HollywoodGolightly

Watched the new Sherlock Holmes last night and had a blast! This is definitely not the old-fashioned Sherlock, and anyone expecting that might be very disappointed. However, this Guy Ritchie movie is very adroitly geared up to the expectations of young audiences today, who want fast-paced, action-filled entertainment. The movie delivers in the big-action department, but it also provides a pretty juice story that is full of mystery and some mumbo-jumbo supernatural stuff. Robert Downey Jr. is great, and I didn't even think about whether he was doing a good English accent or not - but equally great is Jude Law as Watson. They have good chemistry and make a great screen pair. Rachel McAdams isn't bad as Holmes' old romantic interest, Irene Adler. The main bad guy here is Lord Blackwood, and he's deliciously played by Mark Strong. There are some vague references to Professor Moriarty, but as of yet the part has not been cast, evidently. If they go ahead with the sequel, it should be a pleasure to see Holmes match wits with Moriarty in a more direct way. Now that it's out on video, hopefully more people will get to see this and remember how deliciously entertaining this legendary character always has been; and continues to be, in his 21st-century incarnation.

Just imagine if they'd been able to show Oklahoma! today for the Shirley Jones birthday salute!

She must have been great to work with - what a privilege that would have been!

Fun facts about Cantinflas ("Pepe"): * Birth name: Mario Moreno Reyes * Was once described as "the world's greatest comedian" by none other than Charles Chaplin. * He is responsible for more than one word that is in the modern Spanish language dictionary, including the verb "Cantinflear," which roughly means to talk a lot but say nothing of substance.

Yes, I think they've had such a marathon at least once in recent months - I recorded all the movies but haven't had time to watch all of them!

> {quote:title=Im4movies2 wrote:}{quote} > You must have missed the lovely TCM remembers clip that usually follows the day after a star's death, the one with the rain soaked car window with film clips this one with the lovely Kathryn Grayson singing "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' She will always be remembered. I don't think Hibi was talking about the "TCM Remembers" _promo_, but a memorial tribute such as has been done with other major stars or directors, which typically consists of rescheduling to show 3-5 of their movies.

In most forums I know, once you're logged in, you stay logged in unless you click to log out. Any chance you could make it so it works that way here, too?

Yellow Sky

Bette Davis

Xenophon, Icarus - Gene Kelly in It's a Big World

Ingram, Rex - directed The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Gale Sondergaard

Pollard, Michael J.

Week-End at the Waldorf

Happy Birthday, Shirley!! The birthday tribute to the beautiful Shirley Jones starts now with Pepe - and Two Rode Together is coming up after that.

Oh, sorry to hear about the precipitation in your neck of the woods, audrey, hope the weather gets better soon.

So, I went to the movies today and watched the new documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, which chronicles the renaissance in Disney animation between 1984 and 1994, as well as the great turmoil that resulted from the bitter disagreements between Walt's heir (his nephew Roy) and the men he'd helped hire to run the company. The documentary starts out by admitting what many Disney fans already know - that even before his death in 1966, Walt had largely lost interest in animated features, and was spending much of his energy in the theme park and television projects with which his company was slowly expanding in the 50s and 60s. And many of the animated features released by Disney in the 70s and early 80s were definitely beginning to look lackluster, until they reached an all-time low with the dark 1985 feature The Black Cauldron, which marked the nadir of Disney animation. Luckily, new corporate leadership and new animators started working hard so the animation division could bounce back; first came The Great Mouse Detective, then things got even better with Oliver & Company and especially with The Little Mermaid. The Adventurers Down Under was a slight misstep, but it allowed Disney animators to start using computers to assist in the animation; more importantly, it was followed by a string of successes - Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and then the pi?ce de resistance, The Lion King. But the astonishing success of the animation division also put a big strain between its top executives, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg; it would ultimately result in Katzenberg leaving Disney to go into business with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen and start a new studio, Dreamworks, which in time would become Disney's biggest animation competitor. The documentary features a lot of interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, and even though it is being distributed by Disney, it is certainly no puff piece. The filmmakers have not been reluctant to acknowledge the great strife and personality conflicts that took place behind the scenes even as the company's animation division enjoyed a remarkable turnaround and reached artistic heights that even Walt himself probably never dreamed of, including the Best Picture nomination for Beauty and the Beast. This documentary is only playing in a handful of theaters nationwide and may never enjoy a wide release, but I'm hoping the eventual DVD release will help it find a wider audience among Disney aficionados and animation buffs.

I'm beginning to think I may have seen other things Alan Young was in, but for some reason I just never paid attention to his name. But he comes across as a very nice person in Androcles so I'll definitely look for him the next time I see his name in the credits.

I was worried there for a second right as Dersu Uzala was starting and it seemed that it was going to be a pan-and-scan version; luckily that was just the studio logo, the movie itself is letterboxed.

Oh, good for you. I'm still holding on to my recordings for a rainy day. (You know what Mae West used to say... )

Oh, you're having your folks over for Easter? That's awesome! I hope the weather will be nice, too.

tcmprogrammr's official response is that Miss Grayson will get a day of Summer Under the Stars (in addition to those other 2 movies being shown in April that have already been mentioned).

> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote} > If you look up the word "cute" in the dictionary, Priscilla Lane's picture is there. I mean that as a compliment, the girl a guy would want to take home to show Mom. Oh, I totally agree with you there. > What's your fav Priscilla movie, Roaring Twenties, Saboteur, Arsenic and Old Lace, other? Right now it would be Four Daughters but as I watch more movies with her, it could change. I've been meaning to have a marathon with Four Daughters and all the sequels but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Coopsgirl - those are really awesome photos of Clara - thanks for sharing

> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote} > TCM is not "subsidized" by the other Turner Networks. It is profitable in its self. If TCM could not cover its expenses (was losing money), it would have added commercials long ago. But the channel does have the advantage of being able to "share expenses" across all the Turner Entertaiment Networks that other channels may not have the ability to do. > Being able to share expenses with other channels that belong to Turner Broadcasting is, in effect, pretty much the same thing as a subsidy: TCM doesn't have to face the full operating costs that would come with being a stand-alone operation. So we may be calling it different things, but it is really the same thing, in the end.