MyFavoriteFilms
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What about atheists who may dislike the subject of this thread, since it refers to the act of 'blessing' someone or something...? LOL
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That does seem a little bit extreme, Arch.
Your experience sounds like the plot to an old movie: QUIET PLEASE -- MURDER.
At least you left without a criminal record. LOL
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On my Netflix queue I have EXECUTIVE ACTION, an early 70s flick starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan. It's about the Kennedy assassination, told from the point of view of the conspiracy theorists. It supposedly makes the Warren Commission report look like child's play. I have a feeling Oliver Stone was heavily influenced by this film when he did JFK nearly twenty years later.
TCM should air it...it's part of the Warners video library.
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That's dedication, Valentine...I haven't gone to such desperate lengths (yet). LOL
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When was the last time they aired THE BEST MAN? I've been waiting for it, as it is not widely available.
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> Diegesis had not been recognized as a disease in those days. Persons suffering from it were considered mentally ill, and treated as such. It wasn't until the famous article in The Saturday Evening Post was published that society, and Hollywood, began to reshape their views on this terrible scourge.
That is too funny! LOL
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I realized the other day how ALL films are a suspension of disbelief.
Every death scene is simulated and requires us to believe in the 'killing' of the character, not the actor. And very little reference is ever made that a character in a film even uses the restroom.
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Oh, that's confusing. I am glad you took the time to check and let me know. I did think it interesting that all those Chaplin films had perfect scores. LOL
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I don't know how much stock people take in these ratings, but I do use them as a guide...if the title gets four or five stars (on a scale of five stars) then I am inclined to go with it and put it in the queue.
I think it's remarkable that so many films have a full five stars. All it takes is one or two people to dislike it and give it a low rating, to automatically ruin its perfect rating.
These are the ones on my queue that have 5 stars...do you agree?
*CITY LIGHTS*
*MODERN TIMES*
*THE SONG OF BERNADETTE*
*PILLOW TALK*
*THE GOLD RUSH*
*THE CIRCUS*
*THE COWBOYS*
*THE THREE FACES OF EVE*
Many others have between 4 and a half and 5:
THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS (looks like 4 and 7/8 stars. LOL)
EACH DAWN I DIE (also seems to be 4 and 7/8)
THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL (looks like 4 and 3/4 stars)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT by Ernst Lubitsch (right at 4.5)
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN (also 4.5)
CLEOPATRA starring Claudette Colbert (4.5)
THE TRAIN starring Burt Lancaster (another 4.5)
Anyway, it seems pretty unanimous for some of these titles that they are classic crowd pleasers.
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Don't forget two with George C. Scott (PATTON and A CHRISTMAS CAROL which I am very eager to see.)
The version of SEVENTH HEAVEN is the one with Jimmy Stewart and Simone Simon.
It certainly seems to be a month of Shirley Temple...glad about that. Plus, Tom Rothman has a Fox Legacy piece on her career at Fox.
Ty Power's AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES is also airing in December. Plus LLOYDS OF LONDON and JOHNNY APOLLO. Then, on January 1st, THE RAZOR'S EDGE is broadcast.
I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE is not scheduled on FMC (perhaps it's on another channel).
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_Scheduled for December:_
CALL ME MISTER...Grable & Dailey
ALL HANDS ON DECK
THE TURNING POINT
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH...Ty Power
CALL HER SAVAGE...precode with Clara Bow & Thelma Todd
THE BOSTON STRANGLER
THE LEOPARD
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID...Fox Legacy intro by Tom Rothman
MY COUSIN RACHEL
ALASKA PASSAGE
PATTON
RAID ON ENTEBBE
IN OLD CHICAGO
ROXIE HART
I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE
CLEOPATRA
NINE TO FIVE
ONLY THE LONELY
I WAKE UP SCREAMING
LAURA
NO WAY OUT
THE CRUCIBLE
SITTING PRETTY
HOME IN INDIANA
BLUE DENIM
WHEN THE WHALES CAME
A CHRISTMAS CAROL...84 version with George C. Scott as Scrooge
I WAS AN ADVENTURESS...Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Peter Lorre
SPEED
LADIES IN LOVE...Loretta Young, Janet Gaynor & Constance Bennett
ON THE RIVIERA
DAISY KENYON
THE RAINS CAME
CLAUDIA AND DAVID
THE JACKPOT...James Stewart and a young Natalie Wood
THE BLUE BIRD
REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM
THE GANG'S ALL HERE
WINTERTIME
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS
THE MUDLARK
NINE HOURS TO RAMA
THE RIVER'S EDGE
OUR LITTLE GIRL
JUST AROUND THE CORNER
STOWAWAY
SUSANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
SEVENTH HEAVEN
SALLY, IRENE AND MARY
CAVALCADE
CLAUDINE
ALL ABOUT EVE
ALL THAT JAZZ
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET...with Leonardo DiCaprio
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We're also forgetting Errol Flynn in the earlier film GENTLEMAN JIM plus William Lundigan and Dan Dailey in SUNDAY PUNCH.
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The print was in poor condition (the one they showed yesterday on TCM). Honestly, it made me want to press 'stop' and find the Technicolor copy I have starring Stewart Granger.
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Thanks, Bing. I am also surprised the entire Andy Hardy series has not made it to DVD. Just the titles with Mickey & Judy.
The Dr. Kildare/Dr. Gillespie series would be fun to have as well.
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Are you serving tea with that slice of happiness?
The thread has generated some good discussion about how frequently silent films are aired on TCM.
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Good comments.
As for music: synchronous sound is when we as the audience hear something and so do the characters. Like if a character in the middle of a scene turns on a radio. We hear the music that they are hearing. But asynchronous sound is when we hear incidental or background music that the characters do not hear.
Remember the TV series Moonlighting in the 80s? There would be opening scenes where we would hear the beginning of the theme music and so would the characters...and Bruce Willis or Cybil Shepard would break the fourth wall and tell the sound technician to stop the music. In that case, it was originally non-diegetic, then it abruptly became diegetic.
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> Thanks for asking MFF. Actually, it was during the 40s when the term, and the concept of teenage as a separate entity came into general use and the public consciousness.
Great. I figured you would have the answer!
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Well, John Garfield made a boxing picture not long before this one, BODY AND SOUL. And a year later, Kirk Douglas would don the gloves for CHAMPION. Mickey Rooney also did KILLER MCCOY at this time. Robert Ryan was hardly the only one in shape to play such a role. It was one of those cycles, where each studio did a similar movie using a proven formula.
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Good post, Kinokima. It's a lot learning how to make films successfully. It helps to concentrate on visuals in the beginning, then you get to sound later.
In many ways, this happens today when a film has to be extensively redubbed and the foley needs to be corrected. As long as you have the visuals, then you can refine the audio problems. You can have good visuals with slightly poor audio, and the audience will forgive it. But you can't have sloppy visuals with great audio...then you might as well go into radio.
I think our silent film pioneers teach us the utter importance of the visual. And it shows how film is ultimately different from literature and live theatre.
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According to his wiki page:
Robert Ryan graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932, having held the school's heavyweight boxing title all four years of his attendance.
It has been said that THE SET-UP was his personal favorite of all the motion pictures he made. It seems like a good combination of his artistry and his athleticism.
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Yes, this one isn't aired too often. I have set the DVR. Missing from your cast list is the great actress Anna Lee who later spent decades on TV's General Hospital...she was married to director Robert Stevenson.
Among her other film credits: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (which is scheduled on FMC next week), HANGMEN ALSO DIE!, BEDLAM (which is scheduled on TCM in the next few days), THE CRIMSON KIMONO which recently aired on TCM, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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Yes, PRIDE OF THE YANKEES is one they should've aired the other night. She's very memorable in that film, almost stealing the spotlight from Coop and Walter Brennan.
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What are you thankful for...?
I'm thankful that TCM still airs commercial-free movies. That's a big deal.
Also, for the most part, I am happy with the variety of films the programmers select, even when I think there are improvements to be made.
And I am thankful that when TCM works in tandem with outside groups like the UCLA Film & Television Archives, they are presenting classics in newly restored condition.
Now, if TCM would just continue to help rescue films from the vaults of Universal, Paramount and Fox...that of course, should be an on-going mission. In fact, it should be a goal that every classic film becomes commercially available to consumers. That's a tall order, but if we chip away at it each year, it can be a reality. TCM is a leader in this area.
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Oh, okay...glad we could be of service. LOL
Thanksgiving gratitude, TCM style
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Great post...and a reminder about all the different types of classic movie programming TCM does offer.