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Glad to know. Yes, most of the movies airing are ones I've seen before -some new to me - this month. I had heard that this month the forums are skipped by many regulars.

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I have created some threads that interest me. Thanks. I have gotten some great advice on not pressing the "New Content" button. That will improve things right away.

I have never seen The Sin of Madelon Claudet. Grand Hotel and I are old friends.

I knew Robert Ryan was dying when he made this movie. I didn't realize Frederic March was too. This is a great cast and I would love to seeit. I would likely watch half of it, give myself an intermission of a half hour or so, then watch the rest. Thanks for the review.

Thanks HelenBaby. I will do as you suggest and go to each individual forum and go to first page. Practical.

I know I may get some flack for this, but I find it extremely depressing to go on to this website for TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES, and have it totally overrun -off-topic forum I grant you that - by topics about elections (Canada just went through one), and various hot button issues. I press 'new content since my last visit" and everything is mostly totally political. I stopped watching everything that had commercials and avoided everything online during that time when I wanted to relax. If a movie is about politics, I'm quite happy to talk about politics in reference to how that movie looks at issues such as the recent movie The Big Short. That movie made me thrilled that I do not actually live in Vancouver. But I already get enough depressing news on the news channels, the newspaper, online about environment disasters I go on this site to talk about movies, artists, anything to do with the movie industry at all. It is only February. November is a long way a way in my mind in regards to this website being able to keep up with threads that are about movies/non-politics. For the record, I am Canadian. I live in British Columbia. I watch movies, listen to music, sing in choirs, devote my life to my cat all in an attempt to avoid going crazy about what's on news channels. My mother is a Canadian, my late father was an American. My parents were different religions. I have nine European countries in my ancestry, one of which is Italian -1/4. I watch gangster movies from the studio system era, but not ones made since the code ended. In other words, I am one of the people of Italian descent who has never seen any of the Godfather movies and cannot stand the thought of watching them. Forgive me my rant.....Where I live we used to have the best drinking water in the country. One pipeline disaster ..... Must live in my fantasy world of movies made before I was born...............

Hello John. Yes, I find that it sometimes easier to list what you do not like when you like most of an artist. Thanks for your list. Torn Curtain is a bit dated because of the Iron Curtain, but it has that unforgettable scene when Paul Newman kills a man with a knife, showing how difficult it is to kill someone with a knife and not be killed yourself.

I *think* it was pointing to the Monty Python troupe in general who would satirize everything including the BBC which was their network and often try to put them on odd hours and what they would program compared to other networks in England. And I think this clip was chosen because the characters keep trying to explain what they meant to someone in power.

FEBRUARY 15th Birthdays: Happy 85th birthday to Claire Bloom! Today was also the birthday of Harvey Korman, Kevin MacCarthy, and Caesar Romero

Hmmm. Wikipedia has John Barrymore born on the 14th, while imdb has him born today on the 15th. Well, either way he is a February baby

I adore Judy Holliday and wish she had made more movies. I recorded a lot of movies today because I was not home most of the time. Then when I did decide to watch a movie I went to a PVR recording.

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I find this tricky in terms of movies airing over and over. If a movie is a movie I love I can watch it multiple times and never tire of it. But if I don't like the movie or star or genre, etc. then only seeing it once can sometimes to be difficult. I pay a lot of money already to get TCM and other channels. I already have a PBS station as well as the Knowledge Network which is similar only British Columbia run. I'm fine with something like 31 Days of Oscar if it is genre-programmed instead of six degrees of separation. That might have to do with living in Canada and therefore TCM airs other movies in place of titles where they do not own the rights to air them in this country. The actor to actor plan does not work therefore. And I would like to have birthdays and memorial tributes air in February. I do admit that I do tend to use their Summer Under the Stars schedule as a reminder of what day it is in August because I'm idle in August and it is hard to remember what day it is otherwise. I am showing my age here and I don't mind. I considered staying at 39 like Jack Benny. But when I turned 40 earlier this month I was proud to say it because I grew up and graduated before the internet became available to the general public. I know and appreciate what a treat a channel like TCM is. Any ribbing I give it is in fun and in hopes that it does not go the route of AMC. I have watched some films online which I otherwise wold have access too. But truthfully, watching a movie on a computer screen hurts my eyes. Re: North by Northwest - I watch this movie several times a year. That's why I answered this.

2. Richard Denning appeared in AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, one of the most beloved romances of all time. He loses Deborah Kerr to Cary Grant.

I believe this was the thread that mentioned PAPILLON and that I said I would be recording it to watch at another time. That is why I writing about the movie in this thread instead of I Just Watched - that and the fact that I don't want to write the plot of the movie. I just finished watching it. Many thanks to the warning about the brutality of the movie. Knowing that ahead of time made me prepared for what happens, especially as this movie is only rated PG, not 18A like The Wild Bunch was. I was able to watch the whole movie. I don't think that I will watch it a second time, and if I wasn't a fan of Steve McQueen I probably would not have tried to watch it. I am glad I saw this movie. It is excellent. Still not sure if I will ever get through The Sand Pebbles. I have tried several times to get through it, and I always stop at around the same time. I tried to watch that for McQueen and Richard Attenborough-last time was shortly after R.A. died. Part of the reason I was able to watch Papillon was because I knew it was based upon an autobiography and that he did eventually did escape. It is remarkable about the will to survive and a sense of purpose. In that sense and the fact that it is another real life prisoner, this movie reminds me of The Birdman of Alcatraz about Robert Stroud. I see I had originally spelled Papillon incorrectly sometimes. Edited for spelling

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I considered using this as my avatar, but I did not know how to crop photos. So I went with the one I have instead. These are great Jake.

What a beautiful cat! I happened to be owned by a handsome cat myself.

I picked top 5. Sadly, I have been unable to watch The Lodger. I have never found a copy of it. Thanks for your list.

FAVOURITE BRITISH (i.e. British produced) HITCHCOCK TITLES: 1. The Lady Vanishes 2. The 39 Steps 3. Murder! 4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (original version) 5. The Secret Agent

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This post looks at Best Supporting Actor and Actress for 1931: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Donald Crisp for Svengali Clark Gable for A Free Soul James Gleeson in A Free Soul Edward Everett Horton in The Front Page Boris Karloff in Frankenstein Dickie Moore in Star Witness Roland Young in Don't Bet on Women Winner: Clark Gable for A Free Soul BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Joan Blondell in The Public Enemy Mae Clarke in The Public Enemy Claudette Colbert in The Smiling Lieutenant Glenda Ferrel in Little Caesar Aline MacMahon in Five Star Final Winner: Joan Blondell in The Public Enemy

JUVENILE AWARD FOR 1931: Winner: Jackie Cooper for The Champ and Skippy Honorable Mention: Dickie Moore for the adorable boy in Star Witness, the only reason why I would watch S.W. a second time. Jackie Cooper in The Champ lives on in my mind for always. Too bad he and Beery did not get along.