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The ultimate product placement movie was definitely *Mac and Me* (1988). The movie was partly underwritten by McDonald's, and features a lengthy dance sequence _IN_ a McDonald's restaurant. The characters (including the lead, a boy with spina bifida in a wheelchair) prattle on endlessly about the junky food, hit the drive-throughs, etc. The film also stars Coca-Cola and Skittles, the only food that the aliens in the movie can eat (don't ask). Sears department stores shine in a supporting role.
This movie is so blatant that it is hysterical, and so sappy and insincere that you hate everyone in it, from the wheelchair boy to Ronald McDonald (OF COURSE, he's there). Laugh-out-loud fun, It makes GREAT late-night viewing with a bottle of wine (or three).
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I'm a bit of a technotard and don't know how to post photos, but there are plenty at the website:
They don't do it justice, it is really amazing.
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I forgot to add:
*Anthology Film Archives*
32 Second Avenue
They show mainly independent films, experimental ones, and avant garde films, occasionally classics in those genres (*Myra Breckinridge*, John Waters, Kuchar Brothers, Kenneth Anger).
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
CineMaven, thanks for the kind words. I am very into NYC history, because I love that you can walk over and see the sites themselves. I read a biography of Vivian Vance once that gave all the addresses she lived in the Village, and I spent an afternoon walking around them. I can do similar de facto walking tours of the West Village and Times Square, both areas that are so rich in entertainment history. When I have friends from out of town I always take them on walks like that.
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*WALKING TOUR - EAST VILLAGE*
My last list of suggestions -- here are some places of note all in my own neighborhood (the East Village spilling into the Lower East Side). Mostly entertainment-oriented, but as long as you're walking, why not spot Susan B. Anthony's house? You could easily stroll past all of these in a couple of hours. They're roughly arranged in order South-North.
If the neighborhood feels familiar, the various *Law and Order* shows film here constantly.
*Billy the Kid Birthplace*
70 Allen Street, Nov. 23, 1859
*Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Zero Mostel, Jerry Stiller, Sammy Cahn, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg High School*
Seward Park High School, Essex Street between Grand and Broome
*George Gershwin & Edward G. Robinson's Elementary School*
Anna Silver School, 166 Essex Street (new building on the site where they attended)
*When Harry Met Sally* Deli
The famous fake ****. Katz's Deli, 205 E, Houston St.
*Susan B. Anthony House*
44 Bond St.
*Site of Cafe Au Go-Go*
Lenny Bruce arrested for obscenity in 1964, site of first NY gigs for Bruce Springsteen, Grateful Dead. 152 Bleecker
*Site of Bleecker Street Cinema*
Movie Theatre seen in *Desperately Seeking Susan* and *Crimes and Misdemeanors* 144 Bleecker
*Herman Melville Boyhood Home*
33 Bleecker
*Quentin Crisp Apartment*
1978-99, he lived at 46 East Third Street (I lived across the street at the time)
*George Cukor Birthplace*
329 East Fourth Street (July 14, 1899)
*George Gershwin Childhood Home*
91 Second Ave.
*Walter Matthau Started Here*
The site of the Second Avenue Theatre, later the Molly Picon Theatre, built in 1911, torn down in 1959. Walter Matthau got his start playing bit parts here. 35-37 Second Ave.
*Madonna Apartment*
230 East 4th Street (1978)
*The Silk Building*
Home at various times, to Cher, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Britney Spears, Keith Richards. Corner store was Will Smith's video store in *I Am Legend*.
*Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Spike Lee, Joel Coen, Jim Jarmusch, Ang Lee, George C. Wolfe, Billy Crystal, Adam Sandler, Tony Kushner, John Leguizamo Alma Mater*
Tisch School of the Arts, 715 Broadway
*Charlie Mingus Apartment*
512 East 5th Street
*Jim Jarmusch Offices*
Filmmaker's Offices, 208 East 6th Street
*Allen Ginsburg/William Burroughs Apartment*
206 E. 7th St.
*One University Place*
Home at various times to Clifford Odets, Elinor Wylie, Aleister Crowley, Ricki Lake, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Calista Flockhart. One University Place
*Two Fifth Avenue*
*Women in Love* writer Larry Kramer and former NYC Mayor Ed Koch live here, as did Bella Abzug. The site of the house in Henry James' *Washington Square*. Two Fifth Ave.
*Alexander Hamilton/Edith Wharton Residence*
7-13 Washington Square
*One Fifth Avenue*
*Crimes and Misdemeanors* restaurant; above, home of Brian DePalma, Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Blythe Danner, former home of Robert Mapplethorpe
*New York's Sidewalk Stars*
Theatre 80, where *You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown* premiered. Note the sidewalk handprints and signatures of Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson, Jane Russell, Myrna Loy, Kitty Carlisle, Dom DeLuise, and others. 80 St. Mark's Place
*Rolling Stones Bar*
Location of the video for *Waiting on a Friend* 132 First Ave.
*Led Zeppelin Album Cover*
*Physical Graffiti* Building, 98-96 St. Mark's Place
*Whoopi Goldberg/Dianne Wiest Diner*
Hop Devil Grill, formerly Stingy Lulu's, they ate here in *The Associate*. 129 St. Mark's Place
*James Cagney Childhood Home*
391 East 8th Street (Only the front wall remains from the original building)
*Yip Harburg/Joseph Mankiewicz Elementary School*
Formerly P.S. 64, 605 East 9th Street
*Buddy Holly Apartment*
The Brevoort, Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street. Buddy Holly lived here from his marriage to his death. Formerly the site of the Brevoort Hotel, where the first "bob" haircut was done on Irene Castle and where the owner, Raymond Orteig, gave the $25,000 prize to Charles Lindbergh for being the first person to fly across the Atlantic. 11-15 Fifth Avenue
*Donald Ogden Stewart/John Garfield Apartment*
8 East 10th Street (Stewart wrote *The Philadelphia Story*)
*Molly Ringwald, Parker Posey, Chloe Sevigny Apartments*
All on the block of Tenth Street between Second and Third. Also on this block, Diane Arbus lived at 120 E. 10th, and Stanford White was born at 118.
*Life Cafe*
343 East 10th Street, featured in *Rent*, which was partly written here.
*Yiddish Theatre Walk of Fame*
156 Second Avenue
The Yiddish Theatre version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, stars of the Yiddish theatre are immortalized with sidewalk stars. Since the Yiddish theatre gave us such familiar stars as Fanny Brice and Sophie Tucker, you'll recognize many of them. This was formerly the site of the Second Avenue Deli.
*Lucky Luciano Boyhood Home*
265 East 10th street
*Bobby Driscoll Died Here*
Child star from *Song of the South* died here of a drug overdose in 1968. 371 East 10th Street
*Allen Ginsberg Apartment*
408 East 10th Street (1965-75)
*Leadbelly Apartment*
414 East 10th Street (he lived here in the 1940's)
*Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Funeral Home*
152-154 Second Avenue
*Out-of-Towners Location*
148 Second Avenue
Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn's daughter lived here
*Marlon Brando Apartment*
He lived here in 1946. 43 Fifth Avenue
*First Telephone Call*
Alexander Graham Bell gave the first public telephone exhibition here -- he called Brooklyn. 84 East 11th Street
*The Super*: The Punishment
In *The Super*, a judge orders evil landlord Joe Pesci to live in this dilapidated building --- as punishment. 533 East 11th Street
*Ragtime*: The Bathhouse
538-540 East 11th Street
*Classic Yiddish Theatre*
Village East Cinema, formerly The Yiddish Art Theatre, The Century Theatre, The Stuyvesant Theatre, The Phoenix Theatre, the 12th Street Cinema, Entermedia, The Second Avenue Theatre. Off-Broadway home of Carol Burnett in *Once Upon a Mattress*, *Oh! Calcutta*, and *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.* There is a magnificent mosaic Star of David on the ceiling. 12th and Second
*Site of Automatic Vaudeville*
In 1903 Adolph Zukor (who later founded Paramount) opened Automatic Vaudeville, with penny-operated peeps and other activities. When projected movies arrived, he added Crystal Hall, where Chaplin movies played continuously until it burned down in 1923. 46 East 14th Street
*Biograph Studios First Home*
839-841 Broadway (1896-1908)
*Biograph Studios Moved Here*
11 East 14th Street, starting filming in 1906 (building is gone)
*Mae West, Marx Brothers, Jack Benny, George Burns Played Here*
Site of The Jefferson Theatre, opened in 1910, demolished in 1999. Now, sadly, an empty lot. 214 East 14th Street
*Bettie Page, Lili St. Cyr, Blaze Starr, and Tempest Starr Were Here*
The location of Movie Star News, who created burlesque and nudie loops and stills. 212 East 14th Street.
*Allen Ginsberg Died Here*
404 East 14th Street, on April 5, 1997 (I live next door)
*Lucky Luciano/Meyer Lansky Alma Mater*
Formerly P.S. 19, The 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street
*Jackie Curtis Apartment*
Andy Warhol film star died in her apartment at 324 East 14th Street (May 15, 1985)
While walking, look for the celebrities who live in the neighborhood. In addition to those named above Quentin Tarentino, Wes Anderson, Alan Cumming, Matt Damon, Norah Jones, Lauren Hutton, Liev Schreiber, David Bowie, Iman, Piper Perabo, Drew Barrymore, Macauley Culkin, Anthony Rapp, Chris Noth, Janeane Garafalo, Rachael Ray are all in the area
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*FILM LOCATIONS*
Aside from the easy to find, like the Empire State Building, the St. Regis Hotel, Tiffany's, etc., you can see these film locations in NYC:
*The Godfather, The Godfather 3, Mean Streets*: The Church
Old St. Patrick's Cathedral, 264 Mulberry Street (Little Italy)
*Ghostbusters*: The Firehouse
8 Hook and Ladder, 14 N. Moore St. (Tribeca)
*Serpico* Apartment Building
5-7 Minetta Lane (Greenwich Village)
*Serpico, Godfather 2, Next Stop Greenwich Village, Shaft*: The Charming Village Coffee Shop
Cafe Reggio, 121 Macdougal Street (Greenwich Village)
*My Sister Eileen*: The Real-Life Apartment
14 Gay Street basement apartment (Greenwich Village)
*Shaft*: Richard Roundtree's Apartment
55 Jane Street (Greenwich Village)
*The Godfather 2, The Verdict, Crocodile Dundee, Four Corners, Serpico, The Paper, Rent* (and many more): The Bar
Vazac's aka 7B aka Horseshoe Bar (East Village)
Whenever the movies need a dive bar in New York!
*Taxi Driver*: DeNiro & Cybill's First Date
The site of the Variety Arts Theatre (criminally torn down three years ago and replaced with an ugly new condo). 110-112 Third Avenue (East Village)
*Taxi Driver*: The Hotel Jodie Foster is Rescued From and The Shoot-out
226 East 13th Street (one block from my house!) (East Village)
*Pickup on South Street*: The Shootout.
14th Street & Third Ave. L Train (East Village)
*Taxi Driver*: The Diner
SW Corner of 14th and Third Avenue, was the site of Disco Donut, the diner DeNiro and Jodie Foster visited --- now a discount store (East Village)
*The Lost Weekend*: Ray Milland's bar
PJ Clarke's, 915 Third Ave. (at 55th Street - Midtown East)
*Breakfast at Tiffany's*: Audrey Hepburn and Mickey Rooney's Apartment Building
169 East 71st Street (Upper East Side)
*Ghostbusters*: Sigourney Weaver's Building
55 Central Park West (Upper West Side)
*Rosemary's Baby*: Rosemary's apartment building
The Dakota, 72nd and Central Park West
Also home to Lauren Bacall, Yoko Ono, and Maury Povich and Connie Chung (!)
And of course, John Lennon was killed here. (Upper West Side)
*The French Connection*: The car chase
The car chase was filmed beneath the Bensonhurst Elevated Railway ? 26 blocks of Brooklyn?s Stillwell Line from Bay 50th Street Station along Stillwell Avenue, into 86th Street and finally right into New Utrecht Avenue, ending at 62nd Street Station, which is where Frog Two gets shot. (Brooklyn)
*TV LOCATIONS*
*Friends*: The Apartment Building
The SE corner of Bedford and Grove (Greenwich Village)
*The Cosby Show*: The House
10 St. Luke's Place (Greenwich Village)
*Sex and the City*: Carrie's House
66 Perry Street (Greenwich Village)
*I Love Lucy*: Bring A Swimsuit
The address where Lucy & Ricky lived was 625 East 68th Street, which would put them right in the middle of the East River! (Underwater)
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For shopping suggestions:
*The CNN Store* in the Time Warner Center has the full range of TCM memorabilia. The Time Warner Center is on Columbus Circle. CNN has its studios in the building, so keep an eye out for Anderson Cooper. Ricky Martin lives upstairs.
*Jerry Ohlinger's* has a MASSIVE collection of film posters and stills from the 1910's-now. (Don't bother calling to ask about anything in particular, just go). Reproduction mini-film posters are $15, stills are $4-6 ($10 if they were original prints), film posters go from $20 to the thousands of dollars. There are photos of literally every star in the world --- ask for Lauren Bacall and they give you VOLUMES to flip through. There's also a little bit of rare memorabilia, but it's mainly posters and stills. They're at 253 West 35th Street, a block north of Penn Station.
*Posteritati* has high-end classic film posters, including foreign films as well as American films. They're between Soho and Little Italy in Manhattan at 239 Centre Street.
*The Chisholm-Larson Gallery* in Chelsea has thousands of classic film posters from all over the world. They tend to be pricey, but you can look (Posteritati can be expensive too). they're at 145 Eighth Avenue.
http://www.chisholm-poster.com/
*Mondo Kim's* is a video store in the East Village at 6 St. Mark's Place in Manhattan that has (on the second floor) lots of classic DVDs that are hard to find or haven't been released here. They often get region-free DVDs from abroad (so-called "gray market" DVDs). They also sell all-region DVD players that will play DVDs from anywhere in the world. Their website www.MondoKims.com is down for maintenance, but you can read about them at:
http://nymag.com/listings/stores/kims-video-and-music01/
*Props for Today* is a props and furniture rental house which will sell you the props used in films and TV shows. Most of their stuff is from newer films, like *The Devil Wears Prada*, and in TV shows like *30 Rock* and *Law and Order*. They're at 330 West 34th Street, 14th Floor. (That's a block from Jerry Ohlinger's). They're having a HUGE sale right now.
*The Strand* is a massive used bookstore with a huge selection of books on film and biographies of stars. They advertise 18 miles of books! If there are out of print books you're looking for, go here! Last time I was in, I found nine different out-of-print biographies of the Barrymore family members alone (even one just about Ethel). The prices are very reasonable, too. They're at 12th Street and Broadway. Just go and check it out, books are constantly going in and out.
It's TV and not film, but all of the TV networks have stores with official merchandise from their shows. Some have film merch too.
*NBC Experience*: 30 Rockefeller Plaza (yes, 30 Rock)
*CBS Store*: 1637 Broadway at 57 Street (a block from the David Letterman Theatre)
*ABC Store*: Not sure where it is, probably in the ABC complex in the West 60's
*The Drama Book Shop* is mostly about Broadway and theatre, but you can find some film items. It's at 250 West 40th Street in Times Square.
www.dramabookshop.com
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Other suggestions:
As soon as you arrive in New York, get a copy of Time Out Magazine (it is at every newsstand). There is a section for Films: Arthouse, Indie, Revival, which will give you details on everything. You can also check some of this online:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/
If you come in the summer, we have free outdoor movies in the parks or on the piers almost every night of the week, different parks on different days, some in Manhattan and some in Brooklyn. These are almost always classics --- Hitchcocks, musicals, dramas, comedies, everything. There are so many of them that it is hard to keep up with them. They are totally free, and start at sunset. People take picnics and drink wine (technically illegal to drink in the park, but lots of people do it). These are really fun to go to. They're done by different people, so there isn't a central website.
Also if you come in the summer, there are free concerts two days a week in Brooklyn, one in a bandshell park on the beach in Coney Island and one in, I think, Bedford-Stuyvesant. (I don't always know where a neighborhood begins and ends. The season is over now, but last summer they had Liza Minnelli, Patti Labelle, John Legend, Smokey Robinson, the B-52's, Erykah Badu, and lots more. Totally free.
http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/
*The Museum of Moving Image* is indeed closed for renovation, but you might enjoy visiting *The Paley Center* (formerly *The Museum of Broadcasting*) in midtown. They have 180,000 hours of TV and radio going back through the decades, much of it available for you to view on demand. Seriously, you can ask for an episode of Playhouse 90 with Paul Newman from the 50's and take it into a viewing booth and watch it! They also do special programs, the collection is now searchable online. For instance, I just did a search for Judy Garland and found 169 TV and radio shows! They're at 25 West 52nd Street.
*The Rubin Museum* is a museum of Tibetan and Buddhist Art in Chelsea, and on Fridays they have *Cabaret Cinema*. The movies are free with a minimum $7 bar purchase, and are chosen as an illustration of a Himalayan proverb or Buddhist belief. I'd estimate that the films are Western classics about a third of the time, contemporary/recent Asian films about a third of the time, contemporary Western about a third of the time. They're at 150 West 17th Street. The museum is terrific, make sure you include time to go through it.
http://www.rmanyc.org/programs-events/cabaret.xml?context=programs-events/cabaret.xml
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*The Loew's Jersey* is an old movie palace (3000 seats) currently being renovated --- they do regular screenings of classic films. Last weekend they showed *The Blue Angel, Shanghai Express* and *Destry Rides Again* --- next weekend *Flesh and the Devil* with live organ accompaniment. They're about 20 minutes from Manhattan, very easy to get to on the PATH train (which is like a subway that goes to New Jersey). It's right across the street from the station.
*Symphony Space* is a multi-arts facility on the Upper West Side that occasionally shows classic films; I see *Lolita* is coming up soon, as is *Day of Wrath*. That's Broadway and 95th Street in Manhattan.
http://www.symphonyspace.org/genre/film
*The Landmark Sunshine Theatre* on the Lower East Side often shows old films on midnight weekends --- these tend to be largely 1970's-1980's, like *Goonies* and *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, but I recall *Reefer Madness* as well. That's 143 East Houston Street in Manhattan.
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/NewYork/SunshineCinema.htm
*Clearview Cinema* in Chelsea has classic films every Thursday, introduced by a drag queen. Chelsea is a very gay neighborhood, and these tend to be high camp-appeal --- Joan, Bette, Marilyn, Judy, etc. October is all scary movies for Halloween, and sometimes surprises do get booked; I notice *To Be or Not To Be* is coming up. They're on West 23rd Street between Seventh & Eighth Avenues. You can see their schedule at:
http://www.clearviewcinemas.com/classics/classics-chelsea.shtml
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You'd think that with three of the most talented TCM Programsters recusing themselves this would be easy. It's almost impossible to choose a favorite schedule --- I'm sure you all agree, all of these entries are really exceptional.
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A great schedule as always, Kyle. Now I'm dying to see that Guy Kibbee series, I'd never heard of it either. And I love the musicals by the unusual directors.
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And what a great time to buy it! Amazon is having a huge sale on box sets of classic movies, and it is part of *The Val Lewton Horror Collection* (*Cat People* / *The Curse of the Cat People* / *I Walked with a Zombie* / *The Body Snatcher* / *Isle of the Dead* / *Bedlam* / *The Leopard Man* / *The Ghost Ship* / *The Seventh Victim* / *Shadows in the Dark*)!
It's normally $59.98, on sale now for $36.99 with free shipping --- all of these are very enjoyable movies, and good for Halloween, and you can get them for *$3.69* each by buying the entire set. If you enjoyed *The Seventh Victim* you will almost certainly like the other movies in the box.
Thanks for posting the question making me look it up, I'm ordering the set for myself now.
(PS: Edited so many times because Plain Text boldfacing was not being my friend).
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Nakano, the first schedule is always the hardest to post --- I also had lots of trouble the first time. Don't give up, once it clicks it isn't so difficult. Your schedule was fun and creative, welcome! I think all of us get the most fun seeing the way other film buffs group films, creative themes they come up with, and especially obscure/forgotten/underappreciated films we are turned on to.
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PATH to Journal Square, you can get on at 33rd, 23rd, 14th, 9th, Christopher. Be sure you take the one marked Jsq or Jsq via Hoboken. Because they come spaced apart on weekends, give yourself at least 45 minutes to get there. When you arrive it is literally across the street.
I'll text you if I am definitely going.
You're right, FF, we are lucky. I'm dtermined to start doing more --- you get really jaded sometimes here and end up sitting at home.
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It was AMAZING. The theatre is stunning, they have completed a lot of the restoration. The theatre seats 3000 total, they only opened the main floor. Hundreds of people there. Tickets were $6 and popcorn and soda, $1 each. 20 minutes from Manhattan, and the theatre is across the street from the PATH.
This Saturday they're unveiling the restored theatre organ and showing *Flesh and the Devil* (Garbo) with live accompaniment. I will probably go; if you want to go, let me know.
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I thought this was interesting --- 96 year old Glen Boles is speaking about his career 10/1 in NYC. He appeared in films in the 30's before decamping for Broadway. Info below:
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New York Musical Theater Festival will present a very special talk back with actor GLEN BOLES following the final show of THE ROAD TO RUIN. This new musical comedy is based on the 1928 silent movie (and subsequent 1934 talkie) of the same name, a cult favorite on par with Reefer Madness and Cocaine Fiends. With book, music and lyrics by William Zeffiro, the production is directed by Mary Catherine Burke and features choreography by Shea Sullivan and music direction by David Caldwell.
Screen and stage actor GLEN BOLES will offer a talk back On Weds. Oct. 1 following the final performance of THE ROAD TO RUIN at The 45th Street Theater.. Now 96 years old, Boles played one of the male leads in the 1934 version of the legendary cult film. At the height of his film career, he walked out on his contract with Warner Brothers to move to New York and star on Broadway (including the original production of You Can't Take It With You).
THE ROAD TO RUIN is the cautionary tale of 15 year old "Little Sally Canfield" -- the nicest girl at Central High. When evil temptress Eve exposes Sally to her dark, delinquent side, it destroys Sally's dreams. But Soon, Sally's provincial life is surrounded by dark forces including narcissistic parents, a holier-than-thou entrepreneur, an alcoholic business woman, desperate housewives lusting after well-built young men, as well as an assortment of college athletes, strippers, prostitutes and dancing rabbits. The absurdity of America's moral conscience in 1928 is exposed through eerily familiar Corporate Christians, the self-help movement, and the bottled water health craze. But can Sally find redemption?
For more information, visit www.nymf.org.
THE ROAD TO RUIN runs Weds. Oct. 1. at 4:30pm. The 45th Street Theater is located at 354 W. 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Aves). Tickets are $18, available at 212-352-3101 or www.nymf.org beginning September 1. For more information visit www.theroadtoruin.com
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I would love to see Jeanine Basinger co-host the Essentials or take on some other hosting duties, but it feels like TCM is too eager to court a younger demographic to put her in on a regular basis. (See Rose McGowan, who has at least been surprisingly good, and Ben Mankiewicz, who dumbs things down at any opportunity).
I'm in the process of reading all her books --- she really finds a way to deliver the facts in an entertaining way.
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The 2-disc special edition of *The Philadelphia Story* is particularly nice --- the commentary by film historian Jeanine Basinger is terrific and information-packed on every single aspect of the movie. It also includes *Katherine Hepburn: All About Me* and *The Men Who Made the Movies: George Cukor* , 2 radio adaptations of the film with all three of the movie's stars, a Cukor trailer gallery, and a cartoon and short. If you live in a city with a Virgin Megastore they have it on sale now for $10 (as opposed to $26).
*Meet Me in St. Louis* 2-disc set is also fantastic. And it's on sale for under $12 on Amazon right now (as opposed to $26).
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Fedya, *Girls on Probation, Teenage Crime Wave* and *Homicidal* in one day? I know what day I'm staying home to watch TV!
Really interesting groupings overall!
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The Karen Carpenter movie is a genuine cult phenomenon. It's about 25 minutes long and was directed by Todd Haynes (Safe, Far from Heaven, etc.). It's performed entirely by Barbie dolls and is scathing. He used the real music of the Carpenters -- Richard Carpenter sued to have the movie withdrawn from all circulation. It is amazing. You can get bootleg DVD-Rs.
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Over the weekend I saw *Shanghai Express* at the Loews Jersey Theatre in Jersey City, in the process of being restored. The restored organ makes its debut next Saturday accompanying *Flesh and the Devil.*
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I haven't seen it, but *Your Cheatin' Heart* (1964) starring George Hamilton as Hank Williams sounds...interesting. It's on Oct. 10 at midnight.
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I had heard of an old movie palace in New Jersey being restored and occasionally showing classic films, but in NYC there's so much going on that I never looked into it. Tonight I went, and what a terrific experience --- I'd encourage people close enough to check it out.
The theatre is the Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City. It was build in 1929 and holds 3000 people (or will again when the balcony restoration is completed). The detail and decor is unbelievable --- you can see photos and details at http://loewsjersey.org/.
This weekend they showed *The Blue Angel, Destry Rides Again,* and *Shanghai Express.* I'd seen *Shanghai Express* on the big screen before, but it was one of those little Film Forum screens. This was absolutely breathtaking.
Coming up, Saturday Oct. 4 they are showing Garbo in *Flesh and the Devil* with live organ accompaniment on their newly restored theatre pipe organ for it's official dedication. October 24-26 they have *Cat People* (1942), *The Body Snatcher,* and Lon Chaney Sr.'s *Phantom of the Opera,* the last with live organ accompaniment.
Easy to get to from the city --- the PATH Journal Square station is across the street from the theatre. Tickets tonight were $6, or $10 for the double feature. The Garbo movie will be $10. Popcorn and soda? *$1.*
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Great schedule Lynn! I could watch the character actresses for a whole week. And you included my beloved Jane Withers too!
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Damfinojr --
I haven't been to the CNN Store for about a year, maybe it has closed. If not, it's on the floor above Borders. I have a friend who works for Borders, I'll email him and ask.
And I've noted the Marx Brothers address!