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I watched my copy of THE MISSING JUROR, recorded from DirecTV. the night before last and it was perfect, not even a glitch. The common link here seems to be cable.
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote} THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES, is an outstanding comedy irrespective of Abbott and Costello.
I'd forgotten about THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES. I always like that film, in fact at one time I owned a 16mm print of it.
Thanks for the WHO'S ON FIRST link. That's one of the greatest comedy routines ever written.
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> {quote:title=Hudson_Hawk wrote:}{quote}> PS: It's Harry Cohn, not "Cohen."
You're right, of course. It was spelled "Cohen" in the article and I never picked up on the misspelling. My mind must be slipping in my old age.
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I imagine that most of the time they used four projectors. In the Syracuse case, the theater was a former Loews first-run 3000 seater and already had three projectors of its own. I guess they figured that they might as well replace them all so everything looked the same on the screen. As I recall, we used the projectors on the ends for the bulk of the film and the three middle projectors were wired in sync for the finale. We also had three projectionists at each showing. It was certainly a great experience.
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I've never been a huge A&C fan, but I enjoy some of their films especially A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN However, I've never been able to like Wheeler & Woolsey. I just don't find them funny. I know some folks love them and that's terrific, but I'm just not one of them.
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Most likely it was pulled because Sony couldn't provide TCM with a digital tape in the format they use. This has happened with a number of Columbia titles that Sony distributes. At least it was taken off the schedule in advance and not at the last minute.
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Breaking news.... The balloon came down and the kid wasn't in it. Abducted by aliens? Fell out? Nope, they found him at home. Perhaps, he accidentally let the thing go and got scared and hid. Anyway he's safe.
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In the latest issue of Films of The Golden Age there's a very interesting interview (from 1987) with Van Johnson. In it he tells how he saw the director's cut of THE CAINE MUTINY and it clocked in at a little over three hours and to quote him "it was terrific". He goes on to say that Columbia studio chief Harry Cohen cut an hour out of it for no other reason than to allow theaters an extra showing a day. He further stated that he had been told that the director's cut no longer existed.
Longer doesn't always make a film better, but it sure would be interesting to see that cut.
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Yes, Fred those showings were pretty spectacular. I was one of the projectionists when it played a huge old movie palace in Syracuse, NY.
We ran it on five projectors with three tied in sync and only used for the last reel. Since the theater's own projectors had carbon arc lamps (still fairly common back then) Coppola rented five state of the art projectors with Xenon lamps, had them shipped from Boston and installed so that the light would match when changing from reel to reel. He also sent a "technical operations manager" to oversee each theater. It had to cost a small fortune. That was a first class operation all the way.
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Thanks for the tip. That's something to look forward to. I wonder if it will be a full-blown release or Warner Archives. Either way I'll be happy to have it. I just re-watched the DVD I made from my barely passable VHS copy and kept thinking about how it really deserves a release. I been thinking of buying a R2 DVD from Spain, but it never fails six months after I go to all that trouble it gets released over here. I think I'll hold off.
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> {quote:title=mark83 wrote:}{quote}
> Does anyone know when I Married A Witch will be available on DVD
The real question should be "Why isn't it available on DVD in the United States, when it's on DVD in Britain?" It's available from amazon.uk for the British pound equivalent of about $13.00, but it's a region 2 DVD and that's not compatible with most players sold in the U.S. It's not an isolated case, there are a lot of sought after American titles available in Europe, but not here. Yes, I know some bootleggers sell it here, but I'm talking official release.
I bought a region-free player so I could play any DVD, but for most people, it's not worth it.
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote} Some things slip between the cracks.
Having been in the business, like yourself, I understand what's involved and that's why I always like to give TCM the benefit of the doubt when things happen. There are however people on these boards who seem to get great glee in pointing out TCM's errors and chastising them for it. My comments are aimed at them and not people who are just trying being helpful.
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}> Well, as long as we're citing figures, not all of those 3,600 titles are widescreen in the first place.
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> Consider it less a matter of finding fault than it is an FYI. I worked in programming at a major NYC station, were I given something less than originally negotiated for, I would and did demand some form of compensation.
My point wasn't that they were all widescreen. My point was that 99% of them were shown in the proper aspect ratio, whatever it may be, and were unedited.
I too worked in movie programming at a local station (for almost 40 years) and I agree that if they were sent the wrong version the distributor should make it good in some way, perhaps as an extra run in the proper format at no cost, but that's TCM's concern not the viewers.
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As has been mentioned here many times, TCM _always_ requests a film in its original aspect ratio. However they are at the mercy of the studios and distributors as to what version they actually receive. Same thing with edited versions. TCM _never_ edits films, but on occasion they will receive an edited TV version by mistake. In both cases they usually try and get the proper version and reschedule it later. Still, TCM shows over 3600 films a year and if these kinds of things happen, maybe, ten or twelve times a year that means that they do it right well over 99% of the time. They can't be faulted for that kind of record.
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Just goes to prove that you can't judge a screen legend by one or two of his earlier films. Remember THE SILVER CHALICE? I don't think that there's any star who hasn't done his/her share of bad films either by forced studio assignments, poor choices or just for the money. As for PARIS BLUES, I haven't seen it since it first came out and really don't remember it much. If it's as bad as all that I might give it a peek.
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote} I'm going to get the reputation on this board of being obstinate....I seem to have opposing views to every thread & opinion.
That's OK. If everybody always agreed with everybody else it would be pretty boring around here.
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I think that Natalie Wood would be good for another turn as SOTM, but I think what it boils down to is whether or not TCM has enough of her films for a full month. Things have changed in the years since 1998 and TCM no longer has access to many of the films they showed in the past. You never know, though, maybe she'll turn up again.
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Movies and football? Well, that would at least broaden your fields of interest 100%.
This whole thread got me thinking that over all the decades I've been a cinephile, I'll bet at least 90% of my film buff friends, do not have a spouse with the same passion for classic films that they do. It's true in my case and it works for me.
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Are we creeps? No we're just people who, because of our passion for classic films, have a much richer life than the average person.
Having said that, it's also important to realize that everyone doesn't share that passion and will soon become bored (or call us creeps) if that's all we talk about. It can never hurt to have a few other interests.
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I've never seen that ad before. Perhaps TCM is using "TCM Vault Collection" as an umbrella title for films from other studios that are going to be exclusively available through the TCM's link with Movies Unlimited. If so that's a new one on me. Although if that's the case, you'd think they'd show up as available for pre-order if the release is in the next 2-3 months.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote} > I'm told that the current issue of the Now Playing guide had an add for new titles that were supposed to be sold through the TCM Vault - including Remember the Night and a collection of Universal horror flicks, including Murders in the Zoo.
Holly, the only ads in this month's NOW PLAYING are for Esther Williams vol 2, The William Castle Collection and the Blu-Ray release of THE WIZARD OF OZ.
In any case, they wouldn't be part of the TCM Vault Collection which only includes films that are controlled by Warner Bros. The titles you mentioned are being released on DVD by Universal. No doubt they will be available through TCM's shopping arrangement with Movies Unlimited, but I don't know when.
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Welcome to the boards. If you go to the top of this page, click on "schedule" and look at the entire month you'll see that between now and Halloween TCM is showing at least 40 horror and sci-fi films which should put you in the mood for the big day. These include several Vincent Price films including THE TINGLER and also the original 13 GHOSTS.
One point, TCM no longer has a "vault" or a film library. When Ted Turner merged his company with Time-Warner, some years ago, all the films went under the control of Warner Bros. which means that TCM has to lease every film they show and that means sometimes being outbid by other channels. That explains why some films which they showed in the past, like the original Universal horror classics are not on the schedule this year.
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Voice your opinion? You just did. It's a well known fact that the vice president in charge of programming and others at TCM regularly read these boards and on some occasions will even respond. Even if they don't reply they do read these things.
As for turning into AMC, just look at the January 2010 schedule. I think you'll be feeling a lot better.
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It's a shame that the only way to see this terrific film is on horrible public domain DVDs.
What does TCM own?
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Welcome to the boards. As Holly pointed out TCM doesn't "own" any films. They have to lease everything from studios and distributors. From a business standpoint, I doubt that TCM would make public a list of what they have under contract, or that they are negotiating for. No network does that. You don't want your competitors to know what you are planning.