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  1. 7 hours ago, jakeem said:

    Don't forget that Blackman was an early 1960s television trailblazer opposite Patrick Macnee in the  British crime/mystery series "The Avengers." She played the formidable Cathy Gale, who often provided support for Macnee's dapper sleuth John Steed. Mrs. Gale displayed prowess as a martial arts expert, while frequently wearing a catsuit.

    Blackman left the series when she was cast as Pussy_Galore in "Goldfinger." Her replacement: Dame Diana Rigg, whose character Emma Peel -- also known for her martial arts skills and her outfits -- became an international sensation when "The Avengers" was exported to North American television.

    A 1965 Christmas episode of "The Avengers" featured a clever in-joke. While visiting Steed at his home, Mrs. Peel handed him some holiday cards from female acquaintances. One was from Mrs. Gale.

    Steed's response: "Mrs. Gale! Ah, how nice of her to remember me. What can she be doing in Fort Knox?"

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    Macnee as Steed and Blackman as Mrs. Gale

    Although Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee were the quintessential Avengers duo, Honor Blackman's Cathy Gale had a special appeal for me.  It was early in the series and Steed still had a less than gentlemanly edge to his character, and a willingness to exploit people (Gale included) for expediency.  They had a good professional relationship, but you get the impression that she didn't necessarily like him, and on many occasions, angered by how he used her, let him know it in no uncertain terms.  All which Steed smoothly ignored.

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  2. I used to think 'Til We Meet Again (1940) was one of the few remakes as good as the original.  But the more I watched the two, the more I realized it wasn't nearly as good as One Way Passage (1932).  Some parts of it work well, and I like George Brent and Merle Oberon, but Kay Francis and William Powell are one class act.  Comparing the two, you can also see the effect of enforcing the production code on movies.  There are many differences, subtle, but important, and they flatten out the emotional power of the later movie.  One example is at the end, where you see the couple in the later movie, as opposed to the solitary Frank McHugh.  An endorsement of marriage and the proper mode of sexual relations, rather than the hinted at between the main characters.

  3. 34 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:

    I am sensing some confusion in multiple posts on here whether the format switch happens at midnight or 3 am. See the above two posts and elsewhere on this thread. Not getting this channel, I have no idea.

    I neglected to say my times are Pacific.  So on the east coast it would be 3 a. m. that the retro portion of the schedule kicks in.

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  4. 41 minutes ago, Vautrin said:

    FMC used to show some of the studio era movies a number of times a week. Not sure if they do that

    anymore. They showed The Day the Earth Stood Still in that manner and I became addicted to watching

    if as often as possible. It helps if one likes the film in the first place.

    Not too hard to like TDTESS (the original).  What is FMC?

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