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I've got my DVR set to record it.

I am looking forward to seeing this one! Thanks for the heads up!

Pretenders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U8Bl8l6tQk

"Connie O"

Thanks for the link. The opening to JOLLY FELLOWS was quite good. That film would be an excellent choice for TCM Imports.

Roy Orbison:

Here are a few more car themed songs. "Beep Beep": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1c4QZGQw5o "Stickshitfs and Safetybelts": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3i7EFYk-_c "One Piece At A Time" "I'm Wild About Horns On Automobiles" "Chevy Van" "Gasoline Gus & his Jitney Bus"

Cream:

"Henry Made A Lady Out Of Lizzie": "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along": "Get 'Em In A Rumble Seat":

There's are indeed some wonderful pre-code films coming up! THE DARK HORSE (1932) is one of my favorites. It's an excellent political satire and quite a hoot. :^0

I'm not sure how many of the 15 films made by Rex Ingram prior to THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE survive. THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE is the earliest Ingram film that I have been able to view so far.

The print of WHAT PRICE GLORY? that aired on TCM was an improvement over the one that aired on AMC in the '90s. Thank you TCM for showing it!

RICH AND STRANGE is kind of a strange movie, in that it has more kinship with silent film than talkies. There is not a lot of dialogue in the film and it also has descriptive titles similar to what you would see on a silent production. I like the film anyway. I like Hitchcock's symbolic visual style in this film. Joan Berry is good in this film, Hitchcock used her voice insteda if Any Ondra's in BLACKMALE. Henry Kendell's character, Fred comes off mostly as an *** and not all that sympathetic. I liked the lovely German actress Betty Amann as the Princess. She was also excellent in Joe May's 1929 silent ASPHALT. Given the low budgets that Hitchcock had to work with and the lack of interest in England for home grown productions, I think he did a good job with this film.

I found THE MAGICIAN to be quite an enjoyable film, and it also has a lovely score. I am a fan of Rex Ingram's films. I hope one day that TCM will commission an orchestral score for MARE NOSTRUM, one of my favorite Ingram films. The current edition with the piano score is not bad, but this film really needs an orchestral score to really bring it to life. I'm sure Robert that you would do this film justice. Maybe one day...

The Kevin Brownlow/David Gill HOLLYWOOD series (you can find it on YouTube) is really excellent. TCM sometimes runs documentaries on Marion Davies, Buster Keaton, Lon Chaney and Frances Marion.

Rosebud is a sled??? Dammit!! That's another classic film I won't need to watch!

I believe that there are still rights issues keeping HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT from airing. With that said, who knows, maybe TCM is trying to get that straightened out. They were able to get the rights cleared up on THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE. I would suspect that the legal wranglings move slowly.

I am a fan of Radio Dismuke too! I have a few Six Jumping Jacks Brunswick 78s in my collection as well as some other Harry Reser 78s on other labels. Many of his records were issued under variety of names other than his own. Here's another fun Harry Reser tune:

I think China stopped running steam locomotives about 10 or so years ago (or at least stopped building them).

I do like DANGER LIGHTS for that very same reason, lots of excellent shots of the Milwaukee Road steam locomotives and shops. MURDER IN THE PRIVATE CAR (1934), has a great 2nd half with lots of shots of Southern Pacific Locomotives. THE SILVER STREAK (1934) features the Chicago Burlington & Quincy's new (for 1934) streamlined diesel passenger train. Hal Roach also utilized the Santa Fe yards in Los Angeles for RAILROADIN' (1929), an Our Gang short. The opening moments of OTHER MEN'S WOMEN (1930) has some nice train shots in it. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941) also has a few good train sequences in it. Too bad only about 8 or 10 minutes of THUNDER (1929), Lon Chaney's last silent film exist. From what I understand they used the Milwaukee Road's shops and trains quite a bit, as Lon's character was supposed to be an engineer.

Very nice article Ed, I hope to be able to see the restored THE BARKER on day.

Excellent choices casablancalover, I'm a big fan of Marty! Here's a favorite of mine:

Very nice article Ed, thanks for posting the link!

CCR:

Elvis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0wfGbWrPFc