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One reason perhaps is because we have real actors now rather than studio-created and rigidly controlled "images". Also, their are far more venues for entertainment - thanks to tv, cable, satellites, computer streams, vcr's and dvd players. There's no reason to rush out to theaters twice a week to get your one chance to see the latest work of the "stars" while you still can. That's a huge change from the pre-1955 era. And one more very good reason is because we are far more sophisticated than audiences of the "golden age". They were far easier to please (and to fool).

No, it doesn't. And it certainly doesn't run uncut and commercial-free. Only TCM runs movies respectfully like that. I hope that TCM eventually runs every good movie ever made because of that policy.

Can you imagine anyone actually sitting every night from 1am till 5am watching those things? Like the Shopping Network isn't enough for them?

Don't know about "most", but I never watch any movie on AMC. Never.

There are hundreds, easily. 'Deliverance' (1972) is a bona-fide classic.

'Trapped in Paradise' (1994) would be wonderful to see on TCM around Christmas time.

Good movie! There's a very peculiar atmosphere to it - for 1957 it seems to have a great deal of h0mo-erotic undercurrent. Ben Gazzara is outstanding is this, his first movie. Peppard does pretty well also, establishing the fundamental persona we would see of him pretty much forever.

Jennifer was never cuter.

I remember liking it quite a bit more than that. The scene I remember liking best was Canalito carrying that block of ice up the stairs and then having the ice come crashing all the way down toward the camera. Of course, I was pretty high at the time so that scene was probably that much more entertaining to me for it. Nevertheless, I did enjoy the movie and really enjoyed the Canalito character especially. When the Dereks (John and Bo) were casting for 'Tarzan, the Ape Man' (1981), Lee Canalito was their first choice to play Tarzan and they actually hired him for it. But on the 2nd day of production they said he suddenly didn't look right to them - not sleek enough or something. So they let him go and re-cast Miles O'Keefe in the role.

Hey - as long as he's buying.....

Gorgeous song. George's voice, though more delicate, less powerful - a little frail really - is nevertheless thoroughly distinctive, instantly recognizable, and eternally endearing. There was a movie about The Beatles I saw once where at the end Brian Epstein was quietly speaking to John, who had some doubts about things, and said something like "each of you is a specific part of the whole - separately you cannot ever be what you will be together". He went on to say that Paul was the heart, John was the mind, and George was the soul. John then asked "And Ringo?" Epstein said that Ringo was the flesh and blood. Gave me a shiver. Never forgot that end scene. And George was the soul of The Beatles.

Another showing of 'You Better Watch Out' (1980) would be great. TCM showed it a couple of years ago around Christmas - I think they should show it every year.

Exactly. It's stupefying that someone would be willing to state that they don't understand what a thread titled "What's Great About TCM" is about.

Yep. That's a good one. Unusual role for her - not to mention Buck Henry!

in honour of tonight's showing of Shirley Clarke's 'The Connection'

Anthony "Man" Stoner.

Not as sad as it was for the Richard Kiley character in an episode of Serling's 'Night Gallery' (a reboot of TZ, just with a different series name). He finds he can wish himself into a peaceful painting - but in the dark he doesn't realize that the painting has been replaced by another of a far less pastoral theme.

I recently borrowed the set from the library. It contains the first 'It's Alive', the 2nd which you mentioned, and the 3rd, 'Island of the Alive'. Haven't gotten around to watching them yet.

Of course not. Just post it where it belongs - which is not in a nice thread about TCM like this one is intended to be. There are others here who, like yourself, live to say nasty stuff about performers and there's never a shortage of threads from them that encourage such trash talk. So don't worry, be happy - nobody's gonna mandate a stoppage of personal life dumpster-diving.

Spam grows on people, huh? Hopefully there's a cream for that.

Sure sounded complimentary of TCM to me.

Definitely my favorite Bond Theme. Very pretty.

Thank you, TikiSoo, for trying to create a thread of positive, complimentary posts towards TCM. It would be nice if people could let such intention be.

That's why you get the big bucks - you're so insightful.

If one is inconsistent, one may see a crack now and then. Making it about age rather than intelligence or integrity is not as mean as my spirit is clearly capable of being. BOO!!