Stephan55

It could be a comedy with a tragic ending.

Ha Ha, That's okay, I doubted that you were the same guy because Mike was perhaps a decade ahead of you and he was really into movies, All types, genres, and ages of movies, back in the mid-70's, so you didn't fit the MO. But yeah, you are right, if we could alter the script, this could be a movie couldn't it. Of course we would have to have both back stories, of the two meeting, becoming friends, hanging out, then going their seperate ways, leading different, distant, possibly adventurous lives, then..... One guy is swiming through another's back yard pool, while on a quest to discover La La Land, and lo and behold he meets his old friend with his now saggy breasted wife, hanging out naked in their backyard.... Well, I was just trying to tie this thing together with the current topic at hand. Actually it would be, ....then.... through a mutual love of movies, these two old F A R T S (well one older and one slightly younger) reconnect on a TCM website and.... ??? Well, it's an open ended story!

Ahhh, another late "classic" movie bloomer. Growing up a latch-key kid, I have always been fond of movies. And in those days a lot of the movies on TV were the oldies. But I sorta had an unofficial cut-off of post-1940, for movies that I thought I preferred to watch. Of course I really had no idea what the production year of what I was watching was at the time, because I didn't understand Roman numerals back then, and if it was on TV it was new enough to me. Eventually I started reading the TV guide, and along with being amused at the terse movie descriptions (i.e. "King Kong runs amok.") I began noticing the dates, and to my amazement discovered that some of those movies that I really liked were made throughout the 1930s. I'd seen a few silents.... very few and mostly on UHF channels. I wasn't in to them at that time, but I do remember a few that stuck with me, like some of the early Hal Roach "Little Rascals" and John Barrymore's rendition of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which scared the dickens out of me. It wasn't until the 80's that I sprang for one of those three or four hundred dollar VHS recorder players (a Toshiba on sale). Mostly for playing videos from the rental stores that were popping up all over back then. Then, to my bittersweet satisfaction, I discovered the joys of recording shows and movies off of the TV for later convenient viewing. I guess that is when I first became "hooked" with the recording bug. But still I knew very little about movies, other than I liked them, and whether it was a sci-fi or horror flick, or a comedy, or a biopic (which I grew to love from my earliest Paul Muni days) or some kind of war or action movie. By then I knew most of all the old actors that I'd grown up with by name, of course, but I thought movies were strictly for at home entertainment when I had little else to do. Or reserved for going out with a date, or some friends as a social event. I can honestly say that it wasn't until the latter '90's that I actually began to educate myself on movie history and the "classics." And strangely enough it was due to my prior discovery of AMC and then TCM and Robert Osborne that stimulated that. I began watching Silent Sunday Night, and Foreign Language films, and enjoying them. I listened to what Robert said, and began reading movie catalogs and magazines and found myself appreciating movies more, the more I knew about them. Now that I am thinking about it, I did have an earlier exposure. I had a friend (and co-worker) from back in California in the mid-70s. He was a pure movie fanatic. First met him when he was finishing H.S. and then he was going to UCLA and taking courses about movies. He thought about movies all day and dreamt about them at night. He'd tell me things about movies that I'd never heard or thought of. He invited me to his house back then, and he'd pull out a projector and several 16mm reels and we'd sit and watch "Patton," and "The Paper Chase," and "The Last Picture Show," and all these movies that he'd bought in the pre Beta and VHS days. He was a member of some Hollywood gig, and we'd go to these "Premiers" and watch movies and shows as a test audience where you would tap a button when you liked something, and filled out a review card at the end. Saw George Burns and Groucho Marx and others in person at some of these events with him. He was a great kid, but I thought he was a little wacko to be that obsessed. I was into much different things at that time, and couldn't fully appreciate his enthusiasm. But he felt like he could talk to me about this stuff and liked me enough to try to bring me into his world.... Then I discover at a much later age that I have become more like him then, than I ever would have dreamed. I still remember his name, I wonder what kind of movie industry career he finally ended up with? Heck, I just looked up his name and there he was. I mean the name is the same and the picture sort of resembles an older him, and this guy is into Social Media. Says he's Director of Social Media at UC Irvine. Has him at UCLA in 1999, but that could have been for a later degree. His posted work history sure looks like the Mike that I knew from back then. He's on all of these social sites that I've never joined, like Linked In, Facebook, and Twitter, etc. I can't see a birth date or background info that would tell me where he grew up and what he was doing in the '70s. But I feel in my gut that I am looking at the same guy and he is apparently healthy and doing well. I suppose since he is blasted on the internet in several public places that I could post his name and a link to the websites. But I hesitate to do so. Still, he appears to be a specialist in what we discuss here all the time. No doubt he's well aware of TCM, since that is right up his alley. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he wasn't member of these boards and perhaps even a regular poster. I'll try this Hey, Michael D. if you grew up in Hawthorne, California and were a movie nut in the mid '70s, send me a PM, I believe that you and I were old friends back then. Hey remember that little gal (your H.S. sweetheart) that drove you crazy, that you used to talk to me about when we were both at Boys. You finally ended up marrying her in the early '80's. You told me about it when I made that radio call to you from the Bush in AK. Are you guys still married? He would have been a child of the '60s, adolescent of the '70s, and a young adult of the '80s. If he's around and reads this, that should trigger a response. Worth a shot anyway. Sorry to get sidetracked like this, but it would be kinda neat if while writing a post to you I ended up getting hooked up with an old friend that I haven't seen or spoken with for decades.

My my, sewhite2000, you do appear to be quite the youngster. Sorta surprising to me. However you appear to have a much older head on your shoulders, so perhaps not all that surprising after all. Really enjoy the frankness of your post.

Regarding the ever fascinating rogue, Errol Flynn He wrote two books about himself, and there have been numerous books written by others about him. There are at least 4 pretty good documentaries about him. And as noted: At least three current bio dramas that cover different periods of his life. Flynn (1993) an Australian production directed by Frank Howson. With Guy Pearce portraying Flynn from youth to early manhood, prior to his career in Hollywood. I've been trying to get this one stateside for quite awhile. It is available from the UK in Region 2, PAL format. I will probably just order a copy of that from Amazon and then convert it to Region Free. However the reviews about it aren't very good. Still, being the Flynn fan that I am, I'll just have to see it and decide for myself. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flynn-DVD-Steven-Berkoff/dp/B000FS9T2W Next there is My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985) a CBS TV movie directed by Don Taylor and featuring Duncan Regehr portraying Flynn during his early Hollywood period (from 1935 to 1943), ending with the rape trial. It is only available in VHS with a few overpriced used tapes offered by sellers on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/My-Wicked-Ways-VHS/dp/6301229606 I watched it for Free on YouTube and found it to be rather loose, light and relatively entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCpmT8M2Cic And then there is The Last of Robin Hood (2013) a feature film directed by Richard Glatzer. Kevin Kline plays Flynn in the last two years of his life, explicitly covering his final romance with teeny Beverly Aadland (played by Dakota Fanning) and detailing the unorthodox relationship with her mother, Florence Aadland (played by Susan Sarandon). This movie is Available for purchase or streaming from Amazon (and other On-Line sources) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Robin-Hood-Richard-Glatzer/dp/B00N5AGSHG https://www.amazon.com/Last-Robin-Hood-Kevin-Kline/dp/B00TPJIZQI I checked it out from my local Library (with an inter-library loan) and watched it for free. I found the movie to be non-judgmentally entertaining and sensitively honest (as far as my research goes). There is another biopic in the works, though I have been unable to locate a precise release date. In Like Flynn (2018???) From director Russell Mulcahy. Another Australian production, covering the same period as the first did, this time featuring Thomas Cocquerel portraying a young, pre-Hollywood, Errol Flynn. Casting evidently took place in the summer of 2017, with actual production starting that Fall. Supposedly the film will be released sometime this year (2018)? As early as 2005, there were rumors of a film with this title, and covering the early period of Flynn's life, to be made starring Luke Flynn (Errol's grandson by daughter Arnella Flynn). Like both of Errol's grandsons, Luke (at 6'3") looked a lot like his grandfather, and in 2005 (with his still youthful appearance at age 30) he would have been close enough to an an appropriate age to play the young Errol Flynn in his late teens-early 20's. However, production delays lasting over a decade likely ruled that casting out. Though it appears that Luke is still heavily involved with the films current production. Per IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5303442/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 "The biopic depicts Flynn's roust-about early life in Australia, before he became an internationally famed celebrity. In those days he was an adventurer, opium smuggler, gambler, street fighter, womanizer, and gold prospector. The film, based on Flynn's early autobiography "Beam Ends," was written for the screen by (Corey) Large and Luke Flynn, who found the inspiration as a result of their travels through Australia in the footsteps of Luke's iconic grandfather. Film production will start next July (2017) in Australia with a budget of $12 million. The book's title refers to the last visible sign before a ship sinks." As a Flynn fan, I am really looking forward to this one. Hopefully it will be available domestically. http://variety.com/2017/film/news/errol-flynn-biopic-russell-mulcahy-1202411665/ I have long thought that the life of Errol Flynn would be a great candidate for a comprehensive and unabashed biopic miniseries. But so far all we have are these fanciful bits and pieces. I suppose (in lieu of the above) if we were able to put all these current (and near ? future) films together, into an anthology, we might have a fair-to-meddling representation of this iconic adventurer and actor. BTW, I am all for seeing "Truthful" film bio's being made about all the rest of the great names you mentioned in your post. Here's to hoping!

Hi Andy, Though my experience hasn't been quite as severe as what you are experiencing, I have also been unable to watch S.O.B. completely through today, without noticing several intermittent video freezes while the audio continues. The movie eventually ends, but not without these problems. I have tried twice, and will try one more time before writing it off. This time I will attempt to note if the freezes occur at the same times. If so, that would appear to indicate a consistent bad upload originating with TCM that I am thinking likely occurred when transferring the movie to their servers. I am watching from my PC, also with Win 7 pro, and using the Firefox ver. 59.0.2 with Adobe Flash ver. 29.0.0.140. ISP & TV provider is COX cable, and using Ethernet from modem to PC for most consistent streaming. I may not be watching the same movies as yourself, but I can say that I have been able to completely watch some other movies of late without experiencing this same problem (though it has occasionly occurred before, along with the appearance of buffering (little spinning circle). However I always check and recheck my ISP download speed with speedtest.net whenever I experience any such problem (generally only with TCM) and my speeds have appeared consistent and more than adequate. Also contrast that with other streaming services at the time (PBS, YouTube, Netflix, etc.) without any problem. No other apps running on my system when streaming other than above, so I generally conclude that such problems are rooted at TCM, either from their servers, or inconsistent streaming, or ????. I will note that TCM has again (as usual) been experiencing several problem issues that I have posted in other threads on this board, and what we are seeing with S.O.B. (and some others that you have noticed), may very well be an extension of these current TCM issues. When you make such a post, it is always good to offer as much info as you can, and list specific titles, so that others of us may be able to cross-check, ideally using similar devices and configurations as yourself. Thanks for posting ADDENDUM: Hey, I was wondering if you would do me a favor and check and see if DODSWORTH loads and plays at your end? Just a black screen at my end since it first appeared on the ON-DEMAND title list. Please post back here with your results. thanks

It's opened ended at both ends... A man from "Where?" reappears, visiting his neighbors after some passing of time. We gather bits and pieces of his former life, as he proceeds in his quest to "swim" home through a series of backyard (and one public) pools. We eventually figure out that the guy is delusional at best. The end shows us that everything that he thought he had has disappeared. What happens next is anybodies guess. We are left to apply or take from it what ever appeals or affects us. Like it, or not. A very "different" kind of movie for it's day, and definitely for Burt.

Yep, Pretty risque for the day... But I remember several of my lady friends at the time commenting that good Ole' Burt still obviously had "whatever" it takes

Uhh Hmmm, That was Marge Champion

I think I remember seeing a previous post in this thread about Eddie's multiple roles in COMING TO AMERICA ADDENDUM: see following post quote from jakeem

They just pumped out another five like that the first week of May... I am afraid that this will no longer be a rare and unusual occurrence with TCM. As you have seen, these all around "Window-Box" spaces appear to be embedded in the video. It is NOT the result of "corruption" from a TV setting. Normal CinemaScope will be seen in Widescreen "Letterbox" but NOT "Windowbox" format on either native 4:3 or 16:9 ratio monitors. As described in my previous post, this most often occurs when "downsizing" is performed twice (both "Letterboxed and "Pillarboxed") and the bars become embedded within the video itself. As I see it, TCM is either acquiring previously modified "Windowboxed" sources, or they are not calibrating their equipment properly for transmission. I think that the former is the most likely reason. I say this is unnecessary because TCM has made several of these available ON-DEMAND before and they weren't in "Windowbox" format. The movies that they are showing like this are available in acceptable "Widescreen" or "Letterbox" format, so they do NOT have to do this. IMO it is pretty sloppy work, and they have a growing number of subscribers to TCM that subscribe primarily for the highly promoted ON-DEMAND features. Those of us are being "cheated" whenever TCM allows this to happen (as well as the many other reoccurring issues described in various threads on these boards).

Ned was a very disconnected man undergoing a crisis, that appeared ever more evident as the story progressed. I found it rather disturbing to watch. Hey, what did you think about ole'Ned hitting on his daughters former babysitter. And that blond who looked an awful lot like Joan Rivers at the party he crashed? For a man with a "happy" life, wife and daughters, Ned sure seemed to have a lot of loose ends....

Hey Rey, so good to hear that you are still alive and doing well. Would be nice if some of the others mentioned in this thread would check in as well. They wouldn't have to stay long if they didn't want to, just say'n "Hi" means a lot for peace of mind. Thanks so much buddy, and bringing back some lively memories of Holly and the gang!

THE SWIMMER is Currently available ON-DEMAND, albeit in "Window-Box" format.

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The "Fright Break" timer with the "Coward's Corner," was a fairly typical William Castle stunt. BTW, that was Castle's voice in the "voice over." You may not be old enough to personally remember seeing any of Castle's flicks in a theater, but he had a lot of gimmicks (i.e. "Emergo," "Percepto," "Illusion-O," etc.) that especially appealed to young kids who flocked to see his "Scary" movies. He was decades ahead of other such innovators when it came to audience participation gimmicks.

5/6/2018 Update: EVER MORE "WINDOW BOX" FORMAT MOVIES SHOWING UP ON-DEMAND! UPDATED: To Add Newly Observed "Window-Boxed" movies. 5/7/2018, 5/12/2018, 5/13/2018, 5/15/2018, In April 2018, I observed an alarming trend with TCM ON-DEMAND, when they began showing an unprecedented number of "Window-Box" format movies. Previously this was something that occurred only sparingly, perhaps once every 3 or 4 months; not so any longer. THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959) *THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS (1959) *HELL DRIVERS (1957) *THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE (1974) and *THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1960) Were only the beginning. Already in this first week of May 2018, TCM has decidedly continued the trend with: THE SEVENTH DAWN (1964) THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE (1968) *GREEN MANSIONS (1959) THE SWIMMER (1968) and *HOMICIDAL (1961) And this week isn't over yet! Week 2 and three more (beginning 5/7/2018) *BEDEVILLED (1955) *THE RUNNING MAN (1963) *SOUNDER (1972) Week 3 and three more (beginning 5/14/2018) *THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (1962) * Note: * above are movies that TCM has shown before ON-DEMAND in their normal (UN-"Window-Box" formated) aspect ratios. Note: For persons watching movies on a wide-screen, 16:9 ratio monitor (in normal "unmodified" screen mode) a movie filmed in 16:9 aspect ratio should fill the screen (exception may be a small black space on the bottom of some monitors provided for certain captioning options so that they do not overlay the actual movie). If the monitor has a ratio greater than 16:9 (i.e. taller & wider, "ultra wide-screen") then there may be small horizontal black bars, above and below the picture in movies filmed in 16:9 ratio. Movies filmed in 2.35:1 ratio (sometimes called CinemaScope, or Panavision, etc.) will appear with horizontal black bars, above and below the picture (called "Letterboxing"). Movies filmed in the older, traditional 1.33:1 (4:3) ratio will see vertical black bars, on both sides of the picture, (called "Pillarboxing"). This is all normal. For persons watching movies on an older tube Analog, or later, more square shaped, 4:3 ratio flatscreen monitor (in normal "unmodified" screen mode) Movies filmed in 4:1, or 1.33:1 aspect ratio should fill the screen. Movies filmed in 16:9 & 2.35:1 ratios will see horizontal black bars, above and below the picture ("Letterboxing"). Again, this is all normal. What is generally Not normal on any ratio monitor (in normal "unmodified" screen mode) is to see a picture centered in the screen with BOTH horizontal AND vertical black bars that surround all four sides of a much smaller movie image. (There are a few exceptions, i.e. during some commercials, or during the intro credits of some movies that have been "Panned & Scanned," or in movies that may use this format for certain artistic effects during a movie.) This "Window-Box" effect generally occurs when a widescreen image that has been previously "Letterboxed" to fit a 1.33:1 (4.3 ratio) screen is then "Pillarboxed" to fit a 16:9 screen. These inferior movies have essentially been "shrunk" or modified twice, often resulting in tiny distorted images that appear stretched and squashed. Also called "Match-Box", "Gutter-Box", and "Postage Stamp" display. When TCM airs or streams any "Window-Box" movie, they are showing us a film that has been severely modified from the original, which is not only going against their professed standard of showing the "most complete, unedited, and unmodified" versions available" but they are presenting a practically unwatchable, often distorted, highly inferior product to their viewer subscribers.... This is an unacceptable disservice that we subscribers should NOT tolerate and that TCM knows better than to do. SHAME on TCM. For those that are unfamiliar with these terms I offer the following definitions and examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterboxing_(filming) http://www.dummies.com/consumer-electronics/home-theater/aspect-ratios-widescreen-letterbox-pan-and-scan/ "Letterboxing" (also known as "Wide Screen" format) is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio. The resulting video-graphic image has mattes (black bars) above and below it; these mattes are part of the image (i.e., on each frame of the video signal). Normal "Widescreen" or "Letterbox" format generally seen in movies made in the mid-late 1950's and later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterboxing_(filming)#/media/File:Image_cropping_235x1.jpg "Letterboxing" is used as an alternative to a full-screen, "pan-and-scan" transfer of a widescreen film image to videotape or videodisc. In "pan-and-scan" transfers, the original image is cropped to the narrower aspect ratio of the destination format, usually the 1.33:1 (4:3) ratio of the standard television screen, whereas "Letterboxing" preserves the film's original image composition as seen in the cinema. Letterboxing was developed for use in 4:3 television displays before widescreen television screens were available, but it is also necessary to represent on a 16:9 widescreen display the unaltered original composition of a film with a wide aspect ratio, such as Panavision's 2.35:1 ratio. "Letterbox" mattes are usually symmetrical (both the top and bottom mattes are roughly similar in size), but in some instances the picture can be elevated so the bottom matte is much larger, usually for the purpose of placing "hard" subtitles within the matte to avoid overlapping of the image. "Pillarboxing" (reversed letterboxing) is the display of an image within a wider image frame by adding lateral mattes (vertical bars at the sides); for example, a 1.33:1 (4.3 ratio) image has lateral mattes when displayed on a 16:9 aspect ratio television screen. NOTE: Most of the early (pre 1950) classic films that TCM broadcasts, and Live streams and makes available ON-DEMAND, are the more square 4:3 ratio format. This is their native format so when they are shown on a widescreen TV in "normal" mode, the unaltered image is not naturally wide enough to fill the screen because it wasn't originally shot in wide screen format. The vertical bars at both sides of the image are therefore normal. "Windowboxing" occurs when an image appears centered in a television screen, with blank space on all four sides of the image, such as when a widescreen image that has been previously letterboxed to fit a 1.33:1 (4.3 ratio) screen is then pillarboxed to fit 16:9 screen. These movies have essentially been "shrunk" or modified twice, resulting in the "Window-Box effect. It is also called "matchbox", "gutterbox", and "postage stamp" display. NOTE: I believe that this is what is occurring to cause the tiny "Window-Box" format of the the ON-DEMAND movies listed above. Especially when so many of these "Windowboxed" movies are so heavily distorted with a squashed & horizontally stretched (widened) image appearance when viewed on unmodified ("normal" mode) 16.9 monitors. Either the source videos they are using to stream have already been modified in such a fashion to begin with (with embedded bars all around), or the equipment that they are using to stream is not properly adjusted (calibrated) to avoid such a "Windowboxing" effect. (Depending on the viewer monitor's native ratio, and settings, further distortion effects are possible.) These ON-DEMAND streams do appear to have embedded black bars all around the image to begin with, which leads me to believe that these Window-box "errors" (whether a badly modified source video was used, or the result of improperly programed (calibrated) uploaded video streams, or a combination of both) are caused by TCM "misjudgements" resulting in unnecessary and unacceptable "Windowboxed" movies. NOTE: It is not uncommon to see "windowboxed" commercials on HD television networks, because many commercials are shot in 16:9 but distributed to networks in SD (standard definition), with "Letterboxed" images further blocked to fit the now older 1.33:1 (4.3 ratio) screens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-definition_television Occasionally, an image is deliberately "windowboxed" for stylistic effect. Sometimes the opening sequence of movies (even TCM's older classics) will be "Window-boxed" during the title and initial credits sequence, but afterward be in their normal (4.3 ratio) "Pillar-Boxed" format (or worse, "Pan & Scan" if a later "Widescreen" movie has been "reedited" in such a manner). Unnatural "Windowbox" format that TCM is showing in the ON-DEMAND movies listed above! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterboxing_(filming)#/media/File:Windowboxed.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Windowboxed.jpg For whatever reason, TCM staff are excessively screwing-up and making these (even tinier than illustrated) "Window-Boxed" movies available ON-DEMAND in (until recently) an unprecedented number. These are not the normal (original) widescreen (16:9 or 2.35:1 ratio) formats that TCM broadcasts live (and ordinarily streams from the later movies), but something that they are making available in an altered (modified) form ON-DEMAND. These images (even when NOT distorted), are so tiny (much smaller than illustrated here, with much broader bars all around) that they are unsightly even when viewed on a larger screen TV. Which makes them ever more difficult to watch on smaller PC screens, and likely next to impossible to watch on any smaller screened device without a magnifying glass. TCM is doing their viewer subscribers a disservice when they show a movie in "Window-Box" format, especially so when these movies are available in their original form and have previously been broadcast (live and ON-DEMAND) in their normal "Widescreen" 16:9 or 2.35:1 ratio or even in normal "Pillarboxed" 1.33:1 (4:3 ratio) formats. MODERATOR, PLEASE forward this information to TCM. TCM should be monitoring their own output anyway and already be well aware of these issues, but they evidently don't and aren't. Either that or they blatantly do not care when they offer us an unnecessary, inferior (almost unviewable) product, for our hard-earned subscription dollars. In any event this is an unacceptable practice and needs to be STOPPED! Thank you UPDATED: To Add Newly Observed "Window-Boxed" movies. 5/7/2018, 5/12/2018, 5/13/2018, 5/15/2018,

Thanks Smarty Pants, for your insightful post One thing that you mentioned throws another host of potential variables into such concerns, and that is the Operating System. In particular Win 10, which has almost total control of the users computer (aside from how we actually use our PC and our physical ability to cover a camera lens with a bandaid, or pull a plug). By "virtue" of using the Win 10 OS, users are granting MS telemetry "spyware" permission to monitor and access any and all computer and user information stored on that PC and report it to Microsoft, without notifying the user. In addition, MS also has implicit permission to automatically install anything they wish on the PC, again without notifying the user. MS can hijack user bandwidth for their purposes, and can automatically modify, disable or delete any user installed app or program that is deemed in "conflict" with any propriety MS program, and MS doesn't have to inform the user of any of these actions on "their" PC. MS claims that they are no more invasive than Google, and that the benefits of them having such seamless control means that the the user's PC is always up-to-date, more consistently reliably, and better "protected" than any previous OS. There may be some truth to that but the implicit trade-off is the PC "owner" "agrees" to sacrifice all "user" autonomy, "privacy", and "trust" to Microsoft and their 3rd party affiliates with any or all of the data ("personal" and otherwise) "stored" on their PC. Win 10 users no longer have the ability to choose which updates they want, as MS has removed those options entirely. Everything is automatic, and subject to uninformed change. So if the user suffers from periodic slow downs in bandwidth, or suddenly discovers something altered, dysfunctional or missing, or previous settings changed or reversed, the omnipresent spectre of Microsoft may be to blame. Not trusting Microsoft, means that I have painfully learned to disable the automatic updates function from MS for Win 7. I must actually check out the "security" updates offered to assure myself that the ones that I ultimately download and install are indeed necessary for my PC's security, and not just for the benefit of MS. I have to be ever more careful and watchful whenever I do anything On-Line, and I have Microsoft's ever more intrusive behavior and practices to thank for contributing to such justifiable paranoia. Everyone can be hacked these days. I have learned that nothing is secure, and I trust them little more than I do the credit reporting agencies or any of the other entities that have absconded with masses of our previously thought "secure" information. I consider MS to be another invasive fox striving for control of the hen house, and though they claim to be benign and "friendly," a fox is still a fox. Thanks to Win 10, Win 7 will be the last MS OS that I purchase. After much research and trusted recomendations, I will soon be joining the ranks of Linux users for my ON-Line PC activity.

5/5/2018 UPDATE: MANY MORE CORRECTIONS & AN EFFORT TO RETURN TO "NORMALCY" OBSERVED, HOWEVER PROBLEMS STILL PERSIST AND SOME LEFT UNCORRECTED Additional Updates: 5/8/2018, 5/9/2018, 5/11/2018, 5/12/2018, 5/13/2018, I have updated my original post to reflect TCMs recent corrections. I Have rechecked every title DAILY, and observed that numerous corrections have BELATEDLY been made, and MOST features are now available ON-DEMAND and at least Load & Begin to Play. NOTE: I don't have the time to thoroughly check every one of the movies that TCM broadcasts, but when I notice a problem with something that I would like to watch that is evidently "supposed" to be Available ON-DEMAND, I often check a few other titles surrounding it to assess whether or not it is an isolated issue or worse. Under "normal" circumstances an ON-DEMAND movie will load and begin to play on my system within a few seconds. When checking I generally allow at least a minute to see if a movie will load and begin to play. Unless I watch an entire feature I am unable to assess whether the stream remains consistent throughout. If someone notices repetitive problems please try to offer specifics when posting i.e. Title, description of specific problem/s & times of noticed occurrence (i.e. 5.32 min. into movie, etc.) Even your ISP/TV provider, can be of help when cross-checking. PLEASE Refer to the Original Post for Overall Status Updates. Though TCM staff are apparently making an effort to "correct" and "limit" the occurrence of these current problems, the original "viewing Window" remains unchanged, and therefore quite truncated in many cases. In this sense, those of us who subscribe to TCM for the ON-DEMAND streaming features are cheated again, whenever these problems are "allowed" to occur by TCM. An interesting (and fortunately unusual) problem observed this last week were intro/outro cross-overs between FOUR different movies: Mame ( 1974) Lucille Ball version ON-DEMAND, but with Eddie Muller intro/outro to Hollow Triumph, 5/1/2015 Stopped Loading & Playing, (Black Screen), * Late 5/1/2015, will Load & Play Again, **5/3/2015 Eddie Muller Deleted listed Available on that Days Schedule, Will NOT LOAD or Play from that Button. AND showed up on the ALL MOVIES titles. When the title is entered into SEARCH FOR A FILM, above the Sign In, it DOESN’T pop up. 4/30/2018: now loads & plays, but has Eddie Muller intro For HOLLOW TRIUMPH (which will NOT load) then movie plays the Lucille Ball version of MAME (1974) at end of movie Eddie comes back on with outro to HOLLOW TRIUMPH. 5/1/2018, Stopped Loading & Playing..... * Late evening, 5/1/2018 will Load & Play AGAIN, but Eddie Muller intro/outro For HOLLOW TRIUMPH remains. **5/3/2018, Loads & Plays, BUT Eddie Muller intro/outro For HOLLOW TRIUMPH now DELETED! AND Hollow Triumph ( 1948) Listed on Schedule, but NOT ON-DEMAND, 5/1/2015 ON-DEMAND, Loads & Plays, but Eddie Muller intro/outro is absent here, was with MAME (1974) listed Available on that Days Schedule, Will NOT LOAD or Play from that Button. AND Hasn’t (yet) Appeared on the ALL MOVIES titles. When the title is entered into SEARCH FOR A FILM, above the Sign In, it DOESN’T pop up. But Eddie Muller noir intro & outro shows up on Mame ( 1974) Lucille Ball version ALSO I Married A Witch ( 1942) 5/6/2018, ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS, But with BM intro/outro for I married a woman AND Star Is Born, A ( 1954) 5/6/2018, ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS, however BM intro/outro for A Star Is Born (1937) version, NOT the (1954) version on the schedule & the on-demand movie is the 1954 NOT the 1937 version. (live intro was by alicia Malone for the correct 1954 movie) Then the following relatively minor but strange intro/outro ON-DEMAND Host mix-ups Three Faces of Eve, The ( 1957) 5/6/2018, ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS, however Dave Karger intro/outro, NOT alicia malone (this is sunday isn’t it (live intro was by alicia Malone) Sunday in New York ( 1963) 5/6/2018, ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS, however BM intro/outro, NOT alicia malone (this is still sunday isn’t it? (live intro was alicia). should alicia be worried? Guns of Navarone, The ( 1961) 5/12/2018, ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS, but embedded BM intro, dave karger did live intro, ALSO an excessively "Unusual" abundance of tiny "WINDOW-BOX" formatted movies made available ON-DEMAND, beginning with last month (April 2018) and continuing through this month (May 2018). Refer to thread on that topic for more details and complete list of titles noticed. Thus far The Following Features still remain UNCORRECTED and UN-VIEWABLE: (updated 5/8/2018, NO CHANGES) Updated 5/9/2018, Three Corrections, Updated 5/11/2018, Updated 5/12/2018, one feature NEVER corrected! (Never viewable!) Updated 5/13/2018, Updated 5/14/2018, ***FOUR FEATURES CURRENTLY REMAIN UNCORRECTED Thursday, 5/3/2018 **Dodsworth ( 1936) 5/3/2018, listed ON-DEMAND, but won’t Load or PLAY (black screen), **5/9/2018, Still won’t load or play **5/11/2018, last 2 hrs of 7 day window & still won’t Load or PLAY (black screen) 5/12/2018, 7 day window expired, never corrected by tcm Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute ( 2015) 5/3/2018, listed ON that days SCHEDULE, BUT NOT ON-DEMAND, 5/9/2018, Finally ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS (with maybe 3 days of view time) Laura ( 1944) 5/3/2018, listed ON that days ON SCHEDULE, BUT NOT ON-DEMAND, 5/9/2018, Finally ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS (with maybe 3 days of view time) Friday, 5/4/2018 Perversion For Profit ( 1965) 5/5/2018, listed ON that days ON schedule, but not on-demand, 5/9/2018, Finally ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS (with maybe 3 days of view time) Thursday, 5/10/2018 ***Blue Angel, The ( 1930) German version 5/10/2018, ON-DEMAND, LOADS & PLAYS, but highly truncated, normal 107 min movie, ON-DEMAND Feature listed at 59.46 min. Minus BM intro & outro (2.44 min), the truncated movie actually runs for only 57.02 min, short by 47 min (almost half). BM intro ends at 2.01 min, Truncated movie runs for only 57.02 min, then (at 59.03 min) BM outro cuts in and runs 43 seconds. (NOT the normal 107 min). Movie is short by 47 min, close to half of the necessary run-time. Saturday, 5/12/2018 ***That Mothers Might Live ( 1938) short, 5/12/2018, listed ON-DEMAND, won’t LOAD or PLAY (black screen), 5/14/2018 Title removed from ON-DEMAND List Sunday, 5/13/2018 ***So Big ( 1932) 5/13/2018, on days schedule, but not listed ON-DEMAND, won’t load or play, (black screen) Monday, 5/14/2018 ***Slipper and the Rose, The ( 1976) 5/14/2018, Already listed on days schedule, but not listed ON-DEMAND, won’t load or play, (black screen) Please be aware, that past experience has shown that after a day (or two, or three, or more) one, some or all of the "absent" titles may suddenly appear on the ALL MOVIES Alphabetized Play List (albeit with a truncated "viewing window" that can (and has) sometimes severely limited viewing time down to a single day, or less.) And sometimes those titles already on that list that refuse to load and play one day may suddenly and mysteriously play normally at another time. So if you have a favorite that you wanted to Watch ON-DEMAND, it may pay to frequently check back. However, if the "7-Day Viewing Window" has totally lapsed without correction, then that movie is lost until the next time when TCM maybe really will make it AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND. Of growing interest to disgruntled TCM ON-DEMAND viewers is the possibility that other ON-Line sources may have titles that TCM refuses to make available ON-DEMAND (such as Netflix or Amazon or YouTube, etc.) Also the local library is a good place to borrow dvds for free. (Note: if your library doesn't currently have a title they still may be able to get it via an inter-library loan. When TCM has disappointed me on a movie that I am really interested in watching I have often had luck with the library, so long as there is a commercial dvd available and if I am willing to be patient. FELLOW VIEWERS, PLEASE POST ANY RELEVANT COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ABOVE IN THIS THREAD! Thank you NOTE TO TCM BOARD MODERATOR: MODERATOR, PLEASE CROSSCHECK ANY OF THESE MENTIONED TITLES, AND THEN PLEASE FORWARD THIS CONCERN TO WHOMEVER YOU THINK MAY BE WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP FIX THIS (AS SOON AS POSSIBLE) Moderator, though on-going corrections and a return to some "normalcy" is currently being observed, these problems still continue to persist. Please acknowledge in this thread whether or not you actually have been and are mediating for us. I would really like to know whether the corrections that are being made are the result of your mediation on our behalf, or merely coincidental (i.e. someone at TCM is actually trying to do things as they should, and correct and perhaps even prevent some of these issues from occurring in the first place, But not by result of your mediation or anything we have posted here) I would like to know if any of our threads and posts are actually stimulating some beneficial action at TCM, or merely informing ourselves (fellow viewers) that these issues are the result of TCM's dysfunctionality, and NOT caused by either our equipment, ISP, or TV Provider. A Moderator acknowledgement one way or the other would be very useful feedback in this regard. Sadly (No thanks to a hitherto Unresponsive TCM), Board Moderators appear to be the ONLY avenue of any sort of communication with TCM left to us. MODERATOR PLEASE RESPOND! Thank you NOTE: UPDATED for Corrected Features & UNCORRECTED ADDITIONS: 5/8/2018, 5/9/2018, 5/11/2018, 5/12/2018, 5/13/2018,

Fairly early I had a hunch that there was some gender switching going on (might be an appropriate mention for the "Dual-Role" thread), and I think maybe that one of the "psycho" roles was a dubbed voice. But as for an "ah ha" moment, I was really surprised who the actual person was that played the "psycho" when I looked up the "actor's" name, after the movie.... that I never would have guessed. That was sort of a "Victor/Victoria" moment for me. BTW, TCM has this movie available for streaming ON-DEMAND right now. Unfortunatley they are using a tiny (and unnecessary) "Window-Box" format.

I don't know, hopefully what was said in an earlier post regarding another thread has nothing to do with it. But as has been said before, and oft seems to apply when discussing anything TCM:

Hey, I think William Castle may have ripped a little off from Hitchcock on this one. What say you? BTW, how'd you like that near end climactic scene, 45-second "Fright Break"? I sorta thought that it ruined the "fright" suspense build up....

You still can get the "familiar" "normal size" emoji's, but you need to scroll further down past the slew of tiny ones to the "Emoticons" section.

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