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> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote}Chris Isaak just mentioned the .....one with Donald O'Connor called TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE (made at Universal). That was actually a Paramount Picture, not Universal.

> {quote:title=classicmoviefan09 wrote:}{quote}Hello all, > > I checked the schedule for this evening/night and there are potential windows between films where shorts could be broadcast. > *After:* > *TOM SAWYER* - 21 minute gap - 17 if you include 4 minutes for intro and exit from scheduled film > *THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN* - 29 minute gap - 25 minus 4 minute intro and exit > I would be very surprised if there is not a short broadcast after Huck Finn. There's also a 27-minute gap with no shorts scheduled after THE LITTLE PRINCESS (1939) on Saturday morning, Oct.15.

*(Original post):* *THE BLOND CAPTIVE (1931)* *Northwestern Australian Neanderthal Expedition Syndicate* *w/ Lowell Thomas* http://www.archive.org/details/TheBlondeCaptive *Full movie** **An expedition sent to the primitive aboriginal outback of Australia hears rumors of a lost white woman. They do make it to Australia and then eventually to a very remote area. There they do find a white woman who was shipwrecked way back and is married to a tribal Aborigine and is mother to his blond child. She does not want to go back with them. *----------------------* *Fans of the rock group Three Dog Night probably already know the origin of the group's name, but it's explained clearly in this film.* And by the way, the surname of one of the technicians on this movie is Crapp. Were they trying to tell us something about the lame story line of the alleged "Blonde Captive"?

> {quote:title=slaytonf wrote:}{quote}Great line up of movies tonite! First up: > > *The Three Musketeers.* A rollicking adventure tale from Dumas' famous novel about the lives, loves, intrigues, and adventures of four swordsmen in the service of the King of France. Swordplay! Romance! Intrigue! Adventure! > > Great! And, to follow up, there's: > > *The Three Musketeers.* A rollicking adventure tale from Dumas' famous novel about the lives, loves, intrigues, and adventures of four swordsmen in the service of the King of France. Swordplay! Romance! Intrigue! Adventure! > > And to cap the evening off: > > *The Three Musketeers.* A rollicking adventure tale from Dumas' famous novel about the lives, loves, intrigues, and adventures of four swordsmen in the service of the King of France. Swordplay! Romance! Intrigue! Adventure! And The Fox Movie Channel just ran the 1939 version with Don Ameche & The Ritz Brothers.

> {quote:title=drednm wrote:}{quote}My review from IMDb: > > Famous Paramount film from 1929 with Gloria Swanson in her smash-hit talkie debut.... Nice review. But it's actually a United Artists film, not Paramount.

> {quote:title=drednm wrote:}{quote}The plot is pretty familiar now ...... THE TRESSPASSER was remade in 1937 by Warner Bros. as THAT CERTAIN WOMAN starring Bette Davis. That version has been shown on TCM before.

Going to see them tonight! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpNnFviZ-g Another favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67vFgZlt3e8&feature=related Also: And how about one more: Learn about them here: http://www.xylosmusic.net/

> {quote:title=BetteDavis19 wrote:}{quote}This thread is a free space, a blank slate. Anyone post any miscellaneous. Saw THE WOMAN ON PIER 13 (1949) on TCM today. At least 6 of the 9 top billed players got killed in this movie!

> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote} > Just loaded to the *Filmography* thread: > > I saw the exact same cone-shaped metallic-looking lamps on the tables in the restaurant scenes in both this movie DAMAGED LIVES and the 1934 Liberty movie TWO HEADS ON A PILLOW, shown on TCM last Sept. 28.

> {quote:title=infinite1 wrote:}{quote}Don't know why my last post was tagged onto the previous post??? Suffice it to say that my previous post began with the word NOW. I have learned that you must leave at least 2 or 3 spaces between the white box and your post, otherwise as you saw, your post will sometimes get included in the white box with the post you're responding to.

> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote}PS: Too bad, I can't edit my previous entries for the inclusion of artwork. Apprently there is a time limitation to after editing. The time limit to edit one's post is 24 hours.

> {quote:title=M.B.M. wrote:}{quote} > This movie is being advertised now as to air on Saturday night. In the trailer, in which there are testimonals from various actors, there is a piece of classical music playing at the beginning and continuing part way through. I know who the musical composer for the film is, what I want to know is this: DOES ANYONE KNOW THE NAME OF THAT PIECE OF MUSIC > > > > > > > > Thanks to anyone who can help. > That trailer is apparently from a 1972 re-release. Here it is:

> {quote:title=TomJH wrote:}{quote}Regarding people adding the "g" to "Singin'" in Singin' in the Rain, I'm sure that's true. As for David Copperfield (I won't give the fill title), good one! > > But we should challenge any readers of this thread to see if they can produce any other illustrations other than these titles and, of course, the one that started it all, *Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet* *Frankenstein* (aka Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein). > A few more examples: THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951) is usually called just THE THING. The 1950 movie A LADY WITHOUT PASSPORT is sometimes erroneously called "LADY WITHOUT A PASSPORT". Several Charlie Chan titles are actually preceded by "Charlie Chan in..." but when people mention the movies they usually leave off that part. When most people refer to the 1949 movie ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF they leave the name Boris Karloff off. SCARFACE, THE SHAME OF THE NATION (1932) is usually called just SCARFACE.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}I know this is not a trivia thread, but this is such a good one. > > On the first single the Beatles ever recorded, who was the drummer? The song: Love Me Do. The drummer: Alan White And hey, since the title of this thread is a Beatles reference, why not some Beatles trivia?

> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote: > }{quote}Here are 4 new ones: > > Three Stooges short MEN IN BLACK (1934) > HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE (1935) > Warner Bros. cartoon MALIBU BEACH PARTY (1941) > Three Stooges short CRIME ON THEIR HANDS (1948) > > > Find something they all have in common. > It's been a week now...no guesses yet? A clue (or at least a hopefully helpful hint): All four of these are viewable on YouTube.

Thanks for posting this. Some interesting stuff coming: Jan. 30 - repeat of THE CONSTANT NYMPH. So we see that it wasn't just a one-time deal when TCM ran it on Sept. 28. Now it'll be interesting to see on Jan. 30 if the logo ("bug") is kept on for the entire movie as it was for the broadcast on Sept. 28th. Jan. 27 - a day of prison movies including NUMBERED MEN (1930) - very rarely shown. Also, the 1940 RKO Radio movie MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON with Shemp Howard of The Three Stooges. But some highlights of the month for me definitely are the four "Huggett Family" movies (British comedy series, 1947 - 1949). A teenage Petula Clark as the youngest sister in the Huggett family adds her considerable charm (and a song or two) to the second, third and fourth entries in the series. Some previews of what to watch for: And: And: And another: More about her movies: http://www.petulaclark.net/films.html Thanks for running these, TCM!

> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote} > Now, I have seen some studio posters using images of actors that seemed to come from different movies rather than the one the film was promoting. Some posters for *The Maltese Falcon* use a "Roy Earle-looking" Bogart rather than a "fedora-wearing Sam Spade" Bogart. > > Kyle In Hollywood Another good example is the poster (posted on Sept. 28) for THE CONSTANT NYMPH that shows a glamorous Joan Fontaine as she never looked in that movie.

News release: \Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) are joining forces on a new line of DVDs to be made available as part of the TCM Vault Collection. The offerings will include first-time DVD releases of classic films from the Columbia Pictures library. Among the DVD sets on tap will be a four-film collection of comedies starring Jean Arthur and introduced by TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz; a five-film set starring Humphrey Bogart; a large selection of cartoons from the United Productions of America (UPA) Jolly Frolics series, which includes the debut of the one-and-only Mr. Magoo and a special introduction and audio commentaries by film historian Leonard Maltin; as well as an intriguing collection of film noir thrillers, presented in partnership with The Film Foundation. \\Like all films in the TCM Vault Collection, the new sets from SPHE are digitally remastered and include extensive on-screen bonus materials, including photos, posters, lobby cards and more. TCM Vault Collection sets are presented in beautiful gatefold packaging and available exclusively through TCM’s online store at http://shop.tcm.com|http://shop.tcm.com/. The following sets from TCM and SPE are coming soon to the TCM Vault Collection: • Jean Arthur Comedy Collection – This four-disc set featuring the winsome leading lady includes the gems The Public Menace (1935), Adventure in Manhattan (1936), More Than a Secretary (1936) and The Impatient Years (1944). TCM weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz provides a special introduction. Street date: Oct. 17, 2011. • Humphrey Bogart Columbia Pictures Collection – This spectacular set includes five Bogie classics, including the early Bogart rarity Love Affair (1932) and his final film, The Harder They Fall (1956), a powerful story about a cynical press agent. Also included are Tokyo Joe (1949), Knock on Any Door (1949) and Sirocco (1951). Street date: November 2011. • Film Noir Classics III – This third volume of the popular film noir collection, a collaboration with The Film Foundation, presents a slate of Columbia Pictures’ titles never before available on DVD, available for the first time through the TCM Vault Collection. The set includes Nina Foch and George Macready in My Name is Julia Ross (1946), Mickey Rooney and Dianne Foster in Drive a Crooked Road (1955), Broderick Crawford in The Mob (1951) and Brian Keith and Ginger Rogers in Tight Spot (1955) and Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield in The Burglar (1957). Columbia Pictures’ previous two film noir collections are also available through TCM’s online store. Street date: early 2012. ? UPA Jolly Frolics ? This amazing DVD set includes, for the first time ever, 38 cartoons created by United Productions of America (UPA) and originally distributed by Columbia Pictures. The Jolly Frolics series began in 1949 with Ragtime Bear, which introduced audiences to the hilariously myopic Mr. Magoo. Included in this set are the Academy Award?-winning cartoon Rooty Tooty Toot (1952) and the Oscar?-nominated Madeline (1952) and Christopher Crumpet (1953). This set includes an abundance of bonus features, including introductions and audio commentaries by film historian and critic Leonard Maltin, who has written extensively on the history of animation. Street date: early 2012.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}Just for fun, a little exercise in song borrowing. I've always really liked both these tunes, but I can't help but think the Kinks are stealing a bit from the Who. Or anyway, were influenced by the earlier Who song. > Here's the Kinks' Polly...Sorry it's such a trebley copy, it was all I could find. > > > > > > Thanks for the link to "Polly". Love the Kinks, especially from that period. Here's a much better sounding post of "Polly" -

> {quote:title=ugaarte wrote:}{quote} > Hi MusicalNovelty ... > > > > > > Thanks again, MusicalNovelty. > ugaarte, Thanks for posting that LITTLE MISS MARKER lobby card. I actually have a real original of that (as I said earlier I'm a big fan of Dorothy Dell and look for anything that features her). One interesting thing about that card: It gives the original order of billing of the cast names. Originally Menjou was first but in all available prints of the movie now Shirley Temple is top billed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYxcWG5W4X8 That is because Paramount reissued the movie in late 1935 to capitalize on Shirley's phenomenal popularity at rival Fox studios and for the reissue they reprinted the titles & credits giving Shirley first billing when originally she was fourth. And unfortunately (perhaps because she had tragically died in June 1934, Paramount felt there was no longer any reason to promote their new young star Dorothy Dell) poor Dorothy was relegated to fourth billing for the reissue when originally she was second billed. Paramount reissued the 1934 movie again in 1945 and then remade it in 1949 as SORROWFUL JONES with Bob Hope, Lucille Ball and Mary Jane Saunders.

> {quote:title=ugaarte wrote:}{quote} > Hi MusicalNovelty ... > > I'm going to do a little 'digging' on *Mr. Leo Robin*, who wrote the Lyrics, to possibly attempt to see if I can find out what the remaining 'Words' are to *"Low-Down Lullaby"....* Bangles ends the song with the words ". . .Sir Gallahadddd . . ." ZZzzzz ... before she nods off. A Great Movie, Anyways ! > > > > > Thanks again, MusicalNovelty. > Hello again, One tip you may try for a source for the complete lyrics for the song "Lowdown Lullaby" would be to try to find the sheet music for the song. Often sheet music was printed for the popular songs from movies and even for movies as far back as the 1930's can sometimes be pretty easy to find. I have a large collection of such sheet music but unfortunately none from the 1934 LITTLE MISS MARKER. But even though I haven't seen them, I'd suspect that there probably was sheet music printed for the three new songs performed in the movie (including "Lowdown Lullaby"). You might try searching on eBay or other online sources. Good luck!

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:}{quote}looks like i fiinally stumped the experts > > effie (or zeffie) tilbury.. > > > > > > I guess should have recognized Zeffie Tilbury. But I've always known her as Zeffie, never as Effie, so the intials ET only confused me. If you'd posted ZT then I probably would have thought of her name. Mischa Auer was too easy (thanks for the funny shot of him!) so I passed on that one to give someone else a chance.

Must have been a "bee-picture"!

> {quote:title=ugaarte wrote:}{quote} > Hello again, MusicalNovelty ... > > I was just wondering if you might possibly help me with the Name of a particular 'Song/Melody' that weighs heavily on my mind . . . > > > In the 1934 Movie, "Little Miss Marker", with Shirley Temple & Adolphe Menjou, there is a part in the movie where Bangles Carson (played by the lovely Dorothy Dell) sings a 'Lullaby' to Shirley Temple to put her to sleep . . . Unfortunately, Bangles falls asleep while singing and the words & tune softly 'dies' away . . . > > > I would like to know if you'd happen to know the Title & words of that Tune. It is a very *'saucy'* sounding tune and not one most likely to be sung to a child, but I find it very appealing . . . after I hear it, it stays on my mind all day ! > The song you're asking about is entitled "Lowdown Lullaby". See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0CVBQCdX6Y&NR=1 In case you'd like to know the titles of any other songs or background music in the movie next time you watch it, here's a listing in order, of all the tunes used: 1. Little Miss Marker Prelude (Main Titles) (Based on "I'm a Black Sheep Who's Blue") (Ralph Rainger). 2. I'm a Black Sheep Who's Blue (Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger). 3. I'm a Black Sheep Who's Blue (Robin & Rainger). Vocal by Dorothy Dell. 4. May I (Mack Gordon & Harry Revel). 5. This Little Piggie Went to Market (Sam Coslow & Harold Lewis). 6. Laugh You Son of a Gun (Robin & Rainger). 7. Lowdown Lullaby (Robin & Rainger). Vocal by Dorothy Dell. 8. Laugh You Son of a Gun (Robin & Rainger). Vocal by Shirley Temple and Dorothy Dell. 9. Ending with a Kiss. (Thompson & Gensler). 10. Good Morning Glory (Gordon & Revel). 11. She Reminds Me of You (Gordon & Revel). 12. Moons and Mountains (Gordon & Revel). 13. Sidewalks of New York (Lawlor & Blake). 14. The Bowery (Gaunt & Hoyt). 15. Sweet Rosie O'Grady (Maud Nugent). 16. Improvisation (Sigmund Krumgold). 17. Wedding March (Wagner). 18. I'm a Black Sheep Who's Blue (Robin & Rainger). 19. Laugh You Son of a Gun (Robin & Rainger) - End cast list. Dorothy Dell was great, wasn't she? One of my favorites! It's so sad she died at only age 19 on June 8, 1934 after making only four films.

They're doing it again! Another unlisted Van Dine short on Sunday morning, Oct. 9 at about 5:35 A.M. - THE SYMPHONY MURDER MYSTERY. It sure would be nice if they'd let us know when these are coming!