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The Magnificient Ambersons?

Alice Adams?

Tomorrow, Monday, February 2 at 4 PM ET: Three Comrades, one of the best 10 films of 1938 (according to my new book - Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made by The New York Times), and one which I enjoyed thoroughly when I saw it on TCM last April 24th. Also, I'd be interested in knowing from those of you who participate here, what your thoughts are regarding the other films being shown tomorrow ... specifically, The Guardsman, Possessed, Marie Antoinette, and A Free Soul. I haven't seen any of these but have heard of them and didn't know if I should tape them or not. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

Just trying to help ... a simple suggestion which I hope you won't think is obnoxious, but ... if you run your cable into the VCR and then from your VCR into your TV, you shouldn't have the problem of someone changing the channel affecting the movie you are taping. Unless of course you're using your VCR as your cable tuner because your TV is too old to have this function built in.

Finally had a chance to watch my tape from last month of Come Live With Me. I must have laughed out loud two or three times (which is unusual, at least for me;- ) ... meaning it was pretty funny. Thanks for the recommendation. Also, the only other Hedy film I've seen so far is Tortilla Flat, though I do have Boom Toom taped. I'm sure, given his reputation, that Spencer Tracy loved, er, working with her;- ) Obviously, she was very beautiful ... especially in Come Live With Me. Thanks again for the recommendation, even if you are a little bias antar;- )

Sounds like Billy Wilder's The Major and the Minor (1942) starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland.

Shane

I could be wrong, but it seems that there are a lot of silents (relatively speaking;- ) scheduled in April: http://turnerclassicmovies.com/Schedule/Print/0,,04-2004|0|,00.html Including a Harold Lloyd day - 4/20 and a Private Screenings day - 4/14 (O.K., no silents here, just thought it was worth mentioning;- )

Stella Dallas?

In Name Only?

Don't know if hint #5 works, but "The Roaring Twenties"?

You got it Stella!!! Congratulations, now it's your turn.

Nope, Clue #5 - a bunch of busy bodies

Nope, Clue #4 - a school (for children)

Nope, Clue #3 - off to war

Clue #2 - A curly headed gal

O.K., in absence of anyone else starting a game, and since I haven't done this in quite a while, I'll give it a go. Clue #1 - a gala with dancing

A couple of gems coming tomorrow (Wednesday, January 28) on TCM: 6:00 PM In This Our Life (1942) A neurotic southerner steals her sister's husband then vies with her for another man. Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent. D: John Huston. BW 97m. CC 8:00 PM The African Queen (1951) A grizzled skipper and a spirited missionary take on the Germans in Africa during World War I. Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley. D: John Huston. C 105m. CC And this Saturday night, two of Hitchcock's best (among others worth watching), though I'm sure everyone here has already seen them;- )

Moira, please go ahead and start a new game ... I was kidding, that's why I used a smilie;- ) I had figured it out earlier this afternoon and was waiting for another clue. But hey, I've played many a game and can't continue one this evening in either case. So go for it! Thanks, no harm no foul;-)

No fair, you're supposed to wait until the next clue to guess again;- )

With the limited details you've provided thus far, it sounds a little bit like "An Affair to Remember" or "Love Affair". However, much of the last of these films takes place in New York. Does the entire film to which you are referring take place on a cruise ship?

The Ox-Bow Incident?

Mongo, just let us know when TCM is showing XXX again, O.K.;-)

Thank you so much EVERYONE for recommending this film. I saw it last night and I enjoyed it very much. I'd never seen the young Don Ameche before, and of course I've always loved Claudette Colbert (did she make any bad films? If so, I haven't seen one;- ) Not sure what character was played by Barrymore's wife, not memorable in either case. But Robert Osborne did relate the tale of why she was in the film (to keep him in line) in his intro.

Today I watched my 68th (out of 75) Best Picture Oscar winner - Cimarron (1931). I have to say that this film dates badly, especially the acting. I know that The Front Page was also nominated for Best Picture that year, a film I thought was far superior to this one. And, although I haven't seen, I've heard Trader Horn is worth seeing as well. Cimarron has several old stereotypes (racial, and others) in it, which is understandable for the time it was filmed. But, other than that, it feels very long and, in the end, unfulfilling. It is a Western which focuses on the settling of Oklahoma through statehood. There are several contrived scenes which cheapen what I think could have been a better film. There were perhaps two scenes worth seeing: the land rush (which has since been done better, even in the 30's e.g. the Oklahoma Kid) and a church revival held in the largest building in town (the gambling house!). Initially, I thought to myself "well, it was made in 1931, what did you expect?". And then I remembered several other well made horror and gangster films from that same year. So, who knows? Perhaps I just don't have a good feel for the pulse of America in 1931. It's clear to me that it's one of the most disappointing of the Best Picture Oscar winners (and that's saying a lot;- )