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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> Was it really Nostradamus who said it?
Actually, I think you're correct, but if it turns out to be true, I guess it won't really matter who said it.
Assuming we're all still here to watch them, maybe TCM should do a month of Armageddon films that year.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> I don't really know, but I hope to have figured it out by 2040.
Don't worry about it. Didn't you hear that Nostradamus said the world was ending in 2012? Wait a minute. Did he say it was ending "two-thousand twelve" or in "twenty-twelve"? That could make a difference. Oh no, here we go again.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} How about "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (1970) and "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972)?
Now you're talking! I could also throw in FARGO, the last reel of THE SHINING and for selected shorts a few episodes of ICE ROAD TRUCKERS. BRRRRR! I love it already.
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Yup. It's about the same in my part of upstate New York. Even worse as you get closer to the Canadian border. It's snowed every day this week, mostly a couple of inches or so, but it adds up.
I think I'm staying in for the weekend and have my own "Freeze Your Butt Off" film festival. Let's see:
The Thing, Dr. Zhivago, Scott of the Antarctic, Ice Station Zebra
Any suggestions?
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Lynn, A thousand thanks. Terrific stuff. I'm going to have a great time exploring this weekend.
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Yes, but Elvis plays a doctor. The nun is played by Mary Tyler Moore.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> One of Elvis very best films CHANGE OF HABIT with Mary Tyler Moore is never shown on TCM? Why is this? Who has the rights to this movie?
It's a Universal film so maybe TCM will get it one day, but I think at the moment one of the premium movie channels has the rights to it. Seems to me I saw a promo for it some months back.
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> {quote:title=drednm wrote:}{quote}
> I've been with TCM since the beginning but the roster of films seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
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> TCM used to have a vault; now they "rent" films for so many showings and the films play and play and play while hundreds of silents and early talkies never get shown any more.
Well, when Ted Turner started TCM, his company already owned over 5,000 films that TCM had unlimited access to. When he merged it into Time-Warner the deal required that the film library go under the control of Warner Bros. and TCM would be required to lease them just like any other channel.
Now, you add in the rotten economy and Time-Warner's financial troubles, it's easy to see that all their divisions, including TCM, have been told to cut costs and for TCM that mean more repeats.
Still, TCM has been able to continue to bring in new programming such as the pre-'48 Paramount and Universal films that have started this year, Columbia and Fox films that have been showing up on the schedules plus all the other little "gems" that will never be shown anywhere else. Even with a few more repeats, TCM is still the best and gives us the most creative classic film programming anywhere.
I think some folks forget how lucky we are. After all, in these tough times, it would have been very easy for Time-Warner to put dollars ahead of viewers and tell TCM to go the same route as AMC. If it takes more repeats to keep that from happening, bring on the repeats.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote} and I also love the "Puttin' on the Ritz" number.
"Puttin' on the Ritz" is great, but I can't keep a straight face when I watch it, I keep seeing Peter Boyle doing it in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.
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Lots of great suggestions, but I'd cast my vote for VINCENT PRICE. I'd especially like to see some of his rarely shown early films such as his first film SERVICE DE LUXE (1938), James Whale's GREEN HELL (1940),, THE EVE OF ST. MARK (1944) and the delightful comedy CHAMPAGNE FOR CAESAR (1950) co-starring Ronald Colman and Celeste Holm.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
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> Was the title of the Festival *Every Western Ever Made Except Shane* because that's been bugging me as the title since our conversation last night.
Oh great! You had to ask me something that required using my memory. At least you'd didn't ask me what I had for lunch today.
I want to say it was "Every Western Except Shane" or something close. I somehow don't thing they'd have used "Ever Made" because either they'd still be running nothing but westerns or sure enough some folks would take it literally and be calling or writing as to why some obscure Jack Hoxie film wasn't shown.
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Ask and ye shall receive. TMC is showing PT-109 at 8pm (eastern) on Thursday, April 29. You're lucky, most requests don't get filled nearly that quickly. Enjoy.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} I think *Cowboy* was shown as part of the *Every Western But Shane* about ten years ago.
It was part of the "Every Western But Shane" festival. Which, by the way I thought was a very clever idea by the programming department.
But, WOW! Has it really been about ten years? I'm feeling old enough without having to think about how fast the time has gone since then.
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It gets shown now and then on FMC, but isn't in their film mix as often as most of the other films they show multiple times each and every month.
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We also need to remember that, some of them may have ailments or other impediments caused by aging that they don't want disclosed. They want to be remembered as they were and not as they are. We certainly can't find fault with that.
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I'm all for it.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} After tonight, I'm going to start advocating/agitating for *El Cid* and *Secret of the Incas*.
Sounds good to me. I'd love to see EL CID on TCM and I haven't seen SECRET OF THE INCAS since the 1970's so I'm all for your agitation. Keep stirring up the pot and we'll see what floats to the surface. Who knows? Maybe it'll be Charlton Heston. Good luck!
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> *Obviously scheduled to fall in prime time on the west coast*
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> Maybe it's because the two biggest advocates/agitators for the film coming to TCM live on the West Coast?
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> Sheepishly walking away now.......
That's OK, even advocates and agitators deserve to win one now and then.
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Now this is the stuff that makes TCM stand out from the rest of the channels:
5:30 AM Short Film: Delicious Dishes (1950)
Experts demonstrate such innovative kitchen gadgets as the cheese slicer and the melon baller. BW-15 mins,
You'll never see that on AMC. (at least not without four commercial breaks in it)
Oh by the way, that's 5:30 am on Saturday, April 3rd if you want to set your recorders before you forget.
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Obviously scheduled to fall in prime time on the west coast. For any of us in the east who don't record and can't stay up, FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO will be shown again on Monday February 22 at 8pm. Terrific film, well worth seeing.
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> {quote:title=TriciaNY wrote:}{quote} Rare? This used to be on ever week when I was a kid...
No offense meant to those using the word, but I think sometimes "rare" gets used in the broadest sense. To me, a rare film is one that appears to no longer exist or maybe there's only one surviving print that's not generally available for showing.
In my opinion, just because a studio may have the negative and numerous prints sitting their vault for a couple of decades, but, for whatever reason, have chosen not release it, doesn't make it rare. Perhaps, a better term would be "rarely shown".
Regardless, it's good to see TCM's "rare" scheduling of the "rarely shown" THE EGG AND I.
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> {quote:title=patful wrote:}{quote} *Citizen Kane* , the most brutal 119 minutes I've ever encountered.
While I don't agree with you about CITIZEN KANE, I know where you're coming from. I've seen a lot of films over the years that felt like they 15 hours long.
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Another prequel and or sequel? YAWN!
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> It might have something to do with where I live, and the angle of my dish.
Could be. We had about 15" of snow last night and I have maybe an inch going about halfway up the dish and don't have a reception problem.
I'm still leaning towards it being the snow in combination with something else, but if it turns out that it's just the snow that's causing your trouble, you might consider a dish heater or dish cover. I don't know anyone, personally, that uses one, but from what I've read they work. Others say using a silicone spray on the dish keeps the snow from sticking. Some people even swear the best thing is Pam cooking spray. Besides keeping the snow off, in the heat of summer you might be able to fry eggs on the dish too.
Anyway, I wish you luck. I know I'd go nuts if I had to hang out the window every night and sweep the dish clean.
Disney's Dreadful Live Action
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> {quote:title=kimpunkrock wrote:}{quote}
> Disney in itself i think is pretty dreadful.
I'm afraid, I can't agree with that. Times were different back then. The Disney name meant something. Unlike today, any film with Walt Disney's name on it mean, good, wholesome, entertainment that the whole family could see and enjoy.
It didn't really matter what the film was, theater managers knew they'd just have to unlock the doors, stand back and listen to the delightful sound of the ticket machine clacking away confident that it was going to be a very good week.
As with any studio, Disney had its share of films that weren't that great, but it had some terrific ones too. Certainly 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA is as good or better as similar films from any studio of that era.
A lot of people today, make fun of Disney because those films weren't daring or cutting edge, but I think wherever Walt is, he's getting the last laugh because he knows that there are generations of people with fond memories of Saturday afternoons at the local Bijou with the latest film that started with his name above the title.