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When I was younger and dumber, I wanted a Spitfire. Great name, beautiful design and a British sports car. Fortunately never bought one as they were not very dependable and mechanical/electrical nightmares.

Didn't somebody start a thread on the Country Music series?

As an aside, Charter Spectrum is changing its format. One aspect is that the old 4 star(?) rating for movies has been replaced by the Rotten Tomatoes ratings. If ratings weren't confusing enough.

Understand that, but still not relevant. He could have done them all in one post with titles and dates and no pictures. As others have done on similar occasions.

I thought this thread was Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow on TCM. These latest posts are for a week away, if not more.

Not my favorite Mitchum movie, but definitively one that I really enjoy. Mitchum does a great job, but some how it does not come together as well as it should. Still very much worth watching.

After several scenes I remembered I had seen Nocturne before, but didn't really remember any of it. It was worth watching, but I thought much of it was too contrived, especially the ending. Have never liked George Raft. He seems one dimensional or wooden as my wife would say. Way too much of that here. The first role I appreciated Lynn Bari was as a reporter in The Falcon Takes Over.

I am currently reading the Matt Helm series, which was been re-released a few years ago. Not James Bond, but a secret agent from the same era. Interesting enough that I will probably purchase all of them - about half-way through now. Incidentally, you have to erase Dean Martin and his Matt Helm movies from your memory.

4:15 PM ET, Thursday: Come Fly With Me. An enjoyable romantic movie from the 60's, but not overly gushy.

If memory serves, Sean Connery said his favorite is From Russia With Love. Mine too, but Goldfinger is probably the best Bond movie of all.

I agree that Lazenby was better than most give him credit for. A little more effort by producers and directors and he easily could have become one of the better Bonds.

Wouldn't be my list, but to each his own. No, I don't have a list and am not going to comment on why I would not consider most of these as "Great War Films." Now if he is talking about entertainment value or reinforcing stereotypes as created by those in military that may be something different.

I saw both of these some time back. Not impressed with either one of them.

The Pleasure Seekers shows up fairly often on Fox Movie Channel.

Here the trunk or treating at the church is followed by all the kids fanning out into the surrounding neighborhood to trick or treat. I live two blocks from the church.

I have watched all the episodes of Veep. Not sure why Louis-Dreyfus won so many times, especially for years 3-6. 7 is better, but still not great. Have seen Louis-Dreyfus in a lot, but think she did better in Christmas Vacation than anything else.

Clorox Bleachman rules!

I have long believed that Emmys, Oscars and other awards should not be repeatable. Say, a winner has to sit out for the nest two or three years.

Margolin was also a recurring character in Bret Maverick, another Garner production. I have seen the Nichols episodes in past year or so, but not really impressed. Margolin should have gotten an Emmy for most "interesting" hair while in Rockford.

While he had a limited range, I always enjoyed his roles. Of course he was best (probably) in the Rockford Files. He also had something to do with Love, American Style TV series. Producer and/or director maybe. He also starred in many of them.

Always been interesting that if I use the Charter guide sometimes it lists shorts and sometimes it doesn't. Guess it depends on when TCM lets them know about the addition of shorts.

Tuesday, Sep. 3 - lots of SciFi. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and The Giant Behemoth are fairly good. Interesting that One Million BC (1940) is Horror and the remake One Million Years BC is Adventure.

Between 600 and 1,000 trick or treaters - honestly. It has sort of become a community event for our street to be "featured."

Since we have between 600 and 1,000 trick or treaters, no such thing as "between trick or treaters." I guess this means you don't watch the Hallmark Channel when they do solid months of July and December for Christmas movies. I am not opposed to themes for a couple of days or a day. On the other hand I really dislike SUTS and others when they focus on one person for a whole day. Similarly I would dislike a day focused on musicals or romances.

I noticed that To Have and Have Not, 08/27, is classified as a romance on the TCM schedule. Guess it sort of is, but I never think of it that way.