musicalnovelty
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This shot was taken on the set of her 1954 MGM movie RHAPSODY.
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> There is another thread somewhere with the schedule listed.
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Here it is:
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The one I most want to see on TCM is her first, THERE'S ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE (1942) - Universal.
I've seen it several times on friends' 16mm prints and have had it on video since 1983 but sure would like to see a nice bright & clear new Universal print on TCM. Considering she's in it, I'm kind of surprised that seemingly nobody at Universal has yet thought to put it out on video or DVD, at least as an extra on some DVD of one of her later movies (I really don't follow the post-1960 stuff but am assuming that she must have made at least one movie for Universal after 1959). It's only an hour long so should fit easily as a DVD extra.
It's a silly but fun comedy starring Hugh Herbert with a cast of good comedy veterans such as Edgar Kennedy, Guy Kibbee, Gus Schilling, Maude Eburne, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, etc. And the beautiful Peggy Moran and Nell O'Day add to the enjoyment.
Please, TCM, look into acquiring this neglected but important part of Elizabeth Taylor's legacy.
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Edited by: musicalnovelty on Mar 23, 2011 6:51 AM
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> The only song I really enjoyed (other than "Sunnyside Up" itself), was that Harry Lauder-type WWI vaudeville ditty sung by Gaynor's roommate to cheer her up. I wish I knew the title of it.
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Hello!
That song by the always delightful Marjorie White is also one of my favorite bits in the movie.
According to the Fox Movietone Music Cue Sheet for the SUNNYSIDE UP the title of the name of the song is "It's Great to Be Necked", and it was written by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson, as were the other songs in the movie.
Two of the songs in SUNNYSIDE UP became very big hits at the time: "Aren't We All" and "If I Had a Talking Picture of You". In fact if you're into collecting 78 RPM records or movie-related sheet music of the period you can't avoid them! I can't even count how many 78's I have on which those two songs are coupled on the A & B sides by various bands and singers. The song "Turn On the Heat" was also recorded several times, and "You've Got Me Pickin' Petals Off of Daisies" a few times. If you might want to search for a recording of "It's Great to Be Necked" I'm afraid all you can do is to make a recording from the movie's soundtrack, as I have never seen any evidence that it was ever recorded like the other songs from the movie.
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> A while ago I bought the Warner Archive DVD of "The Show of Shows", and although the back of the DVD case states that the film runs 123 minutes, the actual DVD clocks in at a little over an hour and is missing several key acts/musical numbers. Someone told me that they heard that Warner has re-mastered the disc so it now contains the complete (or nearly complete) film. Is this true?
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Hello Mr. Mayer!
That short version is an error...a defect. The DVD should of course be the full length movie - approximately 126 minutes. You should (hopefully) be able to return and exchange it if you explain why you may have not got to it right away and only recently discovered the problem.
Read a lot more about this problem here:
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Mongo,
It was nice to see Shemp Howard included here on March 17 for his birthday. Since you are the expert birthday researcher you may have noticed that there are discrepancies in the listings of Shemp's date of birth. Most people seem to think it was March 17 while others say March 4. But just recently new evidence has been found to confirm the real date...and guess what? It's not the 4th nor the 17th! Shemp's granddaughter Jill located his long-unseen birth certificate which states that he was born on March 11, 1895.
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Unlisted short on Monday, March 21 at 11:50 A.M. -
"Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round" - Freddy Martin (1948) - MGM.
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> {quote:title=Jezebel38 wrote:}{quote}
> ....Music box playing while two doll people are dancing. The tune is Valse Des Rayons, also known as Valse Chaloupee from Offenbach?s ballet Le Papillon.
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On the MGM Music Cue Sheet for the movie, dated August 12, 1936, the title of the selection is given as "L'Amour de L'Apache".
For anyone watching the movie who wants to follow along and learn the titles of all the music used in it here's the complete listing from the Cue Sheet:
1. Main Title (Franz Waxman).
2. Improvisation (Waxman).
3. The Little Dog (Waxman).
4. The Big Dog (Waxman).
5. Laschna (Waxman).
6. Paris (Waxman).
7. Boat Rescue #1 (Edward Ward).
8. Doll Dance (Waxman).
9. The Little Horse (Waxman).
10. Lorraine and Her Father - Part 2 (Waxman).
11. Eifel Tower (Waxman).
12. Buying Flowers (Waxman).
13. A Nightmare (Waxman).
14. The Jewel Thief (Waxman).
15. L'Amour de L'Apache (Offenbach).
16. In the Restaurant (Waxman).
17. A Nightmare (Waxman).
18. A Nightmare (Waxman).
19. The Jewel Thief (Waxman).
20. Lorraine and Her Father - Part 1 (Waxman).
21. Lorraine and Her Father - Part 2 (Waxman).
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> Here is a potential quick schedule for a *"Great Screen Ladies of The 20's"* event. There are allot of debuts in here and it probably isn't very realistic overall. Undoubtedly, several actresses would be left out too.
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> I haven't mentioned people like Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford because they are more associated with the Teen's, than the 20's. Anyway, both deserve there own Stars of the month tributes. I have allot of OR's in here, for alternate selections. Other gals who merit a mention would include Nita Naldi, Marie Prevost, Phyllis Haver, Leatrice Joy, Eleanor Boardman, Betty Bronson, Jetta Goudal, Anna Q Nilsson, Dolores Del Rio, and the list goes on and on.
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> Constance-THE LOVE EXPERT (1920), or EAST IS WEST (1922). HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE (1924), HER SISTER FROM PARIS (1924), THE DUCHESS OF BUFFALO (1926).
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You didn't include the excellent LESSONS IN LOVE (1921) under Constance Talmadge. I saw it a couple years ago and again a couple days ago and it looks great. I'd love to see it on TCM.
And how about Billie Dove? You mentioned her earlier, but she's not on your list here. She certainly should be included in a "Great Screen Ladies of the Twenties" series.
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I'm a huge Wheeler & Woolsey fan, but their 1936 movie MUMMY'S BOYS put me to sleep the first time I watched it.
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The 1952 movie O. HENRY'S FULL HOUSE is actually five separate stories, one of which is the one you're asking about. Perhaps this is the movie you're looking for.
Info here:
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Although star Humphrey Bogart does not play a detective in it, I thought I'd mention that most of the 1947 Warner Bros. movie DARK PASSAGE is shot that way.
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The titles of many B-westerns mean nothing, especially most of the Republic Gene Autrys and Roy Rogers, which are usually just song titles. But one of the silliest was ROUND-UP TIME IN TEXAS (1937) starring Gene Autry. Most of the story in that one takes place in Africa, not in Texas.
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We observe Columbus Day in October, but today was Columbia's Day!!
A whole day of not-often-shown Columbia movies.
Thank you, TCM!
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> 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!
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Here's a link to all sorts of info on the movie you're asking about:
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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:
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>Next Tuesday they're playing the only Stanwyck / Davis pairing I know of, So Big.
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Yes, they're both in the same movie! But what a missed opportunity that they don't appear together in at least one scene.
It's sort of like the 1934 MGM feature HOLLYWOOD PARTY. We get Laurel & Hardy and The Three Stooges in the same movie...but they never shared a scene together.
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> *Not meaning to stir this up again, but did you notice Robert O. again mentioning TCM's "film library"?*
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> Yeah, but with at least three other threads already discussing this topic, does this thread really need to be hijacked as well?
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You're right. I probably shouldn't have brought it up.
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> Yay for the intelligent young man who selected The Searchers and who named one of his sons Ethan.
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Not meaning to stir this up again, but did you notice Robert O. again mentioning TCM's "film library"?
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> 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.
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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)
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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.
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>I turned the TV on when I got up & saw young Bogart with Marion Davies (?)
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That would have been Dorothy Mackaill with Bogart in the 1932 Columbia picture LOVE AFFAIR.
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>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.
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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.
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> i really have to say how happy i am that TCM is playing all Jean Harlow MOVIES would anyone know where i can get a DVD of '' The girl from Missouri '' i just Think Jean Harlow was Superb in that movie the Wise cracking oneliners The writers were just perfect back then.. she really delivers flawless and her look and character are so perfect for the time.. If anyone has info about the DVD of this or when it will be released Let me know.. cool
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It's coming up on TCM on Tuesday night, March 29.