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Sorry but that doesn't add up to me as a musician; clearly Charlie had enough money to build a sound-proof music room. I have one and I don't have close to the net worth of that guy.

And if TCM did that, you would move forward? Dang, I wish I knew this before, because I would have called Charles personally and lobbied on your behalf.

This is a nice list but I would re-word #6: to me it is irrelevant how one defines "classic". What is relevant to a potential new viewer is the movies that will be shown; So I would just say over 80% of the films shown will be American Studio-Era talking films (1929 - 1968), with the remainder a mix of post Studio-Era films, silent and foreign films.

The producers already changed the theme song from "and the rest" to mentioning the professor and Maryann. They didn't wish to make another change: "and babies, Gingerpie and Mary Jr" (but "professors seedlings" would have been cute). See how I tied this to the title of this thread.

Likely never especially since Disney acquired Fox.

And some actors can look authentic playing way older characters, regardless of their natural look; I.e. they don't look like a much younger actor with a lot of make-up. Walter Brennan comes to mind. Of course since one rarely see actors "naturally" I don't know how one would know this. E.g. I looked up Jo Van Fleet when receiving her Oscar; Is how one looks when going to such an award show their "natural" look? I assume it is much different than how one looks right after they get out of bed!

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND had to end before Ginger or Maryann got pregnant.

I believe you're on to something there. I have seen character's discuss other characters and using another character's name. I assume it is hard as an actor known for making movies other than plays or T.V. (when the producer\director were too cheap to say "cut" and do a retake). I.e. for someone like Joan not to react but just go-with-the-flow is very difficult. Hey, maybe that is why the child actors appeared to be the most seamless actors on the show. They didn't know any better!

I meet Mr. Feinstein once and I have a lot of respect for him. He helps keeps the music from my favorite period in American history "alive" using multiple means like his work with the Library of Congress, as you note, other historical efforts and of course his interpretation of this music. Thanks for making others aware of this.

I have been to St. Moritz in Switzerland and that town is mentioned in two Bond films. About 24 years ago I drove there on my honeymoon when we were staying at a fairly large hotel on the Italian alps side. The drive to St. Moritz was nice but it was the scariest road I have ever been on. Very steep, winding road with access for only two cars, both direction. Another funny thing is that when we woke up in the morning the Hotel was empty. We were there in late September and the hotel closed for the season. My Italian wife talked to the owner and it was clear they made a mistake by giving us a 3 day reservation. Once he knew we were on our honeymoon he gave us a key, so we could access anything in the hotel and his family did the maid services. He offered to have us eat with his family each day but we declined that. It was like we were in The Shining!

With regards to a new adaptation of Nightmare Alley: I would make the story about phony influencers and how they extort money from both sides of the fence: E.g. extorting hotels and resorts; pay me X if you wish for me to recommend you. Getting paid from consumers for these extorted recommendations.

Again, it all depends on how one "measures" the term "warrant"; if SOTM is mostly about TCM marketing and PR (i.e. bringing in new fans to the network), than the primary measure of "warrant" is how many new fans come on board. It clearly isn't to appease existing fans like us (especially the diehard ones at this forum); E.g. how many of us members here are going to stop watching TCM because of who they did or did not select for SOTM?

Used to see Tom Scott and his west coast band often during the 70s and 80s when I was just getting into jazz and being a jazz musician. Had a talk one night with Victor Feldman, a fine musician (keyboards, vibes, drums and other percussion instruments). I asked him how much Miles Davis really contributed to the Seven Steps to Heaven song since the rumor was that this was another song Miles stole from a one of his bandmates. Victor just gave me a wide smile! Note that Feldman played on the first 7 Steely Dan albums. E.g. It is Feldman's percussion work on Steely Dan's song "Do It Again" that gives the song its Latin groove.

Good points; I assume there are many criteria TCM programmers use to determine who will be the next SOTM. My overall point was a review of past SOTM and then ranking those that have never been SOTM in order to determine who "deserves" to be SOTM is just one of these many criteria. Somewhat related to this: The Economist last-page obituary: I always check this out to get a view of what the editors feel was the person they decided to cover as a way to get a pulse on the relevance of the deaths that took place, worldwide, the previous week. This week it was Jane Withers. I'm aware of her passing mainly due to this website but I admit I was very surprised The Economist featured her. The article mentions her as the more realistic young girl compared to Temple: I.e. it plays up her tomboy persona in a positive way. Anyhow, my point is about; how the people that make these decisions arrive upon them and I find this interesting and I wish I knew more about that.

I felt the same thing, expect it was about you.

That all depends on how one views new adaptations and what is a good or bad "idea". E.g. for a Producer who invested in such a project it is a "good" idea if it make money. The quality of the work, or how it stacks up to previous adaptations are irrelevant. Very view general public viewers are even aware of over 50 year old prior adaptations and those that are, typically don't think in terms like: I'm only going to see the new one if I'm told it is better than the prior one.

But as you know such programming as SUTS or SOTM are promotional and marketing and "fairness" isn't a concept here. Therefore the best way to get Joan Bennett to be promoted by TCM would be to tie her to a more recent cultural event; E.g. Dark Shadows. TCM should have done that when the Depp remake was released.

Difficult type of movie to make but the 1946 version as directed by Edmund Goulding does a good job.

Cleo Moore made somewhat of a splash in the film On Dangerous Grounds (Ray directed Lupino\Ryan film), and Columbia signed her to a contract since blonde bombshells were an item in the early 50s. What is surprising is that Columbia signed Haas to direct films allowing him to produce, write, direct and act in them.

Robin didn't wish to expose these poor everyday citizens to Guy and the Sherriff and his men since they could later round them up and torture\kill them. I.e. these folks were not part of Robin's group of fighting men.

Since Groucho Marx and You Bet Your Life is being discussed I felt I would post his interview with Gloria and Skip Ficking, creators of the Honey West character. Just a few days ago Gloria was told she only had a few days to live but the surgical procedure was successful and hopefully she will be release this week.

MOVIES-TV has been showing many of the Hugo Haas produced\directed\staring in films that feature Cleo Moore. Strange Fascination is the 1st one they did.

April 8, 1931 - August 13, 2021 Dolores Joan Henriksen (originally Boucher, then Van Ness) has passed away at the age of ninety. Born in Farmington, Michigan, she was a longtime resident of Inglewood, and then San Juan Capistrano, California. Dee (as she was known to many) was an amazing dancer, singer, and actress who appeared in many movies including It's a Wonderful Life, and was a regular (with her musical act, "The Showtimers") on The Kate Smith Show. She then taught dance and drama at The Gladora Theatre Studio (owned by her mother, Gladys Boucher, and her aunt, Dorothe Wilbour), and directed their annual "June Show". She also was a choreographer for the Kentwood Players, taught ballroom dancing, and waitressed for many years at the LAX Hyatt Hotel. Later in life she enjoyed a third (fourth? fifth?) career as the Lunch Supervisor at Ambuehl Elementary. Obviously, never one to shy away from responsibility, Dee raised her two daughters as a single mom, putting them through private school, braces, and every extracurricular possible, with her incredible skill of making ends meet. Not your stereotypical "sweet little old lady", Dee loved showbusiness, Andres champagne, Jazzercise, her blue convertible Miata, the TCM Channel, the LA Times, happy hour at nice restaurants, her cat Penny, and her family. Dee is survived by her two daughters, her three grandchildren, and her cat. You will be missed Dee. Cheers to you!

I'm looking forward to it.

Sushi Girl is a favorite of mine as well. Just dropped Waybill and his wife at the airport since they left their car at my house. Picking them back up on Monday. White Punks on Dope is a classic (ha ha_)!