JonnyGeetar
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> *I MARRIED A WITCH* is in need of film restoration and video remastering. The print TCM has been running does not look very sharp or clear. Appears to be at least third generation.
Hmmm, I never noticed. The film is charming enough, to make up for it I 'spose.
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GREAT POST CAPUCHIN!
I'd love to see:
Jan Sterling
Herbert Marshall
Albert Finney
Leslie Howard
Jack Carson
Mercedes Macambridge (sic I'm sure!)
Christopher Lee
Una O'Conner
John Gielgud
Vanessa Redgrave
WC Fields
Vivien Leigh
Agnes Moorehead
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Thank you so much for posting that link! I voted for Dangerous and I Married a Witch .
The African Queen isn't on DVD! What the hell?
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Seriously, why is this thing not on DVD?
Memo to Criterion: I know times are tough, but you can put this puppy out there with no extras, no subtitles, bupkus, nuthin' and I personally will pay $45.99 for it.
I mean, you people have preserved Two Lane Blacktop and Robinson Crusuoe on Mars for the ages, why not this?
It deserves it.
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> {quote:title=CelluloidKid wrote:}{quote}
> _The Friends of Eddie Coyle_ (1973) ... Great film ...So glad it came to DVD ...Finally!!
> ET Weekly Magazine considers _The Friends of Eddie Coyle_ (1973) 1 of the best DVD release of 2009!
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I know I'm like a Macaw by now, but I gotsta reiterate: Eddie Coyle : great movie, lousy DVD. Someone correct me, but I recall no brilliant extras, no subtitles, just the film and the trailer for $10 more than it should be.
I don't get Criterion either
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_i copied this from imdb's trivia section_:
"Herbert Brenon reportedly loved to pick on and ridicule a 14-year-old Loretta Young in her first big role, but was civil with her whenever Lon Chaney was present on the set. Chaney noticed this and never left her side, even if his character wasn't needed for shooting that day. He directed her throughout the shoot and became her surrogate father on the project. "I shall be beholden to that sensitive, sweet man until I die," said Young of Chaney."
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Would it cost that much for them to play more Bios? There have been some excellent one hour bios of stars on in the early, early morning- almost as if they were to be filler. I'd rather watch some of the Turner-produced bios of Harlow, Garbo, Cary Grant etc than a thousand clowns or guess who's coming to dinner or high noon or 3:10 to Yuma or the facts of life
AGAIN.
PS- it seems like every time someone legitimately beefs about a film being on too much, someone posts an eight-page writ in defense of TCM. We know times are tough, we're just letting off steam.
personally, there are certain films I'd be fine with weekly showings of, it just seems like some of the repeat offenders are less than stellar offerings, or (in the case of rear window) movies we once loved whose marrow hath been sucked dry.
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The movie is great, Mitchum is terrific- the Criterion DVD is a RIPOFF! If I recall correctly, it doesn't even have the option for subtitles.
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I wish Ty Power was as good in everything as he is in Nightmare Alley .
(I think he had Robert Taylor syndrome: I'm so pretty I must not be good.)
Witness for the Prosecution is- more or less- a great example of a "last hurrah" for three greats of the 30's.(Although Dietrich (sic again, I know!) had her best role in years the next year in Touch of Evil .
I want to like Irma LaDouce, I really do, but ultimately agree with Shirley MacLaine on that one.
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(JonnyGeetar is breathing into a brown paper bag right now and needs time to compose)
Okay...
Oh thanks to the heavens this is on again! And thanks to Celluloid Kid for that last post, I had never heard some of those juicy tidbits.
Oh...oh...oh!
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i love you Dred.
i have harped on this exact topic many a time myself. there have been numerous occasions when i turned on the TV, not knowing what was coming on TCM next, the morning or noon "now playing" intro rolls...then silence...then...
THAT DAMN KID STARTS SINGING "A THOUUUUSAND CLOWNS..."
And then I go all Elvis and shoot the TV out.
Well, that last part isn't true...But it's funny how often I seem to be there for the very start of it. I miss the scarlet empress and the WC Fields marathon but I'm there for A Thousand Effin Clowns EVERY TIME. It's like a Pink song on the radio.
Thanks for not making me feel like the only one.
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OMG! Cary Grant would have been beyond fabu in that rule...I'll never see the film the same way again.
ps- i kinda sorta love Dietrich in much of it too.
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> {quote:title=Kinokima wrote:}{quote}
> I still have not seen every Wilder film but of the ones I have seen my top 5 of his would be:
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> The Apartment
> Sunset Blvd
> Stalag 17
> Witness for the Prosecution (the best Agatha Christie adapted film I've seen)
> Ace in the Hole
You should check out some of the A&E productions with David Suchet as Poirot- the ones in more recent years especially Death on The Nile It makes a fascinating comparison to the 1978 big screen version...
I watch Witness for the Prosecution EVERY time it is on. Love, love, love Laughton and Lanchester in it, but I have issues with Ty Power's performance and (sadly) Marlene Dietreich's (sic) as well.
However, if you do want to get out of jury duty, shouting "DAMN YOU! _DAMN YOU!_ DAMN YOU !" to the attorney asking you the questions does the trick every time.
(German accent is optional.)
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> {quote:title=CelluloidKid wrote:}{quote}
> *I would have been fun if TCM had shown _The Towering Inferno_ (1974) .....*
I agree completely. Instead, we are stuck with a flaming wreck of another kind in indiscretion of an american wife .
ps- love you Hibi.
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Kyle in Hollywood, you are the man!
Sorry I got the German wrong, meant to stick a "sic" on the end.
At this point, is pointing out I was joking about the Hitler reference even necessary?
I'm not a fan of firing people over molehills, but I do have to say (as I've said before) I don't see the need for Mankiewicz and if getting rid of him means some extra money for film rentals so we don't have to watch yours, mine and ours and bedknobs and broomsticks nine times a month, I'm fer it.
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> {quote:title=TCMWebAdmin wrote:}{quote}
> The last thread on this subject was locked. Please refrain from the political debating and insults in further posts or this will be locked as well.
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> This is for everyone. More posts were deleted and warnings will be issued.
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> Thanks
> -Renee
Ya vol, mein Furhress.
ps- Hitler used smiley emoticons too!
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i meant between the films, not during. failing that, how much do they pay Mankiewicz for his weekend spiel? I'd rather see that money go to better movies.
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if money is such a problem, then maybe they should give Mankiewicz the heave-ho. i'd rather have better films without the pointless weekend intro.
and maybe ads _between_ the films is a necessary evil, because their selection of films has been poor lately.
and i know you can't make any of us film freaks happy, no matter what you do.
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but if they're the only channel running the tribute, why the clamor for these titles? are the rights to cluny brown that pricey? i'd rather wait a month for a fitting tribute. they could run a promo in the meantime. i don't think we'd storm TCM HQ with pitchforks and torches.
I have the feeling Miss Jones herself would be irked at some of the titles they chose.
ps- they showed (better choices) ruby gentry and carrie rather recently if i recall.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> You really should see Cluny Brown, it's a gem of a movie.
Amen, sister. Cluny is one of the best of the 40's, why it's not on DVD is beyond me.
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No disrespect, but Miss Jones deserves a better tribute than the showing on 1/6.
indiscretion of an american wife is FAR from her best movie, and one that almost killed her career (it's on TWICE!) and they overplay duel in the sun to DEATH!.
cluny brown, ruby gentry, gone to earth .- c'mon they're out there, and two are not on DVD.
the list they picked is old, old, old hat and frankly not her best, best work.
she deserves more.
(she is _great_ in beat the devil but c'mon, WE'VE SEEN IT!)
PS- good morning, miss dove and carrie and love letters- c'mon people!
Edited by: JonnyGeetar on Jan 5, 2010 11:13 PM
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> {quote:title=Kinokima wrote:}{quote}
> My only real issue with TCM and time is the foreign/silent films those are pretty much always regulated to late/early morning on the East Coast. But now I am getting off topic...
Not at all. I love and adore TCM, but the spectacular quality of their late, late, late nite programming as well as their leaning _heavily_ on certain titles is (and has been) a real problem.
Tomorrow they are showing Laugh Clown Laugh (1925) at (I think) 6:00 am.
They are showing The Indiscretion of An American Wife TWICE in about eight hours- prime time, no less.( I know it's a salute to Jennifer Jones, but I don't think even SHE would want that **** aired out.)
It's non sequitor, but the more we pipe up about it (no matter the topic), the more of a chance they'll change this annoying habit.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> *How nice of TCM to bring out a rare gem at the asscrack of dawn*
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> As TCM only has one feed for both coasts, those of us on the West Coast appreciated it being shown during primetime out here in the West.
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> The screening in February is obviously scheduled for primetime for the East Coast.
Nice defense, but...
Would it have killed them to have shown it twice in one week (lord knows they do that plenty, saturday morning encores happen aplenty, Goldfiiiiiiiinger recently got that treatment, although heavens to Betsy I don't know why .)
Five Graves is a rare treat, after all, not available on DVD.
No, the hours between 9:00 am and 8:00 pm seem to be reserved for repeated showings of A Thousand Clowns and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (FYI on the last one: by now, some of us have guessed.)
Anything outside the box must be on after 2:00 am.
the recent airing of Stephen Bogart's excellent documentary about his father at six am following a Garbo doc on at 5:00 am comes to mind.
not all of us have DVR or VCRs and not all of us are morning people and i am not the only one to voice this concern.
(PS- It's _COLD_ and I'm cranky, and I know they do show some good stuff at decent hours.)
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> You did it was on yesterday very early morning at 1:15 AM EST. But luckily for you (and me) it will be on again Feb 22nd at 8:00 PM EST (a much better time for those of us not on the West Coast).
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> On another note I see Wilder's Foreign Affair is also scheduled to air on TCM: January 24th at 10:15 PM and Feb 14 10:00 AM (both EST times)
Thank you Kinokima I appreciate that update very much
(genuine).
How nice of TCM to bring out a rare gem at the asscrack of dawn, as usual. I'm taking this time to note that All Fall Down is on for the 32nd time in six months, right smack in the middle of the day.
Thanks TCM!
(sarcasm)
is it safe to come out now?
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> are all the elvis movies gone for another year?
I think it's safe to assume Blue Hawaii will be trotted out some more in the coming months, Angela.Lansbury is adding a lanai to the place in Malibu and TCM's trying to put her across the threshold with residuals from her old stuff.
ps- I know Angela Lansbury is a terrific actress and she probably neither gets not needs residuals. But seriously, does she bake brownies for the programmers or what?