musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=azmary wrote:}{quote}
> I haven't seen Blondie movies since AMC showed them. Does anyone know if TMC shows them?
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TCM hasn't shown any of them yet, but it would be nice if they would.
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> Two Columbias featuring Thelma Todd...TRIAL MARRIAGE and THE BACHELOR GIRL. Have they survived???
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I've always wanted to see both of these!
A silent print of TRIAL MARRIAGE was shown at Cinecon last year.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> There are a whole bunch of movies with Renee Adoree still in the vault. I counted at least 8 or 9 surviving Metro and MGM titles that have never been shown. Plus three more Universal pictures Silents.
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> I love *THE COSSACKS* which TCM hasn't run at all. I figure that title and probably *FORBIDDEN HOURS* with Ramon Novarro are the two that we have the best chance of seeing. But I would certainly be happy with *AN EXCHANGE OF WIVES, THE FLAMING FOREST,* or *THE EXQUISITE SINNER* if TCM were to premier those.
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I'd also love to see all of those come on TCM!
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> musicalnovelty,
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> Besides *THE PAGAN,* have you seen *TIDE OF EMPIRE?* The print is just gorgeous quality, and the vintage Photo-phone scoring track is very good. Plus the story is terrific, and Renee Adoree receives top billing. If you liked Tom Keene in *THE GODLESS GIRL*, He is great here.
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> Be aware that the final reel is missing. This is an outstanding late 20's MGM Silent from director Allan Dwan, and it hasn't been on TCM in about a decade. If you don't have the film and it is among the sale titles, this is the one to get.
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Yes, I do have a copy of TIDE OF EMPIRE that I taped from TCM many years ago, probably the first time they showed it. It still looks good, but I guess I really should get the DVD...I'm sure it'll look and sound better than my old tape.
I have all the silents that TCM has shown that have the original disc scores. I try to get all of those that I can find.
I really should find my tape of TIDE OF EMPIRE and look at it again. I had heard that a reel was missing. I acquired the cutting continuity script for the final couple of reels several years ago, so I could follow along with the film and see what was missing. I don't recall if I ever got around to actually doing it!
And yes, I'm a big Renee Adoree fan, too!
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> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote}
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> The first two titles you listed are on page two of the sale @ $13.99 each. Too bad that THE PAGAN wasn't part of this sale.
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Thanks... I guess I looked too quickly (and didn't expect them to be alphabetically under the letter "T").
I ordered "The Pagan" during the last sale they had...looks and sounds great!
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}
> So I finally saw MEET NERO WOLFE with Edward Arnold and Lionel Stander. Supposedly, the second entry, THE LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED MEN, is lost. I assume Columbia's distribution rights expired and reverted to Stout estate decades ago. But has anybody actually seen FRIGHTENED MEN or has it, in fact, vanished?
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Hi Ray,
Apparently it isn't "lost", just hard to find.
I still haven't seen it, but would like to.
The AFI Catalogue of Feature Films, 1931-1940 indicates "Print Viewed" in their entry on the movie.
And I believe The Library of Congress has a print.
A check into random issues of The B.I.B. Books (1971, 1978, & 1987) confirms it was never available to TV, at least not from 1971 onward.
And this doesn't necessarily confirm anything either way, but there is an entry for the movie in Leonard Maltin's "Classic Movie Guide" book.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> Quick update - there is a sale going on right now at Warner Bros Shop for those who may be interested.
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> The sale includes about 35 silent titles from the Warner Archives, marked down 30%. The offer ends on 5/25/10:
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> http://www.wbshop.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-WB-Site/default/Search-Show?cgid=WACSILENT
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Thanks for the tip.
But I wonder why they include the non-silent "Hollywood Revue of 1929" (not that I'd complain about the chance to purchase it at a sale price).
Also, I can think of several Warner Archive silents that are not listed: The Better 'Ole, The First Auto, and The Pagan, for example.
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> Tyrone Power, Miriam Hopkins & husband Anatole Litvak at a costume party in 1939
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So, why is Tyrone the only one dressed up funny?
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> {quote:title=arheidis wrote:}{quote}
> Thanks a lot.. Did u knew the movie or searched cause i don't know how to search ..not even have a ideea about the keywords
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No, I didn't have to do any kind of search. I knew that one. It's a pretty famous movie.
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> {quote:title=arheidis wrote:}{quote}
> Hi guys
I hope I'm in the right place. What I want to ask you? It's about a horror movie broadcasted on tcm whose name I don't know. I have seen it some time ago. I can describe it so you can help me.> I know it's about a family with 4-5 members who live in a house. I remember it was night and it was about a tv which when everybody was sleeping was interupting it's broadcast and became white with black points(i think you know what i mean- i'm not american)...and the girl was lured inside the tv or something like that. Also it "featured" something like a closet which became white
) I know also that it was raining and the kids were afraid by a big trree near the bedroom's window. There was also an unfinished pool outside where father jumped to search for the girl. Sorry.. all i can remember, i was small back them. Please help, I'm desperate to find the movies name. > I know that there was a closet which became white or smt like that and everything was flying there.
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That's POLTERGEIST (1982).
Info here:
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> {quote:title=arheidis wrote:}{quote}
> Hi guys
I hope I'm in the right place. What I want to ask you? It's about a horror movie broadcasted on tcm whose name I don't know. I have seen it some time ago. I can describe it so you can help me.> I know it's about a family of 4-5 members who live in a house. I remember it was night and it was about a tv which when everybody was sleeping was interupting it's broadcast and became white with black points(i think you know what i mean- i'm not american)...and the girl was lured inside the tv or something like that. Also it "featured" something like a closet which became white ..
) I know also that it was raining and the kids were afraid by a big trree near the bedroom's window. There was also an unfinished pool outside where father jumped to search for the girl. Sorry.. all i can remember, i was small back them. Please help, I'm desperate to find the movies name.>
That's POLTERGEIST (1982).
Info here:
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> > In my experience, pixelation is usually a problem from the source, and not inherent in the format. But, unfortuantely, it can be common enough to seem like it is inherent.
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Every time I watch MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN Gary Cooper looks pixilated!
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> Incidentally, I wanted to be sure to mention, did anyone else catch this? Just before the Prime-Time hour on TCM this evening, they ran a clip from the 1931 sound reissue of *THE BIG PARADE* during a *MGM Parade* extra from the 50's. Much of the epic *"Jimmy Leaves for the Front"* sequence joined in progress, minus a few key frames and some title cards, was shown. The *William Axt- David Mendoza, Maurice Barron music* was so drowned out by excessive sound effects tracks that it was highly distracting. I sure hope that when we finally see the new restoration on TCM, or DVD, that it does not have all those garbled sounds overpowering the music.
I'm all for a new recording of the original 1925 Axt-Mendoza score, while at the same time if possible keeping the 1983 Carl Davis one. But We definitely don't need all those annoying effects tracks in the way. They are just not complimentary to the greatness of the film.>
Yes, I did notice that, and thought of you, our "Big Parade" expert. I meant to ask you if you know if a copy of the movie is available anywhere with that Axt / Mendoza score intact?
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> {quote:title=MickeyFender wrote:}{quote}
> Way to go!!
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> And to think, it only took a year! In any case, that's great news. Thanks so much for keeping at it and helping find the title of that tune. Now let's see what I can come up with for the next year.
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> For those who might be interested in hearing the entire tune, here's a version by Joe Green and His Orchestra from 1934:
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> MF
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That's a good version. Thanks for finding it.
The vocal is by Jack Parker.
It was recorded on September 21, 1934.
It was released on Vocalion 78 #2812, and in England on the label Edison Bell Winner #156.
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> {quote:title=MickeyFender wrote:}{quote}
> I have another one here.
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> In the movie Bordertown, with Paul Muni and Bette Davis,, there's a scene after the murder where the Davis character is alone at home and just starting to crack up. While pacing around, she turns on the radio, and a tune starts playing, which I can't quite place. Does anyone know the title of this tune? It's a popular number, probably from the period. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Just in time before the one year deadline on reviving old threads I have am finally able to answer this question about the tune played on the radio in a scene in "Bordertown" (1935). Yes, the research has taken almost a whole year! But, determined not to appear stumped before the entire TCM world, I kept on working at this one and finally have the answer.
So, for all who have been unable to sleep without knowing the name of that song, here it is, finally:
SOMEWHERE IN YOUR HEART
The song was written in 1934 by Rudy Vallee, Bert van Cleve, and Guy Wood.
Rudy Vallee recorded it on August 6, 1934 and it was released on Victor 78 #24702.
Another version was recorded by Joe Reichman & His Orchestra on September 20, 1934. Vocal chorus was by Chick Bullock. This 78 was released on several different labels in the American Record Corporation group, as follows:
Banner 33197
Melotone 13164
Oriole 2992
Perfect 16004
Romeo 2366
So we can see that at the time that the movie "Bordertown" was being filmed in August and September 1934 this song was a current hit (although certainly not as big or long-lasting as many of Vallee's other songs).
Here is a picture of the sheet music for the song:
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HOT MONEY (1935) with Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly.
Saturday morning , May 8 at 11:42 A.M. (EST) (after The Bowery Boys feature JINX MONEY (1948).
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Actress Dorothy Provine has passed away at age 75.
Article here:
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/apr/27/reclusive-actress-bainbridge-resident-dorothy/
IMDb entry:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0699063/
Pictures:
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> No, He doesn't deserve a 100 Million. No one does. but He is probably has well over twice that amount in his personal fortune. Just think of how many classic films could be fully restored for that price tag?
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My answer to the title question has to be "no!"
I have no idea who that is, but from the posts in this thread of course he must be some currently popular movie star. But I would not be able to recognize a picture of him, or be able to tell anything about him or anything he did. And as little as I know about him, I care even less! (That's why I'm a TCM watcher...to get away from the current junk).
I say all this just to remind anyone who's willing to pay this guy all that money, that some of us don't know or care who he is.
Gagman beat me to my next comment:
I was going to say that while that guy is being paid all that loot, how many 1928 (for example) Colleen Moore (for example) films are turning to dust waiting for a fraction of that much money for preservation and restoration?
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> I've got to say I've been recording these and loving them! I only missed two (darn it!) while attending Cinefest, just too bleary eyed to remember to set the recorder.
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> I have really enjoyed watching this Bowery Boys series, I don't find them violent at all. If anything, Gorcey's mispronouncing wordplay is the comedy focus.
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> And knowing 12 year old TikiKid's limited attention span, the short length of these films is brilliant. I also like the choice of subject & setting- cowboys is a bit foreign for kids these days, but spook hunting is a timeless fascination for kids.
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> These are winning her over better than the "Road" films, "Ugh is that guy gonna sing again?"
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Hi Soo (and TikiKid),
So glad you're enjoying The Bowery Boys on TCM!
You can catch the ones you missed when TCM devotes a whole day to repeating the first ten of them on July 23.
July 23, 2010 - Friday
7:15 AM Live Wires (1946)
In their first film, the Bowery Boys tackle gangsters. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mike Mazurki. Dir: Phil Karlson. BW-65 mins, TV-G
8:30 AM In Fast Company (1946)
The Bowery Boys get wrapped up in a taxi war. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan. Dir: Del Lord. BW-63 mins, TV-G
9:45 AM Bowery Bombshell (1946)
The Bowery Boys tackle gangsters to clear one of their own from a bogus robbery charge. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Sheldon Leonard. Dir: Phil Karlson. BW-66 mins, TV-G
11:00 AM Spook Busters (1946)
When they set themselves up as ghost hunters, the Bowery Boys tangle with a mad scientist. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Douglass Dumbrille. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-68 mins, TV-G
12:15 PM Mr. Hex (1946)
A hypnotist turns one of the Bowery Boys into a championship boxer. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gale Robbins. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-63 mins, TV-G
1:30 PM Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
The Bowery Boys try to expose a phony fortune-teller. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Betty Compson. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-63 mins, TV-G
2:45 PM News Hounds (1947)
When they get newspaper jobs, the Bowery Boys take on a sport-fixing mob. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Anthony Caruso, Christine McIntyre. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-68 mins, TV-G
4:00 PM Bowery Buckaroos (1947)
The Bowery Boys head west and land themselves in hot water. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Iron Eyes Cody. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-65 mins, TV-G
5:15 PM Angels Alley (1948)
An ex-con cousin of one of the Bowery Boys gets them into trouble with the law. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Frankie Darro. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-68 mins, TV-G
6:30 PM Jinx Money (1948)
The Bowery Boys find a dead gangster's loot-and the mob out to get it back. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Sheldon Leonard. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-68 mins, TV-G
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Yes, I'm excited about what's on TCM tonight. Looking forward to those two Leon Errol shorts!
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> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}
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> _Fragments (1916-1929)_
> Running Time: 1 hr., 30 min.
> 35mm
> Academy Film Archive and the UCLA Film Archive
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> Sunday, April 25 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
> Mann's Chinese 6 House 3
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> Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive will present a selection of rarely-screened fragments of great lost films. *Red Hair* and *Three Weekends* (both 1928) showcase the comic talents of actress Clara Bow. *The Village* (1922) is an early film by director John Ford. Also included are four additional fragments from the Academy archives: *Happiness Ahead* (1928), a Colleen Moore film; *Polly of the Follies* (1922) starring Constance Talmadge; *A Lovers Oath* (1925) showcasing actor Ramon Navarro; *The Chance Market* (1916), with prolific actor King Baggot. The event concludes with a selection of trailers for lost films, provided by UCLA and Academy Film Archive, which includes *On Trial* (1928), *The Last Warning* (1929) and *The Patriot* (1928)the only Oscar?-nominated performance that is lost. (d. Various, approx. 90m, 35mm). Hosted by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive.
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Okay, now I REALLY wish I was going!
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> Wow! Thanks so much for posting this. I didn't know that any of Clara Bow's *THREE WEEKENDS* or Colleen Moore's *HAPPINESS AHEAD* had survived. Not to mention THE PATRIOT. Are these the lone fragments, or are there more than what is being screened? Are they running the Technicolor clips from another Clara Bow feature *RED HAIR?* I think that's all that there is of this film that's ever been found.
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I believe for "The Patriot" all that survives is the trailer (I've seen it). That probably is what they'll be showing.
But I WOULD be very interested to know what survives from "Happiness Ahead" and "Three Weekends".
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"How do you get that way?"
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> {quote:title=wouldbestar wrote:}{quote}
> A few months ago, a letter to my paper commenting on somebody else?s letter was printed with just my name and city. That other person got my address from wherever and sent me a very nasty snail-mail letter. The paper swore she did not get it from them. See how easy it is to get to a person now? I said nothing rude in my letter; she was just put out I disagreed with her and said why.
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It's interesting to look at old magazines such as early issues of "TV Guide" in which they gave the writer's complete address when publishing a letter.
I hope I'm in the right place. What I want to ask you? It's about a horror movie broadcasted on tcm whose name I don't know. I have seen it some time ago. I can describe it so you can help me.
I'm all for a new recording of the original 1925 Axt-Mendoza score, while at the same time if possible keeping the 1983 Carl Davis one. But We definitely don't need all those annoying effects tracks in the way. They are just not complimentary to the greatness of the film.
IN MEMORIAM (Obit Thread)
in Hot Topics
Posted
Rosa Rio, theater organist and silent movie accompanist, has passed away at age 107:
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/14/rosa-rio-beloved-tampa-theatre-organist-dies/entertainment/