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Friday, November 6/7 3:30 a.m. Sat. Originally scheduled, The Hunting Party (1971) with Oliver Reed has sadly been replaced with The Nanny (1965) the often scheduled Bette Davis film. This is in both the U.S. and Canada. 5:06 a.m. Sun..The Sand ..The Hill (1965) a behind-the-scenes of one of my favourite Sidney Lumet films, The Hill (1965) with Sean Connery. Made during his Bond years but without his toupee. Ossie Davis, Roy Kinnear and the rest of the cast are great in this film.

This post may contains Spoilers. Though I doubt very much that anyone else on the TCM Discussion Boards will be running to see this one ... Furious 7, of the Fast and Furious franchise. It was dopey, stupid and inane as one would expect. No car pooling in this one. Every one of Vin Diesel's team has his own suped-up hod rod. Typical American action scenario where the hero goes after the heartless terrorist without a cause. It did have a certain cheese factor that had me giggling. The 'team' drive out the back of a Military cargo plane in their cars - at 30,000 feet then deploy parachutes just before hitting the winding mountain road to take up pursuit of the terrorists. That's just one gag. i don't think this will be bumping any Hopalong Cassidy movies anytime soon on TCM, so not to worry.

No sense of humour. I didn't even come close to spelling out the mother word.

Doh, yes. Sorry!!! I've gone back and put Fred at the top of my little post. Thanks MW.

He owns it already and has said so on several occasions.

Fred, I think Swithin means this as a film recommendation in general and to catch it in the cinema if you can to which we should be grateful. There's nothing wrong in film fans passing this on in this forum. I don't think Swithin was suggesting bumping a TCM oldie to show this movie anytime soon. The sky is not falling!

These are my favourites which I think are on the schedule ... The Divorcee (1930) A Free Soul (1931) Marie Antoinette (1938) Romeo and Juliet (1936) And I like He who Gets Slapped (1924) but mainly for Chaney's performance. I haven't seen any of her other silent films as yet.

Actually it is a testament to his talent that he survived that scandal and continued on making many movies. Not many others would have been able to do so. Or avoid jail time. He lead a charmed life in those days in many respects.

Thursday, November 5 I think all of today's films have been on quite a few times. 1:15 p.m. Rain (1932). I’ve seen this one a few times and quite enjoyed the performances by Joan Crawford, Walter Huston and Beulah Bondi. 10:15 p.m. The Three Musketeers (1973) A great fun version of the classic by Richard Lester.

But you didn't see this one, or did you? He was slurring for sure. In the biography Baby, I Don't Care it does mention his public alcoholism in later years and on talk shows. Cavett was tap dancing around him.

I only caught a few minutes of the Dick Cavett interview with Mitchum yesterday. Anyone else think he was slightly plastered? Cavett seemed to be rather intimidated by him at times I must say.

Where's Jeb? Here comes the SPAM Fairy.

Wednesday, November 4 8 a.m. Escape Me Never (1947). I’ve seen the Elisabeth Bergner 1935 version but not this Errol Flynn one. 5:45 p.m. Five Miles to Midnight (1963). I caught a few 1950’s Sophia Loren films this summer and really enjoyed them. I haven’t seen this one. It doesn’t look too promising, but what they heck.

You can be in tight with someone but believe me, no one is going to listen to the head of the SOUND department when it comes to casting. That is just not how it works.

Some people were trying to do just that!!!!

I can speak from experience that any head of a sound department would have zero influence on the casting of any motion picture.

As you may have failed to note I happen to be in agreement with him about the decline of American filmmaking.

You couldn't be more wrong. And several times you have asked for Fred to chime in knowing, or hoping that it would create an argument. Don't think we cannot see through you.

I don't think I said that, Fred. I alluded to the political correctness of the era. I don't think there is any question that political correctness is stifling American filmmaking at present. Mindless violence and CGI wonders is just pap for the masses. I'm in agreement with you that American films are in decline. The studio system was getting stale by the late 1950's and films saw an upsurge in creativity in the 1960's and 1970's. But that has hardly been sustained. Part of it is because there is not the talent infrastructure in the studio systems like there was in the heyday that you are so fond of. So, again I am in agreement with you! I'm not sure why you are looking for an argument at every turn these days?

I would like to add that if there is a problem with today's films being ruled by mindlessness it is that it is a throwback to the political correctness of the Breen-era by corporate minded American studios. You can hardly find anything like a controversial protest film coming out of a major studio like you could in the 70's. Once again, the public is being spoon-fead pap in large doses. And the mass audiences have been conditioned to crave dumb-downed product.

You've been watching the wrong sort of films, Fred. Try The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Conformist, Last Tango In Paris, The Wild Bunch, A Clockwork Orange, Slaughterhouse Five, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Saving Private Ryan, Providence, Chinatown and on and on. Granted it may not be TCM's duty to show these modern classics but this thread is not about that. I like old films and I understand why some like to wax nostalgic about them. But thankfully we have moved on and filmmakers have been allowed to do so as well as the OP has pointed out. I'm for celebrating the past and embracing the future.

I'm a big fan of the English version of Dracula which had an added musical score by Phillip Glass. It made Lugosi's hypnotic performance all the more powerful IMHO.

Maybe Jeb can fix this.

R.I.P. Robert. It is nothing to get excited about.

What the heck does that mean? Just a stupid contrarian remark if I ever heard one.