musicalnovelty

Thanks zasupittsfan and ValentineXavier... Finally someone else who agrees with me about Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball!

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > > I'd also bet that the devastating vault fire that happened on the lot a couple of years ago (video masters and film prints along with a great deal of music recordings were destroyed) has also slowed the process. > May I humbly submit just a slight correction: It was reported at the time that it was actually a warehouse, not a vault where the fire occurred.

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > > Joan and Constance Bennett were from a theatrical family. Their father, Richard Bennett, was a big star on stage and in pictures. > Joan and Constance had another actress sister, Barbara. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071601/bio And thanks so much for all the beautiful photos of Connie (as my late old friend Randy used to call her). And thanks too for putting so well why many of us do not find her a "disappointment".

Re: "Yeah, who's Woody Strode?" Hopefully after yesterday nobody will ever have to ask this again. Although I'm not into the newer stuff so much, I like Woody Strode and am glad he got his own day on TCM.

That's THE COCKEYED MIRACLE (1946) - MGM, starring Frank Morgan and Keenan Wynn. Info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038420/combined And here: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=1990&category=Full%20Synopsis

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! > Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! > Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! > > :x Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! :x > Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! > Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! > Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! > > I love you Woo-oo-dy. Oh yes I do... > > Edited by: CineMaven on Aug 5, 2010 7:19 PM b'cuz I love Woody! > So, let me guess... You're enjoying TCM just a little today?

> {quote:title=MGMMayer wrote:}{quote} > > As for the original theatrical Columbia titles, I may be mistaken, but I seem to remember that only a selected few of the films had the original theatrical opening and closing titles restored....and those were earlier entries. (I especially enjoyed the original "Blondie In Society" opening, with the Bumsteads regally posing for the camera dressed in fox-hunt riding garb). The majority of the 28 "Blondie" films shown during the AMC marathon still had the 1960's King Features openings and closings. > I agree totally with you and Ray about the increasing lameness of the later Blondie films. But I guess I'm more tolerant of them, as I've always had a soft spot in my head, I mean heart, for any Columbia B's. And regarding the restored original titles on the AMC prints: Without going back and looking at all my old tapes, I seem to recall that the average was more like two thirds or more were real titles, with only a third or less being faked. And by the way, on some of the faked attempts, didn't they notice, or didn't they think we would notice, that the supporting cast in the first Blondie movie was not going to be the same in the others?

> {quote:title=Ollie_T wrote:}{quote} > This reminds me of a story that Michael Douglas told about getting kissed by Lana Turner at one of his childhood birthday parties. Of course, this was "just one more kiss" from Daddy's friends - but when he was in his twenties and getting turned down for dates, he kept reminding himself, "So what? Those aren't important - I got kissed by Lana Turner!" > Child actor (Our Gang, etc.) Jerry Tucker recalls a photo session at Paramount in the early 1930's in which he was sitting on Carole Lombard's lap (Jerry was in "No Man of Her Own" in 1932 with Carole) and the photographer telling him "You may not appreciate this now, kid, but every man in the country would give anything to be where you are right now!"

> {quote:title=MGMMayer wrote:}{quote} > > I think that the most excruciating example of marathon programming was years ago when the "old" American Movie Classics showed the entire "Blondie" series....all 28 features.....over a period of two days. After watching the first couple of films I thought to myself, "OK, I get it....Dagwood's late for work, he runs out the front door and crashes into the mailman.....". > Come on, you know there was more to the Blondie movies than that! And as the film fan I know you are, weren't you excited to finally see (unless you saw them new in the theaters) the REAL ORIGINAL Columbia titles for the first time? Finally gone were those obnoxious King Features 1960's titles with the annoying accompanying song. And sure, in a marathon you notice the repetition in series films, but as they say, you don't have to watch them all. How well I remember that AMC Blondie marathon. It was the weekend of August 11, 1996. I had just returned from a wonderful week-end visiting my dear friend Annette on Long Island, to learn that Monday that another dear friend, Norman, an elderly film collector from whom I learned so much, had just passed away. A memorable week-end for me.

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > > Musicalnovelty...how's it goin'? :-) > Howdy, Maven! Always happy to see you here any time! Doing swell, but still reelin' after a nasty blast recently on another forum. So it's nice to see good folks like you here.

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > It may be that a different company holds the broadcast rights in Canada or it may be that the rights holder in Canada is unknown. And yes, TCM does go the extra mile to try and untangle rights issues but sometimes, they are unsuccessful. One of the *Topper* films can't be broadcast in Canada because of this. > Actually none of three Topper films can be shown on TCM Canada, nor can any other Hal Roach film. But since the third Topper movie (TOPPER RETURNS, 1941) is public domain, I wonder if that one can be shown in Canada.

Three of my favorites were just mentioned: Shane Cinema Paradiso Adventures of Robin Hood

> {quote:title=ClassicViewer wrote:}{quote} > > Orson Welles really should get just as much airplay as Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock IMO... > I totally agree!

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > Yaaawwwwwnnnnnnn. > You said it, Fred! The TV's getting a long rest today.

> {quote:title=BitPartBlogger wrote:}{quote} > Who remembers *Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick*? The year was 1952 and the stars were Alan Young (of "Mister Ed" on TV) and Dinah Shore. I was only two when it was released and I have never actually seen it. BUT, my parents had the soundtrack on 78 rpm records in a box set, and I remember some of the songs. > I used to see it often on a local (pre-cable) channel that had a package of 1950's Paramount features in the late 1970's to mid-1980's. But it's been years. It would be nice to see it again.

> {quote:title=midnight08 wrote:}{quote} > > Dorothy Dell-she died in a car crash at only 19. She had only made 3 films but had shown promise for her role in "Little Miss Marker" with Shirley Temple. > Thanks for remembering the beautiful Dorothy Dell, one of my favorite movie ladies. She actually made four films. Before her three Paramount features she made a Vitaphone short called PASSING THE BUCK (1932).

> {quote:title=adore_annette wrote:}{quote} > National Velvet (1944) - Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Angela Lansbury > And how can we forget Juanita Quigley?

One of my favorites is a very obscure British crime mystery called JOHNNY YOU'RE WANTED (1955). It's got nobody you're likely to know well in the cast, a nice opening song over the titles, a hilarious scene in a joke shop, and some really funny business involving a strong woman and the police, and a very nice ending. Anyone else ever seen it?

THE UNDER-PUP (Universal, 1939) - Gloria Jean Jean Porter Ann Gillis Dickie Moore Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown And if this question had come up just a few months ago we could also have listed the recently departed Shirley Mills. Another: WOMAN DOCTOR (Republic, 1939) - Sybil Jason Joan Howard Dickie Jones

> {quote:title=sfpcc1 wrote:}{quote} > I know by the time The Bowery Boys series ended in the late 50's Huntz Hall was past 40, to old be any kind of boy. > Many comedians such as Laurel & Hardy and The Three Stooges are affectionately referred to by their fans as "the boys" at all ages. I think Bowery Boys fans feel the same way, especially after having seen so many of them literally grow up on the screen. But I certainly agree with you about Huntz Hall. So, Bowery Boys fans, here's a question: At what point should Monogram/Allied Artists have changed the name of the series to reflect the stars' advancing ages, and what new series title should they have used?

> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=ziggyelman wrote:}{quote} > > it got me thinking...I wonder how many movies have at least 2 actors still amongst the living??? > > National Velvet: Mickey Rooney & Elizabeth Taylor > NATIONAL VELVET actually has four actors still alive: Add Juanita Quigley and Angela Lansbury as Elizabeth Taylor's two sisters. And a possible fifth: Terry Kilburn.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > This is a rather frivolous thread topic, but because I've been writing about our favourite things, movies, so much lately on this site, I have been giving more thought than usual to what exactly we call them. I usually use the two words, "film" and "movie" interchangeably, but there are subtle differences, "nuances" to each term. > I sometimes use each term interchangeably, such as in cases where I'm writing an article or program notes and don't want to use the same word too often in the same sentence or paragraph.

> {quote:title=breezyrobin wrote:}{quote} >> > Tonight, The Poor Little Rich Girl 1926 with Mary Pickford and being shown right not is the Shirley Temple version... I've been requesting the 1926 version on "Suggest A Movie" for about 4 yrs now and I thought it was finally here... Had it scheduled on the DVR for days and days and now, WHAT A LET DOWN... > With a little common sense and familiarity with the TCM schedule it should have been obvious which versions of these movies were going to be on TCM. On Shirley Temple night last week, of course they were going to run her version of "Poor Little Rich Girl". And on a Saturday morning when TCM has been running The Bowery Boys several months now on Saturday mornings, then of course they are going to be showing the Bowery Boys' "Triple Trouble", not a 1918 Charlie Chaplin short. I don't see why there was ever any need to even bring up these questions.

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > Sounds like *The boys From Syracuse* aka *Helzapoppin* > It appears you are saying these are the same movie? They are two different films. Details on each: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032276/combined And: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033704/combined

> {quote:title=rayallen wrote:}{quote} > Is it *Between Two Worlds*, 1944? > Or it could be the 1930 version, OUTWARD BOUND.