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Mark brings up a very good point about films. Be sure the film is in the public domain because often the music (words and/or music and/or the singer) or the literary work that contributed to the film may be copyrighted.

Mongo and Filmlover, Thanks for the compliments! I was afraid it would be too esoteric. I was fortunate growing up to have access to many of the films thanks to a local channel and the original MGM Grand Hotel's movie theatre. I have loved the movies since I was young and I hoped my schedule would be a tribute to those movies because movies had such an impact on my life that I knew early on it was what I wanted to grow up to do. And then, of course, there's Westerns.....

One month with each week being devoted to one studio. In other words, one week of just Warner Bros. films, one of MGM, etc.>> Filmlover, How about this (of course, only if path is on board), it would be one week, one of these studios (RKO, pre-1948 Warner Bros, and pre-1986 MGM). I think it would be great to see what films we would each program just from the TCM library alone. A bit of a challenge, yes. But fun? You betcha!

What does "Send A Letter" refer to? >> Kyle, It was meant tongue in cheek as Hattie has recently had a US Postage stamp in her honor. < The only thing better is Kevin Brownlow's "Hollywood". Both had a lasting impact on me. The other big impact was the AFI and their early tribute dinners that were broadcast and you could send away for a program. Hard to imagine that at that time, those men and that organization were the only ones who saw the importance of preserving and honoring our early film heritage. I will watch anything done by Brownlow or Schickel to this day and have rarely been disappointed. < (Just some friendly kidding. No offense!) >> No offense taken, no personal issues. Just seemed if you were going to highlight bad boys, you should highlight the bad girls as well. Thanks for the compliments. I knew it would be a challenge but I have even more respect now for the job. I am glad to see that filmlover included the composers as I love a good film score and he/she chose some of my favorites. How often do you see "The Wind and the Lion" being recognized for its score? Kudos!!!! Another idea I had and didn't use this time was for best introductory shot of a character. Examples would be John Wayne in "Stagecoach", Gable in "GWTW", Bogie in Casablanca, Connery in "The Wind and the Lion", Harrison Ford in "Raiders". There are more, maybe next time! Those shots alone would make a great intro of a program. Plus, I love films from the 1960s and the 1970s but stayed away from programming too many of those (except where apropo) because I wanted to concentrate on the films and stars and directors that impacted the movies that impacted me. Let's do this again!

I grew up in Las Vegas and we had the Million Dollar Movie on Saturday evenings. I also remember while growing up that the networks had certain nights of the week devoted to movies, such as NBC Night at the Movies. We had a Cinerama Dome and my mother took me to see the reissue of Gone With the Wind there. It may have been in 70mm, I'm not sure. All I remember is being overwhelmed and falling in love with the movies. In the early 1970s the original MGM Grand opened with a Theatre on the lower level. The theatre changed its bill every few days. It ran studio prints of MGM classic films along with a cartoon and a newsreel or studio promo. At least twice a year they would show the big 4: Gone With the Wind, Dr Zhivago, 2001 and Ryan's Daughter. It was a great way to see wonderful MGM films for $2.50. The local station, Channel 5 (now a Fox affiliate, but then owned by Johnny Carson and some locals) had a Warner Bros Cagney/Bogart double feature every Thursday night. After they went through all the Cagney and Bogie films in the library it became broader and included all Warner Bros films. It's a wonder I made it through high school because I would be doing my homework while watching the double bill. When I came to Los Angeles in the mid-70s, there were still Revival Houses throughout the city. What I didn't see on the campuses of USC and UCLA courtesy of their film classes and film societies, I saw at now long places like the Vagabond. Ron Haver was the film programmer at the County Art Museum on Wilshire and he programmed some wonderful events including one of the first tributes to 1939. Plus we had Filmex, an early Los Angeles Film Festival that every year had a 24 hour marathon and we had the long gone and well loved Z channel on early cable. The Z Channel was lovingly programmed by people who loved the movies. If you can, rent the doc by Alexandra Cassavettes "Z Channel: A Magnificent Obession" to see what I mean. And then, there is "Butch Cassidy" but that's a story in itself....

Didn't most people not get televisions until the late 1950s. I know in the early to mid-50s, people would gather together at the home of the one family in the neighborhood who had a television to watch Texaco Star Theatre, Your Show of Shows and the Honeymooners. In Las Vegas, they didn't even have a television station until the mid-50s and I suspect that many small towns were like that. Your question might be better poised about the 60s when owning televisions was more common place, every city seemed to have at least one station, and the best way to see classic films was the Million Dollar Theatre, on a local level of course. In the 1960s also brought Robert Youngson's tributes to silent films and silent comedies to the forefront bringing a resurgence of interest in Keaton, Chaplin, Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy etc.

A few notes: I ignored Fathers Day because I knew that filmlover was working on that one. Funny that we both saluted Bob Fosse on his birthday. We must both be Fosse fans! New film series: On Location would look at states and the films that were shot there. Lit on Film would be a look at the great works of literature and how they were adapted for the silver screen. TCM Guest Programmer would be each month one of us would get to program a block of films. I chose films that were listed on people's favorites in the favorites thread and added one of my own, Liberty Valence. One new original program with the documentary on film preservation. Hope you like it!!!

Sunday, June 18th: You?ll Wake Up Screaming: The Films of Val Lewton 12:00 Cat People (1942) / RKO / 74 mins 1:30 I Walked with a Zombie (1943) / RKO / 69 mins 2:45 The Curse of the Cat People (1944) / RKO / 70 mins 4:30 The Ghost Ship (1943) / RKO / 69 mins 6:00 The Body Snatcher(1945) / RKO / 79 mins Wake Up|! It?s Pre-Code Sunday! 7:30 am Beast of the City (1932) / MGM / 74 mins 9:00 am Hold Your Man (1933) /MGM / 90 mins 10:30 am Side Show (1931) Warner Bros / 66 mins A Salute to William ?Wild Bill? Wellman 11:45 am Frisco Jenny (1932) Warner Bros / 71 mins 1:00 pm Heroes for Sale (1933) Warner Bros. / 71 mins 3:30 pm Wild Boys of the Road (1933) Warner Bros. / 68 mins Sunday Primetime 5: 00 pm The Men Who Made the Movies: William Wellman 55mins Robin Hood on Film 6:00 pm The Essentials The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Warner Bros. / 104 mins 7:45 pm The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) MGM / 86 minutes 9:15 pm Silent Sunday Robin Hood (1922) UA / 142 mins ____________________________________________________________________ Monday, June 19th The Irish in Us: Pat O?Brien and James Cagney 12:00 am Ceiling Zero (1935) Warner Bros / 95 mins 2:00 am Boy Meets Girl 1938) Warner Bros / 86 mins 3:30 am Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Warner Bros / 105 mins 6:00 am The Fighting 69th ( 1940) Warner Bros / 89 mins Ball of Fire: Lucille Ball 8:00 am Stage Door (1937) RKO / 92 mins 9:45 am Room Service (1938) RKO / 78 mins 11:15 am Panama Lady (1939) RKO / 64 mins 12:30 pm Five Came Back (1939) RKO / 74 mins 2:00 pm Seven Days Leave (1942) RKO / 87 mins 3:30 pm Meet the People (1944) MGM / 90 mins Monday Primetime Bad Boy Musicians and the Women Who Love Them 5:00 pm Four Daughters (1939) Warner Bros / 90 mins. 6:30 pm Young Man with a Horn (1950) Warner Bros / 111 mins 8:30 pm Pete Kelly?s Blues (1955) Warner Bros / 95 mins 10:15 pm New York, New York (1977) UA / 155 mins ____________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, June 20th He Done Her Wrong 1:00 am Laughing Sinners (1932) MGM / 71 mins 2:30 am Ladies They Talk About (1933) Warner Bros / 68 mins 3:45 am Beyond the Forest (1949) Waner Bros / 97 mins 5:00 am Love Me or Leave Me (1955) MGM / 122 mins 7:15 am Kitty Foyle (1940) RKO / 105 mins She Done Him Just as Bad 9:00 am Letty Lynton (1932) MGM / 84 mins 11:00 am The Little Foxes (1941) Warner Bros / 116 mins 1:00 pm Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) MGM / 113 mins 3:00 pm Double Indemnity (1944) Paramount / 106 mins Tuesday Primetime Send a Letter: Star of the Month: Hattie McDaniel 5:00 pm China Seas (1935) MGM / 90 mins 6:30 pm Alice Adams (1935) RKO / 90 mins 8:00 pm The Male Animal (1942) Warner Bros / 101 mins 10:45 pm Never Say Goodbye (1946) Warner Bros / 96 mins ____________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, June 21st Heel or Friend? Jack Carson 12:30 am Love Crazy (1941) MGM / 100 mins 2:00 am Gentleman Jim (1942) Warner Bros / 104 mins 4:00 am Love and Learn (1947) Warner Bros / 85 mins 5:30 am April Showers (1948) Warner Bros / 94 mins Legend vs Fact: The Wild West 8:00 am Northwest Passage (1940) MGM / 124 mins 10:15 am Dodge City (1939) Warner Bros / 105 mins 12:00 pm They Died with Their Boots On (1942) Warner Bros/ 140 mins 2:30 pm Annie Oakley (1935) RKO / 90 mins 4:00 pm TCM Special on Barbara Stanwyck (1991) 55 minutes Wednesday Primetime: That?s the Sound of Men Working on the Chain Gang 5:00 pm Hell?s Highway (1932) RKO / 80 mins. 6:30 pm Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932) Warner Bros / 90 mins 8:00 pm Cool Hand Luke (1967) Warner Bros / 126 mins 10:15 pm O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000) Buena Vista / 106 mins ____________________________________________________________________ Thursday, June 22nd On Location: California (A new film series from TCM): 12:00 am Captains Courageous (1937) MGM / 118 mins 2:00 am Gunga Din (1939) RKO / 118 mins 4:00 am Charge of the Light Brigade (1937) W Bros / 115 mins 6:00 am High Sierra (1941) W Bros / 100 mins 8:45 am Johnny Belinda (1948) W Bros / 100 mins 10:30 am Kiss Me Deadly (1955) UA / 105 mins 12:15 pm Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) MGM / 81 mins 2:00 pm Ride the High Country (1962) MGM / 90 mins 3:30 pm Out of the Past (1947) RKO / 90 mins Thursday Primetime Hollywood Plays Itself: 5:00 pm What Price Hollywood? (1932) RKO / 88 mins 6:30 pm Going Hollywood (1933) MGM / 78 mins 8:00 pm Sunset Blvd (1950) Paramount / 115 mins. 10:00 S.O.B. (1981) Paramount / 121 mins. Premiere ____________________________________________________________________ Friday 6/23/06 Directed by Raoul Walsh 12:15 The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh 55 mins 1:15 am They Drive By Night (1940) Warner Bros / 93 mins. 3:00 am The Strawberry Blonde (1941) Warner Bros / 98 mins. 5:00 am The Man I Love (1947) Warner Bros / 97 mins. Choreographed by Fosse - A Birthday Salute to Bob Fosse 7:00 am Kiss Me Kate (1953) MGM / 109 mins 9:00 am Pajama Game (1957) Warner Bros / 108 mins 11:00 am Damn Yankees (1958) Warner Bros / 110 mins. Music Man Pandro Berman 1:00 pm Follow the Fleet (1936) RKO / 110 mins. 3:00 pm Ziegfield Girl (1941) MGM / 120 mins Friday Primetime Literature to Film: Somerset Maughan: (A new film series) 5:00 pm Rain (1932) UA / 93 mins Premiere 6:45 am The Painted Veil (1934) MGM / 86 mins. 8:15 am Of Human Bondage (1934) RKO / 83 mins. 9:45 pm The Letter (1940) W Bros / 95 mins ____________________________________________________________________ Saturday, June 23rd Cracking Wise: The Films of Eve Arden 12:00 am Having a Wonderful Time (1938) RKO / 71 mins 1:15 am Women in the Wind (1939) Warner Bros / 65 mins 2:30 am At the Circus (1940) MGM / 87 mins 4:00 am Comrade X (1940) MGM / 87 mins 5:30 am My Reputation (1946) Warner Bros / 93 mins 7:15 am TCM Special on Jean Harlow 55 mins. Movies that Matter: Viewer Guest Programmer ( a new series) 8:15 am Red Dust (1932) MGM / 83 mins 9:45 am Murder My Sweet (1944) RKO / 95 mins 11:30 am Mr. Roberts (1955) Warner Bros / 123 mins 1:45 pm The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Paramount / 122 mins The Return of Documentaries about Hollywood 4:00 pm ?Raiders of the Lost Films? A new TCM documentary that focuses on the difficulties and rewards of film preservation and restoration includes interviews with Warner Bros.Home Entertainment?s George Feltenstein and UCLA Archives Robert Gitt. Warner Bros/TCM Running Time: 60 mins Saturday Primetime: Raiders of the Lost Films: 5:00 pm The Essentials with Robert Osborne and Molly Haskell Lost Horizon (1937) Columbia / 133 mins 7:15 pm A Star is Born (1954) Warner Bros / 182 mins 11:45 pm Vertigo (1958) Paramount/ 128 mins Message was edited by: lzcutter

Ralph, A poster on one of the other threads asked Melanie to refrain from using the animated script in her sig line because it was difficult on his eyes. She graciously obliged.

Oh, Firefly in Sepia! I sure would have enjoyed seeing that. Good to know the print is still around, just in few circles. Wonder why TCM does not have a copy of that? Thanks for the information. >> Perhaps it came from a private collection.

Also, she was married to Al Jolson, wasn't she and sometimes it's not your talent but who you know that matters... >> Didn't Ruby have a career resurgence on Broadway in the 1970s in a musical?

Mike, The ending of "Patriot Games" was shot in that water tank.

At least Ruby Keeler was well aware of her limitations. I can't understand how audiences back in the '30s were so easy to please when it came to musical talent. She's really a triple threat in FOOTLIGHT PARADE--can't sing, dance or act. >> Neil, Back in 1933, movies while movies had been talkies for awhile many of the early talkies, especially musicals, were hampered by the learning curve of the new fangled microphone. Once movie makers learned that the mic didn't rule the movie and that movies could have dialogue and movement, musicals were set free so to speak. Moviegoers may not have cared about the limitations of Keeler's dancing and singing as much as they cared about the good story and the fact that in the depths of the Depression, the idea that the star could twist her ankle and the understudy could go out, save the show and become a star, was an irresistible dream that many girls could only dream about and a few hardy souls actually acted upon and became stars. It was a different era back then without all the media that we have today to compare to. Back then it was basically the movies, radio and your newspaper. And compared to Joan Crawford dancing and singing, Ruby ain't so bad. At least in my book.

Jerry, I discovered the wonders of classic films in my youth as well and like you, that was a long time ago. Johnson was President, Lyndon not Andrew. When I was a teenager, we had a local station that ran a double feature every Thursday night as part of their Cagney/Bogart festival. It's amazing that I got any homework done on Thursday nights. I,too, am looking forward to the Maltese Falcon box set.

I hope by sharing discussion it will encourage the release of even more classic films for public consumption. >> And encourage folks to buy classic DVDs at retail outlets or from stores on the internet where the purchases will be counted. As wonderful and affordable as Ebay is, (and I know for some it is the only option) buying DVDs off Ebay that are available through brick and mortar stores and cyber stores those bought off Ebay don't necessarily get tallied into units sold. And, the sad reality is, that units sold sometimes determines if a studio (other than Warners or Fox) will take a chance on releasing classic titles. I applaud your encouragement Jerry and will join you in pressing your case!

Guys, Haven't we been through this recently? The End is Near and The End is Here? I thought the general consensus, after old Now Playing Guides were found, is that TCM is programming the same small number of post-1970s films that they always have. Last Month's Salute to Oscar notwithstanding.

Jerry, One of the problems with early gangster films is that many of them were recut after the Code came into effect and these films were re-released as the lower film on a double bill. Another problem is these films were sometimes renamed. As you can imagine, this cam cause severe headaches when trying to find original elements or safety elements. Warner Bros has made a committment to trying to find the missing pieces of many of its early 1930s films so that they can be restored to their original viewing glory. Unfortunately, this is often a treasure hunt and can take years. One last thing, European archives are often where the material finally surfaces because the Europeans were more open minded to the sexual and violent contents of the films than us Yanks.

Jerry, Warner Bros released some wonderful films on laserdisc. Now for them to release them on dvd means that they have to be remastered. While a number of films were restored for the laser release, Warners appears to be restoring films as they ready them for DVD. As I have said in previous posts, preservation and restoration is a costly and time consuming job. Compared to other studios classic DVD output, WBros is the top of the pyramid. The problem is there are so many films competing for the dollars in WBros classic Home Entertainment budget and only so many each year can be restored and released. The market for these DVD sets, while encouraging, is quickly outpaced by the sales of new movies and old tv show boxed sets. So as always, it comes down to dollars and cents.

For very rare and hard to find, especially silents, Milestone and/or Kino. Excellent quality, good service,

Constarkel, Please don't think I'm being argumentative, I'm just curious to know, what have you got against Susan Hayward films? Message was edited by: lzcutter

Kyle, I thought that's what it stood for as I was kind of playing by the same rules. Must be something in the water here for us West Coasters. Schedule is almost done. Just have a few more things to add. Should be posting it this weekend if all goes well. It's been fun putting it together. Have been trying to draw attention to films in a different way than we usually think. Hope it's not disappointing. On that note, Path, can we create a new film series for TCM in our scheduling?

Hey Kyle, What does the ps in your individual listings stand for?

Ralph, The Neil Simon play was "Only When I Laugh". Hope this helps.

Path, I've been in touch with the TCM web folks and we may get that "stickie" yet. Hoping that we do and that coffeedan is credited per my suggestion to them. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Loved her in "Reds" as Emma Goldman. Also there was a made for TV movie "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" or something similar that she did back in the mid 1970s that co-starred Charles Durning that was great. (Back when Made for TV movies were really good). Had forgotten how good she was in "Airport" till I saw it a few months ago on TCM. A great character actress. I will miss her.