ValentineXavier

I finally watched it. I was going to look for your earlier post, and fill you in. >Addendum: it wasn't your earlier post, it was someone else's. My error. The TCM synopsis is incomplete, and a bit inaccurate. In the parole hearing, Darin convinces the parole board that he is sane, reformed, and Poitier just hates him, because Poitier is prejudiced against him for being white. Later, Darin tells Poitier that of course the parole board believed him, a convict, rather than Poitier, a Dr., because Darin is white, and Poitier black. All this takes place while while Poitier is packing up, because he has resigned his job. Poitier responds by putting Darin in his place, verbally, and Darin is obviously taken aback by it. Flash forward to present day - Peter Falk asks Poitier what ever became of Darin. Poitier says that 10 years later, he killed an old man for no reason, and was hung. Falk decides not to resign, but to go back to try and help the black kid he has not been getting through to. He says that he will see the kid in black face next time, and Poitier says that's a good idea. I liked the film quite a bit, including the surrealistic hallucinations and flashbacks. It was all very striking. It would make a good double feature with Sam Fuller's *Shock Corridor*. Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 29, 2012 10:21 PM Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 29, 2012 10:55 PM

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > > Does TCM place ads in certain mags or on Internet sites? > I don't know about magazines but I've seen ads for TCM (usually for *31 Days of Oscar* and *SUTS* as well as the Film Festival and Cruise on sites as varied as the HuffPost to LAObserved. I realize the question wasn't about cable, but I have seen *31 Days of Oscar* advertised many times on CNN. Nice ad, too.

Joseph Calleia J. Carroll Naish Akim Tamiroff Mike Mazurki Pedro Armendariz Joanna Moore Ella Raines

> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}Valentine, I recall the Fugs. An attempt to answer to the Mothers of Invention. They weren't all that bad. A favorite of mine they did is also a song that would get "bleeped" on radio and probably in these forums, titled "Johnny P***off and the Red Angel". > > Being a Detroiter, I can attest that nobody here enjoyed that "safe" version of "Kick Out the Jams". Radio station WABX used to play the original, catch hell from the FCC, apologize and then do it again! > wikipedia says that both The Fugs and The Mothers of Invention were formed in 1964. But, the Fugs had two albums out before Freak Out was released. So, I don't think that The Fugs were an answer band to The Mothers. I love them both. Of course it is said that "of Invention" is a substitute for something objectionable that Zappa added to the name, in hopes of getting air play. Living in Ann Arbor most of the time since 1966, I was very much a WABX fan, and still miss it. Yes, they did play the original version of Kick Out the Jams.

In my estimation, *Mr. Arkadin* is Welles' third best film, with *ToE* being #1, and *CK* being #2. But, probably not many would agree with me.

> {quote:title=JEV1A wrote:}{quote}Best Visual Effects! Hugo or Rise of the Planet of the Apes? > > And the Oscar goes to: *Hugo* it's incredible.

Angela Davis, in the 60s.

Will this one pass? Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Thought so. No expletives that begin with "e"? Sounds like a load of equine excrement to me. A few musical censorship notes from the 60s - There was a NYC group called The Fugs, who used the word that their name sounds like, in their songs, supposedly saying their name, hoping it would pass. A 60s art-rock band, Pearls Before Swine, had a song titled Miss Morse, where they spell out the f-bomb in Morse code. It did get airplay on the stations that played that sort of music. 60s Detroit band The MC5's best known song, Kick Out The Jams, Begins with "Kick out the jams, m-fers." Just a couple of years ago, I heard someone request the "original version" on a local rock station. The DJ said "sure," but played the air-safe "Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters" version instead. Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen was an up and coming band, with a few hits. Well, their climb ended when they published an album including a vintage tune with the line "everybody's doing it, truckin' and f*ckin'. Radio stations didn't want the album in the studio, lest it be played by accident. The Who get away with using the F-word in their song Baba O'Riley, probably because most people don't catch it.

> {quote:title=tcmprogrammr wrote:}{quote}This is an ongoing issue - believe me, we all cringe when a film comes on that isn't properly letterboxed or the wrong version is played. And I know it seems like it should be an easy fix when a better version is out there but it can be complicated. Sometimes we don't know ourselves the version that was sent to us isn't letterboxed until a couple of days before air (and it's too late to get a replacement). Sometimes that company that sold us the tv rights is different than the company that put it out on home vidoe and obtaining the home video version is a challenge (we are very fortunate to be able to access Criterion versons when that's the situation with their films). And sometimes we make mistakes. I do apologize and we will keep trying to do better. And whenever this happens, even it's too late for a specific airing, we try to upgrade for the next time. > > I also agree that it's particularly frustrating that this was the situation during a Jack Cardiff festival. We appreciate the comments. tcmprogrammr, thanks so much for posting that. I do hope that TCM makes a practice of showing that OAR disclaimer, when ever it is appropriate. I think that would help a lot with people accepting the situation, being warned, before disappointment strikes. Now, if TCM could just show *The Green Slime* in 2.35:1, instead of the 4x3 it's been shown in in repeatedly, I'd be a happy camper...

> {quote:title=infinite1 wrote:}{quote}I'm glad all you folks are so giddy over the fact that TCM, supposedly a movie channel, is starting to show left overs from PBS, (at first I thought I was watching OVATION or BRAVO), but frankly I thought it STUNK. If the hissy (or tissy) doesn't fit, you must acquit.

I hope they rerun them too.

TCM has shown *Caught* before, but several are new to TCM. I'm recording all that I don't already have. Ophuls is great!

I like *Mark of Zorro* a lot, but to me, it can't compare to *The Adventures of Robin Hood*. There's just so much more to *TAoRH*. Lots more characters, lots more story and plot twists. I'd rank *MoZ* more on a par with *The Adventures of Don Juan*.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}"s" as in "sit", as opposed to "sh" as in ..............? "sh" as in shut yo mouth!

> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}Here in Detroit, WTVS has had a Friday night movie presentation for several years now. I only tune in when they show something I haven't already seen on TCM recently. > Sepiatone So it is Friday nights. I keep meaning to check them out, to see if they really are in HD. Have you noticed? Does WTVS really show them in HD?

*Pandora and the Flying Buttress* Pandora is getting bored with seducing all the eligible men around her, and demanding sacrifices from them, to receive her charms. One day, walking by an old church, she decides upon a truly great test of her charms. She will try to seduce a flying buttress, hoping to melt its heart of stone! Every day, for weeks, she visits the buttress, lavishing her attentions on it. Finally, the buttress succumbs to her allure. She demands that it cease supporting the wall of the church, to show that it cares only for her. Smitten, the buttress cannot resist. It releases the wall. The wall falls, crushing them both.

*NoC* is definitely one of my favorite Fellini films. My very favorite in *Juliet of the Spirits*.

I can't remember if it's on Friday evening, or Saturday evening, but PBS station WTVS in Detroit shows a film, then repeats it early in the am. I think it was *SHWTD*.

*AoDJ* has one of my favorite Flynn lines: "this time, I'm wearing my old clothes. *Captain Blood* has to be my favorite Flynn swashbuckler, but *AoDJ* is well done, and great fun. I'll put in a plug for another underrated Flynn performance, in John Huston's The Roots of Heaven*. Flynn plays a dissipated man, as he was then in life. It's also his second to last film.

Watching June Alyson in *High Barbaree*, I was struck with how much she looked like Jane Greer, except for the hair.

I've been watching them on Encore. So far it seems that in the third season, they are definitely stepping into scifi,and the paranormal on a regular basis. I also liked the one starring James Caan, Walter Koenig, and Tony Musante, Memo from Purgatory. It was written by Harlan Ellison, and directed by Joseph Pevney, who directed several eps of ST:TOS.

I can't quite remember the name myself, but it was shown on TCM within the last year. It was from the 40s, or early 50s. B&W, sort of a comedy/mystery. Is he a reporter, looking for a story? I can't remember the leads. I do recall liking it, and the little onomatopoeic rhyme, to sound like the rails sounds, was infectious. I'm sure someone will remember it.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}Not to get sidetracked, but suppose someone wanted to go to a drive-in (it was the only venue showing a film they wanted to see), but the person didn't own a car. Could he walk in? Yes, but they would have to bring a window to hang the speaker on.

I haven't seen it before, and probably won't watch it for a few days. If no one fills you in by then, I will.

For a while, the Windsor station's movie was called "THE FLICK." But, the L and the I seemed to run together, with unintended consequences.