musicalnovelty

We observe Columbus Day in October, but today was Columbia's Day!! A whole day of not-often-shown Columbia movies. Thank you, TCM!

> {quote:title=littlemoviebuff wrote:}{quote} > I hope someone can tell me the name of this movie that's shown on TCM. > It's a foreign black and white movie(with sub titles) about a woman (french i'm guessing) that owns a school and marries the head teacher. But at some point in the movie this woman and another female teacher plots to kill him(by drownning him in a bath tub) but the husband and the other female teacher is planning to kill his wife and does so by scaring her to death. It may have been made in the 50's or 60's. I hope this is enough info to name the movie and thank you all so much for your help! > Here's a link to all sorts of info on the movie you're asking about: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046911/combined

I knew all the info already, so didn't need to look here, but it turns out that the answer was "a click away" here at IMDb all the time: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022335/soundtrack

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > *Not meaning to stir this up again, but did you notice Robert O. again mentioning TCM's "film library"?* > > Yeah, but with at least three other threads already discussing this topic, does this thread really need to be hijacked as well? > You're right. I probably shouldn't have brought it up.

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > Yay for the intelligent young man who selected The Searchers and who named one of his sons Ethan. > Not meaning to stir this up again, but did you notice Robert O. again mentioning TCM's "film library"?

> {quote:title=JoePietnik wrote:}{quote} > Last evening I was watching Safe In Hell on TCM and during the opening scenes there was a melody playing over panning footage of New Orleans. This particular melody was used about three more times also during the movie. > The music you're asking about is the melody to the song "Pagan Moon" written by Al Dubin, Joe Burke and Al Bryan. The song was new in 1931 when it was heard in SAFE IN HELL. It was a moderately popular hit in 1932, being recorded by some of the current bands and singers of the time. It was popular in England, too, later in the year, and was recorded by many bands there, including: Billy Cotton and his Band (7-8-32) Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, with vocal by Al Bowlly (7-20-32) The Savoy Orpheans (7-25-32) Syd Lipton and His Grosvenor House Band (7-27-32) Jack Hylton and His Orchestra (7-29-32) The Havana Marimba Band (8-3-32) Annunzio Mantovani and His Tipica Orchestra (8-17-32) Debroy Somers Band (8-20-32) Jay Wilbur and His Band (8-27-32) Here's a more recent recording of "Pagan Moon": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvw4aYJ-kec As was often done with songs from Warner Bros. movies in the early 1930's they produced a "Merrie Melodies" cartoon based on the song "Pagan Moon". Here's info on the cartoon: http://bosko.toonzone.net/1932/pagan_moon/ And more info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023313/ Watch the cartoon online: http://www.220.ro/desene-animate/Pagan-Moon-1932/pxpSBhmAsf/ And here too: http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/368-Pagan_Moon.html If anyone has trouble with those, this link worked better for me than those first two: http://www.toonjet.com/cartoons.php?id=145&rate=3 From the Warner Bros. Music Cue Sheet for SAFE IN HELL dated December 4, 1931 here is a listing in order of use, of all the musical selections recorded for the movie: 1. Pagan Moon (Al Dubin, Joe Burke, Al Bryan). 2. St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) 3. Dark Town Strutters Ball (Shelton Brooks) 4. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Leon & Rene) 5. Peanut Vendor (Simons) 6. Pagan Moon (Dubin, Burke, Bryan) 7. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Leon & Rene) 8. Cubalero (Lester Banker & Joe Young) 9. Pagan Moon (Dubin, Burke, Bryan) 10. Pagan Moon (Dubin, Burke, Bryan)

TCM programmer posted this response on the Hot Topics forum: Sorry, a rights issue came up at the last minute and we had to pull the film.

> {quote:title=AndyM108 wrote:}{quote} >If these monthly schedules can be restored in their old format, with plot summaries and casts on one page, that would address 99% of the concerns I have about yesterday's disaster. That would enable us to plan ahead without having to click on hundreds of different links a month, a requirement which for the life of me I can't see the point of. > That would be a good idea if they could make it possible to access the schedule the way it used to look, for those of us who'd still prefer it that way. The IMDb changed their look not long ago, to the dissatisfaction of everyone I know, but they did retain the option of clicking onto the old format. Maybe TCM could do that, too.

> {quote:title=wallaceplayford wrote:}{quote} > i am trying to figure out the name of a movie that i saw on tcm in the summer... > > ...it was a 1930s movie in which two women dressed in fantastic asymmetrical blocked bathing suits entered a human wheel race and then crashed into a fountain where two men came to their rescue > > i know that this is a vague description but any help would be greatly appreciated > > ...i also believe that one of the women was trying to pay her friend $100 for one of the men? > > thanks! > There's an early talkie MGM feature that I think I recall starts out with a scene like that. I think it may be THEIR OWN DESIRE (1929). Maybe the info and reviewer comments here will help you to figure out if this is the one you're asking about: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020488/combined

> {quote:title=Arturo wrote:}{quote} > Lupino let WB sortly after completing this film. She probably would have inherited the similar JOHNNY BELINDA the following year if she had remained. > While looking through some of my old TV Guides a few days ago I came across another interesting choice of casting for JOHNNY BELINDA. Live from New York and in color on October 13, 1958 NBC's "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presented a new adaptation of the story. The stars of this version were Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer and Victor Jory, with Rip Torn, Betty Lou Holland and Joanna Roos in support. TV Guide's half-page Close-Up (with a picture of the star) notes that the adaptation of the play was by Theodore Apstein and that the Producer & Director was George Schaefer. Music composed & conducted by Bernard Green.

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote} > VX, it's nice to know that you read the thread with interest. > If only she could have lived so long. > "In our hearts" and on the Big Screen she will!

> {quote:title=lanie wrote:}{quote} > I have been requesting this movie to be shown on TCM for a long time but, alas, nothing. I wonder if it is available to TCM? > I'd love to see it, too. But it's a Paramount title, so who knows when...or if?

> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote} > I'm glad you posted this, I thought I was the only one with Pat Hitchcock love. She's adorable and makes a ton of impact with only a few minutes screen time. A perfect example of talent & know how making an impact, stealing any scene she's in. > Usually, that trait is rooted in stunning beauty like Burt Lancaster or Hedy Lamarr, you can't take your eyes off them. Although I find Pat very cute, she's no Ava Gardner but instead uses her voice, body and manner to command our attention. > > I wonder if she would have had a huge career as an actress if she wasn't Hitch's daughter? I wonder what her aspirations were? > > I think she'd be an EXCELLENT Private Screenings guest. I'd LOVE to hear anything she has to say about herself or her father's careers. > I completely agree with everything you said! I was reminded of her again just a few nights ago while watching "The 39 Steps". She's have been about 7 years of age when that was filmed. There was a character in the movie named "Patricia"...coincidence?

> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote} > Scott's accent was wildly out of place in Merian Cooper's SHE. Every time I watch that film I say to myself "where was Robert Donat when we NEEDED him!!!" > Over in England climbing those "39 Steps".

> {quote:title=Kinokima wrote:}{quote} > Oh I feel your pain....those emergency broadcasts happen all the time when I tape something late at night. > Something absolutely amazing happened a few nights ago...one of those tests came on, and it was BETWEEN movies!

> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote} > > A major highlight for me: > > March 20: The Public Menace (1935) - Columbia > > > > Thank you, TCM! > > YES!!!! I'm with you!!! > Have you noticed that, as feared, THE PUBLIC MENACE has been pulled from the schedule and is no longer listed for March 20. DRAT!! That was probably the highlight (for never-been-shown-before rarities) of the month for me. Please, TCM, keep trying on this one.

Don't forget Cinefest in Syracuse starting March 17: http://www.syracusecinephile.com/node/5 See you there?

I can't stand it! Absolutely hated it! I'd never really seen it or given it a chance (not being into much after the 1950's) but the bits I'd happen to catch on TCM occasionally made me want to avoid it. Then recently a friend was running a 16mm print and I had the opportunity to see it complete with a small audience and give it a fresh new look and really give it a chance. And I really tried. I didn't go into it saying "I know I'm not going to like this". I gave it a chance. And just absolutely hated every minute of it, starting with that first horrendous close-up of Joel Grey! So, as I've often said, give me the pre-1950's on TCM!

> {quote:title=MovieProfessor wrote:}{quote} > Wow! I got to hand it to you! Here I was deleting a thread about my beloved Jane Russell, because I was told one already existed. So, I just added a "zero" to clear it up with the idea that an administrator would delete the thread. > I also certainly expected it to be deleted. I wonder why it wasn't.

Dick Powell in MURDER, MY SWEET (1944) (and all non-musicals he made after that).

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> {quote:title=Ascotrudgeracer wrote:}{quote} > Have ANYONE watch "The Killer Shrews" and see if they can identify the hero...a young Ken ("Festus") Curtis. > They will look at the actor, but he doesn't look OR sound like the "Gunsmoke" stalwart. > Yes that definitely is the same Ken Curtis. He even gets to be eaten by the title creatures. And he also produced the movie (as well as the similar "classic" THE GIANT GILA MONSTER).

> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote} > > A great way to celebrate Frank Morgan's birthday on June 1st: SECRETS OF THE FRENCH POLICE (1932), HALF NAKED TRUTH (1932) and THE NUISANCE (1932) all great pre-codes. > But they're not showing what's perhaps the definitive Frank Morgan film: THE GREAT MORGAN (1946). Some June highlights for me: Columbia B's - JUNIOR ARMY (1942) BEAUTIFUL BUT BROKE (1944) KANSAS CITY KITTY (1944)

Coincidentally (how could they have known?) they have scheduled a memorial all-day tribute to the just-departed Jane Russell on her birthday, June 21.

> {quote:title=yvesmary wrote:}{quote} >Two that come to mind are Joan Leslie in Stage Door Canteen > Regarding Joan Leslie, I'm sure you mean HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN, not STAGE DOOR CANTEEN. And I totally agree with you about Joan Leslie in that one. You just KNOW she's got to be playing herself and is truly just as nice as she is in the movie. And further making it seem real is the fact that Joan's real sister Betty plays her sister in the scenes where we meet her family. I have been in touch with Joan Leslie in the last few years and am happy to report that she has been as nice as can be.