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TCM will salute "Vigorous" Victor Fleming as part of its "Great Directors" theme in June.
*_TCM MORNING/AFTERNOON SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 2_*
*Bombshell* (1933) 6am ET
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Cast: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone Dir: Victor Fleming BW-96 mins, TV-G
*Test Pilot* (1938) 8am ET
An irresponsible test pilot's wife and best friend try to get him to grow up.
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore Dir: Victor Fleming BW-119 mins, TV-G
*Treasure Island* (1934) 10am ET
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young boy out to foil pirates and find a buried treasure.
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger Dir: Victor Fleming BW-103 mins, TV-G
*Captains Courageous* (1937) 12pm ET
A spoiled rich boy is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat, where hard work and responsibility help him become a man.
Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas Dir: Victor Fleming BW-117 mins, TV-G
*A Guy Named Joe* (1943) 2pm ET
A downed World War II pilot becomes the guardian angel for his successor in love and war.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond Dir: Victor Fleming BW-120 mins, TV-G
*Tortilla Flat* (1942) 4:15pm ET
Inhabitants of a Southern California fishing village strive for the simple pleasures of life.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan Dir: Victor Fleming BW-99 mins, TV-PG
*Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde* (1941) 6pm ET
A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp Dir: Victor Fleming BW-113 mins, TV-PG
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Coming up early Tuesday morning (4:30 ET) as the last movie in the Memorial Day Weekend is Ford's The Lost Patrol (1934).
Looking ahead, TCM's month of "Great Directors" gets off to a great start with the prime time schedule on June 1st dedicated to John Ford.
_PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 1_
*Directed By John Ford* (2006) 8pm ET
Newly updated and re-edited version of the 1971 documentary chronicling the career of maverick director John Ford. Narrated by Orson Welles.
Cast: John Ford, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, John Wayne Dir: Peter Bogdanovich BW-110 mins, TV-14
*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
*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
*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
*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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Hathaway, Henry - directed North to Alaska
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For those who receive FMC, and might catch some of the classic westerns shown there to supplement the ones that show at TCM:
_Friday, May 29_
*Bandolero!* (1968) 12 noon ET
An exciting western about a pair of outlaw brothers (Stewart and Martin) and their willing hostage (Welch) who are pursued to the Mexican border by a vengeful sheriff (Kennedy).
Cast: James Stewart, Raquel Welch, Dean Martin, Will Geer, Andrew Prine, George Kennedy. Director: Andrew V. Mclaglen
*Take a Hard Ride* (1975) 2pm ET
A rugged western with several groups of tough guys tracking an innocent man who is holding a large sum of cash.
Cast: Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Lee Van Cleef, Catherine Spaak, Jim Kelly. Director: Anthony M. Dawson
_Saturday, May 30_
*Wild Times* (1980) 11am ET
Sam Elliott and a top-notch cast star in this western adventure filled with sharp-shooting, tale tale telling, Indian encounters, and buffalo hunting. Dennis Hopper stars as Doc Holliday.
Cast: Sam Elliott, Dennis Hopper, Pat Hingle, Cameron Mitchell, Leif Erickson, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Bruce Boxleitner. Director: Richard Compton
_Wednesday, June 3_
*North to Alaska* (1960) 10am ET
A gold miner (John Wayne) brings a beautiful woman (Capucine) from Seattle to comfort his jilted partner (Stewart Granger) but ends up falling in love with her himself. Fabian is the brother of Stewart Granger's character and sings in the film.
Cast: John Wayne, Fabian, Stewart Granger, Capucine, Ernie Kovacs. Director: Henry Hathaway
_Friday, June 5_
*Smoky* (1946) 6am ET
Will James' classic story of a cowboy (MacMurray) who trains a stallion, and his rehabilitation of the horse after it is stolen and mistreated.
Cast: Anne Baxter, Fred MacMurray, Esther Dale, Burl Ives, Bruce Cabot, David Raksin. Director: Louis King
_Saturday, June 6_
*The Outcasts of Poker Flat* (1952) 7:30am ET
Tense Western drama about a group of people held up in a cabin during a snowstorm with a murderous bandit (Mitchell).
Cast: Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, Cameron Mitchell, Craig Hill, Miriam Hopkins. Director: Joseph M. Newman
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Tanner, Tom - Forrest Tucker in The Nevadan
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Karloff, Boris
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Fellini, Federico - directed La Dolce Vita
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I was just shopping for a title from the Paramount Centennial Classics collection, and found out that DD is selling all or most of the titles in the collection for $10.97 each, with free shipping (even if you only buy one). Couldn't find a better deal anywhere else.
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Hell is for Heroes (1962)
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There seem to be quite a few good noirs and gangster movies coming up on the Fox Movie Channel; rather than starting a new thread for each one, I thought it might be easier to keep it all in a single thread.
_Tuesday, May 26_
*Cry of the City* (1948) 9am ET
A New York police lieutenat (Victor Mature) walks a tightrope as he tracks tracks his former best friend, who is now a cop-killer.
Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Shelley Winters, Fred Clark, Tommy Cook. Director: Robert Siodmak
_Friday, May 29_
*Where the Sidewalk Ends* (1950) 10am ET
Otto Preminger's moody film noir story of a detective (Dana Andrews) with a strong hatred for criminals who accidentally kills a suspect and must confront his conscience when an innocent man is accused of the crime. Oleg Cassini (costume designer) cameo.
Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Tom Tully, Otto Preminger, Bert Freed. Director: Otto Preminger
_Saturday, May 30_
*Violent Saturday* (1955) 2:30pm ET
A gripping drama about the events leading up to a bank robbery and how the crime effects the lives of citizens in a small Arizona town.
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Victor Mature, Sylvia Sidney, Richard Egan. Director: Richard Fleischer
*The Seven-Ups* (1973) 6pm ET
A secret force in the New York police department hunts down gangsters.
Cast: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon. Director: Philip D'Antoni
_Wednesday, June 3_
*Fallen Angel* (1945) 8am ET
A small town is shocked by the murder of a waitress (Linda Darnell), and the prime suspect is the gold-digging press agent (Dana Andrews) of a high society heiress (Alice Faye). 1940's Otto Preminger film noir gem.
Cast: Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Charles Bickford, John Carradine, Linda Darnell, David Raksin. Director: Otto Preminger
_Thursday, June 4_
*Cry of the City* (1948) 7:30am ET (see description, above)
*Black Widow* (1954) 9:15am ET
A famous actress (Ginger Rogers), a film producer (Van Heflin), and his long-suffering wife (Gene Tierney) are all suspected of killing an opportunistic young writerl (Peggy Ann Garner).
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Van Helfin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, Peggy Ann Garner. Director: Nunnally Johnson
*A Blueprint for Murder* (1953) 11am ET
A man (Joseph Cotten) who has fallen in love with his sister-in-law (Jean Peters) begins to suspect that she may have murdered one of her step-children.
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Catherine Mcleod, Mae Marsh. Director: Andrew Stone
_Friday, June 5_
*Thieves' Highway* (1949) 9:45am ET
A tough drama about a war veteran turned truck driver out to avenge his father's mistreatment at the hands of a crooked fruit dealer in San Francisco.
Cast: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell. Director: Jules Dassin
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Louis Hayward does nothing for me.
Miss Maven,
I used to think the same thing about him until yesterday, when I caught Repeat Performance (1947) at Dewey's film noir festival. It's an amazing noir, and Hayward gives a wonderful performance!
By the way, that movie also marked the film debut of Richard Basehart. :x
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Dewey,
I couldn't help but notice that both of the movies on Sunday's schedule dealt very specifically with the inevitability of fate. I imagine you may have thought about that when you programmed the festival. (Not only that, both movies also feature characters getting on or wanting to get on a cruise ship near the end of the film)
In any event, the Eagle-Lion double-bill sure was breathtaking, both due to the stories being presented, as well as the beautiful black-and-white photography in both of them; it's almost a clich? to praise John Alton's work in a noir; L. William O'Connell's photography for Repeat Performance was definitely top-notch.
Also worth noting, I suppose, is the fact that Repeat Performance marked Richard Baseheart's film debut. The movie also has a good supporting part for the great Natalie Schafer, whom I recognized immediately as the future Mrs. Howell in TV's "Gilligan's Island".
Given that Paul Henreid also gets producer credit for Hollow Triumph, I can't help but wonder if the source material so appealed to him that he felt he simply had to play the dual role that is the key to the movie's plot. I won't go into details, but I think he gets it just right all the way, with a very heartfelt and sensitive performance by Joan Bennett along the way.
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haroldreed, hi and welcome to the forums!
I looked up the movie on imdb.com, and apparently the movie has been censored, at least in Britain, where the ITV network reportedly removed all references to this dog.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046889/news?year=2001#ni0102930
Having said that, my understanding is that TCM's policy is always to show movies uncut and unedited, so I don't expect they will censor anything out of the movie; I would not, however, be against the idea of their adding a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie explaining that this use of that word should be seen in the context of the time in which the film was made.
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Here's the artwork for the "Icons of Screwball Comedy" sets:
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Fahrenheit 451
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For those who get the Fox Movie Channel, they'll be showing Call Her Savage (1932) tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7:30am ET.
*Call Her Savage*
Clara Bow delivers a passionate and sensual performance as Nasa Springer, a young girl with Indian blood who lives a stormy rebelious life.
Cast: Clara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd, John Francis Dillon
Director: John Francis Dillon
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> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote}
> Mickey is one sandwich short of a picnic, if you will. Mathematically, that means his IQ is at least three standard deviations below the mean.
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Ohhhh, that's mean!
But this sounds like a great movie to watch on Memorial Day. I'll be sure to watch this in its entirety sometime before TCM shows The Big Parade.
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> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}
> The real python shown isn't a snake?
There's a python there? I was just going by my memories of the movie, which in any event isn't nearly as magical as the book.
Sorry, molo, I hope that didn't bring back any unpleasant memories.
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Perhaps it's a bit of a coincidence, that as we get ready to celebrate Memorial Day here in the U.S., the jury at the Cannes Film Festival has given its top award - the Palme d'Or - to a WW2 drama. (Has _any war_ ever inspired more movies than WW2?)
Congrats to all the winners, including of course the very talented Charlotte Gainsbourg (Jane Birkin's daughter).
*'White Ribbon' wins Palme d'Or*
Sony Classics duo top Cannes Film Festival
By DEREK ELLEY, JUSTIN CHANG
In awards that ran the gamut from the widely predicted to the jaw-dropping, Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," a stark, black-and-white drama set in a rural German village on the eve of WWI, received the Palme d'Or from the jury of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
Haneke, who had previously won the director award for "Cache" (2005) and the Grand Prix for "The Piano Teacher" (2001), received his first Palme from a visibly delighted Isabelle Huppert, president of the jury. Huppert had won Cannes' actress gong for "The Piano Teacher."
"Happiness is a rare thing, but this is a moment in my life when I am truly happy," Haneke said in his acceptance speech.
The Grand Prix went to French helmer Jacques Audiard's tough prison drama, "A Prophet," which had been a frontrunner for a major prize since screening early on in the fest.
The top two prizes rep a coup for Sony Pictures Classics, which acquired North American rights to ?The White Ribbon? before the festival and will distribute ?A Prophet? in multiple territories including the U.S.
Sole kudo to an American-helmed film, in a competition light on U.S. fare, was the actor prize for Christoph Waltz for his multilingual tour de force as the Nazi "Jew Hunter" in Quentin Tarantino's German-U.S. production, "Inglourious Basterds." The 52-year-old, Vienna-born thesp was previously unknown outside Germany, where he's spent most of his career in TV.
"I owe this award to (my role as) Col. Landa," said Waltz in his acceptance speech, "and his unique and inimitable creator, Quentin Tarantino."
To a standing ovation in the Grand Theatre Lumiere, French vet Alain Resnais, who turns 87 next month (and was in competition with the elegant tragicomedy "Wild Grass"), received a lifetime achievement award for his work and contributions to the history of cinema. The visibly frail helmer declared it "completely surprising," a possibly ironic reference to his stormy past relations with the fest (starting with 1974's "Stavisky ... "), from which he's previously won only one award, the Grand Prix for "Mon oncle d'Amerique."
While many other Cannes fave auteurs were completely passed over by the jury -- including Pedro Almodovar, Ang Lee and Palme laureates Ken Loach and Jane Campion -- Danish maverick Lars von Trier's latest headline-grabber, "Antichrist," at least walked away with an actress kudo for Charlotte Gainsbourg's performance as a mother whose grief over her child's death takes a psychotic turn.
Sharing the jury prize were Brit director Andrea Arnold's slice-of-lifer "Fish Tank" and South Korean helmer Park Chan-wook's vampire meller, "Thirst." Arnold scooped the same award three years ago with her debut feature, "Red Road."
Australian helmer Warwick Thornton?s well-received Aboriginal teen drama, ?Samson and Delilah,? nabbed the Camera d?Or for first film.
Though several of the awards had largely been predicted and were generally seen as well deserved, many of the others were seen as among the quirkiest in recent memory.
All three of the Asian kudos drew heavy booing from the assembled press corps. Biggest scorn was reserved for the director prize for Filipino Brillante Mendoza's rape-and-dismemberment drama "Kinatay" (of which even admiring jury member Hanif Kureishi admitted, "I don't ever want to see it again, myself"), followed by jeers for "Thirst" and mainland Chinese director Lou Ye's "Spring Fever," which copped screenplay (generally seen as its weakest element).
These awards appeared to have reflected deep divisions within the nine-member jury, which, apart from Huppert, included directors James Gray, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Lee Chang-dong, writer Kureishi, and actresses Robin Wright Penn, Shu Qi, Asia Argento and Sharmila Tagore.
Before the awards ceremony, rumors were already circulating that jury discussions had been particularly fraught. One member described it as the worst jury experience he'd ever had, while another was said to have described Huppert as a "fascist." Onstage, Huppert, looking visibly tense, referred to "an unforgettable week" and "several hours, uh, several moments of deliberation."
Show's host, comedian Edouard Baer, jokingly suggested that the onstage jury might "perhaps exchange telephone numbers and addresses" before parting. However, at the press conference afterward, several members went out of their way to stress that deliberations were "harmonious" and democratic."
Somewhat less harmoniously, the ecumenical jury, which gave its annual award for spiritual values in filmmaking to Loach's "Looking for Eric," bestowed an "anti-prize" on von Trier's "Antichrist." Cannes fest director Thierry Fremaux was quick to denounce the dubious honor, calling it a "ridiculous decision that borders on a call for censorship," particularly from a jury headed by a filmmaker, Romania's Radu Mihaileanu.
INTL. COMPETITION JURY PRIZES
Palme d'Or
"The White Ribbon" (Michael Haneke, Germany-France-Austria-Italy)
Grand Prix
"A Prophet" (Jacques Audiard, France)
Lifetime achievement award
Alain Resnais, "Wild Grass" (France)
Director
Brillante Mendoza ("Kinatay," France-Philippines)
Jury prize
"Fish Tank" (Andrea Arnold, U.K.), "Thirst" (Park Chan-wook, South Korea-U.S.)
Actor
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" (U.S.-Germany)
Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Antichrist" (Denmark-Germany-France-Sweden-Italy-Poland)
Screenplay
Mei Feng, "Spring Fever" (Hong Kong-France)
UN CERTAIN REGARD JURY AWARDS
Main Prize
"Dogtooth" (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece)
Jury Prize
"Police, Adjective" (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)
Special Prize
"No One Knows About Persian Cats" (Bahman Ghobadi, Iran), "Father of My Children" (Mia Hansen-Love, France)
OTHER MAIN JURY AWARDS
Camera d'Or
"Samson and Delilah" (Warwick Thornton)
Special Mention
"Ajami" (Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani, Israel-Germany)
Critics' Week Grand Prix
"Farewell Gary" (Nassim Amamouche, France)
FIPRESCI AWARDS
Competition
"The White Ribbon" (Michael Haneke, Germany-Austria-France-Italy)
Un Certain Regard
"Police, Adjective" (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)
Directors' Fortnight
"Amreeka" (Cherien Dabis, Canada-Kuwait-U.S.)
SHORT FILMS JURY PRIZES
Palme d'Or
"Arena" (Joao Salaviza, Portugal)
Special Mention
"The Six Dollar Fifty Man" (Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland, New Zealand)
CINEFONDATION
First Prize
"Baba" (Zuzana Kirchnerova-Spidlova)
Second Prize
"Goodbye" (Song Fang)
Third Prize
"Diploma" (Yaelle Kayam)
"Don't Step Out of the House" (Jo Sung-hee)
ECUMENICAL PRIZE
"Looking for Eric" (Ken Loach, U.K.-France-Italy-Belgium-Spain)
PRIX VULCAIN TECHNICAL AWARD
Aitor Berenguer, sound mixer ("Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," Spain)
Read the full article at:
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Larry,
Lynn has made you laugh, metsfan has offered some rational facts, and now if I may attempt to be mildly amusing, here's a video you might enjoy, especially if you are a fan of St. Exupery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8mJsgPj1iU
(Contains no actual snakes)
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Yup. I know.
Anyway, for anyone who might still be interested, here's a story about the train tour from the L.A. Times:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-train25-2009may25,0,4987790.story
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> 'The Red Shoes' will be released in the UK by ITV DVD on June 29, initially as an exclusive for HMV. In the meantime, film lovers might want to check out the other P&P movie available on Blu-ray, 'Black Narcissus'.
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> http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2741
If Criterion doesn't announce a blu-ray release in the U.S. soon, it's going to be mighty tempting to order this one from hmv.com. Has anyone here ever ordered anything from them?
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/obituaries/02brix.html
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> Didn't know he was still alive. He lived a good life.
Isn't that obit from 2007?
THE BIG PARADE (1925) Finally Back on TCM!
in Silent
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Here's the movie's opening from the TCM Media Room:
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=242952