markfp2
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> {quote:title=SuzanC wrote:}{quote}
> Is there something underlying that I don't know?
Welcome to the boards. I wouldn't read anything sinister in the fact that it's not being shown. Most likely, for whatever reason, TCM couldn't get the rights to it. Perhaps one of the premium movie channels has it tied up. We all like to think that TCM can show just about any movie they want, but that's really not the case.
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I can't explain the e-mail, but as of this moment it's still on the schedule for 5am tomorrow. Being that "31 Days" is TCM's biggest event of the year, I'd be very suprised if they pulled a film at the last minute, especially one they showed before.
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I've always have been of the opinion that any film is worth seeing once. Either because it's entertaining or something can be learned from seeing it. In the case of MY SON JOHN, it was the latter. I learned that THE MOVIE STUNK!
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Of course, it can be turned off. It had to be turned on in the first place (perhaps by accident), so it can be turned off. Check the instruction manual for your TV or sometimes your cable box or recorder, if you have one. If you can't find the manual, try clicking the "menu" button and scroll down the list until you come to the audio settings one of them will say SAP. That's it.
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Welcome to the boards. You might try [classicflix.com] which operates like netflix, but only has classic films. I'm not a member, but maybe somebody else can tell you more.
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If you do a search, you should come up with other threads on the subject. It appears that many of the stars that TCM would love to interview have turned them down. Some either are ill or for whatever reason simply don't want to interviewed. A name that comes to mind is Doris Day who said no. Of course, in her case, she's become pretty reclusive in recent years even turning down a special Oscar because she didn't want to appear at the Academy Awards to accept it.
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote} ...and they made great hot dogs, which were cooked on an odd device of heated metal rollers, which kept them rotating.
I don't know what it is about those devices, but hot dogs always taste better when they come off of one. You can still find them around. I know the snack bar in our local Target store has one and it gets me drooling every time I walk in that store.
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Well, going back to the very early days, from what I've read, theaters didn't sell popcorn, but usually there were street vendors who would set up shop outside and sell popcorn or peanuts.
Even as a kid in the 1950's, at least in my hometown, only the big first-run theaters had actual concession stands which sold popcorn, candy and ice cream. Soda was sold only from vending machines. The second-run theaters usually just sold candy and popcorn out of vending machines.
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Personally, I have no problem with program changes due to a tribute. People don't wait three months to have a funeral, so why wait that long for a tribute. TCM always tries to reschedule films pre-empted for tributes, usually during the next upcoming schedule that hasn't been released yet, which right now would be May.
However, you do have a good point about letting folks know about changes. I know TCM must notify the various cable and satellite providers because I'm with DirecTV and they almost always have the changes in their on-screen program guide and I've seen them in the newspaper schedule for the local cable company. Perhaps, TCM should consider producing some kind of on screen program change announcement that could be run in the days before the change. Wouldn't need to be anything fancy, just a graphic and a voice-over announcement would do.
EDIT: Patful, I just read your comment. If TCM is already running on air announcements, I guess I've never caught one, so they're already ahead of me. That's good.
Edited by: markfp2 on Feb 2, 2010 1:08 PM
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I've been looking for a new popcorn bowl, ya got that guy's address?
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The name really has nothing to do with any year or century. The company was formed in a merger between two companies 20th Century Pictures and Fox Film Corporation. It's said that at one time they did copyright the name 21st Century-Fox, but only to keep anybody else from using it.
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> {quote:title=Jenetico wrote:}{quote} I was the _FIRST PERSON_ to call and tell them the signal to TCM was not functioning.
Don't bet on it. Cable companies are notorious for "stretching" the truth, especially when it comes to customer service complaints. I know one person who works for one of the biggest cable companies in the country and when she was being trained was told to never admit to a problem. Either blame it on that specific network or say that they haven't received any other calls about it so that the customer feels that maybe it's their own fault.
Things like that are why I switched to satellite eleven years ago.
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> {quote:title=Jenetico wrote:}{quote}
> *Last night we lost our TCM signal about 5:30 PM CST. We waited for quite a while, but it did not come back on. All last night, we returned to TCM to check and nothing. This morning still no signal. Finally about 10:30 AM CST I called our cable company. I was the _FIRST PERSON_ to call and tell them the signal to TCM was not functioning. We belong to a mega large cable company, I was shocked to learn the tech I was talking with, had no reports of others reporting outage. To make a long story short, our signal was restored about noon. Hallelujah. I hate not having access to TCM. Just a word to the wise. If you lose TCM, might be the fault of your cable company!*
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote} ...it may be at least in part due to the tough economic climate...
Last year, I read a financial article about Time-Warner, and while it didn't mention TCM specifically, it did indicate that T-W had ordered cost cutting in all of it's divisions. That certainly would explain the increase in repeats.
All things considered, I'm amazed at how much new programming TCM is still able to do right now especially since they don't have any commercial revenue.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote} Yes, but this thread is not about which movies should be on TCM. It's about a book that's aimed squarely at movie buffs like us, who prefer primarily the movies from a few decades ago.
Sorry Holly, we did sort of get off track. I guess it's one of those unresolvable things where the best we can do is agree to disagree.
Anyway, everybody should get the book. I have dozens of various film guides and reference books and without question it's the one I use the most. Its coming out just in time, my copy of the first one is held together with duct tape and is not long for this world. In fact, I think I'm going to order a second copy and put away for a couple of years.
By the way, especially folks in the east, Leonard will be attending CINEFEST 30 in Syracuse, NY on March 25-28 and will also be guest auctioneer at our annual film & memorabilia auction on Sunday. For details: [www.syracusecinefest.com]
OK, OK, I know it was a shameless plug, but ya gotta to take advantage of perfect timing.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> Perhaps the 3rd edition will come along by 2015 and include classic movies up to 1970?
I was thinking the same thing, but didn't want to bring it up. Just the thought of that possibility could ruin some folks' day.
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote} ... But it is one of the few 1933 Fox movies that The Fox Movie Channel shows. It's on a few times a year, and while that's great, every time they run it again, I keep wishing they'd give us some of the way too many other 1933 Fox films they never show (and others from 1932 & 1931 & 1930 & 1934 & 1935...).
Now, what's the words to that song that Doris Day sings in the movie JUMBO?
Oh yeah, "over and over and over again". I think that's become the official anthem of the Fox Movie Channel programming department.
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> Leonard's approach bolsters the argument that classic pre-dates the mid-1960s. Thanks, Leonard!
Well, since he's extended coverage from 1960 to 1965 it also bolsters the argument that the time frame for being considered a classic is ever expanding and not an arbitrary, "carved in stone" set of years.
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Holly, Thanks for posting this. The last I heard it wasn't coming out until spring. I also see that it expanded its coverage from 1960 to 1965. That will make some people happy as the talk was it would go up to 1970.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> It would be nice for TCM to occasionally air the old Indian Head test pattern every now and then.
I wonder how many people here, besides me, know what you're talking about. With stations broadcasting 24/7 and never signing off, there must be at least a couple of generations who've never seen a test pattern.
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> lz, with all due respect, if TCM showed 24 hours of a blank screen, you'd praise it.
Considering the general state of TV programming today, if TCM ran nothing but a blank screen 24 hours a day, it would _still_ be better than many other channels.
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Glad you and your mom enjoyed it. That's all that really matters.
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> {quote:title=JonnyGeetar wrote:}{quote} But hey, you gots to eat.
How true. While it's nice to think that great actors will keep high standards when it comes to choosing roles, eventually they find that holding out usually doesn't pay the bills. By then, an offer of a big paycheck for working a few weeks in a mediocre Italian western, shot Yugoslavia, looks pretty good.
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I had heard that there was a Japanese version, so I thought I'd see if I could locate it. I could find no indication that it was released in the U.S. so I checked amazon's Japanese site. [amazon.co.jp] The site is in Japanese, and even though my computer can do an English translation, it's a little difficult to understand at times.
Anyway, the good news is that there is a 3-disc set called "Tora! The Collector's Box" which appears to include the Japanese version. The bad news is that the Japanese DVDs are region 2 and, unless you have a multi-region player you can't watch them here. They won't play on standard region 1 players sold in this country. It also doesn't say if the Japanese version has English subtitles. The prices is 8,979 Japanese Yen which comes out to about $98 (US).
If it weren't so pricey and I was sure it had subtitles I'd be tempted to get it myself just for the Japanese version.
31 Days of Oscar.....
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Welcome to the boards. If you search you'll discover that there's at least one other thread on this topic and most of the people agree with you. Obviously, it's too late for this year, but maybe if enough people comment about it we'll see a return next year.