bhryun
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Which film that aired on TCM between 10pm and 2am Pacific Time within the last 30 days (April 12-May 12, 2005) featured the actress asking a bartender for "Two King Kongs?"
Winner gets a prize for the correct answer.
Kind regards.
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There's been an ongoing 'discussion' in my house about "A Letter to Three Wives" and its ending. Does anyone really leave with Addie? Was it Jeanne Crain's husband? or was it really Paul Douglas' character? At the end Paul tells Jeanne he was going to leave with Addie but turned back. Jeanne leaves the party feeling relieved. Paul then turns to the table of people and says, "Let her sleep. She would have found out anyway." Meaning what?! That the next morning her husband will not be coming home or that he did have business like he said and will be home? As the resident lover of dark movies and painful endings, I think her husband left her, but there are others that think I'm too cynical and well, dark? Thoughts? It is an excellent film if you haven't seen it, I recommend it.
The other film ending is "Shoot the Moon" and what does Albert Finney's character mean when he says "Faith?" (Diane Keaton's character name) as well as her lover when he says "Faith?" What does anyone think her character does? Goes back to husband Finney or stay with lover Peter Weller? A great film depicting a family breaking up and the pain that goes with it.
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This is fantastic news!! I adore the Silent Film Era(The 1920s in general) and the fabulous 1930s. Greta Garbo is one of my favorites from these eras.
Ginger-n-Fred Fan
Poetry/Beauty in Motion
Anxiously waiting for the release of the Astaire and Rogers Vol. 1 DVD Box Set this August and the Greta Garbo DVDs this September.
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allycat1920 (BTW, I love your username. I'm a huge fan of the 1920s and the 1930s. My favorite Eras.) , I agree about the movement being small but so good. This is what I love about Ginger and Fred. They could take the smallest thing and turn it into something so powerful. Their moments and movements were always packed with so much emotion. True emotion. It was effortless. They were so natural in every way. I also love that in Fred and Ginger films, they really focused on the two of them. Yes, there were big performances with other dancers, etc. but the true focus of the movies were on the two of them. Like in the "Never Gonna Dance" scene/dance they were completely alone in a deserted Ballroom. They express their feelings through dance and it speaks louder than words. There resist and surrender dances were so seductive (erotic) and lyrical. Dance was like making love for these two. As Fred Astaire said: "Of course, Ginger was able to accomplish sex through dance. We told more through our movements instead of the big clinch. We did it all in the dance."
I just recently watched "Follow the Fleet" again and I was so impressed with how Ginger could go from the zany, fun loving, comedic numbers to the dramatic, erotic dances with such ease. She performed both perfectly. Fred and Ginger created pure Magic.. They go from the funny dance to the song "I'm putting all my Eggs in one basket" (Fred and Ginger were absolutely adorable and had me LOL) to the powerful, dramatic, seductive dance (Both stage characters were contemplating suicide. I love how Fred pulls her off the balcony just as she's going to jump. Her facial expressions were wonderful. She conveyed both despair and desire.) to the song "Let's Face the Music and Dance." A very beautiful dance! Some friends of mine told me that Bernadette Peters and Steve Martin imitate Fred and Ginger in the movie "Pennies from Heaven (1981)." They used Fred and Ginger film footage from the "Let's Face the Music and Dance" number in the background and then they continued doing their own dance after they move into their own setting.. I may have check it out.
Ginger-n-Fred Fan
Poetry/Beauty in motion.
Anxiously waiting for the release of Astaire and Rogers Vol.1 DVD Box set this August.
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Hi, Gang - Looking for a short (half-hour?) seen on TCM about a year ago - wish I wrote it down!
1930's, about an ex-band leader who quit to marry a stuck-up girls' school headmistress who's morally opposed to dancing, and who doesn't know about his checkered past.
Now, years later, he's the music teacher, who sneaks swing sessions on his piano when no one's around.
His old band members show up & coerce him into coming back for 'one more night' down in Atlantic City. (Hysterical bit - before you know this is a comedy about music they come sneaking up outside his window while he's playing piano with their violin cases, looking like 30's mobsters. They talk it up like they're gonna rub him out, and when they ACTUALLY pull out violins, it's great!!)
Of course, some of the schoolgirls sneak out to Atlantic City and see him......
Anybody recognize it? I've searched TCM's library, IMDB's library, but maybe they don't catalog short films? Great music, great dancing, funny bits.
Thanks, ..........Bill
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Thanks so much! I'll check it out!
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Well I do like Cartoon Alley and I think it should be on every Saturday not just once a month, and I also wish they would show more loony tune cartoons to fill in time between movies, I don't really like the one reel shorts but then that's just my opinion. I would like to see a night maybe devoted to Loony Tunes movies, there were at least three that I can think of, that would be good.
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I wouldn't mind seeing a looney tunes or two before or after a movie is shown - just like the old days in the theater, but that's about the extent of my interest.
I have to admit, however, that I recently watched a Bugs Bunny movie (I can't remember the name, but it was a full lenght film) and just ****. Much better viewing at age 47 than 7.
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i think that TCM should play some Loony Tunes marathon all day tues & wed
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I think that TCM should give the Osmonds movie an chance like Goin Coconuts w Donny & Marie from 1978 , I married Wyatt Earp with Marie Osmond 1982 Wild women from chasity gulch w donny Osmond , Also I think that they should some old cartoons from the 30's & 40's like the the Looney tunes
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Hi, can anyone help me?
I'm looking for the title of a B&W movie starring Tony Musante that was made...I'm guessing...in the 1950-1960 timeframe. It was on TCM about 3-4 months ago, with Tony Musante playing a young hoodlum punk on a subway car. He and his other hoodlum friend terrorize all the passengers on this subway car, and at the end of the movie, Tony Musante ends up getting killed by 1 of 2 young soldiers on the subway car. The entire movie takes place in this subway car. It's a great movie, and I'd like to try and find a CD of it...if anyone can help me with the title!
Thanks much!
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Friends, when I posted my question I was trying to see if there were enough people who agreed with me to suggest joining together and voicing our diffficulty to TCM management.
At this point, it is clear that my point of view is in the minority. So be it. I did not want to be the cause of any hard feelings between anyone for any reason.
Let's enjoy the movies that we can watch together and let the rest go.
Mr. harveysrabbit, I'm grateful as you say to know that I am not alone. But please, let go of your end of the rope. Don't fight anymore.
Mr. keithfromke, I'm sorry we don't see things in the same way. But please, can't you just agree to disagree and also let this go? I did not ask my question to cause hard feelings with anyone. I just like movies.
Thank you.
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That's it!! It's Girl Crazy, it has to be because the outfit she is wearing on the cover is the exact outfit I remember from that scene! Thank you so so much! Good Call! Thanks
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I would really like to see the 2000 interview that Robert Osborn did with Betty Hutton. So far, I not been able to determine if it will ever be re-broadcast or if it is available on tape or DVD. Does anyone out there have any answers? I'm frustrated.
casonet@aol.com
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I really need some help! I am despretly trying to figure out what musical I saw one night on TCM. I only caught about 7 minutes and it included a woman in a cowgirl outfit singing and dancing and lassoing. It was an incredible disply of talent and it was in black and white. I am pretty sure it wasn't Annie Get Your Gun, and I know nothing else about it. If this scene sounds familar to anyone, please let me know which muscial you think it might be. It's driving me crazy!
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Am I alone in my unhappiness at the addition of profanity to TCM?
I have been a fan of TCM for years. As well as showing uncut classic films that I can't watch anywhere else, TCM was always a "safe haven" from the profanity and just plain trash that has taken over most of the television networks.
The first time I was "ambushed" by "A Fish Called Wanda" I couldn't believe I was on the same channel.
It was introduced with all the fanfare of a "classic comedy." The first time the curse words came vomiting their way into my living room I was so startled I couldn't believe I was watching TCM. To my sadness, I was.
I have since watched TCM "inch" it's way deeper and deepen into the garbage pit by continuing to add more and more films that contain profanity and even brief nudity.
Being a witness to the "self mutilation" of a once great TV network is, to say the least, no fun at all.
Is this issue of concern to anyone else? How about you?
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Gone With The Wind, hands down.
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A day of nothing but musicals is a bit much.
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Please play some osmond movies
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This is so hard! I know my number one but the rest are in no order:
1. My Fair Lady
The rest:
Singing In The Rain
Sunset Boulevard
Notorious
Psycho
The Godfather
Gone With The Wind
All Fred And Ginger movies (can that count as one? hehe)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Long Long Trailer
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My Fair Lady is not only my favorite musical, but my favorite movie ever. Besides that one I love: Singing In The Rain, Funny Face, Summer Stock, An American In Paris, The Bandwagon, All Fred and Ginger movies, Easter Parade, White Christmas, and Holiday Inn
I LOVE FRED ASTAIRE!
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Whoo-hoo! Just finished doing my happy dance.
Thanks so much for the detailed info. I am so happy we are getting extras!! I can't wait until I own both box sets.Ginger-n-Fred Fan
Poetry/Beauty in motion.
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I detest musicals.
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YAY!
Thanks for the info. I am so excited! > Here's hoping this year will
> fly by!
I agree!
Osmond movies
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I think TCM should play some old Osmond movies like the 1978 Goin Cococnuts w Donny & Marie , the 1982 I Wyatt Earp with Marie Osmond , 1983 Wild women of Chasity Gulch