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It looks like Brandon deWilde's biography in the TCM database was written by a fan (albatros_1) and not TCM. TCM encourages fans to contribute to the database listings. There is a statement at the bottom of the biograpy that says: Please support TCMDB by adding to this information.Click here to contribute. If you click on that button on the biographical page it will take you here: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/contribute/?id=46921|169710&name=Brandon-deWilde So, if you are so inclined, you can contribute to his biographical page.

>Nearly all the 1940 ones are great classics (except maybe OUR TOWN), while none of the 2007 ones are great classics (except maybe NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), which is typical of these modern times in the movie business FredC, It really comes down to a matter of opinion. We have been having this discussion long enough to know that nothing Rey or I or anyone else who disagrees with you regarding your premise that pre-1960s films are great classics and most post 1960 and modern films aren't is going to change your mind. We could make lists from here to Sunday and back with reasons why a number of films from the post-1960s and today are great films that we consider classics. And you would counter with your lists and reasons from Sunday until the cows come home that the pre-1960s are better classics but at the end of the day, you will still love the films you consider classic and we will still love the films we consider classic and no one's mind will be changed. As I have long said, it doesn't mean any one is right or any one is wrong. It just means that we all love films in different ways. You prefer the studio era classics and some here enjoy studio era classics and post-1960s films and modern films and consider a number of the them classics. There is nothing wrong with either belief.. Everyone is able to enjoy the films they want. After all these years, instead of continuing to argue about it, can we just accept that your tastes are different from Rey's (or mine) and leave it at that?

>I know of only one of these films that was shown on TV (No Country for Old Men), and I never heard of the rest of them again after the awards were given out. FredC, All the movies nominated for Best PIcture for 2008 have appeared either on basic or premium channels. The list includes: *No Country for Old Men* which could be described as a modern day western tale of revenge. *Atonement* a love story turned tragic against the backdrop of war. *Juno* a modern day tale of love, betrayal, acceptance all before college. *Michael Clayton* a modern day political thriller. *There Will Be Blood* a man's obsession with oil and wealth proves his downfall. You may not have seen all of them or most of them, but they all have fans. You may not agree with all of the Best Picture choices (neither do I) but that's the joy of film, everyone reacts to films differently (regardless of when they were made). Doesn't make it wrong, doesn't make it right. Just makes us all lovers of films.

This has been a terrific year (especially since September) for films and the Academy should have no problem nominating ten films. The question will be, which ones make the cut. Films that will likely be considered (either Best Picture and/or other nods- in no particular order): *Fruitvale Station* *Lee Daniels' The Butler* *Prisoners* *Gravity* *12 Years a Slave* *American Hustle* *Blue Jasmine* *Dallas Buyers Club* *Nebraska* *Wolf of Wall Street* *All is Lost* *August: Osage County* *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* *Inside Llewyn Davis* *Before Midnight* *Frozen* *Saving Mr. Banks* *Her* *Frances Ha* *Captain Phillips* *Blue is the Warmest Color*

>Who was the presenter? goodpuppy, I didn't see the presentation but do know that the presenter was comedian/actor Patton Oswalt who had a recurring role on *Justified* last season as Constable Bob. *Justified* is the dramatic series based on Elmore Leonard's Raylen Givens books. Leonard was very involved in the series including writing at least one episode each year for the series.

One thing to keep in mind about yearly film output in the 1940s, as more countries fell to Hitler, the film markets in those countries were closed to American films. This affected film revenues and studios cut back on the number of films they made. Those film markets didn't reopen until after the War and by then Hollywood was affected by the Paramount case that stripped the studios of their ability to own theaters as well as the changing tastes of post-War audiences. This also affected the number of films released each other, Studios would often re-release older films on the bottom of double bills rather than produce more films. I think the 1930s were the high point for the number of films released each year as audience numbers were never as high again as they had been in the Depression.

The song is "In the Embers" by Sleeping At Last. Hope that helps!

>Also I don't really think that Robert O is the program director flutie, Robert O is the evening host and, in many ways, the heart and face of TCM (at least to the fans and staffers). While Robert O recommends movies for the schedules and each month hosts *Bob's Picks* (movies personally selected by him), Robert O is not the director of programming. According to interviews and articles, the Programming staff enjoys a good work relationship with him (and he with them) but Robert O does not select the films or themes each month. He has often said he has enough on his plate as it is.

Wouldbe, We thought retailers were in a panic this year over the three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas , unfortunately for them, it happens *for the next TWO years* ! They don't get that extra week of retail shopping until 2016!

>Thanks, but when I tried it a couple of weeks ago, the TCM On Demand system wouldn't play for me. When I tried, nothing happened, and some text said it requires a 3 Mbs download speed, but I have only a 1.5 Mbs download speed. FredC, That's WatchTCM. DirecTV should have an On Demand channel for TCM. You should be able to get to it via the Menu button on your DirecTV remote. TCM is trying to offer people more ways to watch the movies they show when you can't watch the channel.

FredC, Did you check to see if *Blonde Cheat* was on DirecTV On Demand for TCM? Also, you could see if you could watch it via WatchTCM. Just a thought or two.

>I have recently seen the video of those actors, actresses and other movie people lost in 2013. There is a song being sung during this video. I find it very touching and would like to find out what it is and who sings it. Can anyone help me? John, The song is "In the Embers" by Sleeping At Last. Hope that helps!

>Why do you suppose some of the same films are shown over and over and over and over again, such as SUSPICION? FredC, Not sure if this helps but this quote might help put things in perspective a bit: "We can?t license every classic movie ever made; financially, it?s impossible to do that,? Tabesh said during the Meet TCM Panel. ?So we try to structure deals with all the studios where, in addition to the traditional way of licensing a film, say, for twelve months or two years, and getting a certain number of runs within that period of time, we say, "Let us also dip into your library for one run of a film maybe forty times per year." "So we?ll go to Universal or Fox and we?ll say, ?We?re not going to want to play this movie 12 times over the next two years. We?re just going to want to play it once when Bette Davis is our Star of the Month.? And, by structuring our deals that way, that?s allowed us a lot more diversity and it?s allowed us to bring in films that we couldn?t." So, by agreeing to show more well known titles for a definitive number of broadcasts over a year or two, they are able to negotiate a harder to rent title for a more limited number of broadcasts. It's all a trade off. This article might help explain some of the various questions you have: http://willmckinley.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/10-things-i-learned-at-the-tcm-classic-film-festival/ Hope that helps!

allthumbs, The rights issues surrounding *Wonderful Life* has been confusing for many, myself included, over the years. When news of a sequel came out a few months ago, the trade papers had a couple of articles about it and about Paramount squashing the idea as they own the rights to the film. The articles often included info about the rights of the original film. In 1993, Republic Pictures relied on the 1990 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Stewart v. Abend (which involved another James Stewart film, *Rear Window* ) to enforce its claim to the copyright of *Wonderful Life*. While the film's copyright had not been renewed, Republic still owned the film rights to "The Greatest Gift" (the book the film was based on); thus they were able to argue its status as a derivative work of a work still under copyright. After success with the Supreme Court, Republic then sold their film library to Spelling Entertainment. In 1998, Paramount (via their parent company Viacom) bought Spelling Entertainment and its assets, including the film library. With the acquisition of Spelling Entertainment, Paramount became the rights holder of *It's a Wonderful Life* and other films in the Republic film library. NBC contracted with them shortly after that for the long-term, multi-year broadcast lease contract. That contract still has a few years to go before it expires though NBC will likely renew it at that time. (Thanks to wikipedia, the Hollywood Reporter and Variety for use as source material.)

Compass Rose, NBC has had an exclusive, long-term lease agreement for at least the last ten years on *It's a Wonderful Life* and has a few more years to go on that contract. Until that contract runs out (and providing they don't renew it), NBC is the only network that can air the film.

>TCM is owned by Time Warner? Does Time Warner now own Turner Broadcasting? Time-Warner has owned the Turner media empire (TBS, TNT, TCM, CourtTV -or whatever it is called this week) since Ted Turner merged that empire with them back in the mid to late 1990s. As part of the merger, ownership of the Turner film library was transferred from TCM to Warner Brothers and TCM now competes with other channels when leasing films from their former library.

>I wonder if there is a time period after a film is available for sale as part of Warners Archives that TMC doesn't show the film. As long as a film is selling a certain number of units per quarter, why show the film (which allows users to get it for free) until the interest dies down. James, Yes, a TCM staffer posted here awhile back that Warner Archives has a moratorium of at least a year, in some cases longer, before the films can be shown on TCM. Warner Archives wants to sell as many discs as possible before the films are broadcast. Once broadcast, they tend to show up on Youtube and cut into the number of discs that can be sold.

The 2013 edition of TCM Remembers features the song *In the Embers,* by Sleeping At Last.

Merry Christmas, Barb (and Bronxmom)! Hope you both have a wonderful Christmas season! May everyone's holiday wishes come true!

Merry Christmas, Chief! Missing you and wishing you were here to celebrate with us. Tomorrow night Peter, Rome, Jon and I will raise a glass and speak of you fondly.

Merry Christmas. Joe to you and your family from Jon, Bo, the turtles (not such babies any more!) and me! Hope your holiday season is as magical and as happy as you make this forum with your photos! Your buddy, lynn

>Richard C. Sarafian (Director) Rey, Thanks for the list- only I think they did include Richard Sarafian. It's towards the end I think.

They were likely sent a "clean" copy of *Stepford Wives* by mistake. A few years ago a similar situation happened with *Reds* and TCM went back to the studio and got a copy of the film as released and arranged for another broadcast of the film a few months later, profanity intact. "Clean" copies are made for over the air network broadcast and airline flights (among others) and some one at the studio distribution end sent the wrong copy to TCM it sounds like.

>Does anyone know where they get this music? Is it borrowed from a larger piece of work by the artist, or is this piece commissioned specifically for this presentation like a film score? I can't think of one that was commissioned as that would cost some major $$$. They are usually songs, some years well-known songs, other years not so much. They license the song. After the overall idea gets the green light, they get permission to shoot the location and send out a small crew.. Last year was a nearby drive-in theater, a few years ago it was a motel, they try to change it up every year.

Olivia mentioned in the interview article with Scott Feinberg that travel for her is increasingly difficult because it messes up her sleep patterns and takes months for it to return to normal. It would be great if she could be there but, like Suex2, I think it will likely be via video.