musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=SansFin wrote:
> }{quote}...TCM had a week which highlighted the works of Hayao Miyazaki. I wish dearly that they would repeat that.
I admit I've always been one of the first to immediately (and perhaps occasionally unfairly) dismiss just about any movie from after 1960. So I didn't expect much (in fact I didn't even plan on watching) when TCM ran those Miyazaki movies. Who's this guy? How can any of these be any good...they're from the 1980's and newer! But was I ever wrong (and ain't hesitating to admit it!) I don't recall why I even tuned in (I must have just had TCM on out of general habit) but I caught the beginning of SPIRITED AWAY (I think that was the first one they showed) and before long I was ...well, spirited away! It was wonderful! I enloyed it tremendously and watched all of it and even the later repeat (as those who were watching then know, they ran the dubbed and the subtitled versions in the same night). I caught all of the rest of the Miyazaki films TCM showed and loved them all.
TCM must have had a deal to run those movies only once, as I've not seen any of them repeated yet.
But I'd definitely love to see them again on TCM.
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> {quote:title=JonasEB wrote:
> }{quote}This is only a problem with a few films on the TCM "HD" feed, not the regular channel.
It actually has happened with some films on the regular TCM, too, such as the recently shown ROBINSON CRUSOE (1954).
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:
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> }{quote}....slightly gender-bent, more Motown..
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> [Jackie Wilson|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8M0RCdpoGc&feature=related]
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To be accurate, actually Jackie Wilson never was a Motown artist (that is, he was never on the Motown record label).
Most of his records were on Brunswick. Early stuff was on various labels including Dee Gee, Federal, King, Jubilee, and Decca.
Then, later many of his hits were reissued on various oldies reissue labels. But never Motown.
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> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:
> }{quote}sure and it is robert O'
> can you name a film where he shines?
He made so many films!
One that comes to mind first is A NIGHT AT THE OPERA in which he plays Henderson the cop but in what may or may not actually be a "goof" Groucho keeps calling him "Hennessey".
Another good one was THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931).
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I agree that CAUSE FOR ALARM! is probably the one you're asking about.
If it may help, here's a link to a detailed plot summary:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/752/Cause-for-Alarm-/full-synopsis.html
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> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:}{quote}
> musical, want to take it, or would you rather wait for stick to confirm??
No, that's okay, I'll leave it open...
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> {quote:title=thestick wrote:
> }{quote}....there were originally three endings but they finally chose to go with the two major stars singing this hymn. One of those two starts was Clark Gable.
One Clark Gable movie that had more than one different ending was IDIOT'S DELIGHT (1939).
But I don't recall what the music was that was used at the end.
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Robert Emmett O'Connor?
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
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> (musicalnovelty, I just checked the Canadian TCM schedule, and *Captain Fury* is on it. Go figure...)
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So......was it really shown?
Were any of our Canadian viewers watching?
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As we have learned over the years, TCM can not show Hal Roach films in Canada.
But the 1939 Roach movie CAPTAIN FURY is listed on the Canadian schedule. It's showing right now on TCM-USA. Is it really also being shown in Canada?
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I just saw a promo on Me-TV that THE INVISIBLE WOMAN be on Saturday night, Feb. 25.
(In case anyone missed it on TCM).
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Okay, some clues...
It's nothing to do with the actors in the films.
Nothing to do with the years they were made or released.
Nothing to do with the studios that made the films.
Nothing to do with the music, photography, editing of the films, or whether they're comedies, dramas, in color or not, in wide screen or not.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:
> }{quote}Seriously, I think it's got to be a mistake (actually mistakes---Coburn said "steam" at least 3 or 4 times) that Stevens never caught.
Maybe it was deliberate so that while everyone was focusing on "steam" or "speed" nobody would notice that they were slipping the word "damn" into the dialogue so many times!
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> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:}{quote}
> * This show, which aired on NBC radio for ten years, was a quiz show with a twist. Instead of members of the public answering questions, people would send in questions for a panel of experts to tackle.
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> What was the name of this pioneering quiz show?
Was it "Information Please"?
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:
> }{quote}I looked at my DVR'd copy last night. One of the reasons it looked so lousy is that it was heavily overscanned. I suspect this was done for HD viewers.
I thought so! Thanks for confirming.
I sensed stuff was being cut off around the edges of the screen.
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:
> }{quote}Funny, I thought of Frankie Avalon's Venus tonight when I saw Venus high on the horizon. I live on a river, so it's dark; there is very little light pollution.
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> Thanks for sharing them all.
I didn't "planet" this way, but here's another "Venus" for you:
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:
> }{quote}The power of Venus is in the western sky tonight.
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> [shocking Blue|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHk]
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> [Holst, London Symphony Orchestra|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1f8HjIkU3M]
And we shouldn't forget the other Venus hit song:
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Cesar Romero?
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The word can mean more than one thing.
It is used in the 1945 Three Stooges short UNCIVIL WAR BIRDS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX4KTsMT02E
It's also used in an Educational Pictures comedy short starring Tom Howard, DIVORCE SWEETS (1933).
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Thelma,
Check out this rare film clip of Thelma Todd with Patsy Kelly, and also with a brief appearance by Bert Wheeler and his daughter:
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> {quote:title=phroso wrote:}{quote}
> I'm very annoyed with myself for missing this rarely-seen (and never seen by me) Bunuel classic. At least I can take heart in the fact that the print was cruddy. Can we get another showing sometime, please?
It's scheduled on TCM again on Sunday, April 29, 2012.
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I'm okay with it. I've seen worse.
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I think I know. But you posted it only an hour ago so I'll wait a while before posting my guess.
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> {quote:title=kriegerg69 wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=darkblue wrote:
> > }{quote}Can you imagine what it would be like if they gave an equal amount of attention to each of the other 4,000 people who died that day in the U.S.?
> All of those 4,000 other people weren't as liked or admired as the *4,000,000* or more who liked Whitney and her work. Therein lies the big difference.
Glad to say I'm NOT one of that alleged 4,000,000!
WANTED: Classic Films Featuring This Classic Artist
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> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote}
> *ALAN FREED*
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> ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (1956) with Bill Haley
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> GO, JOHNNY, GO! (1959) with Chuck Berry
TCM has ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK and GO, JOHNNY, GO! scheduled for May 18, 2012.