midnight08
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I've never heard of Son of the Gods, but it sounds fascinating. I enjoy Constance Bennett and thought it was too bad that she didn't retain her stardom after the 30s.
From what I've read Constance Bennett was a shrewd businesswoman. She became bored with moviemaking and didn't need the
money due to her wise investments and other business ventures. She simply didn't care about moviemaking anymore.
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There was an article about Baby Peggy in the Nitrateville forum. Someone interviewed her in the last 6 weeks and took some photos of her. It mentioned that she's become more fragile but for 97 she looks amazing.
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"GregoryPeckfan" was asking about Baby Peggy's films. I know that TCM aired a special documentary about Baby Peggy along with the film "Captain January" and the shorts "Carmen Jr.",
"Such Is Life" and "Peg O' The Mounted" a few years back. In the last few months they also aired
"The Family Secret".
I also believe that "Helen's Babies" is available as it is a Clara Bow film.
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I know that this is a rarity but "Call her Savage" with Clara Bow is an awesome pre code film.
It is available commercially. TCM has shown it once or twice (however late at night).
My favorite pre codes are Red Headed Woman, Call Her Savage, Three On A Match and
Baby Face. The only problem I find with Baby Face is the wimpy ending. It seems like a "happily ever after" ending was tacked on as an afterthought.
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I'm happy to see that Marie Dressler is being recognized. Her films (with the exception of "Dinner At Eight") are rarely shown. For the last few years of her life she was the number one box office draw.
When "Topbilled" mentioned in another thread that Marie was June SOTM I thought he was kidding.
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I know I never saw it on TCM; actually I was referring to late shows I watched over 45 years ago. However, given the number of years, my memory certainly could be faulty!
Maybe you saw Marie in "Emma" as she played a maid in both "Emma" and "Christopher Bean".
I could never find out exactly what the legal problems are with "Christopher Bean" other than it never having
been shown on TV or released commercially. It still exists.
Another one of Marie's talkies which is not available is "Caught Short". According to the Internet Movie Database
the sound disks survive in the UCLA Archives but the status of the film itself is unknown.
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Does anyone have any information on how Debbie Reynolds is doing? I know she's around
83 or 84 so she's getting up in age. She's one of the last of the stars from MGM's golden era
and a movie icon. The poor woman also had bad luck with husbands who took advantage of her.
Her first husband (Eddie Fisher) cheated on her with Elizabeth Taylor. He never took part
in their two children's lives. Debbie was a single mother and sole supporter bringing up her son
and daughter with no help from Eddie. Then her second husband practically bankrupt her.
It took several years for Debbie to work off the debt he incurred. She went thru a lot
of heartache in her life yet she always managed to carry a cheery disposition.
I hope she will be ok as she certainly deserves some happiness and contentment in her golden years. I hope she knows how much her fans love her.
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That photo of Joan Bennett looks like an attractive Bette Davis from "All About Eve".
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I have a dim memory of having seen this about 45 years ago on the wonderful old institution of the late show on television; would love to see it again, as I love Marie Dressler movies.
I doubt it. According to the Internet Movie Database this movie has never been shown on television.
There are some copyright problems with the movie (similar to the legal problems with "Letty Lynton") which prevents
it from being shown. I believe that the George Eastman House has a copy of it.
It was never a part of the TCM library.
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Here are early Fox rarities (pre-Twentieth Century), shown on TCM in the past 15 years, and presumably still in existence. May 2016 not included yet.
http://moviecollector.us/tmp/TCM_SCHEDULES_SUMMARY_alpha_Fox%20Film%20Corp.htm
I'm looking forward to seeing these or others not in this list.
Very good "MovieCollectorOH".
At first I thought "The Littlest Rebel" with Shirley Temple but that was one of the first "20th Century Fox" films.
I've taped every one of them with the exception of "Regeneration".
You really kept accurate records.
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I was shocked at that pic of Monty Clift. I would not have recognized him.
He looks completely different; old and haggard.
What a shame!
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Fox rarities are always welcome on the TCM schedule. Let's work on getting TRICK FOR TRICK!
I never heard of this title so I looked it up on the IMD. Sounds interesting.
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I'm watching "The Wolf Man" right now. I enjoy this movie but I wish that TCM would show
"The Werewolf Of London". That was another version of the wolf man filmed by Universal in 1935 with Henry Hull and Warner Oland. I remember seeing it as a kid and found it also to be very atmospheric.
Two Universal horror classics that TCM never shows are Dracula and The Werewolf Of London.
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That photo of Lon Chaney Jr. really is awesome. It would be interesting to know the year it was taken. He was already looking old in The Wolf Man (1941). He aged quickly getting heavy and bloated.
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Whenever I see that the new month schedule is up I look thru very quickly to see if there might possibly be a film or two from either Fox studios or the Carl Laemmle Universal studios era.
Most months I'm disappointed because there aren't any.
However for May I see two Fox rarities: Music In The Air (1934) with Gloria Swanson on 5/3 and
Wild Girl (1932) with Charles Farrell and Joan Bennett on 5/22. And both are in prime time.
I just hope that by the time May swings around these two titles won't disappear from the schedule
as it happens a lot with these film rarities.
Several months ago I could have sworn that I saw Wharf Angel on the TCM schedule for either
March or April. This was right after the schedule came out. I was looking forward to it as it was one
of only three movies with Dorothy Dell. However as time rolled on this movie disappeared from the schedule.
I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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I never thought about it but after reading the posts in this thread I realized that all the stars who had February birthdays don't receive a birthday tribute because of 31 Days Of Oscar. What a shame!
I agree with several of the posters that TCM's 31 Days Of Oscar is getting old and tired. If they want to continue let them put the Oscar movies in prime time during the month and leave the daytime hours for regular film programming, tribute, dedications, etc.
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"Sepiatone" mentioned that after a few times the overhead kaleidoscope shots get old.
That's his/her opinion. I can watch those movies over and over again and never get tired of them.
As stated before, these movies had no real plot or some silly plot but who cared! All we wanted to see were those awesome musical numbers with all the fancy overhead shots.
Berkeley was always trying to outdo himself so every one of those movies had something different and exciting; from the lighted violins of Golddiggers of 1933 to the photo of FDR in Footlight Parade (and of course those beautiful girls by the waterfall) to the face of Ruby Keeler dancing around in Dames. It was all so magical and made a fortune for Warner Bros. After all, this was the depression so people went to the movies to escape the harsh realism of the world and enter a world of fantasy.
Busby did not disappoint them.
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They have put out "Mystery of Edwin Drood" and "Secret of the Blue Room" - these are actually Universals. Maybe more, but I just can't think of any offhand. Why don't they put out many more? Because quite frankly, many of them are very odd. I like them, but then I am an old film buff. There is a reason that the Laemmles lost Universal in 1936, and it just wasn't because they blew their bankroll on "Showboat". Now some of these old Universals are good - "Air Mail" and "Radio Patrol" come to mind - but some are just awful such as "What Men Want". Plus since Paramount was more prosperous in the 1930s and 1940s they probably have better film elements with which to work.
I guess it is true that Universal didn't have the output or well known films that Paramount had.
In fact, until I became more of a film buff I only knew Universal for their horror films.
Did they even have a roster of stars on their payroll besides Boris and Bela during the Laemmle era?
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Isn't there anyone here on the message boards who knew Fred and/or communicated with him
on a regular basis? Are Fred and Johann one and the same? If so, what happened? Was he ill or was it sudden? So many questions!
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I've heard that MOMA has a beautiful pristine print of "Merely Mary Ann" with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.
It would be wonderful if TCM could get MOMA, The George Eastman House, UCLA Film Archives
and Library Of Congress to come visit and bring some of their rarities to TCM. The few times they have
been on TCM we had the pleasure of viewing such gems as "The Valiant", "The Trespasser" and
"Delicious". This would be the only way we'll ever get to view the film rarities from the Fox and Universal vaults. Even the TCM film festivals don't show these rare films.
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I've been buying some DVD's from the Universal Vault series lately and I noticed that they are
all Paramount films.
Why doesn't Universal put out some of the Laemmle Universal films on DVD?
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I know I should have put this comment up on the Robert Osborne mistake thread but I don't
know what happened to that thread.
I was transferring an old VHS tape to DVD today. It was a tape from TCM back in 1999 when
they were having a special presentation on Clara Bow. TCM showed "The Wild Party" for the first and only time in their history. As Robert Osborne was doing his intro for the movie he mentioned that this film was not only Clara Bow's first talkie but also Paramount's first talkie. He was wrong! The first Paramount talkie was "Interference" with William Powell.
So I guess RO has been making errors for many years (not just recently). As I transfer more TCM movies from VHS to DVD I'll have to pay more attention to RO's intros to see if I find any more errors thru the years that he's made.
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well, isn't that the whole point of the film? a sour irradiated boozer puts the grab on her unfaithful hubby.
and who can deny that that allison hayes is hot in her two-piece bedsheet attire.
a rather striking 50 foot woman diorama model.
Is that a replica of Caitlyn Jenner? Sure looks like her.
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So Rey, to summarize what you are saying, if I may, 'TCM is only human, they try their best, but they make mistakes. Cut them some slack.' Rey, that's all well and good, and I'd be happy to cut them some slack. But, what's so damn wrong with a general statement from management here, in the program guide, or some classic film publication explaining the issue with the UNIVERSAL deal, AND accepting some responsibility for the misunderstanding. I also worked for major corporations as well as one in the entertainment industry and having to release "bad" news as well as "good" news is part of the process. It's called PR. When you make a statement, stand by it, defend it, and if it doesn't pan out explain why. It's what we expect from our politicians and the people we buy goods from. When we're not satisfied we demand answers. We're only human. The way I look at it, when our politicians don't live up to their promises we have the ability to vote them out of office. When we're not satisfied with the products we buy we go to another store. It's a little harder with TCM because they're the only classic film channel of it's kind around, but that doesn't absolve them from any criticism it doesn't allow them to say whatever they want and not have to be answerable to their viewers. When was the last time you ever heard them plead a mea culpa? And all we do is support them, their film festivals, their cruises, anything they say or do continually. So, stop being so "irritated" with us. We are, after all, all part of TCM's loyal fan base that stick with them through thick and thin, fair weather and foul. We just want to be treated with respect. We're not all just bloated couch potatoes that are glued to the boob tube. We have brains and we know when we are not being given all the facts.
As to the other "mistakes" that TCM occasionally makes, I have no idea as to why they are made. None of us do. And all of the excuses in the world don't mean squat. Excuses are for children who forget their homework and then claim "the dog ate it". Well, teachers don't buy it and neither do we. But, at the same token, a simple 'we're sorry for that blunder' from management would go a long way to fixing their PR, which at this point appears to me to be non existent. I understand that a lot of you folks don't care about this and that's cool with me. But don't damn us because we expect to be treated with respect. We are the consumers and we are due apologies when something goes haywire, and an honest attempt to make sure the same problem doesn't happen again. I don't think you would except anything less from someone you contracted to do a job for you or would you "cool it" because they are overworked and "the dog ate it"?
I totally agree. I couldn't have said it better.
I don't want to begin a confrontation about this topic ; I just believe that TCM could have informed us what happened with the deal.
As "infinite1" stated, many of us are loyal followers who attend the festivals, attend the cruises, buy the products, DVD's (and now even wine). Why should anyone be irritated that we're simply asking for a response?
the universal/paramount fillm library 1929-1949 or 50
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Most of the Paramount, Universal and even Fox films of the 1930's ARE still in existence and
HAVE been transferred from the old nitrate to safety stock. The problem is the only way anyone can watch these films is at a special film festival. Capitolfest is wonderful for showing
extremely rare, seldom seen films from Universal and Paramount. Last year their featured star was Nancy Carroll. Several years ago Film Forum had a pre code film festival of Paramount and Fox films.
However most of us don't have the funds to travel cross country to attend these festivals.