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Michael Curtiz.......Casablanca.......need I say more?

The Third Man........gives me goosebumps.

Michael Curtiz

<<>> I'm in Connecticut.......same problem with Easter Parade yesterday.

Boy would I love to see a 24 hour period dedicated to "shorts" especially the Vitaphone shorts. Also would love to see a cartoon marathon.

Keep in mind that on January 21, they paid tribute to one of the stars that passed away so the lineup was not the following at least during the day......I remember this because I really wanted to tape "Elmer The Great" In January 21 Friday Elmer The Great (1933) No Other Woman (1933) Hideaway (1937) Dragon Seed (1944) Humoresque (1946) The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) The Fugitive (1947) The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) The Pawnbroker (1965) Cry Terror (1958) The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964) Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Wow......loliteblue I am really looking forward to your posts!!!!! Tom

VERY excited here! !! ! ! !! !!

Great Post Stoney! I just think Ben is so contrived feeling.......it's so obvious what TCM is trying to do regarding him and that is why it doesn't work. If they had a young hip kid who was nuts about old movies and we saw a sincere passionate kid excited about the movies it would have a better chance at grabbing the younger generation. Now personally, I still don't think TCM has much of a shot attracting the young - raised on gameboy, computers, attention deficit disorder youth of America......anybody watch MTV lately? Face it........TCM is mostly for the 40 and up group with a few exceptions...(my 7 year old daughter being one...I am working on the brainwashing....).......and TCM is not going to stay the way they are now for much longer.............you can argue it but it's a fact.

Hello..... I'll try to be as nice as I can. Ben may be a nice guy and might be a good guy to have a beer with but as far as his job at TCM......I just can't stand the guy........he has a snotty-nosed condescending attitude and a certain measure of "I'm modern and I'm cynical".........it quickly wears thin. I can't help but think.......no wait......I KNOW he would NEVER have the job he has were it not for his last name. Now.....put him on "The Man Show" on comedy central where cynicism rules and he may be perfect. As far as him attracting the youth in droves to TCM.......I just can't imagine it's working. And again I must state I am talking about his job performance not about who he is as a human.

"TCMprogrammer, is it possible for you to show every single black and white pre-code movie ever made in Hollywood? Thank you very much" I don't think that would be too difficult Stoney! And I second that notion!!!!

They have shown "Two Seconds" on TCM a couple of times and it is an awesome film!!!!! Edward G's performance is fantastic.

< Yes you could but what you are thinking about is recording over a pre-recorded movie.........what we are talking about is making a DVD copy of a pre-recorded VHS tape as a back-up........some of the older VHS tapes didn't use Macrovision (copy protection) so you can make back-ups.....but most since around 1995 are very protected. We should be allowed to make a back-up copy for our own use of a movie we purchased, but once again the criminals always seem to mess things up for the rest of us.

<<>> Hey MovieJoe.....the little secret they DON'T tell you about the above models is that if it is a commercially bought VHS movie that has protection on it, you still can't make a DVD copy of it on those units. But the stuff you've recorded on TCM can be made into DVD's using the above. Tom

I just thought this would be a great thread to discuss silents.......ya know....we could recommend great silents for Leo to hate....I mean see! Hey Leo? You MUST check out the 1928 film "The Passion Of Joan Of Arc". Being such an accomplished writer/artist as you are, I'm sure it will knock you right out of your pretend Rolls!

Many times the following is said about actors/actresses: "They can make you laugh and they can make you cry".......but I must say personally that Ms. Colbert does it best for me. It's that face of hers......she can be so darn funny and she can be a total tear-jerker. I'm really looking forward to seeing some of her films I haven't seen!!!!! Thanks TCM!

Why Me?

Leo? Don't you have a press conference to attend? For a guy who is having actors fight over who will star in the film adaptation of your crappy novel......you sure have a lot of time on your hands.

Personally, I'd like to smoke crack with Robert Downey Jr.......

I also recently rented "The More The Merrier" from netflix.......man what a GREAT film!!!!!!! Charles Coburn is beyond perfect! I kinda wish I had seen "The Devil and Miss Jones" before "The More The Merrier" because although it was very good too....."merrier" was just fantastic. Man why can't we get ahold of more Jean Arthur films?

Hey Stoney.......I use FileMaker Pro......it is a pretty easy program to use if you are sticking with the basics.....but it can get as complicated as one can dream up. I can sort by any field I want....ex: title, year, director, genre, length, production studio etc......it makes finding a movie simple! And as I approach 4000 titles, simple is a good thing! tom

Amen Joe ! How bout we take some old Louis Armstrong recordings and have Kenny G blow some modern sounding background horns on it recorded in a state of the art studio! WOW! or.......... Those old Beatle recordings sure could use some spicing up......let's get Mariah Carey to do some background vocals on the "Let It Be" recording! NO.....we don't need to ask George Martin.....he was only the dang producer! I'm sure John Lennon and George Harrison would have loved it! We can no longer ask them so let's just do it!!! YAY Tom

colorization sucks......plain and simple.

I taped it and watched it last night. It blew me away. One of the best I've seen of that genre. Thanks TCM! Tom

Merry Christmas Everyone! God bless you all. TCM - Keep up the great work, 2004 was an awesome year! Tom