ValentineXavier

Yep, it's a fine film. I'm pretty certain it has been on TCM before, but not for a couple of years. It's much too late to get it on this Christmas, but go to the "Suggest a movie" button, under "Fan Community" above, and request it for next year. maybe we'll get lucky.

It's not on the wikipedia, or the IMDb. The films are probably listed in the end credits, if you have the DVD.

> {quote:title=JakeHolman wrote:}{quote} > > Very nice...the kind of gal you would like to have a pleasant conversation with on a cold winter night... > > Yeah, but I wouldn't get into a car with her, especially if my name was Jeff.

Oh, my gosh! Someone's getting a chupacabra on a pillow for Christmas!

It would be nice if one year, TCM would show all available versions of A Christmas Carol. including George C. Scott, and Mr. McGoo! Then, we could really have a good discussion of their relative merits.

*There's No Business Like Schmoe Business* Great biopic of our boys, Larry, Moe, and Curly. Ethel Merman plays Curly, and Hugh O'Brian has a walk-on as Shemp.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > Is that also from THE BIG SLEEP, or is that from THE SMALL NAP? It was definitely in *The Big Sleep*, since it was Carmen Stearnwood who tried to do the sitting. I'm not familiar with THE SMALL NAP. I have seen the independent short *The Big Nap*, which is a clever, humorous, take-off on *The Big Sleep*, about a cat taking a nap, told with voice-over.

> {quote:title=Jayo wrote:}{quote} > There's nothing wrong with being Scottish. Just ask Sir Sean Connery. Also, without Scotland, we wouldn't have golf, TV, and the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, among many other examples. I'd trade 'em all, for a couple of bottles of McEwan's Scotch Ale...

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > What does it mean exactly when a movie star is compared to lint? LOL > It means he should be blown out of the gate with a blast of air.

> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:}{quote} >... would be far more costly to the network in bad publicity than the money they might forgo by not selling commercial time to advertisers. Not exactly the sort of exposure that most advertisers would want, either.

It will be on at 9pm EST, on BBC America. I already have it programmed on the DVR! There will be repeats too. BBC A often shows Dr. Who installments in two different lengths, so check for the longest time slot to get the complete version.

Interesting. I'll have to see that version. I like David Warner a lot, with Morgan being my favorite. I would have thought he would have made an excellent Scrooge, and wouldn't have thought of him as Bob Cratchit.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > "You're not very tall" (Carman Sternwood to Phillip Marlowe) > "I try to be." (Phillip Marlowe) > > *The Big Sleep* "She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up."

I want to see a marathon of marathons! Yes, a whole month of nothing but marathons. A marathon of silent Russian films. A marathon of German mountain films, a marathon of Hollywood socialist films, a marathon of Cinerama films, a marathon of Falcon films, A marathon of Republic serials, a marathon of films about marathons... SERIOUSLY! As to recording marathons of shorts - I made this suggestion in another thread, about shorts. Since they almost invariably get off, and get cut off, you need to record in blocks. If you have a DVR, select a manual recording, for like ~4 - 6 hours, (ending at the listed end-time of a short) + a few minutes. Select the next block to start a few minutes before the ending of that same short, and ending a few minutes after the listed end-time of a short 4-6 hours later. Program a two-tuner DVR that way, and you won't miss a thing. If you have a DVDR (DVD recorder,) You'll still program in blocks, but can't do the overlap. So, try to pick an end time that is the end time of a short that is much shorter than its slot. If you have two DVDRs, you can program overlaps.

Anyone who has BBC America can watch the Dr. Who Christmas Special, on Christmas day, in the USA, for the first time in history...

> {quote:title=lanceroten wrote:}{quote} > Saw Stagecoach(1939)last night.How come the indians never try to shoot the horses to stop the Stagecoach > ========================================================= > > c'mon man, how about a spoiler alert lol :=). No, actually i've wondered the same thing. Aim for the horse. You silly guys! The Indians don't shoot the horses to stop the stage because they are attacking the stage to get the horses! I just saw this again, so if someone else has posted it before, I'm sorry, but... How do people with hats, large and small, ride in convertibles at high speed, without holding on to their hats, or losing them, or even have them move in the wind? Edited by: ValentineXavier on Dec 18, 2010 9:47 PM

*Christmas Holiday* was a real find. It has never been issued as a region 1 DVD, except for some bootleg transfers from VHS. I'd love to see it.

While watching *I Wake Up Screaming*, I noticed that Laird Cregar resembles Raymond Burr, especially from certain angles, like in profile.

I just happened across the wikipedia article on Film Noir. It is informative and engaging. I recommend that noir fans check it out. It has lots of interesting information. One thing I learned is that the term "film noir" was coined in France in 1946, not by Francois Truffaut in the 50s, as I had read several other places.

Boris Karloff made the Mr. Wong series for Monogram.

*Randolph, the Rude-Nosed Reindeer* Everyone knows the story of Rudolph, but this is the story of his son, Randolph. Randolph was quite a cut-up. One of his favorite things was goosing people, and other reindeer, with his nose. Perhaps he was trying to show it off, even if it didn't glow like dad's. Rudolph was getting a bit long in the antler, and needed extra urging from Santa to lift off from the rooftops. Santa wanted to replace him with son Randolph, but he was just too undisciplined, too much the joker. Then, Santa had a bright idea. He hitched Randolph up right behind Rudolph. Randolph's constant goosing was just the urging Rudolph needed, and with each goose, his nose glowed a little redder!

It hasn't been active for a few weeks, but there is another "one-hit wonders" thread around here.

> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote} > FORT APACHE > SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON > RIO GRANDE > THE SEARCHERS > 3 GODFATHERS I think *The Searchers* and *Rio Grande* are the best two films. So, by all means, see *Rio Grande*, since you haven't seen it. For the other one, I'd say *Fort Apache*, even though I think it would have been a better film, if Fonda and Wayne had switched roles. SWAYR is too sentimental, and formulaic, to me, anyway.

TCM's shown *The Locked Door* before. I've seen it, and it's a solid precode drama. She's good in it.

You didn't know that someone had to bleed to make your plasma screen, did you?