musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> I think this is blondes on the beach week.
Hey Fred,
I'd guess your name here is most probably inspired by Humphrey Bogart's character name in the classic 1948 movie we all know, but did you know there is another Fred C. Dobbs? This morning I saw an episode of the TV show "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" and in it there was a character named Fred C. Dobbs! It was in the episode entitled "The Magnificent Failure" (1962).
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> {quote:title=calvinnme wrote:
> }{quote}This often happens if the film was remade by another studio - they'll buy up the rights to the original. That is how Paramount's "The Letter" wound up in the Warner Archive.
Yes, I know all about that...but that ain't the case with those two Fox movies.
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> {quote:title=AndyM108 wrote:
> }{quote}I've just noticed that on the schedule for Saturday 4/28, the first three episodes of The Perils of Pauline aren't listed in their normal sequence. Instead, they seem to be playing the second episode first, then the third, and only then the first one.
I noticed this too, and commented on it way back three months ago when the April schedule was first revealed. One might have expected it to have been corrected on the schedule by this time.
I guess we just have to assume it's an unintentional typo and that they'll run the chapters in the proper sequence when the time comes.
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Dick Clark is also being discussed here:
(With a lengthy obituary article also posted):
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There's also a thread on Dick Clark here:
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> {quote:title=classicstarletsfan wrote:
> }{quote}FRECKLES and LADDIE are the 2 Movies of Virginia's I have wanted to see since forever!!! AMC when they were showing the classic movies never had shown these and TCM never has shown them. I have seen scene stills from these 2 movies but, these 2 movies never have been shown anywhere. Would be a nice surprise if TCM could show these,it would be like a dream come true for me!!!
Unfortunately you may never get to see those two movies. You're right that they've never been shown on TV. It's not just that prints of the two movies are rare, but there are legal problems that prevent them from being shown on TV or being released on video or DVD. This is also the situation with most other movies based on the writings of author Gene (Geneva) Stratton-Porter (1863-1924).
There's some further info regarding FRECKLES in particular, here (especially in the posts starting 10-27-10):
http://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4139&start=60
A rare print of FRECKLES was shown at Cinefest in Syracuse, NY in March 2010 and I got to see it then. I hope somehow the rights issues get straightened out and that all of the rest of Virginia Weidler's fans can finally get to see it, as it was a good one and a real treat for her fans.
I've still not seen the 1935 version of LADDIE but at Cinefest this year they showed the 1940 version (also very rare) so I'm still hoping Virginia's version will turn up somewhere.
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> {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:
> }{quote}4/17 Releases:
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> ...MILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTY - stars Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker...
This is the second recent Warner Archive release of a movie originally released by 20th Century-Fox (the other being THE STEEL TRAP, 1952).
As with that one, there must have been changes in rights or copyright renewals that make this possible.
It just seems weird when I see a 20th Century-Fox movie coming out through Warner Archives.
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> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}
> Doris Day and Rock Hudson cracking up while filming one of their comedies.
That's from SEND ME NO FLOWERS (1964).
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In the 1937 MGM short BARS AND STRIPES bandleader Dick Winslow is driving along, singing to himself and gets so involved that unintentionally he starts speeding. He then gets arrested.
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Lots of singin' while drivin' in Elvis movies, it seems.
Here's another:
In CLAMBAKE (1967) Elvis and Will Hutchins sing "Who Needs Money?" while Will is driving a car and Elvis is riding on a motorcycle.
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In BLUE HAWAII (1961) Elvis Presley sings two songs while driving in a car.
In this clip Elvis sings "Almost Always True" with Joan Blackman while she drives:
And here Elvis sings "Moonlight Swim" with Nancy Walters, Christian Kay, Pamela Austin and Darlene Tomkins while driving:
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It's on again today, April 17 on TCM.
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> {quote:title=ginnyfan wrote:}{quote}
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> Now if I can only find some clue about her retirement (did Jean Porter or anyone else with whom she stayed friendly ever mention her publicly, for example?)
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There were articles on Virginia Weidler in "Classic Images" #56 and 345. One was even written by her friend Jean Porter.
I'm not sure how available these issues may be at this time, but here's a link to their website:
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> {quote:title=slaytonf wrote:
> }{quote}The Gaynor/March A Star is Born is such a fine movie, it's distressing to see the poor print quality whenever it's aired. Have there ever been any plans to restore it?
It was restored by UCLA way back in the 1980's (I think it was) - I recall recording the "Entertainment Tonight" segment when Leonard Maltin reported on it and showed clips of how good it looked, but don't recall exactly when that was. But unfortunately I've never seen that restored print ever on TV or video or DVD.
I do have the recently released KINO DVD that gagman mentioned (I won it in a contest over at Nitrateville!) and it's a pretty good print, but not the UCLA restoration. The DVD box says the print is from The George Eastman House. It says "Mastered in HD from an original nitrate 35mm Technicolor print preserved by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department".
It sure would be great if we could finally see the UCLA restoration!
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> {quote:title=gpr1950 wrote:
> }{quote}Has this movie ever been shown on TCM? It was Vilma Banky's last film and was released through MGM.
Yes, TCM did show it a few times in their first couple years on the air (1994 through about 1996) but it hasn't been on in many years now. I believe there is a rights issue involving the story it's based on that is keeping it from being shown.
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> {quote:title=ginnyfan wrote:
> }{quote}...Her appearance in a Warner Vitaphone short with Jane Withers and might explain why she was in that short at all.
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Here's the short:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uoA9iUbVBM
IMDb says it was released on DVD in 2008. Was it an extra on a DVD of some Warner Bros. movie? Does anyone know?
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Sunday night at 11:34 P.M. (Eastern), after WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD -
WHAT PRICE TAXI (1932) - Taxi Boys series.
It's one of the two really good* Taxi Boys shorts. Wacky fun!
*Meaning, for one thing, Ben Blue is NOT in this one!
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> > I would like to see a original month in the schedule..
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> The following came from an old thread about TCM's programming "back in the day". It is the first 10 days of the schedule.
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I'm the one who posted that 1994 TCM schedule of their first ten days. I still have all the old schedules and can post more, if folks are interested.
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:
> }{quote}The BeeGees.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JECTUQVrvzE
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Thanks for posting that one...one of my favorites by them: "Words" from 1968.
Another favorite is their next 45 released after "Words" in 1968 - a weird one called "Jumbo". Not their biggest hit, but still a fave of mine:
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That sounds like it could be THE MATING GAME (1959) starring Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall.
Plot summary here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053054/plotsummary
Cast & credit details here:
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Two unlisted shorts shown Friday night, April 13, 2012 after FORBIDDEN GAMES:
REDUCING (1952) - MGM
And
THE MAN AROUND THE HOUSE (1955) - MGM
(Both Pete Smith shorts).
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The eight silent Laurel & Hardy shorts that TCM ran last November are being repeated on Monday morning, April 23, 2012.
Schedule here:
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2012-04-23
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> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:
> }{quote}I meant to post these Titanic songs yesterday..
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> Ernest V. Stoneman:
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> [blind|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skSUX7pNmSU] Willie Johnson:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb6b0EKI_yE
> Richard "Rabbit" Brown:
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And we can't forget the "REAL story":
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48 Hours (1982)
Ultimate Movie Trivia
in Games and Trivia
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How about:
The Human Comedy (1943)
The Comedians (1967)
King of Comedy (1983)