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> {quote:title=ChorusGirl wrote:}{quote} > I have an ongoing list of movies I cannot find anywhere...no vhs, no dvd, not on cable, not on you tube, not streaming on the net...just locked away in some vault collecting dust. > > Interested to know what other people's "holy grails" are. Some of mine are pretty obscure, which makes me want to see them that much more... > > *Girls About Town* (Kay Francis) > *M* (the 1951 remake) Well, I found the 1951 "M" last year online....not sure what the source of the recording was....but it looked very close to DVD quality. Can't possibly be that "rare" if I found it.

You also miss the point that has been brought up here numerous times: TCM can only show a film in the format provided to them by the studio, and if a studio doesn't have available a widescreen master or restored version of a film, they can only provide TCM with whatever they have available. Case in point: a few years ago I was looking forward to see PEPE again for the first time in decades, and even though TCM advertised the original 3 hour+ roadshow version, what they ended up showing was the shorter 158 minute general release version. Unfortunately, that's the only version Columbia could provide to them. That's the version they've been showing ever since. I've also seen a couple of movies which have only been shown in full screen versions, not widescreen....because that's what was provided to TCM. Same thing with mono vs. stereo...TCM shows Around The World Under The Sea in mono (I think).....but it was released years ago on VHS with the original stereo soundtrack. Strange that MGM couldn't provide TCM with a stereo master.

Remaking? Ridiculous....I assume as director, because she's too old to play Rose. Bette Midler already remade the movie as a tv film in the early 90's, and it was a perfect role for Bette.

How about the opposite: Performers who sing/dance and c-a-n-n-o-t act? I'd put Ruby Keeler up there...I enjoy her dancing, but think she was a lousy actress. I've never understood her popularity.

Madness, I would still disagree...that very notion suggests going all the way: For all silent movies, let's colorize them, remove the title cards and dub in actor's voices actually speaking, record a new music score which may not be suitable for the film, crop it for widescreen, digitally add visuals not originally present, and re-edit the movie to suit the tastes of today's audiences. Hogwash and piffle...

That is kinda strange....but that featurette isn't meant to indicate that every movie on TCM is or will be shown in a letterbox format, much less in its correct aspect ratio. It's meant to illustrate the purpose of letterboxing.

In your case it was wandering down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City. :-) During my "party days" back in the 80s, when I was going regularly to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show (which I've probably seen around 370 times by now), one time some friends were passing a joint around so we all got very buzzed....and halfway through the movie the sound went out-of-synch for me. I was hearing things slightly before or slightly after the image, but not precisely where it was supposed to be. Only time I can recall seeing a movie when I was high.

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > I equate this nonsense with what was done with the Original *STAR TREK* series. Adding all this modern CGI garbage. You can't even get the series anymore without all these lame computer enhanced effects. I agree with you about what was done to TOS for Trek (and they've actually considered doing something similar with STTNG)....but you're wrong: You CAN get the original versions on Blu-ray disc, which gives you the option of watching either the original or altered versions.

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > > Hepburn...I enjoy Streisand, but have never thought of her music as an actress. > > > Great post! Best one I have read in ages. Typo....I meant "much" as an actress. Edited my earlier post. :-P

> {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote} > I still see where technogy could be used to replace title cards. Just put the dialog on the bottom of the screen. That wouldn't always work, since the length of time a title card is displayed is often as long as the character would be speaking....in many cases, if not most cases, there'd only be a few seconds left of the before and after shots of the character during which a subtitle could be seen. > I still don't see where anyone has made the case that title cards add to the artistic merit of a picture. It doesn't...it's the fact that title cards ARE the dialogue.

You are correct....the actual song title is "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm". Let's also not forget several Our Gang shorts which featured musical numbers that Buckwheat was a part of.

Hepburn...I enjoy Streisand, but have never thought of her much as an actress.

'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' actress dies at 72 Feb 7, 6:11 AM (ET) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tura Satana, who gained cult status for her role in the 1965 Russ Meyer movie "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" has died of heart failure at age 72. The Los Angeles Times reports Satana's death was confirmed by her manager, Siouxzan Perry, who said Satana died Friday at a hospital in Reno, Nev. In "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Satana played Varla, the leader of a trio of thrill-seeking go-go dancers who kills a man with her bare hands. The women then set out to rob a wealthy older man who lives on a desert ranch with his two sons. Meyer has said the movie was an "absolute loser" when released but was rediscovered by the 1990s. It has since been shown at film festivals and art house cinemas. Satana's other credits include the 1963 film "Irma La Douce" and the television shows "Burke's Law" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." --- Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com

Absolutely NOT....a truly ridiculous, idiotic, and asinine suggestion....for several reasons (and the notion is worse than colorization, IMHO): 1. Simple desecration of an art form...period. Would you want to take recorded performances by a mime such as Marcel Marceau and add a voice or narration to it? Methinks not! Adding synchronized sound effects or music....yes.....but NOT voices! 2. As someone else has pointed out: Title cards were quite often inserted at a point where the actor would BEGIN to speak, and then returning to the actor after the card has played out simply shows them closing their mouth. Removing a title card would quite often prove IMPOSSIBLE to dub a voice afterward because actors often were never shown fully speaking a line of dialogue....so from a practical standpoint that's simply idiotically impossible. 3. Synchronization/Dubbing: Trying to get it RIGHT would often turn out like a badly dubbed Godzilla movie. 4. Getting the RIGHT voices to use would also prove a challenge...in other words, a mismatched voice to what a performer looks like would probably turn out comedically as a result. LEARN to appreciate silent films for what they ARE.....for cryin' out loud, I was watching silent films when I was a young teenager and ENJOYED them. Also as another person pointed out, WHY does everything not up to modern standards HAVE to be changed to suit our modern tastes or technologies? THEY DON'T. "If it ain't broke...don't fix it!"

Well, back in the 1930's the Marx Brothers had a couple of musical numbers where they performed alongside black performers, so...

There was a comment here a few years ago from someone at TCM who commented that they were unable to list shorts on the schedule because" they are often scheduled at the last minute". Now for the past couple of years (or whatever), they HAVE been listing shorts on the schedule....so that's hardly an excuse to use about "scheduled at the last minute". Now they're NOT listed on the schedule. TCM Programmers simply need to get their act together and be more planned and organized, and then they CAN list shorts on the schedule. It's not that difficult to figure out....certain types of movies get scheduled in advance, so schedule the appropriate types of shorts to go with them and then those shorts CAN be listed. Doh!

I don't understand why this is being labeled so "rare"....it's been around on home video since the 1980's, which is when I first saw it, about 25 years ago.

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > That sea monster explains why they shot to the surface so fast. > > ...or maybe the Seaview got outta there when they saw this underwater:

> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > Universal produced two very different THE BLACK CATs (1934 & 1941). Bela Lugosi was in both but the films had nothing to do with each other. > Likewise, there was a CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI and CABINET OF CALIGARI. > MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1929 & 1961) were two very different films, both based on Jules Verne. There was also a 2005 Hallmark tv remake of Mysterious Island with Patrick Stewart as Captain Nemo.....very different and an interesting take on the story and the character, but quite different from the previous versions. There have been other adaptions of The Black Cat with that same title but having next to nothing to do with either the previous versions or the original Poe story....just similar in name only. There was also a remake/homage a couple of years ago to the original CALIGARI utilizing the actual background images from the 1919 classic, and inserting different actors into the film background via computer. Same story, but not quite the same way it played out.

> {quote:title=NorbertFronczak wrote:}{quote} > Hattie McDaniel always played a black maid and when criticized by the NAACP for playing such roles she told them, "I could either get paid $100 a month as a real maid or $750 a week playing one in the movies!" This "maid story" has been brrought up a couple of times in this thread...what I heard on TCm awhile back was that Hattie told the NAACP "Hell, I'd rather PLAY a maid than BE one"...and of course, she made enough to obviously be able to afford her own maid. Showed them, didn't she?

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > Hilarious! Gotta' love *Margaret Hamilton*. > > She was also doing television in the 70s and 80s She and Mary Wickes were regular cast members on the Saturday morning show Sigmund and The Sea Monsters in the early 70's.

> {quote:title=MovieProfessor wrote:}{quote} > It was only after Esther retired from show business and went into a series of business ventures that she acquired a certain amount of wealth. One those was Esther Williams Swimming Pools....for many years there used to be one of those stores near us. http://www.esther-williams.com/index.htm

> {quote:title=kingrat wrote:}{quote} > pure escapist entertainment - FOUL PLAY I've never cared for it....overrated, IMHO. It's a ripoff of Hitchcock's far superior (and far more escapist, IMHO) The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Ever since the beginning of television, there have been signal outages and losses, and so-called "blackouts". That's the way it goes, because nothing is 100% perfect. What's the point of bringing it up or complaining about it? It won't change a thing or take you back in time to what you missed because of the outage.....signals go out now and then.

I used to have these sets years ago and sold them on Ebay years ago...probably should have kept them, but oh well. Mine were in MINT condition, by the way. Great selection of excerpts from the movie and scores. Definitely would be nice to get these sets issued on CD.