RaquelVixen
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> {quote:title=TCMfan23 wrote:}{quote}
> James Caan isn't even a classic era star. Why is is on SUTS ?
Because he is a *****.*
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I think there are several directors considered stars, for one Alfred Hitchcock.
Another star who actually fits the bill perfectly is Orson Welles. His made his S.U.T.S. debut last year.
I think star is considered by most to be someone who acts, minus the cameos with which Hitch was so famous.
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> {quote:title=dpompper wrote:}{quote}Lots of great suggestions in there, Andy. I especially like the one about directors as featured SUTS.
Just for the record, the idea about auteurs and directors was, actually, my idea.
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I must say 24 hours of Elvis and Jack Lemmon has induced the complete cessation of watching TCM for those days. This has to be one of the most underwhelming Summer Under the Stars on record.
Why just stars?
I think they need to brach out and include auteurs and directors instead of just clinging to the catch phrase Summer Under the *Stars.* One aspect that I feel that TCM emphasizes too much is the star concept at the expense of great movies that don't have to have a Hollywood star.
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I miss SansFin---MissW
I kinda miss the Shark's Fin soup I used to have at Golden Orchids on Little Bourke St in Melbourne, OZ
Bloody good stuff.
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> {quote:title=aimalac wrote:}{quote}I've noticed that TCMfan123 hasn't been posting his usual nonsense and then have everyone come crashing down on him. Maybe if he starts posting again, things will spark up
Love the sarcasm................. :^0
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Too bad he didn't spare the people in the boats and on the bridge who had to witness a man leaping to his death.
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Speaking of trolls, do you know that people from Michigan who live in the Upper Peninsula call those who reside in the Lower Peninsula trolls because they live under the bridge? The bridge being the Mackinac Bridge which connects the two peninsulas of the Great Lake State...
And now we return to our regularly scheduled programming.
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Is the velocity equal to the quality of the thread? Or does the velocity of the thread decrease or increase the further you digress from it?
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George postings belong on the George thread. Thank You----rosehips2012
I call that a rather pointed admonition. Si vous plait..
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> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote}A lot of those "classic " movies we all love so well often make references to small cities in the northeast that were also railroad stops in the old days; Albany, Schenectady, Scranton, Altoona,
Two films that reference Michigan cities on such train station announcements are North by Northwest and The Magnificent Ambersons, where Uncle Jack is saying goodbye to Georgie in the train depot after the family has gone bust. We hear on the loudspeaker the names of several cities,,,,,Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Detroit in a brilliantly lit scene by Stanley Cortez and no dialouge from Tim Holt(Georgie).
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}I am in a small place that isn't even officially a city. It's called Hollywood, California, and we never get mentioned in movies.
Indeed, Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles.
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> {quote:title=sfpcc1 wrote:}{quote}I'm from the Detroit Area. We got Robocop one two and three, (however I really grew up in Southfield, Hometown of Selma Blair.)
And don't forget baseball's Ted Simmons late of the St.Louis Cardinals who as a graduate of Southfield High School has the school's baseball field named after him.
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Hey, Finance, some people think we have no class!!!-----Hibi
*Hey we got no class, and we got no principals, and we got no innocence. We can't even think of a word that rhymes* but then again school's been out for us for quite some time, without giving away my age, folks.
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George's posterior just grew?
Hibi,
Oh my heavens, wasn't it already too big to begin? :0
Did he have to start shopping at a tent manufacturer?
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*Hmmm, why would that make some glad?*----willbefree25
I don't know willbefree25, maybe the Dave Clark Five and Carl Perkins are Glad All Over. But then again, they were always glad all over.
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The junk to which you refer is Elvis' watered down schmaltz which is far cry from the fabulous music that was performed in August 1969 in Bethel, New York before an estimated 600,000 people during three days of peace, love and music. I bet even Johnny Cash and company would be hard pressed to draw that many fans to a single venue. Actually, Elvis in 1972 had far more in common with the country and western set than the Woodstock nation because Elvis didn't Rock. He did have a few Rolls though. And I don't mean the cah, eh.
Besides, I didn't know you had to be an aging hippie to like rock 'n' roll. I'm certainly not a hippie or whatever that pejorative you employed connotes.
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> {quote:title=sturgesfan wrote:}{quote}Does TCM have plans to air films in HD?
A nice alternative to TCM's not broadcasting in HD is the MGM HD cable channel, It broadcasts in HD and you are able to see some films that have aired on TCM. For instance, in the past few days they aired Khartoum (1966), The Battle of Britain (1969) and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943).
It's a stunning picture if you have a HD TV, HD cable box and a HDMI connection.
Just a suggestion to get around the TCM HD snafu.
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I'm mortified!
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You don't like the cute little Geico gecko?
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote}{quote}....
> Yes, they are. There's plenty of new content that's been created so far this year that isn't just about selling DVDs.
There's been a new Summer Under the Stars general promo that highlights are few actors but it is all too brief; I believe it is less than a minute in length. However, we are treated to alot of repetition elsewhere this month.
I have seen the Anthony Hopkins for Turner Classic Movies piece on Katharine Hepburn at least nine times in the past day or two. We will continue to get it until "Kate's day." At that point, a new repetitive cycle will commence with one star gushing over a classic film star until that star's day ends. The Hopkins piece and many others ie- Kurt Russell on Elvis, Burt Reynolds on Spencer Tracy have been trotted out for years so airing them ad naseum during the S.U.T.S. is particularly irriating.
We use to get an unscheduled short thrown in once in while during these time gaps. I would welcome a FitzPatrick Traveltalks in lieu of hearing Anthony Hopkins talk about Kate's trousers again and again.
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> {quote:title=MovieMadness wrote:}{quote}If I had to determine the greatest movie of all time I would start with what movie has had the most people pay to see it, and I think that means it is
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> *Gone With The Wind*
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> Total ticket sales since release.
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> From the financial list I saw I don't think it is even close to other standard classic movies by comparison. Only the early Disney animated come close.
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. :^0
Kane will always be the toppermost in my eyes.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}I know. I meant to add that - "Not to be confused with the Paul Anka song, which I believe Donny Osmund covered."
> SAme title, very different tune.
Do you recall Andrew Gold's 1976 hit "Lonely Boy"?
A much different song, not be confused with Donny Osmond's pulp song. :^0
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Just one example: The Stones' Street Fighting Man, from their "Beggers' Banquet" album.
Not to mention this song has one of the first if not the very first uses of the Moog synthesizer. It gives it a certain and arresting quality. And Brian played a mean maraca on Street as well.
Anyone Else Bored With SUTS???
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*I think this is a TERRIBLE idea*
I think it's a terrible idea that TCM decides to clog up its airwaves for 24 hours with a myriad of inconsequential films with the likes of James Caan and Jack Lemmon. I even find it difficult to write star and James Caan in the same sentence. James Caan is a classic film star? That idea takes the cake for terribleness. I wonder when Stuart Whitman will get his S.U.T.S. debut?
The point I was trying to make was that I'd rather see a great film than just some film that is merely a vehicle for said star. All flash and no substance is tedious.