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My comment meant that it is a very good movie regardless of what Ann Sheridan wore.

Have owned the DVD for many years, since before it became a cult classic or marathon candidate. However, I also remember reading Jean Shepherd stories (on which the movie is based) when I was in high school and afterwords. Always one of our Christmas movies to watch. As for making it X rated, interesting and I'm sure someone has played with it.

I think I did mention this on one of the Off Topic threads, but forget which one now.

If you look closely at movies from this period, it appears bras were not worn in many of them. I don't believe there was a rule requiring them. Also appears that a lot of movies featured backless gowns so audience would assume women were not wearing bras. Although there are some bras especially made for backless dresses. Personally I wonder how her hat got past the censors. Regardless, it is a very good movie.

With Hamilton and most others, you do have to shop around. One advantage to Hamilton is that they have a standard shipping charge of $3.50 no matter how big your order. You can also mix books and DVD's, whereas some sources may sell both but you can't mix an order. I usually have a list of a few DVD's I want and then check among my 4 or 5 favorite sources. I have noticed over the last couple of years that most DVD's are going up in price and there are fewer bargains. The days of the good DVD's for $9.98 are long gone.

Thanks. I did search ccvideo.com and they have a "studio" tab which brings up Criterion Collection and several others. So, guess they are available from many sources. I'm sure we have purchased some before, but not specifically because they were Criterion. Think some of the catalogs we get do periodically have a Criterion Collection section. Did remind me of the Martini Movies that I purchased several years ago. http://www.ccvideo.com/shop-by-studio

We don't purchase by releasing company, but rather by movie or TV show. What are the Criterion Collection movies? I know I have some, but too lazy to go find them. I get most of my DVD's from CCVideo.com, Oldies.com and a couple of others. Did get a catalog from Kino Lobar recently that has some interesting Noirs in it, but not sure I want to order them as not that familiar with the movies. Also one from Clickii.

We may soon know. No indications, but I have participated in other forums that were sponsored by corporations. They have either disappeared or been so ignored by the corporations that they may as well have been. However, I am sure facebook twitter, et. al. are contributing to the disappearance of forums.

Not sure if it was progressive or liberal vs. less regulated in many respects. Up until the mid-70's S.C. did not allow liquor by the drink, brown bagging or anything else. Bars and restaurants could only sell beer and maybe wine, unless a "private" club. In my town, the Moose Lodge, VFW, American Legion were the private clubs that sold liquor. Although many patrons were not members of any of them. Heck, my friends and I were able to purchase beer and hard liquor with little trouble when we were 16. If you drive up to a drive-in restaurant, you could purchase beer. At the same time, you could walk into any bar in Charleston Co. and purchase alcohol by the drink of any kind. No ID needed since it was illegal to sell it anyway. We're talking the best restaurants, hotels, etc. At that time, you had to be 18 to purchase beer anywhere and 21 to purchase liquor at liquor stores. Not sure about wine. Had a governor who had the state law enforcement agencies enforce the state laws uniformally across the state. Locals wouldn't do it. They shut down bars every week-end in Charleston and other areas until the legislature relented and passed reasonable alcohol beverage laws. Authorized brown bagging for a few years (even more drunks on the road) and then mini-bottles (pain for businesses and still more drunks on the road). Finally they passed current laws which are pretty much what rest of US has.

Lived in coastal S.C. growing up and at age 14 got a job in local drugstore which sold magazines. We sold Playboy and other men's magazines to anyone who had the money. I don't think any stores had an age limit. Of course I got mine first at a discount. When I was 16, store stopped selling magazines due to hassle and low profits. So I began subscribing. Was popular in HS, College and the Army in Vietnam. One of the rooms I lived in in Nam had framed centerfolds on the walls. The medical unit where the male personnel lived had the walls completely covered in centerfolds. I was on an exercise with a National Guard unit in Sep. 1984. They housed me with several chaplains. I bought a copy of the Sep. 1984 Penthouse at the PX. The one with Vanessa Williams for historical value (still have it). Ironically, the chaplains borrowed it and passed it around for days.

This version more or less states mid-1960's as to its common use to mean homosexual. However, may have been used before that by some. Regardless, I don't think Hollywood used it before the 1960's in public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay

Think you have misinterpreted the context in which "gay" was used here. Probably referred to being happy or similar. But, I have not seen the movie or the clip so just guessing. The Gay Falcon was released in 1941 and I am sure no one involved considered the George Sanders character to be gay in the current meaning of the word. I have seen other movies from before the 60's where "gay" meant happy, merry, bright, lively, showy, etc.

One of my favorite movies will be showing Tuesday Dec 26, Bachelor in Paradise with Turner and Bob Hope.

OK, who are they and what movie are they in?

I've always thought "pre-code" is a lot of hype. If you look at the boxes for the DVD sets or pre-code movies, it looks and sounds almost like soft core porn. Then if you look at TV ratings, they are classified as PG, if not G. I know you have to accept a lot of innuendo, etc., but still...

I was watching an episode of Shenandoah this morning where he is in an almost ghost town. However, he is able to order a steak at the hotel. How did they keep the steaks fresh enough to actually eat in the West? My wife pointed out all the steaks eaten at Delmonico's in Gunsmoke. Of course, Dodge City had a lot of people.

Based on my experiences on other sites I would question whether polls on this site would have any validity at all. Too many people would simply ignore them. So, you would end up with a poll with too few participants.

Guess I knew it, but had forgotten or ignored it as to my having over 5,000 posts. Obviously spending way too much time here and not enough drinking wine while actually watching TCM. Went to a nutrition counselling class yesterday and was informed (again) that should not drink more than 2-5 oz. glasses of wine per day. Maybe if I started drinking bad tasting wine?????

Interesting thought, but how are they going to make money off "classic films" if they are "free" on cable/sat and their catalogs, DVD's, etc. cost too much? As for the wine, never tried and never will. If I cannot find it in my local grocery or beverage store, I'm not buying it. Based on the ads, it is far too expensive for me anyway.

I have every channel that Charter/Spectrum offers and never knew EWTN was one of them. Now I do periodically surf all the channels to see if there is anything worth watching or if Spectrum has added something new. Apparently I skipped over EWTN as soon as I noted it was a religious station. Incidentally, it takes far less than an hour to surf all the channel listings. Regardless, Mother Dolores Hart was a guest on TCM several months ago and did some interviews. I have at two of her movies on DVD - Where the Boys Are and Come Fly With Me. Boys is the better movie, but both are very entertaining. Lisa, AKA The Inspector is a serious movie that she made which also stars Stephen Boyd. Very interesting. She plays a Holocaust survivor. She is still a voting member of the Academy.

I do not patronize Amazon because of their corporate practices.

Are you saying they are unavailable at TCM shop? There are many sources for DVD's of old films. Two of my go to sources are ccvideo.com and oldies.com. Both also feature CD's of old music if you want that. Oldies.com has Shop Around the Corner as part of a higher priced Christmas set. The other one mentioned above is out of stock. https://www.oldies.com/search/results.cfm?q=The+Shop+Around+the+Corner&results=tags_DVDs ccvideo has Shop on a couple of different sets. http://www.ccvideo.com/search?q=The+Shop+Around+the+Corner&mod=AP Couldn't find Barefoot Contessa anywhere.

Are the Pete Smith comedy shorts available on DVD? Particularly interested in those with Dave O'Brien. Tried to search the internet and TCM Store.

Robby was also in an episode of The Thin Man TV series!

I watched the beginning of it the other day and noticed that Ronnie Burns is in the cast. FYI, he and his sister were adopted by George Burns and Gracie Allen. Ronnie was in many of the later TV shows of theirs.