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CM, She had a couple of breakdowns in the 1930s and her career never recovered from that. She worked sporadically in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Sugarpuss, Glad you like the Challenge theme! I look forward not only to yours but everyone else that has signed on so far and hope in the weeks ahead more will take the plunge. Come on in, the water's warm!

Simple enough for an idiot like me! Everyone should be able to create a schedule this time around. As in the previous Challenge, if I like my attempt, I'll enter it. Otherwise, it will be obliterated from my hard drive to make sure it's never seen by another pair of human eyes.>> Patful, Like Kyle before me, I wanted to keep the Challenge simple. In my homage to Path40a, the creator, sometimes, keeping it simple is the best road to follow. I have no doubt that your "attempt" will meet with not only your approval but the approval of many others as well.

FYI, This is just the teaser thread. Here's the link to the real Challenge thread: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=122315&tstart=0 Sorry for the confusion

I saw this one on it's original release at the Cinerama Dome in Las Vegas when I was much younger. If I recall correctly, it was nominated for Best Visual Effects.

The TCM Programming Challenge - Your Chance to be Robert Osborne Today is the start of the next TCM Programming Challenge. This is a friendly "competition" among members of the TCM Message Boards at programming a week of Turner Classic Movies. If you are one of those folks who are not Oscar inclined, you can spend the month creating your own schedule of films you would like to see on TCM. If you love Oscar February, no doubt you can work the challenge into your busy viewing schedule. Remember, TCMProgrammr does read these boards and has used ideas from previous challenges. Following in Kyle's footsteps (which I often gladly do), this is another KISS - "Keep It Simple, Stupid"(meaning Me!) - so in this Challenge there will be just one Special Programming Theme to incorporate into your week. Here are the Programming Challenge basics to creating your week of TCM - 1. Create one week of programming for TCM that runs from Sunday to Saturday. Start your programming days at the appropriate hour (6am EST / 3amPST, etc.) and begin each evening's Primetime Selections at the appropriate hour. (8pm EST / 5pm PST, etc.) 2. Choose A Star Of The Month to spotlight one evening during your week. 3. Include the following TCM Showcases during the week - The Essentials, Silent Sunday Nights, TCM Imports and TCM Underground. 4. Have a theme for for each of the remaining evenings during the week including one evening devoted to the theme for this Challenge- Movies I Love- this is your opportunity to be Robert Osborne. Each month, there is an evening devoted to Bob's Picks, those films of significant meaning to him. Your evening would be an evening where you spotlight the films you love. You have full creative control here. Are you a Ernst Lubitsch romantic or a Billy Wilder cynic? A Lang noir lover? A Mann Western lover? A MGM musical lover or an RKO musical lover? Makes no difference, as long as your slate for this particular evening is filled with movies you love. If you love silents, this can be a silents showcase evening, if foreign films - a spotlight for that, love a director-feel free to spotlight that director, actor, screenwriter, cinematographer, etc. You can cross breed genres if you like, showing a romantic film followed by a cynical film. The choice is yours. Be as creative as you dare to be. But, your picks should tell us something about you and your love of the movies. Like the last one, for this Challenge there is the limit of seven general premieres set down in the last Challenge and, as before, the TCM Imports, TCM Underground and Silent Sunday Nights Showcases can be programmed with any appropriate film without having to use one of the seven "all-purpose" premieres for your selection. The film libraries (with hyperlinks) for use in this Challenge are - Warner Bros. (pre-1950) MGM (all) RKO (all) Columbia Pictures (all) United Artists (after 1950) Samuel Goldwyn (all) Walt Disney (Live Action only) And, as always, you are free to program any film that has already been presented on TCM regardless of library affiliation and should be designated with a "p/s" symbo l(designating "previously scheduled"). And you can find running times for your film selections by using IMDB.com or TCMDB.com to research your titles. Other elements to consider programming into a schedule include recognizing star birthdays, film anniversaries and other historical commemorations along with a broad selection of film genres, award winners and other films of cultural or historical importance. If one is looking for some exceptional examples of past Challenge submissions, you can read through past Challenge threads using these links - Challenge #8 Challenge #7 Challenge #6 Challenge #5 Challenge #4 Challenge #3 Challenge #2 or the original from the immortal Path40a Challenge #1 Submissions for schedules ends at midnight on Friday, March 7th after which there will be a one week period for voting to determine who will have the honor of moderating the next Challenge. Post away if there are any questions and thanks to everyone for their patience as I put this announcement together. Message was edited by: lzcutter because the spell check doesn't work

Mike, Doris Day is alive and living in Carmel, CA. She is receiving a Lifetime Achievement award from the Grammy's later this month and everyone is wondering if she will show up in person to accept it.

Jeffrey, Unfortunately, I don't have any info on Glen Daum. Perhaps if you google him you might be able to find out more info? I got your PM and will be in touch with you via email.

Mahatma, It is not wise to publish your personal information such as phone numbers, on the web. It might be safer to have people send you Personal Messages (PMs) that you access by clicking on the envelope in the upper right corner under Welcome, Mahatma.

The Silent Sunday theme is an original piece of music composed by Glen Daum.

Can piping hot coffee do this to me?>> Jack, Be Careful what you wish for! You usually end up gut-shot and dying drinking that kind of coffee. I'd have posted a still of Fred McMurray from the end of Double Indemnity but I don't post images here enough to remember how to do it. Wish that part of posting here was easier. Message was edited by: lzcutter

The guy in the middle looks a bit like Andy Devine but that is just a guess, too.

Frank, Thanks for the compliments. Another good Martha moment is when Ethan comes riding up. Without a word, the actress (and Ford) lets you know that something happened between them once.

It's one of my favorites too. Martha caressing Ethan's coat (letting us all know of the relationship that they once had), Ward Bond catching a glimpse of her action (and you know that Bond knows they both carry a torch for one another) and then the sad farewell between Ethan and Martha (where you know they still care deeply about one another) all played with Bond trying hard not to turn around or eavesdrop. A wonderful scene that like so many of Ford's films filled with little touches that tell us a great deal about the characters and their stories without dialog.

I emailed Mike at Freshpaint. He says that the music is a custom piece and not available for download. Sorry.

Kim, You have a PM!

I think that 711 Ocean Drive with Edmund O'Brien has some electronic tracking scenes as well.

I blog about not only the history but the preservation issues surrounding my hometown, Las Vegas. Read about the history of Fremont Street, the Strip and much more here: http://classiclasvegas.squarespace.com/classic-las-vegas-blog/

Deadroll, Do you have a link for the information concerning which print TCM will be airing? I would love read it. thanks!

Miss G, Concerning back story, one of my favorite moments in "Yellow Ribbon" is almost a throw away unless you are paying attention. It's the scene where Nathan Brittles and Quincannon are talking and you discover in the sparse dialog between them that Nathan hasn't had a drink since Mrs. Brittles passed away. The way the scene plays you get the impression that Brittles and Quincannon used to be good drinking buddies. Also puts a different spin on Brittles' attempts to keep Quincannon out of harm's way by sending him to the pub knowing he'll be sent to the brig instead of out with troops.

Wulsuzie, It's "Finian's Rainbow" starring Fred Astaire, Petulia Clark, Tommy Steele as the leprechaun and Barbara Hancock as Susan the Silent. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062974/

I'm perfecting my fence-sitting skills, as always..>> Patful, There will be no reason to remain on the fence by the time the Challenge is announced on Friday. I do hope you will join us in our reindeer games.

Fred, I'm honestly not trying to argue with you about the programming of TCM. I was only trying to point out why Hook was on the February schedule. I know you don't like the 31 Days of Oscar but we both found some wonderful classic era films to enjoy during last year's salute and I hope we both do again this year. The programming of TCM has become a very hot button topic over the last couple of years. There are those who, like you, want to see the channel focused on classic era films and there are those who appreciate the big-tent approach. The puzzlement in all of this is why we can't just agree to disagree and talk more about the films themselves instead of constantly arguing about the programming. In the last two years of all this arguing about the programming and voicing our concerns, has it had any affect on the actual programming of the channel?

Hook is NOT a "classic" movie, and it did NOT receive any Academy Awards.>> Fred. TCM celebrates the Oscar nominated and winning films from the illustrious history of the Academy Awards. Hook, by your definition, may not be a classic but it was nominated so given that February is the 31 Days of Oscar the programmers probably feel it fits into the month-long salute. You mean TCM will return to its "classic film" format?>> Have you seen the schedules for March and April? They are filled with lots of classic era films.

Not Bogart, Wills, Rogers ... although I do admit the bottom left looks like Roy. Top left appeared with Roy on TV.>> I forgot, Lash LaRue looked a great deal like Bogie so my guess would be the upper right is Lash LaRue. So the upper left is Pat Buttram? Sorry wrong singing cowboy. Buttram was with Gene Autry. Pat Brady was with Roy. the lower left that some thought was Roy Rogers looks like Alan Ladd in Shane but if these are from the 1940s then that can't be. thinking, thinking, thinking..... Message was edited by: lzcutter because singing cowboy's sidekicks confuse me.