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> {quote:title=lupinofan wrote:}{quote} > in the movie "thousands cheer" which was a good movie and all, but did they really have to have all those cameos in the movie? a good 15-20 minutes or so of that movie was taken away from the main focus. we didnt need to have judy garland, margaret o'brien, or lucille ball taking up all that time as the movie wasnt about them. > > but i must say i cracked up at mickey rooney imitating clark gable and making fun of people, but that whole thing really didnt need to be in the movie. it should maybe included a couple acts before the trapeze(that did involve the movie characters). > Yes, Donna Reed was in there as a guest star. It was shown as part of Donna Reed Month, but they wisely didn't run it during prime time, as she was only a guest star with one short scene. Why all the guest stars and extra stuff? This movie was typical of MGM....too much, too big, but still very entertaining.

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > > There is a review of TCM Movie Data Base where the guy claims to have seen THE BIG PARADE on Public TV some 40 years ago. Had to be the sound re-issue. And it might not have been quite that long ago? > Yes, THE BIG PARADE was shown on Public TV in the 1970's. It was syndicated by Gold Key Entertainment in a package called "Silent Classics Package" in January 1972. There were 13 MGM silent features in the package. All had music scores and sound effects added, but I don't recall any of the scores being particularly interesting or memorable. The prints of the few that originally had disc scores (Our Dancing Daughters, West of Zanzibar, A Woman of Affairs) did not have those scores restored yet. The movies were presented in a two-hour time slot, so THE BIG PARADE had to be edited for time. In the Boston area they were shown on local PBS channels 2 and 44 (and I also was able to see some of them on Providence, R.I. channel 36) in 1973 and 1974 under the series title "Films of the Gatsby Era". These are the 13 titles in the package: The Big Parade The Crowd Flesh and the Devil He Who Gets Slapped Love The Monster The Mysterious Lady Our Dancing Daughters The Scarlet Letter The Temptress The Unholy Three West of Zanzibar A Woman of Affairs

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > musicalnovelty, > > Well, looking at the list again, maybe around 5 or 6 themes were used by Carl Davis. For whatever reason, David Mendoza is not specifically credited, but He actually co-composed allot of the original music with Dr, William Axt. > > TCM is working on still working on getting the new restoration. They hope to have it before to long. I know that Chuck Tabesh has been anxious to be able to broadcast the new mater. Additionally, there are some other exciting projects coming up as well. > TCM showed the "MGM Parade" episode again this morning that includes the clip from "The Big Parade" that appears to be from the 1931 sound reissue. Listening closely I was able to match up the scene with the listing of music cues I posted and the scene seems cover selections 125 through about 134.

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > musicalnovelty, > > This is very interesting. I've never seen a complete list of melodies used for the score before. But once again, this was essentially a variation of the same Axt-Mendoza score that had accompanied the original Road Show Edition 1925 New York Premier live, and subsequently and ran for nearly two years. The major difference being that some scenes were cut, and the number of instruments were scaled down to probably 30 studio musicians for the recording. Along with the added sound effects. So excessive in that one clip that I have seen, that they are rather an unwelcome intrusion. > gagman: I'm glad you found that info interesting. That was a lot of typing! But knowing what a fan you are of that movie I wanted to share it. Does anyone know if there are prints of that version (1931 reissue with music score) around? I'd sure like to hear some of those tunes used in the score.

> {quote:title=MovieFanLaura wrote:}{quote} > NINE GIRLS wasn't on today, it was replaced by Marjorie Reynolds in MEET ME ON BROADWAY. I suspect they couldn't get a print. > All day yesterday one of the "Top Searches" indicated at the top of the Home Page has been the 1944 Columbia feature NINE GIRLS that was listed then pulled from the schedule for May 24. So, TCM Programmers, you can see how much this movie means to so many of us! Please keep trying to get it shown on TCM. It is too bad that it was not able to be shown as originally scheduled on May 24, as that would have been a timely tribute to one of the nine girls in the movie, Shirley Mills, who passed away just a few weeks ago.

Audreyforever wrote: Wait a minute---- Madame Curie twice??? Look at Margaret O'Brien's day and then Walter Pidgeon's day. ----------- I noticed that "Somebody Up There Likes Me" and "The Last Voyage" are also being shown twice.

> {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote} > I think they should do one day for Oliver Hardy and then the next day for Stan Laurel. > And JackFavell said... Then they could have a Billy Gilbert the next day, and Jimmy Finlayson the day after that....... ----- Sounds good to me!

> {quote:title=johnbabe wrote:}{quote} > again who is woody strobe > Apparently you must never have seen "The Last Voyage" (1960). If so, you could not forget Woody Strode. And there were so many other memorable performances by Mr. Strode.

> {quote:title=danthemoviefan wrote:}{quote} > The film the O.P. is asking about should be New Faces, a 1954 CinemaScope production of the New Faces of 1952 revue. I have a 20-something-year-old VHS of the film, and that version and (I think) both DVD versions on Amazon are full-screen presentations. I don't think FMC has ever shown the film. The rights may have reverted to the producer, Alson Productions, so Fox may not even own the film anymore. That might explain why it was released by other companies on VHS and DVD. > Dan is correct. "New Faces" was distributed by 20th Century-Fox, but not produced by them. So it has never been available to television in movie packages of 20th Century-Fox Pictures. And so it has not been shown on Fox Movie Channel. I'm not sure about its video / DVD or theatrical rights status, but as usual from me, here's more than you needed to know about its TV history: Starting in June 1965 it was offered to TV by Official Films, then in August 1974 it became available separately by a distributor called Straightened Out at Last. Then in the 1980's it was not available to TV at all, and that still seems to be the situation.

> {quote:title=nursedove wrote:}{quote} > I am in need of help finding out the title of a movie I watched with my grandmother years ago. It was about a teenage girl in the 20's or 30's. She had eyes for the cool guy on campus, and she was not cool. She tended to fake fainting if the elastic in her bloomers gave out. There were cool guys in their fur coats and in jaloppy's. In the end we find out she has married the handosme teacher who was always helping her out of the embarrassing situations whe would get into. We see them in the attic telling their daughter how they met and she asks if anyone was as great back then and Frank Sinatra is now. Please help. > That sounds like the 20th Century-Fox movie MARGIE (1946) starring Jeanne Crain and Glenn Langan. Info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038727/combined

gagman: In honor of "The Big Parade" coming on TCM tomorrow (and we're hoping it's the print you've been waiting for!) I thought I'd post some info about the1931 sound reissue, as it has also been mentioned here recently. For that "sound" reissue MGM had a whole new music score recorded. If we ever get to see that version, here's a listing in order of all the music cues used: 1. The Big Parade March (William Axt) 2. Mighty America, From Yankiana Suite (Thurban) 3. Slim Theme (William Axt) 4. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 5. Sultan of Swat (Walter Donaldson) 6. Original Music (William Axt) 7. Original Music (William Axt) 8. Dear Little Boy of Mine (Ball) 9. School Days (Gus Edwards) 10. Over There (George M. Cohan) 11. Pack Up Your Troubles (Powell) 12. Over There (George M. Cohan) 13. Dear Little Boy of Mine (Ball) 14. American Festival Overture (Kretschmer) 15. Keep the Home Fires Burning (Novello) 16. School Days (Gus Edwards) 17. Tommy Lad (Margetson) 18. Trumpet Call 19. Where Do We Go From Here (Percy Wenrich) 20. You're in the Army Now 21. Where Do We Go From Here (Percy Wenrich) 22. You're in the Army Now 23. Madelon (Robert) 24. Pack Up Your Troubles (Powell) 25. Original Music (William Axt) 26. I Ain't Got Weary Yet (Percy Wenrich) 27. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 28. You're in the Army Now 29. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 30. You're in the Army Now 31. K-K-K-Katy (O'Hara) 32. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 33. Slim Theme (William Axt) 34. Mirth and Merriment (Delille) 35. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 36. Over There (George M. Cohan) 37. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 38. School Days (Gus Edwards) 39. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 40. Slim Theme (William Axt) 41. My Buddy (Walter Donaldson) 42. March and Sweat (William Axt) 43. You're in the Army Now 44. Sultan of Swat (Walter Donaldson) 45. Comrades (McGlennon) 46. When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous (Nelson) 47. Original Music (William Axt) 48. Playful Theme (William Axt) 49. K-K-K-Katy (O'Hara) 50. Playful Theme (William Axt) 51. You're in the Army Now 52. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 53. This is the Life (Irving Berlin) 54. Slim Theme (William Axt) 55. Original Music (William Axt) 56. Playful Theme (William Axt) 57. When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous (Nelson) 58. Mademoiselle from Armentieres 59. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 60. When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous (Nelson) 61. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 62. Slim Theme (William Axt) 63. Trumpet Calls 64. Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle) 65. Playful Theme (William Axt) 66. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 67. Over There (George M. Cohan) 68. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 69. Playful Theme (William Axt) 70. When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous (Nelson) 71. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 72. Playful Theme (William Axt) 73. Original Music (William Axt) 74. Stand Up and Fight (Cohan) 75. Playful Theme (William Axt) 76. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 77. Playful Theme (William Axt) 78. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 79. Aw, Sammy (O'Hara) 80. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 81. If He Can Fight Like He Can Love (Meyer) 82. Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle) 83. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 84. Au Clair de la Lune 85. Cadet Rouselle 86. Original Music (William Axt) 87. Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle) 88. Characteristic Theme (Roberts) 89. Au Clair de la Lune 90. A Game of Tag (Trinkaus) 91. Playful Theme (William Axt) 92. Original Music (William Axt) 93. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 94. Original Music (William Axt) 95. Agitato #5 (William Axt) 96. Original Music (William Axt) 97. Characteristic Theme (Roberts) 98. My Buddy (Walter Donaldson) 99. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 100. Agitato #5 (William Axt) 101. Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle) 102. Original Music (William Axt) 103. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 104. Slim Theme (William Axt) 105. Playful Theme (William Axt) 106. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 107. Eat Your Chow (William Axt) 108. Good Morning Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip (Lloyd) 109. Original Music (William Axt) 110. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 111. When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous (Nelson) 112. If He Can Fight Like He Can Love (Meyer) 113. Pack Up Your Troubles (Powell) 114. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 115. Slim Theme (William Axt) 116. School Days (Gus Edwards) 117. Playful Theme (William Axt) 118. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 119. Trumpet Calls 120. Slim Theme (William Axt) 121. Original Music (William Axt) 122. Yankee Doodle 123. Original Music (William Axt) 124. Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle) 125. Original Music (William Axt) 126. It's a Long Way to Berlin (Flatow) 127. Over There (George M. Cohan) 128. It's a Long Way to Berlin (Flatow) 129. Over There (George M. Cohan) 130. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 131. The Big Parade March (William Axt) 132. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 133. The Big Parade March (William Axt) 134. Aeroplane March (Braham) 135. Trumpet Calls 136. Pack Up Your Troubles (Powell) 137. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 138. Slim Theme (William Axt) 139. Original Music (William Axt) 140. Yankee Doodle 141. The Big Parade March (William Axt) 142. My Buddy (Walter Donaldson) 143. Original Music (William Axt) 144. Trumpet Calls 145. The Battle of Ypres (Borch) 146. Slim Theme (William Axt) 147. Original Music (William Axt) 148. Battle Agitato (Minot) 149. O'Hara Theme (William Axt) 150. Slim Theme (William Axt) 151. The Big Parade March (William Axt) 152. My Buddy (Walter Donaldson) 153. The Watch on the Rhine (Wilhelm) 154. Keep Your Head Down Fritzie Boy (Gitz Rice) 155. The Yankee Doodle Boy (George M. Cohan) 156. Trumpet Calls 157. Slim Theme (William Axt) 158. My Buddy (Walter Donaldson) 159. Original Music (William Axt) 160. Trumpet Calls 161. Comrades (McGlennon) 162. Original Music (William Axt) 163. Slim Theme (William Axt) 164. Original Music (William Axt) 165. Slim Theme (William Axt) 166. The Watch on the Rhine (Wilhelm) 167. My Buddy (Walter Donaldson) 168. Battle-Tumult-Blaze (Becce) 169. Original Music (William Axt) 170. Battle-Tumult-Blaze (Becce) 171. Killarney (Balfe) 172. Battle-Tumult-Blaze (Becce) 173. Original Music (William Axt) 174. Battle Hymn of the Republic 175. Original Music (William Axt) 176. My Buddy (Walter Donaldson) 177. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 178. Original Music (William Axt) 179. Patrie (Bizet) 180. Original Music (William Axt) 181. Patrie (Bizet) 182. Battle-Tumult-Blaze (Becce) 183. Onward Christian Soldiers (Sullivan) 184. Original Music (William Axt) 185. When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Lambert) 186. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 187. School Days (Gus Edwards) 188. Original Music (William Axt) 189. Dear Little Boy of Mine (Ball) 190. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener) 191. Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle) 192. Original Music (William Axt) 193. Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle) 194. Original Music (William Axt) 195. Douce Fievre (Y'Ener)

> {quote:title=audreyforever wrote:}{quote} > Sneak Preview!!!!! > Ann Sheridan (Aug. 18), Walter Pidgeon (Aug. 19), John Gilbert (Aug. 24), Lee Remick (Aug. 26) and Thelma Todd (Aug. 30). > THELMA TODD !!!! (August 30). Thanks TCM !

> {quote:title=XDelusion wrote:}{quote} > I only see bits and pieces of most of these movies at work, as I don't have TV at home, but on Thurday or Friday, there was a movie playing, and there were scenes where this woman was trying to tell this man that she was a witch. > > Can anyone give me it's title? > > Thank you! > That would have been "Bell, Book and Candle" (1958) with James Stewart and Kim Novak. It was on Thursday afternoon. Info here: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=68407&category=Full%20Synopsis

> {quote:title=tterrace wrote:}{quote} > Jack Theakston and Bob Furmanek are two widely-recognized, authoritative film historians and researchers who frequently post on a number of popular film-oriented forums. They not only do primary research on film photography and exhibition but are also film archivists and restorers. > I know both of those guys, and yes, they know their stuff!

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > > Videobrary released a bunch of really rare stuff on VHS back in the late 90's. Several long unseen Marion Davies films among them that no one else has ever offered. Don't know if they ever marketed DVD-R's? I don't think the company is still around anymore? > The guy who ran Videobrary is still around. I still see him occasionally. But I don't believe he's been in the video business for several years now.

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > Thanks for this revalation. Whoever had the video copy kept it to themselves. I've searched high and low on the internet for the past 5 years and NO ONE had it. IMDB even had no references to it ever being released. Grapevine Video had to my knowledge the only surviving Baby Peggy films and even they couldn't obtain "Helen's Babies". > > I was told the videos they had were the only known surviving films, "Captain January", "Family Secret" and "April Fool" (she had only a small role in it) and 90% of everything else was considered lost. > > It was rumored during the past couple of years that someone was restoring it but passed on but I couldn't get any info. > > If this film wasn't lost like you stated, then it was kept out of sight - way out of sight! > You are very lucky if you saw a theatrical print, where did they got it? > > The video I have has a "Videobrary ®" watermark in the bottom right corner. > > Do you know of any other of her survivng films? Could there be a chance that the other Clara Bow films i.e."The Keeper of the Bees" be out there and no one is sharing? > I knew about the video copy sold by Videobrary but I don't know what print he used for his copy. And I have no idea whose print was shown at Cinefest back in 1996. So I'm sure there are a few prints out there. I believe The Library of Congress also has a copy of the film. I'm not really an expert on what survives of Baby Peggy's other films. A friend of mine has a good print of "Captain January". I'm sure there must be people who are more familiar with her films and who know what else is out there. There are probably Baby Peggy sites or Fan Clubs who are also on top of that kind of info. One film of hers that I'm very familiar with is a 1932 comedy short she made as a come-back at age 14. I don't think it's bad, but she said that when she saw it new in the theater she "hid under the seat in embarrassment." She says she hasn't seen it since then. I'm sending her a copy...I hope she'll feel a bit better about it seeing it again after all these years. After all, at her age now I'd hate to have her hiding under the seat again!

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > A long since thought lost silent starring the child actress Baby Peggy (Peggy Montgomery) "Helen's Babies" (1924) has been released to public domain. I just got a copy and its in fairly good shape and I think its all intact along with the nitrate decomp. > When was HELEN'S BABIES "thought to be forever lost"? I saw it at Cinefest on March 9, 1996 and I know of a few video copies that have been around since the 1980's. But it's a great one and I'm glad it's still getting around!

> {quote:title=dialoguy wrote:}{quote} > The thing that was incredible to me about this movie was the scene where the photographer came into the hotel room with his lighting guy and set up, took the pictures, and left. The character -- "Botzelberg" -- was played by Cliff Nazarro, a master of 'double-talk,' where nonsense syllables are interspersed with a few appropriate words, and the whole scene was played, by Nazarro, in this style! It was absolutely stunning, because noone was paying attention to the unintelligible lines, and the director laid absolutely no emphasis on what was going on. Really a unique experience. I instantly wanted to upload it to YouTube, but there is no DVD, apparently, of the film... There are some examples of Nazarro's work on YouTube, but nothing that matches this amazing scene. > Big Cliff Nazarro fan here, too. I have a couple 78 records he made in the late 1930's that are hilarious double-talk / singing routines. He also did some straight singing on records in the 1920's. Hey TCM how about a Cliff Nazarro Day!

> {quote:title=CDiNicola wrote:}{quote} > Hey, yeah, I don't know why my original post came up again, I think I did some cut and paste thing and then couldn't delete it.... > Must have been those Gamma rays!

> {quote:title=drahcir wrote:}{quote} > Where is "Lady In The Dark" with Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland? Please tell me. > It was scheduled on TCM last April 28, but ultimately was not shown. We can hope they're working on getting it scheduled (and shown) again soon.

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > Oh my god, Jeff! That site is amazing! I haven't got time to read it now, but I am glad they changed the title - it is so much more appropriate as "The Vanishing _American"_ > I don't think it's a case of the title being changed TO "The Vanishing American" from "The Vanishing Race". The poster with the latter title is Australian, and that's probably the title under which the movie was released in Australia.

> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > Maybe these actors...Russell Hicks, William B. Davidson, Selmer Jackson, Pierre Watkin? > And Emmett Vogan and Wade Boteler.