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> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}
> I thought the film was absolutely fascinating. It's definitely the most "Hitchcockian" of Lang's films. It's Rebecca, for sure, plus Spellbound and even some Notorious. You're also right to mention Dragonwyck and I'd say Jane Eyre and The Spiral Staircase, too.
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And shades of SUSPICION, too.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> I found it odd that the delivering doctor fled WITH the baby.
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Yes, I also thought that was strange. But apparently Evelyn wanted him to do it.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> I have a feeling SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR won't be shown again anytime soon, since it came from Universal...THE PROWLER is scheduled again, but that's because it's an indy film from United Artists and easier to obtain.
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Yesterday TCM programming may have included some exceptions to the rights rules as we know them. Some of the movies may have been made available to TCM just for that one day by arrangement with restorer UCLA, not necessarily the studios who produced the films originally.
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> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}
> HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAIL RUSSELL
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Thanks for the beautiful pictures of the beautiful Gail & Diana.
I've seen that Diana Lynn & Gail Russell one before...maybe here? But not in color. And the b & w version was flipped (reversed).
In color it almost appears they are on a roof or something and that's the blue sky behind them.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> There must be some reason SECRET was kept a secret in Canada. It's a fun film and everyone should be allowed to see it...shhh....don't tell...
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Yes, I really do feel bad for our Canadian friends. It seems most of the times a movie is replaced on the Canadian schedule the replacement is less interesting than the replaced. (Not meaning to say anything against the three Canadian replacements shown yesterday. All great classics. But they're not nearly as rarely seen as the three they replaced, especially the newly restored Roach features).
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Any Three Stooges fans here?
Trivia:
What was the reference to this movie in a Three Stooges short?
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> {quote:title=bklynrose wrote:}{quote}
> Man I am so mad at myself I fell asleep just as they were getting to the old western set, anyone want to tell me what happened after that, I thank you in advance
> cat
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I won't spell out any spoilers here, but here's a link to a detailed plot summary. This will tell you all about it:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=87312&category=Full%20Synopsis
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR was a Universal release from Walter Wanger. Not from Hal Roach.
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> The Laurel & Hardy piece, WAY OUT WEST, was from Roach Studios.
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> TOPPER was the other Roach offering pre-empted up north.
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Yes, I know very well that SECRET... is not a Hal Roach picture. I never meant to say or imply that it is.
I just decided to decline mentioning the titles of the two Roach pictures (WAY OUT WEST and TOPPER) in my original post, as I figured everyone would know them or easily figure them out by looking at the schedule.
And by the way, just to fill in all the related details, according to the TCM Canadian schedule, SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR was replaced in Canada by THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.
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> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote}
> What an odd little movie, Did anyone watch? I didnt see any evidence that Helfin was the Peeping Tom. Were we supposed to assume that?
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You mean the prowler who Evelyn sees before the main titles? No, I don't believe that was supposed to be Heflin. The prowler just served the purpose of making her call the police so she and Heflin could meet and get the plot rolling. So that's actually a strange title for the movie, naming it after one quick incident at the very start that was basically unrelated to the rest of the story (unless the word was supposed to have some subtle meaning relating to Heflin's character pursuing Keyes, or something like that). Of course, the prowler angle came in handy for Heflin later when he devised his plot to shoot... well, no spoilers here!
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
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> I would add the Universal Crime Club films and Paramount's DOUBLE DOOR and THE WITCHING HOUR.
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I was thinking about DOUBLE DOOR last night while watching SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR - there was Anne Revere again in another big old house with mysterious doors...and her character's name again was Caroline.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
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> THE FLAG was a Two-Color Technicolor short produced in 1926. It has been shown dozens of times on TCM over the past 5 years.
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MGM produced a series of these "Technicolor Historical" two-reel silent shorts between 1926 and 1929. THE FLAG is the best known, due principally to its exposure on TCM. Most of the others are virtually undocumented and pretty obscure (and probably lost), not even listed on IMDb or other such sites.
As a big fan of actress Nena Quartaro the one I'd like to find is FRONTIER ROMANCE (7-6-29), also starring Allan Simpson and Arthur Clayton, and Directed by Elmer Clifton.
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> {quote:title=Guness wrote:}{quote}
> Have the results of the card sweepstakes been finalized?
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I ain't heard nuthin' yet.
I guess I didn't win...
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> It is always surprising when you discover one studio now distributes another studio's films -- and makes headaches for TV programmers. (I'm sure Charlie Tabesh, TCM's programmer, has many tales he could tell.)
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> You are welcome to list other titles/libraries and their confusing trails.
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I think it's very amusing and ironic that the current TV prints of movies from studios such as Monogram and American-International have the MGM logo attached. Back when those movies were made those studios were considered the bottom of the barrel for cheapness and poor quality while MGM was considered by most to be the tops in quality and it probably would have been thought inconceivable at that time for them to be connected later in any way to those "poverty row" outfits.
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> {quote:title=skimpole wrote:}{quote}
> Of course, because I'm in Canada, I don't get to see The Secret Beyond the Door.
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And of course, as usual TCM Canada couldn't show the two Hal Roach features scheduled on the 20th. They were replaced by LITTLE CAESAR and THE PUBLIC ENEMY. Were they also supposed to be part of the UCLA Restored theme of the day? I wasn't in Canada, so I don't know...was there anything new & restored about them?
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> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote}
> There are two versions of SONG O' MY HEART in existence, the talkie and a silent version with music and effects. Both prints are stunning in quality. They were released as part of the Borzage and Murnau at Fox boxed set. You might want to see if they are available through Netflix.
> While that doesn't answer why TCM did not show this film, it is at least one way in which you can enjoy it (in sound or silence).
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Yes, I noticed too, several weeks ago, that one of the highlights of the month for me, SONG O' MY HEART had been dropped from the schedule. Sure, I do already have both versions from the Murnau/Borzage set, plus a video made from a 16mm print 20 years or so ago, but I still I was looking forward to seeing it on TCM.
I hope that the reason it was dropped had nothing to do with it being a Fox movie, or else we should be worrying about all of those Will Rogers titles (tentatively?) scheduled for December.
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> >>Terror By Night is included in the line-up there and as being a film also coming from the UCLA Archives. So the change doesn't seem to be completely "last minute".
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> Too bad that the TERROR BY NIGHT print used was a public domain one with some appalling emulsion scratches going on during the last reel.
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And for purists the replaced end title with replaced music was inexcusable for an allegedly "restored" print.
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> Let's not categorize "classic" film as films that were released before "you" were born. That's self centered.
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When I was born has absolutely NOTHING to do with my preference for older films. Never has.
I've just always preferred 1930's, 1940's, and even 1920's movies over anything recent or current.
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> {quote:title=midnight08 wrote:}{quote}
> I totally agree: there are so many other channels that cater to the movies of the 70's, 80's, 90's and the new milleniem. I specifically have my cable for TCM and the reason is that TCM is the only channel where I can watch silents, pre-codes and the movies from the first half of the 20th Century.
> There are many old movies sitting in the vaults waiting to be shown.Many old movies have been painstakingly restored only to sit in mothballs until taken out for an occassional film festival or retrospective. Why not televise them and bring them into the public's attention? The only channel that can really do this is TCM.
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Again, I completely agree.
And there are a lot of us who come to TCM to AVOID new stuff.
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> {quote:title=infinite1 wrote:}{quote}
>We come to TCM to find alternative programming, the type of films that the other channels have sworn off of.
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EXACTLY!
You said it!
I totally agree.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Looking forward to reading comments on Lang's "SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR." I had a real Mercury in retrograde moment when I rewound the tape in my vcr, had my snacks at the rea-
> dy and found the videotape jammed up in my vcr. Why am I using a vcr in this day and age...
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> Don't ask.
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Sorry to hear that happened!
Hey, I still use a VCR. But problems still could happen with any of the newest contraptions, so don't necessarily blame the tape or the machine. In my case I blame an absent mind...I'd been looking forward to that movie for the three months since the September schedule was announced, but then got occupied doing something else and forgot to set the recorder, so missed the first half hour or so. But knowing it's a rare one, I had previously alerted some friends not to miss it, and they got it recorded (on DVD, not video).
If nobody else has offered, I can easily have a copy made for you, and would be glad to do it.
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> {quote:title=MartinJG wrote:}{quote}
> Just passing on the news. *Marsha Hunt* will be signing autographs for fans, for free, at the Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley, Maryland from Sept. 23 to 25. She authored a coffee table book about the gowns and dresses in Hollywood classic movies and will also have glossy photos to sign for fans. But you have to be at the event to get the free autograph.
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> At 18 years of age, she made her film debut in The Virginia Judge (1935). Some of her war-era roles came in the films Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941), Kid Glove Killer (1942) and The Affairs of Martha (1942). I loved her in The Human Comedy (1943) and she was never more beautiful in RAW DEAL (I think that was in 1947). Great film noir.
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> I know she's been around but not in Maryland that I recall so if you live within driving distance, I recommend you check it out. http://www.MidAtlanticNostalgiaConvention.com
I wish I was able to go! I do know someone who's going, but I will not be able to, this time.
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> {quote:title=Dominick wrote:}{quote}
>.... I would love it if the would show these classics from that era.
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> What's Up, Doc?-Barbra Striesand, Ryan O'Neal and Madeline Kahn
> Summer of 42-Jennifer O'Neill
> Lovers and Other Strangers-Richard Castellano, Bea Arthur, Cloris Leachman and Diane Keaton
> The Sting-Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Eileen Brennan
> Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams-Joanne Woodward and Sylvia Sidney
> Where's Poppa?-George Segal, Ruth Gorden, Ron Liebman and Trish Van Devere
> The Big Bus-Joseph Bolongna, Stockard Channing and Sally Kellerman
> The Late Show-Art Carney and Lily Tomlin
> Hot Stuff-Dom Deluise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Carol Arthur
> Young Frankenstein-Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle,Teri Garr and Marty Feldman
> Gable and Lombard-James Brolin and Jill Clayburgh
> Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood-Madeline Kahn, Bruce Dern and Art Carney
> The Godfather_Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton
> The Godfather Part II-Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, John Cazale and Talia Shire
> M*A*S*H-Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Robert Duvall and Sally Kellerman
> The In-Laws-Peter Falk and Alan Arkin
> Lucky Lady-Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds and Liza Minelli
> California Suite-Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Maggie Smith, Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby
> 10-Dudely Moore, Julie Andrews and Bo Derek
> At Long Last Love-Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn and Eileen Brennan
> Looking For Mr.Goodbar-Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Tom Berenger and Tuesday Weld
> The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother-Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn
> Lenny-Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine
> The Prisoner Of Second Avenue-Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft
> High Anxiety-Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman
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I know this discussion will never end...but for what it's worth, but may I respectfully say that I don't want to see ANY of those movies using up valuable time on TCM.
I agree with Martin, PrinceSaliano and the others who want to see only pre-1960 (and preferably only pre-1950) stuff on TCM.
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> Include his ultra-rare Universal, HALF A SINNER (1934).
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I also wouldn't mind seeing Joel McCrea as Star of the Month but especially if we could get to see HALF A SINNER (1934).
I've always wanted to see that one. It's the rarest of the three film versions of the play "Alias the Deacon" and the only one in which the lead is played by the actor who starred in the 1925 Broadway play: Berton Churchill.
I've seen the 1927 version (very good!) and the 1940 version (pretty good). Now let's get this one on TCM when (not if) Joel gets his month!
Mickey Rooney is in it, so too bad TCM couldn't have acquired it for his month in December.
And the leading lady is Sally Blane...I never get tired of seeing her!
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> {quote:title=midnight08 wrote:}{quote}
> Reading about this dub made me think of the movie "Dinner At Eight". It was made in 1933. Marie Dressler is talking to her dog which is named Mussolini. You can see her mouthing Mussolini but the name "Tarzan" is clearly dubbed in. I guess they didn't want any reference to an Italian dictator
> even though this was still considered a pre code movie.
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Maybe they had to change it from Mussolini because the dog couldn't bark in an Italian accent.
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