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From the Fox Movie Channel Website:
Thursday, August 2:
4:55 AM EST, 1:55 AM PST:
SILENT CALL
A dog traverses hundreds of miles to be reunited with his human family.
*Cast:* Gail Russell, David Mclean, Roger Mobley, Joe Besser
*Director:* John Bushelman
1961
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3:
4:45 am EEST, 1:45 AM PST:
DRESSED TO KILL
Detective Michael Shane (Nolan) stumbles across a bizarre string of murders tied to a theater production with all of the victims found dressed in costume.
*Cast:* Sheila Ryan, Lloyd Nolan, Mary beth Hughes, William Demarest, Ben Carter
*Director:* Eugene Forde
1941
6:00 am EST, 3 AM PST:
HEMINGWAY'S ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN
A fictionalized portrait of Ernest Hemingway's youth, based on his semi-autobiographical short stories.
*Cast:* Richard Beymer, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, Dan Dailey, Arthur Kennedy, Ricardo Montalban, Paul Newman, Susan Strasberg, Whit Bissell, Simon Oakland, Sharon Tate, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Waxman, Eli Wallach, Jessica Tandy
*Director:* Martin Ritt
1962
SUNDAY, AUGUST 5:
4:47 am EST, 1:47 AM PST:
ON THE SUNNY SIDE
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy when his school-friends do the same. But his isn't so happy when th
*Cast:* Roddy Mcdowall, Stanley Clements, Katharine Alexander
*Director:* Harold Schuster
1942
6:00 am EST, 3 AM PST:
JUST OFF BROADWAY
Michael Shayne, a private detective serving jury duty on a murder trial, suddenly becomes embroiled in the case when a witness is killed in the middle of the courtroom.
*Cast:* Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Phil Silvers, Janis Carter
*Director:* Herbert I. Leeds
1942
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7:
6:00 am EST, 3 AM PST:
FOX LEGACY: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Tom Rothman, Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, introduces landmark 20th Century Fox films and provides insight about how these notable films were created.
*Cast:* Tom Rothman, Roddy Mcdowall, Donald Crisp, Walter Pidgeon, Anna Lee
*Director:* John Ford
2009/1941
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*Much has been made of her RRRRs pronounciation, but I find it hardly noticeable. I dont think its that bad.....*
LOL...it's less than hardly noticeable...she apparently could not hit that sound if her life depended on it. -
*I don't think Jack Carson was "underrated" at all-in fact I think he was highly rated by fans and collegues alike! His talent for elevating even the most mundane material made him a hit for leads and in demand for supporting roles.*
While I never wrote that he was underrated, I do feel that he is the type of character support that fans today may be inclined to take for granted.
When I said underrated, I should have clarified and stated "by modern audiences". I know in his day he was given his due, except maybe for more movies of a level commensurate with his proven talents.
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Thank you for that awesome, heartfelt tribute to one of the greats from the classic Hollywood period. Carson is one of the many celluloid friends I enjoy visiting with on TCM. And as with the Hope-Crosby teaming for more than the ROAD movies, the Carson-Morgan team were in many movies together, all enjoyable by their presence. A truly underrated talent who hs made me cry more than once watching him on the screen.
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Thank you for that awesome, heartfelt tribute to one of the greats from the classic Hollywood period. Carson is one of the many celluloid friends I enjoy visiting with on TCM. And as with the Hope-Crosby teaming for more than the ROAD movies, the Carson-Morgan team were in many movies together, all enjoyable by their presence. A truly underrated talent who hs made me cry more than once watching him on the screen.
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Which POSSESSED?
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In no particular order, but I love these voices:
Mary Astor
Myrna Loy
janet Gaynor
Constance Bennett
Ann Sothern
Loretta Young
Kay Francis
Jean Arthur
Carole Lombard
Irene Dunne
Claudette Colbert
Frances Farmer
Barbara Stanwyck
Linda Darnell
Gene Tierney
Lana Turner
Rita Hayworth
Lauren Bacall
Helen Walker
Ava Gardner
Ronald Colman
Warner Baxter
Clark Gable
Errol Flynn
Don Ameche
Tyrone Power
John Payne
Dana Andrews
Laird Cregar
Stewart Granger
Clifton Webb
Vincent Price
Mark Stevens
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*Okay, here's my complete list of acceptable musicals, in rough chronological order:*
LOL! Really!? That finite?! I couldn't even begin to come up with an inn-complete list of acceptable movies for any genre, even the ones of which I'm not particularly fond.
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I didn't forget it, but Hibi mentioned it below, so I saw no need for me to do so.
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HBO Signature:
Wednesday, August 1, 5:05 AM:
CAROUSEL (1956): Blockbuster version of the Broadway musical. With Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones and Cameron Mitchell.
Thursday, August 2, 1:25 AM:
13 RUE MADELEINE (1946): Exciting Semi-documentary set in wartime France with agents in search of nazi double agents. With James Cagney, Annabella and Richard Conte.
Edited by: Arturo on Jul 30, 2012 8:24 PM
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*Well, Bette was in that rut for awhile, but managed to get out of it. Even Olivia de Havilland dipped her feet in it for a film or two (replacing Crawford in Charlotte and doing her own bit in Lady In A Cage which had Ann Sothern looking slovenly)......By the end of the 60s the fad had run its course for the most part...........*
Others include Tallulah Bankhead in DIE DIE MY DARLING (although she really had never made the grade as a movie star), Geraldine Page in WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO AUNT ALICE, and Shelley Winters into the 70s with WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN (also with Debbie Reynolds), and WHO SLEW AUNTIE ROO. -
*Well, Tony Martin was married to Cyd Charisse, who was a good friend of TCM, so......*
He was married to Alice Faye in the late 30s, when they were both under contract to Fox .... and since all but a couple of her movies were done for that studio, they rarely get played on TCM. If there's a Tony Martin tribute, I don't expect TCM to show any movies he made at 20th.
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I wonder if she was in Hollywood doing a promotional tour (as the poster of her in the first shot leads me to believe). It looks like she's wearing the same outfit with both Darnell and Stanwyck (different accessories though).
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*Perhaps a Dick Powell day, TCM, sans his sappy musicals?*
If Powell is gonna be honored for more than two-three movies, i.e. SUTS, then a rounded picture of his career should be attempted, so all fans can at least not feel cheated.
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*LA BANDITA (1963):*
[|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG7KeaBYIks]
*For a true classic Mexican film, TCM should have shown something like EMORADA (1946). This film was so classic and so good, it was re-made as THE TORCH (1950), for American audiences, with Paulette Goddard:*
*A comparison between EMORADA (1946), with Maria Felix, and the same scenes in the American re-make, THE TORCH (1950), with Paulette Goddard.*
Fred:
It's LA BANDIDA and ENAMORADA.
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Here's a combination I never expected, and wassurprised to see:
Linda Darnell and Edith Piaf
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*Was there any other actor/actress of the Hollywood studio system
days who had such a startling career rebirth as Dick Powell?*
Hollywood history is full of actors/actresses with startling career rebirths....or changes of image. This has been discussed here before, and while I understand that you are focused on one individual, you did ask (rhetorically?) . . .
Loretta Young, beautiful and sexy in early 1930s pre-code films, evolving into a very different personage, a lady.
Myrna Loy, also sexy playing exotics, turning into the pefect wife.
Norma Shearer, another actress who went fromearly 30s sexy, to a high-born lady, as befits Mrs. Thalberg.
Conversely, many girls went th other route, from good girl to mantrap;
Joan Bennett, in the 30s a bland blonde leading lady, at least compared to hr 40s raven-tressed noirish output.
Linda Darnell, spent approxmately 5 years playing sweet young things, then changed her image to that of a temptress, and played this successfuly for the remainder of her career.
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Terrence1 wrote:
I've always found her unconvincing in "Don't Bother to Knock." Just my opinion, but I've felt that she was in over her head with that one. I do realize that this was early in her [career|http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=165752&tstart=0#|Powered by Text-Enhance], but believe that she was not right for the part
Terrence,
well apparently her studio felt the same way. the mixed critical and boxoffice reception to DBTK (at a time when her publicity was through the roof) had them shunting her to a supporting role in a comedy, Hawks' zany MONKEY BUSINESS. Luckily for her, they soon entrusted her with another lead in a much better picture than DBTK, NIAGARA. This was followed by her musical comedy and plain comedy roles which madeher a superstar. Of course she fought for better roles, more dramatic roles, than those offered by playing the dumb blonde in one comedy after another. But everyone laughed at her for trying to move beyond the stereotype they typed her with...so she walked out of her contract, turning down a number of films, and studied method acting in New York in order to improve her abilities.
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20th, please release THE BRASHER DOUBLOON!
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Eugenia wrote in answer to:
Wait! I do have one. I never liked Marilyn Monroe, thinking her entire act was one cheap trick, until I saw NIAGARA and DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK.
I was never a Monroe fan for the exact reason you stated above, and then another poster recommended that I see Niagara and DBTK. My opinion did go up, and I respect her for branching out into other areas besides comedy, but I do still prefer the work of other actresses.
Eugenia:
Actually, both DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK and NIAGARA were done before she did her iconc turns in comedy. She had done mostly comedy before these, but always as a featured or supporting player. DBTK was her first starring role, and NIAGARA her first blockbuster hit. Another good early dramatic peformance of hers IMHO was made on loan out to RKO in 1952, CLASH BY NIGHT. After becoming a superstar, she had two excellent dramatic appearances, in BUS STOP and THE MISFITS.
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AndyM108 wrote:
*Actresses who appeal more to men tend to be visibly "hot", and frequently portrayed as clueless* .--- Hayworth? Monroe?
Yes to Monroe (meaning most men, not me), less so to Hayworth. With maybe two exceptions, Don't Bother to Knock and Niagara , Monroe's roles are just too stupid and stereotyped for me ever to get interested, whereas Hayworth at least has the virtue of being evil, and therefore interesting.
AndyM:
Hayworth was purely evil only ONCE, in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI; she may have come close in maybe BLOOD AND SAND and SALOME, where she was just playing women with healthy libidos. That is also what was going on in many of her roles. She was not evil in any other movie, not in GILDA, LOVES OF CARMEN, AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD, MISS SADIE THOMPSON, nor FIRE DOWN BELOW. Nor was she evil in her many musicals.
*AndyM108 wrote:*
*Actresses with cross-gender appeal don't take any lip from men, and give as good as they get* , All the big names, when they got good movies. Take your pick, Lombard, Babs, Crawford, Shearer, Dunne, and lots of others.
It's true that actresses are more at the mercy of their scriptwriters than actors. And in particular the 1934 enforcement of the Production Code took away many of the more compelling roles from "beauties with spunk" like Shearer, Francis, and Loretta Young. Even the very top tier of those pre-code dazzlers (Stanwyck and Crawford) had a period of adjustment before they got themselves back on track. Other than Stella Dallas (1937), it's hard to think of a truly first rate movie that Stanwyck made between Baby Face (1933) and Remember The Night (1940), and Crawford was also shut out of great roles during that period as well. Lombard fared a bit better because her strength was more centered on the screwball genre, which wasn't as affected by the Code.
AndyM:
Screwball was born as a genre in large part to the restrictions of the Production Code. Along with Lombard, Colbert did quite well in the mid-late 1930s, and Harlow had successfully transitioned to the new rules as well before her death in 1937. And Myrna Loy went from being an exotic vamp to the perfect wife. By 1937, Constance Bennett had also made the transition, even though she would remain on top only shortly.
Edited by: Arturo on Jul 29, 2012 10:00 PM
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My favorite peformances of hers, or at least most memorable (I remember them clearly), are three:
3. AN AMERICAN FAMILY - She plays one of the older siblings in a family in East LA, recalling with Edward James Olmos their grandfather being buried in the yard, to the horror of a white date of one of the younger siblings.
2. Playing Yolanda Zald?var, friend and murderer on SELENA. A very good turn by Lupe; you Hated her.
1. The coworker in a sweat shop to the female protangonist (whose name I don't recall) in EL NORTE, who instructs the new immigrant that she won't accept a job without scoping the escape routes (in case La Migra shows up); that the new girl should go to Sears for a make-over; and my favorite scene, where she tells a Beverly Hills matron that she will be able to handle the instructions on how to operate a high-end washing machine. Priceless!
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Wonder if its too late for TCM to program November and December for Fox and Paramount, to celebrate their respective anniversaries. That would be great. And one of the stars of each studio could be SOTM.
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Hibi wrote:
I'm looking forward to Employee's Entrance (looking forward to the whole day really).
Hibi,
What day is this?
Bwitish Agent
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*I'm sure Kay was a good sport about it. She had a good sense of humor.....*
Where Kay got a raw deal was in the late 30s, after WB publicly announced that their high priced star would finish off her contract in B pics. If that wasn't bad enough, seems that the writers had orders to give her tongue twisting sentences of dialogue featuring as many Rs as possible.