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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> I just removed the words added - I hope that helps! Don't really need the silly extra words anyway with cute Ann Carter's expressive face and the tree.....
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Okay, I'll delete the picture from my post. Then everyone can wonder what we're talking about!
But I'm glad you were able to save the picture part without the caption.
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> Oh geez! No... I was using a picture I had, to show that TCM remembers us - just as Amy Reed remembers her "friend" with a present. . Duh. I am so dumb, it never occurred to me that it might mean something else. I wonder if I can remove it.
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We could each edit our posts and delete the picture, I suppose.
(Although it IS a charming picture!)
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> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote}
>It is a neat musical number. I've been collecting records for 35 years, and I really haven't heard a bad version of Turn On The Heat . "Fats" Waller's 1929 Victor recording of it is phenomenal.
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The song was also used in the 1933 Walter Lantz cartoon HOT AND COLD. That is sort of unusual, as that cartoon was released by Universal, and the original movie that the song came from, of course was a Fox Picture.
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
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That picture scared me for a moment! It looks like you're reporting that Ann Carter (CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, etc.) has passed away.
She hasn't, has she?
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Dec 29, 2010 4:23 PM
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> {quote:title=tholar wrote:}{quote}
> With Will Rogers
> Was supposed to run (PCT) 2:15 to 3:30 A.M., so I recorded it, and much to my surprise,even though I set my recorder longer, than the movie was to run, I got to 1:19 and it stopped, with the movie not yet ended. So, this means afer 79 m. it still was running, putting the time at 3:34, and I looked it up, and the running time is listed at 71 m. What gives? Will this run again? How much did I miss?
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Yes, it ran about 8 minutes longer than scheduled.
Let's hope it (and the other Will Rogers movies) will be shown again.
And that they can work out acquiring HANDY ANDY (1934) that was originally scheduled but later replaced.
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Unfortunately for our Canadian friends the Hal Roach films are now no longer listed on the January TCM schedule.
But it looks like the programmers made an effort to replace them with classic comedies that hopefully will also be enjoyed by the folks who would have wanted to see the Roach films.
There are marathons of films featuring:
Hugh Herbert
Abbott & Costello
Wheeler & Woolsey (16 movies, and one solo starring Bert Wheeler!)
The Marx Brothers
Laurel & Hardy (non-Roach titles)
Buster Keaton
The Three Stooges (including the documentary "The Lost Stooges" that I don't think has ever been on TCM before)
Fibber McGee & Molly
Burns & Allen
Robert Benchley
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> {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}
> Courtesy of lzcutter (aka the list lady)
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> STAR OF THE MONTH:
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> May 1994: Greta Garbo
> June 1994: Glenn Ford
> July 1994: Greer Garson
> Aug.1994: Edward G. Robinson
> Sept.1994: Barbara Stanwyck
> Oct.1994: Angela Lansbury
> Nov.1994 John Garfield
> Dec.1994:
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> Jan.1995: Esther Williams
> Feb.1995: Ronald Reagan
> Mar.1995:
> Apr.1995: Doris Day
> May 1995: Myrna Loy
> June 1995: Errol Flynn
> July 1995: G. Kelly (Gene or Grace?)
> Aug.1995: Paul Muni
> Sept.1995: Jane Powell
> Oct.1995: Clark Gable
> Nov.1995: Barrymores
> Dec.1995: Bing Crosby
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> Jan.1996: Deborah Kerr
> Feb.1996: Robert Young
> Mar.1996
> April 1996: Irene Dunne
> May 1996: James Stewart
> June 1996: Rosalind Russell
> July 1996: Fred Astaire
> Aug.1996: Ann Sheridan
> Sept.1996: Van Johnson
> Oct.1996: Kathryn Grayson
> Nov.1996: Robert Mitchum
> Dec.1996: Gary Cooper
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> Jan.97: Jean Arthur
> Feb.97: Eleanor Parker
> Mar.97: 31 Days of Oscar
> Apr.97: Ava Gardner
> May 97: George Brent
> June 97: June Allyson
> July 97: John and Walter Huston (also Director of the Month)
> Aug.97: Cary Grant
> Sept.97: Ida Lupino
> Oct.97: Walter Pidgeon
> Nov.97: Katharine Hepburn
> Dec.97: Best of 97
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> Jan.1998: Lana Turner
> Feb.1998: Charlton Heston
> Mar.1998:31 Days of Oscar
> April 1998: Red Skelton
> May 1998: Olivia de Havilland
> June 1998: James Cagney
> July 1998: Lucille Ball
> August 1998: Joan Crawford
> Sept.1998: John Wayne
> Oct.1998: Cyd Charisse
> Nov.1998: Claude Rains
> Dec.1998: Best of 98
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> Jan.1999: Elizabeth Taylor
> Feb.1999: William Powell
> March 1999: 31 Days of Oscar (probably)
> April 1999: Dennis Morgan
> May 1999: Bette Davis
> June 1999: Mickey Rooney
> July1999: Natalie Wood
> August 1999: Peter Sellers
> Sept.1999: Norma Shearer
> Oct. 1999: Gregory Peck
> Nov. 1999: Ginger Rogers
> Dec. 1999: Burt Lancaster
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> Jan. 2000: Debbie Reynolds
> Feb. 2000: Robert Ryan
> March 2000: 31 Days of Oscars (probably)
> April 2000: Spencer Tracy
> May 2000: Alexis Smith
> June 2000:Wallace Beery
> July 2000: Judy Garland
> August 2000: film debuts
> Sept 2000: Jane Wyman
> October 2000: Dick Powell
> Nov 2000: Frank Sinatra
> Dec. 2000: Lauren Bacall
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> Jan. 2001: Elvis Presley
> Feb.2001: Jean Hagen
> March 2001: 31 Days of Oscar (probably)
> Apr.2001: Knighted Actors
> May 2001: Jean Harlow
> June 2001: W.C. Fields
> July 2001: Ann Sothern
> Aug.2001: James Garner
> Sept. 2001: Robert Taylor
> Oct. 2001: Lana Turner
> Nov.2001: Glenn Ford
> Dec.2001: The Marx Brothers
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> Jan. 2002: Marlene Dietrich
> Feb. 2002: Kirk Douglas
> March 2002: 31 Days of Oscar
> April 2002: Barbara Stanwyck
> May 2002: Edward G. Robinson
> June 2002: Greta Garbo
> July 2002: Sidney Poitier
> Aug. 2002: Joan Crawford
> Sept. 2002: Van Heflin
> Oct. 2002: Final films
> Nov. 2002: Shelly Winters
> Dec. 2002: Montgomery Clift
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> Jan. 2003: Doris Day
> Feb. 2003: John Garfield
> Mar. 2003: 31 Days of Oscar
> Apr. 2003: Harold Lloyd
> May 2003: Olivia de Havilland
> June 2003: TV Actors in Films
> July 2003: Lee Marvin
> Aug. 2003: 1st Summer Under the Stars (see below)
> Sept. 2003: James Mason
> Oct. 2003: Boris Karloff
> Nov. 2003: Shirley MacLaine
> Dec. 2003: David Niven
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> Jan. 2004: Katherine Hepburn
> Feb.2004: 31 Days of Oscar
> Mar.2004: Charles Chaplin
> Apr. 2004: Judy Garland
> May 2004: Greer Garson
> June 2004: Cary Grant
> July 2004: Stars That Died Before Their Time
> Aug.2004: 2nd Summer Under the Stars (see below)
> Sept.2004: Myrna Loy
> Oct. 2004: Peter Lorre
> Nov.2004: Clark Gable
> Dec. 2004: James Stewart
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> Jan.2005: Canadian Actors
> Feb. 2005: 31 Days of Oscar
> Mar. 2005: Claudette Colbert
> Apr. 2005: Errol Flynn
> May 2005: Orson Welles
> June 2005: Ingrid Bergman
> July 2005: Audrey Hepburn
> Aug. 2005: 3rd Summer Under the Stars (see below)
> Sept.2005: Greta Garbo
> Oct.2005: Robert Mitchum
> Nov.2005: Joan Fontaine
> Dec. 2005: Bing Crosby
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> Jan. 2006: Robert Montgomery
> Feb.2006: 31 Days of Oscar
> Mar.2006: Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald
> Apr.2006: Deborah Kerr
> May 2006: Bette Davis
> June 2006: Anthony Quinn
> July 2006: Elizabeth Taylor
> Aug.2006: 4th Summer Under the Stars (see below)
> Sept.2006: William Holden
> Oct.2006: Child Stars
> Nov.2006: Lucille Ball
> Dec. 2006: Gary Cooper
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> Jan.2007: Jean Arthur
> Feb.2007: 31 Days of Oscar
> Mar.2007: Gene Kelly
> Apr.2007: Rita Hayworth
> May 2007: John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn
> June 2007: Ida Lupino
> July 2007: Randolph Scott
> Aug.2007: 5th Summer Under the Stars (see below)
> Sept.2007: A Star is Born (starmaking/breakthrough performances)
> Oct.2007: Henry Fonda
> Nov.2007: Guest Programmer Month
> Dec.2007: Irene Dunne
> Jan.2008: James Cagney
> Feb.2008: 31 Days of Oscar
> Mar.2008: Acting Dynasties
> Apr.2008: Hedy Lamarr
> May 2008: Frank Sinatra
> June 2008: Sophia Loren
> July 2008: Rosalind Russell
> Aug.2008: 6th annual Summer Under the Stars (see below)
> Sept.2008: Kay Francis
> Oct.2008: Carole Lombard
> Nov.2008: Charles Laughton
> Dec. 2008: Joseph Cotton
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> Jan. 2009: Jack Lemmon
> Feb. 2009: 31 Days of Oscar
> Mar. 2009: Ronald Reagan
> April 2009: Funny Ladies and 15th Anniversary
> May 2009: Sean Connery
> June 2009: Great Directors
> July 2009: Stewart Granger
> August 2009: Summer Under the Stars
> Sept. 2009: Claude Rains
> Oct. 2009: Leslie Caron
> Nov. 2009: Grace Kelly
> Dec. 2009: Humphrey Bogart
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> Jan. 2010: The Method
> Feb. 2010: 31 Days of Oscar
> March 2010: Ginger Rogers
> April 2010: Robert Taylor
> May 2010: Donna Reed
> June 2010: Natalie Wood
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> Summer Under the Stars:
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> SUMMER UNDER THE STARS:
> Aug. 2003: James Stewart, Clint Eastwood, Peter O'Toole, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire, Robert Mitchum, James Cagney, Elizabeth Taylor, Cary Grant, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Katherine Hepburn, Steve McQueen, Gene Kelly, Marlene Dietrich, Gregory Peck, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Clark Gable, John Wayne, Myrna Loy, Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy, Paul Newman, Doris Day, William Holden.
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> August 2004: John Wayne, Barbara Stanwyck, Bob Hope, Debbie Reynolds, Sidney Poitier, Lucille Ball, Katherine Hepburn, Clint Eastwood, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, Jean Harlow,
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On another thread I recently posted this list of additions & corrections to this list. I also filled in the missing names & info for Dec. 1994, March 1995 and March 1996. But to make sure nobody missed it, here it is again:
I got tired of seeing the gaps in this Star of the Month listing, so I went and dug out my old TCM schedules so I could fill in the missing names. But -- it looks like some corrections are needed too! Some of these are incorrect.
First, to fill in the gaps:
December 1994: No star. It says "Best of '94" - "A special tribute to some of the legendary stars who have been featured on TCM in 1994." Including 7 movies starring Barbara Stanwyck, 10 movies starring Greta Garbo, 17 movies starring Edward G. Robinson, and 14 movies starring Bette Davis." (Yes, Bette Davis was Star in July 1994 along with Greer Garson. Bette even got the cover picture. Billed as "Bette Davis: The Early Years" she had 20 films shown to Garson's only 19.)
March 1995: "TCM Salutes the Oscars". No one star of the Month. Norma Shearer gets the cover shot, holding her statuette.
July 1995: Gene Kelly, not Grace Kelly. Gene's on the cover in a serious dramatic pose. 28 of his movies were shown.
March 1996: "TCM Presents 31 Days of Oscar". No one star. Grace Kelly is on the cover holding her Oscar.
So, that fills in the gaps.
Note: They did not use the term "Star of the Month" until January 1997 with the first issue of the "Now Playing" magazine. From April 1994 through November 1996 the tribute to the star of the month was called "Star Tribute".
Corrections:
As noted, both Bette Davis and Greer Garson were Stars of the Month in July 1994. And Bette could perhaps be considered first, as she had more films shown, and she got the cover shot.
December 1995: Bing Crosby was NOT the Star that month. In fact only ONE Bing movie was shown during the entire month: HIGH SOCIETY on Dec. 12 and that was part of a five-movie birthday salute to Frank Sinatra. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT 1 & 2 were also shown that month, but of course Bing is not the star of those and we can definitely see that he was not getting the "Star Tribute" that month. Dec. 1995 was another "no star" - It was "The Best of TCM 1995".
December 1996: Once again somebody goofed in reporting the Star. Gary Cooper was NOT it. Only two Cooper films were run that month: THE FOUNTAINHEAD on the 19th and MEET JOHN DOE on the 21st and again on the 24th. Surely not enough for anyone to regard him as The Star that month! Instead they again presented "The Best of TCM's 1996 Programming" as stated on the cover below a nice handsome shot of Robert Osborne (in fact the very same shot as on the cover of the Dec. 1995 guide).
January 1997: First issue of "Now Playing" as we still know it, and first use of the term "Star of the Month". Again, the listing of Jean Arthur as Star of the Month is totally crazy! Not one Jean Arthur film was shown that month! How did these incorrect names get listed? Humphrey Bogart was the first "Star of the Month" and they presented his movies in a unique way: as a week-long marathon! From Monday morning, Jan. 6 through Sunday night, Jan. 12 it was ALL Bogie! A total of 52 movies were shown, with some repeats during the week.
Also, in addition to the "Star Tributes" and "Star of the Month" salutes, TCM paid similar tribute to a Director each month, in the series "Director Salute".
Here are the "Directors Salutes" each month:
May 1994: George Cukor.
June 1994: Mervyn Leroy.
July 1994: Frank Capra - 11 films.
August 1994: Edward Dmytryk - 12 films.
September 1994: Busby Berkeley - 43 films.
October 1994: Lloyd Bacon - 55 films.
November 1994: Clarence Brown - 36 films.
December 1994: "Best of '94" - Cukor - 5 films, Leroy - 10 films, Capra - 9 films, Dmytryk - 7 films, Berkeley - 7 films.
January 1995: Victor Sherman - 16 films.
February 1995: Frank Borzage - 19 films.
March 1995: Oscar month.
April 1995: Michael Curtiz - 40 films.
May 1995: Curtis Bernhardt - 15 films.
June 1995: George Sidney - 17 films.
July 1995: William Dieterle - 27 films.
August 1995: W.S. Van Dyke - 40 films.
September 1995: "Kings of the B's" - Edward Cahn, Phil Karlson, William Beaudine, etc.
October 1995: William Wellman - 24 films.
November 1995: John Ford - 12 films.
December 1995: no director salute. "The Best of TCM 1995".
January 1996: "The Continental Touch" - Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Ernst Lubitsch, Jean Negulesco.
February 1996: John Sturges - 19 films.
March 1996: Oscar month.
April 1996: Stanley Donen - "more than ten" films, it says.
May 1996: Robert Wise - 20 films.
June 1996: Archie Mayo - 22 films.
July 1996: Sam Wood - 22 films.
August 1996: King Vidor - 14 films.
September 1996: Richard Thorpe - 52 films.
October 1996: Raoul Walsh - 27 films.
November 1996: Stars as Directors: Lionel Barrymore, Ray Milland, Woody Allen, Ida Lupino, Peter Fonda, Orson Welles, Charles Laughton, Marlon Brando, Jerry Lewis, etc.
December 1996: "Best of TCM 1996".
January 1997: S. Sylvan Simon - "more than 19 films". it says.
That's it so far...
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> Who did I miss for the coming month?
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> *J A N U A R Y*
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> 17
> 18 Cary Grant, Danny Kaye, Oliver Hardy, Curly Howard
> 19 Tippi Hedren, Minnie Dupree
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Jerome "Curly" Howard's birthday was actually October 22.
January 18 was the date he passed away.
More info on Curly here:
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> :-)
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> Bonjour Monsieur...I love trivia. I love knowing or realizing that Bogie worked in a movie with each of the Lane Sisters (including Gale Page).
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Yes, we do sort of think of Gale Page as a Lane Sister, don't we?
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> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:}{quote}
> not to mention _this_ cheerful holiday line-up on Xmas night !

> 10:30 PM Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
> An academic couple reveal their deepest secret to a pair of newcomers during an all-night booze fest. Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Sandy Dennis. Dir: Mike Nichols. BW-131 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
> 1:00 AM Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
> A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
> 3:00 AM Ordinary People (1980)
> When a young man drowns, his family fights to recover from the trauma. Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton. Dir: Robert Redford. C-124 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
> 5:15 AM Indiscretion Of An American Wife (1954)
> An American woman tries to break it off with her Italian lover. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Richard Beymer. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. BW-63 mins, TV-PG
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> Yikes! How depressing ! !
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Yes, that did seem like some pretty strange programming for Christmas night. I didn't turn the TV on then either.
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I, too, had no interest in turning the TV on today (or tonight) but am not going to write TCM a nasty letter about it!
I understand and accept that there are probably many who are delighted to see TCM running so many family movies on a weekend when the kids are home.
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"Does anyone else mute the TV when Robert Osborne sets up?"
No.
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Singer / actress Lina Romay has passed away at age 88 or 91 (sources differ).
Article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101225/ap_en_mo/us_obit_lina_romay
IMDb entry:
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> Universal released 42 features in 1934. How many have you seen? How many have never played on television?......
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I've seen and/or have copies of 23 of them (roughly, as it's hard to keep track of which of the Buck Jones and Ken Maynard westerns I've seen).
But I want to see ALL of the rest of these on your list.
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> {quote:title=Goldies wrote:}{quote}
> I always see "A Hard Day's Night" on t.v but I always forget if I've seen it on Bravo or TCM
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"Has TCM ever put Beatle movies on?"
Not that I recall, but they did recently show the movie THE FAMILY WAY (1966) for which Paul McCartney wrote the music score. I saw that it is scheduled again soon, I think in March.
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> {quote:title=stjohnrv wrote:}{quote}
> Wow, where and how does she store them all? I have (somewhere) a copy of the TV Guide the week JFK was buried (cost 15 cents as i recall) if I knew where I would dig it out just to see what was playing that week.
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You mean me? I'm not a "she"!
I just have all those old TV Guides stored in boxes, except the older ones (pre-1970 or so) which are not buried in boxes, but accessible. They are useful (and fun) to go through for reference purposes or just reading.
The closest issue I have to the JFK one you mentioned is from a couple of weeks later, Dec. 14, 1963. Some good articles & pictures in that one: Outer Limits, Bing Crosby Special, Glynis Johns, Jerry Lewis, and British TV. Nice cover shot of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, and Bing's wife Kathryn.
And yes, they were 15 cents then.
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}
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> Oh, and my favorite was when they used to classify the Universal Horror films: *Melodrama*
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Yes, I remember that! They'd label most monster/horror movies that way. I can even remember as a kid asking my Dad what that word meant.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Hey Maven, Got you beat there...Hey, you got any spare storage space?
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> SINCE 1973? EVERY ISSUE!! I bow to you Your Novelty. I have no storage room left. But you can get a girl like me by promising me to show me your --etchings-- tv guide.
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Okay, which issues / how many would you like me to bring next time I see you?
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> {quote:title=voranis wrote:}{quote}
>One of my friends says I am the only person he knows who seems to be more interested in the theme music and opening/closing credits of TV shows (at least, of older TV shows when they actually used to have distinct opening and closing themes) than I am in the shows themselves. And I'm the one everyone else has to wait for when a movie ends at a theater because I want to sit through all the closing credits.
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That's me, too!
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> {quote:title=infinite1 wrote:}{quote}
>For me, the new TV guide Magazine, is totally useless. It has degenerated into a gossipy copy of People or US magazine, while ignoring the original purpose of TV GUIDE. Which was to provide a complete listing of national, local, and later CABLE stations; with detailed listings of all programs and movies as well as informative articles.
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You said it. That is so true!
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> {quote:title=Arturo wrote:}{quote}
> *That's for sure. AMC, the go to place for the bladder-challenged movie fan. Never*
> *miss a moment of the picture. Two back to back treats on tonight, Road House*
> *and Tremors.*
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> Guess I missed it, but hopefully the ROAD HOUSE shown was the Ida Lupino-Cornel Wilde-Celeste Holm-Richard Widmark starrer and not the Patrick Swayze crap.
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I was checking out the brief clips they were showing of MIRACLE ON 34th STREET between commercials the other night and caught a promo for ROAD HOUSE and it indeed was not the 1948 version. Besides we know they wouldn't run the old black & white version in prime time.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> I do.
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> I have every FALL PREVIEW TV Guide since 1969.
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Hey Maven,
Got you beat there...
I also have every Fall Preview issue since 1969 (coincidence! We started saving them the same year?) but also EVERY issue from 1973 onward! (Crazy, I know.) Before that I'd save only certain issues, or tear out and save any page of interest. I even have multiples of many issues. I even stubbornly continued to receive the new format until finally giving up a couple of years ago. But even now, one of my Worcester friends saves theirs for me when they're finished with them.
But, the only ones I probably really should be saving are about 50 I have from the 1950's (pre-1960). I have issue #2 (4-10-53) and some from 1952 when they were called TV Digest.
Hey, you got any spare storage space?
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}
> CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY carries no composer credit on-screen. Max Steiner was assigned to score the picture but, in a memo to Jack Warner, asked that he not be given screen credit as he still had relatives in Europe and he was afraid they might suffer reprisals because of his participation in the picture.
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You're right. I had not noticed that before. On the Warner Bros. Music Cue Sheet for the movie all the Max Steiner compositions are credited to "Staff". Even the familiar opening fanfare "Signature" that accompanied the WB Shield logo (certainly known as a Steiner composition) is listed as composed by "Staff".


MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ROBERT, BEN, AND EVERYONE AT TCM!!!
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> I just removed the words added - I hope that helps! Don't really need the silly extra words anyway with cute Ann Carter's expressive face and the tree.....
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Oh, and by the way, The Merriest of Holidays to you, JackFavell!
And to Ann Carter, too!