JarrodMcDonald

Yes, I think I read something about that.

I was being sarcastic in my previous post. Seriously, though, I think there will be some good side effects of this recent Oscar victory. It means that more women, especially young ones coming out of film schools, will be given opportunities at the major studios. We will see the fruit of this for the next few decades and it will likely bring about a new renaissance in feminist filmmaking.

But gosh, he's been popular for such a long time. During the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN craze, why didn't anyone make a group for him. Well, at least that is rectified now!

Forgive me if there is another thread for this, but I didn't find any. These are the latest groups to be added on the Classic Film Union. I will keep adding to this thread on days when there are more groups added that might be of interest to posters here. CLAIRE BLOOM JOHN DALL ROGER MOBLEY ALIDA VALLI CHARLES COBURN BIOGRAPHIES FRANCES FARMER BILLIE DOVE BILL MURRAY JOHNNY DEPP (Surprised there wasn't one for him already.)

Does he? I missed that. Thank you, and I will add it to the OP.

Yes, this is a film I can watch over and over. I get excited each time it's on...LOL

As long as it doesn't lead to reverse discrimination. I would hope that a deserving white male director does not get slighted because it may be politically correct to give the next directing Oscar to a Jewish black lesbian democrat who does a remake of GONE WITH THE WIND.

_*MAY HIGHLIGHTS*_ - Donna Reed SOTM - Race & Hollywood series all month - Billy Wilder on May 1 (SOME LIKE IT HOT receives its 120,000th broadcast on TCM.) - Mary Astor on May 3 - David Lean on May 7 - 12th Century flicks on May 8 - Mothers Day theme on May 9 - Clarence Brown on May 10 - Shirley Jones Guest Programmer on May 10 (And yes, she does pick ELMER GANTRY.) - Day of Murder on May 11 - Musical rarities on May 12 (Some MGM titles that don't get shown too often.) - Eddie Bracken on May 16 - Rosanno Brazzi on May 17 (You can never have too many films with a continental lover.) - Gold Diggers marathon on May 18 (All four titles!) - Ealing Studios Tribute on May 21 - James Stewart on May 20 (A wide range of his films.) - Cedric Hardwicke on May 22 - Evelyn Keyes on May 24 - Tribute to Ernest Hemingway on May 24 (Includes FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.) - Early John Wayne westerns on May 26 (A lot of rarely seen titles.) - Memorial Day weekend bonanza on May 28-30 - Clint Eastwood 80th birthday celebration on May 31 (It's gonna' make our day.)

_*APRIL HIGHLIGHTS*_ - Robert Taylor SOTM - George Stevens all month - Raquel Welch Guest Programmer on April 1 (Her choices are very interesting.) - Spring break flicks on April 2 - Walter Huston on April 6 - Inger Stevens on April 9 - Ernest Laszlo on April 10 (He's a great cinematographer.) - Stanley Donen on April 13 - Tribute to George Bernard Shaw on April 15 (In May, Hemingway gets a turn.) - Day of Heaven on April 16 - Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker on April 16 (!!!) - Farley Granger on April 17 - Kathryn Grayson on April 18 (Perhaps this will become her tribute?) - Buster Keaton rarities on April 18 - Harold Lloyd on April 20 (He's one of my favorites...can't wait!) - Eddie Albert on April 22 - Shirley Temple on April 23 (Nearly all her adolescent films.) - Douglas Trumbull on April 23 (He's a special effects pioneer and maestro.) - Marlene Dietrich on April 25 - Mitchell Leisen on April 28 (Includes the seldom seen ARISE MY LOVE.) - Debbie Reynolds on April 29 - Celeste Holm on April 29 - World War II biopics on April 29 (Some great titles.) - George Raft on April 30

_*MARCH HIGHLIGHTS*_ - Ginger Rogers SOTM - Akira Kurosawa 100th birthday tribute all month - Cyd Charisse on March 8 - Day of Dogs on March 11 - Charles Coburn on March 11 - Samantha Eggar on March 12 - Aging Cowboys on March 13 - Night of 'Heat' on March 13 - Tina Louise on March 14 - George Brent on March 15 - Constance Cummings on March 16 - St. Patty's Day theme on March 17 - Wyatt Earp biopics on March 18 - Edward Everett Horton on March 18 - Day of Gambling on March 19 - Peter O'Toole on March 20 - Remakes inspired by Kurosawa on March 21 - Karl Malden on March 22 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar Guest Programmer on March 22 - Steve McQueen on March 24 - David Lean on March 25 - Louis Jourdan on March 27 - Medical dramas on March 29 - Marx Brothers on March 29 - Day of Blues on March 30 - Shirley Jones on March 31

I think they probably figured she would win. They set these things up, because they know that clip will be shown again many times, for a long time to come. It certainly won't hurt Streisand and will add to her own cinematic immortality as having been part of such an historic moment. This said... The sad reality is that it took so long for this to happen. From Frances Marion directing back in 1921, to Dorothy Arzner in the 30s and 40s, Ida Lupino in the 40s and 50s, on through to the more recent female directors like Streisand, Marshall, Campion, Coppola, etc. It is a blight on the motion picture industry that it had been in the throes of sexism for so long, just like other aspects of our national culture. - Jarrod

I am wondering how long their licensing agreement lasts with Disney/Buena Vista. We may not see these films again for awhile on TCM. I haven't seen CANDLESHOE lately...or THE SHAGGY DOG.

Muni gives a flawless performance (one of many from him).

These titles may be of interest if you're a fan of Disney's early live action films, like I am: - THE PARENT TRAP...March 9 - HERBIE RIDES AGAIN...March 16 - THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES...April 17 - THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD...May 16 - THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG...May 22 Also (not quite Disney but uses a lot of people from Disney's live action unit): - TOM SAWYER...April 29

Some biopics will air on TCM in celebration of St. Patrick's Day: THE FLYING IRISHMAN (about pilot Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan) WILD IRISH ROSE (about tenor Chauncey Olcott) PARNELL (starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy)

Thanks for creating this thread...what a treat for Cyd's legion of fans! I am making a separate thread listing March highlights on the TCM schedule, and this item goes near the top!

One thing this list helps with is that some of the stars do not have groups in the CFU. It makes it easier to figure out which ones to request.

Thanks!

On March 8, TCM will air the classic pre-code crime drama I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG. The film stars Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man. It is from a script written by Howard J. Green and Brown Holme, based on Robert Elliott Burns's autobiography. The plot: Muni's character works on a southern chain gang but eventually escapes to Chicago. Later, he is offered a pardon if he will turn himself in. When he accepts, he learns it was just a ruse. So, he escapes once again. After seeing the film in 1932, audiences began to question aspects of the U.S.legal system. The picture was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture; Best Sound Recording; and a nod for Muni as Best Actor in a Leading Role. I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

The first one I tried from my desktop but it didn't work...I guess I needed a real URL.

I'm practicing...LOL Jean Arthur, ladies and gentlemen

Sure...you're welcome!

Thanks pat. I am not familiar with their films, but I will look for them on Netflix.

Robert Aldrich and Robert Wise are the auteurs with the widest range in terms of genre and willingness to experiment with storytelling archetypes. Phil Karlson also worked in very different genres with very different stars, but he was not as mainstream or as successful as Aldrich and Wise. I think Alfred Hitchcock was the most limited in terms of range. He was the undisputed master of what he did, but he was bound by a certain formula more than most directors.

_*M A Y*_ 1 Glenn Ford, Dan O'Herlihy, Rose Hobart 2 Brian Aherne, Hedda Hopper 3 Bing Crosby, Mary Astor, Beulah Bondi, Aline MacMahon, Walter Slezak 4 Audrey Hepburn 5 Alice Faye, Tyrone Power 6 Orson Welles, Rudolph Valentino, Stewart Granger 7 Gary Cooper, Anne Baxter, George "Gabby" Hayes 8 Rick Nelson 9 Richard Barthelmess 10 Fred Astaire, Charles MacGraw 11 12 Katharine Hepburn 13 Paul Stewart 14 Billie Dove 15 Joseph Cotten, James Mason 16 Henry Fonda, Harry Carey Jr. 17 18 19 20 James Stewart 21 Robert Montgomery, Raymond Burr 22 Laurence Olivier, Alla Nazimova 23 Herbert Marshall, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., James Gleason, Joan Collins 24 25 Jeanne Crain 26 John Wayne, John Dall, Al Jolson, Norma Talmadge, Paul Lukas, Robert Morley 27 Vincent Price, Lucille Watson 28 29 Bob Hope 30 Keir Dullea 31 Alida Valli, Don Ameche, Margalo Gillmore, Clint Eastwood