Hibi
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Yeah, I think that was it.
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No. Why would they?
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Now that I think of it, I think she dropped the suit and made the film in question (forget the title). Was just before they put her in B films.
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17 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
I acknowledge I could have read that wrong on imdb.
She did take them to court about something.. No agreement could be reached and she continued to earn her salary and they put her in Bs trying to make her quit, but she made the films until her contract was over.
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19 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
Day Nine is Kay Francis. They're showing 17 movies! Movies were short in the '30s. Remember when TCM had a monthly theme of movies that were all shorter than 75 minutes? They probably could have shown (and maybe did) several Francis movies then.
Her imdb bio defines her speech impediment as a lisp, which I've always thought of as making a "th" sound instead of "s", like Ron Howard saying "AmerilyTH" in The Music Man, although there's a poster on here, I don't remember who, who in every single post he makes about her calls her Kay Fwancis (I mean EVERY single one), implying her problem was a slurring of the R's. They kind of suggest that this was her problem on imdb, too. I don't know. I haven't listened to her closely enough. Maybe she struggled with both. Didn't stop her from being a big star.
Anyway, looks like 15 of the 17 movies they're showing are from Warner Bros., a studio she sued to attempt to get out of her contract from, little realizing she was jeopardizing how often her films would get played on TCM 90 years in the future. The only ones not from WB are Trouble in Paradise from Paramount in 1932, which TCM seems to show quite a bit. In fact, I think I saw it once earlier this year (I have a pet conspiracy theory I can't prove that TCM can only air Paramount movies that were directed by Lubitsch, Sturges, Wilder or Hitchcock. Look up the record!) and 1945's Allotment Wives, one of several latter-career films she produced independently at Monogram, which I think is in the library.
Yes, she had problems with her Rs. It wasnt that apparent and not a big deal (to me at least).
There is a medical term for it (the R's as W's) but I can't think of it.
Yeah, they never show any of her Paramount films. They do show one from time to time (one with William Powell) where he's a lawyer.
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16 hours ago, sagebrush said:
The film which aired really early this morning, WORD IS OUT: STORIES OF SOME OF OUR LIVES was a really good and heartbreaking documentary. If it's on Watch TCM, I recommend it.
It's sad that most of the people in it are probably dead now. Who knows how many died of AIDS.
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THANKS! I think you may have posted this before, but I'd forgotten the films. So many films I'd love to see. Please report back to us! Would love to see ALL of Joan's films and the Constance silent. Clara Bow; Colleen Moore......
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11 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
Eddie Muller said that it was a premiere. This film was recently restored. I read that it was considered lost because only poor quality fragments of the film could be found. Finally the only 35mm print in existence was found in Britain and it went through a restoration.
Yes, after checking the plot, I haven't seen it. I was thinking of another noir Eddie showed awhile back with Scott. Can't remember the name of it.
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11 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
Lol. Mine's at 96% and I have over 500 movies recorded.
I just checked I'm at 97%! Just dont have time to watch them. LOL.
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10 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
Watched it last night, thank you!
Maggie Smith was great, well ALL performances were o'course. It was a Joe Mankiewicz production, written & directed by him. I was astounded and fascinated by the sumptuous Venice wall mural sets. Also surprised by how much Edie Gormé resembled Marilyn in that wig & make up:
Her charactor was a hoot!
Don't you mean Edie Adams?
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23 minutes ago, txfilmfan said:
It was a TCM premiere. You might have seen it on HBO, as they were a production partner.
My only beef with that film is that they don't consistently identify the film clips being shown. The film would be improved, IMO, if there were graphics identifying the films. Some are widely known, but there are obscure films in there as well, and they don't always identify them with narration.
I saw Paragraph 175 in the theaters on its initial release. The law actually dates all the way back to 1871, and was only removed from the books in 1994, but of course the Nazis broadened the scope of the law and used it to imprison and kill gay men in concentration/extermination camps. Even after the war, the law was used to convict some 50,000 men in West Germany between 1945 and 1969. They relaxed the law by setting an age of consent of 21 in 1969, and the number of arrests and convictions dropped considerably.
Awful. No, I don't get HBO. I must've seen it on PBS then.
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3 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
Postponed from 2020.....I'll be going all 3 days!
Thanks! What will they be showing???
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I DON'T. (Feel sorry for Uncle Charley). Good riddance!
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Is Guilty Bystander a rerun? I think I may have seen this one.
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16 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
I just want to say, here and now: Aaargh !
I was really looking forward to the upcoming Noir Alley pick, Guilty Bystander. I've never even heard of this one, let alone seen it, and a fresh brand-new , never-before viewed noir for me is really a treat.
However ! due to July 4th Independence Day, and it's being a Sunday this year, Noir Alley is only being aired in the Saturday night time slot, not the Sunday morning one.
Now, it's true that I actually think Saturday night is the ideal time for noir viewing, Sunday morning (especially sunny ones !) is not a very film noir day or time. And yes, I did say this when Noir Alley first began ( dear lord, 4 years ago, it was ). But actually, and perhaps hypocritically, I usually catch Noir Alley in its Sunday time slot. But this weekend the Sunday one has been bumped, I guess for some Independence Day -themed movie.
This would not be a problem, except that 1) 12:30 am is a bit late even for me to start a full-length movie and 2) my husband loves Saturday Night Live, even the re-runs, and would not be willing to sacrifice that last half hour of that show , not even for Noir Alley.
And we always watch Noir Alley in real time, and we have but one tv set.
Why don't I record it? I'm looking into that. I'm so low-tech, I'm not sure how to do that. I think my television is a "smart" one with a dvr, but believe it or not, I've never availed myself of this feature.
Go ahead and laugh at me, everyone, I know I'm a dinosaur.
You've never recorded anything on your dvr? I think I'm up to 98% on there! You need to learn. It's great!
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16 hours ago, lavenderblue19 said:
Do you mean the medicare commercials now being aired? It sort of freaks me out, remembering him as a young man, he didn't age all that well. I cannot stand all those medicare advantage commercials because it seems every other ad is for that. It's overkill.
I hate those. And it seems like I see him several times a day. Sad to see him looking so old. Wouldn't think he'd need the money, but maybe he has other reasons for doing them.
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16 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
And some sadly, kept plugging away and wound up plugging mundane everyday products, like the great ANN MILLER here.
Sepiatone
I loved that Ann Miller commercial! At least she was doing what she loved in it (Dancing!) Ann kept pretty busy in live theater in her later years. On Broadway; touring and summer stock. So she was making money. I'm sure that commercial paid well too (expensive to shoot!)
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9 minutes ago, txfilmfan said:
According to https://www.moviecollectoroh.com/reports/TCM_SCHEDULES_SUMMARY_alpha.htm, they've shown it 7 times. The last time was November 2009.
Yes, I thought so, but not too often. That's a long time ago.
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I wish I'd seen this thread. I tuned in last night to see what was on and realized it was all Pride related documentaries. I didn't know it was on the schedule. I'd seen Closet before, but watched it again. Was it REALLY a premiere??? I know I've seen it on tv before, where else could I have seen it? Maybe it was on PBS.
The first docu about AIDS victims was so sad. I missed the first 15 mins. I don't like to think back to those times. Was such a horrible time. I had never seen this one before. I didnt realize Vito Russo was in it until near the end (who wrote the Celluloid Closet book) which made it even sadder.
I recorded the film about the Nazis. Was on too late for me to watch.
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6 hours ago, skimpole said:
But not They shoot Horses don't they or A doll's House. And the failure to show A touch of Class suggests it will never be shown.
Has TCM ever shown They Shoot Horses?
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10 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
I just saw Klute for the first time a few months ago. I loved it! It was such a great movie. And even though it's outdated now, I thought that Jane Fonda's shag haircut was actually pretty cool.
I love Barbarella. I've seen it twice now. It's so weird, but oddly captivating. I can't look away.
I wish they would have played Walk on the Wild Side, if only so I could have gotten a copy to store on my DVR.
Yes, Walk is VERY entertaining!
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10 hours ago, HoldenIsHere said:
Happily KLUTE is airing (or at least begins) during the so-called "prime time" this year. And BARBARELLA is scheduled as well!
*ALL TIMES EDT AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 13
Jane Fonda
6:00 AM Tall Story (1960)
8:00 AM The Chapman Report (1962)
10:15 AM Period of Adjustment (1962)
12:15 PM Any Wednesday (1966)
2:15 PM In the Cool of the Day (1963)
4:00 PM Agnes of God (1985)
6:00 PM Sunday in New York (1963)
8:00 PM The China Syndrome (1979)
10:15 PM Klute (1971)
12:30 AM Barbarella (1968)
2:15 AM Stanley & Iris (1990)
4:15 AM Tout va Bien (1972)
Yes, I couldn't believe it!
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1 hour ago, ElCid said:
Wife and I just watched two Joseph Cotton "C movies." Baron Blood and Lady Frankenstein on Shout Factory (Tubi). Guess he needed the money.
Didn't invest well..........
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1 hour ago, sewhite2000 said:
Yeah, TopBilled, who seems to be able to commit the next 100 days' programming to memory instantly, pointed this out to me quickly in a reply.
I also see I made a mistake in the spelling, given both TopBilled's and your replies. I don't know why I put an "e" at the end of Woolf. I was thinking of Tom Woolfe is all I can think of.
No biggie. I didn't even notice.
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Wasn't Keaton married to one of the Talmadge sisters? I don't think she was a casting director.....