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As another un-girl but not exactly a man, I too like gangsta (ack!) films. I like justice and revenge and wrongs righted and evil people punished. I'd like to see all of these things in this world........oops, sorry that wasn't the question. But yes, I like gangster films, starting with Mother of Mercy is this the end of Rico? and Made it Ma top of the world! I like my Bogey menacing and my Cagney evilly grinning. I loved all the Godfathers except the last one, and Goodfellas, Casino, and Mona Lisa. I'm inured to television violence, thanks to movies like this. I liked Wise Guy and Crime Story, even IF the latter got so ridiculous that the mob boss survived a nuclear blast! I like bad men and bad women sooooo much better than goody-two-shoe types! But hey, all of the above is just me.

I agree, thank you, thank you, Fernando (I was having the darndest time spelling feaito!) and path! Of course, now I have to check both your recommendations and the schedule before I program my selections, but it's worth the extra work.

Sorry, but from a glass half empty perspective, I don't like the trend. They seem to be appealing to a different 'demographic'. I hope I'm wrong. Is there any way to look at last year's schedule for this month? To see if they were showing this plethora of recent films? If not, the 'little man in my gut' may be right. And I don't want him to be.

feaito, I agree, no surprise. I too think the 1930s was the most wonderful movie decade ever, and will never, ever be matched. As to being a film librarian, what a good idea. That or a film critic! Another area that appeals to me is entertainment law. The current crop of 'stars' are soooo stupid that I believe they are seriously in need of legal protection. kenwalk04, again I agree. To quote a much liked song: I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. When I think of what a stuffed shirt I used to be, and what a feisty old broad I am now, I smile. And thank you, too, ken. These boards are amazing, aren't they?

Oh, I was just kidding, feaito! Since I'm in alleged 'middle age', 72 to me now seems like 'upper' middle age. And I believe I read that phrase somewhere re ages, that the 70s are no longer old, that old nowadays applies to those in their 90s! Of course, this is all variable considering the health of the individual. But I think as Baby Boomers age, they'll find any way they can NOT to be called old! And yes, computer technology is amazing, as are the people who master it. There was a story on Modern Marvels last night about a software called Final Cut Pro. It is now available to ANYONE with a digital camera and a thousand dollars. Steven Soderbergh used a digital camera and Final Cut to edit his first film. So, if you're at all inventive, you too can become the next Thalberg! Amazing, no?

Thanks, feaito, for the follow up with your brother. By the way, 72 is not elderly!!

feaito, I have been told that there now exists a converter for VHS to DVD that is under $300. Is this true? Is this the long process of which you speak? I don't understand how that would work. How many hours of tape can be transferred to one DVD? Is it worth the time and money? And when the DVD technology is replaced by something else, what then? Thanks.

CC impresses me in the same way as Jean Arthur and Norma Shearer do. Much more than Stanwyck, Davis and Crawford did. With me, I think it has something to do with the height. Since I'm height-challenged:), I tend to like petite, feisty, short haired actresses. I'm kidding, just slightly, about identifying with an actress based on her physical persona, since I adore Carole Lombard, but I really LIKE all of the aforementioned. I know I'm leaving more than a few out...petite actresses with short hair, anyone?...but it seemed these actresses couldn't just rely on their drop-dead gorgeous looks and had to act their hearts out a bit more than, say, a Crawford. Just my musings. Irene Dunne, she's another! And then, just to prove I'm inconsistent, I think one of my very favorite actresses is Lizabeth Scott. I love watching and listening to that woman. Hmmmm, I just Googled her.......she's still alive????? I'll be darned. Now I get to write a sappy fan email to the webmaster. Maybe he'll forward it to her!

Thanks, feaito! I'm sure it's me....you should see what I am going through, checking and re-checking and then scheduling my taping, and cataloguing what I've taped, and cross-checking again, and only the very young would not get confused! I'd love to see History Is Made At Night, it sounds wonderful. Hint.....tcmprogrammer? path, I just realized...see what I mean?...that I didn't have Invasion of the Body Snatchers in my collection. Thanks to your site, I have scheduled it. Besides being a verrrry good movie (don't even mention the remake to me, unless it's the scene where what's-her-name opens her mouth), I lovvvvve the name King Donovan. Don't you? This place is great, and so is TCM! Oh, and whilst looking to construct housing for my now voluminous VHS tapes, the contractor person mentioned that a converter from VHS to DVD is now available for a low price. Is this for real? *sigh*

keith, I agree. Giametti has long been a favorite of mine, although I didn't know his name until American Splendor. I respect the actors who DON'T get the recognition from Hollywood, aka Phillip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly. By the way, did you know Paul is saddled with the name Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti? He was wonderful as Harvey Pekar, just wonderful. I remember Pekar from the Letterman show, and I'm still shaking my head that this nutjob got a movie for his efforts. But he, and it, and Giametti, were delightful. Eastwood? A major hunk, now that he's old. But only a mediocre actor. And the Oscars? A popularity contest among the in crowd. Nothing more. Oh, and an opportunity for one and all to showcase their sartorial finery and their ability to hide their plastic surgery scars. Nothing more.

feaito, when is (or was) Wonderful Movie being shown? Jean Arthur is a terrific actress.

Death Takes A Holiday??????????? OH, happy, happy, joy, joy. Death was never sexier. path, am I doing something wrong? I can't seem to show any films beyond Jan. 26 in your Classic Film Guide. I now depend on you, you understand. I have to consult two different documents before I can decide what to tape, but it's worth it! Thanks.

Thanks, Tom, for the tip. Apparently you get what you pay for. And since I'm using what was already installed here, I don't have the best.

LOL, path, howzzat for serendipity??? Tell me do, though, IF the baby's eyes are shown at the end. I gotta know!! I bought the VHS and no eyes. Brrrr, I'm getting chills just thinking about the movie. Enjoy!

Thanks, pgrm80s. It's the 'highlighting' of columns that I need to do in order to alphabetize the movies that I find cumbersome. I would have thought there was a way to plug in a formula to highlight X number of cells, but there isn't, it seems. Oh well, there are worse things in life, eh??!! stoneyburke

Hmmm, no, path, I didn't find The Uninvited scary at all. I found it to be comfortable, like I do all fantasy movies. It struck me like The Ghost and Mrs. Muir or...I know, I'm getting repetitive...The Time Of Their Lives. Now, for scary, SO scary that I can't watch it all at once, I have to offer Rosemary's Baby. How funny that today's movie makers think they know something about making a scary movie. And yes, isn't it a shame how we and especially some youts have become desensitized to gore and horror? They show bullet holes on network dramas now and it's all so ho-hum. stoneyburke

How does everyone here catalogue the movies they tape, either on VHS or DVD? I'm currently using a Works Spreadsheet and it is NOT the most user friendly method, I've found. Anyone else? stoneyburke

Not trying to post as a member of the Dewey Cheathem and How staff...sheesh, I got that mixed up in my other post!...but AIM chose my name....sorry, stoneyburke666

I agree, keith. Plan 9 the worst? Hardly. I can sit through Plan 9 more than once, but I surely can't watch Vanilla Sky or Eyes Wide Shut again. Ever. At least Wood wasn't operating under any delusions (or at least I hope he wasn't!). And who couldn't like a director who wore a short sleeve angora sweater??

No computer, loliteblue! Holey moley, that would give me the bends. Well, take care of yerself and soon, as Felix says in Christmas in Connecticut, you'll be feeling 'hunkey dunkey'!

Fascinating. I liked Skyscraper Souls for its mood, the glorious shadows and elevators and shots of skyscrapers, real or not, I am not sure. Yes, feaito, Powell was Philo Vance in a number of movies. As was Basil Rathbone, apparently, I'd like to see those. By the way, TCM showed Skyscraper Souls, I believe. Hopefully, they will show it again.

Skyscraper Souls was wonderful, everything that makes me sorry I wasn't around in 1935 and more. I've seen Employees Entrance as well, only don't remember it right now. Drat and blast, I haven't seen any of the others, will have to put them on my 'list'. Have you seen him as Philo Vance, he was...well, if you're in lust with him, that is...utterly delightful. I'm so glad to see that he is given attention in those books -- until Cablevision came down from their mountain and deigned to give us Westchester peons TCM (and thus brought me here), I thought I was the only one who appreciated him, having seen him once on the now defunct AMC.

Interesting, feaito (and yes, I don't just love Pre-Code films, I love them!...also, as a former librarian, I don't.buy.books, I rent them), I went from this site: http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.06.03/noir-0306.html 'the smoothly amoral Warren William'...so that's why I am gaa-gaa over the guy? to Amazon, which lists all of the books you mentioned! Thanks, I'm gonna have to get as many of these as I can read at one time, pull down the venetian blinds, put a coaster...oh, I've posted my MO.... Funny, the site I listed above said that Richard Gere tried to channel Warren William in Chicago...HA, not even on a GOOD day could that automaton channel even an actor, much less Warren William.

Thanks, feaito. Methinks I should get self to the library to read Pre-Code Hollywood and see what else I'm not seeing! *sigh* There's gold in them thar hills and I don't have a pick or a shovel.

As Bugs Bunny used to say, keith, oh ag-ony, ag-o-ny!! Fredric March and Claudette Colbert in a Pre-Code film??? tcmprogrammer, do you have any information on the three films mentioned herein? Any chance of them being shown on TCM?