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1910 - King Edward's Coronation and Funeral (the only film that I have seen from this year 😄 ) 1920 - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1930 - All Quiet on the Western Front 1940 - The Grapes of Wrath 1950 - Sunset Blvd. 1960 - The Magnificent Seven 1970 - The Conformist 1980 - Raging Bull 1990 - Goodfellas 2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2010 - The Social Network

Friday, January 3 4:45 p.m. The Whip Hand (1951). This one sounds bizarre. A lake where fish mysteriously die and a group of former Nazis turned Commies are holed up nearby. Nazis turned Commies? I guess they aren’t too discerning as long as they can be bad.

Thursday, January 2 Bob Hope night. 9:30 p.m. Road to Utopia (1945). This is my favourite Road picture.

Hey Nakano, Did you manage to watch a copy with English subtitles? I haven't been able to find one.

Wednesday, January 1 8 p.m. The Roaring Twenties (1939). With Cagney AND Bogie!

I'm still waiting for TCM to schedule the films were Canadians play American Presidents (real or fictitious) Let's see, there's ... Alexander Knox, Raymond Massey, Walter Huston, Bruce Greenwood, Gordon Pinsent, Donald Sutherland, William Shatner, Leslie Nielsen, Christopher Plummer and Lorne Greene. Am I missing anyone?

And the women who are with them look pretty similar too.

I had to look it up but Tracy Chapman is from Cleveland. Now Alanis Morisette is from Canada. Those two had brilliant first albums IMO.

a.m. Check the schedule for the times of all the other Thin Man films.

Only TCM would know the answer to this one. They were shown on TCM Canada in the past for I have recorded them. Perhaps another Canadian broadcaster bought the exclusive Canadian TV rights to them since then? It is not a problem with other MGM or Warner films. But Hal Roach films are not shown on TCM Canada.

Tuesday, December 31 9:15 .m. The Thin Man (1934). Kicking off TCM’s look at the entire series. None of which are playing in Canada.

Monday, December 30 2:30 p.m. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). Great adventure film with Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., David Niven, Mary Astor, Raymond Massey and Madeleine Carroll.

Donald is from Montreal. Keifer is Canadian as well. I came to work one day and found him sleeping under my bench. He was just a kid.

James Cameron in 2020 Alex Trebek in 2018

Sunday, December 29 4:45 a.m. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929). With Richard Dix. There seems to be 9 different versions of Baldplate. This one is based on the George M. Cohan play.

Saturday, December 28 10 a.m. Popeye: Onion Pacific (1940). 10 p.m. The Split (1968). Heist film with Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Gene Hackman, Julie Harris, Donald Sutherland, Jack Klugman and Ernest Borgnine.

Here is a link to Sight and Sound's 50 Best films of 2019 list ... https://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2019 Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir was number one. I didn't like it at all!

Friday, December 27 Is TCM trying to show some balance this Christmas season? 2 a.m. Satanis, the Devil’s Mass (1970). Documentary about the Church of Satan. Does this church get tax relief?

I thought this was by far the worst version of Little Women that I have seen (not having seen the June Allyson version). It was a complete mess. Saorise Ronan and Emma Watson faired well. Streep did well not to overplay it and become Edna May Oliver. Florence Pugh who was good in Lady MacBeth was appalling.

Thursday, December 26 4:30 p.m. Young Catherine (1991). With Julia Ormand as Catherine the Great. Looks like this was a TV MOW. Replaced in Canada with the Peter Fonda film, The Young Lovers (1964).

1977 Dear Inspector (1977) Philippe de Broca, France A minor romantic comedy helped along with performances by Annie Giradot and Philippe Noiret.

Wednesday, December 25/26 3 a.m. Umberto D (1952). Another triumph for Vittorio De Sica.

Unbelievably corny.

Tuesday, December 24/25 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... 5:30 a.m. The Great Rupert (1950). I thought this one was pretty funny. The sillier it went, the funnier it got. It certainly exceeded my expectations. With Jimmy Durante.

A restored to 4k Say Amen Somebody - The Good News Musical (1982) also played the London festival. TCM has this one scheduled for March 3, 2020.