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Not to sound like a salesman for them, but just click on "shopping" at the top of this page and you'll be linked to "Movies Unlimited" one of the largest and oldest movie sellers in the country. If it's out there, it's most likely MU will have it or can get it.

I'm drooling over this one. I've had it on pre-order since it first was announced and it's been shipped so I should have it in the next day or two. I can't wait.

Thanks MissPlum. I knew I could count on somebody here. That's why I always try to answer people's quesions because you never know when you'll need an answer yourself. I shall order it tonight. I overlooked it on the MU sight because, out of habit, I was searching for a DVD not a VHS. However, since the movie is more important to me than the format, I'll be happy to watch it on tape. Thanks again.

I posted this on a British forum and didn't have much luck so I'll try our experts here. While looking through a Kino Video catalog, I came across a 1938 Alexander Korda film which I've never heard of called "South Riding". Good cast including Sir Ralph Richardson, Edna Best and Edmund Gwenn. I checked the TCM database, imdb and a couple others and I got all the info on it, but I'd really like to hear from somebody, who has actually seen it, before I spring for it. Anybody?

I always like Dick Cavett too, and I agree that the eight shows featuring movie legends will be great to see. However, TCM is, first and foremost , a movie channel with some other movie related programming tossed in and I don't think it would be the right place for a general talk show. Search these forums and see how much flack TCM is taking when they try and do something a little different including Cavett.

I guess it depends on the hotel chain and location. My wife and I prefer Hampton Inns and I don't think we've ever stayed at one that didn't have TCM.

If you tell us the titles you're interested in, perhaps one of us "old-timers" can remember if it's been run.

Crank up your VCR or DVD recorder. TCM has it scheduled on Wednesday, October 28th at 2am. Fine movie.

Don't worry, "The Mortal Storm" is usually shown at least a couple of times a year so I'm sure it will turn up again. Usually when TCM changes the schedule for a tribute they reschedule the films that got dropped. Remember, however, that they work several months ahead so it might be a few months before they show it again.

To make it simple... TCM cannot always get the Canadian rights to films that they lease from other studios. Those rights may already be leased to somebody else. When TCM first started they showed films from their own library almost exclusively, now they've broadened their programming with films from others. They have the same issues with TCM in other countries too. It works the other way also. In England, for example, they may run certain films that they can't show in the U.S. I don't know if you are aware, but if you click on "schedule" you can get then click on the Canadian schedule.

Hi caryl, welcome to the boards. I know it dates me, but I too remember watching this great show when I was a kid. It was a staple in our house. Sadly, it's pretty much has vanished. The show was performed live for the east coast and again live three hours later for the west coast. Unlike today when a show may have 21 or 22 episodes and tons of repeats, in those days, there weren't a lot of repeats. Most series made 39 episodes a season and the remaining 13 weeks was usually filled by a different "summer replacement" show. Remember this was before the invention of video tape There was a recording process called "kinesope" in which a camera filmed the show off the screen of a tv set. The quality usually wasn't that good. I believe that there may be some episodes of "Mama" in the collection at the Museum of Broadcasting in New York City, but they don't rent or sell their material. You have to go there and watch it at the museum. It's really sad how much of the early days of television is gone forever because the shows were done live.

While I agree that "King Richard and the Crusaders" isn't one the greatest films, it holds a special place for me. It was the very first film that my parents ever let me go see by myself. That's how it all began and how I got hooked on movies. Thanks Mom and Dad!

The original "The Thing" is one of my favorites. The John Carpenter version, which by the way is closer to the original story, is one that had grown on me. The first time I saw it I hated it. I don't think I had ever seen such graphic special effects before. Now after after watching it a number of times, I tend to like it more. I still won't put it on my favorites list, but it's something I do watch once in a while.

Since TCM runs films on tape, there are no reel changes so I would guess that's the way the tape came in. Unless somebody actually sits down and screens every movie, before it airs, and is familiar with both films I doubt that any one would have noticed. I'll bet that somebody there will be looking into it now.

Most of the more recent horror films you mentioned are leased to other networks so, even if they wanted to, TCM can't run them. As for "Night of the Living Dead", because it's in public domain, it gets run on several different channels around Halloween. With a few exceptions, TCM tries to show films that are either exclusive to them or at least not currently available on other channels.

Click on "Private Messages" at the top of this page. I sent you some more info.

SusannO, Here's another suggestion for you. There's a wonderful publication called "Classic Images" which is a ninety-something page, monthly, newspaper devoted to classic films, actors and studios. They've been publishing since the 1960s so somewhere in that time they must have done an extensive article on Dana Andrews. Drop them a note at classicimages.com and ask them and if they did you can buy a photocopy of it. Better yet, if you've never been a subscriber, ask for a free sample issue. After that, I'll bet you become one.

Interesting question. I've been around classic movies most of my life and can't ever recall seeing a book about Dana Andrews. Not to say there isn't one, just that I've never seen of one. I searched a couple of websites including Amazon and had no luck. Maybe somebody else knows of one. My suggestion is to check with your local public library. While it would be pure luck if they had one, the could do a subject search and find out if there is such a book. If there is one, they should be able to track down a library that has a copy and do an inter-library loan for you.

Well, because it's a request for your mom, I spent a good deal of time searching for this film. I couldn't find the scene you discribed in any synopsis in any of the databases I searched, but I did find one that could be the film. It's the 1947 British film "Frieda". It's about a German woman who helps an RAF pilot escape from a Nazi POW camp. He marries her and brings her home which causes many problems in the town. I've never seen the film, but it is available on VHS (sorry, no DVD). If you're interested, click on "shopping" at the top of this page, search the title and you can buy from the good folks at a company called ""Movies Unlimited".

I don't know about that title, but if you're interested in "sword & sandal" films in general, a good source is www.sinistercinema.com they have a pretty good number of them.

You may be right, I was looking at a VHS tape and couldn't get a clear freeze-frame. I'll have to check out a DVD. It makes sense that after all the time and trouble of shooting that number, they may have used a little animation help to make the explosions stand out more.

From what I understand from people who use captioning on a regular basis, it's not always a word-for-word translation and some abbreviations are used. It's much like subtitles on a foreign movie. If you had every word in the captioning, it would end up so far behind the picture that it wouldn't make sense or the captioning would be so fast that it would be next to impossible to read..

Welcome to the boards. It's called "movie magic". I just looked at that number and it looks to me like they used a special effects item called a "squib". It's a very small explosive device that is hooked up to an electric wire and can be fired off by throwing a switch. They still use them today when they want to show somebody getting shot. Only now they add a little stage blood to it and well, if you've ever watched "The Wild Bunch" or the like, you've seen the effect. In the case of "Holiday Inn", I think, they embedded them in the floor and fired them off on cue to sync with the music and Fred's dancing. I'll bet it took a good number of takes to get it right. Today, I imagine it would all be added later by computer animation, but I like they old way better.

As others pointed out the line was "damage suit". Remember, the word damn was prohibited by the production code at the time. When Rhett Butler says "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" at the end of "Gone With The Wind" MGM was fined $5,000. The word was used, in that case, because the book was so popular and well known Louis B. Mayer felt that it would look idiotic for Rhett say something like "Frankly my dear, I don't care" so he used it and accepted the fine.

I would assume if you wrote him at TCM he'd get it. Turner Classic Movies 1050 Techwood Drive Atlanta, GA 30318