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http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88859/The-Sadist/ It will air again Saturday, July 27, 03:45 am (et)

Happy to help.

It has been discovered on earlier inquiries that, if one's memory is vague, then elements of a film may be misremembered, or combined with other films. The closest I can come to with a film involving an English person killing someone, trying to get a passport to flee to another country, and involved with a woman driving and fleeing from the police is Nowhere To Go: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85304/Nowhere-to-Go/ Click on READ THE FULL SYNOPSIS to read a detailed description of the action.

They chose a good day. We won't be missing anything.

One of the best death scenes in all film. After all the schmaltzy sentimentalism, that is. Myrna is magnificent. One of only two instances in classic film I can recall where someone died with their eyes open. Answer this, at what point does she die?

I know Where I'm Going! or Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau) or Lady With a Past or Morrocco or Funny Face or One Way Passage or 'Till We Meet Again or Hobson's Choice

What a great idea! Now I can celebrate my birthday anytime I want! Come to think of it, why limit it to one time a year?

>Dargo2: >reply to my suggestion that The Petrified Forest might make for an excellent remake As you ask, it never occurred to me. But I am open to the possibility. It has a theme of obsoletes canceling themselves out, like Shane and the revisionist westerns of the sixties and seventies. Don't ask me why, but it's romantic comedies that can strike me as having potential for a new take.

> D2: > must I do EVERYTHING for you people around here???!!! mmmmyep. But, yes, they do look alike.

Sunday, July 21 at 8:00 pm ET, as one of The Essentials, Jr., I guess: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/5776/Mon-Oncle/

Well, now we know who Virginia Vale was. I'm wondering if anyone saw a movie they liked. I tried recording Milionaires in Prison, but I only got part of it, due to a defective disk. Looks like I didn't miss much.

>Arturo: > the idea of remakes of classic films makes me nervous I agree that great films' remakes are almost always bad, and I shudder inwardly when they are suggested. But there are a number of lesser movies, unexceptional, yet still enjoyable to watch, that have in the storyline something which, in the right hands, has potential for a modern treatment.

Just wondering. Even major stars--I mean, not to say Virginia Vale isn't a major star--even major stars don't always get a whole day of films on their birthday. And this isn't even her birthday. There's a Lee Tracy film I'll record. Here's something from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Vale and here's a grain of salt. And a picture doesn't hurt: Vale[/i]inMillionairesinPrison(1940).jpg]

>twinkee: >look what happened to the remake of THE WOMEN It isn't great movies of the past that appear to me as fodder for updated treatments. It's rare for a remake of a great film to be any good. But Lady With a Past, as fun as it is to watch, is hardly a great cinematic achievement. In fact, that's what makes it a good candidate. Look at what Blake Edwards did with Victor/Victoria. Look what Mel Brooks did with The Producers. They took not-so-bad, but unexceptional movies, and used the germ of the idea in them for their work. As for actresses to take the leading role, of course, the worst thing to do would be to try to recreate Constance Bennett's persona. But there are actresses around today who can lend their own quality to the role.

Spring Byington and S. Z. Sakall are two of the most appealing screen presences, and are always enjoyable to watch. The rest of the film, for me, has such an irritating tone to it, that I find it impossible to watch, perhaps because it constantly invites comparison with the original. The only thing I find valuable in the movie is Judy Garland's singing, which is a thing of beauty.

A number of his movies have been attacked, but the results have never been worthwhile.

>TopBilled: >THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER was first remade in 1949 as IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME Yes, I dislike that movie so much, I must have blocked it out of my mind.

Others that comes to mind: The Shop Around the Corner, and You've Got Mail (1998 - 1940 = 50). Fifty years. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 - 1930 = 49). Forty-nine years.

Sometimes while watching a movie, I think, "Hey, somebody could make something of that." They usually are romantic comedies, and not necessarily great films, but ones I have fun watching. The one that comes to mind first is a movie starring Constance Bennett, called Lady With a Past, where she plays a proper, though socially awkward girl, who is the horror of her male acquaintance. Why someone so beautiful, no matter how dull she is, is so avoided by men is beyond me, but surprisingly, Miss Bennett does a fine job pulling it off. On a trip to France, she encounters a popular, but broke gentleman who she employs to make her a queen bee, and what do you know? it works! I've always thought an updated treatment, in the right hands, would do well. A couple other titles that appeal to me in the same way are a Marion Davies movie, The Patsy, and one starring Corrine Griffith and Charles Ray, called The Garden of Eden.

I hesitated to respond with this, primarily because the original is so great, and the idea and the star of the remake is so offensive to me, but: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and Mr. Deeds (2002) Let's see, 2002 - 1936 = 66 Sixty-six years, and way, way too soon.

It might be Mr. Hulot's Holiday, written, directed, and starring the fourth great silent film comedian, Jacques Tati: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Hulot%27s_Holiday

Well, I have seen this, but it was only once, and a long time ago: The Monitors, with Guy Stockwell, Susan Oliver, and Larry Storch. Directed by Jack Shea.

The music for this and the other movie intro segments is generally thought by posters here to be specially composed for them. I don't know if TCM has plans to release them on a CD or as downloadable tunes, but I'm sure they could make quite a few bucks if they did.

Yes, I get the same message. Perhaps someone was tinkering and dropped a wrench in the works.

Didn't this thread have more responses earlier? I'm feeling very disoriented. . . .