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By my quick count, I've seen 32 of the 63 movies you list from 1991, just over half. I would have put most of those movies in my own upper echelon, as well.

I was mainly trying to make the story more exciting than it actually was. Sorry if I wrongly assigned a motive to you that didn't actually exist.

Oh, I should have deduced what you meant in your first post. Yes, there's been another thread about this already. I suggested that TCM didn't want to post specific starting times anymore, because sometimes the next movie's beginning might be as much as 30 minutes away, and they want to hang on to viewers who might otherwise turn off their TVs when they realize how far away the next movie is. Someone immediately suggested my thoughts were stupid, because TCM has stated publicly they don't pay any attention to ratings. So I retorted that well, they want people to keep their TVs on long enough so they will see either a Backlot or Wine Club ad, which is now obligatory to air between every movie.

I've wondered about this for some years now, since the trend of every media enterprise deciding to reign in all the material to which they hold the rights and show exclusively on their own streaming service began. I think the young people mostly find ways to steal this stuff or borrow other people's passcodes. I heard about a year ago that Netflix was going to try to start policing that. I have a friend who jumps on every seven-day free trial he can find and then gets out again after binge-watching as much as humanly possible.

Yes, with Kenneth Branagh as Iago and Irene Jacob as Desdemonia. From 1995

Not The Bandwagon. I think it was Swing Time, right? And I saw that piece as well. It was pretty well produced.

Nipkow wouldn't.

Somebody in TCM's research department had to go through the entire month's lineup and find all the movies that had a black actor in a leading role.

I found that scene funny, but didn't realize it was a parody of a specific work.

This is the kind of music that tells me to go out there and be somebody!

Did anyone ever answer this? It was a Paramount release.

Just thought I would post it, in case anyone was curious.

As I recall, Ask a Mexican refused to use the term "gringo" for white people and called them "gabachos" instead, because it seemed more French and effete, which he thought was more appropriate.

Dennis Hopper played Ripley in a 1977 Wim Wenders version.

I doubt there was a bigger DC comics fan than me in the '70s, actually. I don't recall there ever being a Wonder Woman jumpsuit in the comics like the one here, unless you're referring to the non-powered Diana Prince Secret Agent phase, when she dressed like Emma Peel.

According to the database, it has never aired.

Thanks. I had to go to Urban Dictionary and look up TDS, as this is a term I'd never before heard of in my life. I have no stomach for Off-Topic Chit-Chat. Think I've made about three visits there ever, and one was specifically to answer a question on a thread that had been moved there. So I had no idea what was going on in that part of these message boards.

I disappeared from this board for for the first four months of 2019 when financial difficulties forced me to give up my cable and Internet (which come from the same provider). Finally got it together (much as I ever do). Not sure anyone even noticed my absence. But typically I also disappear for long periods of time every year during baseball season, which may not be happening at all this year (owners rejected players' proposal today). So, I may be around more this summer.

I'm unsure if I actually saw that or maybe just clips from it. Ricardo Montalban was the villain, I thinkn.

The last time I can remember a post from Lawrence was right after I'd returned home from nearly a two-month stay at my parents' house to keep an eye on them in the early months of the pandemic. One day is just like another. I'm not even sure how long I've been back. Just a few days shy of a full month, I think. Lawrence, if you're still around, at least post to let us know you're all right!

Not sure why I've been blessed with being able to see the first day. If you're still unable to see it, here's the lineup. Sorry, I scribbled them down chronologically by year of release rather than air times, but at least you'll have some idea. Gambling Lady (Warner Bros., 1934) Annie Oakley (RKO, 1935) The Mad Miss Manton (RKO, 1938) Ball of Fire (RKO, 1941) Meet John Doe (Warner Bros., 1941) Lady of Burlesque (United Artists, 1943) Double Indemnity (Paramount, 1944) The Two Mrs. Carrolls (Warner Bros., 1947) B.F.'s Daughter (MGM, 1948) East Side, West Side (MGM, 1949) Clash by Night (RKO, 1952) The Moonlighter (Warner Bros., 1953) Crime of Passion (United Artists, 1957)

All those movies he made at MGM. It's a head-scratcher.

There's always one MGM lifer or near-lifer every year. This year, it's Norma Shearer. 12 films, all MGM releases.

I'm delighted to see on Charlie Chaplin day, TCM will be showing A King in New York, Chaplin's last leading role, shot in England during his exile from America.

A Hatful of Rain is not a premiere, but it's a TCM rarity, for sure. According to moviecollectoroh's database, this will be only its fifth airing in TCM history and its first in six years.