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Anne, Shane is coming up on the schedule and it may be a TCM premiere, I'm not sure. I know a few years ago when TCM ran its wonderful "Every Western but Shane" festival it was called that because Shane was not available for TCM to rent. So,since it doesn't come up often I would recommend those that love it to program their machnes! As for the clock in "High Noon' the story goes that it was added by the editor after preview audiences thought the film didn't work.

*******URGENT*Western Union Telegram*URGENT******** Jan. 2, 2007. Dateline: Pacific To: Dean Finnie, Head of Classic Cinema College From: Lzcutter, Head of Film Restoration Dean Finnie, Got your wire. stop. Funds have been given to Mary Bailey for deposit in the Bailey Building and Loan. stop. Do not think for a New York minute that you are leaving this school and that I will take your job. stop. It must be the champagne talking. stop. Have my heads plenty full with my own department, do not need nor want more responsibility. stop. Imagine there will be full scale riot should you not return. stop. As things have been running amok here the last few weeks don't think you want the faculty, staff and students walking in protest lines demanding your return. stop. Hope you had a jolly New Years celebration and look forward to your return later this month. stop. Dr. Jacquith may be able to make time for you in his schedule to help you with your return transition. stop. Happy New Year!

******Western Union Telegram****** To: Dean Finnie, Honolulu, Hawaii From: Chancellor Lewis Stone, Classic Cinema College Dean Finnie, Received notification from one Lzcutter in Film Restoration that you are resigning. stop. You know that I have the utmost respect for you and all that you have done to turn this college around the last few years. stop. You have managed the staff and faculty with great aplomp, have rounded out the curriculum and even the students seem to enjoy going to classes more. stop. I know your vacation was interrupted by a few problems and that a round the world trip can be a heady experience. stop. However, I would like to remind you that you did sign a seven year contract with us and you have still have a few years to go on that contract. stop. Hope you enjoy the rest of your vacation in the Pacific and will get lots of rest and sun. Expect to see you here the week before classes recommence for the winter semester. stop. If you are going to break your contract, know that it will disappoint me a great deal and cause me to take you to court. stop. Hope common sense prevails. Regards, Lewis Stone

Sam, Welcome back!!! We were worried about you! Hope you had a great time in Italy. You've lots of reading to catch up on. Looking forward to your posts!

Moviegal, Here's the link to the earlier thread: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=93444&tstart=15

Cinemascope, The Warners Studio Library (thanks to the Turner deal a few years back that brought the TCM library under the ownership of Time-Warner and the library under the control of Warner Bros) consists of all RKO films, all Warner Bros films and MGM pre-1986 films.

*********************Via Air Mail***************** To: Dean M. Finnie, Classic Cinema College IN TRANSIT From: Lzcutter, Head of Film Restoration Department, Classic Cinema College Dear Dean Finnie, We hope this reaches you at the port stop in South Africa. We here at the College are relieved beyond words that you did not board the plane with Ronald Coleman (some of the staff, who shall remain nameless, even had a betting pool going). The plane has been reported lost over the Himalayas with reports of the Mongol pilots bailing out prior to the crash. All aboard are feared lost up there on the snowy horizon. That said, it sounds like you have had a delightful trip and have met some very interesting characters and people along the way. Congratulations on such an interesting holiday. Most of the male faculty and staff ask if its possible that the smoking blonde you met on the train could be invited for Valentine's Day. As for Harvey, it's probably best to start at the beginning. After our Holiday party, the faculty and staff were quite taken with Harvey. Mr. Pangborn, who has to have his fingers (and nose) in everything it seems was bent on chastising everyone who attended our party. Harvey, Lord bless him, suggested that perhaps all the good man needed was to add a little extra "kick" to Pangborn's coffee every morning. Well, the change in Pangborn was almost miraculous. He became a different man, even hanging out with the Billiards instructor, W.C Fields. With Pangborn no longer threatening to send us all packing, Harvey befriended Dr. Jacquith of the Psychology Department. Their friendship was going swimmingly until the arrival of one Miss Charlotte Vale. Given her extreme condition, Dr. Jacquith decided that she needed his immediate attention. Harvey, not one to be without friends for long, discovered that Prof. Thomas Mitchell's Uncle Billy was paying the campus a visit. In addition, the Professor of Wizardry and Arts, Frank Morgan, from Kansas arrived saying he had so much fun at your "Meet the Staff" picnic last summer he came back for a visit. He was disappointed you were not here but he quickly became friends with Uncle Billy and [/b]Harvey. Mickey Rooney, scamp that he is, showed them the old barn and the three began working on some contraption that involved a giant head, lots of smoke and fog and some fire. Everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time. With no one adding that little extra "kick" to Pangborn's coffee in the morning he quickly reverted to his old, flustered, curmudgeonly self. He got so bad that Professor W.C. Fields was heard to say "That on the whole I'd rather be in Philadelphia than spend another moment in Pangborn's company". I wish we were all in Philadelphia with Prof. Fields but, alas, we are not. With Professor Fields gone, Pangborn began looking for other people to harangue. He soon found them down at the old barn. Harvey, Uncle Billy and Professor Morgan had finished their contraption and were giving a select audience a run-through of what it could do. Pangborn entered after the lights had gone down and became entangled in the curtains that were stretched over the doorway to keep light out. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain" the giant (did I mention it was emerald green) head thundered amid all the smoke, fog and fire. Well, Pangborn thought the giant, green head was referring to him and went apoleptic. He called Professor Thomas Mitchell and demanded that Mitchell control his Uncle Billy or "perhaps this wasn't the best place for the good professor to be employed". As Mitchell is up for tenure this year we were all horrified. Uncle Billy, not wanting to hurt his nephew's career grew very quiet. Prof. Frank Morgan was aghast at the heavy handed tactics that Pangborn was using and decided to leave the campus. He had hoped to see you but said that staying while Pangborn was running things was out of the question. He departed by balloon for Kansas. Harvey tried to explain the whole contraption and the situation but by now Pangborn was all but foaming in hysteria. Filmlover, one of our best students, trying to help rushed to find Prof. Jacquith but ended up tripping on a wire and almost knocked himself out. Rusty/jarhfive and Matthelm took him off to the infirmary where he could be placed under observation and, I suspect, they could check out the nurses. Our English Professor, BillMcCrary, went to fetch Dr. Jacquith but came back saying that Dr. Jacquith had his hands full not only with Charlotte Vale but some guy named Jerry that she had met on a cruise and a little girl he thought might be Jerry's daughter. Harvey was seen dejectedly walking away from the barn and was awol for a few days. We tried to find James "Call Me Jimmy" Stewart to come and help, phone calls were placed but Mr. Stewart could not be found. We did find his sister, Veta and his neice, Myrtle Mae, but when we mentioned Harvey they became as crazed as Pangborn. Not wanting to have any more lunatics around here, we hung up. I suspect that it was while he was suffering from melancholy, that Harvey wired you. We are thrilled he wants to become a member of the faculty and trust me, he will fit right in. Well, Kyle from Hollywood and I were most worried about Harvey falling into depression and talked about remedies. Kyle had the perfect answer. I placed a call to the savior of many of our precode films, Mr. Hugh Hefner. He said not to worry he would send a couple of his best Playboy bunnies over to keep Harvey company. I have heard of brown bunnies, white bunnies and even black and white bunnies but not Playboy bunnies. Are you, by chance, familiar with them? Well, Kyle told Harvey, who perked up immediately. He got all dressed up in a tux and made reservations at La Jazz Hot for New Years Eve. The Professor of Rejuvination, Victor Frankenstein (that's Frank-en-stein) and the Monster are begging Harvey to take them along. The Monster does look good in a tux. So, it looks like Harvey, Frankenstein, the Monster and the Bunnies are going out for a night on the town. As for us in Film Restoration, we are opening our screening room for an all-night bill of Marx Brothers movies. Matthelm and Jarhfive brought Filmlover to the screening room saying that Doc suggested keeping filmlover awake for at least 12 hours to make sure he doesn't have a concussion. Since laughter is the best medicine, we think the Brothers Marx will keep him in stitches. We will toast the New Year and you, our dear Dean, at midnight with some champagne from California (who knew?) and look forward to your safe return to this asylum. As for Pangborn, we are hoping the wonderful dinner Home Ec Professor Marjorie Main with able assistance from staffer, Thelma Ritter made using mainly wine and assorted alcohol in place of water, milk and oil, will keep old Pangy (as they were calling him after they had fixed the feast) from feeling no pain. Happy New Year, Dean Finnie!!! Message was edited by: lzcutter

Larry, Have a wonderful time at the New Years Eve do tonight! I'm still ruminating on your other post! To one and all, have a happy and safe New Years Eve and may 2007 be the best year yet for all of us!

Carol, I was five years old and we were living in North Las Vegas. I remember my mom, dad and I learning the twist together. Have a twisting New Years Eve everyone and Larry, have fun at that dance!

Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra>> Sinatra because Brando would try to talk him out of fighting. Vic Morrow and Humphrey Bogart>> Bogart because he would want to get back to table and order another drink posthaste. William Holden and Robert Mitchum>> Mitchum because he wouldn't be trying to protect his face. John Garfield and James Cagney>> Cagney because he was scrappier Richard Widmark and Lee Marvin>> They wouldn't fight as they respected each other too much. They'd stand at the bar drinking watching everyone else brawl. Lee J. Cobb and Jack Palance>> Palance because he was always in better shape. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford>> Would depend if Joan had a wire hanger in her bag.

Actually, Vidiot, the Movie Database includes nearly all movies made. What we call the Turner library, is only a few thousand films, and in fact they don't own any of the films any longer.>> Hey Filmlover! Vidiot, When Ted Turner did the merger with Time-Warner a few years back, the TCM library was part of that deal. That library is now belongs to Time-Warner and is under the care and handling of Warner Brothers studios. At the time of the merger, the TCM library consisted of all RKO films, all pre-1948 Warners films and all pre-1986 MGM films. When the TCM library changed ownership and the library became part of the Warner Brothers library, the Warners film library was finally reunited after years of being separated. What this all means for TCM the station and we the viewers of the station, is that they have to rent/lease all the films they show. TCMProgrammr has said they are doing multi-year deals with Paramount and from the looks of the January schedule, they have done a great deal with Sony to be able to show not only Sony owned films (the post-1986 MGM library as well as the United Artists library) but Sony's Columbia Studios library as well. 20th has their own Fox Movie Channel so it is not easy for TCM to get the rights to air Fox Films but every once in awhile they do get lucky. In February, thanks to the 31 Days of Oscar, we will be treated to "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" from Disney (a studio TCM almost never gets to air film from). Universal (which owns a good chunk of the Paramount film library now as well as its own) is also starting to work multi-year deals with TCM from what I understand. Hope that helps! Message was edited by: lzcutter

Unless it is differnet ol' Ted OWNS! the print for GWTW and lots others>> GWTW, When Ted did the merger with Time-Warner a few years back, his/TCM library was part of that deal. The TCM library is now owned by Time-Warner and under the care and handling of Warner Brothers. That library consists of: all RKO films, all pre-1986 MGM films and, thanks to the merger, now includes all Warner Brothers titles. (Until the merger, TCM library only included the pre-1948 Warners library). We couldn't ask for a better studio to be taking care of this library.

*******URGENT*Western Union Telegram*URGENT******** (To whom it may concern: Please proceed with the delivery of this message despite the fact that Western Union gave up sending telegrams in 2006. Remember: this is cyberspace, where all things are still possible) To: Dean Finnie, In Transit, Somewhere West of Zanzibar and East of the Moon. From Professor Lzcutter, Chairperson, Film Restoration Dept., Classic Cinema College campus Dean Finnie, Please be advised, DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT take flight with Ronald Coleman and crew trying to evacuate China. stop. We have it on the best authority that this plane is not headed to safety. stop. Again, advise you take Orient Express in the company of one Hercule Peirot or other means of transportation but DO NOT get on the plane with Ronald Coleman. Will explain when you are back safely. stop Will telegram at your next destination about Harvey.stop

Kyle, Naw, not feeling alone and alienated, there's plenty of us around here. It's just with most of them being on holiday sabbatical, I'm glad to have someone keeping an eye out for gems like this one. I like the list a great deal. Much like TCM itself, an expansive and inclusive group of films from all eras. I fear Harold Ramis may be too busy in his real life to be an on-going faculty member at the Classic Cinema College but I would hope that Dean Finnie would invite him to be a guest lecturer.

Lynn, I think your calendar is ahead a few days. BBB isn't due until January 1st. Rock Around the Clock IS in the NP magazine for tonight. But the good news is that on January 29th, we have Rock Around the Clock, Twist Around the Clock, Don't Knock the Rock, Don't Knock the Twist, Juke Box Rhythm, Let's Rock, and more.>> One should never try to remember the TCM monthly schedule in their head. It's just too much.

Cinemascope. If it's any consolation, I think "Rock Around the Clock" was a last minute substitute for the "Beach Blanket" movie that was originally scheduled. So, the time difference that everyone is noticing may have come because those two films were different lengths. Was really looking forward to "Beach Blanket Bingo" and hope they reschedule that one for a later showing.

I can't believe I am the first person to post this 'news'.>> I'm not the only "egghead" around here!

Elaine, Any way you slice it, it cannot be from a 1923 television show. Television was only a vague concept in 1923. The debut of television occurred at the World's Fair in NYC in 1939. Television invention did not really take off until after WW2. So, the closest it could be would be a black and white film made in 1923 that you saw on television at some point. Manning H. Haynes did direct a film in 1923 called the Monkey's Paw but it was shown theatrically upon release and not on television. Perhaps, this film version is the one you saw on television when you were young. Message was edited by: lzcutter

Here's a link to the thread that Larry was referring to: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=87014&tstart=0

Thomasterryjr, Here are some links to other threads about the March schedule: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=93612&tstart=15 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=93588&tstart=0 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=93243&tstart=0 Hope this helps. General consensus seems to be we like it!

Bill, Her stage name was Sandra Shaw and according to IMDB she did have a few roles in films. Her real name was Veronica Balfe and she was known as 'Rocky". She was the neice of MGM Art Director par excelence, Cedric Gibbons. Her father was governor of the New York Stock Exchange. She was quite the sportswoman. One of the titles she held was California State Women's Skeet Champion. She enjoyed golf, scuba diving, skating and horseback riding as well as surfing and tennis. She and Coop married in December of 1933 and remained married until his death in 1961 from cancer. Later in 1961, she married Dr. John Converse and was married to him until his death in 1981. 'Rocky' passed away in 2000. The most publicized bad patch in her marriage to Coop was his affair with Patricia Neal, his costar in "The Fountainhead". It became public knowledge and Coop and his wife separated over the affair. In the end, Coop ended the affair and Neal attempted suicide but Coop went home to his wife and daughter.

As far as some of us can tell it's Morgan Freeman.

WordSpidee, Click on this link for the poem and author: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=93444&tstart=15

Oceaan, We have these threads that can probably be of help: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=93644&tstart=0 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=74571&tstart=15 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=93361&tstart=30 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=93141&tstart=30 Hope that helps!

Have either Oliver! or Oliver Twist been shown alot lately? I caught Oliver! last week because it had been forever since I had seen the film and thought it had been months (if not a year) since the last time TCM broadcast it. As for "Oliver Twist", the David Lean version I suspect we are talking about, I haven't seen that on the schedule for quite some time. Maybe I need to look at the schedules more closely! I was hoping to see Oliver Twist over the holidays because I like Alec Guinness a great deal and wanted to compare his Fagin to Ron Moody's. Color me sheepish if they have both been broadcast frequently the last few months.