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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > ...and the movie is based on a story by none other than Ed Sullivan. > Ed even introduces and appears in a special extra-long trailer for the movie. See it here: http://www.tcm.com/video/videoPlayer/?cid=143586

An interesting story about THE LOCKED DOOR for me personally: I'd had a video copy for years before TCM first showed it. The quality wasn't very good and it was missing a little at the beginning. So I didn't watch it often and didn't remember much of it. Then a few years ago I got to see a 1921 Norma Talmadge silent movie called THE SIGN ON THE DOOR. I didn't do any research on it ahead of time, so was surprised to discover as the story played out that is was the same story! I had no idea that THE LOCKED DOOR was a remake of a silent Norma Talmadge movie. It was fun to figure that out watching the silent version. One big difference between the two movies was in the scene where one of the detectives reveals that he had been a waiter on the ship in earlier scenes. In the silent version this was a big revelation and played so well that it caused gasps from the audience (I saw it in a theater with a big audience). But in the 1929 version this statement was just tossed off as one more line and then they moved on right away to the next. Very disappointing!

> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > I don't think George Zucco made any films at Monogram, but he certainly did at PRC. > I was thinking of VOODOO MAN (1944). And there may have been others, but without looking them up, that's the main one I was thinking of.

Let's hope they reach back to the early thirties for some real rarities.

> {quote:title=Metry Road wrote:}{quote} > > By the way, one of my favorite songs by *The Fifth Dimension* is *Carpet man* a great song that is all but forgotten. > > Best wishes > Metairie Road > I remember it! The 45 came out in early 1968. Not their biggest hit, but a good one.

> {quote:title=JonasEB wrote:}{quote} > Not to mention the way he treated his older brother Francis. Then you have his relationship to Maureen O'Hara... > What was it? You say that as if we're supposed to know...

I guess there'll always be some who get left out, who may be special to certain viewers. Two who I wish were included, who mean a lot more to me than a lot of those shown, were Shirley Mills and Our Gang star Dorothy DeBorba.

As I posted in this similar thread: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=8470494 My favorite live-action version (saving Mister Magoo for a special place) would have to be the 1935 British version starring Seymour Hicks.

All one needs to know about the hazards of transfusions is illustrated in the final scenes of the 1935 Laurel & Hardy short THICKER THAN WATER. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027089/plotsummary

> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote} > Boris Karloff made the Mr. Wong series for Monogram. > Thanks! In whipping up that list in about 15 seconds I knew I had to be forgetting someone I shouldn't leave out. And I do enjoy that series very much, and Karloff in anything. And since many of John Wayne's 1933-1935 westerns were Lone Star Productions distibuted by Monogram, Wayne definitely should be considered a Monogram player.

> {quote:title=kingrat wrote:}{quote} > Who composed the excellent main theme for Moguls? I couldn't find the credit. > I recall gagman66 asking about that too, early in the series. No composer credit. So, who wrote the theme music and why no credit? As the series progressed, still no music credit was ever given. Just a "musicologist" (what is that anyway?) Well, SOMEBODY composed an impressive music theme for this series. Too bad we may never know who.

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > _MONOGRAM_ > KAY FRANCIS > JACKIE COOPER > JOHN CARROLL > MARJORIE MAIN > Under Monogram we certainly MUST include: Bela Lugosi George Zucco Sidney Toler Roland Winters Mantan Moreland Keye Luke Victor Sen Yung Benson Fong And all the regular cast members of the many Monogram series such as The East Side Kids The Bowery Boys The Teen Agers Joe Palooka Jiggs & Maggie And several Westerns series

Phyllis Crane - at Universal 1935 - 1937.

Six-disc set of Vitaphone shorts scheduled release by Warner Archive on 12/14/2010: Contents: Disc One -- "Vitaphone Pioneers Stars of Broadway, Vaudeville and Nightclubs (1926-1931)" - 13 shorts. THE HOWARD BROTHERS in ?BETWEEN THE ACTS AT THE OPERA? . (10-5-1926) - Willie & Eugene Howard. #349 GUS ARNHEIM and HIS COCOANUT GROVE ORCHESTRA. (June,1928) Gus Arnheim. #2584 TAL HENRY AND HIS NORTH CAROLINIANS. (April,1929) Tal Henry. #732 RHYTHMS. (June,1929) Leo Reisman and his Hotel Brunswick Orchestra. #770 THE OPRY HOUSE. (August, 1929) The Mound City Blue Blowers. #834 RED NICHOLS AND HIS FIVE PENNIES. (December, 1929) Red Nichols. #870 LEW FIELDS IN ?23...SKIDOO?. (June, 1930) Lew Fields, Olive (Gloria) Shea. #1017 FASHION'S MIRROR. (October, 1930) Jack Thompson & Barbara Newberry. #1045 HENRY SANTREY & HIS SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE. (January, 1931) Henry Santrey. #1128 OPENING NIGHT. (January ,1931) Dorothy Sands, Peggy Shannon. #1138 ONE WAY OUT. (January, 1931) Thelma White. #1153 JACK BUCHANAN WITH THE GLEE QUARTET. (February, 1930) Jack Buchanan. #3816 BUBBLES. with the Vitaphone Kiddies (1930) The Gumm Sisters (with Judy Garland). #3898 Disc Two -- "Vitaphone Varieties Music and Comedy Diversions (1931-35)" - 6 Shorts. THE GRAND DAME. (May, 1931) Patsy Kelly. #1203 NINE O'CLOCK FOLKS. (June, 1931) Roy Fant, The Mound City Blue Blowers. #1220 HOT NEWS MARGIE. (November, 1931) Marjorie Beebe. #1290 THE MILD WEST. (11-18-1933) Janet Reade. #1582 - 83 ROOFTOPS OF MANHATTAN. (11-16-1935) Gil Lamb. #1893 - 94 THE DUNCAN SISTERS IN "SURPRISE". (7-27-1935) Duncan Sisters. #1915 - 16 Disc Three -- "Vitaphone presents Movie Memories, Celebrities & Novelties Hollywood/Personalities/Nostalgia (1931-34)" ? 11 shorts. THRILLS OF YESTERDAY. (10-17-1931) Silent-era Serials. #1261 MOVIE ALBUM #1. (3-5-1932) Old Silent Days. #1326 INKLINGS. (4-8-1933) Lowell Thomas. #1368 MOVIE ALBUM #2. (6-4-1932) Old Silent Days. #1388 NICKELETTE. (9-24-1932) Nickelodeon. #1399 MOVIE MEMORIES #1. (12-30-1933) Old Silent Days. #1517 A PENNY A PEEP. (6-30-1934) Nickelodeon Memories. #1518 THE CAMERA SPEAKS. (8-11-1934) Billy Bitzer. #1600 HOLLYWOOD NEWS REEL. (6-24-1934) Warner Bros. Stars. # 6170 MOVIE MEMORIES #2. (10-27-1934) Old Silent Days. # 6493 A TRIP THROUGH A HOLLYWOOD STUDIO. (12-7-1934) WB Stars. # 6616. Disc Four -- "Vitaphone Singin? and Swingin? Musical delights from the worlds Broadway, Radio, Nightclubs & Vaudeville (1933-39)" - 11 shorts. HARRY WARREN, AMERICA?S FOREMOST COMPOSER. (11-18-1933) Harry Warren. #1544 BARBER SHOP BLUES. (9-30-1933) Claude Hopkins. #1551 PHIL SPITALNY & HIS ORCH. - A BIG CITY FANTASY. (4-14-1934) Phil Spitalny. #1635 MIRRORS. (9-8-1934) Freddie Rich & His Orchestra, Vera Van. #1689 PHIL SPITALNY & HIS MUSICAL QUEENS. (10-6-1934) Phil Spitalny. #1719 DON REDMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA. (10-29-1934) Don Redman. #1770 MR. & MRS. JESSE CRAWFORD AT HOME. (4-15-1939) Jesse and Helen Crawford. #B219 VAUDEVILLE REEL #1. (10-13-1934) Herb Williams. #1751 VAUDEVILLE REEL #2. (10-29-1934) Carl Emmy, George and Olive Brasno. #1761 VAUDEVILLE REEL #3. (2-16-1935) Al Trahan. #1778 VAUDEVILLE REEL #4. (4-27-1935) Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields, Pat Rooney, Sr. #1791 Disc Five -- "Vitaphone in TECHNICOLOR! TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL COMEDY 2-Reelers (1934-35)" - 6 Shorts. SERVICE WITH A SMILE. (7-28-1934) Leon Errol. #1700 - 01 GOOD MORNING EVE. (9-22-1934) Leon Errol. #1702 - 03 WHAT? NO MEN! (11-24-1934) El Brendel. #1704 - 05 GYPSY SWEETHEART. (3-30-1935) Wini Shaw. #1708 - 09 OKAY, JOSE. (12-7-1935) El Brendel. #7071 - 72 CARNIVAL DAY. (5-20-1935) Felix Knight. #7143 - 44 Disc Six -- "Vitaphone in TECHNICOLOR!- TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL COMEDY 2-Reelers (1935-38)" - 6 Shorts. KING OF THE ISLANDS. (2-22-1936) Wini Shaw. #7234 - 35 CHANGING OF THE GUARD. (6-6-1936) Sybil Jason. #7497 - 98 ECHO MOUNTAIN. (8-29-1936) Fred Lawrence. #7633 - 34 THE SUNDAY ROUND-UP. (7-10-1936) Dick Foran, Jane Wyman. #7661 - 62 ROMANCE ROAD. (1-29-1938) Walter Cassell. # 8179 - 80 OUT WHERE THE STARS BEGIN. (4-13-1938) All Star Special. #8663 - 64

Six-disc set of Vitaphone shorts scheduled release by Warner Archive on 12/14/2010: Contents: Disc One -- "Vitaphone Pioneers Stars of Broadway, Vaudeville and Nightclubs (1926-1931)" - 13 shorts. THE HOWARD BROTHERS in ?BETWEEN THE ACTS AT THE OPERA? . (10-5-1926) - Willie & Eugene Howard. #349 GUS ARNHEIM and HIS COCOANUT GROVE ORCHESTRA. (June,1928) Gus Arnheim. #2584 TAL HENRY AND HIS NORTH CAROLINIANS. (April,1929) Tal Henry. #732 RHYTHMS. (June,1929) Leo Reisman and his Hotel Brunswick Orchestra. #770 THE OPRY HOUSE. (August, 1929) The Mound City Blue Blowers. #834 RED NICHOLS AND HIS FIVE PENNIES. (December, 1929) Red Nichols. #870 LEW FIELDS IN ?23...SKIDOO?. (June, 1930) Lew Fields, Olive (Gloria) Shea. #1017 FASHION'S MIRROR. (October, 1930) Jack Thompson & Barbara Newberry. #1045 HENRY SANTREY & HIS SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE. (January, 1931) Henry Santrey. #1128 OPENING NIGHT. (January ,1931) Dorothy Sands, Peggy Shannon. #1138 ONE WAY OUT. (January, 1931) Thelma White. #1153 JACK BUCHANAN WITH THE GLEE QUARTET. (February, 1930) Jack Buchanan. #3816 BUBBLES. with the Vitaphone Kiddies (1930) The Gumm Sisters (with Judy Garland). #3898 Disc Two -- "Vitaphone Varieties Music and Comedy Diversions (1931-35)" - 6 Shorts. THE GRAND DAME. (May, 1931) Patsy Kelly. #1203 NINE O'CLOCK FOLKS. (June, 1931) Roy Fant, The Mound City Blue Blowers. #1220 HOT NEWS MARGIE. (November, 1931) Marjorie Beebe. #1290 THE MILD WEST. (11-18-1933) Janet Reade. #1582 - 83 ROOFTOPS OF MANHATTAN. (11-16-1935) Gil Lamb. #1893 - 94 THE DUNCAN SISTERS IN "SURPRISE". (7-27-1935) Duncan Sisters. #1915 - 16 Disc Three -- "Vitaphone presents Movie Memories, Celebrities & Novelties Hollywood/Personalities/Nostalgia (1931-34)" ? 11 shorts. THRILLS OF YESTERDAY. (10-17-1931) Silent-era Serials. #1261 MOVIE ALBUM #1. (3-5-1932) Old Silent Days. #1326 INKLINGS. (4-8-1933) Lowell Thomas. #1368 MOVIE ALBUM #2. (6-4-1932) Old Silent Days. #1388 NICKELETTE. (9-24-1932) Nickelodeon. #1399 MOVIE MEMORIES #1. (12-30-1933) Old Silent Days. #1517 A PENNY A PEEP. (6-30-1934) Nickelodeon Memories. #1518 THE CAMERA SPEAKS. (8-11-1934) Billy Bitzer. #1600 HOLLYWOOD NEWS REEL. (6-24-1934) Warner Bros. Stars. # 6170 MOVIE MEMORIES #2. (10-27-1934) Old Silent Days. # 6493 A TRIP THROUGH A HOLLYWOOD STUDIO. (12/7/1934) WB Stars. # 6616. Disc Four -- "Vitaphone Singin? and Swingin? Musical delights from the worlds Broadway, Radio, Nightclubs & Vaudeville (1933-39)" - 11 shorts. HARRY WARREN, AMERICA?S FOREMOST COMPOSER. (11-18-1933) Harry Warren. #1544 BARBER SHOP BLUES. (9-30-1933) Claude Hopkins. #1551 PHIL SPITALNY & HIS ORCH. - A BIG CITY FANTASY. (4-14-1934) Phil Spitalny. #1635 MIRRORS. (9-8-1934) Freddie Rich & His Orchestra, Vera Van. #1689 PHIL SPITALNY & HIS MUSICAL QUEENS. (10-6-1934) Phil Spitalny. #1719 DON REDMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA. (10-29-1934) Don Redman. #1770 MR. & MRS. JESSE CRAWFORD AT HOME. (4-15-1939) Jesse and Helen Crawford. #B219 VAUDEVILLE REEL #1. (10-13-1934) Herb Williams. #1751 VAUDEVILLE REEL #2. (10-29-1934) Carl Emmy, George and Olive Brasno. #1761 VAUDEVILLE REEL #3. (2-16-1935) Al Trahan. #1778 VAUDEVILLE REEL #4. (4-27-1935) Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields, Pat Rooney, Sr. #1791 Disc Five -- "Vitaphone in TECHNICOLOR! TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL COMEDY 2-Reelers (1934-35)" - 6 Shorts. SERVICE WITH A SMILE. (7-28-1934) Leon Errol. #1700 - 01 GOOD MORNING EVE. (9-22-1934) Leon Errol. #1702 - 03 WHAT? NO MEN! (11-24-1934) El Brendel. #1704 - 05 GYPSY SWEETHEART. (3-30-1935) Wini Shaw. #1708 - 09 OKAY, JOSE. (12-7-1935) El Brendel. #7071 - 72 CARNIVAL DAY. (5-20-1935) Felix Knight. #7143 - 44 Disc Six -- "Vitaphone in TECHNICOLOR!- TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL COMEDY 2-Reelers (1935-38)" - 6 Shorts. KING OF THE ISLANDS. (2-22-1936) Wini Shaw. #7234 - 35 CHANGING OF THE GUARD. (6-6-1936) Sybil Jason. #7497 - 98 ECHO MOUNTAIN. (8-29-1936) Fred Lawrence. #7633 - 34 THE SUNDAY ROUND-UP. (7-10-1936) Dick Foran, Jane Wyman. #7661 - 62 ROMANCE ROAD. (1-29-1938) Walter Cassell. # 8179 - 80 OUT WHERE THE STARS BEGIN. (4-13-1938) All Star Special. #8663 - 64

Yes! Please! MORE early thirties!

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > Long lists are perfectly acceptable. Accuracy, not length, is what should count. > > A compromise might have been if the poster had that list on a personal blog, then he or she could just provide a link to that blog page. > Hey, I wasn't picking on Ray for posting such a long list. Just (hopefully nicely) kidding him. I know him and he's a swell guy.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > Because Housman is hardly a household name. > Among Laurel & Hardy fans he SURE IS! And should be to all fans of classic movies.

How could we have gone this far in this topic without yet mentioning Arthur Housman? He played the hilarious drunk in many Hal Roach films, notably SCRAM! (1932), THE LIVE GHOST (1934) and OUR RELATIONS (1936) all with Laurel & Hardy. He could also be a tough gangster or tackle other dramatic roles. But he is best remembered as the very funny drunk guy. I think he worked especially well with the team of Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly in such shorts as DONE IN OIL (1934) and TREASURE BLUES (1935).

> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote} > Excellent idea for a thread, filmlover. > > Here is a still from the opening credits of The Manster. Something looks amiss with the credits. > > > I'm not really sure this is a mistake as much as just poor and careless placement of the credits. The "RCA Recording System" credit is at the lower left and the "Sound By Aoi Studio" is at the lower right. That's how they were supposed to be read, not across. Perhaps this confusing placement happened in the translating of the original Japanese credits to English (if that was done in this case...I'm not familiar enough with this movie to say for sure.) In the original maybe the "RCA Recording System" was in the lower left with the RCA in a circle as the logo was usually printed and the other Sound credit similarly placed in the lower right. So in printing this English version it came out confusingly, but that's how I think it probably happened.

> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote} > The fascinating thing about BEAU IDEAL is that it - and not BEAU GESTE - was the blueprint for Laurel & Hardy's BEAU HUNKS. By the way, here are the RKO's I have in 16mm: (Huge list follows...) > Very impressive, Ray. But wouldn't it have been easier for you to just list the few RKO's that you DON'T have? Would have been a much shorter list! Anyway, it's good to see that you have Wheeler & Woolsey pretty well covered.

> {quote:title=ziggyelman wrote:}{quote} > was smoky looking??? A bit like the contrast was up, but not the brightness. Never seen a copy of a film look like that before on TCM! Every room, every scene, looked like it was shot in a smoky bar...but of course it wasn't. I've seen it several times through the years, even had the VHS tape...so I don't even think "they" could have dug up an older copy accidentally. > Yes, ziggy, I noticed it too. It wasn't bad enough to detract significantly from enjoying the movie (although I'm glad I wasn't counting on recording it that night as a definitive copy!) But, yes, something was wrong.

Another vote for Dick Powell as Star of the Month. Oh, and don't forget to find and include "Convention City" (1933)!

> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote} > I didn't either, but having watched the whole thing and then realizing that I didn't spot him, I checked the IMDb. I wonder if he was to be a playmate for Dickie Jones in a scene. > I'm sure you mean Dickie Moore, as Dickie Jones is not in UPPERWORLD. But anyway, it's nice that all three of the guys are still with us: Dickie Moore, Dickie Jones, and Mickey Rooney.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > Looks like this may have been a bit of a tempest in a teapot. I checked the Canadian schedules this evening, and the ones for both January and February are now posted. (Hey, maybe we humble message board posters have more influence than we thought...) > As I just posted on the other thread on this question, the just-posted Canadian TCM schedule for January includes all of the Hal Roach films that are listed for the U.S. January schedule. As we know, up until now, TCM has not been able to show Hal Roach films in Canada, so this is very surprising to see them now listed for Canada. I hope this means that the rights have finally been cleared for TCM to show them. But unfortunately I suppose there's a slight chance that an error has resulted in the U.S. January schedule being posted instead of the Canadian one, resulting in the inclusion of the Roach films. If not before, we shall at least find out on Jan. 4 when the Roach marathon starts. What will they be showing on TCM Canada?