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While new older films show up. Plus as movie collector confirmed the numbers for the recent years include TCM interview programs with the likes of Kim Novak, Peter O'Toole, Ernest Borgnine, and documentaries about Greta Garbo, etc. So the number of feature films from recent years is even lower! Perhaps it is time to drop this endless boring argument.

Isn't it time to give this a rest? Look at movie collectors statistics in this thread. And this includes the TCM interviews of stars TCM NOT SO CLASSIC ANYMORE?

Saturday, October 31/1 2:45 a.m. I don’t know if I can stomach these David Lynch shorts?

Thanks movie collector for helping put things into perspective. Are the more recently produced TCM interviews and specials (e.g., Kim Novak, Peter O'Toole) included in these statistics?

My father was a tail gunner in the RAF in WWII aboard a Halifax. His pilot won a DFC on his penultimate mission. The bomb bay doors became stuck because of flak. (The flight records showed the tail section was severely hit too but my father survived) They overshot their target but once they got the doors open they circled back to the original target and dropped their bombs. Granted this was a single plane and not an entire squadron but he was awarded a DFC for doing this. I got copies of the flight records from the National Archives in Kew and there is an account of this mission in a book titled, Air Battle of the Ruhr

Check your library. Our Toronto branch system has several new copies.

Ride the Pink Horse (1947) was just released by Criterion. There are a few pre-1930 Academy nominated films that are not available too, like The Noose; The Way of All Flesh; The Barker; The Patriot and The Rogue Song. Some of them are lost films.

My understanding is that it was made for the Japanese market. Must have and Disney approval at some point.

I watched Straight Outta Compton (2015) this afternoon. It wasn't my cup of **** tea.

Friday, October 30 Seems like a Hammer/Val Lewton copy and paste from last year.

Cheers, That sounds like a much better ending for Suspicion dripping with irony. I'm not sure how thirsty Lina would be at that point though given how suspicious she was of Johnny.

I was watching the original Gaslight (1940) with Anton Walbrook and Diana Wynyard last night. Soon after the strangulation of Alice Barlow at the start of the film the body is discovered by her maid who then goes running into the street screaming blue murder. One brief look at the maid and I knew it was "Mrs. Wilberforce" from The Ladykillers (1955) played by Katie Johnson.

Yes, that is the ending we have. Lina was imagining things. Johnny was completely innocent of all of her 'suspicions.' But people have commented that that was a code cop-out and a rather abrupt 'turn-around' conclusion for the film. Sort of makes it a shaggy-dog story. But having him kill her the way the film is presently constructed would be a rather empty ending as well. Sort of a 'so what' ending as things were pointed that way all along. Having her kill him in self defence may have been the best ending, but that is a fantasy 'what if' question.

Thursday, October 29 6:45 p.m. Little Shop of Horrors (1960). I haven’t seen this Roger Corman film in quite some time. Jack Nicholson certainly had a little fun with his role.

"Old is good with wine, no?" - Vincent Cassell as Kirill in Eastern Promises (2007)

I watched Suspicion (1941) for my third time last night. I agree with everyone who thinks that the ending feels unnatural and abrupt: Lina implores Johnny to forgive her and to turn the car around. And guess what, he does. And yes, this "happy" ending of sorts was apparently imposed on the filmmakers. But how else could it have ended? How was it originally intended to end? Johnny killing his wife after so much build-up would have been a so-what ending as well? Was Lina meant to kill Johnny in self-defence? For me the film was a bit of a mess. Literally headed toward a cliff no matter how it ended. And I have to say that now that I have seen it three times over a forty year period and know the story I found it a bit tedious.

Yes, they drove the Native Americans bonkers.

Wednesday, October 28 7:00 a.m. An Angel at My Table (1990). Beautiful film by Jane Campion with a great performance by Kerry Fox. Looking forward to this in HD. I highly recommend it.

I wonder what happened to Mr. Danvers?

It was a corset actually, not a girdle. I read it on the imdb ... Sassy-talking, rugged-looking, square-shouldered supporting actor said, however, always to have gone through this necessary morning ritual before arriving on the movie set: 1) insert dentures; 2) don hairpiece; 3) strap on corset; 4) lace up "elevator" shoes. At least he had a sense of humour about his career. I can't stand these know-it-all arm-chair critics who say he should have done this and not that. What the hell do they know about anything let alone how to survive in Hollywood and make a buck while you can.

Orson Welles also wore a girdle for Citizen Kane. I don't think it was that uncommon in those days.

I was once told by someone I met in LA that he had it on authority that Brian Donlevy was a cross-dresser. I took that with a grain of salt. Years later I read that Donlevy admitted that he wore a girdle for professional reasons. So you can see how someone misinterpreted that and ran with it. BTW, Donlevy also wore a rug and lifts. I think he joked about it.

Maybe in another life.

I'm probably late to the party on this discussion but I just watched Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940) tonight after many years and had a few lingering questions about Mrs. Danvers played by Judith Anderson. **SPOILERS** It is said at the end of the film that she couldn't bear to see the new Mrs. DeWinter live happily with Max DeWinter and that is what drove her to set fire to Manderly. Earlier in the film we see that she has keeps the deceased Rebecca DeWinter's room as a sort of shrine and that she despises the new bride (Joan Fontaine). In fact she tries to goad the new Mrs. DeWinter into committing suicide at one point. Of course, Mrs. Danvers is a bit of a barking loon but why was she so obsessed with Rebecca and so dead against her being replaced by the new bride? She does go to some extreme lengths to try to scuttle Max's new marriage. Is Hitch suggesting some sort of lesbian adoration for Rebecca on the part of Mrs. Danvers? Is that why she keeps the shrine for Rebecca? Any seasoned thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Tuesday, October 27 9:30 p.m. Cleo From 5 to 7 (1962). I’ve wanted to see this Agnes Varda film for some time now. 1:15 a.m. Love and Anarchy (1973). I haven’t seen this Wertmuller film in almost 40 years. With Giancarlo Giannini.