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Lilly, I think "My Fair Lady" is a wonderful musical. It's one that I enjoy watching every now and then. The only thing I would have like to have seen was Julie Andrews cast as Eliza. Don't get me wrong, I adore Audrey Hepburn she's one of my very favorite actresses and she was very good in this role, but I always prefer seeing the performer who created the role on Broadway in the movie version. The same thing goes for Ethel Merman in "Gypsy". However, that said, it's a terrific film and I can certainly see why you love it so much.

Yes, Debbie. Columbia Tristar is the TV distribution arm of Columbia Pictures which is owned by SONY.

Hi Debbie, I checked every Columbia sight I could think of and I couldn't come up with an e-mail address either so I guess you're going to have to spring 39 cents for a stamp and use snail mail. Here's the name and address of the top man and while I wouldn't expect that he'd write back, other than maybe a form letter, I'll bet he'll have your letter passed down to somebody who may have an answer for you. John Felthheimer, President Columbia Tristar Television 9336 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 Good luck!

I don't think TCM would ever list their entire library. If they did they'd be swamped with requests for this film or that one. Further some of the films may not be in a condition to run and in need of restoration. In addition, films that they lease from other companies are usually for a very specific and limited length of time and number of showings so they can't just show them anytime. Much as I would like to see such a list, I don't think they add to the headaches they already have by making the list public.

"100 Years of Film" and other short films are known as "fillers" and they're used to fill out the time between the end of one movie and the start of another. There has been a lot of discussion here, in the past, about a way to have them listed in the schedule, but so far no luck. TCM says that fillers don't get scheduled until a couple of days prior to the airdate when they know much time they need to fill. Best thing I can suggest is when you record a movie, record the full time period up to the start of the next film. That way you'll get what your're looking for sooner or later.

What version? If you're taking about William Wyler's 1939 one with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon (in my opinion the best version) TCM has aired it a number of times so it wouldn't surprise me if they show it again sometime.

Hi Debbie, Welcome to the forum. Wow! Now there's a title you don't see around much. The only time I ever saw it was when it first came out and I think it was in a tv package back in the 1960s but that's the last I've heard of it. I'm a little surprised because it's a Columbia and they use to release a lot of their older films to tv stations. Since TCM leases films from them perhaps they might be able to dig it up. It's a shame how many of the lesser known films just seem to disappear. No doubt they're all in a film vault somewhere, but I'll bet even people at the studios have forgotten about them.

I was watching the movie and heard no problems at all. Perhaps you need to check the audio settings on your tv or recorder or maybe it was a problem with your able company.

What ever happen to having a little patience? Believe me guys, life will go on even if the May schedule is a few days late. Perhaps they have so many great films coming up that they're having trouble fitting them all in.

If it's obvious that a movie will fit into a time slot with time to spare, say a 100 minute movie in a 120 minute slot, I record the entire 120 minutes. If It looks close, like 117 minutes in a 120 minute slot, I'll pad out my record time by 10 mnutes to be safe. Never usually have a problem.

Just about all channels do that now. I guess the theory is that most folks are too stupid to know what channel they're watching. As these things go, TCM's logo is the least obtrusive and normally up for the shortest time of any of them. Many other channels use large aninmated popups which are totally annoying. I'd prefer no logos at all, but if this is the worst TCM does I can live with it.

I'm also big fan of the "Carry On" films, but I believe there is a problem with the American TV rights so that's why you don't see them here. As much as I love 'em I have to admit that they are pretty low-brow and will never be mistaken for an Ealing comedy. I also find that people either love them or hate them. If you are really interested, Anchor Bay Entertainment has released "The Carry On Collection" which includes the first twelve films and a documentary. The quality is great.

Boy, have you come to the wrong place. TCM is the only channel that shows films unedited, uncolorized, without commercials and in their original screen format. Judging from previous discusssions on these boards, the vaste majority of viewers prefer it that way. By all means, enjoy what you like, but let us have one channel out of a couple of hundred that does it the right way.

I don't know what that feature is called, but I had it on both Toshiba and Panasonic tvs and vcrs over the years. Don't know if every model has it, but if its important to you ask before you buy. The kids at the local discount store won't know so try one of the big stores like Best Buy of Circuit City or a local appliance store. If you're looking to buy something new, by all means either go DVD or get a DVD/VHS combo. It won't be long before stand-alone vcrs will be hard to come by. Even now, most stores only carry a couple of really low priced ones.

Thanks, but no thanks. I'll stick with the VHS I recorded from AMC before they went over to the dark side. That will do me until the DVD eventually comes out.

Another great actor gone, what a pity. As some folks know, I work at a tv station. Well, I happened to be working saturday and on our early news we had a well-deserved obit for Don Knotts. Later on I asked the producer if he was going to do one for Darren McGavin, on the late show, and his response was "who's that?" I named a number of his movies and of course I mentioned "Kolchak: The Night Stalker and still nothing. Finally, I said well you must remember him as the father in "A Christmas Story". Nope, he hadn't seen it. I know he's young and just out of college, and claims to be a movie buff, but geez the lad must have grown up in a bottle.

I wouldn't blame TCM. The cable company has the say about these things. Just another way to make the customer pay more.

Johnny, I've never been a real fan of Elvis, but the three you mentioned are about the only ones I'll watch. Much as I like musicals, I could never get interested in his. Just an interesting note about Elvis movies. For more years than I'll admit, I've been working at a TV station. Back in the '80s we would run a double feature every Sunday afternoon. The program director got a number of Elvis movies from MGM and every Sunday during the rating "sweeps" he'd schedule an Elvis film and a John Wayne film. One week Wayne would go first and the next week Elvis would. When he first proposed the idea I thought it was the oddest double feature I'd every heard of and that he was nuts, but it worked. We got the highest ratings in years.

Don't worry about it. There's been a lot of our northern neighbors making that mistake. Since the default schedule is the U.S. one, perhaps it should say so and have the link to the Canadian one more noticable. Anyway, we're glad you're here with us and I hope you enjoy TCM.

Well, Fred is corect about the 3-strip Technicolor films, but I think another problem , if your talking about movies in a theatre, is simply enough that the projection lamps used are not bright enough to properly light the screen. Up until about twenty-five or thirty years ago all projectors had carbon arc lamps which made light by burning a positive and a negative rod of carbon which created a brilliant light which made the picture sparkle on the screen. Today, they use a Xenon lamp which is like a giant light bulb. They are very expensive and the brighter the lamp the more expensive it is. Lots of times theatres will skimp on the size of the lamp in order to save money. When I go to a theatre that's underlit, I always complain because for my money I expect to see what's on the screen.

Universal owns all the Paramount films made prior to 1948. So that includes all the titles you mentioned. Universal has been very slow in releasing most of the Paramounts, but perhaps that's changing. "The Cecil B. DeMille Collection" comes out on May 23 and includes "Sign of the Cross", Four Frightened People, "Cleopatra", "The Crusades" and "Union Pacific". Perhaps if this set sells well, they'll release more DeMille films. I'm looking forward to "Union Pacific" which is my favorite DeMille western.

I don't believe it's ever been released on DVD. Just one of many that haven't been. Won't help you with this one, but may I suggest that next time you try TCM's shopping link. They have a partnership with a company called Movies Unlimited which is the largest mailorder and on-line movie retailer in the U.S. You can search on-line or for $10 you can order their fabulous 800 page catalog. Even if you don't order movies from them it makes a great reference as to what's out there. Just go to the top of this page and click on "shopping".

Another terrific film on the subject is "Come Fill The Cup" (1951) in with Jimmy Cagney was an alcoholic newspaper reporter. Might be tough to find. I haven't seen it around in years.

I think TCM has run this before. It's not in their library, they leased it from Universal. Perhaps they still have the rights or can get them again. Anyway, I'd enjoy seeing it again. Good movie.

I think you're all missing the point. The question is "What movie can NEVER be re-made? Well, that's easy. Any film can be re-made. It doesn't mean that it will be as good or even better, or even that it should be, just technically speaking any film can be remade.The question really should be "What movie SHOULD NEVER be made? As you all have pointed out that list would be endless.