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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Next: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?* > > > > > > > *THE MOUSE THAT ROARED* > > > > > > > *CAT BALLOU* > > > > > > > *THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS* They all have gimmicks involving the opening studio logos. I'll leave it open for anyone else to post the next one...

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > As always, a little patience is usually the best way to deal with it. Yes, as the doctor said to The Shrinking Man: Be a little patient.

> {quote:title=VP19 wrote:}{quote}I'm guessing some of those Columbia films TCM showed in its infancy no longer belonged to Columbia itself, but to independent producers who may have sold their rights to other packagers that found their way to the Turner library. No, I'm sure they made a deal with Columbia to run those films. They're all "real" Columbias, that is, nothing that anyone else had TV rights to. You know Columbia wouldn't let go of popular titles like IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT and the Fred Astaire/Rita Hayworth musicals (to name just a few that were shown that first week). TCM ran a lot of very rare Columbias that first year or so (1994), such as SO THIS IS AFRICA (1933) starring Wheeler & Woolsey. Now, there's one that really needs to be shown again!

> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote} > I would love to see Buster Keaton's Spanish language version of FREE AND EASY (1930), I know that some, if not all of it survives. I'd like to see that one, too. I've been suggesting for years for it to be shown on TCM, and was hoping maybe it would finally be included during Buster's upcoming Star of the Month this October. But, no... The movie (called ESTRELLADOS) does exist complete, I'm told by a friend who saw it years ago.

> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}*"Those Swedes always seem to come up with good posters."* - smileys > > > > I do use some selective editing but, in general, you're right. > > > > Kyle In Hollywood Joan Blondell is still cute, even with only one eye!

> {quote:title=thomasterryjr wrote:}{quote}Please forgive me for the typo. I writhe everytime I look at the subject of this thread which I created and see 1992. I knew it was 1994. Hey, it looks like the Moderators fixed the date on the title of the thread! Thanks Mods! (Now of course all our refernces to the incorrect date will appear meaningless!)

> {quote:title=cinemanut wrote:}{quote}April 15,1994 a showing of Ceiling Zero, a crackerjack Jimmy Cagney-Pat O'Brien film directed by Howard Hawks, A Warner Bros pic.that hasn't made the rotation lately ( can't remember when it last shown ) anyone know why? I think it's terrific! I heard that there is now some rights issue that's preventing it from being shown. That's too bad, as you said, it's a good one! There are probably references to the situation in past threads if one does a search.

> {quote:title=Filmgoddess wrote:....}{quote}Does anyone know why she was seated throughout the series? Most of the hosts at least stand up or walk around a bit. I'm just wondering if she's just too fragile or it was just the way they chose to do it..... > > Cathy Cartee I probably would not have noticed if not for having read this thread (and Kyle's logical comments) but I noticed that Tippi Hedren was standing for her introductions last night (Wednesday, July 27).

> {quote:title=thomasterryjr wrote:}{quote} > > > > I was hoping someone would have video on what TCM looked like when it debut in April 1994 or the first year of broadcast. No such luck. > > > > > > I don't have a tape of that very first day, but do still have several from the first few weeks & months of TCM. I did not get the channel right away either, but had a few good friends in other parts of the country who would record special requests for me (thanks Brian, Jim and Dave!) if I tried to keep from asking for too many (which was very difficult!) Actually I didn't know many people who did get TCM right away. People I knew were receiving it through a satellite dish set-up, not regular cable in those very early days. Anyway, looking at those old tapes, things were not all that different in the beginning. Robert Osborne looked younger of course, but it was conducted pretty similar to how it is today. Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jul 28, 2011 2:32 PM to add that not only was it almost impossible to find a cable company that carried TCM right from the start in April 1994 but it was also very difficult to even find out what they were showing. TCM wasn't listed in any TV Guide or cable listing that I ever saw until much later. I had to go to satellite dish stores or large book stores and look for satellite programming books to see TCM's listings. In July 1994 they started printing a schedule that they'd mail out to those who wrote and requested it. Then, in January 1997 the "Now Playing" guide was introduced with Humphrey Bogart as the first cover picture.

> {quote:title=thomasterryjr wrote:}{quote}Please forgive me for the typo. I writhe everytime I look at the subject of this thread which I created and see 1992. I knew it was 1994. Hey, typos happen...but it's too bad it's too late now to go back and fix it. It would be nice if one of the Moderators would, though, since it's clearly an error, and is now misleading when seen in the Thread Title. And I'm sure such a little change (from a 2 to a 4) is within their powers. How about it, Moderators?

> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote}Thanks musicalnovelty. I wasn't asking for the entire list. My question is more about the first month. Since they did not start on the first of April and since I see Garbo films near the very beginning I was wondering if they focused on her or if they waited to start the SOTM in May. Here's a list through March of this year: STAR OF THE MONTH: May 1994: Greta Garbo June 1994: Glenn Ford July 1994: Greer Garson Aug. 1994: Edward G. Robinson Sept. 1994: Barbara Stanwyck Oct. 1994: Angela Lansbury Nov. 1994 John Garfield Dec. 1994: Best of 1994 Jan. 1995: Esther Williams Feb. 1995: Ronald Reagan Mar. 1995: TCM Salutes the Oscars Apr. 1995: Doris Day May 1995: Myrna Loy June 1995: Errol Flynn July 1995: Gene Kelly Aug. 1995: Paul Muni Sept.1995: Jane Powell Oct. 1995: Clark Gable Nov. 1995: Barrymores Dec. 1995: Best of 1995 Jan. 1996: Deborah Kerr Feb. 1996: 31 Days of Oscar April 1996: Irene Dunne May 1996: James Stewart June 1996: Rosalind Russell July 1996: Fred Astaire Aug. 1996: Ann Sheridan Sept. 1996: Van Johnson Oct. 1996: Kathryn Grayson Nov. 1996: Robert Mitchum Dec. 1996: Best of 1996 Jan. 1997: Humphrey Bogart Feb. 1997: Eleanor Parker Mar. 1997: 31 Days of Oscar Apr. 1997: Ava Gardner May 1997: George Brent June 1997: June Allyson July 1997: John and Walter Huston (also Director of the Month) Aug. 1997: Cary Grant Sept. 1997: Ida Lupino Oct. 1997: Walter Pidgeon Nov. 1997: Katharine Hepburn Dec. 1997: Best of 1997 Jan.1998: Lana Turner Feb.1998: Charlton Heston Mar.1998: 31 Days of Oscar April 1998: Red Skelton May 1998: Olivia de Havilland June 1998: James Cagney July 1998: Lucille Ball August 1998: Joan Crawford Sept. 1998: John Wayne Oct. 1998: Cyd Charisse Nov. 1998: Claude Rains Dec. 1998: Best of 1998 Jan. 1999: Elizabeth Taylor Feb. 1999: William Powell March 1999: 31 Days of Oscar April 1999: Dennis Morgan May 1999: Bette Davis June 1999: Mickey Rooney July 1999: Natalie Wood August 1999: Peter Sellers Sept.1999: Norma Shearer Oct. 1999: Gregory Peck Nov. 1999: Ginger Rogers Dec. 1999: Burt Lancaster Jan. 2000: Debbie Reynolds Feb. 2000: Robert Ryan March 2000: 31 Days of Oscars April 2000: Spencer Tracy May 2000: Alexis Smith June 2000:Wallace Beery July 2000: Judy Garland August 2000: film debuts Sept 2000: Jane Wyman October 2000: Dick Powell Nov 2000: Frank Sinatra Dec. 2000: Lauren Bacall Jan. 2001: Elvis Presley Feb. 2001: Jean Hagen March 2001: 31 Days of Oscar Apr. 2001: Knighted Actors May 2001: Jean Harlow June 2001: W.C. Fields July 2001: Ann Sothern Aug. 2001: James Garner Sept. 2001: Robert Taylor Oct. 2001: Lana Turner Nov. 2001: Glenn Ford Dec. 2001: The Marx Brothers Jan. 2002: Marlene Dietrich Feb. 2002: Kirk Douglas March 2002: 31 Days of Oscar April 2002: Barbara Stanwyck May 2002: Edward G. Robinson June 2002: Greta Garbo July 2002: Sidney Poitier Aug. 2002: Joan Crawford Sept. 2002: Van Heflin Oct. 2002: Final films Nov. 2002: Shelly Winters Dec. 2002: Montgomery Clift Jan. 2003: Doris Day Feb. 2003: John Garfield Mar. 2003: 31 Days of Oscar Apr. 2003: Harold Lloyd May 2003: Olivia de Havilland June 2003: TV Actors in Films July 2003: Lee Marvin Aug. 2003: 1st Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2003: James Mason Oct. 2003: Boris Karloff Nov. 2003: Shirley MacLaine Dec. 2003: David Niven Jan. 2004: Katherine Hepburn Feb. 2004: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2004: Charles Chaplin Apr. 2004: Judy Garland May 2004: Greer Garson June 2004: Cary Grant July 2004: Stars That Died Before Their Time Aug. 2004: 2nd Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2004: Myrna Loy Oct. 2004: Peter Lorre Nov. 2004: Clark Gable Dec. 2004: James Stewart Jan. 2005: Canadian Actors Feb. 2005: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2005: Claudette Colbert Apr. 2005: Errol Flynn May 2005: Orson Welles June 2005: Ingrid Bergman July 2005: Audrey Hepburn Aug. 2005: 3rd Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2005: Greta Garbo Oct. 2005: Robert Mitchum Nov. 2005: Joan Fontaine Dec. 2005: Bing Crosby Jan. 2006: Robert Montgomery Feb. 2006: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2006: Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald Apr. 2006: Deborah Kerr May 2006: Bette Davis June 2006: Anthony Quinn July 2006: Elizabeth Taylor Aug. 2006: 4th Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2006: William Holden Oct. 2006: Child Stars Nov. 2006: Lucille Ball Dec. 2006: Gary Cooper Jan. 2007: Jean Arthur Feb. 2007: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2007: Gene Kelly Apr. 2007: Rita Hayworth May 2007: John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn June 2007: Ida Lupino July 2007: Randolph Scott Aug. 2007: 5th Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2007: A Star is Born (starmaking/breakthrough performances) Oct. 2007: Henry Fonda Nov. 2007: Guest Programmer Month Dec. 2007: Irene Dunne Jan. 2008: James Cagney Feb. 2008: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2008: Acting Dynasties Apr. 2008: Hedy Lamarr May 2008: Frank Sinatra June 2008: Sophia Loren July 2008: Rosalind Russell Aug. 2008: 6th annual Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2008: Kay Francis Oct. 2008: Carole Lombard Nov. 2008: Charles Laughton Dec. 2008: Joseph Cotten Jan. 2009: Jack Lemmon Feb. 2009: 31 Days of Oscar Mar. 2009: Ronald Reagan April 2009: Funny Ladies and 15th Anniversary May 2009: Sean Connery June 2009: Great Directors July 2009: Stewart Granger August 2009: Summer Under the Stars Sept. 2009: Claude Rains Oct. 2009: Leslie Caron Nov. 2009: Grace Kelly Dec. 2009: Humphrey Bogart Jan. 2010: The Method” Feb. 2010: 31 Days of Oscar March 2010: Ginger Rogers April 2010: Robert Taylor May 2010: Donna Reed June 2010: Natalie Wood July 2010: Gregory Peck August 2010: SUTS Sept. 2010: Vivien Leigh Oct. 2010: Fredric March Nov. 2010: Ava Gardner Dec. 2010: Mickey Rooney Jan. 2011: Peter Sellers Feb. 2011: 31 Days of Oscar March 2011: Jean Harlow

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:}{quote}correct old chap! regards from the other reggies....gardner and owen And don't forget Reginald Sheffield (actor father of Johnny).

> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote} Has there always been a SOTM? Was Garbo the first one? A few months ago I went through all my old schedules and filled in all the gaps and made corrections to the previously posted incomplete list of all the Stars of the Month. I REALLY don't feel like doing all that agian. That complete and correct list should (hopefully) be accessible through a search.

> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote}Has there ever been a day on TCM when they pre-empted classic film programming? For example, were there any interruptions the day the World Trade Center was bombed ten years ago? No, there never has. And they carried on with their scheduled programming that day.

> I also have a trivia question: We all know "Gone With the Wind" was the first movie broadcast on TCM. What was the second movie broadcast on TCM? I have always wanted to know the answer to that bit of trivia. Thank you. Here ya go...more than you wanted to know: After GONE WITH THE WIND on April 14 they ran SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952) plus deleted musical number "You Are My Lucky Star". "100 Years at the Movies" repeated. GONE WITH THE WIND repeated. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN repeated. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936) THE CAT PEOPLE (1942) Friday, April 15, 1994: THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR (1936) THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) THE INFORMER (1935) THE PIRATE (1948) CITIZEN KANE (1941) CEILING ZERO (1935) THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) Greta Garbo trailers. ANNA CHRISTIE (1930) - English language version. ANNA CHRISTIE (1930) - German language version. ANNA KARENINA (1935) LOVE (1927) plus alternate ending. "MGM Parade" #30 - Greta Garbo. "MGM Parade" #31 - Greta Garbo. THE SINGLE STANDARD (1929) AS YOU DESIRE ME (1931) Hollywood themed shorts. Saturday, April 16, 1994: PETTICOAT FEVER (1936) THREE LOVES HAS NANCY (1938) SMILIN' THROUGH (1932) EASY TO WED (1946) EASY TO LOVE (1953) BABY FACE (1933) BEAUTY AND THE BOSS (1932) A SOUTHERN YANKEE (1948) ADAM'S RIB (1949) RICH AND FAMOUS (1981) OLD ACQUAINTANCE (1943) THE OLD MAID (1939) JUAREZ (1939) Historical shorts. Sunday, April 17, 1994: APRIL SHOWERS (1948) ENCHANTED APRIL (1935) LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1948) CASTLE ON THE HUDSON (1940) RAINTREE COUNTY (1957) with Overture, Intermission and Exit Music. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) Complete Road Show version with Overture, Intermission and Exit music. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) YOUNG BESS (1953) IVANHOE (1952) THE CAMERAMAN (1928) SPITE MARRIAGE (1929) THE COMIC (1969) Monday, April 18, 1994: PANAMA HATTIE (1942) MAISIE (1939) PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART (1933) IN PERSON (1935) THE GIRL WHO HAD EVERYTHING (1953) THE AMBUSHERS (1967) WRECKING CREW (1968) MISS SADIE THOMPSON (1953) THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN (1949) MY FAVORITE YEAR (1982) Errol Flynn trailers and shorts. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (1936) ESCAPE ME NEVER (1947) GREEN LIGHT (1937) ANOTHER DAWN (1937) Tuesday, April 19, 1994: SMART BLONDE (1936) CONGO MAISIE (1940) SMART GIRLS DON'T TALK (1948) THE GIRL FROM JONES BEACH (1949) TUNNEL OF LOVE (1958) A PRIZE OF GOLD (1955) SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS (1973) YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH (1941) BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST (1941) Shorts/trailers. WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942) MAYTIME (1937) SWEETHEARTS (1938) THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (1938) Western/musical shorts. Wednesday, April 20, 1994: FLY-AWAY BABY (1937) Shorts. GOLD RUSH MAISIE (1940) THE PERFECT SPECIMEN (1937) BLONDIE JOHNSON (1933) TORCH SONG (1953) THE LAW AND THE LADY (1951) CALLAWAY WENT THATAWAY (1951) FIRE DOWN BELOW (1957) LITTLE WOMEN (1933) DAVID COPPERFIELD (1935) ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) PRIVATE LIVES (1931) TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN (1929) MGM 1925 Studio Tour. Thursday, April 21, 1994: ADVENTUROUS BLONDE (1937) Shorts. MAISIE WAS A LADY (1941) THE DOUGHGIRLS (1944) THE FOOTLOOSE HEIRESS (1937) TOO YOUNG TO KISS (1951) HIGH BARBAREE (1947) TEXAS CARNIVAL (1951) YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER (1942) NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (1971) MAYERLING (1968) RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS (1932) DEVIL MAY CARE (1929) CALL OF THE FLESH (1930) Friday, April 22, 1994: BLONDES AT WORK (1938) Shorts. RINGSIDE MAISIE (1941) STALLION ROAD (1947) THE DECISION OF CHRISTOPHER BLAKE (1948) THE GAY SISTERS (1942) EXPRIMENT PERILOUS (1944) THE LEOPARD MAN (1943) GILDA (1946) DR. STRANGELOVE (1963) LOLITA (1962) THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1948) THE RUNNING MAN (1963) THE KEY (1958) Shorts. Saturday, April 23, 1994: TRAIL OF '98 (1928) AFRICA ADVENTURE (1954) MOGAMBO (1953) ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS (1948) THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL (1946) DR. X (1932) HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) Short: JIMMY FIDLER'S PERSONALITY PARADE (1938) Jean Harlow/Clark Gable trailers. RED DUST (1932) HOLD YOUR MAN (1933) CHINA SEAS (1935) THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956) FAT CITY (1972) THE SET-UP (1949) Boxer shorts. Sunday, April 24, 1994: THE HATCHET MAN (1932) DESTROYER (1943) LADY IN THE LAKE (1946) THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS (1936) 1776 (1972) SCARLET COAT (1955) GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE (1942) CIRCUS CLOWN (1934) MERRY ANDREW (1958) JUMBO (1962) WAGONS ROLL AT NIGHT (1941) FREAKS (1932) HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924) O'SHAUGNESSY'S BOY (1935) Circus themed shorts. That's enough for now! I can post more if anyone cares.

> I started watching TCM regularly in February 1998, though I knew of TCM from its birth on April 14, 1992. No, it was not 1992 but April 14, 1994 that TCM started. And actually the very first thing that ran was the Chuck Workman compilation short "100 Years at the Movies" at noon. Then at 12:10 P.M. GONE WITH THE WIND started, billed as" Complete Road Show version with Overture, Intermission and Exit Music, plus Rare Footage from the Atlanta 1964 Civil War Centennial Re-issue." 222 minutes.

Reginald Denny.

> I did see SAN DIEGO I LOVE YOU when I was combing through his filmography. I wondered what it was/if it was any good.... I think it is very good. But then, I have a special fondness for just about any pre-1946 Universal. When I heard that Buster would be Star of the Month I was hoping TCM would find a way to include this and Buster's other two mid-1940's Universal features. They're all good and Buster's very good in them.

> LORNA GRAY aka ADRIAN BOOTH is 94 today. Thanks for remembering Lorna / Adrian's birthday. I hope her fans caught the two color movies that TCM ran last Friday night, in which she co-starred...and even got to sing. I've had the pleasure to meet her a few times, most recently just three months ago. She's still doing well and going strong at 94.

> Gloria Swanson and Carole Lombard get down and dirty with the girl talk. Nice picture. Thanks! Gloria is visiting Carole on the set of Carole's 1938 Warner Bros. feature FOOLS FOR SCANDAL.

>Thanks Mongo for posting the lovely Theresa Harris pix! >She is one of my faves too! Another Theresa fan here! Thanks Mongo for the pictures.

> This film should have skipped Act 1. > Howard Hawks should have skipped this film. I skipped it!

Selmer Jackson.

>...."The Company She Keeps"...... >I save the best for last. THERESA HARRIS makes a wonderful appearance as one of the prisoners. This is truly genius casting, for my money, on two levels: >First and foremost, it's like the flip side of her appearance in ?OUT OF THE PAST? when Jeff Bailey questions her. Director Jacques Tourneur gives her the whole scene. >Secondly, she?s a woman of color and she has a scene where she looks Greer straight in the eye and gives a scathing opinion of Diane's personality. All those years Theresa couldn't speak up next to all those actresses she worked with. It was eye opening and refreshing. I felt proud of Theresa right there and then down to my toes. Oh her scene didn't last more than five minutes...but she got to do the scene, unapologetically. Big fan of Theresa Harris here too. My Sunday night movie gang watched FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS (1941) last week (on 16mm naturally!) and it had been a while since I'd seen it so I'd forgotten that just about NOTHING happens plot-wise in that movie. But we were amused to spot unbilled Shemp Howard (I knew he was in it, but I don't think the others did) and other favorites such as Andy Devine and Mischa Auer. Even The Brewster Twins! After it ended a few asked who was that playing "Clementine" and praised her performance. I was delighted to be able to talk about Theresa Harris and how good she was and mention some of her other memorable roles such as in BABY FACE and BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN. So Theresa is still impressing new fans.

Unlisted short, Monday morning, July 25, after RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY: MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE (1950) - Warner Bros. (again, for at least the third time appearing as an unlisted short).