HollywoodGolightly
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Quive-Smith - George Sanders in Fritz Lang's Man Hunt
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Yarborough, Barton
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(A) Guy Named Joe
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Coming up after Directed by John Ford:
> *Stagecoach* (1939) 10pm ET
> A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country.
> Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine Dir: John Ford BW-96 mins, TV-G
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> *The Horse Soldiers* (1959) 11:45pm ET
> A Union cavalry officer leads his men on a vital mission behind Confederate lines.
> Cast: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt Dir: John Ford C-120 mins, TV-PG
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> *The Quiet Man* (1952) 2am ET
> An Irish ex-boxer retires to Ireland and searches for the proper wife.
> Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond Dir: John Ford C-129 mins, TV-PG
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> *She Wore A Yellow Ribbon* (1949) 4:15am ET
> An aging Cavalry officer tries to prevent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement.
> Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson Dir: John Ford C-104 mins, TV-PG
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Young and Innocent - Wrong man chased
nw: The Lady Vanishes
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East of Eden
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Johnny Guitar - Ol' West Crawford
next: 3 Bad Men
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Wow! I see you have added new groups for Rita Hayworth, Vivian Leigh, Jean Harlow and Barbara Stanwyck! Awesome!!!
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Nash, Dave - Joel McCrea in Ramrod
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(The) Crowd
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Hi Maliejandra,
No, I haven't seen that PBS documentary, but I would really like to watch it. It sounds very interesting.
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TCM's tribute to *JOHN FORD* brings back the restored Peter Bogdanovich documentary Directed by John Ford (1971)!
This amazing documentary is not yet available on any home video format, although Warner Home Video has announced a DVD release in the Fall. This is your best chance to watch it before the official release.
The best part about the documentary is that it was made by someone who actually knew him and interviewed him (Bogdanovich) and it includes interviews both from the 70s with those who worked with him or knew him (Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, Harry Carey, Jr., Orson Wellles, etc.) and from a few years ago (this was restored in 2006) with directors who were deeply influenced by Ford, like Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Walter Hill, etc.
Much of the interviews touch on Ford's sometimes abrasive character. In a touching interview from 2006, Carey, Jr. spoke about Ford's legendary reputation for being tough on his actors:
While Stewart reminisces about life on the set with Ford:
...and the Duke tells a nice story of being humiliated on the set by Ford:
But most amusing of all is Bogdanovich's own effort to interview Ford (in Monument Valley, no less) and being treated curtly by the famed director:
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> "The Awful Truth" was his best.
It's starting now!!
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> But why keep raising the issue of the message boards going away? All it does is amp up the anxiety level around here.
Look, I'm sorry if I totally missed the fact that this might cause anxiety to some. It was not my intention to be insensitive about it. If anything, I'm just trying to be mindful of the fact that unfortunately, corporate decision-making doesn't always lead to the decisions that many of us would appreciate; and this is not a comment about TCM specifically, but about the society in which we live.
So I'll just leave it at that and try not to inadvertently cause any anxiety to anyone.
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Well, it's a very valid point, Lynn, a very valid point. I would totally agree with you that TCM should consider the feelings of its loyal viewers on this issue.
At the same time, I don't know what cost considerations, if any, are involved in keeping up both a CFU and a separate message board. Maybe it's not much, maybe it is; I really don't know. And in these tough economic times, it shouldn't come as a surprise to see some cost-cutting here and there.
Hopefully, it won't come to that. But if it did, we would still have a place to discuss movies within the TCM website.
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> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}
> Speculation as to "what shape it may eventually take" could be interpreted by some as an undermining of the success that TCM has had up to now: stable, immutable, and secure. I am not sure this online community would continue to exist if this were not the case, so I hope that people will not think in terms of shape-shifting quite so prematurely.
I could be wrong, Bronxie, but I think TCM probably intends to keep up with technologic developments. Sometimes newer technologies may render older ones obsolete. I am _not_ saying that this is necessarily the case with a CFU being a more modern online venue for the TCM community than the existing message board; I'm just saying that, personally, I am trying to keep an open mind.
Let's put it this way: if at some point in the near future, technology allowed for people to communicate via holographic transmissions in a cheap and efficient way, who wouldn't want TCM to facilitate such meeting space for the TCM community? I know I would, in a New York minute! I would be like, "bring on the TCM holodeck!"
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I'm recording it on DVD-R as we speak. I'd like to sit down and watch it much more carefully, of course, as soon as I get a chance. The music and the use of tints seems quite good, from what I've caught.
Oh, there is also a more detailed discussion in the silent forum, if you're interested in checking it out.
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*HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARILYN!!!!*
CK, thanks for remembering Marilyn's birthday, we may not have a tribute on the TCM schedule due to the "Great Directors" month, but she's still in our hearts!! :x
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As fun as it was watching it on TCM, it's even better if you get a chance to watch it in a theater with a large audience, as was the case during a recent festival of B noirs. The audience reaction makes it even more enjoyable!
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> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}
> Collecting TCM memorabilia is a fun way to express our love for the station. However, it is more important to keep this message board not only alive but thriving as a community, through sincere and dedicated acts of cooperation that will truly ensure its existence for many years to come. We cannot pay lip service to its continued success; action is what is necessary through the efforts of people who truly care about keeping it together as opposed to tearing it apart.
I think the TCM community will continue to exist, without any doubt; I believe this thread was started with the question of whether or not TCM intended to phase out the message board once the CFU was fully operational. But in any event, I agree with you regarding the continued success of this online community, no matter what shape it may eventually take.
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As best as I can tell, animals aren't greedy, and that alone gives them a huge advantage over humankind.
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> {quote:title=Meanie220 wrote:}{quote}
> You beat me to it...no matter what dude does, for me he can't get past being Deebo in "Friday." But he was also excellent in last year's "The Dark Knight."
Which part did he play?
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Do you know how well Tea and Sympathy did when it was first released? I would think that was a tough subject to tackle in the 50s.
Here comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
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I don't know - but I sure hope he liked tall women!