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Oh Man--LornaHansonForbes is right. Current totals are 104,000 thumbs up, 190.00 thumbs down. I went down a good way in the comments. Earlier in the day, there were 210,000 thumbs down from users; and according to several users, this film cost OVER $150 million dollars If Sony is erasing negative comments, they aren't keeping up. What is a "burner account?"

Thanks for correction, LawrenceA. At least I got the film, LOL.

1934 films, in no special order: 1.) "The Thin Man" 2.) "Of Human Bondage" 3.) "Tarzan and His Mate"--One of the Last Pre-Code films; restored version runs 104 minutes (Wikipedia is source). 4.) "The Merry Widow" 5.) "The Lost Patrol" 6.) "It Happened One Night" 7.) "Cleopatra" 8.) "The Gay Divorcee" 9.) "Twentieth Century" 10.) "The Black Cat"

speedracer5--"I Dood It" isn't great, except for the musical numbers with Lena Horne and Hazel Scott; "Jericho" is Worth waiting to see. I mention this film hoping it won't disappear from the schedule like "The Wicker Man" (1973) did; "So Long At The Fair" (1950) is a very good British period (1889) film noir with Jean Simmons.

"Over The Edge" (1979). Watch the trailer on YouTube; it has that same shot in it.

DGF--The Legion of Decency (LoD) generally objected to the same films the Production Code did--the LoD was formed in 1933, in Ohio. If anything, the LoD was more strict than the Production Code; there's an article on it on Wikipedia that gives the outlines, the Pledge churchgoers had to take, & the LoD's rating system--search "Legion of Decency" on Wiki.

As of 10:02 a.m., E.S.T., trailer for new "Ghostbusters" film has 90,000 likes and 156,000 dislikes on YouTube.

"Baby Face" (1933)--To answer a question GGGGerald brought up in this thread, or another, YES! this was the "Condemned" version; It named the philosopher (Nietzche--sp?), it had several shots of Stanwyck leading her respectable(?) employers on, and one priceless scene that had Stanwyck "persuading" a railway guard not to throw them off the train while her maid (Theresa Harris) sang a spiritual as background accompaniment: wonderful, keen edged drama mixed with satire. 9/10 stars. SPOILER SPOILER FOR CENSORED VERSION OF "BABY FACE" (1933)--There was no Nonsense at the end about Stanwyck & hubby being happy "mill workers" at the End! "Let's Face It" (1943)--Bob Hope and Betty Hutton star in this shredded Paramount musical that dropped some of the music, and is the worse for doing so. But Eve Arden saves the film during its music-less middle. Somehow, she gets laughs out of Every line--the lady deserved an Academy Award nomination for her acting job. Phyllis Povah (1939's "The Women") and Zasu Pitts also get laugh lines across well. "Dance of Love" and "Let's Not Talk About Love" are worth waiting for. 6/10 stars.

Best Scene--From "Baby Face" (1933)--Barbara Stanwyck "persuades" a railway guard to not throw her and her maid (Theresa Russell) off a train--Russell sings a spiritual in accompaniment while Stanwyck's "persuading."

Well, I like the Sister--she seems knowledgeable and brought up one issue that was overlooked at the time unless the film was notably vicious; the treatment of the American Indian in film. She named a John Ford Western as her favorite ("The Searchers"). So far, so good, after Night One. The one film that brought up that issue was a Wild, Wild, Eastern--Cecil B. DeMille's "Unconquered" (1947). The contemporary reviews noted its' treatment of Indians, Variety and The New York Times especially; and yes, I have seen this film and favorably reviewed it in the past; it's a fun watch, but I laugh at portrayal of Indians instead of wincing.

Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" (1944) and "Rope" (1948)--Both films are almost all talk.

"Washington Story" (1952) ?

*&^%$#@#%^*())(*&%$%^&* subliminal advertising!!!!!! To see, stop trailer at 1:05 mark and read top line. LornaHansonForbes is right (My anger is directed at filmmakers, not you--Major Thank You for spotting that!). Now it's a definite "stay away from".

As I saw the original "Ghostbusters" (1984) in the theater, some comments: 1. The original was released 32 years ago, not 30 as the trailer says. 2. One reason (out of many) there are no laughs is because the original ghost, especially on the theater posters, looked harmless and amusing, like a green Pillsbury Doughboy wearing a nightcap. This trailers' ghost looks angry, serious, and ready to destroy a city or two. Whether they meant to or not, the filmmakers have Unsuccessfully mixed genres. 3. There are no guaranteed comics or laugh lines in the trailer ("I've been slimed.") This is just my opinion of the posted trailer. Edit: I just looked at the trailer again; the original drawing for the 1984 film has been crossed out (In the lower right corner); it looks like half of a skull and crossbones, minus the skull. Baaad promotional choice, IMHO. Will be interesting to see if this one lays an egg at the box-office. Edit #2: Just watched the trailer again. There are two product tie-ins in two minutes--and this isn't to be released until this summer?? Everything spells "stay home", for me at least.

Mr. Gorman--Yes, I saw "Interval" (1973?) when I was in college, a few decades ago. Boring film, awful music--only question it raised was how many face lifts Did Oberon have?? Yes, you're right--Robert Wolders was married to Merle Oberon from 1973 till she died in 1979. He then became Audrey Hepburns' companion till she died in 1993. After A. Hepburn died in 1993, Wolders was also involved with Leslie Caron. Sources: Wikipedia and my memory.

"Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" (1968). For a Good film, one star out of ten. For Camp, 7.5 stars out of ten. This epic stars Mamie Van Doren, a cast of nobodies, and a takeoff on Robby the Robot. It was directed by Peter Bogdanovich (who used the alias "Derek Thomas" for the director credit (according to imdb), and was credited as "Narrator" under Bogdanovich's name. Movie looks Ultra-Cheap. Idiocies are too numerous to list them all, but a few favorites: 1. Less than two minutes into the film, while film is showing versions of "spacecraft", it shows something that looks like a mound of flour, with a flour sifter suspended above it. 2. Women communicate telepathically, yet there are at Least four shots of a microphone when they're communicating (the shots I spotted look like a hearing aid or a drive-thru microphone hanging from an ear, LOL. 3. Dinosaurs are dispatched with revolvers. 4."Voila" is pronounced "voy-la". Are multiple copies of film on YT. Potential viewers are Warned/Alerted.

Guess what film is gone from the March Daily Schedule--"The Wicker Man" (1973). I checked American and Canadian schedules--gone from Both. Went to TWM's TCM page--No date for it to be shown in the future. Figures.

MGM edited out this song from "The Harvey Girls" (1946) because film was running too long. Song is called "My Intuition"; Garland and Hodiak duet here. First notes of song can be heard in underscoring at 1:25 mark: vocals begin around 2:00 mark.

Wednesday, March 2nd/3rd: The treasure of the schedule is on late night; All times E.S.T.: 1:45 p.m. "Romance On The High Seas" (1948)--Doris Days' film debut had one massive hit song, "It's Magic". 5:15 p.m. "Guys and Dolls" (1955)--Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons, and co. make this overlong musical worth seeing; Stubby Kaye does a memorable rendition of "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat" 1:45 a.m. "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" (1966)--This Sondheim musical won the Best Score Oscar, and is a gem--songs include "Comedy Tonight", "Everybody Ought To Have a Maid", "Lovely", and others.

Yes, I like Van Johnson also. He was always a pleasant presence in musicals (in 1954's "Brigadoon", 1949's "In The Good Old Summertime", etc.) and comedies (1948's "State of the Union" and "The Bride Goes Wild", just to name two) and an effective dramatic actor (1949's "Battleground", 1954's "The Caine Mutiny). A favorite actor.

A persons' home--where they should feel safest is proven not to be so. Just a few movies illustrating this point: "Double Indemnity" (1944) "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946) "The Killers" (1946) "Pursued" (1947)--a western/noir "Act of Violence" (1948) "The Set-Up" (1949) "Lust For Gold" (1949)--another western/noir And many more.

Paul1992--Look out for the cameos Garland did in "Ziegfeld Follies" (1946) ("A Great Lady Has An Interview") where Garland appears to be having a grand time parodying one of MGM's female stars, and in "Words and Music" (1948) where she and Mickey Rooney sing "I Wish I Were In Love Again", and she solos on "Johnny One-Note". You may want to just go from musical number to musical number in WaM--the music is the saving grace of that film, IMHO.

Gail Russell--who went from instant stardom in Paramount's "The Uninvited" (1944), to co-starring with Sabu and a chimpanzee in "Song of India" (1949) to a comeback that failed in "Seven Men From Now" (1956) to dying in 1961 of alcoholism. The mentioned demon started when she took a drink or two before a take to still her fear(s) in 1944"s "The Uninvited.

1933: Best Supporting Actor:Single winner marked by 2 asterisks: two or more winners marked by 4 Guy Kibbee in 42nd Street Pat O'Brien in Bombshell Fred Astaire in Flying Down to Rio** Arthur Hohl in Wild Boys of the Road Gavin Gordon in The Bitter Tea of General Yen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Best Supporting Actress: Una O'Connor in The Invisible Man Ginger Rogers in 42nd Street Elsa Lanchester in The Private Life of Henry VIII**** Ginger Rogers in Flying Down to Rio**** Una Merkel in Midnight Mary

One comment about "Barry Lyndon" (1975), One about film noir. "Barry Lyndon" (1975) was a beautiful film (by the copy Comcast recently showed, I don't know if that's still applicable or not). Film noir rarely deals in all good or all bad characters; everyone's a lighter or darker shade of gray; absolutes don't exist in the film noir world. JMO.