markfp2
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Gosh I hope not. While I love Sean Connery, the last thing we need is another remake of a great classic. Rex Harrison was perfect in the role.
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Welcome to the boards! To answer your question, there isn't anywhere to find the schedule for One-Reel Wonders. It's been brought up here many times. TCM says that they don't schedule shorts until a day or two before they air, when they know how much time they need to fill between movies and by then it's too late to add them to the schedule. It's been suggested that they put them on the webpage, but that request has fallen on deaf ears. Maybe if enough people complain about it someday they'll find a way to do it. Sorry.
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There's a beautiful restored version it available on DVD which has scenes that were cut after it's first release. You can buy it online from most dealers including TCM's shopping link to Movies Unlimited. It's a tad pricey, but well worth it.
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While there isn't anything I'd like better than a good foreign film, from a practical standpoint, I doubt TCM would increase the number they show by any great amount. Frankly, too many of TCM's viewers would be turned off by them. Just look at all the flack they took, right here on this forum, for the month of Indian films and recently the Japanese anime films. In order to be successful they must maintain a varied audience. Sadly, most people don't want to watch foreign films. Yesterday, TCM ran three of the greatest Japanese films ever made and I'll bet channels were changing quicker than you could say "subtitle".
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I agree, the shorts on One Reel Wonders are usually great. The idea of having them on DVD is good, but I doubt that there would be enough sales to make it worth the cost of manufacturing them. Those of us who would be interested are the minority of the DVD buying public.However I've said it before and I'll say it again, while I understand that shorts don't get scheduled until a day or two before they air, TCM should find a way to list them on-line.
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I don't think it has ever been released to home video. Being a 20th Century-Fox film, I'm pretty sure that it's been shown on The Fox Movie Channel before.
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If a film is in public domain anyone can show, telecast, duplicate or sell it and it's perfectly legal.There are rare exceptions like "It's a Wonderful Life" which was PD, but reverted back to the original copyright holder because they proved that they owned the literary rights to the original story which is still copyrighted. Another one is many of the Gene Autry films. The movies themselves are now PD, but nobody can do anything with them because all the music is still copyrighted. Of course they could just cut out all of Gene's songs.
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The TCM programmer posted a while back that they would be getting the rights to both "Island in the Sky" and "The High and the Mighty" in January of next year. I hope that all the other non-Wayne titles that his production company has been sitting on for decades will also air.
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Well, I've bought about 30 or 40 Alpha titles and they vary from so-so to very good depending on the title and source material. Ya gotta remember most of what they sell is in public domain and you can't expect a lot when buying PD. Still, they have a lot of titles that nobody else has and the price is low.
I don't know what kind of films you're looking for, but another company you might try is sinistercinema.com which is a small company in Oregon that specializes in horror, sci-fi, westerns, and all sorts of other genres. All their hundreds of titles are mastered from 16mm or 35mm prints and the quality is a lot better than most of Alpha's. However, Sinister's prices are much higher. ($12.95-$16.95) They started with vhs and now they're switching over to DVD. I bought dozens from them and have been generally been pleased.
The only thing I don't like about Sinister is they are very slow on shipping. My shipments to here in Upstate New York average about four weeks.
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You're new here so you don't know that this has been discussed in length before. To make it simple, while both TCM and Warner Bros. Pictures are part of the Time-Warner empire, they are seperate operations. When Ted Turner bought the MGM film library it included all the pre-1948 Warner films all the pre-1986 MGM films. Later on, he sold his company including TCM and the film library to Time-Warner with an arrangement the TCM still had access to the that film library. However, for any of the later Warner films, as strange as it may seem, TCM has to lease them from Warners just like any other channel would. This means that certain films may not be available to TCM since they may already be leased to some other channel.
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When it was first released in the U.S. the title was changed to "The Creeping Unknown". While the character of Quatermass was well known in the UK I guess they figured it wouldn't mean anything over here.
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That's a very good question. Both of the stars have been sorely overlooked. With the titles youn mentioned Warner could easily come out two multi-film sets for each.
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To me it's especially sad that Maureen Stapleton passed away. She grew up in my hometown of Troy, New York. Even after she made it on Broadway and movies she'd return home now and then. She had a love of movies and while I didn't know her personally, I met her several times. My first job was as an usher at one of the big first-run theatres and if she was in town you could bet she'd be there to see the latest film. She was always very friendly and delightful. She will be missed.
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Johnny, you're correct. Universal's library, including the pre-'48 Paramounts are owned by Universal and their Parent company. I think that the few Universals that aren't either were films produced by independent producers and just released by Universal or a few that may have, by oversight, been allowed to fall into public domain. I've said it before, I just can't understand why they are leaving most of those films in the vault. They don't seem to realize that they're sitting on a goldmine.
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Since you're new to TCM you don't know TCM programming patterns. They will do a month of special films like anime and a while back they did Indian "Bollywood" films which they lease from other companies. Sometimes, I imagine depending on the cost and availablity, they only have the rights to show them for a month. Other times, they will be continue to show them from time-to-time within their regular schedule mix. The best thing to do is to check the monthly schedules on-line to see what's coming up. And, of course, if it's something you really like, let TCM know so they will consider getting more.
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I think you mean "The Big Parade". It's an MGM picture so it should be in the TCM library. They've shown it before and no doubt will show it again. Just be patient.
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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.
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Yes, Debbie. Columbia Tristar is the TV distribution arm of Columbia Pictures which is owned by SONY.
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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!
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Young Tom Edison
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TCM has shown it a number of times, and since it's part of their MGM library, I imagine they'll show it again.