charisse
November 1998 C. Rains
December 1998 Year in Review
January 1999 E. Taylor
February 1999 W. Powell
April 1999 D. Morgan
May 1999 B. Davis
June 1999 M. Rooney
July 1999 N. Wood
August 1999 P. Sellers
September 1999 N. Shearer
October 1999 G. Peck
November 1999 G. Rogers
December 1999 B. Lancaster
January 2000 D. Reynolds
February 2000 R. Ryan
April 2000 S. Tracy
May 2000 A. Smith
June 2000 W. Beery
July 2000 J. Garland
August 2000 Film Debuts
September 2000 J. Wyman
October 2000 D. Powell
November 2000 F. Sinatra
December 2000 L. Bacall
January 2001 Elvis
February 2001 J. Hagen
April 2001 Sirs & Dames
May 2001 J. Harlow
June 2001 W.C. Fields
July 2001 A. Sothern
August 2001 R. Taylor
September 2001 J. Garner
October 2001 L. Turner
November 2001 G. Ford
December 2001 Marx Brothers
January 2002 M. Dietrich
February 2002 K. Douglas
April 2002 B. Stanwyck
May 2002 E.G. Robinson
June 2002 G. Garbo
July 2002 S. Poitier
August 2002 J. Crawford
September 2002 V. Heflin
October 2002 Final Films
November 2002 S. Winters
December 2002 M. Clift
January 2003 D. Day
February 2003 J. Garfield
April 2003 H. Lloyd
May 2003 O. de Havilland
June 2003 TV Actors
July 2003 L. Marvin
August 2003 Summer Under the Stars
September 2003 J. Mason
October 2003 B. Karloff
November 2003 S. MacLaine
December 2003 D. Niven
January 2004 K. Hepburn
March 2004 C. Chaplin
April 2004 J. Garland
May 2004 G. Garson
June 2004 C. Grant
July 2004 Sudden Endings
August 2004 Summer Under the Stars
September 2004 M. Loy
October 2004 P. Lorre
November 2004 C. Gable
December 2004 J. Stewart
January 2005 Canadian Actors
March 2005 C. Colbert
April 2005 E. Flynn
May 2005 O. Welles
June 2005 I. Bergman
July 2005 A. Hepburn
August 2005 Summer Under the Stars
September 2005 G. Garbo
October 2005 R. Mitchum
November 2005 J. Fontaine
December 2005 B. Crosby
January 2006 R. Montgomery
March 2006 N. Eddy/J. MacDonald
April 2006 D. Kerr
May 2006 B. Davis
June 2006 A. Quinn
July 2006 E. Taylor
August 2006 Summer Under the Stars
September 2006 W. Holden
October 2006 Child Stars
November 2006 L. Ball
December 2006 G. Cooper
January 2007 J. Arthur
March 2007 G. Kelly
April 2007 R. Hayworth
May 2007 J. Wayne/K. Hepburn
June 2007 I. Lupino
July 2007 R. Scott
August 2007 Summer Under the Stars
September 2007 A Star is Born
October 2007 H. Fonda
November 2007 Guest Programmer Month
December 2007 I. Dunne
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Earlier this year, I had sound problems with TCM. I couldn't hear any sound for nearly a week. It was the only station with this problem. Right now, there's nothing wrong with my cable.
I hope the situation gets clear for everyone else. Being without TCM can be torture.
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I second this one, Fred:
Shanghai Express (1932)
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong. Dir: Josef von Sternberg. BW-82 mins, TV-14.
Sublime von Sternberg, luminous Marlene Dietrich.
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Airing tonight at 1:45am:
It Started In Naples (1960)
An American lawyer trying to settle his brother's affairs in Italy falls for one of the man's in-laws.
Cast: Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio de Sica. Dir: Melville Shavelson. C-100 mins, TV-PG
A gem, and the little boy in this film is quite good.
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Highlights (most of these will be possible first time viewings):
Kay Francis - Star of the Month (and Trouble in Paradise is included!!)
One Potato, Two Potato (I've heard good things about this one)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (same as above)
Political themed month- Awesome that The Candidate will be included; one of Redford's best performances.
Thelma Ritter evening (it's a shame Fox won't give up most of their films to TCM, but I'm glad they'll honor this wonderful actress).
Terror in a Texas Town (been requesting this one for a while)
Devil's Doorway
The Tall Target
The Great McGinty, The Boss, and The Glass Key will air September 24 (great birthday gifts for me!!)
Kansas City Confidential (at last!!)
Excellent month, TCM!!
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I'm (pleasantly) surprised TCM was able to get Jeremiah Johnson. A great film that arguably features Robert Redford's best performance.
Maybe they will some day be able to air The Electric Horseman. I wonder if this has ever been shown on TCM? It's on my must-see list.
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Tomorrow night (though, technically, it's airing on Thursday morning) at 3 am Eastern:
Suddenly (1954)
Gunmen take over a suburban home to plot a presidential assassination.
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason. Dir: Lewis Allen. BW-76 mins, TV-PG
This features my favorite Sinatra performance.
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Sydney Pollack, unfortunately, doesn't come up as much in the conversation as one of the best directors of his era. We hear more about Scorsese, Coppola, Altman, Spielberg, etc... Pollack's work was just as great and just as interesting. R.I.P.
Sydney's passing makes his interview with Elvis Mitchell coming up in July all the more worth seeing. He was also THE best host for TCM's The Essentials.
Note: I just noticed coincidentally that Three Days of the Condor will air tonight. Definitely one of Pollack's best.
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The Fugitive Kind
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I plan on seeing The Fugitive Kind tonight. Never seen it before, but the cast is first-rate and so is the director (Sidney Lumet).