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Not so much as great but in the movie "Annie" (1982)....
Grace Farrell has to be the most naive person ever!
Grace.... I never realized how many dishonest people there are in New York.
Note: I only turned to TCM to see if the movie is presented in widescreen. Already have the 2.35:1 format on Laserdisc.
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7 hours ago, SansFin said:
Many did.
Electromechanical clocks have a traditional mechanical movement but are wound by an electric motor at regular intervals. They were popular with institutions because they did not need the daily winding of a mechanical clock, they were more accurate than standard electrical clocks prior to the invention of the synchronous motor clock and they would continue to keep time even when the mains went down.
The Telechron clock which you pictured is a synchronous motor clock. The disk below the company name indicated when the mains supply had been interrupted and the time needed to be reset.
Electromagnetic clocks also tick as they are mechanical in all respects but that the pendulum is driven electrically.
I think you are referring to Self Winding Clocks. The one I worked on, the mechanism was patented in 1898. (it was engraved on it) It used a large dry cell battery to wind the clock, ticking is quite notable. It ran slightly fast so it can be synchronized once a day by telephone cable. Businesses had to pay a subscription service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Winding_Clock_Company
The model I worked on. Had to adjust the pendulum ever so slightly to get real time accuracy because remote sync was no longer available. Also provided a low voltage power supply.
Fond memory of these batteries from my elementary school years but were the standard carbon variety.
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6 hours ago, CinemaInternational said:
In 1982's Annie, the characters go see Camille at Radio City. The film's set in 1933, per a line of dialogue late in the film. Camille wasn't released until 1936.
The scene at the B&O bridge, there were no 50 foot Hydra cushion boxcars either.
At night the modern skyline sticks out like a sore thumb.
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3 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
OLD YELLER;
About a dog that, to my memory, didn't yell ONCE in the entire movie.
The PEOPLE did most of the yelling. 
Sepiatone
Yeller like some other dogs must had kept people up in the middle of the night yelling!
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2 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
Try this----
"Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas named their American Zoetrope studio after one of the animation devices" so it won't sound as if you're claiming the two "founded" the animation toy.
anyway.....
Thanks for reminding us all about that.(not as if we already knew that
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Sepiatone
Whatever.
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On 10/2/2019 at 8:38 PM, LawrenceA said:
Your use of "here" is correct.
However, your use of the past tense "worked" in this context is incorrect, and should have been "work".
Whatever.
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"Pillow Talk" (1959), no one talked to a pillow nor did any pillows communicate to each other..
Pillow above must be his dream date come true.
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Just a little blunder, in the movie "Black Fury" (1935) during the hospital scene. An ELECTRIC wall clock doesn't tick...tick...tick...tick..
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"Black Fury" (1935) never heard of this coal miners movie before, LOVED IT! Had a happy ending.
Nice to see drama about a coal miners worries & woes that didn't revolved around global warming.
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Recorded it, will watch it later.
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24 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
I would suggest it lead more to animation than motion pictures, but too ,maybe this will better assist in letting other members know what's being discussed here....
Sepiatone
A studio is named after one of the animation toys founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.
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Re: Youtube narrator.....Witchcraft.
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Forerunner of Zoetrope which lead to motion pictures. Google is celebrating it's inventor, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau 218th Birthday.
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Best wishes from Dolly Parton.
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2 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
There's HORNS in that picture?
Sepiatone
Referring to the 2 M's. Jay Leno use to point out be careful where one stands when taking photos or the placement of such.
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Set Them Free – It’s National No Bra Day! reasons why you should celebrate
http://livefmghana.com/2016/10/13/set-free-national-no-bra-day-reasons-celebrate/
Cancer will be the last thing on any guy's mind.
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Maybe TCM could show this in place of Hot Spell.
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1 hour ago, Dr. Somnambula said:
I won't show a video. I'm sure they are there.
Newsmax
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/stand-up-trump-donald-trump/2018/11/01/id/888922/
They claim you will bust a gut laughing.
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7 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
I posted about this movie a few days ago in the Off Topics. It's going to be a TV mini-series based on James Comey's book. Comey is the main character, and will be played by Jeff Daniels.
Have a feeling this thread will eventually wind up there.
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Brendan Gleeson looks like an Obi-Wan Kenobi in some Star Wars story.
This is how Tom Hanks would look if he put on those 50 pounds.
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10 hours ago, slaytonf said:
There are four basic schematics which account for all stories that are told. The one that forms the basis for most stories is:
--Things start out right, then they go wrong, then they are made right again.
Two variations are:
--Things are wrong, then they are made right. And--
--Things are right, then they go wrong.
The first is the basis for comedy, the second for tragedy.
A final schematic is the inverse of the first:
--Things are wrong, then they are made right, then they go wrong.
It is employed in more modern works, particularly in ones crafted to highlight the failures of contemporary society.
Stories may have added elaborations and embellishments on these basic forms to lengthen the works and increase dramatic tension, but they can all be reduced to the above forms.
Two final schematics are possible:
Things are right, and they stay right.
Things are wrong, and they stay wrong.
These are rare and mainly form the basis for absurdist, nihilistic, or angry man (woman) stories.
Like wiring an old 3D projector.
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What exactly is an anti-movie star?
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Alec Baldwin wasn't available?
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The PEOPLE did most of the yelling. 
PHENAKISTOSCOPE
in General Discussions
Posted
Jerry Springer
Then..
Today...
Seems this was prophecy.
Now they could make a great phenakistoscope disc...