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TCM has shown The Match King, which as you note is a really good film with William and soon to be Flynn's wife, French actress, Lili Damita. Yea, pre-code Mason films were more faithful to the novels than Production code films or the T.V. series.

One of the first rock songs I learn when I was in a cover band many decades ago:

As you know there are a lot of people that reject any and all black and white films. Wayne is iconic, especially to a certain segment of the population. So I could see a father with children that are teens (as well as their grandfather) wanting to expose them to Wayne films and the films being "modernized" could help in that regard. The proof of if doing so was a good idea or not, from the POV of those that did this, is only based on their sales; Did they sell more of these "new product" versions than the original one?

What film are you referencing? I ask because others are discussing Blood of Dracula, the film for this Saturday, which was released in 1957 and the above photo is dated 1974. Also I don't see a link between Blood of Dracula and Nicholson-Arkoff.

Where the teeth actually his, or did the costume department use artificial teeth to achieve a more realistic hobo?

This is why I just use; Chester Morris serial. I enjoy this serial, especially the first film, since it also stars Rochelle Hudson.

I had to look up the storyline for this film and hobo-hype fits to a T. Marvin and Carradine in competition for hobo of the year.

For an actor I define a good biography as one that most covers their career; the films they were in, what they might have said about the directors and other actors they worked with, and in Gloria case, how she developed her hard-but-vulnerable-no-nonsense screen persona, which we see starting in 1947 in Crossfire and Song of the Thin Man. But I assume any biography about Gloria would focus mainly on her off-screen "antics" (mainly the relationship and marriages with Nicholas Ray and his son, Tony). I'm really not that interested in that angle (for any actor,. musician, artist or celebrity). Thus I might check out that other-book that "deals mainly with her work".

Islands in The Stream is a Paramount film released in 1977 and thus, TCM would have to go-out-of-their way to lease film. (such a film isn't part of the Ted Turner library of films that is now owned by TCM's parent Time-Warner).

I forgot about that. June was added to the cast of the T.V. show.

Well I guess it all depends on how defines "product"; as you have seen some TCM viewers believe the social commentary is part of the TCM "product" (i.e.to them it is not only the movies shown). While I find that POV silly, it could impact viewership. E.g. if a guy with orange hair was to advise his followers not to watch TCM because TCM hates white people based on their social commentary, that could be something that would impact TCM's bottom line. (just like if famous African-Americans like Oprah said to boycott TCM because they are showing films like GWTW or Birth of a Nation etc..).

Well since wind appears to be a theme:

Of course I knew the photo wasn't taken on a train. I was just making a joke since the other poster mentioned that Hell Bound featured a feet fetish and trains. Also, who cares about trains when there is a photo of a Playmate of the Year. Even Casey Jones wouldn't go there.

In these times, large corporations do care about the potential harm a small number of customers can do using social media. It would be foolish not to have a strategy to try to minimize that potential harm.

TCM uses "classic" as just a marketing term it has no actual meaning with regards to the qualify of the film. E.g. how many 30s "programmers" are high qualify films? Few IMO. The studios made these to be released one time as the "B" picture. Hey, I love many of those films warts and all because I'm a fan of the actors and directors of that era, but they are not high qualify films and they were never meant to be.

Great to see Sydney Greenstreet as SOTM. Also happy to see TCM is showing THAT WAY WITH WOMEN (1947) with Dane Clark and Martha Vickers. This was a film Warners had Vickers star in after her splash as Carmen in The Big Sleep. Silly film but fun with Greenstreet playing Vickers' father. Vickers has a lot of nice outfits (daddy is rich), and she wears them well:

I gave the same reply I always do: as long as 80% or so of the films TCM shows are American Studio-Era films (pre-1969), I'm fine with the brand. What we are seeing is the same-old-same-old; TCM shows a couple of post-2000 films and oh, my,, oh my,,,, all is lost!

June Blair was Playboy's Playmate of the Month, the same year Hell Bound came out (1957). Here is a photo where she is paying a lot of attention to her feet. Don't know if the photo was taken on a train or not.

Next people will be saying that TCM didn't show post-2000 films back in 1998!

Delon was a very handsome and dashing actor. Just saw him a few days ago in The Sicilian Clan. The film also stars Jean Gabin and Lino Ventura. I only saw the last half and the ending and how Delon makes-outs, didn't surprise me.

I assume you're joking with the "god forbid"; to someone 25, a car from the 70s is something their grandparents owned and in their mind a "classic". The moving-target is why I don't use "classic"; instead I try to use something that is actually meaningful; E.g. car from the 70s or studio-era movie.

Not sure where you big to differ; if your point is that nothing short of a full banning of these films will satisfy the cancel-activist, I agree with that 100%. But it appears when you say "What they want" that "they" is TCM's management and that TCM desired to have their cake and eat it too. I just don't see it that way based on the comments made by Ms. Stewart with regards to the new museum and TCM's programming; Note that the Academy Museum will feature films like GWTW, Birth of a Nation, etc... just like TCM does; because they are part of film history and history shouldn't be erased.

TCM was stuck between the activist that wished for them to no longer show films these activist deemed "unsavory" and the view of movie lovers and fans of the network that these movies need to be shown. That "canceling" them was not the solution to anything. This was explained by Jacqueline Stewart, director at the new Academy of Motion Picture here in So Cal and also a TCM host. No way was TCM going to give-in to these silly, at best, misguided, cancel culture activist. But to reduce negative endless BS from the activist especially here in LA LA Land, TCM felt it had to add some commentary. I believe TCM made the right choice given the circumstances.

I can see that; two guys get some dates, some moonshine and along with the film, it sounds like a nice evening!

As you well know TCM has shown post studio-era films (> 1969 IMO), since the start; Osborne even mentions this in his opening statements about the brand back in 1994. As long as 80 plus percent of the films TCM shows are American studio-era talking films, I'm fine with the brand. TCM programmers can show whatever they want during that remaining 19 or so percent. That includes silent films, foreign films, post American studio era films, etc... Based on actual data from a guy with a database of every film TCM has shown, TCM remains in that plus 80% range.