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Something Different is my favorite Dexter Gordon album because he used a guitarist instead of a pianist like he usually did. Never saw Gordon live, since he didn't come to the states that often and when he did it was mostly just NYC, and I'm in CA. While I enjoy many sax players I find Gordon to be the most "balanced" (i.e. he can burn it up but is always melodic and soulful and that isn't always the case with bebop players).

True; This guy was both afraid and fascinated but it still didn't turn out so well for him.

Didn't you know that while mother Neal looked all suburban at home and during the day, when she went out the clubs she wore a blonde wig and red dress. One thing about this poster: that hand-of-god image fits well given the Carpenter angle etc... But why is the earth red? Was the film originally titled The Day Mars Stood Still? Oh, and one other thing: why does "the Earth" sound OK, but "the Mars" or "the Venus" sound off? The title could have been The Day Earth Stood Still or The Day The Earth Stood Still, but for any other planet adding "the" before the planet sound funny.

But if you didn't keep those red slippers at your house how would you be able to look your best when you went for a night on the town? (and why is it "on the town"?), man, so much to think about. I need to lighten up!

What I see is this: 5 hours ago, unwatchable said: Your belief is wrong, in my case. I totally disagree with your perspective. *** It says "unwatchable said" and of course that wasn't the case. Don't you see that? That was the point I was making: There is a bug in the TCM "quote" feature.

I understood you. Wishing the text should match the people underneath is about order, isn't it? It just feels "right". The likely reason for any "mismatch" is what you stated; contractual reasons; Hanks and Willis were higher on the food chain, but the photo had to have Griffith in the middle since it would have looked odd for Willis to have his arm around Hanks! So I wasn't saying nobody cares. My joke about my wife and our pantry was to show that people do care about such things.

You could be right; they only purchase stolen property.

Well our local bird store warned customers not to post about their birds, especially real expensive ones, on the Internet since there were robberies tied to such postings. The thieves would sometimes try to extort the owner; give me $500 to get your bird back. But I assume your poster is safe since it is folded; Would a collector really resort to stealing something that wasn't top notch? Hard to predict the behavior of rabid aficionados. Such people wishing to fill-a-hole in their collection, who may have been looking for such an items for years, might do almost anything.

Are the cans and food items in your pantry in alphabetical order? I'm joking but only somewhat; my wife likes such order in our pantry.

Sadly the way the re-quote feature works your post made it look like you said "Your belief is wrong, in my case. ". Anyhow, I'm going to start using this on the unsuspected to see if it gets by undetected. That is one bogus statement for the ages.

That is interesting. I assume the reason is that a movie is a one time event, while a TV show is on-going, episode after episode. But that is just wild speculation.

Grand Illusion is a good choice. Hey is that Dexter Gordon in your avatar photo? One of my favorites.

Yea, we have a dog now (well my mother-in-law's dog that came with her from Italy and when she went back, he stayed but that is another story!). Anyhow, this was the first time the dog had experienced lighting and thunder; it dove him nuts causing a lot of barking and growling. Since any actual rain only lasted a minute or two, I took a long walk and it was a beautiful night. (I'm in the Laguna Beach area).

Here is Parola (but years before that photo with Flynn\Power).

That was funny; Well at least TCM is showing multiple Eleanor Parker films. In color with that red hair she is a knockout.

Same thing is happening to me here in So Cal, with Cox cable; Showing the line-up that was on yesterday instead of today.

I'm watching the beautiful Eleanor Parker, in films such as Scaramouche and now The Very Thought of You, but according to my cable, today TCM is showing Janet Leigh films: E.g. Romance of Rosy Ridge. Is this happening to others?

Sometimes such scenes were filmed and in an internal only version or one shown to a pre-release "focus group", but later removed and not in the version released to theaters. The PR department received their ideas from one of those version (since they start their work prior to the film being finalized). After these scenes are removed in the final editing process the studio decides it isn't worth the effort to redo such posters\PR material. Of course maybe the PR department had Douglas and Sterling come in to take these photos with the plan to make then more dramatic with no regard to if such scenes are in the film.

I haven't seen this film. I do wonder if Gene Tierney gave a good performance. I find that in some of her early films, when she was still learning her craft, she would give a mixed-performance. Ida Lupino was originally cast and in 1941\42 she was a much more seasoned actress than Tierney, but I don't know if being an island-girl would have fit her, and Gene did have an exotic look that allowed her to look authentic playing such parts (with the exception of China Girl!).

I feel the same way, but assumed this was part of Dan Curtis's overall plan for the show. Don't let any one character\actor become too central to the show since they may ask to renegotiate their contract.

Ameche was an actor I found from the Eddie Murphy film Trading Places. When I first saw the film, I didn't know much about him but was highly aware of fellow actor Ralph Bellamy. So I worked my way back, looking for his earlier work on TCM. Midnight is also my favorite film he is in. Ameche didn't make many films for TCM's big-three (MGM, RKO, and Warner), and that is one reason we don't see him much, especially those 30s\40s Paramount and 20th Century Fox films. E.g. when was the last time TCM showed Midnight?

Yes, a really solid actor; I like how in 50s and 60s T.V. crime shows he would be the everyday vulnerable small business \ family man. Sometimes even allowing himself to be corrupted, to a degree , in order to protect his family and livelihood, but when the criminals pushed too hard and asked for too much, he would show a backbone and assist the good-guys with sending the scum to their doom.

I'm not trying to convince anyone. I have no issues with the TCM's brand and the latest changes (from the logo, graphics, special series about problematic films, etc.,) have had no impact on me. I view them as much-ado-about-nothing and just enjoy the films, like I always have.

I agree that it is unlikely and I should have stated that, but it wouldn't surprise me. In the Chit-chat forum Cid has been pointing out the Georgia election law bill (he calls it a voter suppression bill). I think we can agree that TCM leans-left; E.g. take all of the hosts - I think it is fair to assume most, if not all, are not members of the GOP. As for Cid's question of: What effects do politics have on what TCM shows? Seriously. Very little from my point of view, but as we see from the angst, others likely believe a lot. The very little from my POV being the commentary the host are discussing related to a host of issues before films which is causing a lot of angst in many other threads related to TCM and politics, the cancel culture, blackface, etc..... These don't impact my viewing but again,, some people have threated to boycott TCM if they don't cut this out.

Yea, "to each his own" appears to have diminished across the USA as a whole. Too many people pushing the concept of conformity on others.