musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=cody1949 wrote:}{quote}
> Yes, TCM has adjusted the problem.
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I just checked and it's now in a two-hour time slot (8 to 10). But that's still not going to work, as the movie is 121 minutes and I can't imagine they're planning to run it without the usual comments before & after by Robert Osborne. So it still needs more than 120 minutes.
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> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}
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> Deanna Durbin takes a spin with Lou Costello on the dance floor.
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Lou is visiting Deanna on the set of her 1943 Universal feature "The Amazing Mrs. Holliday".
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> {quote:title=cody1949 wrote:}{quote}
> If the running time of Sunnyside Up is 121 minutes, how and why are they squeezing it into a 90 minute time slot on Dec.21? Is there missing footage or are we getting an abbreviated version? That would be so unlike TCM to do that.
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I still have no idea how they're going to make that work. I brought it up way back when the December schedule was first posted and am surprised that by this time the schedule still apparently has not been adjusted to accommodate the long running time of "Sunny Side Up".
All of the movies currently scheduled to follow "Sunny Side Up" on that night's schedule are pretty tight fits into their time slots, so there's no openings that would allow TCM to just move everything ahead a half hour (or more, to include Robert Osborne's comments).
So...we shall see!
I just HOPE it will not be found necessary to pull "Sunny Side Up" from the schedule that night.
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> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:}{quote}
> I'm loving the silents in primetime. Keep it up!
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Me too!
Thank you, TCM !!
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> Huh? Robert Osborne's introduction completely knocked me for a loop. *Buster Keaton never worked for Mack Sennett!* They appeared together in a short film in 1933 called *THE FAMILY JOOLS* I believe. But to the best of my knowledge that is about the extent of their association.
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Yes, I was surprised also to hear him say that.
Mack Sennett did direct one Buster Keaton comedy: the 1935 Educational short "The Timid Young Man".
And both Keaton and Sennett appeared in the 1939 Fox feature "Hollywood Cavalcade", but their paths rarely crossed otherwise, at least in film.
The short you mentioned, "The Family Jools" is actually from 1931 and is called "The Stolen Jools". Buster is in it (as a Keystone Kop) but Sennett is not, nor did he direct it or have any other known involvement.
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> {quote:title=tdmo wrote:}{quote}
> Singin' in the Rain (Comden and Green) was not an original plot line. There is a much earlier film ( I believe with Cagney) with the identical story. Does anyone recall what it is?
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You're probably thinking of either "Lady Killer" (1933) or "Something to Sing About" (1937).
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}
>I totally dug this short today, wow! I love the theme music, it always makes me happy and makes life seem timeless to me!
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The titles theme music for the Thelma Todd shorts is entitled (appropriately enough) "Beautiful Lady". It was composed by Leroy Shield.
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The 1936 MGM short "Hollywood Extra!" starring Jane Barnes is scheduled on TCM this coming Wednesday night, Nov. 17.
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> {quote:title=cujas wrote:}{quote}
> The Opening and the Closing of *Top Hat*
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And everything in between ain't bad, either!
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> > Sometimes, who you think holds the rights to the movie turns out not to be the case.
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> A little off topic, but a fantastic illustration of this concept is Nina Paley's brilliant film "Sita Sings The Blues".
> Paley made a great indie animation film using depression era Annette Henshaw (public domain) recordings as the soundtrack.
> Apparently the estates of the writers of the music sued her. This wasn't some big animation corporation, just one creative individual making a film to express herself.
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> Not interested in a crazy legal battle, she took her film off the "market" and decided to give it away free. No money involved. It's available for free download http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/|http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/
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> Nina Paley's my hero for not giving in.
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Soo,
Glad to see that you too are a fan of "Sita Sings the Blues". Several years ago a friend who's a friend of Nina's lent me a copy of the original one-reel version, made before she thought to make a feature-length movie out of it. Even then everyone I showed it to found it unique and refreshing. And it didn't hurt that I've been a long-time Annette Hanshaw fan, so hearing her songs in the film just made it even more fun.
And isn't that just about the funniest intermission ever?
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> {quote:title=laffite wrote:}{quote}
>TCM's schedule for this month doesn't show it. I was hoping this was why you brought it up. Has it been shown on TCM before?
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It was just shown on TCM last October 19.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Now, check out the Forum's schedule...and lets do lunch!
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> Fritz Lang Retrospective Jan 28-Feb 10.
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> :-)
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I'll check it out...
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> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote}
> Answer: They both took the name of a character they played as their professional "stage" name.
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> A 16 year-old Dawn Evelyeen Paris starred as Anne Shirley in the 1934 film ANNE OF GREEN GABLES and was known by that name for the rest of her life.
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I have never seen this suggested anywhere else before, but I think that perhaps one reason Dawn Evelyeen Paris (who was billing herself as Dawn O'Day) decided to change her acting name when she did was because at that time (1934) there was another actress named Dawn O'Day. This other Dawn O'Day was a talented dancer and was appearing in some east-coast-produced Vitaphone shorts with Hal Leroy. I've seen reference books confuse the two ladies even to this day, so I'm sure there must have been some situations where they got mixed up back then.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
>I remember that older actress in this, who played the mother...was in a "Little Rascals" episode. (The rascals used her bonds as a kite's tail).
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> By the way, I just joined up as a member of the FilmForum. When are you coming this way again??
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Hello again,
The Film Forum! You know I love that place! I'll have to check out the upcoming schedule again to see what's coming that'll make the long trip worthwhile. But I hope to get there soon again.
By the way, may I humbly say that I think you have your Our Gang old ladies mixed up...
Zeffie Tilbury is the one who was in "Under Cover of Night" and she was in the Our Gang short "Second Childhood". The lady in the short about the kite ("Fly My Kite") was Margaret Mann.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> I saw that film the other morning. I thought Sara Haden had a bit of sex appeal in this. Henry Daniell is his usual stiff self. There seemed to be an element of silent film melodramatic acting in this. Who was the girl he fell head over heels over?
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Hi CineMaven!
You mean his assistant Tonya? She was played by Marla Shelton.
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> {quote:title=Swithin wrote:}{quote}
> One of my favorite bar scenes -- and opening scenes -- is in the film *One Way Passage*. It's an incredible tracking shot of a huge bar in Hong Kong, which has several parts to it -- an Italian bar, a Russian bar, a British bar, a French bar, and an American bar. I saw the scene re-used in another, lesser known film recently, on TCM, but I forgot the film! But it was definitely the same scene.
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Other films with long tracking bar shots are
THE LOCKED DOOR (1929) - UA
The "Shanghai Lil" number in FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933) - WB.
Could you be thinking of one of those?
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Charles Laughton in
Captain Kidd (1945)
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
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> Did you expect *more!* Her facial expression? Read here http://www.archive.org/details/Ekstase
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Well, if they're stating that "Algiers" is an MGM movie, how reliable is anything else they say?
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> Why does it seems that early Hollywood had the most beautiful actresses?
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> *Dorothy Dell*
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Thanks for remembering Dorothy Dell, always one of my favorites, and for the beautiful picture. It's nice to find someone else who even knows who she is!
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> {quote:title=HarryLong wrote:}{quote}
>I can't recall any MGM films that used the approach, though.
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Dinner at Eight (1933)
Meet the Baron (1933)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Edited by: musicalnovelty on Nov 2, 2010 2:21 AM
Edited to add:
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
The Women (1939)
You're right...MGM didn't do many.
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> Carson brings that physical aspect to every film, no matter if it's a comedy or drama. I wonder if he was considered a scene stealer or ham by his collegues?
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I've always liked Jack Carson in everything I've seen him in, even when he's playing a nasty character (such as in the 1954 "A Star Is Born").
TikiSoo:
You've made some very good observations that will have me looking closer at his performances in the future.
Regarding him being a scene stealer or a ham, and how colleagues felt about him, there is one story I will relate. Again, let me repeat that I like Carson and don't mean to "bash" him here.
Actor/comedian Emil Sitka had a bit role in the 1950 Columbia comedy "The Good Humor Man" which starred Jack Carson. Emil was a naturally funny creative actor. He couldn't help coming up with funny ideas and ad-libs. He worked mostly in comedy shorts (he's well-known and loved by Three Stooges fans) where, once the directors got to know him and got used to him, his improvisations were appreciated for their brilliance and sometimes left in. Emil was not a scene-stealer or one who tried to upstage the star or anyone else. He recalled that in "The Good Humor Man" he came up with an ad-lib in his one scene, and Jack Carson got mad and yelled at him, "Hey I'm the only funny man in this picture. You just do as you're told!"
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I completely agree about CINEMA PARADISO. It is an excellent suggestion for anyone interested in foreign films (and for any movie fan for that matter). And coming from me, who very rarely has interest in any films made after the 1950's this rave recommendation means a lot!
The acting is superb all around. Excellent music score, too.
And I also agree that one should see the shorter version first (and you'll be okay too, if you never even see the long version).
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> {quote:title=soohauke wrote:}{quote}
> hello twice i have missed the very end of this movie. can anyone tell me how it ends? thanks much.
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I hope this will help:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=26611&category=Full%20Synopsis
THE RUNNING TIME OF SUNNYSIDE UP.
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> {quote:title=coder1953 wrote:}{quote}
> ...If Robert Osborne comments before and after the film ... another few minutes are added. So the film needs to be in a 130 minute time slot.
> There's wiggle room because the next film is listed at 104 minutes. Maybe "Swing Time" will simply start at 10:15pm even though it isn't listed as such.
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That's probably how it will go, which is fine with me, as I'm aware and ready for it. But it's still bound to cause problems for some folks who set their recording devices going by the scheduled start & end times.