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Classic Horrors‏ @classic_horrors 10h10 hours ago The final Thursday of @tcm Creature Features: Tarantula! Return of the Fly! Cosmic Monster! Wasp Woman! Killer Shrews! #TVTerrorGuide

ANY love for tonite's Underground.......??

along with inclusion of hit & run scene in beginning & you see the jury deliberate and two jurors are tending toward voting not guilty. The other ten threaten the two holdouts, basically saying that they will find it impossible to make a living in that town if they "side with that murderer".

"Von Sternberg emphasizes that Clyde has a clear choice when he rows the pregnant Roberta out onto a lake to drown her, and we see that money and sex trump sweetness and poverty, even if murder is the price. In A Place in the Sun, when Winters’s character falls into the lake, Stevens cuts away quickly so as not to steal sympathy from George. In An American Tragedy, Von Sternberg lets you see Roberta as she drowns, and he shows Clyde swimming away from her. It’s perfectly clear that Clyde decides not to help her.... http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/an-american-tragedy -Biggest difference?

"I do believe they probably could have kept Now Playing Guide by adding advertising and raising price." -wish they had tried THAT first I, for one, would've gladly paid a bit more. & could've always tried running ads for AARP & whatnot

yeah, me too but we'll see if that changes now that ATT took it over

Wed., 5-17 for Frances Dee.......... (Times ET) 8:00 PM Happy Land ( 1943) A small-town druggist thinks back on the life of the son who has just died in World War II. Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Don Ameche , Frances Dee , Harry Carey . BW- 75 mins, CC, "Sentimental crowd pleaser or propaganda plea to prepare for grief, the film works either way and stands as one of the better war films released during the war itself." Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77346/Happy-Land/articles.html 9:30 PM American Tragedy, An ( 1931) WOO-hoo! A factory worker's romance with a beautiful heiress is complicated by an earlier fate. Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Phillips Holmes , Sylvia Sidney , Frances Dee . BW- 95 mins, "a surprisingly powerful and satisfying piece of work," and in comparison to A Place in the Sun, "It is starker, and thus probably closer to the spirit if not the letter of Dreiser's original." Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67264/An-American-Tragedy/articles.html 1:00 AM Four Faces West ( 1948) After a big bank job, a bandit tries to avoid the posse on his trail. Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Joel McCrea , Frances Dee , Charles Bickford . BW- 90 mins, CC, Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20909/Four-Faces-West/articles.html

Tonight 5-15 Brotherly Love........... 12:00 AM ET C - 96 m TV-MA Widescreen suspense Blood Simple (1984) Synopsis: A Texas bar owner hires a private eye to kill his cheating wife and her boyfriend. Dir: Joel Coen Cast: John Getz , Frances McDormand , Dan Hedaya . "The first movie from Joel and Ethan Coen plays like film noir, Texas style. Double and triple crosses abound in a complex mystery involving a wealthy bar owner, his wife, the handsome bartender she's having an affair with, and the private investigator hired by the husband but harboring his own greedy agenda. John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh star."

Ben Mankiewicz‏Verified account @BenMank77 7m7 minutes ago #PowersBooth became something of a John Vernon for his era. Capable of great villainy with a wickedly appealing sparkle.

Noir Alley‏Verified account @NoirAlley 5h5 hours ago Join us next Sunday at 10am ET for CRIME OF PASSION ('57) hosted by @Noir_Czar and starring Barbara Stanwyck here on #NoirAlley!

Don't miss The Prowler (1951), airing this morning on @TCM. You. Will. Not. Be. Sorry. #TCMParty http://bit.ly/2pyAiIG

late Sun., 5-14 for TCM Imports.... (times ET) 2:00 AM Odd Obsession ( 1959) An aging antique dealer copes with impotence by offering his younger wife to his daughter's boyfriend. Dir: Kon Ichikawa Cast: Machiko Kyo , Ganjiro Nakamura , Junko Kano . C- 107 mins, Letterbox Format L. Maltin: "Elderly, vain Nakamura tempts beautiful wife (Kyo) into an affair with his young doctor (Nakadai). Uneven soap opera; a few bright moments, but disappointing overall. Original running time 107m. Remade in Italy in 1984 as THE KEY, which is also this film's alternative title (a literal translation of the Japanese title, KAGI). Daieiscope." 4:00 AM Conflagration ( 1958) A Buddhist monk tries to overcome his traumatic past while dealing with a corrupt priest. Dir: Kon Ichikawa Cast: Raizo Ichikawa , Tatsuya Nakadai , Tamao Nakamura . BW- 99 mins, Letterbox Format L. Maltin: "Troubled young novice priest Ichikawa cannot handle corruption around him and burns down a temple. Perceptive psychological study of a human being's destruction; based on a Yukio Mishima novel, fashioned around a true story."

"The second change is in the Animated Feature category. Now all Academy members can vote for the nominations, instead of just the animation division............The end result here will most likely be more mainstream titles getting nominations over the more obscure titles like The Red Turtle or My Life as a Zucchini." -and just WHOSE deep pockets were in support of THAT change??

just to record MY vote as well...... I think...............This STINKS!!

tonite 5-11 for Creature Features......... 11:15 PM Deadly Mantis, The ( 1957) A prehistoric praying mantis wreaks havoc on the Eastern seaboard. Dir: Nathan Juran Cast: Craig Stevens , William Hopper , Alix Talton . BW- 78 mins, 2:45 AM Empire of the Ants ( 1977) A toxic spill unleashes giant ants on a crooked real estate development. Dir: Bert I. Gordon Cast: Joan Collins , Robert Lansing , Albert Salmi . C- 90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

and, of course, a personal fav early Fri AM 4:30 AM Giant Claw, The ( 1957) A giant anti-matter bird invades the Earth's atmosphere. Dir: Fred F. Sears Cast: Jeff Morrow , Mara Corday , Morris Ankrum . BW- 74 mins, CC,

from some promos, it sounds like Dave has no love for James Dean (in particular) or Monty Clift might have some good exchanges w/Baldwin but then you may have to be a fan of Letterman wisecracks, like I am

tonight 5-8 for Cattle Drives.......... 12:30 AM (ET) C - 92 m TV-PG western Culpepper Cattle Company, The (1972) Synopsis: Work on a cattle drive teaches a young Westerner the dirty truth about a cowboy's life. Dir: Dick Richards Cast: Gary Grimes , Luke Askew , Bo Hopkins . article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culpepper_Cattle_Co.

Film Comment Picks for MAY Danielle Darrieux: HBD, DD! Jo Van Fleet (click titles for articles)

MAY highlights- 1967 50th ANNIVERSARY (May 12 and 19, 8pm)/ STARRING FRANCES DEE (May 17, 8pm)-- I http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1312131%7C0/Scorsese-Screens-for-May.html

Yay! Great to see the whole gang back together again!!

late Sat., 5-6 for Underground.... 2:30 AM (ET) Of Unknown Origin ( 1983) An up-and-coming businessman is tormented by rats? in his brownstone. Dir: George Cosmatos Cast: Peter Weller , Jennifer Dale , Lawrence Dane . C- 89 mins, CC, article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Unknown_Origin "Peter Weller, ("Robocop") one of our best young stage and screen actors, is not at all bad in a rather terrible, Canadian suspense-horror film mysteriously titled Of Unknown Origin." - NYTimes

Fri., 5-5 for Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond..... (times ET) 10:00 PM Sweet Revenge ( 1976) A public defender tries to reform a female car thief. Dir: Jerry Schatzberg Cast: Stockard Channing , Sam Waterston , Franklyn Ajaye . C- 89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Revenge_(1976_film) 1:45 AM Winter Kills ( 1979) An assassinated president's brother investigates the unsolved crime. Dir: William Richert Cast: Jeff Bridges , Anthony Perkins , John Huston . C- 94 mins, article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Kills_(film)

Featured Films for May 2017: The Garage (1920) Fire Fighters The Fourth Alarm! With a Kodak The Manicure Lady Hash House Mashers A Grocery Clerk's Romance A Fishy Affair Love (1927) (click title for info) -no premieres

Featured Films for May 2017: The Fire Within The Lovers Odd Obsession PREMIERE Conflagration PREMIERE A Brighter Summer Day (click title for info)