musicalnovelty

That short is LOVE-TAILS OF MOROCCO (1931), one of the series of nine "Dogville" shorts produced by MGM in 1930-1931. It is available along with the rest of the series through Warner Archives. Info here: http://www.wbshop.com/Dogville-Shorts-193031/1000179763,default,pd.html?cgid=WACOMEDY

Unlisted short on late Thursday night, July 14 between Charley Chase short ARABIAN TIGHTS and feature THE SAD SACK: DESERT KILLER (1952) - Technicolor Warner Bros. one-reel short about hunting a lion in the desert. I don't recall ever having seen this one on TCM before.

>musicalnovelty wrote:Looking forward to it! >I hope it will be the complete uncut print. But unfortunately I doubt it. I think this is a case where (almost) nobody realizes that all circulating copies are edited. I will be watching closely for the two major scenes that I hope will be there but may not be. >Was it the uncut version??? This was on heavy rotation on FMC a few years back...didn't know it was an edited version.... Yes unfortunately the copy we saw on TCM tonight was the edited print. As I said, I wonder if the studio or distributor even realizes that their print of this movie is edited. I know that Fox saved a lot of out-takes and deleted musical numbers from many films. So I wonder if they still somewhere have the missing scenes from ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN. I'm not sure if or when this movie was reissued and if that was the occasion for the editing of it. But I hope they still have a complete print and if notified would make it available. I did see it often on FMC a few years ago and that was the cut version. These are the two scenes that are missing: After the "Swing is Here to Sway" number Eddie Cantor and Roland Young are walking down the street. Soon Eddie again meets Virginia Field (as "Dinah"). Just before he sees her he and Roland are about to enter a house. In the uncut version they do so and encounter a sultan-type guy abusing and beating up his several wives. I can't recall exactly the reason for this scene, but it was supposed to be funny and is now cut from currently available copies. The other missing scene is later: It's a scene with Tony Martin and June Lang. They talk and he sings a song to her. It's a very nice scene...it's a nice song and he sings it well and she's beautiful to look at, but at some point it was considered expendable and was cut out. Granted, both of those scenes are not very important to the plot, and the first one isn't very funny, but still it would be nice to see a complete uncut restored print. Perhaps if TCM runs it again someone will recall this post and realize that this print is cut and inspire them to inquire of the distributor if they can get it uncut. After all, TCM does advertise that they show everything uncut.

Hey, I was right! They're introducing a Three Stooges short to follow A & C MEET THE MUMMY. I'll bet it won't be on. Instead they'll run THE FLAME SONG (1934) - Vitaphone short, as listed on the online schedule.

>Be my guest musicalnovelty. thread is yours. Okay... Anyone recognize this little film song? "We didn't come to borrow any money. We didn't come to borrow any dough. We didn't come to borrow any trouble. We just dropped in to say hello."

>Instead of running Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves after Ali Baba Goes to Town, (they were talking it up) they ran one of those dreadful Dog shorts. Did they have some rights issues from Paramount??? I'm not sure where, but I recall hearing or reading something several weeks ago that TCM would be running some cartoons (Warner Bros. and perhaps others) during the Arab-theme movies tonight (a night of all comedies). And I think I also heard they'd be running one of The Three Stooges' Columbia shorts that has an Arabian or Egyptian setting (which was hard to believe as TCM has never yet run any of The Three Stooges' Columbia shorts). But none of these proposed cartoons or shorts ever appeared on the TCM schedules for tonight. Then a couple of days ago the shorts that we are seeing tonight appeared in the online TCM schedule. I can only guess that either they had some problem acquiring the cartoons (after the introductions were already taped) and didn't feel they could smoothly edit out those references in the introductions) or possibly when it was noticed that some shorts would be needed as fillers between tonight's movies whoever was in charge of selecting them forgot that certain cartoons and shorts were already planned as part of the schedule. And, just as I expected, it has happened again: after ROAD TO MOROCCO the Bugs Bunny cartoon that Robert O. and his guest introduced did not come on, but the short that's listed on the TCM schedule did. So I expect that will be the routine for the rest of the night.

>While watching this Dogville short, it occurred to me that TCM is long overdue to run a "Canine Images on Film" series. Perhaps they can get the Dog Whisperer to co-host. If they do, I'll want equal time for cats!

Looking forward to it! I hope it will be the complete uncut print. But unfortunately I doubt it. I think this is a case where (almost) nobody realizes that all circulating copies are edited. I will be watching closely for the two major scenes that I hope will be there but may not be.

Nice theater photos! Did you notice they have WONDER BAR starring "Richardo" Cortez?! And do you have any idea what theater in Boston the ALL QUIET... display is from?

Metz: A tie, at 1:42!

"What a Perfect Combination" - Eddie Cantor in THE KID FROM SPAIN (1932). Great song in a great favorite movie with one of my favorite stars! And don't forget, Eddie is on TCM tonight in ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN.

>Wouldn't a better thread title have been Happy to know these classic stars are still with us? >Let's not forget Clint Eastwood, Marlon Brando, Joan Fontaine and Shirley Temple. Good point. That would be a much better title. But Marlon Brando? He hasn't been among the "still breathing" since July 1, 2004. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/bio

>I have been going here for the schedule: http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2011-07-14 >and it does not list this short (or any?). >That this schedule is different from the monthly one you listed makes NO sense to me.... The trick to that schedule is to click on "Weekly Schedule" (at the top). That schedule will usually list the shorts. As you said, it makes NO sense! But it's nice to know the tricks (until they change things again!)

>I am trying to figure out where this is in my time zone, AZ. There is a 3 hour difference so that would make it 4:48PM here which means that this will be tacked on to the end of the "Bride Wore Red" which is scheduled from 3PM to 5PM ? >The length of the the Bride Wore Red is 103 minutes (IMDB) so depending on the length of High Spots this might be tucked in nicely at the end? >P.S. How did you find out when this short was scheduled? Yes, it is scheduled to run after the movie THE BRIDE WORE RED, no matter what time zone you're in. It should fit, as the short is only a "one-reeler". How I found out it's scheduled...I saw it listed on the TCM schedule when I checked it last night. Some other interesting shorts also recently added. Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jul 13, 2011 2:35 PM to clarify that the schedule I'm referring to is the TCM on-line schedule, not the printed "Now Playing" guide. Edited again to provide this link to the monthly schedule, listing the shorts for the next few days: http://www.tcm.com/schedule/monthly.html

>I clicked on the images and I don't see what's the matter. In the first shot, she is wearing a big shower curtain, and in the next she is wearing shoes. The only thing I see wrong with the "shower" one is that someone doodled a bit on the right side of it, thereby possibly slightly reducing its value. No problem with the image!

>.... "High Spots Of The Far East" (1932), the Newman travel short, on Tuesday the 5th. I made sure to start my dvr early for The Thief of Bagdad, and when I went to watch the short... no short. That short is scheduled again on TCM on Thursday evening, July 14 (at 7:48 P.M. eastern time). Be sure to tune in and see if it's really on this time.

It's a bit of a drive, but I love seeing films at The Film Forum. It's a cool place for movies and for running into friends (including some from the TCM Boards!) This is a great Pre-Code series, but there's actually only one movie being shown that I haven't seen before: SAILOR'S LUCK (1933), on July 26. Perhaps I'll drive down there for that show.

A super-rare Universal feature: THE UNEXPECTED FATHER (1932) will be shown in 35mm on the big Capitol Theater screen at the annual Capitolfest in Rome, NY the week-end of August 12. Info here: http://www.romecapitol.com/capitolfest.html Other Universals scheduled: WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES? (1926) A HOUSE DIVIDED (1931) BOMBAY MAIL (1934)

>What I find interesting is that Fox never releases its B-films. Or very few of them. The Warners Archive has plenty of B-titles on DVD. I agree. Not enough B stuff and not enough 1930's stuff being released by Fox.

>Hardly monumental roles, but the Canadian-born Knox did get to play our President again twice in the mid-60s. He was billed in CRACK IN THE WORLD but his brief bit in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE didn't warrant it. He didn't always play a good guy. He was a particularly nasty Nazi in the 1944 Columbia movie NONE SHALL ESCAPE.

>It looks like the same congressional set was used in these classics: MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, LOUISIANA PURCHASE, BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST, and HEAVENLY DAYS. >Well it might have been the same set with the MGM movies, but Paramount would not have been using that. As the actual location where Congress met was being depicted, it stands to reason that they would look similar, even though recreated by different technicians at different studios. A couple of years ago I saw a 1941 Columbia picture called ADVENTURE IN WASHINGTON in which several sets from MR. SMITH...seemed to be reused. But that makes sense, both being Columbia Pictures.

Margaret Wycherly. Unforgettable as Cagney's Mom in WHITE HEAT.

> VERTIGO. Is there anything left to be said about this absolutely perfect film? I've probably seen it 25 times since it was restored and released on DVD. I love everything about it. The slow, deliberate pace that builds. The story. The scenery. The acting. The script. Everything. From the first time you see those hands holding on to that railing in the opening scene. It's easily in my top 20 favorite films and it's in my top 10 of the greatest films ever made. It never ages.... If VERTIGO is a favorite you may like to check out this very interesting info on the movie, and the many nice rare images: http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/

> Supposedly Maltin found his way into the Guinness Book of World Records for shortest film review: > His review for a Veronica Lake film was: "No." That's his "review" of Lake's 1948 movie ISN'T IT ROMANTIC? And that's been the same review reprinted in all updates of his books since the first in the early 1970's. I think the wise-crack "novelty" of that one word review has long since worn off and the movie finally deserves a proper review.

> When I was a kid reading DC comics, I could not help but notice that every sentence in one of their comics ended with an exclamation point. I always noticed that, too! I still have my large collection of those packed away, some not looked at since the 1960's.