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I thought it was a really well-made documentary and extremely touching, aided by Ben's interview with Lillian. I loved the 'storyboard' drawings used throughout the film to illustrate events in their lives. Very glad that TCM presented it.

You all forced me to watch In a Lonely Place before Sunday so I could read your comments without fear of spoilers. All I can say is, Eddie has a lot of explaining to do.

Good points James and Lorna - I think Thieves' Highway was last shown on TCM as part of the Summer Under the Stars tribute to Lee J. Cobb in 2015, so it can be done. I wonder if it is any more difficult (/ more costly) to get permission to show a film along with the 'extras' that Eddie features in his intros? (publicity materials, clips, etc.)

Portion of a poster for Thieves' Highway: I'm a little surprised this hasn't been scheduled for Noir Alley yet. (Perhaps it's considered too much for Sunday mornings.) Maybe it will be shown next year after the timeslot change.

That's the scene with Valentina Cortese from Thieves' Highway (1949).

Now I understand why TCM is having a tribute to Herbert Lom on the evening of Monday, September 25th! The scheduled films include: The Dark Tower (1943) Phantom of the Opera (1962) (a TCM premiere) The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952) (a TCM premiere) The Ladykillers (1956) Twist of Fate (1954) A Shot in the Dark (1964) Better late than never!

Would anyone happen to know how they make Robby's front light flicker to match the dialogue? The easy (/crude) way would be to manually turn a switch on and off, but it looks like they have some type of audio circuit that responds to a microphone / audio input. I don't see an audio input on the control panel pictures, however. The input could be inside the helmet, but that would imply that the operator inside would have to do the dialogue, and I don't think that's necessarily the case (unless they dub over it or something). All this Robby talk and neat pictures got me wondering...

Some spoilers ahead for 711 Ocean Drive. This is Noir Alley, so check your morals at the door. Is it wrong to root for the bad guy? After seeing so many of their films on TCM, Edmund O’Brien and Joanne Dru are like old friends. I found myself hoping that somehow things would turn out all right for them; but since this is 50's film noir there’s no hope for that. I’m a sucker for technology, so I was completely taken in by the scenes explaining the details of the bookmaking operation, the use of the telephone equipment, and the operation of the betting swindle towards the end of the film. This movie has a bit of everything, a cross between The Sting, Mission Impossible, and The Godfather. And the finale location was worthy of a Hitchcock film. And what a great kingpin Otto Kruger played - just the right mix of arrogant CEO and ruthless crime boss who wants to keep his hands clean. Eddie of course was masterful in his explanation of it all. Can’t wait for next week to see his favorite film!

Robby fans will be happy to know that TCM is featuring the robot on Sunday evening November 19, with showings of Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Invisible Boy (1957). Just in time for the auction on the 21st.

The newsletter that TCM sends contains a link to an 'At A Glance' section that is similar to what used to be in the Now Playing Guide. It's essentially a small calendar with the daytime/primetime themes and primetime movie titles for each day. However, TCM dropped the ball in the September newsletter and forgot to mark the premieres in the At A Glance section that was sent. For those who have not received the September newsletter yet, I have created a rough equivalent of the 'At A Glance' section. I also added the TCM premiere information to this version. Click on the following link to see the section. The page it brings up should also allow you to download the PDF file (button in upper-right corner). https://www.dropbox.com/s/cz1ig3vyhifjr34/SEP%20AT%20A%20GLANCE.pdf?dl=0 Some comments: - TCM premieres are indicated with ‘(P)’ preceding the movie title. - Thanks to MovieCollectorOH for the TCM premiere data. For articles on this month's programming, I suggest you go to the TCM.com web page. There you will find information on the Star of the Month, Treasures From the Disney Vault (on the 11th), Silent Sunday Nights, Noir Alley, TCM Imports, etc. I do hope the newsletter issue is fixed soon. I'm sure it's very frustrating to sign up and not receive anything.

TCM showed the little-known (at least to me, anyway) Dean Martin / Stella Stevens romantic comedy How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968) on Tuesday and I found the opening theme to be 'strange'ly appealing. Normally I’m not a big fan of such music but I guess you never know. See what you think (it's definitely 60s music) The flourish at the end is a bit much, but that part was faded out in the movie.

It's a shame, her scene was good at establishing what a heel Barry Sullivan's character was!

Yancey, The MCOH data says that Too Wise Wives was last shown on TCM in August of 2000. Not a premiere but you're correct it's a rare one. Psych! - We entered that at almost the exact same time!

Really nice interview, man I miss Robert. For those who want to skip ahead, the question with the Jerry Lewis reference comes up at the 1:10:15 mark. But the entire interview is great.

Since one of Jerry's major accomplishments was the annual Labor Day weekend MDA telethon, it seems fitting that TCM's tribute is this evening. Those were the days...

Now that I have that mental image... Is that a film reference that I'm missing, or just an active imagination?

Returning to Noir Alley after a month off. I wonder what Eddie did with his vacation time? Have to say that Framed was OK but not one that I would put on the Noir top shelf. Seemed like a polished production but the story had too many leaps of faith for me. Janis Carter was great to look at - there are some nice tributes to her in the Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow thread. Don't recall seeing her before so I'd like to follow up to see if she's in anything else on TCM.

According to MCOH's data, César has only been shown on TCM once before (back in 2009), so this is a rare chance to see what is regarded as a really fine film. (Fanny and Marius were also last shown in 2009.) Thanks for flagging it!

Note: Since TCM stopped publishing the Now Playing magazine, I have started creating a replica 'At A Glance' document which has a summary of the TCM schedule for the month. I typically release this document around 4 weeks in advance so it can be used to plan out viewing for the following month, similar to the lead time we used to have with the magazine. I then post a reply to this message thread which has the details on how to download the new document. For the latest update, please go to the most recent message in the thread below. --------------------------------------------------------------------- For those of you who would like an early reference for the TCM October 2017 schedule, here is a partial substitute for the Now Playing guide. In general, the Now Playing guide consisted of two main parts: (1) The monthly movie listings with the full details for each film, including plot summary, director, stars, etc. - For this you can refer to the online monthly schedule for October at: http://www.tcm.com/schedule/october2017.html (Ignore the banner at the top which shows the current Star of the Month.) There are also online daily and weekly schedules, if you prefer either of those. (2) The ‘At A Glance’ section which gives an overview of the schedule highlights, daytime themes, primetime themes, premieres, etc. - Attached is a rough ‘At A Glance’ document which has been assembled from the online schedule data (5 pages in PDF format). https://www.dropbox.com/s/mipqh6bowcua42t/OCT%20AT%20A%20GLANCE.pdf?dl=0 Some comments: - TCM premieres are indicated with ‘(P)’ preceding the movie title. - Each premiere for the month is listed under the corresponding date section, regardless of the start time. (TCM has previously only listed premieres that were scheduled to start during primetime hours, or were part of one of the weekend ‘showcases’.) - Thanks to MovieCollectorOH for the TCM premiere data. - The daytime themes are best guesses since this information is currently not online. - Hope you find this helpful.

I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but the Now Playing newsletter e-mail appears to be full of tracking links for all of the embedded content contained there. So the TCM marketing department is taking full advantage of the new routing list. That also might be a reason why the newsletter is taking so long to get sent out. Yes, I see conspiracy theories everywhere.

I received the Now Playing Newsletter for September early this morning (Sept. 1). Looks like they forgot to mark the TCM premieres in the 'At A Glance' section! (Unless it's a problem I'm having in looking at the PDF on my computer for some reason.) I'm glad we have the message board...

As part of Summer Under the Stars, Hits - several good George Sanders films, such as The Picture of Dorian Gray, Foreign Correspondent, Death of a Scoundrel, and A Touch of Larceny. Miss - TCM continues to show the Italian dubbed / English subtitled version of Journey to Italy, robbing us of the proper English voices of Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders. Criterion and BFI have released Blu-Rays with the original English audio track, so there should be no reason to keep showing this weird Italian version.

You can see the monthly schedule for September by going to http://www.tcm.com/schedule/september2017.html Change 'september' to 'october' etc. to see the next month (when it's ready). TCM usually has an extra month or so available in this fashion. (Just ignore the Summer Under the Stars banner. The picture stays the same until TCM changes it.)

Kudos to Ben for all the work he did to enhance the Library of Congress print and to make it available for everyone to see, and thanks to TCM for showing it!

For those of you who were able to catch the Marion Davies film When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) this evening, you may have noticed some hand-coloring that was present in some scenes towards the end of the film. For example, Leonard Maltin has posted an in-depth article on coloring and tinting used in silent movies (and even some sound movies!) in the 20s and 30s. Turns out it was more prevalent than we might imagine today. Here is a link if you are interested: http://leonardmaltin.com/tinted-talkies/