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Quintana, Jes?s - John Turturro in The Big Lebowski

Carlton Carpenter was in Three Little Words with Arlene Dahl

George Brent

Today's TCM schedule brings us two back-to-back noirs - The Blue Gardenia and The Blue Dahlia. What's everyone's favorite actor from those two movies? Mine would have to be Veronica Lake....

The celebration of Akira Kurosawa's centennial comes to a close today with 3 of the director's masterpieces: *Dersu Uzala* (1975) 8pm ET A Russian explorer brings the Asiatic hunter who saved his life back to civilization. Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, M Bichkov, V Khrulev Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-141 mins, TV-PG *Kagemusha* (1980) 10:30 Japanese clansmen force a poor thief to impersonate their dead warlord. Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Kota Yui Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-181 mins, TV-PG *Ran* (1985) 1:45am ET An aging lord's decision to retire brings out the worst in his sons. Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-163 mins

Pepe is an interesting 60s curio - probably more amusing for its many star cameos than the jumbled storyline.

Ok next: it couldn't possibly have been anyone else

Agnes Moorehead was in How the West Was Won with Debbie Reynolds

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Zerbe, Anthony Zimbalist, Stephanie

Constance Ford was in Home from the Hill with Eleanor Parker

Gary Cooper

Fun facts about Priscilla Lane: * Birth name: Priscilla Mullican * Was considered for the role of Melanie Wilkes in *Gone with the Wind* (1939). * After turning down roles in *Money and the Woman* (1940) and *My Love Came Back* (1940), and asking for a raise, Priscilla was put on suspension by Jack L. Warner.

Ran

TCM Fans in Chicago - don't forget, today is your day of "Road to Hollywood" with the screening of North by Northwest at the Music Box Theater, introduced by RO himself and Eva Marie Saint!

An elegant poster for an elegant film. It has been fun celebrating Kurosawa's centennial.

Orlando - Tilda Swinton in Orlando

Ohhhhhh that does ring a bell.

Allen, Lewis - directed Suddenly

Audrey Hepburn :x

Paper Chase, The

Ives, Burl

> {quote:title=voranis wrote:}{quote} > I had always thought TCM was subsidized by the other stations in the Time Warner family, the way Boomerang probably is, but Kyle's post said TCM was able to remain commercial-free solely due to cable subscription fees. So my question remains unanswered as to why cable subscription fees can keep TCM commercial-free but not other channels like AMC... I don't think Kyle's post said _solely_ due to cable subscription fees. I believe it said that the revenue stream was generated by such fees. But I don't know that anyone has ruled out categorically some sort of subsidy from Turner Broadcasting. At least not that I'm aware of. Not sure if that explains it completely, but it's the best I can do

We seem to have posted at the same time... see my previous post.

The Robert Downey Jr. version of Sherlock Holmes is out today on DVD and blu-ray, if anyone is interested. I'll probably be renting it and watching it at the earliest possible opportunity, since this is one I almost watched in the theater.