midnight08
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If I remember correctly back in 2010 or 2011 TCM made an agreement with Universal to showcase
some of its film library. This would include not only the Universal films but the Paramount films prior to 1949 which Universal also owns. I was eagerly looking forward to finally viewing some of these films.
Since then I know that TCM has had a few films here and there (mostly Paramount films) which they've shown but nothing to the extent which I anticipated. I know that some of the reasons why more of them aren't shown would be the condition of the films along with the cost of transferring them to a digital format, etc. But I still expected to see more than what was shown in these 3-4 years.
Is this deal still going on or has it terminated? I had hoped to see films starring Sylvia Sidney,
Clara Bow, Nancy Carroll, W.C. Fields, Mae West and much more. Yes, TCM has shown a few of
the movies with Mae West and W.C. Fields but only a few. They have shown many of the classic horror
Universal flicks such as The Mummy and Frankenstein but they still haven't shown the original Dracula.
Then there are the other Universal flicks from the Carl Laemmle era which are practically never shown.
Does anyone know what happened? Maybe I was expecting too much.
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I believe that "Search For Beauty" is also a TCM premiere. I don't ever remember it being shown before.
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I would also like to have "hepclassic" elaborate on why he/she picked those stars to be considered
in this thread. They don't fit the definition that "SableGamine" described for this thread.
So please tell us in detail "hepclassic" why you picked these stars.
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I would also like to have been friends with Desi. I remember watching a special of home movies that
Lucie Arnaz discovered and compiled. It was a really nice heartwarming special with rare old home movies from the 1940's and 50's with Lucy, Desi and their families. In the special old friends and acquaintances remarked that Desi was very warm, generous and personable. Lucy however was very serious; she could also be very aloof and cold. Even though she stated that she loved being a mother she left the childrearing to her mother Dee Dee. I read that Desi would spend time on the floor playing with his kids but Lucy was too businesslike to bother. She had even remarked that she preferred working to raising her kids. With all I've heard and read about her I wouldn't want to be her friend.
I know she did have some dear friends such as Carol Burnett and Bob Hope but I don't think she was a very nice person.
Wasn't it Joan Crawford who once remarked about Lucy "and they think I'm a b____!
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I'd enjoy seeing any of his movies on TCM other than Marie Antoinette (which I've seen dozens of times).
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I was looking forward to watching and recording "The White Sister" this afternoon but then I had a last minute emergency to attend to. By the time I got back to my house I realized there were only 20 minutes left before it ended. I still turned it on and noticed that there was intermittent crackling in the sound and the picture looked faded and washed out. I was wondering if anyone else noticed this. Was it a bad print or was there something wrong with my cable?
I don't remember this movie ever being on TCM before. I do have an old copy taped from TNT (with commercials) over 20 years ago but I don't know of any prior showing on TCM.
I also noticed that the DVD is available but it is combined with the silent version of this movie with Lillian Gish. I already have that copy.
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First movie that came to my mind was "It's A Wonderful Life". What could be happier? George Bailey arriving home after experiencing first hand what the world would be like had he never been born to see all his family, friends and neighbors waiting for him to help him and give him love and support. That last scene of George with his family by the Christmas tree surrounded by his family and friends is priceless!
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Jean Harlow and Carole Lombard. From everything I've read about them they were very warm, personable, kind hearted and giving. Never read about anyone ever saying a bad word about them.
On their movie sets they were always giving attention to the crew. They were among the most beloved
actresses of all time.
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Verna Felton was also on a couple of "I Love Lucy" episodes. In one of the episodes she was a housekeeper Lucy hired to help out after Little Ricky was born. As I'm typing this I'm chuckling as I remember how she made a peanut butter sandwich for Lucy after she ate all the other food in the Ricardo's fridge. She was great!
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The Paul Muni version was a Howard Hughes production. I heard that Jean Harlow (who was under contract to him at that time)
made an appearance as an extra in the film.
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I assume that people are far removed from WWI. It has been overshadowed by WWII.
Also, people nowadays (especially young people) don't seem to care about history; they are too preoccupied with here and now (and themselves).
I have a younger cousin who had a boyfriend whose birthday was February 22. I told her I was surprised his parents didn't name him "George" (for George Washington). She looked at me like I was being silly.
Then I told her February 22 was George Washington's birthday. She had no idea! That's your youth today. Sad but true.
Jay Leno used to interview people at college campuses and when he would bring up the name "Franklin Roosevelt" they would draw a blank stare. If they don't even know who Roosevelt was they certainly wouldn't know the name "Woodrow Wilson".
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I was elated when I first saw that "The Trial Of Mary Dugan" was going to be shown later this month. TCM has only shown it once and that was within a few weeks after its inception in 1994.
I had read somewhere that there were some problems with the copywright or some other legal entanglement which kept this movie from airing since then.
Does anyone know what happened this time? It is an MGM movie and TCM did show it once before.
It was quite a disappointment to see it's been taken off the schedule.
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The first movie I ever saw in a theater was "Snow White And The Three Stooges". It was exciting
for me to have my Mom take me downtown to see it but I remember being very restless and squirming in my seat (I was about 4 or 5 years old). I was used to the 3 Stooges' shorts on TV where they were very funny with their screwball antics. This movie was more on the serious side along with the love story between Snow White and her Prince Charming so I was really disappointed.
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I can't believe it! TCM is finally going to show "Call Her Savage" with Clara Bow on 9/26.
I know they showed it at their film festival 2 or 3 years ago. I've been waiting for years for
TCM to show it. I hope there isn't any schedule change on this one.
This is one of the best pre code movies ever! Clara really showed her great acting talent in
this one. Don't miss it!
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"NipkowDisc" stated yesterday that China Seas should be colorized.
It was. I have a VHS copy of the colorized version of China Seas which I
recorded from TNT several years ago (probably back in the mid 1990's).
TNT had also broadcast a colorized version of Red Dust which I also had
recorded on VHS.
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Oh thank you "lavenderblue19". I will mark it down.
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Well I'll have to stop relying on the "Now Playing" magazine and keep my eye on the website schedule. I thought it was the 1940's version playing tonight and since I'm not a fan of Jack Benny I decided to skip it. As I turned on the TV in anticipation of watching "Son Of Frankenstein" I was shocked that TCM was playing the 1930 version with Charles Ruggles. They had never shown this movie before. Had I known this I would have taped it as I only saw the last 10 minutes of the film.
I hope they will play it again soon so I can tape it. Now I'm mad that I missed it.
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From what I've read about Clara there are a number of reasons why she quit films. Yes, scandal was part of it. The allegations made by her former secretary really hit hard. But there were other reasons as well. She was used to bouncing around the set during her silents. This was no longer possible with the microphones of the talkies and she didn't enjoy making films anymore.
She had married Rex Bell in 1931 and she wanted to settle down and have a family.
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Wow Mongo! You always show a lot of great photos (candid and otherwise).
I never thought of Spencer Tracy as much to look at but the photo you posted of
him for his birthday is the best photo I've ever seen of him. He actually looks
quite handsome.
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Clara actually did 11 talkies in all; nine for Paramount and two for Fox Films.
Edited by: midnight08 on Apr 4, 2012 10:48 PM
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I came from a very Catholic family and I had four (yes four) aunts in convent. They are all deceased.
When they joined the convent they were given names usually (but not always) associated with some saint.
However, around forty years ago (early 1970's) they were given the choice to either keep the name given them when they entered convent or they could use their own first name. Two of my aunts kept the name given them and the other two chose to go by their own first name.
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What a rare story to hear of a beautiful actress with everything going for her in life (she was even engaged to an LA businessman) and putting it all behind her for a life dedicated to God.
I sure hope that the Hollywood community could pull their resources together to help her in this endeavor.
I have the utmost respect and admiration for Mother Dolores.
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I was also thrilled to hear her voice (as other posters here noted it's a little huskier but still sounds
like her voice). She brought us so many great memories from her film roles and she always seemed to be a very nice, personable and likeable person. I've never heard anything bad or unlikeable about her.
If she chooses not to have a personal interview or any cameras on her then let her be. She may want to be remembered as she was. We all have our mental image of her. It was great simply to hear her cheerful voice.
From some of the things I read about her life it's a wonder that she is still around and it's comforting to hear her sound so cheerful. She had a lot of personal tragedy in her life including two bad husbands and the death of her only child. So let's celebrate her life and wish her many more years of good health and happiness.
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Does anyone know why Greta Garbo's "The Divine Woman" is a lost film? It seems strange
that all of her other MGM silents (both before and after this film) not only exist but they exist in complete form and have all been shown on TCM. What happened with this film? I thought I had read somewhere that MGM was very good with preserving their films underground which is why they have such a great survival rate compared to the other film studios.
Also, I know that one reel of this film was found somewhere in Russia several years ago. Has there been any additional footage (even trailers or fragments) that have been found for this film in the past several years?
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Is this film in some sort of litigation or something as it's never shown? It's an RKO film with Carole Lombard and TCM shows several films from the RKO library but this one is never included.
I'm wondering if there's some legal rights issues preventing it from being shown.