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Since Eddie has been making the occasional 'good morning' welcome or reference to 'Sunday morning' in his Noir Alley intros it may make it difficult to move the show for a schedule change without bringing him back to the studio. It's possible that Eddie has already recorded the wrappers for the films scheduled through January so TCM is electing to use those up before the time slot is moved. I guess they could get Eddie to record some audio voice-overs that TCM could dub in to change 'Sunday morning' to 'Friday evening' etc. but I think we would notice.

I just discovered that Sunday, August 6th, 2017 would be Robert Mitchum's 100th birthday! How appropriate that TCM would salute him on this day as part of Summer Under the Stars. Happy birthday, Bob!

Try calling 1-800-826-1002 to ask for a replacement (I assume during regular business hours). It can take quite a while to arrive though.

Sorry I should have followed up - I did receive the Now Playing newsletter e-mail for August on Aug. 1.

Finally catching up with the last Noir Alley film before the Summer Under the Stars break... (* Born to Kill spoilers ahead *) I hope I won’t be pelted with stones if I say that I was somewhat disappointed in Born to Kill. I did very much enjoy Eddie’s pre- and post- material as well as the amazing story about Lawrence Tierney in his later years from Eddie’s web site. But for me there wasn’t much thrill in a story which is basically waiting to see if two amoral characters (plus the slimy sidekick) will have to pay for their misdeeds by the end. The Lawrence Tierney character Sam was a complete monster, but a rather stupid one who could be easily goaded into taking action, even against someone who is trying to do him a favor, such as when Helen (played by Claire Trevor) and the sidekick were trying to get the private detective out of the way and Sam was so blind with jealousy he was ready to do them both in. I did like Claire Trevor’s performance - you see Helen fighting against her nature by trying to hold on to her engagement to the good guy, but as stated in the film a big part of that could also be just wanting financial security. And I really didn't buy that Helen’s sister could be charmed enough by the monster to be so eager to marry him right away. Is this the kind of guy that women really want? (Wouldn’t Sam do a great job taking over the newspaper!) I also have to say (again ducking here) that the dialogue made me cringe in spots, primarily when Sam and Helen are revealing their inner feelings to one another about their love and how they can appreciate each other’s ruthlessness. I did think the production was first rate, especially with an established top director such as Robert Wise, and Esther Howard’s supporting performance was moving. So overall there are many great parts but for me the total sum wasn’t a big success. I’m with Eddie in wondering how the movie got made in the first place and other than sensationalism what was really the point. (I will now retreat back to my hiding place for a while to wait for things to blow over.)

Updating my list of August premieres based on the MCOH spreadsheet. (Somehow I had missed Police Python .357 on the 25th.) Aug 1 - Love Nest (1951) (Marilyn Monroe) Aug 2 * - Alias Nick Beal (1949) (Ray Milland) Aug 6 * - When Strangers Marry (1944) (Robert Mitchum) Aug 8 * - The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) (Franchot Tone) Aug 8 * - Uncle Vanya (1958) (Franchot Tone) Aug 9 * - The Wild and the Innocent (1958) (Sandra Dee) Aug 9 * - The Restless Years (1958) (Sandra Dee) Aug 10 * - A Warm December (1973) (Sidney Poitier) Aug 11 * - Dreamboat (1952) (Ginger Rogers) Aug 13 - All I Desire (1953) (Barbara Stanwyck) Aug 14 - Young Catherine (1991) (Vanessa Redgrave) Aug 14 * - Orpheus Descending (1990) (Vanessa Redgrave) Aug 15 * - The Reluctant Saint (1962) (Ricardo Montalban) Aug 18 - The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970) (Rod Taylor) Aug 18 - The Deadly Trackers (1973) (Rod Taylor) Aug 19 * - The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) (Angela Lansbury) Aug 21 - Condemned (1929) (Ann Harding) Aug 24 * - The Desert Song (1944) (Dennis Morgan) Aug 25 - Casque d’Or (1952) (Simone Signoret) Aug 25 * - Against the Wind (1948) (Simone Signoret) Aug 25 * - Police Python .357 (1975) (Simone Signoret) Aug 27 * - Leslie Caron the Reluctant Star (2016) (Leslie Caron) Aug 28 - An Eye for an Eye (1966) (Slim Pickens) Aug 29 * - When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) (Marion Davies) Aug 30 * - Bluebeard’s Ten Honeymoons (1960) (George Sanders) Aug 30 * - A Touch of Larceny (1960) (George Sanders) Aug 31 - Night Watch (1973) (Elizabeth Taylor) * - Not listed as a premiere in Now Playing guide

I hope nobody minds me posting this in 2 places, but there was speculation that the Noir Alley times might change when the October schedule was released. Per the monthly schedule that was apparently posted yesterday, it looks like Noir Alley will be at the same time on Sunday mornings, at least through October. I did notice one difference - The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) is listed for Noir Alley on Oct. 29, in place of No Questions Asked (1951), which was on an original Noir Alley schedule that I copied a while back. (Martha Ivers is now also shown for that day on the TCM Noir Alley web site.) The web site schedule currently goes out through the end of January, and No Questions Asked is not listed for any of these months.

Looks like Noir Alley is still at the same time on Sunday mornings (at least for another month). I do see one difference - The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) is scheduled for Noir Alley on Oct. 29, in place of No Questions Asked (1951). (This is from a comparison with the Noir Alley schedule that I copied quite a while ago, so I'm not sure if the Oct. 29 change is recent or not.)

Thanks for the post, mr6666. With the Noir Alley Facebook page, TCM web site, and now Eddie providing messages via Twitter as well as on the message board, it's getting hard to keep up with everything. Not to mention there's an actual movie being shown on TCM once a week...

"Moose and Squirrel" was absolutely my favorite cartoon as a kid. Setting my age now, but The Bullwinkle Show was the first television program I saw in color. This sounds like a cliché, but somehow my family went to the television store on a Sunday evening, and Bullwinkle was playing. I'm just old enough to vaguely remember it. Loved that the show had levels of humor so all ages could enjoy it. June was an immense voice talent and comedienne.

Boca, Just to let you know, I had to request a replacement copy for the July issue. Called it in on 6-22, and it arrived on 7-12. This spanned the 4th of July weekend, so maybe yours will arrive more quickly. In the meantime, you can go to summer.tcm.com to see the info for the Summer Under the Stars programming coming up. I think we are still waiting for the August Now Playing newsletter e-mail as well. The SUTS web site has fancy graphics so you have to click around to find what you want. I'm sure most of us subscribers prefer the magazine too, but c'est la vie.

I happened to catch the end of the movie Saturday night... (* spoiler alert *) I liked the way the heroes had a plan to blow up the bad guy's hut (pour in gasoline and light it on fire), but they waited until after he had already shot everyone up with his automatic rifle before they decided to take him out. I guess if they tried the gasoline trick first we wouldn't get to explode all those ketchup packs taped under their shirts.

Thank you for your comments, MCOH. While updating the list I noticed that even in the Now Playing guide the movie year for a given title is sometimes different for the daily listings and the movie index at the end! Perhaps they are somehow coming from different references. But as you say it doesn't really matter much. Just thought I would mention it in case anybody wondered. I am impressed that your algorithms are able to take this into account when you are looking things up.

Thanks MovieCollectorOH! (I thought the list in the magazine seemed brief?!) I have tried to incorporate the missing items from your spreadsheet - the additions have been marked with an '*'. (Note that for consistency I continued to use the movie year from the magazine, even though it may not be the best.) Glad we went through this exercise! - Updated list of August premieres: Aug 1 - Love Nest (1951) (Marilyn Monroe) Aug 2 * - Alias Nick Beal (1949) (Ray Milland) Aug 6 * - When Strangers Marry (1944) (Robert Mitchum) Aug 8 * - The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) (Franchot Tone) Aug 8 * - Uncle Vanya (1958) (Franchot Tone) Aug 9 * - The Wild and the Innocent (1959) (Sandra Dee) Aug 9 * - The Restless Years (1958) (Sandra Dee) Aug 10 * - A Warm December (1972) (Sidney Poitier) Aug 11 * - Dreamboat (1952) (Ginger Rogers) Aug 13 - All I Desire (1953) (Barbara Stanwyck) Aug 14 - Young Catherine (1991) (Vanessa Redgrave) Aug 14 * - Orpheus Descending (1990) (Vanessa Redgrave) Aug 15 * - The Reluctant Saint (1962) (Ricardo Montalban) Aug 18 - The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970) (Rod Taylor) Aug 18 - The Deadly Trackers (1973) (Rod Taylor) Aug 19 * - The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) (Angela Lansbury) Aug 21 - Condemned (1929) (Ann Harding) Aug 24 * - The Desert Song (1944) (Dennis Morgan) Aug 25 - Casque d’Or (1952) (Simone Signoret) Aug 25 * - Against the Wind (1948) (Simone Signoret) Aug 27 * - Leslie Caron the Reluctant Star (2016) (Leslie Caron) Aug 28 - An Eye for an Eye (1966) (Slim Pickens) Aug 29 * - When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) (Marion Davies) Aug 30 * - Bluebeard’s Ten Honeymoons (1960) (George Sanders) Aug 30 * - A Touch of Larceny (1960) (George Sanders) Aug 31 - Night Watch (1973) (Elizabeth Taylor) * - Not listed as a premiere in Now Playing guide

Thanks Barton! (Must have put the 'P' in the wrong place in the magazine.) - Updated list of August premieres: Aug 1 - Love Nest (1951) (Marilyn Monroe) Aug 13 - All I Desire (1953) (Barbara Stanwyck) Aug 14 - Young Catherine (1991) (Vanessa Redgrave) Aug 18 - The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970) (Rod Taylor) Aug 18 - The Deadly Trackers (1973) (Rod Taylor) Aug 19 - The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) (Angela Lansbury) Aug 21 - Condemned (1929) (Ann Harding) Aug 25 - Casque d’Or (1952) (Simone Signoret) Aug 28 - An Eye for an Eye (1966) (Slim Pickens) Aug 31 - Night Watch (1973) (Elizabeth Taylor)

TCM premieres in August - Unfortunately the on-line daily and monthly listings for August do not identify TCM premieres. The Now Playing guide is the only place where premieres are currently listed. - Because of the Summer Under The Stars programming, there is no ‘At A Glance’ section in the August Now Playing guide where the TCM premieres would normally be listed. Instead, you have to look at the listings for each day of the month to find the TCM premieres. (Not sure what will happen next year when there is no Now Playing magazine.) - So to put it all in one place I made a list of the August premieres from the final Now Playing guide: Aug 1 - Love Nest (1951) (Marilyn Monroe) Aug 13 - All I Desire (1953) (Barbara Stanwyck) Aug 14 - Young Catherine (1991) (Vanessa Redgrave) Aug 18 - The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970) (Rod Taylor) Aug 18 - The Deadly Trackers (1973) (Rod Taylor) Aug 19 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) (Angela Lansbury) Aug 21 - Condemned (1929) (Ann Harding) Aug 25 - Casque d’Or (1952) (Simone Signoret) Aug 28 - An Eye for an Eye (1966) (Slim Pickens) Aug 31 - Night Watch (1973) (Elizabeth Taylor) Hope I didn’t miss anything. Please correct errors / omissions. (Standard disclaimer - the schedule is subject to change later.)

Just finished watching Deadline at Dawn - what a wild ride that was. I think I’m going to have to watch it again to better comprehend all the details. - To me this film was a big change of pace from the harder-edged films shown on Noir Alley so far, and I appreciate the variety of films being selected. Much lighter tone for this one. - Had not seen Paul Lukas in a role like this before, but he really carried the last half of the film. - Loved the scene where the police are getting ready to interrogate Bill Williams - is this the first time that the Good Cop / Bad Cop routine has been explained? - Eddie’s comments before and after were very enlightening, surprising, and even touching at the end. Couldn’t agree with him more that Susan Hayward has never looked lovelier than she does in this film.

That Rocco takes a licking and keeps on ticking!

Not only is Winchester '73 a really excellent western, for whatever reason the print is one of the finest I've seen for a film of any era. According to Wikipedia it was designated by the Library of Congress for preservation, so perhaps that explains the quality. Not to be missed!

Thanks for your reply, MovieCollectorOH. Sorry, my comment was meant to be tongue in cheek and I did not mean to put you on the spot. I just wanted to salute all the work you've done to keep track of TCM's movie lists. Just another example of my attempt at humor failing miserably.

Having all of the issues available online would be awesome. Even better if MovieCollectorOH would add a super reference index for all of the movies listed!

Received my final issue today and my thanks to TCM as well. It really is a shame that all periodical publishing as we know it is vanishing. Coming generations will not be able to appreciate the joy of actually holding a beautifully written and illustrated magazine in your hands. Digital is just not the same.

Judging by the on-line monthly schedule, it appears that Claire Trevor won out over Virginia Mayo for 8-4, and Cary Grant was selected over Gregory Peck for 8-20. Hope this is not a double disappointment for you.

With the ongoing Hitchcock series currently running on TCM, I decided to rewatch Stage Fright (1950). The DVD I have has a fairly nice featurette on the movie, and includes a few brief on-screen comments from Robert Osborne - always nice to see our dear old friend again. The movie is OK, not one of the greatest Hitchcock films but still good enough. While watching the beginning, though, I’m struck by what to me is a lack of basic information about who the characters are. To get things started Hitch throws us into the middle of the action as the Jane Wyman and Richard Todd characters are driving out of London to escape the authorities. Through a flashback sequence we can derive that Todd’s character (Jonathan Cooper) is intimate with an actress played by Marlene Dietrich, and these two become the main suspects in the murder of the actress’s husband. Who is this Jonathan Cooper? I don’t think we know anything about what he does or how he came to know Marlene Dietrich’s character in the first place, and how does he know Jane Wyman’s character (Eve Gill)? I can see that Cooper must know the theater crowd, but when he wants to avoid the authorities, somehow he decides to call Eve’s home to see if she can help him. When Eve’s mother answers he seems clueless as to what Eve is doing and where she might be. Somehow he knows an acting student (Eve) well enough to ask her for help but not well enough to know what she is doing or where she might be. (By the way, she’s supposed to already have a big crush on him as well.) From the featurette, there are comments that the opening flashback sequence is problematic for reasons I won’t spoil here, but it is said that Hitch didn’t realize the problem until he saw the assembled film and by then it was too late to change. Perhaps this would also explain my problem with the beginning of the film. Of course as things get going you just accept who these characters are and move on. I just wish there had been a bit more details of the connection between the main characters in the opening to get us into the flow. Perhaps Hitch is being intentionally brief so he can get to the parts of the story he wants to tell, but for me this translates into a lack of empathy for the characters and then it’s just going through the motions through the end of the film.

For what it's worth PA, I still have not received the Now Playing guide for August. (Haven't received the e-mail version either.) I hope TCM can get back to a ~3 week advanced view of the schedule once things with the newsletter have settled. (I realize that the on-line monthly schedule is available, but I like to look over the upcoming premieres, themes, etc.)