musicalnovelty

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote} > Alfred Hitchcock directs John Gavin and Janet Leigh in "Psycho" John Gavin is probably thinking "Hey Hitch, leave us alone! I don't need no direction!"

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > > I can think of no reason, other than his mother's influence, for an entire day of TCM programming to be devoted to this journeyman actor. > Isn't this the kind of day that people around here have been asking for? A day devoted to someone who wasn't an A-list star but more of a character actor. > > Sounds like TCM just can't please everyone no matter what they do. I am ABSOLUTELY delighted at today's TCM programming - all those Warner Bros. "B" movies till 4 P.M. Thanks very much TCM!

> {quote:title=Windie wrote: > }{quote}Can anyone tell me why the Gable/Harlow "Red Dust" hasn't been released on DVD? It's a pretty significant film, at least for the two main stars, and I can't imagine why it's not on DVD. > > Or Blu-Ray (pretty please!)? From the NY Post article, here's why RED DUST wasn't included in the new Jean Harlow DVD box set: "Conspicuously missing from the set is probably the most-requested Harlow title on DVD, Fleming's "Red Dust'' with Clark Gable. "Unfortunately the film elements for that film were in such need of extensive work that it just couldn't be achieved in time to release this set in honor of Harlow's 100th year,'' said the WHV rep."The hope is to accomplish that sometime in the near future."" Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/movies/dvd_extra_jean_harlow_finally_gets_zXH1Ytgkgu6z7AtvJ6gMWL#ixzz1brctlxpN

> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the beautiful pictures of the beautiful Barbara! > Being a long-time fan of hers I've seen the first & third....but are you sure the middle one is Barbara Kent? I just ain't seein' her in that one. What's the source that says it's she? Thanks to "Rob" over at Nitrateville, this lady has been identified as Sheila Terry. A Sheila Terry image search shows this shot as well as several others from the same session: http://www.google.com/search?q=sheila+terry&hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GGLL_en&prmd=ivnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=UpKnTvLNBKn50gGBidmgDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAQ

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}musicalnovelty, > > > > No, the gal with the Cig is definitely not Barbara Kent. I have colorized that same still in the past..... It turns out she's Sheila Terry. That same still plus several others from the same session can be found in a Sheila Terry image search: http://www.google.com/search?q=sheila+terry&hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft::IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GGLL_en&prmd=ivnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=0oynTvHfMajZ0QG9zdSrDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAQ

One of my favorite funny guys: Jerry Colonna.

> {quote:title=mudskipper wrote:}{quote}Is it Cliff Edwards and Buster Keaton in "Doughboys"(1930) ? Yes, that's it. Here's the scene:

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}HAPPY BIRTHDAY > > > GUMMO MARX (1892 - 1977) I think that's actually Zeppo, not Gummo. Here's a picture of Gummo: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/872/000043743/Gummo-sm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/872/000043743/&usg=__BuUChGywmWxgh7qHK3C0AxCeIx4=&h=294&w=172&sz=19&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=DQTZPn6NrdgGbM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=67&ei=UEmkTqn1C8nc0QH3orieBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.nndb.com/people/872/000043743/%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLL_en%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1

> {quote:title=ugaarte wrote: > }{quote}I just finished watching *'Lonesome' 1928* with *Barbara Kent* on Youtube. > The story line itself was great, very entertaining > and emotional towards the end. But I have to say, I wasn't crazy about > the 'Score'. It sounded too much like 'New Age' music (not even music). > It was 'erratic' and 'sandpapery', for the lack of better words. > > But in the last segment, Jim (Glenn Tryon) is distraught over not knowing > where Mary (Barbara Kent) Is. He selects a Record to play. And the > record he selects is, *'Always'.* The camera enables us to see the > record. Would anyone know if this is the same *'Always'* that was written > by Irving Berlin. If it is, they should have used this music for some of its score. > It is such a Beautiful & Romantic tune. I've always loved it ! > ugaarte, I'm glad you got to see LONESOME, one of my favorite movies. In fact I have some friends who rate it as their all-time TOP favorite! But too bad you didn't get to see it with its original 1928 soundtrack. It has a real synchronized music score with sound effects and even three talking sequences. Also there are color scenes which probably were not in that YouTube copy. I've been able to see the movie several times on the "big screen" in nice 35mm prints: At The Film Forum theater, New York on Nov. 25, 1996 and the restored print this past March at Cinefest in Syracuse, NY. Those prints were both with the original 1928 soundtrack. The Alloy Orchestra also accompanies screenings of LONESOME and do a good job. I saw it with their score in Brookline, Mass. on March 13, 1998. You asked about the song "Always" that is shown on the 78 record in the movie. Yes it is the Irving Berlin song. It is used in the film a few times but you miss the importance of it if you don't hear the original soundtrack. When "Jim" and "Mary" dance together in the evening after spending the day together that is the song playing. It becomes "their song". That is why "Mary" gets so upset hearing it after losing "Jim" - it's too painful a reminder of her heartbreak and loss. I think "Jim" puts on the record just because it IS their song and all he can do right then is think of her and want to hear the song, apparently not yet being affected by the sad reminders the song could bring later. It's interesting that as you pointed out, in the movie they actually do show the record of the song "Always". But that record is not the one played in the movie. They show Brunswick 3088 - "Always" by Nick Lucas. But the record of "Always" that is played on the soundtrack in the scene is another Brunswick 78, number 3087 by The Brunswick Hour Orchestra, Directed by Walter Heanschen. Many late silents like LONESOME that had synchronized scores had "theme songs". Lonesome does too - it's a song called "Lonesome" composed by J. Cherniavsky. The tune is heard often during the course of the movie and sung by an unidentified vocalist over the end title as the "exit march". Along with many of what are called "Photoplay" selections accompanying the action of each scene the original soundtrack also features excerpts or complete performances of some popular tunes such as "Four Walls", "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up In the Morning", "Goodbye Broadway, Hello Montreal", "My Pet", "We Love It", "Golden Gate", "There'll Be a Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight", "In My Bouquet of Memories", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "Somebody Sweet Is Sweet On Me"...and of course, "Always". Reportedly the restored print of LONESOME is to be released on DVD some time (hopefully) soon. Definitely check that out when it comes out. And I hope you'll get to see it properly on the big screen some time in 35mm with an audience. You'll appreciate its greatness so much more than you could by watching it on YouTube. By the way, Universal remade LONESOME in 1935 as THE AFFAIR OF SUSAN and that is really a rare one. As far as I can determine it has never been reissued in any format (TV, theatrical, home video, etc.). Locked up in the vaults, unseen since 1935. I've never seen it (yet!) but have done lots of research on it (I have almost 100 stills from it and lots of other material so I feel like I've seen it!) and can say that as practically perfect as the original was, Universal made some interesting changes to this remake...some of which I actually think were good ideas, some not so much. I think the remake would be a perfect "extra" on the upcoming DVD of LONESOME. Let's hope someone working on the project thinks of that too (although unfortunately I've found that even some big fans of LONESOME don't even realize there's a long-unseen remake). So....did you see the surprise twist ending coming? Please don't reveal it to anyone who has yet to see the movie. Some viewers say they saw it coming but if one doesn't it will mean so much more to be surprised.

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > > > Very nice pictures! Thanks! But as I mentioned in the Barbara Kent thread in General Discussions, are you sure that middle photo is Barbara Kent? She just does not look like her at all.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote: > }{quote}musicalnovelty, thank you for posting She's a Rainbow. It's a very pretty song, and Nicky Hopkins' delicate piano playing adds so much. You can imagine a ballerina twirling away to that. Another great track from the same album is 2000 Light Years from Home. > > About a month ago Wilco and Nick Lowe ( as the "warm up" act) appeared in concert in Toronto. This would have been a dream show for me, but unfortunately I was away at the time and had to miss it. By all accounts it was, not surprisingly, a great show. Here's a tune that Nick is said to have played at it - I Live on a Battlefield : > > Thanks for the link to that good song...that's a good reminder that Nick Lowe's still got it! Long-time big Nick Lowe fan here, too. I have seen him play several times, mostly in the late 1970's to early 1980's and a few times later. So many great Nick Lowe songs and albums, but this is one of my faves (along with just about everything from his "Pure Pop for Now People" / "Jesus of Cool" album): Good to hear that he's still touring. Maybe I can go & see him again. About "She's a Rainbow" by The Stones - Yes, "2000 Light Years from Home" is another good one from that album (in fact it was the B-side of the "She's a Rainbow" 45). I think that's my favorite period of The Stones: songs like "She's a Rainbow", "Dandelion" and even the hit "Ruby Tuesday" - even though played often on the oldies stations, I'm still happy to hear it and will never get sick of it.

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > > > Thanks for the beautiful pictures of the beautiful Barbara! Being a long-time fan of hers I've seen the first & third....but are you sure the middle one is Barbara Kent? I just ain't seein' her in that one. What's the source that says it's she?

> {quote:title=Moodri wrote:}{quote} > No S.S. Van Dine mystery because they put in too much other filler. How ya like that?! We're not ready and they run one...then we're ready and they don't!

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > You probably read where Babara Kent has passed away at the age of 103. It's sad that Criterion could not have released LONESOME (1928) which they have the rights to, before she died. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Info here, with several links, on the passing of Barbara Kent: http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=162192&tstart=0

> {quote:title=SansFin wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=LonesomePolecat wrote: > > M}{quote}ine is ...from one of my favorite songs from one of my all time favorite movies *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers*. > It is wonderful to now know how you choose your name. I had thought it might be the name of a character in a Western. I thought that maybe LonesomePolecat chose that name because he may be a Buster Keaton fan and that is Buster's name in the 1940 movie LI'L ABNER.

> {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote} > > 11/1 Releases: > > > HOLLYWOOD PARTY, Laurel & Hardy > HOLLYWOOD PARTY listed as including its original trailer plus an "Audio Vault" featuring "rare pre-recordings and out-takes of deleted songs". Info here: http://www.wbshop.com/Hollywood-Party-1934/1000202893,default,pd.html?cgid=MOVIEPRE Sounds cool! Thanks, Warner Archives!

> {quote:title=OBJ wrote:}{quote} > Can anyone give me the name of the song and the artist that TCM is using this month for it's collage of film clips. Some of the song is "only in a dream" Thanks > > Greg > That song is called "Saw You First" by a group called Givers. More info about it here: http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=162029&tstart=30

There is time after the movie MURDER ON A BRIDLE PATH on Saturday morning, Oct. 22, for a two-reel short. I think from past experience we may expect a Vitaphone S.S. Van Dine short. Be prepared...

Here's a link to a page with a link to a nice YouTube tribute to Barbara Kent: http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/10/barbara_kent_last_silent.php

Here's another obituary for Barbara Kent, under her married name of Barbara Monroe, including a beautiful recent photo: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thedesertsun/obituary.aspx?n=barbara-monroe&pid=154205768

More on Barbara Kent: http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/

> {quote:title=Fedya wrote:}{quote} > > Is Carla Laemmle now the last surviving actress (excluding juveniles) who acted in a US silent? > Today happens to be Carla Laemmle's 102d birthday. Fans of Carla should check out her biography, "Among the Rugged Peaks" by Rick Atkins (2009). I got mine signed by the author...AND by Carla herself!

> {quote:title=lavenderblue19 wrote: > I}{quote}t's your thread.Okay, I hope this one is fitting: Somewhere in the film output of TCM's Star of the Month Buster Keaton appears the song "You Never Did That Before". Name the film, and / or who performs it?

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}.......I've always liked "She's a Rainbow". That's one of my favorites by The Stones. And one that I wish the oldies stations would remember once in a while instead of all those other oldies they play way too often. Here it is...

> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote}The Supremes: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj3A4-yWOg8 That's still a good one. But here's one of my faves by them (in fact probably my favorite). From early 1968, one that we don't hear enough on the radio any more: