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With the exception of the programmer who did an inspired job with the women in film section. It is great to see so many contemporary directors get a nod on TCM. These independent gals need all the support they can get and they are good films too. Otherwise October is dull as dishwater.

I was happily surprised to see Michael Winner's The System (1964) with a young Olie Reed on TCM a few weeks ago. They dug rather deep for that one.

If you love Oliver Reed you might enjoy his biography, Evil Spirits by Cliff Goodwin. It was a fun read. There is a newer 'family authorized' biography, What Fresh Lunacy Is This? by Robert Sellers too. I haven't read that one yet.

Interesting that you mention that the characters seem to be 'yelling all the time.' I find that a trait in American comedies in general and especially those that are on television. Is 'loud' supposed to be funny? It's something that the British don't seem to do as much. At least as far as I have observed. That said, Bristol-born Cary Grant was quite a yeller in his comedies.

Friday, July 17 2 p.m. Cause For Alarm (1951. I enjoyed this Loretta Young film the last time that I saw it. Time to record it. 8 p.m. Too Late For Tears (1949). Never seen this one from Byron Haskin. With Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy and Don DeFore.

Ady Berber gets the final nod in Carnival Story when Anne Baxter says "Poor, poor Groppo" as the cops lead him away in handcuffs. Sort of reminded me of Baxter's line in The Ten Commandments ..."Moses, Moses, Moses."

No it has been on once, if not twice before. But I missed it so was glad to be able to record it last night.

Thursday, July 16 9 a.m. Heart of the North (1938) The RCMP Hollywood style. 3:30 p.m. The Return of Doctor X (1939). A very strange Bogart picture. 6:15 p.m. Flight From Destiny (1941). Sounds intriguing and with a good cast that includes Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell and James Stephenson.

Yip.

I haven't seen this one in the theatre but I'm certain I would have enjoyed the film much more if I had. I finally got around to watching the TCM broadcast of Trapeze (1956) by Carol Reed. In Ben Mankiewicz's wrap around he mentioned that Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollabrigida did some of their own stunts in this film. Even on television you could certainly see that this was the case. Burt, Tony and Gina were all up there on the trapeze for some portions of the film. Very impressive I must say. The film didn't really have much more to offer other than guessing which stunts the real actors were actually doing themselves. Hence, why I would have liked to have seen this one on the big screen. As an aside, is there an actresses' name that conjures up thoughts of sex more than Marilyn Monroe and Gina Lollabrigida?

The Canadian schedule always lags the American one by at least a couple of weeks. They have to figure out which gems they are going to deny us.

Looking at it very quickly I would have to say that the women filmmakers selections has singularly saved the month. Everything else pales in comparison.

Wednesday, July 15 6:15 p.m. His Brother’s Wife (1936). Another Barbara Stanwyck film that I haven’t seen. 2:15 a.m. Wanda (1970). One of the highlights of July for me. I was out of the country the last time TCM showed this Barbara Loden film so I’m pleased it is running again. No power or cable foul-ups please!

Philip Leacock's Angel City (1980) with a career best performance by Ralph Waite. Also starring Paul Winfield, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jennifer Warren.

I was praying that I wasn't snoring. Chuck was such a nice guy too. Not being used to American bartenders free pouring I was very hung over for the a.m. screening. In Canada they often have two people watching the bartender pour to make sure he doesn't go a fraction over the one ounce line in the measure. You think I'm kidding? I've watched it happen.

Haley will be appearing as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at the Richmond Theatre in London in this year's Panto. The Richmond Theatre Panto has had Jerry Hall and Henry Winkler in recent years. It is a big Christmas tradition in the UK. http://www.ffe-uk.com/2015/07/hayley-mills-and-matthew-kelly-to-star-in-cinderella/

I fell asleep during a screening of a Chuck Norris movie. And Chuck was sitting several rows behind me.

Spike Lee put a lot of public pressure on Norman Jewison to cancel his production of Malcolm X and in his case it worked. His argument was that Malcolm X's story should be told by a black person.

Six Against the Rock (1987) with David Carradine.

I was watching a real trashy Anne Baxter film tonight called Carnival Story (1954) and for a moment I thought, hey, the circus strong man is Tor Johnson. But no, it was a pretender named Ady Berber.

Tuesday, July 14 a TCM Ape-fest. Lots to choose from here. 9:30 p.m. The Purchase Price (1932). A pre-code Barbara Stanwyck film that I have not yet seen. 3 a.m. Zandy’s Bride (1974). Never seen this Gene Hackman, Liv Ullman film either.

That's 'on the cuff.' "Off the cuff" (today) means without preparation. Do you think this relates to a person's cuffs too? We know that Chaplin had the lines of his songs on his cuffs when he played the singing waiter.

Is this on topic? ... Another Bernhard Herrmann score that completely overpowers the movie is The Naked and the Dead (1958). But in its case, it didn't bother me one bit as I could at least enjoy one aspect of the movie.

Sean Connery? Mickey Rooney? two unlikely candidates

Yes, Mr. G you were right the first time. I decided after my initial post not to be coy about who this person was and just come out and say it was Egoyan. He wasn't with Ms. Carcinogen though. Bob Clark was from Florida but he did indeed make quite a few 'Canadian' films. The imdb lists his birthplace as NO.