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The Divorce of Lady X
The Scarlet Pimpernel
I feel that those are both excellent movies. I love the former because it is serious and magnificent actors in a romp. I find the latter to be much more than the sum of its parts. The underlying romance is very intense.
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Moscow Laughs (1934) has U. S. release date of: March 24, 1935.
Volga - Volga (1938) has U. S. release date of: May 16, 1941.
Cossacks of the Kuban (1950) has U. S. release date of: October 28, 1950.Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) has U. S. release date of: June 1973.Arshin Takes a Wife (1945) has U. S. release date of: July 29, 1950.Spring (1947) has U. S. release date of: March 13, 1948.Fidlovacka (1931) has U. S. release date of: July 3, 1931.
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I feel that you have omitted many great musicals!
I believe that: Moscow Laughs (1934) aka Jolly Fellows (1934) aka Jazz Comedy (1934) is one of the greatest musicals ever made! It is touching and romantic and humorous and anti-soviet political commentary and simple fun. I feel that any movie which begins with credits: "Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton do not participate in this film" is bound to be a hoot. The production company is Mosfilm and they have made the movie available for viewing in full for free with English subtitles on: YouTube.
Volga - Volga (1938) is quite wonderful also. It is quite fun musical which contains simple fun with anti-soviet jabs. It is widely reported that it was: Stalin's favorite movie. The production company is Mosfilm and they have made the movie available for viewing in full for free with English subtitles on: YouTube.
Cossacks of the Kuban (1950) is very touching movie and songs are wonderful. It is available for viewing with English subtitles on: YouTube.
Tsirk (1936) aka Цирк (1936) aka Circus (1936) is one of my favorite movies. It is romantic and dramatic and humourous. The production company is Mosfilm and they have made the movie available for viewing in full for free with English subtitles on: YouTube.
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973) is very unusual movie with many great moments combining science fiction and humour in musical motif. It is available for viewing with English subtitles on: YouTube.
I feel that: Arshin Takes a Wife (1945) and Spring (1947) are much better musicals than most on your list also.
I also fail to see in list wonderful Czech musicals such as: Long Live Ghosts! (1977), Fidlovacka (1931) and Rusalka (1977).
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LOL! I will have to shave and wear a cone around my head.
It might improve your television reception:
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It's a cling-on
2319! 2319!
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Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya was: Queen of the Screen in early cinema. Her beauty inspired artists and filmmakers. She made many more than one hundred movies in her short life. She was murdered by the French because of her affair with their ambassador. All but a few of her movies were ordered destroyed by soviet because they were deemed to be decadent.
She is much beloved. A life-size statue of her stands in Odesa:
A Slave of Love (1976) is dramatization of her life.
Island of the Dead (1993) is documentary of her working life in Epocha Modern cinema.
A tribute to her and short biography is available for viewing at:
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Critics Choice, TCM Shop, The Video Collection and Heartland Music are all in Itasca, IL, but have different PO Boxes, phone numbers and web addresses.
You cannot order from one catalog using another one. I checked.
I have seen this situation with other products. I have been told that it is due to independent company which specializes in processing orders for certain types of products. The computer system for a company which processes orders for DVDs will have large database of DVD titles so that entering catalog number will bring up automatically name of DVD. This allows quick check by order-entry person to ensure name of movie on order blank matches catalog number. The computer system for a company which processes orders for gardening supplies will have significantly different database. Focus on one type of product reduces size of database needed and this translates to reduced computer costs for processing company.
Such companies can provide processing services to many companies which sell DVDs. These processing companies receive orders from customers and send lists of orders to their clients in form which allows quick fulfillment of orders by automated retrieval systems.
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3 Bette Davis movies in a row that I haven't seen: Payment on Demand, June Bride, Winter Meeting.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. A William Powell movie I haven't seen.
I like June Bride (1948) very much! Mary Wickes is precious. It is not grand movie but is very comfortable with many wonderful touches.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) is excellent! Robert Montgomery and William Powell are wonderful antagonists. I love that Robert Montgomery is the Lord and William Powell a butler but Robert Montgomery is much more down-to-Earth and William Powell is much more sophisticated. The supporting cast elevate the movie greatly.
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Could you please explain to me what is expected. This sounds like something that would be great for the brain.
It is a contest to create a schedule for one week. People then vote for the schedule which they would most like to see. The person who wins a Challenge then conducts the next Challenge.
The schedules are not used by TCM but TCM Programmers do read them and
stealborroware inspired by them. Many people have had the joy of seeing themes they created later used in real schedules. It is perhaps also the best way to suggest movies.Each person who conducts a Challenge sets the rules but they rarely vary greatly from the format which evolved years ago. It is the task of the person who conducts a Challenge to create one or two required themes for evening programming.
A typical set of rules and Challenge requirements for that specific Challenge are found in: Swithin's first post of this thread:
http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/46576-tcm-programming-challenge-24-o-say-can-you-see/page-5
The basic rules are to limit selection of movies which TCM Programmers may have available and set them into the framework of a schedule with days beginning at: 6:00 A.M and Primetime beginning at 8:00 P.M. and the inclusion of regular TCM features such as: Star of the Month, Silent Sunday Night, Imports and etc..
It is often quite frustrating to fit movies together within timeframes but it is quite wonderful when things do fit.
Other Challenges and entries may be viewed within archive:
http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/forum/138-tcm-program-challenges-archive/
Please be advised that not all threads in archive are easy to open because of their size. I find that: Challenge threads open more readily than: Voting threads because schedules are interspersed with comments and this reduces overall page size.
Many people here will gladly answer any questions you may have and provide any support which they can because it is at all times heartening to see
fresh victimsfellow masochistsnew participants.
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I can't off the top of my head come up with anyone who worked more often with him, though several actresses worked with him twice.
Per imdb.com:
Ava Gardner:On the Beach (1959)The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)The Great Sinner (1949)Susan Hayward:The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)David and Bathsheba (1951)And several television programs.Anthony Quinn:The World in His Arms (1952)Behold a Pale Horse (1964)The Guns of Navarone (1961)And several television programs.I could not do extensive search but I did look at some possibilities and I could find no actor or actress which appeared with him in more than three movies. He perhaps appeared most frequently with:Audrey Hepburn in television programs.-
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I've never seen Heathers.
I believe that you should correct that lapse as quickly as possible. I was hesitant because both leads are not to my taste but it is one of my favorite movies.
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One of my favorites is Heathers. The synopsis of the film doesn't sound funny: A couple of teenagers decide to plot the murders of their popular classmates and make it look like the classmate committed suicide. But the film is so over the top with the situations and with the dialogue, that it's more funny than anything else.
I love that movie very much! Teen angst with a body count.
I love also items which they place in woods by bodies of football players to indicate that it was mutual suicide. I will not provide spoiler for those who have not watched yet the movie but I believe it is perfect for attitudes of such a community.
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That reminds me of a scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid where Sundance refuses to jump first or let Butch jump first either into the rapid river from a step mountain jump. They are running from the law.
Cassidy asks Sundance why and finally he answers: I CAN'T SWIM!
Cassidy laughs uproariously: THE FALL WILL PROBABLY KILL YA!
That is very much the humour! I love that scene.
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I feel that it is very much a matter of perception.
I am sorry to say that I can think of no examples from movies at the moment but there is what I believe is wonderful example in television program which I have watched of recent.
It is: "Out of Gas" episode of: Firefly. Series is set on small spacecraft. One of the passengers is: Shepherd Book. He is as a missionary monk who spent many years in an abbey and only recently came out into the world. One of the passengers is: River Tam. She was child prodigy who was subjected to extreme psychological meddling by government. She is by this very innocent, graceful and beautiful young lady with moments of intense psychosis.
It is in this episode that engine of the ship is damaged and they are drifting with no hope of rescue. Air purification and other: 'life support' systems can not work when engine is not running.
River finds Shepherd Book sitting alone reading his Bible.
River: "Don’t be afraid." That’s what it says. "Don’t be afraid."Shepherd Book: Yes.River: But you are afraid.Shepherd Book: Yes.River: You’re afraid we’re going to run out of air. That we’ll die gasping. But we won’t. That’s not going to happen. We’ll freeze to death first.I find this to be truly and absolutely hilarious! She is being very empathetic because she sees in: Bible only illogic and contradiction but she is understanding of why he turned to it for comfort. She is in her own innocent and very intelligent manner attempting to comfort him further by allaying his greatest fear at that moment.It is to me a superb: "Yeah, but..." moment.I say that dark humour may be matter of perception because others might not find that exchange to be as hilarious as I find it.-
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I am very sorry for your loss. It is very nice that you chose to think of the joy and wonder of her life rather than focus on the sadness of her passing. She sounds to have been wonderful person who used well her time with us.
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I have watched all but a few. I feel no inclination to watch those I have not watched because I know sufficiently of them to know that they are not to my taste.
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RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP (1958):
This is scheduled for: April. I am looking forward to it. It is an excellent movie and it has been a long time since I have had the opportunity to watch it.
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TCM will honor the importance of upcoming election by scheduling 24/7 in October only movies concerning politics, elections, politicians, social justice warriors or mud fights.
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I have very low opinion of people who can see one aspect only of a movie. They dismiss all of science fiction because they do not like sci-fi bug-eyed monsters. They dismiss all foreign films because they do not like reading subtitles. They do not like anime because they feel cartoons are beneath them.
I have found many wonderful movies which are of a genre or type which is not at all to my taste. I will give as example that Westerns are not to my taste but: My Name is Nobody (1973) is one of my favorite movies.
I am sorry to have to say that: Marty (1955) could never be one of my favorites. I do not in general like: American melondramas because they seem to be primarily hand-wringing solipsistic angst and I found in this movie no aspect which for me elevates it beyond its genre. If I am to watch: Ernest Borgnine then it will be: The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). If I am to watch: Paddy Chayefsky then it will be: Altered States (1980). If am to watch: American drama romance then it will be: In a Lonely Place (1950) or: The Bad and the Beautiful (1952).
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Top 100 Musicals - Did I Forget Some?
in General Discussions
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I am very sorry to have been the cause of so much work with such disappointing results.
I do hope that you will in the future keep in mind that my recommendations are all based on my personal preferences. I feel that commonly known movies are most often mundane. I detest mundane.
I would urge you to add: Moscow Laughs (1934) to your list of movies to watch. I prefer it greatly over: Ivan. It is available on: Mosfilm channel on: YouTube for viewing in entirety for free. There are English subtitles available by using: Closed Captioning and translation option. The translation is not at all times excellent but it is bearable. I am sorry that I can not provide link - it is against forum policy to allow links which might be piracy.
I would urge all who like musicals to keep in their mind the movies which I listed. I choose them carefully with consideration that I am making suggestions for U. S. audience. There are a few musicals which are even more wonderful but I doubt that they might translate well for people who do not know the culture.