musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=Swithin wrote:}{quote}
> Hats off to whoever scheduled the Huggett trilogy.....
There are actually four movies in the Huggetts series, not three.
The first, HOLIDAY CAMP (1947) does not have the name Huggetts in the title and is the only one of the series that does not feature Petula Clark. But it is scheduled on TCM in January along with the other three.
I am also very much looking forward to them.
Thanks for these, TCM!
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> {quote:title=JonnyGeetar wrote:}{quote}...When the film is in color? And very good color too- really well done photgraphy which -besides Marilyn- its pretty much all the film has going for it.
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> (I think someone else has asked this before.)
I think we can assume the original trailer wasn't deliberately printed in B & W, but that for some reason the print provided to TCM was not in color.
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> }{quote}I actually thought the montage for October was really great.....
> And the music was great.
> What was the song?
That song is called "Saw You First" by a group called Givers.
More info about it here:
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Reminder:
Several episodes are coming up on TCM, Nov. 3 & 8.
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> }{quote}HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Also celebrating a birthday November 1 is former child star (Our Gang, etc.)
JERRY TUCKER
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875893/
A great guy and a good friend, he's hangin' in there doing well at age 86.
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> }{quote}In honor of TCM's Battle of the Blondes, who do you think is the sexiest blonde?
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> In my opinion it's Jean Harlow hands down!!!
In no particlular order, some of my favorites that TCM isn't featuring:
Anny Ondra
Alice White
Marjorie White
Lillian Miles
Thelma Todd
Ruth Taylor
Adrienne Dore
Dorothy Dell
Sally Eilers
Anne Gwynne
Gloria Shea
Edna Marion
Charlotte Henry
Marilyn Miller
Ann Sothern
Maxine Stone
Rosina Lawrence
Laura LaPlante
Adele Mara
Claire James
Jean Arthur
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:
> }{quote}Aren't any of you guys going to mention Troy Donahue?
I think that if someone asked me to think of 1000 different actors or movie stars his name still would not occur to me.
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> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:
> }{quote}How about Barbara Stanwyck (she was a blonde, at least one time)?
Or, her wig was!
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Hal Roach short coming up on TCM:
Early Friday morning, Nov. 4, 2011 -
THE TIN MAN (1935) starring Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly.
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> }{quote}I'm totally grooving to William Hopper day!!! It's wonderful that TCM brings us films from lesser known actors, or actors known primarily for their work in other medium, such as William in his role as Paul Drake in the Perry Mason TV series!
Wouldn't it have been a cool coincidence if, while at Warners in the 1930's William Hopper had appeared in some of the Perry Mason features Warners made at that time?
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Unlisted short -
Wednesday morning at about 11:05 A.M. -
THROTTLE PUSHERS (1933) - MGM.
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:.....}{quote}
> They could schedule a Ben Welden or Joseph Crehan day also if it helps to get some of these rarely screened titles on the air.
How about a Spec O'Donnell day? He's been in two of them so far today!
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> }{quote}4 ACTRESSES THAT I DISLIKE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER
> SEE BOTH POSTINGS BELOW
Well, two of them are Ilona Massey and Vera Ralston.
The others are familiar-looking but I can't think of their names.
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> }{quote}Well, this isn't the picture you're thinking of, but my favorite jigsaw puzzle picture is ME AND MY PAL with Laurel & Hardy!
Another memorable jigsaw puzzle movie (although again, not the one the original poster is asking about) is DANCING LADY (1933) in which throughout the movie Larry Fine is working on a jigsaw puzzle of Adolf Hitler!
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> {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!"
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> > 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.
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> 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!
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> {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.
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> 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.""
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> > 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:
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}musicalnovelty,
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> 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:
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One of my favorite funny guys:
Jerry Colonna.
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> {quote:title=mudskipper wrote:}{quote}Is it Cliff Edwards and Buster Keaton in "Doughboys"(1930) ?
Yes, that's it.
Here's the scene:
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> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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> GUMMO MARX (1892 - 1977)
I think that's actually Zeppo, not Gummo.
Here's a picture of Gummo:
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> {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.
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> 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 !
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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.
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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.
Battle of the Blondes
in General Discussions
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> }{quote}Would Tab Hunter occur to you?
Probably not.