musicalnovelty
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That would be wonderful!
Please consider it, TCM!
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> {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}
> Arrgh. I keep flashing on this song from an old musical and I can;t remember anything else about the film except one line from one song. It starts off with one half of a couple singing, then the other, then ends as a sort of duet:
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> "something, something something, would you? would you?"
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> And that's all. Sorry to be so incredibly vague, but that's all I can pull up before "woops!" it's gone...
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> Thanks
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The song was actually written in 1936 for the MGM movie SAN FRANCISCO. Jeanette MacDonald originally sang it.
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Unlisted short after BEST FOOT FORWARD on Sunday morning, Jan. 16:
UPS AND DOWNS (1937) starring Hal LeRoy, with June Allyson.
Another unlisted short followed I WANT TO LIVE! on Sunday morning:
STORY CONFERENCE (1934) starring Lillian Roth.
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 16, 2011 10:25 AM
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}
> Still no short listed on the schedule for the 29 minutes following the Bowery Boys movie on January 15.
> Shorts fans be sure to tune in...could be something interesting shown.
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If anyone missed it, they ran the short THE FILM THAT WAS LOST (1942) - MGM ("Passing Parade" series).
We might be seeing more shorts today: every movie today until 8:00 P.M. (eastern) has time after it for a two-reel short but again, nothing is currently listed on the schedule.
Update:
At 1:48 P.M. -
JASPER NATIONAL PARK (1952) - MGM ("TravelTalks" series).
Another update:
Short at 7:49 P.M. -
CASH STASHERS (1953) - MGM (Pete Smith series).
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 15, 2011 1:51 PM
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 15, 2011 11:47 PM
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
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> Wasn't Payne originally a singing cowboy? Wonder if he left Fox to expand his typecasting?
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Yes, he was a singer, but not in westerns.
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> {quote:title=drednm wrote:}{quote}
> I taped *The Great Waltz.* The film went black for about 15 minutes. TCM ? Comcast ?
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I wasn't recording it but had it on and didn't notice any loss of picture. It must have been your cable not TCM that was at fault.
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Still no short listed on the schedule for the 29 minutes following the Bowery Boys movie on January 15.
Shorts fans be sure to tune in...could be something interesting shown.
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> {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}
>Janet Gaynor--$252,583/ year:
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Nice tribute to Janet Gaynor....but what was up with that shot of Clara Bow in the middle of it???
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> {quote:title=Fedya wrote:}{quote}
> I find the Edward G. Robinson scene in *Key Largo*, where he's in the bathtub smoking his cigar, creepy enough.
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Worse than Larry Fine in a bathtub with a cigar?
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William Bendix's very first film appearance was his unbilled role in the 1939 one-reel Vitaphone comedy short NO PARKING starring Arthur Q. Bryan (not even listed on IMDb).
It would be nice for his fans if TCM could fit this short in somewhere during his day Friday.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
>9:30pm The Match King (1932)
> An ambitious young man corners the market on matches, then faces the destruction of his empire.
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> Cast: Warren William, Lily Damita, Glenda Farrell, Juliette Compton Dir: William Keighley
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So, is this the one where Warren William meets his match?
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Unfortunately COME CLEAN was the edited / censored print. Back when The Disney Channel briefly ran a few Laurel & Hardy shorts about 1984, they showed COME CLEAN and the "travelling salesman" story that Stan tells was cut out. Although no explanation was ever offered (that I heard) it was theorized that The Disney Channel considered that line too risqu? for their station. But at least it was great to see the short in such a good print, with the real Roach opening titles & credits. Then that short remained out of circulation for some reason for years after: it was not shown on AMC or on The "Leonard Maltin Presents" show of Roach shorts. So I was hoping that finally we would get COME CLEAN complete and uncut on TCM today. Obviously they must not have been aware that they were receiving an edited print. Let's hope it will be on again and they'll get a complete print.
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> {quote:title=nitratefiend wrote:}{quote}
> Sorry to hear that "Below Zero" was cut short. Like dirwuf, I hope TCM will make up for this. Until they do, I'll be happy to see that short's opening sequence again. I love the aural irony of them playing "In the Good Old Summertime" while standing out in the freezing cold looking miserable -- a joke that will be lost on generations too young to know that tune.
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Also the "Mr. Whiteman" reference. How many of a younger generation will get that one?
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> Universal released 35 features in 1930. How many have you seen? How many have never even played on television?
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Seen and have copies of:
HELL'S HEROES
DAMES AHOY
UNDERTOW
WHITE HELL OF PITZ PALU
YOUNG DESIRE
WHAT MEN WANT
KING OF JAZZ
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
LITTLE ACCIDENT
EAST IS WEST
Seen but don't have copies of:
THE COHENS AND KELLYS IN SCOTLAND
CAPTAIN OF THE GUARDS
THE STORM
SEE AMERICA THIRST
Heard but not seen (lost film, but soundtrack exists):
THE CAT CREEPS
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I've always wanted to see that one, too, and was hoping it really would be shown this time. It was already scheduled and dropped once before. Let's hope they will try again and really acquire it next time.
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Actress Miriam Seegar passed away on January 2 at age 103.
IMDb entry here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781502/
L.A. Times report:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110105,0,2450170.story
Some nice pictures here:
http://www.elbrendel.com/2011/01/miriam-seegar-1907-2011.html
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> {quote:title=Millhigh wrote:}{quote}
> So, it would seem, all music in this film, including the title song, is anachronistic, except for
> the operatic arias.
> Who wrote the title song? Was it the same pair who wrote " Would You? " ?
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Here's a listing of the songs in the movie, their dates and composers:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028216/soundtrack
There are some real oldies in there!
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> {quote:title=Millhigh wrote:}{quote}
> There is a song, a waltz I believe, in " San Francisco " that Jeanette MacDonald called " Would
> You? ". She and Clark Gable danced to it at the political rally. Later, she sang part of it at a
> rehearsal in ****'s saloon. I have Googled it, and looked it up in Wikipedia. Nobody seems
> to have any information about it.
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> I want to know when it was written, and by whom. There is already another song in the film,
> " The Camptown Strutters Ball ", that is an anachronism, since it was written in 1917, and
> the film was set in 1906. I want to find out if " Would You? " is also an anachronism, or if
> it was available in 1906.
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It was a new song written for the movie in 1936 by MGM composers Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown.
Here's a look at the sheet music:
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> {quote:title=Im4movies2 wrote:}{quote}
>What a shame he didn't become an actor in his adult years. He certainly was way ahead of the black comedians who followed after like Bill Cosby or Eddie Murphy.
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Actually Stymie did continue acting after Our Gang, and worked pretty steadily until his early twenties. Then after some troubled years got back on track and back into acting. Starting in 1974 he appeared in many TV shows and movies, continuing right up until his death in 1981.
He was never a big star after his Our Gang career, but was able to keep busy.
Here's a listing of his films & TV shows:
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This is confusing because there are two versions of that movie story. One is in black & white and does not have a song in it, and the other is in color and does have a song. But you say the one you saw was in black & white and had a song.
Anyway, here are the details:
The first version is BACHELOR MOTHER (1939) starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven.
The color version with the song is BUNDLE OF JOY (1956) starring Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.
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7:48 P.M. - Tuesday night
They're running it again!
And there it was again, at 9:22 P.M.
Looks like they're not planning to stop running it.
Okay, here we go again!
It's 11:52 P.M. Tuesday night and it's on again!
Not again!
Sure enough here it is again!
Wednesday morning at 3:43 A.M.
Looks like they're not taking the request to stop running this seriously!
Just in case anyone missed it...yes it's on again!
Wednesday morning at 5:33 A.M.
Well, they really want everyone to see this, don't they?
Here it is Wednesday morning at 6:38 A.M. and it's on again!
I knew it would be on again...and here it is!
Wednesday morning at 9:39 A.M.
It's on again right now...
Wednesday afternoon at 12:33 P.M.
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 4, 2011 9:26 PM
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 4, 2011 11:54 PM
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 5, 2011 3:46 AM
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Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 5, 2011 9:40 AM
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Jan 5, 2011 12:34 PM
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> {quote:title=ArchieCarstairs wrote:}{quote}
> Did anyone else notice the odd edit in "Shanghai Express" last night in the scene where Dietrich is translating for the Warner Oland character and the French soldier? Oland asked a question, Dietrich translated, the soldier repliled, and then suddenly the film jumped as if the English translation had been cut. It makes me wonder if this was a re-release print edited for content after the code went into effect. Maybe that's all that exists now? Anyway, it didn't jump a few frames the way some old films do; this looked like a deliberate edit that had been made in the print at some point (not by TCM, of course) to eliminate the English translation.
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> -Arch
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SHANGHAI EXPRESS was reissued by Paramount in August 1935 (post-code) so there quite possibly could have been editing done. Further research would have to be done, such as locating an original 1932 cutting continuity script.
But maybe someone else who has older recordings of the movie from other sources can check them and give us a report.
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> {quote:title=mavfan4life wrote:}{quote}
> Since the Mickster's going to be there, I'm putting in a vote for Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney introducing *National Velvet*.
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> David in Seattle
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Juanita Quigley and Angela Lansbury (from NATIONAL VELVET) are also both still with us.
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I was just literally posting this on the Our Gang thread I started in reply to CineMaven's nice post to me there...then it got locked.
But as long as I wrote it, I'll post it here.
I still predict that with the title of this thread, people may not realize it's about Our Gang and new ones may be started.
(Original post to CineMaven):
Yes, I knew about that one, and wasn't trying to replace it or anything like that. But because that one doesn't have "Our Gang" or even "Little Rascals" in its title I thought most people wouldn't realize it could be used for the Our Gang posts that are bound to come later and that at least one new thread on the subject would be started. So I just thought if that happened, the new thread should be clearly named Our Gang.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> Let's hear it for Declan Patrick McManus!
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I get it...
Great song by Mr. McManus!