musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
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> Also missing are the many great films he did for Fox plus Universal's COPPER CANYON, a Technicolor western pairing him with Hedy Lamarr.
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Not meaning to be too picky, but to be accurate, COPPER CANYON is a Paramount Picture, not Universal.
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> {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}
> Very good movie. Thelma Todd is excellent in it as is Clara Bow. I have it on DVD--no idea whether this is bootleg?
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> http://www.lostflix.com/clr4.htm
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It most certainly positively and definitely is.
There has been no authorized video or DVD release of CALL HER SAVAGE.
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> {quote:title=attilaxxx wrote:}{quote}
> I loved putting on TMC on Saturday mornings,and watching the Bowery Boys,and now there gone...
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The Bowery Boys movies are not gone. They will be returning in March and April.
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> > I wouldn't mind a dupe of THE CAT CREEPS (1930).
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> Too bad F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre isn't around any longer--you could have asked him for one.
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Good ol' Gwynplaine could write so well about a lost film that he'd have you believing he'd seen it, and would sometimes even refer vaguely to where he claimed to have seen the print, but as far as I know he didn't claim to have all the lost & rare stuff himself.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
>Bob Hope pokes fun of Milland in MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE, alluding to him as a raging drunk (probably more a reference to the character in LOST WEEKEND).
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THE LOST WEEKEND inspired a lot of spoofs and references. One of my favorites was in the 1947 WB cartoon SLICK HARE.
Here's a listing of others, including the one from MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE:
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> {quote:title=nitratefiend wrote:}{quote}
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> One of the shorts TCM broadcast had the name of Hal Roach sound engineer Elmer Raguse (who also worked on Little Rascals films) misspelled as Elmer "Roguse." Which short was it? IMDB noticed this error, BTW, as I confirmed by Googling Elmer Roguse.
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That misspelling was the fault of the reissue company Film Classics. When they reissued the films in the 1940's and replaced the original titles & credits they misspelled Raguse's name on several films. They also carelessly and disgracefully mangled many other names and even some of the film titles!
Some I know have a sort of a nostalgic fondness for the "Film Classics Plaque" titles on the Roach films, but I am delighted to see the original title & credits restored on so many of them.
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> > > Spike's the man. LOL
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> > Where did you get that from?
> > I have NEVER seen or heard of him called that.
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> I have seen it printed in several sources, including the TCM database which mentions it on his biography page (links are provided in the original post). This was his nickname in Hollywood.
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Thanks for the info.
His real name being Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones, I wonder if anyone ever shortened it and called him Spike Jones. No, I didn't think so!
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Yes, thanks TCM programmers for starting to list them again.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> Spike's the man. LOL
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Where did you get that from?
I have NEVER seen or heard of him called that.
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Yes, thanks TCM programmers for starting to list them again.
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> What happened to *The Spy in Black*, aka U-Boat 29, directed by Michael Powell. It was originally scheduled for 5:15 am this morning? It has been disappeared from the schedule, and not rescheduled.
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Explained very simply, what happened was this:
The midnight movie was found to be longer than originally thought. So TCM had to adjust the starting times of the movies that followed it. That meant unfortunately that something had to give, as they say. THE SPY IN BLACK was chosen as the movie to be dropped and replaced with a shorter one in order for all the starting times of Monday's movies to be on-schedule.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> musicalnovelty
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> Thanks. It sure looks like one of the outfits she wore in *THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES.* Have you seen *SLIDE KELLY SLIDE?*
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I'm sure that one is from BROADWAY SCANDALS from the number C-30. Stills from BATTLE OF THE SEXES have the number DWG-1400. But I suppose you never know...she could have worn the same outfit in both movies. It has happened.
I saw SLIDE KELLY SLIDE way back on Feb. 9, 1998 at The Film Forum in NYC as part of a William Haines series. I don't think it has been on TCM, has it? I really should remember. I would like to see it again.
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> {quote:title=ERROL23 wrote:}{quote}
> A complete Soundtrack only LP of the film is around.I guess this is the best they can do for now.
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It's actually not the complete soundtrack, just the musical highlights, Lawrence Tibbett's songs and the Laurel & Hardy scenes. It's on a label called Pelican Records.
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Thanks for the lovely picture of Sally O'Neil.
That is from the 1929 Columbia picture BROADWAY SCANDALS.
If you have any more pictures of Sally, don't hesitate to post them!
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> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote}
> Dear musicalnovelty,
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> That was a very good catch! Just for that, here is a musical novelty for you:
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> *"Honolulu Baby" from Sons Of the Desert (1934)*
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> Happy Friday
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Here's a version you may not have heard:
(Never mind the visuals here, it's the audio that's rare).
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> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote}
> Whoever is responsible for this should have to spend some time with "Fatso" in the stockade.
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Thanks...
I was trying to think of something clever and relevant to say about it.
Good one!
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> {quote:title=nitratefiend wrote:}{quote}
> Getting back to "Sons of the Desert": did anyone else notice that the boys left the two telltale pineapples out on the kitchen table when they sneaked upstairs to the attic to hide from their wives? Stan first puts the pineapples on a chair, where of course Ollie sits on them, after which Ollie moves them to the tabletop.
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More fun trivia:
Did you notice in that scene in the newspaper a picture of Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly in costume for their short AIR FRIGHT, released just a few days before SONS OF THE DESERT?
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> {quote:title=talkietime wrote:}{quote}
> There was a huge vault fire at Universal a few years ago.
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Sorry to be picky, but I've made a point to correct this minor error whenever I see it.
It was a warehouse not a vault.
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> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:}{quote}
> Really disgraceful..... from the first frames that featured the old MCA TV-syndication logo, that this was a transfer made from a 16mm print.
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Complainers:
Okay, would you rather it have gone like this:
TCM previews the print.
"Oh no, we're going to get complaints on this one. We know MCA sends us the best prints they can, but just to be sure let's ask again."
TCM calls MCA.
"Hey we realize you guys do the best you can. But we got complainers and you know how they can be. By any chance do you have a better print of LUCKY JORDAN?"
MCA:
"No, that's the best we have for now. That's why that's the copy we sent you."
TCM:
"We know...just checking. How long till you can send us a better copy?"
MCA:
"Well you know how it is, with priorities and budgets and everything. It could take years. Maybe ten. Maybe more. And we can't guarantee anything."
TCM:
"Okay forget it. We won't run it at all."
Would that have been better?
I for one had no problem with the print. We've seen much worse. I hadn't seen the movie in many years and was able to appreciate that TCM and MCA do their best and was thankful to see it again.
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Unlisted shorts on TCM, Friday, Jan. 28:
After THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER -
TravelTalks short. Missed the title, but probably the one about Budapest that usually follows this feature.
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Greta Garbo film festival promo.
After TO BE OR NOT TO BE -
Clip from THE DIVINE WOMAN (1928) lost Greta Garbo feature.
Unlisted short following THE MERRY WIDOW on Friday evening:
HOW I PLAY GOLF no. 2 - CHIP SHOTS (1931) - Vitaphone.
Shown, for some reason, without any main titles.
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 28, 2011 6:29 PM
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> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote}
> Don't forget the great interview with Ernie Borgnine that follows
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Has anyone else noticed that on TCM's Home Page in their Ernest Borgnine promo they misspell his name ("Borgine") in the 2009 Private Screenings reference?
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> {quote:title=Vintpbfan wrote:}{quote}
> Just a thought. Though I really enjoy many of the shorts that are shown on TCM, it would be great to see the other 25 episodes of Screen Director's Playhouse. I really enjoyed that diversion and often don't have the time to sit down and watch a complete film. is there anyone else out there who would like to see the rest of these ?
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Yes, very much!
Please, TCM, bring us the rest of these shows!
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> {quote:title=Garth wrote:}{quote}
> What is the 1.25 & 1.26? I don't understand that.
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Yeah, it bugs me too, when he insists on writing dates that way.
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> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote}
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> Oh, and I loved the actress who played his "mom". RO mentioned her name, but I've already forgotten it.
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That was Mabel Paige.
Here's more info on her:
Call Her Savage 1932
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> {quote:title=ChorusGirl wrote:}{quote}
> I'm surprised Fox never put out a pre-Code box set on dvd, with CALL HER SAVAGE plus all the other great pre-code movies they are sitting on
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> like these:
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> http://www.filmforum.org/films/foxfilms.html#me|http://www.filmforum.org/films/foxfilms.html#me
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That Film Forum series ("Fox Before the Code") was from December 2006. I was there for some of those shows. But there are still several they showed then that I couldn't get to, and have still never seen anywhere else. I agree it would be so great if Fox would release a lot of these on DVD or if Fox Movie Channel would run them.