Film_Fatale
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> {quote:title=ccbaxter wrote:}{quote}
> I'd like to see Tracey Ullman co-host for a while. She's a royal crack up. Did you see her on Guest Programmer month? She had RO laughing quite a bit (and me too). You don't get to see him laugh that often on TCM, and when he does it makes me feel good. Together on The Essentials, RO can provide the film facts while Ms. Ullman brings a little humor.
Might not be a bad idea, at that. But would she do it?
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Well they really don't make 'em like they used to...
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(Space saved for when I get around to watching my recording)
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> {quote:title=SueSueApplegate wrote:}{quote}
> Works for me!
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> Reckon the owners of the red violin ever rode in the yellow Rolls Royce?
I dunno, but if they did, I'll be a lot of people would be green with envy.
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> {quote:title=pktrekgirl wrote:}{quote}
> My considered opinion on this film is that *any* film can be improved by the inclusion of Omar Sharif.
Have you ever watched *Mayerling* ?
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> A little more info on How the West Was Won from highdefdigest.com regarding the Blu-ray version:
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> Exclusive to the Blu-ray edition will be a "SmileBox" version of the film. The first of its kind on a high-def release, "SmileBox" presents the image with a "unique curvature that virtually recreates the true Cinerama experience" in the home theater environment."
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> So, the B-R version will have the regular theatrical version AND the "SmileBox".
That sounds fascinating. I have no idea what it will look like on HDTVs. Having said that, it would be great if somehow all the made-for-Cinerama movies would be released on Blu-Ray, starting with *This is Cinerma*.
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> {quote:title=otterhere wrote:}{quote}
> "Rose is taking her weekly beating over on another thread."
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> What? Where?
Awww c'mon, you really need 2 threads to give Rose her weekly beating?
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Supposedly an RKO title, so let's hope TCM will look for it.
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Yes, it's always good to hear about new classic DVD releases from WHV. I still hope the Andy Hardy set might be out sometime this year, or 2009 at the latest.
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There's a new online column over at thedigitalbits.com that's focused on, as the name indicates, Golden Hollywood. The site is mostly about what's coming out on DVD, but this column is apparently more about the production aspect behind many of the great classics, more than on the DVDs themselves.
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/robertsiegel/siegel042808.html
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Few announcements from WHV:
Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of the Warner Home video Western Classics Collection on 26th August 2008. Celebrating the western genre Warner brings 6 titles ? each newly remastered for this release ? to DVD.. Priced at $59.92 SRP for the collection or available individually at $12.97 SRP each, the only extras are original trailers.
The films?
*Escape from Fort Bravo (1954)*
Union officer William Holden contends with Confederate prisoners inside Fort Bravo?and fierce Indians outside. John Sturges (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven) directs.
*Many Rivers to Cross (1955)*
Trapper and resolute bachelor Bushrod Gentry comes to Kentucky, where a marriage-minded lass is waiting. Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker team in a comedy/adventure.
*Cimarron (1960 remake)*
Oklahoma is theirs?if they can tame it. Glenn Ford stars in the decades-spanning tale of the famed land rush and of settlers sinking deep roots. Anthony Mann (Winchester ?73) directs this two-time Oscar? winner.
*The Law and Jake Wade (1958)*
Lawman William Holden is sworn to uphold the law but destined for a showdown with his outlaw past when former partner Richard Widmark resurfaces. Directed by John Sturges.
*Saddle the Wind (1958)*
Blood for blood; brother against brother. An ex-gunslinger?s attempts to go straight meet a fury of violence ignited by his brother. Robert Taylor stars in Rod Serling?s taut tale.
*The Stalking Moon (1968)*
A suspenseful manhunt saga. A relentless foe tracks Army scout Gregory Peck as he attempts to lead a woman (Eva Marie Saint) once held captive by Apaches to safety.
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Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of the Errol Flynn Westerns collection on 26th August 2008 priced at $49.92 SRP.
*Montana (1950)*
*Rocky Mountain (1950)*
*San Antonio (1945)*
*Virginia City (1940)*
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Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of two restored and remastered editions of *How The West Was Won* on 26th August 2008. One of only two narrative feature films produced in the original Cinerama? three-panel widescreen process, *How the West Was Won* follows four generations of a courageous New England farm family as they travel to the fertile Ohio Valley during America?s early westward expansion.
Following several years of careful development, the technicians at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging perfected a technology that could finally eliminate the ?join lines,? and unify the images into a superb viewing experience that captures the essence of the production?s initial road show exhibitions, with an aspect ratio of 2.89:1.
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> {quote:title=mickeeteeze wrote:}{quote}
> Yes! Different and new, at the same time familiar. Yes, "first time, long times" always bring a fresh new outlook, something we haven't heard before.
> ;-)
lol
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Are people still upset about this?
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> {quote:title=TripleHHH wrote:}{quote}
> I didnt feel like cutting & pasting stuff, and wasnt comfortable, so I just mentioned what I read, and hopefully stay out of trouble that way
I'm sure it's appreciated - there's enough mindless cutting & pasting here as it is.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> *TWO RARE OLD SILENT FILMS SUNDAY NIGHT*
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> 8 PM Eastern time *J'Accuse* (1919) 2 hours & 46 minutes
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> In this silent film, a soldier meets his wife's lover in the trenches during World War I.
> Cast: Romulad Joubi, Siverin-Mars, Maryse Dauvray. Dir: Abel Gance. BW- *166 mins* , TV-G
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> 1 PM Eastern time *La Roue* (1922) 4 hours & 23 minutes
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> In this silent film, a railway worker and his son fall in love with the same beautiful woman.
> Cast: Severin-Mars, Ivy Close, Pierre Magnier. Dir: Abel Gance. BW- *263 mins*
Nothing like an Abel Gance double bill. Imagine if they'd been able to show *Napoleon* as well.
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It's good. Very good.
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> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote}
> I'm looking forward to NIGHT MUST FALL (1937). TCM hasn't shown it in a while.
I definitely want to see that!
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> {quote:title=visualfeast wrote:}{quote}
> They don't make stars like that, either. Imagine having to cast this film today...the mind reels.
The cast is great, no doubt. And I would imagine that Anthony Asquith's name was still quite respected in the 60's, at least among British film fans.
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> {quote:title=visualfeast wrote:}{quote}
> The Ingrid Bergman was the most successful, but the entire thing was fun and contained a collection of very attractive and talented stars...and that Car!
They don't make 'em (cars) like they used to, huh?
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Just in case you haven't seen the "July schedule is up" thread...
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TCM is showing *Casablanca* and *North by Northwest* in July... wow, who could have seen that coming?
Seriously, I am glad to see *The Glass Slipper* (1955) in the schedule, but why is it not advertised as a Letterboxed title?
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> {quote:title=kas_to wrote:}{quote}
> I have always said that if I ever got an opportunity to meet Shirley Maclaine I would ask her what it was like to do a love scene with Alain Delon
> what a gorgeous gigilo he made
> I was only about 13 or 14 when I saw that movie
Got to see it at a cinema, then?
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> {quote:title=Baker wrote:}{quote}
> Happy Birthday to these talented ladies!
Aye aye, let's hear it for them! B-)
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> Celluloid, while my post had some of the features that will be on the HTWWW upcoming releases that were in your original post, there were additional details in mine from a release today that weren't there previously, such as more details about the Smilebox. There was no need for you to reprint your post, especially since it is on the same page a few posts down. All that does is bury the new details and people don't see them. So why repost your post? It would help if you deleted that more recent reprint post and leave the original one down the page. People come here regularly to look for new info. I saw that you did that with The Mummy, too, reprinting it only about two or three posts since you first did.
Unfortunately, it is very unlikely this person is going to listen to reason. He/she appears to be mindlessly cutting and pasting, and as you point out will list the same information several times, apparently in an effort to increase post count and/or to simply try to bury what other people have posted.
You would probably be better off simply adding "CK" to your ignore list.