Film_Fatale

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> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote} > And I'll throw in Kate Mulgrew and Katharine Hepburn: > > She didn't look that much like KH on the telly.

Sure thing. Do you take Disney Dollars?

Agnes Moorehead was in *Show Boat* which also starred Joe E. Brown

> {quote:title=kimpunkrock wrote:}{quote} > I want Eddie Muller to be on TCM as a Guest Programmer. His Film Noir Foundation is awesome. I am hoping they ask him and he can bring some of the films that his foundation has recovered including *The Suspect and The Night has 1000 Eyes.* He came to seattle with the Noir City Festival and he was great!!!! > > I have sent a few emails to TCM begging them to put him on the air. It is hard to believe that he has not been on TCM yet. Eddie Muller would make a great Guest Programmer. Even better, they could give him a regular slot in the schedule once-twice a month at least to show nothing but noir.

> {quote:title=drednm wrote:}{quote} > yes but the color version does not exist Yes, that had already been established in this thread. Just pointing out that it was a 2-strip Technicolor feature, to avoid the confusion over *Becky Sharp* being the first full-length movie in 3-strip Technicolour (if I remember correctly).

~ standing ovation ~ Bravo! Bravo!!

Lew was in *The Ice Follies of 1939* with Lionel Stander

*E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial* nw: metaphorical

Ava Gardner was in *Show Boat* which also featured Agnes Moorehead

> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote} > Yes, I agree with you. It would be terrific if Time-Warner got those films and WHV released them to DVD. I'd certainly buy them. > > I was just pointing out in my last reply that many, many people on these boards still think that TCM get unlimited access to any movies that Time-Warner owns, be it Warner Bros. or whoever, and that's just not the fact. > > I'd love to see this deal go through, but I'm not going to hold my breath. Well we can all dream.

Tony Hendra was in *Jumpin' Jack Flash* which also featured Jonathan Pryce

Even by the low standards set by the two previous *Mummy* movies, this one was a real bore. Maybe it's time Universal Studios let this "Mummy" rest, it really seems to have overstayed its welcome.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Rudy as Armand, eh? Sounds worth watching just for him! You should try it. Seriously!

*Maid to Order* nw: cheeseball

Robert Redford was in *Jeremiah Johnson* which also features Paul Benedict

> {quote:title=CineSage_jr wrote:}{quote} > It still comes down to a question of resources. Even if TW gained control of the Universal library, it's highly unlikely that the company would assign a larger budget to DVD releases for each calendar year. To add Universal/pre-1948 Paramount titles to WHV's release slate would, therefore, mean fewer Warner and MGM releases. So, pick your poison. > You just had to be the party pooper, even when we're all just daydreamin' about every other classic film fan's nirvana.

Scott Glenn was in *The Right Stuff* with Barbara Hershey

> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote} > I really doubt this deal will ever come to pass, although I'd love to see those early Paramount films fall into the hands of WHE. However, such a deal wouldn't necessarily mean that TCM would have any special access to those films. It would be like it is now with the Warner Bros. films. TCM has to lease them just like any other channel. Legally they can't receive any special considerations. If another channel also wants them, the films go to whoever bids the most. While not on the same scale of TCM, there are more channels interested in classics now, especially some of the premium movie channels so it's not like TCM could get them by default just because nobody else wanted them. Still, one can hope. Look, having them show on TCM would be nice, but nothing would be nice than having more of them released on DVD. And *that* is the one great thing that would hopefully come out of such takeover, if it were to happen, because it can be assumed that with cost-cutting etc. WHV would have to absorb Universal Home Video, and eventually they'd get around to making the post of the Universal film library, just like WHV is presently doing with what it owns of MGM, RKO, WB titles.

> {quote:title=Jenetico wrote:}{quote} > The Mummy. > > nw overshadow *The Shadow* nw: impeccable

*Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* nw: unintelligible

Annette Bening was in *Valmont* with Fairuza Balk

> {quote:title=calvinnme wrote:}{quote} > However, it is a delight to think of the ignored Paramount/Universal film library in the hand of George Feltenstein. Oh the possibilities! Oh it would be heavenly for classic film collectors! B-)

Thanks for the roundup, filmlover. Also, amazon has a special this morning under its lightning deals for the DVD set of *Brideshead Revisited* marked down to 27.99, about half the regular retail price.

OK, this is essentially a business story, albeit one with possible implications for TCM viewers. Because, TCM is part of the Time-Warner empire, and the story mentions a possible takeover of NBC Universal. If that were to happen, the folks at Warner Home Video would take control of the Universal film library (and the many Paramount titles it owns). TCM would also presumably have an easier time playing films from the Universal film library. Holy Cash Cow, Batman! Content Is Back Warner Brothers Pictures Time Warner is betting its future on hot-selling films like ?The Dark Knight.? By TIM ARANGO Published: August 9, 2008 ON an early Saturday morning about three weeks ago, Barry M. Meyer pulled a sheet of paper from the fax machine in his home office, inhaled deeply and held it up to the light of a nearby window. Time Warner?s new C.E.O., Jeff Bewkes, is pruning the media monolith, with a focus on content over distribution. The number on the fax was eye-popping: $66 million, plus change. Ka-ching. The opening-day box office receipts for the Batman film ?The Dark Knight? had just set a record. And for myriad reasons ? including the late Heath Ledger?s delicious turn as the Joker ? the blockbuster is still filling theaters on a pace that may land it just behind ?Titanic? on the list of all-time, top-grossing films. Mr. Meyer is the chairman of Warner Brothers, the Hollywood studio behind ?The Dark Knight,? and the film has had its debut at a transformative moment for his studio?s parent, Time Warner. In an effort to focus more sharply on ?content creation? (or what nonsuits still like to call movies and television shows), Jeffrey L. Bewkes, who became chief executive of Time Warner in January, is whittling down the company?s many branches. It?s a makeover that will unravel about two decades? worth of mergers that created the company in its current form, putting its trophy studio, Warner Brothers ? as well as the ups and downs of moviemaking ? more directly in Wall Street?s glare. Time Warner, initially the amalgam of the old Warner studio and the Time Inc. magazine empire, grew to include Turner Broadcasting, America Online, a cable company and such prized cable channels as HBO. Some analysts have had a hard time embracing this goliath as it has grown into the world?s biggest media company. So, it turns out, have some of its executives. ?It?s always been frustrating that as well as we do, it becomes a blip on the screen,? says Mr. Meyer of Warner?s contribution to Time Warner?s overall bottom line. ?We joke that we could have the greatest year in history, and if AOL misses its advertising target by one-tenth of a percentage point, that would be the headline.? Up or down, Warner?s performance will stand out much more starkly in the years ahead because the days of Time Warner being all things to all media are gone. For now, Mr. Bewkes is staking the company?s future on three big content providers: Warner Brothers, Turner Broadcasting (which includes TNT, TBS and CNN) and HBO. To ramp things up on the entertainment front, he?s also been overseeing internal discussions about acquisitions in film and television ? *including a possible takeover of NBC Universal, should its parent, General Electric, decide to sell, according to executives and bankers who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of the discussions.* For the full story, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/business/media/10warner.html