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Tue s., 6-25 for Disney Vault Treasures.... (times ET) 8:00 PM Moon-Spinners, The ( 1964) Dir: James Neilson Cast: Hayley Mills , Eli Wallach , Pola Negri . BW- 119 mins, CC, 10:15 PM Bone Bandit ( 1948) Dir: Charles A Nichols BW- 7 mins, CC, 10:25 PM Littlest Horse Thieves, The ( 1976) Dir: Charles Jarrott Cast: Leslie Sands , Maurice Colbourne , Chloe Franks . BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format 12:15 AM Robber Kitten, The ( 1935) BW- 8 mins, CC, 12:25 AM North Avenue Irregulars, The ( 1979) Dir: Bruce Bilson Cast: Douglas Fowley , Walt Larue , Kim Bullard . BW- 100 mins, CC, 2:15 AM Emil and the Detectives ( 1964) Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Walter Slezak , Bryan Russell , Roger Mobley . BW- 99 mins, CC, 4:00 AM Never A Dull Moment ( 1968) Dir: Jerry Paris Cast: Dick Van Dyke , Edward G. Robinson , Dorothy Provine . BW- 100 mins, CC, (click titles for info)

Cartoon Brew‏Verified account @cartoonbrew Jun 22 Ron Howard To Direct ‘The Shrinking of Treehorn’ For Paramount Animation: It's one of four upcoming animated and hybrid features being developed as part of a partnership between Imagine Entertainment and Animal Logic. Ron Howard, 65, is set to make his animation directorial debut with The Shrinking of Treehorn, an adaptation of the 1971 children’s book by Florence Parry Heide. The surreal story about a boy who starts shrinking was originally illustrated by Edward Gorey, and Howard is said to be following Gorey’s aesthetic, even if the film will be made in cg. It will mark the first film in a partnership between Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment and the Australian animation studio Animal Logic (The Lego Movie franchise, Happy Feet). Imagine and Animal Logic initiated the partnership back in 2017. “I’ve long had this passionate point of view that Ron Howard should make a tentpole animated movie. That’s how this started,”....... https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/ron-howard-to-direct-the-shrinking-of-treehorn-for-paramount-animation-176159.html …

Cartoon Brew‏Verified account @cartoonbrew Jun 22 Ron Howard To Direct ‘The Shrinking of Treehorn’ For Paramount Animation: It's one of four upcoming animated and hybrid features being developed as part of a partnership between Imagine Entertainment and Animal Logic. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/ron-howard-to-direct-the-shrinking-of-treehorn-for-paramount-animation-176159.html …

late Sun., 6-23 for TCM Imports........ 2:00 AM (ET) B/W -97 min. Pitfall (1962) Synopsis: " A man and his young son arrive at a town where the father has been told he can find work as a miner, only to discover it is deserted (or so it seems). They eventually become residents of this place of lost souls." Dir: Hiroshi Teshigahara Cast: Hisashi Igawa , Sumie Sasaki , Sen Yano . "..... very real concerns about the corruption of Japanese society are folded into a story weaving together murder, treachery, a mysterious man in white and ghosts, an approach that has earned the picture a reputation as a horror film as well as an example of the Japanese New Wave. An unsettling and unconventional sound design and a visual style that superimposes the realm of the dead onto stark, barren landscapes contribute to the surreal atmosphere of desolation and anxiety......" see TCM article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/557977/Pitfall/articles.html

TCM‏Verified account @tcm “But for me I always say, what about Dog Day?” - @Ava and @BenMank77 discuss one of Al Pacino’s most underrated performances in DOG DAY AFTERNOON (‘75). Tomorrow night at 8pm ET on the #TCMEssentials. -------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Mankiewicz‏Verified account @BenMank77 2h2 hours ago Saturdays at 8et on @tcm have become film classes taught by @ava. I’m along for the ride. This week, an early Trans aware pic by Sidney Lumet, who turned claustrophobia into a mini genre. Pacino, C. Sarandon, Durning, Cazale, & Penelope Allen kill it off Frank Pierson’s script.

late Fri., 6-21 for Underground II..... 4:30 AM (ET) Whoo-Hoo!.....Tim Carey!! C - 116 m drama Fast-Walking (1982) Synopsis: A corrupt prison guard is hired first to help a black revolutionary escape, then to kill him. Dir: George Robotham Cast: James Woods, Timothy Carey , Kay Lenz, Susan Tyrell, Lance Le Gault , Helen Page Camp . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast-Walking https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083930/reviews?ref_=tt_ql_3

from this afternoon, don't remember seeing this one before & it was quite effective and WITHOUT the Dead End Kids!! 1:15 PM drama Boy Slaves (1939) Synopsis: A young runaway ends up in a juvenile labor camp. Dir: P. J. Wolfson Cast: Anne Shirley , Roger Daniel , James McCallion . LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: 😧 P J Wolfson. Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel, James McCallion, Walter Ward, Charles Powers, Johnny Fitzgerald, Walter Tetley, Charles Lane. "Grim social drama about a gang of impoverished runaways who are promised work by oily businessman Lane, only to end up behind barbed wire in a forced labor camp. Scrappy grade-B hybrid of WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD and I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG is dated but still packs a punch."

Sun., 6-16 for TCM Imports........ (times ET) 2:00 AM News From Home ( 1976) A female film director explores New York City while enduring demanding letters from her mother. Dir: Chantal Akerman C- 89 mins, "....... letters heard in Akerman's voiceover. These are letters the filmmaker actually received from her mother, Natalia Akerman, a Holocaust survivor and fretful parent who later became the subject of No Home Movie, the documentary Akerman finished shortly before committing suicide in 2015. Viewers aware of this history will find the soundtrack of News from Home all the more poignant. ..." see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/481255/News-From-Home/articles.html 3:45 AM Les Rendez-vous d'Anna ( 1978) While on a promotional tour, a female movie director deals with a series of people making unwanted demands. Dir: Chantal Akerman Cast: Magali Noel , Helmut Griem , Aurore ClTment . C- 128 mins, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Rendez-vous_d'Anna

Fr i., 6-14 3:15 PM (ET) C - 95 m adventure Shark's Treasure (1975) Synopsis: Treasure hunters seek a lost shipment of gold in shark-infested waters. Dir: Cornel Wilde Cast: Cornel Wilde , Yaphet Kotto , John Neilson . see : https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/11/archives/sharks-treasure.html -another of those "how could ___________ have gotten involved in such *****??"

also Tues., 6-11 10:00 PM (ET) C - 111 m Medium Cool (1969) Synopsis: A TV news cameraman finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Dir: Haskell Wexler Cast: Robert Forster , Verna Bloom , Peter Bonerz . "......the form of "Medium Cool." That is, the way the movie was conceived, shot and edited. Five years ago, this film would have been considered incomprehensible to the general movie audience. Now it's going into a big first-run house, and you don't hear the Loop exhibitors talking so scornfully about "art films" anymore. So what's going on when an experimental, radical film like "Medium Cool" can get this sort of exposure? What's happened, I think, is that moviemakers have at last figured out how bright the average moviegoer is. By that I don't mean they're making more "intelligent" pictures. I mean they understand how quickly we can catch onto things....... see: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/medium-cool-1969

late Tues., 6-11 for COUNTER CULTURE FILMS OF 1969 .......... 2:45 AM (ET) B/W - 93 m TV-MA Widescreen Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969) Synopsis: debutante daughter of the world's wealthiest couple falls in with a gang of tripped out, skydiving pseudo-reactionary pop stars, Dir: Robert Thom Cast: Jennifer Jones , Jordan Christopher , Roddy McDowall . "..... The film was skewered by the critics with the New York Daily News pondering "Jennifer Jones - how did she ever get mixed up in such a weird production?" The L.A. Times declared the performances were wildly uneven "with Jennifer Jones perhaps fairing the best. (Her fear of aging rings with decided conviction.)" And The Hollywood Reporter noted, "Miss Jones's once mannered twitch has become an unpleasant snarl; in no way softened by the lines she is forced to mouth." ......... see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67349/Angel-Angel-Down-We-Go/articles.html

FYI..... Noir Alley‏Verified account @NoirAlley 4h4 hours ago Tomorrow night is your ONLY chance to catch NORA PRENTISS ('47) on #NoirAlley this week. The Sunday showtime has been cancelled due to the #TCMRemembers tribute to Doris Day.

Ben Mankiewicz‏Verified account @BenMank77 4h4 hours ago One of the best documentaries ever made, enhanced - as always - by @ava’s keen and unique understanding of story and struggle. Do not miss this dual opportunity to see Harlan County, USA with Ava DuVernay breaking it down. ================================ "....Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) - was an astonishingly intimate and passionate work that won the Oscar® for Best Documentary and recently was selected as one of twenty-five films by the Library of Congress to be placed on its Film Registry. Harlan County, U.S.A. is not a traditional documentary in any sense of the word. It combines both cinema verite techniques with archival footage to create a context and background for the political struggle it depicts. Newsreels from the 1920s and '30s, interviews with doctors at the black lung center in West Virginia, information about the coal industry, and candid moments captured on film during the 13 month strike are expertly edited together to form a fascinating sociological study..... http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/330688/Harlan-County-U-S-A-/articles.html

late Fri., 6-7 for Underground..... 3:45 AM (ET) B/W - 92 m Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) Synopsis: A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist. Dir: Curtis Harrington Cast: Shelley Winters , Mark Lester , Chloe Franks . .... Allmovie wrote, "If one is in the right frame of mind, Who Slew Auntie Roo? can be a lot of ghoulish fun. It's not good, mind you; as a matter of fact, Roo is basically trash. But it's campy and silly and just the ticket if you're in the mood for a film that makes you groan at its inanity as often as it makes you shiver." .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoever_Slew_Auntie_Roo%3F

SilentRevue‏ @SilentRevue Jun 2 Happy birthday to everyone favourite film historian #KevinBrownlow! #botd

Jon Favreau Made An Animated ‘Lion King,’ But He Still Doesn’t Want You To Call It An Animated Film Jon Favreau, the director of Disney’s 100%-fully animated remake of The Lion King, is claiming in a new interview that he doesn’t think the film should be considered animated. If you’re confused, don’t worry. That’s part of Disney’s marketing strategy..... Virtual production is an innovative filmmaking technique that can be used in the service of either a live-action film or an animated film. You can read our in-depth explainer of the technique here. It is, however, still a technique (akin to stop motion, hand drawn, cinematography, or cg). The final imagery that appears in any film can only be classified as one of three things: live action, animated, or a hybrid combination of the two. In the case of The Lion King, the imagery is 100% animated, achieved through a combination of virtual production and cg animation techniques. ..... The Disney studio has been on a years-long campaign to recreate its animated films as live-action product. All of its other live-action versions have had live-action performances in them, even if they incorporated plenty of animation, too. Clearly, being honest about The Lion King would complicate the marketing of the film, and would put the studio in a defensive position of explaining why they made an animated remake of an already animated film. Further, it’s no secret that commercial animation in the United States carries a negative association with children’s content, which is ironically an association that has formed due to Disney’s own outsized influence in the industry. An animated film that breaks the mold and has a more mature sensibility is a tougher sell to the general public than simply re-labeling something as a live-action film and avoiding the stigma of being labeled a children’s film. If The Lion King were accurately labeled as an animated film, it would also create a headache for the company during awards season.......... https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/jon-favreau-made-an-animated-lion-king-but-he-still-doesnt-want-you-to-call-it-an-animated-film-175028.html

Sun., 6-2, for ALICE FAYE & DON AMECHE ......... 10:00 PM (ET) B/W - 100 m TV-G You Can't Have Everything (1937) aka "Last Year's Kisses" Synopsis: A Broadway producer hopes to improve his chances with a beautiful playwright by buying the rights to all of her plays. Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Alice Faye , Ritz Brothers , Don Ameche . https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029806/ LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: 😧 Norman Taurog. Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, Tony Martin, Louise Hovick (Gypsy Rose Lee), Arthur Treacher, Tip, Tap, and Toe. "Good show-biz musical as Faye writes drama which only succeeds as musical. The Ritz Brothers have good material, Louis Prima adds music."

July 2019: The History of Science Fiction nothing original here. Seems little effort was put into programming but as mentioned elsewhere, TCM's NOT a big sci-fi fan

WHAT...... No HAIR ?!

maybe THAT'S why he won't mention the boards when he asks for responses on Noir Alley?

Joel Williams‏ @joelrwilliams1 3h3 hours ago ICYMI: Count of films airing by decade on @tcm in June 2019. #TCMParty

part 2 of a Peter Fonda 'Underground' double feature.......... (although handsome, Peter's acting never impressed me, but we get to hear him sing here) ============================== late Fri., 5-31 Underground........ 4:15 AM ( ET) C - 101 m drama Outlaw Blues (1977) Synopsis: Suspected of murdering the country-western star who stole his song, an ex-convict takes it on the lam. Dir: Richard Heffron Cast: Peter Fonda, Susan St. James, Jeffrey Friedman , Steve Fromholtz , Michael Lerner . "....The New York Times called the movie "an amiable, lilting, if lightweight, diversion... Pleasantly palatable if not especially nutritious... To the credit of B. W. L. Norton's script, the film also strongly indicates the vicious competition and sleaziness that could lurk behind the glamorous facades of some of the medium's recording giants." The cast drew praise, with the Times enjoying Fonda's "gently appealing" performance and "pleasant tenor voice," and Variety applauding Susan Saint James as "a sexy knockout who ought to be on theater screens much more often." ....... see TCM article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85996/Outlaw-Blues/articles.html

late Fri., 5-31 Underground........ 4:15 AM ( ET) C - 101 m drama Outlaw Blues (1977) Synopsis: Suspected of murdering the country-western star who stole his song, an ex-convict takes it on the lam. Dir: Richard Heffron Cast: Peter Fonda, Susan St. James, Jeffrey Friedman , Steve Fromholtz , Michael Lerner . "....The New York Times called the movie "an amiable, lilting, if lightweight, diversion... Pleasantly palatable if not especially nutritious... To the credit of B. W. L. Norton's script, the film also strongly indicates the vicious competition and sleaziness that could lurk behind the glamorous facades of some of the medium's recording giants." The cast drew praise, with the Times enjoying Fonda's "gently appealing" performance and "pleasant tenor voice," and Variety applauding Susan Saint James as "a sexy knockout who ought to be on theater screens much more often." ....... see TCM article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85996/Outlaw-Blues/articles.html

actors were great, but story dragged for me. Didn't need eight hrs. to watch Fosse being a selfish, egotistical, drug/alcohol addicted, womanizing, self-destructive (though talented) jerk. I much preferred Fosse's All That Jazz ('79) movie, which covers pretty much the same material in a alot more entertaining fashion (though Roy Scheider was good, it's too bad they couldn't have cast a real dancer)

Tues., 5-28 for Special theme: Meet Cutes...... 4:30 AM ET B/W - 95 m Just the Way You Are (1984) Synopsis: A disabled musician thinks people treat her differently because of her disability so she goes to a ski resort with her leg in a cast to test this theory. Dir: Edouard Molinaro Cast: Kristy Mcnichol , Michael Ontkean , Kaki Hunter . tcm article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80059/Just-the-Way-You-Are/articles.html