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I KNOW! I KNOW!!
In fact, even before I finished reading your description.
But shall I hold off a while and let others at least see it before answering?
One more clue (to prove I know it) - A popular recording duo had a hit with the song in 1963.
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> {quote:title=MilesArcher wrote:
> }{quote}Well, I had to do a little research on this one. The important clue for me was that two comedy teams appeared in the movie. I knew that The Three Stooges and Laurel And Hardy appeared in 1934's "Hollywood Party" and I remembered that there was an animated sequence......
Correct!
I feel like "Mr. Memory" at the end of THE 39 STEPS - "That's a load off my mind".
Thread is open...
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News from "The Guardian":
Long-lost Walt Disney cartoon reel found on a shelf in Herefordshire, England.
Only known copy of Hungry Hobos, a five-minute film showing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, to be auctioned after archive discovery.
A precious long-lost cartoon film featuring a rabbit that was the forerunner to Mickey Mouse has been discovered on a shelf in an archive in rural England.
The only known copy of Hungry Hobos starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was found at the Huntley Film Archives in Herefordshire, where it had probably languished for decades.
It is creating great interest among cartoon enthusiasts and is being put up for auction in Los Angeles next month.
Oswald was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1927. Hungry Hobos – or Hoboes, as it is sometimes spelled – was made in 1928 and was one of a series of about 26 titles.
Later Disney and Iwerks transferred many of Oswald's traits to Mickey Mouse.
No one knows how the five-minute Oswald cartoon came to be sitting on a shelf at Huntley Film Archives, which specialises in social history films.
Amanda Huntley, who runs the company, said a colleague stumbled upon it and out of curiosity searched its name on the internet and realised it was a lost classic.
The Hungry Hobos film shows Oswald and his friend Peg Leg Pete on a train. Hungry, they rob a chicken of her egg.
Huntley said: "There are a lot of lost films out there. It's amazing that they get lost but they do.
"This was made in 1928 and has been in our collection for decades. We specialise in social history films and not animation.
"But my colleague took the film from the shelf and Googled it – I don't really know why.
"We quickly realised it was one of the great lost films. We posted the news on specialist web forums and everybody was very excited.
"It is significant because it is Disney but also because the character was the prototype of Mickey Mouse.
"Disney developed many characters and they changed over time and Oswald has the characteristics of Mickey Mouse – he looks similar even though he's a rabbit.
"How we ended up with the film, I don't know. It was probably collected by my father who started the company and it has been sitting on our shelves for decades.
"We have decided to sell it because it is not really what we specialise in and we can use the money to preserve other films we have."
Stephanie Connell, from auctioneers Bonhams, said: "Hungry Hobos is an incredible find, a lost masterpiece and a cartoon with a unique and vital place in animation history."
The film is now expected to fetch up to $40,000 (£25,000) when it goes under the hammer at Bonhams' entertainment memorabilia auction in Los Angeles on December 14.{font:Arial}
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/nov/28/disney-oswald-lucky-rabbit-cartoon-found?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038
And more:
http://cartoonsonfilm.blogspot.com/2011/11/sorry-oswald-youre-unlucky-exploited.html -
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Edited by: musicalnovelty on Nov 29, 2011 8:10 AM
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Virginia Mayo may not be the theme on Wednesday.
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> {quote:title=flashback42 wrote:
> }{quote}Correct re Natalie.
> ...And I had hopes for "food in title" clue. But, uh...not *Attack of the Killer Tomatoes*, and not *The Corn is Green*, right?
Okay, here's another clue about the food in the title:
The food is a candy.
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There was also a radio version done for "The LUX Radio Theater" on June 23, 1941. The stars of that version were Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche.
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> {quote:title=flashback42 wrote:
> }{quote}There has been no movement on the lyrics that were posted on Nov. 18th. I have been unable to solve it, and I've seen no indication that anyone else has tried. With nine days lapsed, I'll hold the place here until that poser is solved. I'll post another song that may have some current and/or morbid interest.
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> "♫ They say there's a tree in the forest,
> A tree that will give you a sign. ♪
> Come along with me to the sweetheart tree --
> ♪ Come carve your name next to mine.
> They say if you kiss the right sweetheart,
> The one you've been waiting for...
> ♫ Big blossoms of white will burst into sight,
> And your love will be true evermore! ♪"
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> At one point, it is sung by a chorus, at another, sung by an individual.
That's "The Sweetheart Tree" from the 1965 movie THE GREAT RACE starring Natalie Wood.
I have a 45 of Johnny Mathis singing it...plus the original soundtrack LP.
Okay, more clues on my earlier question:
Some of these may be easy, and help to get someone to finally guess the answer.
The movie has an animation sequence.
The wife of the star appears as herself at the end of the movie.
The movie is a recent Warner Archive release and it includes 38 minutes of cool rare deleted, alternate and out-take audio material.
It had a "troubled" production history, as it's been described. Several songs by top composers were written for it, then not used, and there were at least five different directors, none of whom ultimately wanted to take credit for it, so it is one of those rare feature movies that has no director credit. It went through several different working titles and some big stars were originally planned to appear, but eventually didn't.
It's also one of the rare (for its time) feature movies that has its credits at the end, not at the beginning.
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> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:
> }{quote}Did FRENCHMAN'S CREEK recently air on TCM? I don't think so. We would've had a thread about it.
Fun trivia about FRENCHMAN'S CREEK:
It's the only movie featuring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce in which they do not play Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson. And it was made in 1944, during the period of their Universal Holmes pictures.
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> {quote:title=fredbaetz wrote:
> }{quote}I was working at channel 52 in the mid 70's on a Saturday morning in Master Control and was to run a Hopalong Cassidy western. About 30 minutes before it was to air. I get a call from a man claiming to be an attorney for Mrs. William Boyd and we had no right to run the film. So I took his number and called the G.M. and he called the lawyer and a few minutes later he called me back and said to pull the film and run something else.
A similar thing happened on Channel 38, Boston in 1976.
On Saturday afternoon, October 16, 1976 they ran the Hopalong Cassidy feature PRIDE OF THE WEST (1938). It was to be the start of a weekly series of the Hoppy movies, every Saturday afternoon. But right away they were told they did not have the rights and not to run any more of them. Not sure exactly how the miscommunication went to the degree that the film went on the air, but I recall the occasion well and was very disappointed they couldn't show any more Hoppys. But I got to see that one-time-only broadcast of PRIDE OF THE WEST on TV-38 that day.
It was years until I finally got to see the rest of Hopalong Cassidy movies on TV (on the Encore Westerns Channel in the mid-2000's).
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> {quote:title=clashcat wrote:
> }{quote}Hello, Can anyone tell me if they know if TCM will be airing the trailer for "The Bishop's Wife"? The one with Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young walking on the studio lot? My family and I were talking about it over the holiday, and I would love to tell them when to keep an eye out for it! Thank you everyone!!!
View it here:
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/200104/The-Bishop-s-Wife-Original-Trailer-.html
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> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:
> }{quote}The copies available at lovingtheclassics are supposed to be 'B quality' though maybe that is being optimistic...?
Thanks for the info. Perhaps I'll check them out. My old copies COULD use upgrades.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:
> }{quote}Here's a link to a blog that often posts old photos of unknown or little-known
> movie stars.
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> http://ladailymirror.com/2011/11/24/movieland-mystery-photo-75/
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Thanks for these links. I always enjoy trying to identify unknown movie stills.
I just submitted the identification for the one above, but it says "Your comment is awaiting moderation". But my answer is still posted there. I hope they approve it and leave it there before somebody else guesses.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
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> She made only 4 movies, all in 1934:
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> http://ladailymirror.com/2011/06/24/movieland-mystery-photo-8/
Thanks for the links, especially the one with the newspaper article. I've been a big fan of Dorothy Dell for many years and collected much material on her, but I don't think I'd seen that article - or at least hadn't read it in a long time.
She actually made three feature movies and one short (and the short was 1932 not 1934). She was signed originally for three Vitaphone shorts but made only that one.
A sad coincidence: another little-known actress I like, Gloria Warner, died on the very same day as Dorothy Dell (June 8, 1934) and at the same age (19). And her film career was similar: Dorothy Dell made one short and three features; Gloria Warner made three shorts and one feature.
May neither one ever be forgotten!
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> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:
> }{quote}Her other two feature films are Paramount releases.....
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> WHARF ANGEL ....and SHOOT THE WORKS .....
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> It seems as if both titles are for sale over at lovingtheclassics, probably copies of broadcasts on the old AMC.
Neither of those were ever shown on AMC (I know you said probably, but just clarifying). I wish they had been, as being a long-time Dorothy Dell fan, I'd have taped them and not have had to make due with the poor video copies I've had for decades that were inferior transfers from film prints.
Those two Paramount titles have probably not been shown on TV anywhere since the days of TV stations running 16mm film prints.
Clearly the only reason LITTLE MISS MARKER has always been around, unlike Dorothy Dell's other two Paramount features, and not hard to find is because Shirley Temple is in it. So Paramount kept it in reissue and it's been on good quality official video & DVD releases.
And it ain't been easy to find her 1932 Vitaphone short either!
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> To verify the true Goldwynisms from the pseudo-Goldwynisms.....
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> 1. I was on the brink of an abscess.
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> 2. I'll give you a definite maybe.
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> 3. I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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> 4. I can answer you in two words: 'im possible.'
> ......
Oliver Hardy said no. 4 (or a variation of it) in the 1931 Laurel & Hardy short HELPMATES.
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Minna Gombell in the 1938 Laurel & Hardy movie BLOCK-HEADS.
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> {quote:title=AndyM108 wrote:}{quote}FMC may be going up in flames, but on Friday morning, at least, it'll be a glorious bonfire....
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> *{color:maroon}7:30 AM {color:blue}(FOX)*{color:blue} [Call Her Savage|http://www.tcm.com/processors/search/TCMTitleClick?docid=70082&url=/tcmdb/title/70082/Call-Her-Savage/&query=call%20her%20savage&title=Call%20Her%20Savage%20%281932%29] *{color:blue}(FOX) {color:maroon}(1932) Sexy Texas gal storms her way through life, brawling and boozing until her luck runs out and she learns the errors of her ways. Cast: Clara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd. *
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> *1:00 PM [born_To_Be_Bad|http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69417/Born-to-Be-Bad/] {color:maroon}(1934) {color:blue}(FOX) {color:maroon}Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be taken advantage of. Cast: Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk.*
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Yes, those are great essential pre-codes. But they've each been on dozens of times already. I'd like to see them break out more of the many never-shown other Fox films from 1932 & 1933 & 1934.
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> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=midnight08 wrote:
> > }{quote}"Up The River" has been shown a few times on TCM. I recorded it from the TCM broadcasts.
> > It's a shame that the existing copy is so shaky; one would think that it being one of the first films for both Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart and their only pairing together that 20th Century Fox would have this film restored.It is a shame, but I remember when TCM played, it I compared what they ran with what I had recorded from FMC and they were both the same. It's my understanding that the original film elements for UP THE RIVER, were destroyed in a vault fire years ago. If that's the case it would explain why Fox can't come up with a better print.
Hi, Mark,
I saw UP THE RIVER (1930) on The Disney Channel back in (I think) the 1980's (probably first time ever televised) and it was this same splicey print. I remember thinking even then that if a channel like Disney is running a film that's in such bad shape, this must be all there is for material on it. And sure enough now we've seen it on other cable channels that again, aren't known for running prints as bad as this, and it is still the same copy. So until (if) something more is found it looks like this is all we're going to see on this title.
I appreciate that we must be thankful that we have at least this print when so many other Fox films from that period are lost.
Hey, it would be nice if The Fox Movie Channel (or TCM) would at least once run the 1938 version now that the 1930 one has been shown so many times on several different channels.
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:
> }{quote}That sounds like MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (1937) - Paramount.
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> Some info here:
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> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029192/fullcredits#cast
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> http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82469/Make-Way-for-Tomorrow/full-synopsis.html
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It's scheduled for Dec. 25, 2011 on TCM.
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> {quote:title=ugaarte wrote:
> }{quote}Just Wanted to Wish Everyone a Wonderful and Blessed THANKSGIVING DAY !
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Thank you!
And have a good one too!
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> {quote:title=flashback42 wrote:
> }{quote}Additional info or hints?Hints:
It's a movie that has played on TCM.
It's a major studio movie (but a minor effort for them).
The song has a food in the title.
The singer of the song receives no onscreen billing (and indeed doesn't appear on screen).
The movie features two very well-known (still today) comedy teams (but they don't appear together in this film).
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Clore and scsu1975 are correct.
I remember it well, too. It was 1976.
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Our Gang fans watch for Tommy Bond (he was "Butch" in Our Gang) appearing in the 1939 MGM "Pete Smith" short LET'S TALK TURKEY on TCM Thursday evening after the movie MIRACLE ON 34th STREET.
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=Hibi wrote:
> > }{quote}They are still showing the 1 hr episodes on Encore weeknights at 11pm. Dunno how long it will last!Indeed. I have been recording them all. They have been showing them in release order...
I'd like to be recording them all, but I don't get the Encore channels any more. But I had to get the one that was on last Friday night, "The Paragon", as the child actress in it, Susan Gordon, is a friend of mine and we're trying to get good copies of all her films & TV shows. So I visited a friend who gets the Encore Channels and recorded it there.
By the way, speaking of Susan G., I just discovered this recently. So proud to hear her talk about me here!:
Hey CineMaven,
How you doing?
Sorry to hi-jack your discussions...
Now, back to The World of Alfred Hitchcock...