aimalac91748
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"Brother Can You Spare A Dime" a 1975 documentary depicting the great depression...from human tragedy to Hollywood glitter. I seen this many years ago. It was either on TCM or AMC, I can't remember which.
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I have to agree with your reason for Carol Channing. And by the same token, Paul Newmans award for 'The Color Of Money' was the academies apology for his not winning for 'The Hustler'. I think 'The Color Of Money' performance was good, but certainly not his best or even the best for that year.
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Yes, willbefree25 I loved the old TV episodes, but also love their movies (even with the Andrews Sisters). I really enjoy all the old (50's) TV shows. I just recently discovered the METV and THIS channels on my cable system and now they are among my favorites. One old TV series I have on DVD is "Amos 'n Andy" and I wish some channel would acquire broadcast rights to that so I could enjoy those without the bother of going through my DVD library.
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I remember when colorizing classics was just starting out. At the time, they would take movies that were in 'Public Domain' and colorize them and then copyright the colorized version.
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I think Abbott & Costello are great. I have every one of their movies and all their television show episodes on disk and everytime there is an Abbott & Costello movie on, I watch it, and enjoy it just as much as I did the first time I seen it. If TCM had shown every movie Bud & Lou made, I'd have watched every single one. I wish TCM would do this (and also feature other comedy classic teams/themes) more often. I wish there were more movie channels dedicated to one sort of theme. Like one channel showing only comedies, another showing only mysteries, another only horror, etc. Maybe if TCM would do something like ENCORE and have six or seven channels each specializing on one genre they'd be able to show many more of their movies in their library and if someone didn't want to watch 'North By Northwest' or 'Some Like It Hot' or 'From Here To Eternity' they could watch a different channel and still be with TCM.
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What happened with 'Pressure Point'? Was someone at TCM sleeping? Usually TCM will have plenty of lead and lag time with their movie scheduling. This mornings showing was not the case though. TCM has 'Pressure Point' with an airing time of 89 minutes. IMDB has it's airing time at 91 minutes. The movie was scheduled to show from 6:30am - 8:00am PST. This is only a 90 minute span. The actual movie didn't start until about 4 1/2 minutes after it's scheduled start time. I had my DVR set to record it while sleeping. When I awoke and was checking to see the total run time so I could set my DVD recorder to record it I noticed quite a bit had been missing off the ending. Like I mentioned earlier, TCM usually allows plenty of excess time at the beginning and ending of their scheduling block. I hope this was a one time error and not an indication of things to come. Also I would hope TCM could find enough time in the schedule at some future date to fit the entire, and then show it in its entirety. Other than that one foul-up, you're doing an excellent job.
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I don't know what you've got listed for 1956, have you considered the movie "1984"? The 1956 version with Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling, Michael Redgrave and Donald Pleasence. It's one of my favorites and never shown, but it is on DVD.
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What is Political Correctness, if not one of the worst forms of CENSORSHIP? I just read a request in the "Request A Movie" section of this site and one viewer (PAMINKAN) requested 'Charlie Chan At The Olympics' from 1937. In the request it was stated that those (Charlie Chan?) movies are not shown because they are deemed Politically Incorrect. This sounds like CENSORSHIP to me. If someone finds something objectionable, let them choose to view something else. If you let them take away 'Charlie Chan' today, they may want to take away 'The Marx Brothers' tomorrow (their MORONIC argument being, Karl Marx is the founder of Communism). We are living in a society where a vast majority of the population is intelligent enough to see beyond such silly stereotypes that some narrow minded individuals consider "Politically Incorrect".
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I have boycotted that channel since they started with commercials. I would love it if they would revert back to showing movies uncut and commercial free and would definately cancel my boycott. But seeing as how I don't watch that channel, I would never know if it changes. I would appreciate someone passing the word on to me, if it does happen.
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I had those same feelings for Paula Prentiss. I remember that short lived series (He and She). I thought it was pretty funny. But about Paula Prentiss, I particularily like her voice.
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How about 1931's "The Front Page" being remade in 1940 as "His Girl Friday" then a TV movie in 1970 titled "The Front Page". Then in 1974 Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau did their version titled "The Front Page". Still after that was 1988's version titled "Switching Channels" with Burt Reynolds, Kathleen Turner, and Christopher Reeve.
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How about Chris Rock's 2001 movie "Down To Earth" which is a remake of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" and "Heaven Can Wait".
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How about 1934's "Little Miss Marker" being remade in 1949 under the title "Sorrowful Jones" starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. Then in 1962 Tony Curtis and Suzanne Pleshette made "40 Pounds Of Trouble". Then in 1980 Walter Matthau and Julie Andrews made "Little Miss Marker".
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How about the 1988 movie "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with Steve Martin and Michael Caine being a remake of the 1964 comedy "Bedtime Story" with Marlon Brando, David Niven, and Shirley Jones.
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I agree 100%. Saturday mornings are something to look forward to. Now if we can only get TCM to double our pleasure and do a similiar thing with Sunday morning. I know this sounds a bit greedy. Give them an inch and next, they'll want a foot. So while I'm in my greed mode, how about giving us the whole nine yards and do this every morning?
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How about Moon Unit Zappa?
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It sure would be great if things weren't finalized yet and TCM would fit in:
The Pajama Game - (1957)
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Pillow Talk (1959)
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I have to agree with everyone here. Those are all funny scenes. To put in my vote, It's got to be from the first "Naked Gun" movie where Leslie Nielsen is out on the ledge of the building hanging onto a statues male genitials and trying to pull himself up, then breaks the genitial off and when inside comes at a woman with the look of a maniac like he's going to attack her with the statues genitials. I really don't need to actually see it. Just thinking about it makes me laugh.
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I would really like to see a day dedicated to the great Ralph Bakshi. He isn't an actor. He's an Animator and Director. I would really enjoy his best work which took place in the 70's and early 80's. His best during that period are:
Fritz The Cat (1972) Fritz is a Tom-Cat college dropout trying to find himself amongst everything happening in the 60's.
Heavy Traffic (1973) Animated version of the problems growing up in a dysphunctional family in the 70's.
Coonskin (1975) A satirical look at race relations in America in the 70's.
Wizards (1977) On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a Wizard and his Faire folk comrades fight an evil Wizard.
Lord Of The Rings (1978) A 132 minute animated version of the J.R.R. Tolkien classic.
American Pop (1981) The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish family of musicians.
Hey Good Lookin' (1982) An animated tale of growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950's.
Fire And Ice (1983) A classic battle between good and evil. I believe many video games took this animated feature as their inspiration.
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I have to admit, there are lots of TV movies I like. To mention a few:
BRIAN'S SONG (1971) with James Caan and Billy Dee Williams in a story about the two Chicago Bears running backs Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers.
BLOOD FEUD (1983) with Robert Blake giving a great performance as Jimmy Hoffa during the days involving the battles between Hoffa and Bobby Kennedy.
THE RATINGS GAME (1984) with Danny DeVito as a TV writer/producer that fixes the ratings system so his terrible shows become big hits with the ratings.
THE RAT PACK (1998) Ray Liotta playing Frank Sinatra in this story about Sinatra and his relationship with John Kennedy and the rest of the members of his 'Rat Pack'.
FOR RICHER, FOR POORER (1992) Jack Lemmon is a millionaire trying to teach his lazy son the value and pride of earning a 'dollar'.
And that's just a few. I could watch the "Columbo" movies over and over again. And then there are a bunch of Christmas themed movies that are shown at Christmas.
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I have just viewed this years "TCM Remembers" for maybe the tenth time and really enjoyed it. I was particularily touched by the segment where Robert Mitchum kisses Jane Russell (perhaps welcoming her to the 'afterlife'). I believe TCM should do whatever possible to include those unfortunate enough to pass after the initial production. I know it isn't healthy to mourn forever, but TCM does pay tribute to these stars long after their death, so why not have a complete block of time set aside to play all the past "TCM Remembers" that have been made since TCM has first started it. Does anyone know how many there are? When did TCM start remembering? I, for one would enjoy reviewing all the past "Remembers" and maybe TCM could make it a yearly thing and when showing the past "Remembers" maybe then edit in those that weren't originally included.
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Sometimes the most complex thing is simply a mothers maiden name spelled backwards.
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Thank you darkblue. Now all I need to do is get the Exec's at TCM to see things our way. But in the mean time, I'd be happy if someone, anyone else would do whatever they could to get those movies shown.
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The shameful thing about it is that, there are plenty of quality made for TV movies that I'm sure many viewers would enjoy seeing. TCM has recently been showing 'Screen Directors playhouse' and perhaps they may be rethinking their position on TV movies. I for one would enjoy seeing the TV movie 'Brians Song' with James Caan and Billy Dee Williams and I never get tired of watching the 'Columbo' mystery movies even though I know all the ways the killer slips up.
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I'm glad to see "Stay Away Joe" scheduled for 4/30. It's one of two Elvis movies I don't have. The other being 1957's "Loving You".