markfp2
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I wonder how you would like it someone made such comments about your appearence on a website. You're being awfully petty. The way I see it is we all tune in to watch the movies and I couldn't care less about how the hosts look. I've never noticed the problem you have, but if indeed he does look like that, I'd say it was more of a problem with how the set was lit than his makeup.
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bmovielover: Interesting point. I never thought of it that way.
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Go to the top of the page, click on "schedule" and when that page comes up you'll see "Canadian schedule" on the right just below the big graphic. Just click on that and you're there. I've never compared it to the U.S. schedule, but as others have pointed out, TCM may not always have the Canadian rights to films they lease from other companies so there will mostly likely be differences at least a couple of times of the month. Glad you guys are with us now. enjoy.
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Why Gregg Toland, the cinematographer, who was shooting him dying of course. Seriously, I've wondered about that for years and haven't been able to come up with a logical answer. I guess we'll never know for sure.
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Sounds to me like it's Clint Eastwood's "High Plains Drifter" (1971). The only difference is that in "Drifter" you do see his face thoughout the film. If it is, it sure isn't a "B" movie.
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I also watched part of "Bridge" and I recorded "Sunset" and just checked the DVD and both were in perfect synch. Most of the time these things are problems at your cable company's end and involves getting both audio and video from the satellite at the same time (athough they won't admit it and will blame TCM). It's very rare for TCM or any other channel, for that matter, to send out a signal that has audio out of synch with the picture. You might find it on a very old movie where the sound was printed slighty out of sync on the original film print, but there isn't anything that can be done about that and it's pretty scarce.
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Last night, I was flipping channels and I saw a bit of "Sabrina" and tonight I'm recording "Sunset Blvd." so I know that they both ran. I don't know what to tell you. Could you be confusing the times for different times zones?
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Wow! Warner Bros. sure is going to get rich off of me this year. Anyone who says that Warner isn't the top company when it comes to classics is doesn't know what they're talking about.
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Yes, I do consider myself lucky. Twice I've been there, both times on guided tours and each time we stopped at the village of Cong where much of the movie was filmed. The village hasn't changed that much since the film, although there aren't dirt streets anymore. And just wandering around, it's very easy to spot different houses and other locations in the film. The older folks in Cong have fond memories of the cast and crew being there. Of course, I think the best thing for them was the fact that before the movie came to town, like much of rural Ireland back then, they didn't have electricity. The government installed it so the movie could be made there. It will always be a high spot of my trips.
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I was looking up "THEM!" , one of my favorites, on the new database and when I checked the part "AFI Notes" I was shocked to see it stated that it was filmed in 3-D and WarnerColor. That's the first time I ever heard that. While the main title has color lettering that looks like it would work in 3-D, I had never knew of even a suggestion that color and 3-D was the plan.That sure be something if TCM could come up with that version. Anyone else ever hear this?
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Will all you "Prophets of Doom" please find another channel to watch. Leave TCM to those of us who appreciate its programming. We're sick of hearing you complain over everything TCM does. What's next, you don't like the host's suit? By the way the 1970's are 25-30 years ago and a great film of that era could certainly be considered a "classic".
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I find it amazing that somebody would complain about the score having only heard a few seconds of it taken out of context. What the whole thing before you complain. Besides it the composer's choice what he uses.
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I always compare watching a full-screen version of a film made in widescreen to reading a book that had every third page ripped out.
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I was going to say that TCM has run Bowery Boys films before, but now that I think of it, it may have been AMC before they went down the toilet. In either case, I wouldn't mind seeing some again myself. The were never sophisticated or classy, but always fun.
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I year or so ago, I did a major search for this title and couldn't find any listing showing that it had ever been released before on VHS or DVD. One of many that should be.
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Sounds like a great idea, but I believe that the cable network "Spike" has a lock on all the Columbia Stooges shorts. From what I understand they are very popular on that channel. Columbia did produced a lot of other shorts besides the Stooges, which nobody ever seems to show, perhaps TCM could get some of those. They may not be "The Stooges", but as I remember they were pretty good.
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I've searched a number of databases and on-line movie retailers and it appears that while "Pay or Die" was released on VHS, at one time, it's no longer available and is out of print. You could try e-bay or some dealer that specializes in "rare" tapes, but they tend to be pretty pricey. Good luck.
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You have to remember, that unlike Encore's "Westerns" channel which runs westerns and nothing but westerns, TCM has a much broader audience with varied tastes. I'm sure there are as many folks who would like musicals all day saturday or silents on sundays or 1950s sci-fi films all weekend, but TCM has to balance its schedule to try and provide something for everyone and that's a tough job. I, for one, like to see a day devoted to one kind of film now and then, but it would be a turnoff for me to have it that way every week.
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As far as I know, they are not related. Maurice Walsh was a popular Irish writer during the first half of the 20th century. I believe he died in the early '50s.
Interestingly, John Ford bought the rights to "The Quiet Man" around 1935 and it took him until 1952 to get it made into a movie. None of the studios thought it would be of interest to American audiences. It was only because his three John Wayne cavalry movies made so much money for Republic Pictures, that he convinced the studio boss, Herbert J. Yates, to let him make it. If you can imagine, Yates wanted to shoot it in black and white on the studio back lot using players he had under contract. If Ford hadn't insisted on shooting in Technicolor and on location in Ireland, it sure wouldn't be the classic it turn out to be. Thank you, John Ford.
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I recorded "Four Feathers" and it came out to about 115 minutes, which would be correct.I've seen the film many times and it was shown complete and uncut. The listed running time of 130 minutes is for the more recent version. Somebody who does the data entry for TCM must have picked it up by mistake. Oh well, that's life. I'd rather have a mistake showing a film longer than shorter so that there's no chance of only recording part of it.
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Melanie: If you haven't already found it, the book you want is "The Quiet Man and Other Stories" by Maurice Walsh. If you expect it to be like the movie, you'll be in for a shock. The segment that the movie deals with is just a small portion of the book. A good deal of it has to do with the Irish Rebublican Army and Ireland's fight for independence. I just checked Amazon and they have it in paperback for about $15.00.
If you want to read about the making of the movie, the best and most complete book on the subject is "The Complete Guide to The Quiet Man" by Des MacHale.
Amazon also has this one too for about $19.00. I bought this one when I was on a trip to Ireland and read it from cover to cover on the flight back. It's one of the best books about making a film that I've ever read. I'm sure you'd enjoy it.
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Welcome to the forum! You say that you have 8mm films from the 1920s? What I really think you have are copies of 1920 films which were most likely released in the 1950s. Before the age of VCRs, 8mm films were sold in stores for home use. The largest company to make them was Castle Films which had an arrangement with Universal and sold silent, ten minute, abridgements of sound films. That's right they cut a ninety minute movie down to ten and released it without sound. Strangely enough, they proved pretty popular. There were other, smaller companies that sold 8mm prints of silent films and without knowing the title, I'd guess that might be what you have.
I've been involved in with film collector conventions for decades and while there are collectors of 8mm out there, there aren't too many. From what I've seen, 8mm films might sell for just a few dollars if you found a collector who's interested, but I don't think you'd have anything really rare.
My suggestion is to go to classicimages.com. It's a newspaper devoted to classic films and ask for a free sample (they'll send you one if you've never subscribed before) then if you really want to pursue it you could place a classified ad and see if anyone is interested. Good luck.
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Interesting. I didn't realize that AMC showed it. Of course, I won't have anything to do with them since they changed their format and added commercials. Still, it might be a good place to start. They ran a lot of Fox films so maybe Fox still has it, but I get the Fox Movie Channel and I don't recall them ever running there.
Is a movie you don't like a waste of time?
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I put this question on another forum and got some many interesting answers I thought I'd ask it here. A friend of mine thinks that if he sees a film and doesn't like it then it's a total waste of his time. My position is that even if I don't really like a certain film I still find seeing it worth my time. Good or bad, I enjoy the experience of watching a film and I always learn something about the actors or the director or whatever that adds to my knowledge of films and filmmaking. I'm sure I've seen a few over the years that I really felt were a waste, but even then I learned something. The movie stank. Any thoughts?