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Lionel Barrymore blows my mind in that. Though it's a great cast, to me he steals the show

Robert Cummings Where Leslie Caron is from (country) White Christmas song "There were never such devoted ___sters" Star of "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," Glenn ____ "You'll never get me, ___pers!" "Hello" in Spanish

Some scenes look like so much fun to be part of, even for a lowly extra. Wish I was an extra in these scenes: * WIsh I was one of those kids in "The King's New Clothes" in *Hans Christian Anderson* --how fun reacting to Danny Kaye! * Wish I was one of the guests in *Animal Crackers* --they don't have to do anything but just watch the Marx Brothers be awesome, and who knows how many different things those guys ad libbed in different takes. * Wish I was one of the "church guests" in the "Mister Booze" number in *Robin and the 7 Hoods* --how fun to rock out to that song! Though it's prerecorded, Bing and the Rat Pack are still actually there, and I could definitely hear that song a lot And you?

ALL ABOUT EVE next: phone bill

Wow, there's a lot of titles from Hamlet. Just found there's also a silent movie called "The Play's The Thing"

Okay Flash you got me curious, and my searching hasn't worked out---which one is Tucker Smith in H2$? Which numbers can he be seen in and doing what?

Flashback seems to know who he is. Care to tell us his name and which parts I mean?

yes, Flashback, that's so right, and since you gave me the singers and subject, I'll throw in the amazing composer: music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, and arranged for Orchestra by Nelson Riddle. They rock. You're up, Flash!

I'll bite. This guy's not a "star" but he's fairly known: identify him based on two of his most famous roles: 1. In the movies he is in a very popular mostly British-cast WWII movie, as the head man's right hand man 2. On TV he was one of the main characters in a groundbreaking series about the servants of the upper class (hint: British made) NAME: Actor, movie and movie role, and the TV series and his role. (Sounds like a lot but once you know who it is it's pretty easy to name all that)

Since I know I'm right, I'll break protocol and throw in the next one: Identify composer and film: "Gotta stop that man I gotta stop that man Cold Or he'll stop me Big deal Big rocket Thinks he has the world in his pocket Gotta stop Gotta stop Gotta stop that man That man"

I LOVE YOU for posting this!!!! It's the great Keith David from Disney's underrated and underappreciated "Princess and the Frog" -- and it's my favorite sequence from the film called "Ive Got Friends on the Other Side".

Of course FMC seems to show its movies commercial free and in the original aspect ration as well.

TCM, you must know how much I love Merchant/Ivory, especially *Remains of the Day* --thanks!

I wouldn't object to *R&G are Dead* on TCM, but I wouldn't have had time for that and all the sibling stars I wanted to include. That's part of the fun though is fitting everything in like a little puzzle. I wanted to explain about *Cavalcade* in my schedule. I know everyone seems to hate it, but I don't. I know why, though, since it shouldn't have won best picture, but ignoring that completely I actually kind of like it. But I have two reasons for scheduling it for Titanic night. First, one of their sons dies on the Titanic with his young fiance. Second, being a brief history of England from the end of the 19th century through the depression, I think it gives good context for the Titanic disaster and just why it was so devastating for people. So there you go.

man, why doesn't that link work for me?

So sue me--I'm a Yank. I know about all that, actually, but I figured that they're her ancestors in the sense that they were once in her place-- in other words they're the job's ancestors. Plus, if you go back a few hundred years we're ALL related, right?

LP?S NOTES: Though I?m sure it?s all self-explanatory, I?m going to explain anyway, because that?s half the fun. *Those Teens and their Wild Music* (Musicals set in the 1910s) As a costumer/fashion historian, I adore the pre-WWI 1910s. Beautiful stuff, and such an interesting time. I was scheduling all these movies from that era and realized most of them were musicals, so I made them all musicals. Some are more accurate (costume-wise) than others of course, so I started with my favorite costume one, *My Fair Lady* . Had to include the ?Making Of? because then you can get a better and closer look at the costumes. Tee hee. There?s another musical from that era, but I scheduled it later on? *Centennial of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic* I picked this week purely to commemorate the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic. This is a topic of intense interest to me. Plus I?m researching the topic anyway to do the musical next year. I wanted to include all the movies about the Titanic without actually scheduling that terrible mega-hit from the ?90s. I hate that movie. I prefer the Barbara Stanwyck version?isn?t that pathetic? Anyway, the Titanic sank on April 15, though it hit the iceberg on the night of the 14th. Luckily it worked out on Sunday because there are the silent movies (that I wish I could see?who knows if they?re available, but, TCM, please try!) and the German version that TCM has shown before. But at prime time I had to put the absolute best version of the story, and one of the best films ever, *A Night to Remember* ?if you haven?t seen it, go watch it. It?s great. *Happy Birthday, Henry Mancini* I think the stars of the movies get way too much attention. As a behind the scenes person I am always trying to find ways to highlight non-stars. Composer Henry Mancini is one of my favorites, so I was glad that his birthday happened to fall on the Titanic week. I adore his creative tunes and brilliant orchestrations. Although he his most famous for his jazz scores, I saved my absolute favorite soundtrack of his for last: *The Great Race* *Sid Caesar?s Crack Writing Team* (Writers that Sid Caesar used for his TV shows) Sid Caesar is one of the pioneers of television. He had a couple of very popular sketch comedy shows that was a hit partly because of the incredible writing staff. This is meant to highlight, again, some talented behind the scenes people, and to make the viewers ooh and ah over the amazing amount of talent that was at one time collected in one place. This was also a great excuse to show two of my favorite movies, *High Anxiety* and *Star Spangled Girl* . These are both hilarious films by writers whose more famous movies get more attention. *High Anxiety* particularly should be shown on TCM for these days it is only the classic film fans that get all the hilarious Hitchcock references. *More Than Just a Crooner* I have long come to realize that if someone is a great singer, they are usually a great actor too. This is because to be a truly great singer, you have to do what an actor does: understand the heart of the song, analyze each subtle nuance of the lyrics, make someone else?s words sound like they are making them up on the spot, understand the character they are representing in the song, understanding the relationship with who they are singing to, etc. So this section is me highlighting those crooners (not just general singers, but specifically male pre-rock-esque ?crooners?) who prove my point by acting brilliantly in non-musical roles. Of course a couple of them end up singing in the movie, but that?s just lucky for us. But I actually thought this might make a good month-long tribute, one night being about female singers like Doris Day, another being about whole bands who make movies like the Beatles, a whole night about the Rat Pack, etc. *Star of the Month: Danny Kaye* DANNY KAYE ROCKS!!! I love his guts and would marry him in a minute if he was around today and near my age. And, come on, TCM, why hasn?t he been SOTM yet? It seems we shouldn?t be doing repeats until we?ve covered all those deserving stars. This is why it is always my goal with these challenges to pick someone who has never been SOTM. (Previous SOTMs of mine include Dean Martin and Alec Guinness). Danny Kaye has been on my list for a long time. So I picked three of my favorite movies of his, the ones I think are his best. The fourth is one I haven?t seen in years and wish I could catch again on TCM-- *Wonder Man* *Oh For the Simple New England Life* These are some movies I love that are set in New England (the exact opposite end of the country from me) and make me want to go there. Is it really so beautiful there? Someday I will learn for myself, but for now I must simply enjoy these movies. *Trouble With Harry* especially makes you want to jump into the screen and see those warm-colored trees for yourself. *EASY AS 1-2-3 CHALLENGE #1* *Favorite Character Actor: Ward Bond* (Yeah, I know, they?re all John Ford films) It?s hard to narrow my favorite movies down to only nine, but it?s easier when they have to fit a theme. This was hard though because the highly underrated character actor Ward Bond appears in SO many of my favorite films. But these are three of my favorite films that really feature my favorite performances of one of my favorite actors, the Great Ward Bond. Although they all happen to be John Ford films, they are all so different?my favorite Western (in which he plays a noble and humble winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor), my favorite WWII film (in which he fights for the rights of the crew of the Bucket), and my favorite film about Ireland (in which he plays a very priest, and includes Maureen O?Hara?s best performance). *Say, That?s from HAMLET* It took me teaching the play Hamlet to remember that the title of the film *Leave Her to Heaven* is a line from the play, spoken by Hamlet?s Ghost about what Hamlet should do about Gertrude?s part in his murder. So I thought it would be fun to make an evening of all the films (I could think of) whose titles come from lines from Hamlet (the only one missing that I could think of being *Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead* which, being from 1990, is a little too recent for me). *Sibling Stars* Within the last year or so TCM highlighted what they called Acting Dynasties, or parents, children, and grandchildren who became movie stars. Though this was interesting, I was sad that all those famous siblings were left out. So this is my tribute to those siblings who became stars?those people so talented it makes you wonder, sheesh, what was in the water in their house? I included the obvious ones, like the Barrymores and Marx Brothers, and some people don?t seem to remember, like the Dorl?ac sisters. Catherine Deneuve went on to a huge film career as one of the most famous foreign film stars of all time. The sister was the bigger star at the time, but tragically died in a car crash only a year after these two played twins in one of my favorite movies, *Les Demoiselles de Rochefort* (so it makes sense that the now almost forgotten sister is the one who gets Gene Kelly in the end). * Disabilities and Hollywood: Films with Deaf Characters* TCM has been highlighting minorities and how they are portrayed in film, and they have all been racial minorities. Well those of us with disabilities (I was born with cataracts, so mine is pretty minor) resent the way we are portrayed in film just as strongly as racial minorities do. As a blind person, I already know what that is like, so I find it fascinating to see how the deaf live their lives, and chose some films that really explore what their life might be like. I think, TCM, that this might be another good monthly tribute for you?a look at the portrayal of people with disabilities. *The things I put up with for that newspaper* There are so many movies about reporters that I had to schedule a few of my favorites. These in particular are ones where the guy is the reporter and the girl wants him, but he seems to care more about the newspaper than her. The title of this section is a line from *Libeled Lady* and I think represents the tone of all of these films. It?s also a great excuse to schedule my favorite Muppet movie, *The Great Muppet Caper* which includes a lot of classic movie references that, again, only TCM fans get anymore. *An Odd Thelma Ritter Trilogy* How can you not love Thelma Ritter? I had to feature her, I just had to! *EASY AS 1-2-3 CHALLENGE* *Favorite Non-Animated Musicals by the SHERMAN BROTHERS* I love the Sherman Brothers. They are the amazing songwriting team that brought us some of our favorite Disney scores like Mary Poppins and Winnie the Pooh . Their tunes are so catchy and their lyrics are so fun and clever. So these are three of my favorite non-Disney-Animated films that I call ?Their Lesser Known Scores That Shouldn?t Be Lesser Known.? *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* and *The Happiest Millionaire* always get swept under the Mary Poppins carpet, unfortunately, but include some brilliant songs (and feature some cracking great stars like Angela Lansbury and Tommy Steele). The 18th Century set Cinderella story *The Slipper and the Rose* is another great movie with wonderful songs. I particularly love this brilliantly clever song about courtly protocol and manners that includes the Sherman Brothers usual invention of words, which I shall close this section with: ?Yes we must be protocoligorically correct Good form must never suffer from neglect These rules and regulations we respect Must be treated circumspect We?ve a system to protect Checked and double checked And protocoligorically correct.? *TCM UNDERGROUND* I know a wealth of movies that fit in TCM Underground because of my love of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (hence *The Beast of Yucca Flats* ). But I did schedule an actual good movie. *The Last Man on Earth* may seem familiar because it?s based on the same book that became the recent hit I Am Legend . But trust me?the Vincent Price version is MUCH better and much more fun. *Queen Elizabeth II?s Ancestors Attend her Birthday Party* Every day Queen Elizabeth II inches closer and closer to breaking Queen Victoria?s record as England?s longest reigning monarch. Therefore every birthday of hers is a big deal. I scheduled some movies about England?s past monarchs. If nothing else, some of these should make you appreciate how awesome she is. I saved my favorite ancestor of hers for last, *Henry V* , and I scheduled Brannagh?s version because I think it is the best. (Sorry, Larry). *Say, He?s Really Playing That Thing* We are used to actors pretending to play musical instruments in movies as we hear the recording of some professional musician. But sometimes you pay close attention to their hands and the sound quality, only to hear youself saying, ?Say, he?s really playing that thing!? These are movies in which actors are really playing their own instruments. The rundown goes like this: -- *Remember the Night* (1940) -Fred MacMurray is really playing ?Swanee River? on the piano in one of the most underappreciated movies ever, and this week?s essential -- *Dear Brigitte* (1965) -James Stewart is really playing the accordion (There are other instruments playing that might be live, but Jimmy is the only one I?m sure of) -- *It Should Happen to You* (1954) -Jack Lemmon is charming Judy Holliday with his beautiful piano playing of ?Let?s Fall in Love? -- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933) -Dick Powell plays a young songwriter in the same building as Ruby Keeler who spends a lot of the time playing the piano, but the thing is that he really plays all those songs on the piano himself. -- *The Cocoanuts* (1929) -We all know Chico plays the piano and Harpo plays the harp, so they had to be in this schedule somewhere. I chose this film because Harpo is really playing that clarinet. (I think they?re really playing the banjo in Duck Soup as well ? those are talented boys!) -- *You Can?t Take It With You* (1938) -Dub Taylor was hired for this, his first movie, not only for his relaxed manner and great character voice. The character calls for him to play the xylophone, so Capra hired someone who could really play it, and play it he did in the Capra tradition?live! So, you know, there you go. Thanks for reading all this length. Good luck with everyone else?s schedules. Can?t wait til the next challenge! --LP

====================SUNDAY, April 15, 2012======================= *Those Teens and their Wild Music* (Musicals set in the 1910s) 6:00am *My Fair Lady* (1964) Rex Harrison & Audrey Hepburn, dir George Cukor, WB 170min (p/s) 9:00am DOCUMENTARY - *The Making of My Fair Lady* (1995) 57min (p/s) 10:00am *Easter Parade* (1948) Fred Astaire & Judy Garland, dir Charles Waters, MGM 107min 12:00pm *The Music Man* (1962) Robert Preston & Shirley Jones, dir Morton da Costa 152min WB (p/s) 2:45pm SHORT: *Time Gallops On* (1953) dir Mannie Davis, Terrytoons (Fox), 7min 3:00pm *Porgy and Bess* (1959) Sidney Poitier & Dorothy Dandridge, dir Otto Preminger, Goldwyn 138min *PREMIERE* 5:30pm SHORT: *Past Perfumance* (1955) Mel Blanc, dir Chuck Jones, WB 7min 5:45pm *The Unsinkable Molly Brown* (1964) Debbie Reynolds & Harve Presnell, dir Charles Waters MGM 128min (p/s) *Centennial of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic* 8:00pm *A Night to Remember* (1958) Kenneth Moore & Honor Blackman, dir Roy Ward Baker, J Arthur Rank, 124min (p/s) 10:15pm *Cavalcade* (1933) Diana Wynyard & Clive Brook, dir Frank Lloyd, Fox 110min (p/s) 12:15am SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS (short): *Saved from the Titanic* (1912) Dorothy Gibson & Alec B Francis, dir Etienne Arnaud, Eclaire film company 10min 12:30am SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS: *In Nacht und Eis* (1912) Waldemar Hecker & Otto Rippert, dir Mime Misu 35min 1:15am TCM IMPORTS: *Titanic* (1943) Sybille Schmitz & Hans Nielsen, dir Herbert Selpin, DFV 85min (p/s) 2:45am *Titanic* (1953) Clifton Webb & Barbara Stanwyck, dir Jean Nequlesco, Fox 98min (p/s) =======================MONDAY, April 16, 2012======================== *Happy Birthday, Henry Mancini* 4:30am *Wait Until Dark* (1967) Audrey Hepburn & Alan Arkin, dir Terence Young, WB 108min (p/s) 6:30am *The Pink Panther* (1964) Peter Sellers & David Niven, dir Blake Edwards, UA 115min (p/s) 8:30am *Days of Wine and Roses* (1962) Jack Lemmon & Lee Remick, dir Blake Edwards WB 117min (p/s) 10:30am *Charade* (1963) Audrey Hepburn & Cary Grant, dir Stanley Donen, Universal 113min (p/s) 12:30pm *Breakfast at Tiffany?s* (1961) Audrey Hepburn & George Pappard, dir Blake Edwards Paramount 114min (p/s) 2:30am *A Shot in the Dark* (1964) Peter Sellers & Elke Sommer, dir Blake Edwards UA 102min (p/s) 5:15pm *The Great Race* (1965) Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon, dir. Blake Edwards, WB 160m (p/s) *Sid Caesar?s Crack Writing Team* (Writers that Sid Caesar used for his TV shows) 8:00pm- Mel Brooks: *High Anxiety* (1977) Mel Brooks & Harvey Korman, dir Mel Brooks, Fox 94min *PREMIERE* 9:45pm- Neil Simon: *Star Spangled Girl* (1971) Tony Roberts & Sandy Duncan, dir Jerry Paris Paramount 93min *PREMIERE* 11:30pm- Joseph Stein: *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971) Topol & Norma Crane, dir Norman Jewison, Mirisch 181min (p/s) 2:45am- Larry Gelbart: *A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum* (1966) Zero Mostel & Phil Silvers, dir Richard Lester 99min (p/s) 4:30am- Carl Reiner: *The Thrill of it All* (1963) James Garner & Doris Day, dir Norman Jewison MGM 108min (p/s) 6:30am- Woody Allen & Mickey Rose: *Love and Death* (1975) Woody Allen & Diane Keaton, dir Woody Allen, 85min MGM/UA (p/s) =====================TUESDAY, April 17, 2012======================== *More Than Just a Crooner* or Crooners Make Great Actors 8:00am- Bing Crosby in *The Country Girl* (1954) dir George Seaton, Paramount 105min (p/s) 10:00am- Dean Martin in *Rio Bravo* (1959) dir Howard Hawks WB 141min (p/s) 12:30pm- Rudy Vallee in *The Palm Beach Story* (1942) dir Preston Sturges Paramount 88min (p/s) 2:00pm- Frank Sinatra in *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962) dir John Frankenheimer UA 127min (p/s) 4:15pm- Dick Powell in *Murder My Sweet* (1944) dir Edward Dmytryk,RKO 96min (p/s) 6:00pm- Pat Boone in *Goodbye, Charlie* (1964) dir Vincente Minnelli FOX 117min *PREMIERE* *Star of the Month: Danny Kaye* 8:00pm *The Court Jester* (1955) Danny Kaye & Glynis Johns, dir Norman Panama & Melvyn Frank, Paramount 101min (p/s) 9:45pm *White Christmas* (1954) Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye, dir Michael Curtiz, Paramount 120min (p/s) 12:00am *Wonder Man* (1945) Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo, dir. H. Bruce Humberstone, 98m RKO (p/s) 1:45am *Hans Christian Andersen* (1952) Danny Kaye & Farley Granger, dir Charles Vidor 112min GOLDWYN/RKO (p/s) ==================WEDNESDAY April 18, 2012======================== *Oh For the Simple New England Life* 3:45am *The Trouble with Harry* (1955) Shirley MacLaine & John Forsythe, dir Alfred Hitchcock, Paramount 100min (p/s) 5:30am *Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House* (1948) Cary Grant & Myrna Loy, dir HC Potter 110min (p/s) 7:30am *Here Comes the Groom* (1951) Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman, dir. Frank Capra, Paramount, 114 min (p/s) 9:30am *The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming* (1966) Carl Reiner & Alan Arkin, dir Norman Jewison 126min MGM (p/s) 11:30pm *A New Leaf* (1971) Walter Matthau & Elaine May, dir Elaine May, Paramount, 102 min *PREMIERE* *EASY AS 1-2-3 CHALLENGE* *Favorite Character Actor: Ward Bond* (Yeah, I know, they?re all John Ford films) 1:15pm *Fort Apache* (1948) Henry Fonda & Ward Bond, dir John Ford, RKO 128 min (p/s) 3:30pm *Mister Roberts* (1955) Henry Fonda & Ward Bond, dir Mervyn LeRoy & John Ford, WB 122min (p/s) 5:45pm *The Quiet Man* (1952) John Wayne & Ward Bond, dir John Ford, Argosy 129min (p/s) *Say, That?s from HAMLET* 8:00pm *Leave Her to Heaven* (1945) Gene Tierney & Cornel Wilde, dir John M Stahl, Fox 110min (p/s) 10:00pm *To Be or Not to Be* (1942) Jack Benny & Carole Lombarde, dir Ernst Lubitsch, UA 99min (p/s) 11:45pm *Murder Most Foul* (1964) Margaret Rutherford & Ron Moody, dir George ****, MGM 91min (p/s) 1:30am *North by Northwest* (1959) Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, MGM, 137min (p/s) ===================THURSDAY April 19, 2012==================== *Sibling Stars* 4:00am- John & Lionel Barrymore in *Grand Hotel* (1931) dir Edmund Goulding, MGM 112 min (p/s) 6:00am- June Havoc in *No Time for Love* (1943) dir Mitchell Leisen, Paramount 83min (p/s) 7:30am- Gypsy Rose Lee in *Belle of the Yukon* (1944) dir William A RKO 83min *PREMIERE* 9:00am- Catherine Deneuve & Fran?oise Dorl?ac in *Les Demoiselles de Rochefort* (1966) dir Jacques Demy 125min (p/s) 11:15am- Warren Beatty in *Heaven Can Wait* (1978) dir Warren Beatty & Buck Henry, Paramount 102min (p/s) 1:00pm- Shirley MacLaine in *What a Way to Go* (1964) dir J Lee Thompson, FOX 111min *Premiere* 3:00am- The Marx Brothers in *Duck Soup* (1933) dir Leo McCarey Paramount 69min (p/s) 4:15am - Olivia de Havilland in *The Heiress* (1949) dir William Wyler, Paramount 116min (p/s) 6:15pm- Joan Fontaine in *Jane Eyre* (1943) dir Robert Stevenson, Fox 97min *PREMIERE* *Disabilities and Hollywood: Films with Deaf Characters* 8:00pm *The Heart is a Lonely Hunter* (1968) Alan Arkin & Sondra Locke, dir Robert Ellis Miller, WB 124min (p/s) 10:15pm *Man of a Thousand Faces* (1957) James Cagney & Dorothy Malone, dir Joseph Pevney, Universal 122min (p/s) 12:30am *The Miracle Worker* (1962) Anne Bancroft & Patty Duke, dir Arthur Penn UA 106mn (p/s) 2:30am *Number 17* (1932) Leon M Lion & Anne Grey, dir Alfred Hitchcock, BIP 63min (p/s) 3:45am *Johnny Belinda* (1948) Jane Wyman & Lew Ayres, dir Jean Negulesco, WB 102min (p/s) ===================FRIDAY April 20, 2012======================= *The things I put up with for that newspaper* 5:30am *It Happened One Night* (1934) Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert, dir Frank Capra, Columbia 105min (p/s) 7:15am *His Girl Friday* (1940) Cary Grant & Rosalind Russell, dir Howard Hawks 92min (p/s) 9:00am *Libeled Lady* (1936) William Powell & Spencer Tracey, dir Jack Conway 98min (p/s) 10:45am *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981) Frank Oz & Jim Henson, dir Jim Henson 98min HENSON/DISNEY *Premiere* 12:30pm *Platinum Blonde* (1931) Robert Williams & Jean Harlow, dir Frank Capra, Columbia 89min (p/s) *An Odd Thelma Ritter Trilogy* 2:00pm *Rear Window* (1954) James Stewart & Grace Kelly, dir Alfred Hitchcock 114min Paramount (p/s) 4:00pm *Daddy Long Legs* (1955) Fred Astaire & Leslie Caron, Jean Negulesco, Fox 126min (p/s) 6:15pm *What?s so Bad About Feeling Good?* (1968) Mary Tyler Moore & George Pappard, dir George Seaton, Universal 94min *PREMIERE* *EASY AS 1-2-3 CHALLENGE* *Favorite Non-Animated Musicals by the SHERMAN BROTHERS* 8:00pm *The Slipper and the Rose* (1976) Gemma Craven & Richard Chamberlain dir Bryan Forbes, 143 min Universal *PREMIERE* 10:30pm *The Happiest Millionaire* (1967) Fred MacMurray & Tommy Steele, dir Norman Tokar 164min Disney *PREMIERE* 1:15am *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (1971) Angela Lansbury & David Tomlinson, dir Robert Stevenson, Disney, 118min (p/s) *TCM UNDERGROUND* 3:15am *The Last Man On Earth* (1964) Vincent Price & Franca Bettoja, dir. Sidney Salkow, API 88min 4:45am *The Beast of Yucca Flats* (1961) Douglas Mellor & Tor Johnson, dir. Coleman Francis, Crown International 54min =================SATURDAY, April 21, 2012=================== *Queen Elizabeth II?s Ancestors Attend her Birthday Party* 5:45am *The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex* (1939) Bette Davis & Errol Flynn, dir Michael Curtiz, WB 105min (p/s) 7:30am *Mary of Scotland* (1936) Katherine Hepburn & Frederic March, dir John Ford, RKO 123min (p/s) 9:45am *A Man for All Seasons* (1966) Paul Scofield & Wendy Hiller, dir Fred Zinnemann, Columbia 120min (p/s) 11:45am *The Private Life of Henry VIII* (1933) Charles Laughton & Robert Donat, dir Alexander Korda, UA 94min (p/s) 1:30pm *Lion in Winter* (1968) Peter O?Toole & Katharine Hepburn, dir Anthony Harvey, Embassy Pictures, 134min (p/s) 3:45pm *Fire Over England* (1937) Laurence Olivier & Flora Robson, dir Will K Howard, UA 92min (p/s) 5:30pm *Henry V* (1989) Kenneth Brannagh & Derek Jacobi, dir Kenneth Brannagh, Goldwyn 137min *PREMIERE* *Say, He?s Really Playing That Thing* 8:00pm- THE ESSENTIALS: Fred MacMurray in *Remember the Night* (1940) dir Mitchell Lester, Paramount 95min (p/s) 9:45pm- James Stewart in *Dear Brigitte* (1965) dir Henry Koster FOX 100min *Premiere* 11:30pm- Jack Lemmon in *It Should Happen to You* (1954) dir George Cukor, Columbia 88min (p/s) 1:00am- Dick Powell in *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933) dir Mervyn LeRoy Fox 98min (p/s) 2:45am- The Marx Brothers in *The Cocoanuts* (1929) dir Robert Florey, Paramount, 93min (p/s) 4:30am- Dub Taylor in *You Can?t Take It With You* (1938) dir Frank Capra 127min (p/s) ========================================================== Week of April 15, 2012 STAR OF THE MONTH: *Danny Kaye* THE ESSENTIALS: *Remember the Night* (1940) SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS: *In Nacht und Eis* (1912) & *Saved from the Titanic* (1912) TCM IMPORTS: *Titanic* (1943) TCM UNDERGROUND: *The Last Man On Earth* (1964) & *The Beast of Yucca Flats* (1961) PREMIERES: 1. *Belle of the Yukon* (1944) 2. *Dear Brigitte* (1965) 3. *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981) 4. *Goodbye, Charlie* (1964) 5. *The Happiest Millionaire* (1967) 6. *Henry V* (1989) 7. *High Anxiety* (1977) 8. *Jane Eyre* (1943) 9. *A New Leaf* (1971) 10. *Porgy and Bess* (1959) 11. *The Slipper and the Rose* (1976) 12. *Star Spangled Girl* (1971) 13. *What a Way to Go* (1964) 14. *What?s so Bad About Feeling Good?* (1968) ==========================================================

Xanadu

Well, this is interesting. There's messing with history, then there's messing with history. I mean, you have to consolidate things, otherwise the movies would be weeks long and in odd fragments. So I guess it's okay if you get the basic facts straight. I adore a film that is historically accurate, especially in costume, set, conversational language, props, etc. I hate it most when they mess with history, such as color blind casting. In a fairy tale or postmodern silly film, who cares, but not in a historical film. But then sometimes the movie is better when the history is messed with, i.e. Sound of Music, which is much more interestingly told than the true story. Sorry, purists, but I know the true story and it's not that exciting. Historical accuracy can be taken to ridiculous extremes, though. Historical errors drive me crazy sometimes. But I know I need to relax about those things. We have to remember, it is a MOVIE, aka a piece of entertainment that, yes, is also meant to educate, but it is not a documentary or, as Galaxy Quest aliens put it, a historical document. Edited by: LonesomePolecat on Jun 8, 2011 8:18 PM

Interesting to see how much we have swayed from the original topic. I came on here to post about the original topic, but now I don't know if I want to ruin your flow of conversation. Well, I came on here, so I'll do it anyway. I was thinking about remakes and why people make them. Of course, if the original wasn't very good and you think you can do it better, it makes sense. Or if it was some sort of adaptation and you want to adapt it differently, that makes sense. Or if the original has SFX that look cheesy, I can see why you would want to update it. But if the original is awesome like the 1938 Robin Hood, then why do you think you can improve on it? So I guess I'm saying that I can deal with a remake that's different, i.e. remaking something into a musical, or setting it in a different time period, or, of course, animating it with animals like Disney likes to do, or having postmodern fun. That's all fine and good, I guess. But I hate when people just kind of remake it into a lesser version of the exact same thing, or even an animated version that changes nothing. Edited by: LonesomePolecat on Jun 8, 2011 8:09 PM

On Golden Pond

Farrell, James - Patrick McAlinney in A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958)

Very good, Cujas, though my DVD calls it Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, it's one of my all time favorite movies and lots of fun. Your thread

very good, Metz, it's all yours