Emily Dean
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Well, here's hoping Emily catches on that my constant "lament" about the "British superfluous-u" is also always meant in jest, James.
(...or as those superfluous letter u users would say..."cheeky")
When you grow up with British parents and you spend five years in the UK....you end up adopting and adapting.
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I am more upset that Ben uses these high brow terms like "duplicitous". Must we always have a dictionary handy when watching these intros?
Really Mr. Roberts...using big words is good for your brain....too much time on Twitnits and we will all soon to resort to no language at all. After all Ben is a writer and the grandson and grandnephew of Herman and Joe and both were top notch writers so why wouldn't Ben use good language. If you listen to many of the movies of the 40's and 50's the language is much more erudite.
So read more New Yorker, New York Book of Reviews and the Economist...and practice by watching William F. Buckley and guests on THE FIRING LINE (my dad's favourite show).
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Well James, odds are if Eugene Pallette or Walter Brennan were still around, you sure wouldn't have heard this sort of thing comin' from THEM, dude!
All this hub bub about the Oscars, I actually don't think they have been about talent for several preceding decades. And as Dargo mentions there were so many greats that were not recognized including Eve Arden (she and Jack Carson were great supporting stars, where would MILDRED PIERCE have been with out those two).
All this PC is so silly, talent is recognized regardless of skin colour (at least from my perspective). Is it mandatory that Oscars are awarded in proportion to racial makeup of the country...when I look at the BAFTAS I don't hear the same hue and cry re: those nominations. Come on people grow up and apply common sense rather than emotional reaction....
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This is a major loss for film lovers!
I totally dug this guy. Alan Rickman blasted to fame in "Die Hard" and I think I remember reading that he was so good that one started to forget that it was supposed to be about Bruce Willis so they started cutting down Rickman's screen time.
I also loved him in all the British productions where he played very romantic characters that were complex and interesting.
Goodnight, Sweet Prince.
Aha...my Sweet Prince coming this Friday to TCM, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY when I fell in love with Alan Rickman. See S&S at 2200 EST and 2100 CST.
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Love Letters is a Beautiful film. Not shown too often, maybe once or twice a year. The story has been remade a few times over the years. This version with Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten and Gladys Cooper is excellent. Great performances. Romantic, sweet and touching. Glad I have a tape of this one. It's definitely worth watching
I believe this is the first time I saw this film, I think Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones made a nice screen duo, this is not the only film they appeared in...DUEL IN THE SUN, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY and the penultimate pairing in PORTRAIT OF JENNIE. I like Joseph Cotten and enjoy all his movies even his wickedness in SHADOW OF A DOUBT, my favourite Alfred Hitchcock film.
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Since this movie's about to begin in 5 minutes, all I can say is: Don't miss it. It's the most perfect slice of life film about what it was like to be a boy in the New York City of the 1950's that I've ever seen. I was there and I know what I'm talking about. It's an absolute gem of a picture, and I hope they put it into the TCM regular lineup.
I couldn't agree more...I enjoyed childhood in the 50's as well and while not in NYC, we too knew the benefits of collecting and turning in soft drink bottles....you could save up to get an ice cream from the ice cream man. In my neighborhood our mothers sent us out to play in the morning and we didn't return until various calls went out for lunch. Then it was "quiet time" and then outside until all over the neighborhood fathers returned home. Our parents would be arrested today for the freedom we experienced then...sad sad world now.
Oh and one more thing I don't believe would occur today...the kindness and understanding of the "pony man" and intuitiveness in getting information so he could locate the little boy's family. Took a lot of insight and understanding. Don't think anyone would take the time today...and besides who sees children "free style" anymore.
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IF I ever take another trip out to the west coast and the L A area, that's another site I would mind checking out ( along with the house up on the hill in Robert Mitchum's ANGEL FACE, the Laurel and Hardy "steps", etc) I should start compiling a list, of course I would forget to bring it along on the trip. Probably remember about the list when passing through Barstow, now should I turn around and go home to get the list, its only about 3000 miles?
Add to these tours THE THIRD MAN tour in Vienna and a trip along the Nile aka DEATH ON THE NILE and you are on your way to movie heaven...and don't forget floating down the steps of the Louvre in FUNNY FACE and so many other movie moments you can enjoy.
I have turned heads during my travels reenacting movie moments along with song inspirations and turned heads boating through the Bosphorus singing " Istanbul, not Constatininople" sung by the Four Lads as well as singing a great Jo Stafford song as I traveled down the Nile..."You Belong to Me". My biggest regret is not getting to Kiev in time to walk down the Odessa Steps recreating the "Battleship Potemkin". Regretfully Putin nixed that idea.
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I first swooned over Rickman in his role in "Sense and Sensibility" and then again in "Love Actually". While he is boorish in "Love" he still creates a pathos and I had the sense he is really conflicted over his actions and duplicity. Anyway Alan RIP.
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Jack Carson & James Gleason are my two very favorite supporting actors in movies. Super-talents.
I agree with you TikiSoo and just to add flavour include Eve Arden in the mix. You could not go wrong with a tribute to any of these three characters and add my all time favourite George Sanders to the threesome and I have a quartet worth several days of TCM binging.
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Anyway..."lavatory" is a word I only heard in school. We didn't CALL it that in the home. We just said "bathroom".
I assumed you were referring to a home situation.
And...."bathroom" is what me, my brother and Mother called it. My DAD wasn't so civil with his referral.
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Lavatory is a word regularly used in my family...do not know why it just was....
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Hey, well...it was just an observation, Emily. Don't get all "facebook" on me!
Plus, as it would be 15 years from when the story takes place until I would, at my Mother's hand, be dressed for a Winter's walk to Goodell School, related to the ordeal of being prepared for "deep sea diving". But the only difference was, I could put my arms down!
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I have no idea what "facebook on me" means however I will agree on the deep sea diving suit. Also I remember I was required to go to the lavatory prior to snowsuit dressing regardless of whether there was a biological need and knew better to come in and state I had "to go" as then I would be undressed and that was the end of my snow day...she only donned it once. Oh yes...don't forget the mittens on a string, a must for any kid dressing for winter in the fifties.
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Oh a day or week or Spotlight on Warner Bros. Cartoons would be fantastic. More interesting than Treasures from the Vault. Most of the old cartoons are "verboten" as they are terribly politically incorrect. I was on Movies Unlimited yesterday and they have DVD's of the Warner's cartoons however were a bit to pricey for my budget. You are able to see some on You Tube.
I am not a traditional opera buff but Warner's did great cartoons to opera music and everytime I hear Wagner I think of the great cartoon "Kill the Rabbit" done to the March of the Valkiries.
Keep posting however I won't hold my breath....I still want George Sanders as SOTM, however maybe we could lobby for a cartoon version of the Wine Club....
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Who really cares about all this speculation on twin beds vs. double bed in THE CHRISTMAS STORY. The story is so true to the era in almost all respects and the frequency of twin beds was not that uncommon in that era. If you have ever shared a bed with a turner/twister, snoring or otherwise restless sleeper a separate bed is usually desirable.
So much of this picture is representative of the era that I grew up in (late 40's and the 50's) down to the school, the clothes (I know the snowsuit episode all to well) and my most favourite scene is the "old man" fighting with the coal furnace....we had one for many years and the coal room was the harbour of an evil spirit in the basement.
Love the movie....leave it alone and learn to enjoy some things without constant speculation.
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I doubt that Wayne Rogers will be included in 'in memoriam'. since he frequently showed up on fox because of his investment expertise, tcm will see him as a conservative.
Well if it is of any consolation re: Wayne Rogers not being in the TCM REMEMBERS segment for 2016...which I doubt considering they left off so many worthies this year (Jayne Meadows, Martin Milner, etc.). ME-TV is remembering him this week in its hourly segments of MASH. So we are able to treasure him this way....last night was the episode where he had a pin stripe suit made with the stripes horizontal instead of vertical...which still makes me laugh.
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Same old (Judy Garland), whose films are shown throughout the year....How many times has she been SOTM? (am sure someone will tell me)...
Why oh why do we keep seeing the same old SOTM....where is George Sanders or even James Gleason who would be far more entertaining and less sleep inducing. I suppose you equate Judy as SOTM with the Wine Club....way to repetitive.
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I don't know if the following was ever posted on the first "enough with this wine club" thread, but if not, you folks just HAVE to see this old James Mason for Thunderbird wine commercial that's been given kind of a MST3K treatment by some guy here...
I think it would be a good idea therefore to morph Orson and James into Wine Club commercials...now that would be a useful idea and we would have a true "classic" wine club
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The only movies I really liked Brando in was TEA HOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, DESIREE, SAYANORA and GUYS and DOLLS, otherwise his movie roles depress me considerably. As for the GODFATHER, et. al. on TCM, most likely that is why the Wine Club is featuring wines by Francis Ford Coppola's vineyard.
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I agree it is rather odd TCM has hosts other than RO or Ben that introduce movies they don't like. As for any verbal mistakes made by Ms. Vasquez; like I said I fault TCM for not reshooting those since anyone could make a mistake and a mistake doesn't indicate lack of knowledge, per se.
You have to remember this....the TCM staffers or more likely to be less educated in "film studies" than the segment host in some instances and this was so in the case of the "Ultimate Fan" presenter. The poor girl looked like she could have use a subscription to the Wine Club to loosen her up.
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I just could not believe it, but as another Wine Club promo began I yearned for the much seen and much maligned " letterbox" feature on screening wide screen movies for television. That is when I realized I couldn't take the Wine Club much longer, especially with the chutzpah of including it in "News" segment for December.
Bring on the letterbox please and spare me the wine club.
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I truly enjoyed my evening of THE THIN MAN and the added joy of seeing them in the order in which they were made and shown. No need to argue over which one is the best, pros and cons of Nick Jr. etc. My goodness it is the New Year....just sit down and enjoy.
Happy New Year
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Boo Hiss to TCM for neglecting the movies listed below and too much of MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS as well as CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT and per usual The Wine Club (they forgot to put holly around the advert).
Holiday Affair with Bing and Fred...
The Lemon Drop Kid with Bob and Damon Runyon characters
White Christmas with its overpowering Technicolour Red
Oh and one more thing (think Columbo here): A day of Humphrey Bogart movies as he was born on Christmas Day, it is the 116th anniversary of his birth...take that Frank.
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I watched COME TO THE STABLE on TCM this afternoon. This is a film I watch every time TCM airs it.
It reminds me of THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS-- or at least it has the same emotional effect on me.
I too watched COME TO THE STABLE yesterday and the more I watch it the more I like it. It is such an understated movie with a message that crosses all time periods....one of faith and finding the goodness that exists within us all. I love the part where Hugh Marlow discovers his composition is really a 14th century Gregorian chant and then finally figures out where he heard it first.
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I am still confident, Emily, that George will get a Summer Under the Stars tribute. Either in 2016 or 2017...because we are not going to give up! Right..?
You are correct TopBilled....is there anyway this is able to be moved back to the general discussion? I would think with the number of views the manager better known as the "censor" would count this as an important thread. Are they afraid to keep popular posts on the general discussion board as it shows the real beliefs of their viewers?
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Okay...well then maybe I should switch it to 'Let's George.' I do kind of like that, it's catchy!
By the way, this thread was moved to the Your Favorites forum yesterday and that caused us to jump in views to over 11,000 now. Thank you moderator!
Well as I was "George Watching" last night as opposed to the drecks of Disney I contemplated the removal of this thread from general discussions to the ignominy of TCM moving this sight away from the general audience where I believe it should remain until we see George as either a SOTM or a SUTS in recognition of his career and contributions he made to the films he appeared in. So I guess it might be an honour but I don't believe moving the sight allows for ardent George fans to stay on top of the programmers to air a day of George. To coin a phrase..."Let's Whinge" which in this case is correct as whinge is a verb.
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Hey, let's have a new Mankiewicz mistake thread!
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If Ben then who? Some of the guests presenters are not all that cogent either and if it wasn't for Ben and Bob they'd be drifting through with superficial drivel. I prefer Alex Baldwin myself but I know how long he would last among the TCM fans. While I like Ben and I am sorry to see this thread re-emerge I certainly will take him in the movie intros as opposed to the Wine Commercials, which thankfully disappeared.