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To: Dean Finnie, CCC
From: Interim Dean (though only hours left) LzCutter
Well, Dean, with only a few hours left before I gratefully hand over the job title and all that comes with handling the job, I thought I should mention the following:
Well, saints be praised, the campus did not burn down (and our Insurance Agent Edmund O'Brien seems very happy at that disaster being averted), the slammer is not filled with faculty, staff or CCC students and all seems to be quiet here on the College front.
Many thanks to Hollywood Kyle, JackBurley, Matthelm and Rusty for administering Kyle's patented hang over cure around the campus this morn. I'm sure there were many in need of a hair of the dog that bit them.
Special thanks to BenWHowell for holding down the infirmary and dispensing aspirin and tender sympathies to those who were too afraid to take the cure.
Most of all thank you to everyone (you know who you are) who have been so generous with their time and support while our good Dean was away.
I am looking forward to returning to the Film Restoration Department in the morning and will be helping to plan the upcoming Spring Frolic which is scheduled for the week before Easter.
If anyone has any idea where alumni Charlton Heston is getting the labor to build his Chariot Track, please advise the Head of Landscaping as they are looking for a few good men.
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From Tyree in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to Sam the Lion in "The Last Picture Show", he matured with the cinematic western.
An Award winning rodeo rider who went on to win an Oscar, our collective memories of Westerns likely all include at least Ben Johnson character.
What's your favorite.
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Anne,
I totally agree about Ben Johnson. As for Blazing Saddles, the only other movie I laughed harder during was Young Frankenstein. BSaddles does have some great send-ups to Westerns and cliches.
As for Ben Johnson, I've been hooked on him since seeing "Yellow Ribbon" over 35 years ago.
The bookends of his career from Yellow Ribbon to Last Picture Show are incredibly striking. One of these days I should watch them back to back again.
He is so incredibly handsome and such a gifted rider in his John Ford days. He was a former rodeo rider that either Ford discovered or was brought to Ford's attention and usually did many of his own stunts.
I think we better start a thread about Ben so that Randolph Scott (cue chorus) can have this one without fear of hijacking.
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*************Late night, post-St. Patrick's Gala**************
To: Dean (It gives me such pleasure to say that) Finnie6
From: Interim Dean, LzCutter
Re: Wrestling Coach Vic McLaglen
DeanFinnie,
Well today was one to beat the band. What a grand day!!! From the entrance of the Pipers and the Thin Blue Line to the numerous hijinks of Faculty, Staff and Students (which I am sure we will be re-hashing in the days ahead), never have we had a St. Patrick's Celebration as successful as this one.
Kudos for planning this from your hospital room at Blair General. I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to relinquishing my Interim status on Monday morning and allowing you to reclaim your rightful title.
That said, it would be remiss of me not to nominate (if not for sainthood) the following Faculty and Staff for their efforts to keep Wrestling Coach Vic McLaglen from going on a tear and leaving a swath of destruction in his wake. (As we have seen on numerous occasions).
I strongly believe that Commendations are in order for the following (and would recommend that all receive them in a public ceremony):
Athletic Coach John Wayne, Assistant Head Coach Ward Bond (Lord that man can bellow when he wants), Defensive Coach Ben Johnson (who prefers to be called Tyree for some unknown reason), Special Teams Coach Harry Carey, Jr, Uniform coach John Agar, and Watergirl ('Tis herself), Miss Maureen O'Hara
Never have so many done so much to keep one man under control and out of the slammer. Should we need help with the authorities, we can call on my brother, the Honorable Judge Priest.
My thanks to all and to all a good-night.
May your hang-overs in the morn be few and far between.
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Anne,
When this first premiered on TCM in November 2005 (Kyle will correct me if I am wrong), TCM also showed a great documentary on director Bud Boetticher.
Boetticher worked a number of times with Randolph Scott (pause for chorus effect from Blazing Saddles) and I think you would enjoy it a lot.
Am still trying to find the documentary on Ben Johnson Third Cowboy from the Left.
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Here's a similar thread from last summer:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=83052&start=75&tstart=0
that you might enjoy.
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JackBurley,
Great minds think alike. I have seen footage of Borrah and the Harmonica Rascals goofing on the stage in the Copa Room with Danny Thomas circa 1954.
They are dressed in furry chaps with guns and holsters and wearing cowboy hats. Thomas is dressed in a dark suit.
Has to be seen to be believed in a way.
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This guy has almost 400 posts on this thread, so he's definitely a person deserving of a day on TCM, even a 1/2 day of his films would be good
and there's lots of interest in him.
Is there a way to get someone's attention at TCM who schedules
the programs/films? >>
Newclassicfilm,
One of the big obstacles is that many of Morrow's films were done for 20th Century Fox which has its own movie channel.
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Movielover,
If you go back some pages, I thought I posted in this very thread that it was announced during the Home Theater Forum Chat with the Warner Bros crew that the movie is coming to DVD this October.
I could have sworn it was this thread.
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Memo to the Staff
Regarding the commotion in the quad with the landscaping::
It has been brought to my attention by a rather overbearing man wearing wild headgear that makes him resemble the FTD florist logo, that due to the close proximity in dates between our current Erin Go Bragh! celebration and the upcoming Spring Frolic which is set to begin in two weeks, that alumni Charlton Heston is foregoing his Greatest Show on Earth spectacle this year.
Instead, he is preparing a race track for his usual Chariot Race which is scheduled for Good Friday.
He has agreed to not begin construction until Monday morning so as not to interfere with today's events and tomorrow's anticipated hang-overs.
It is suggested that those wishing tickets to the Chariot Races should get them as soon as they go on sale as a large and boisterious crowd is expected.
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******************Via Hand Delivery************
To: Judge William "Billy" Priest
From: Interim Dean, LzCutter Classic Cinema College
Dear Billy,
I wanted to send this little missive to say thank you for taking care of our young Student Teacher, Filmlover, in court today.
After the previous judge and our Attorney Edward Arnold got into a shouting match and Arnold told the judge to throw the book at him, we all feared that Filmlover would be doing time on a chain gang rather than here at the College helping prepare for the upcoming festivities.
I wish I could have been there to hear you say "Hear! Hear! Court's called to order!".
I know ma would have loved to have been there too. sigh*
Anyways, as always, appreciate the lengths that you go to for the College and am so very glad that you dispense your own brand of wisdom and judgement from the bench.
From the sounds of things, some of those young whippersnappers working for you could use some lessons.
Your loving sister,
LzCutter
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Message for MrsL (proprietor), to be delivered by Teaching Assistant Filmlover in the morning.
From Interim Dean LzCutter, Classic Cinema College
MrsL,
Many thanks for moving so quickly to accomodate our many guests this weekend. We, here at the College, truly appreciate your hard work. It always warms our hearts when alumni are so helpful.
Please let us know should Wrestling Coach Vic McLaglen wander on to your premises. He will likely be looking for a scuffle.
We would appreciate if you would keep a list of all items that may be inadvertently broken over the weekend.
At the end of the weekend, please send the list to the Dean's office and as one of my last official duties I will be sure that our Insurance Agent Edmund O'Brien contacts you immediately so that you may file your claims and be properly reimbursed post haste.
Again, we thank you for your generousity and look forward to celebrating the Holiday with ye.
Regards,
LzCutter, Interim Dean (but not much longer, saints be praised)
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***************************************Western Union Telegram*****************************
Special Instructions: Do not deliver until morning
From: Interim Dean LzCutter, Classic Cinema College
To: Commander Aloysius ?Buck? Hudsucker,
Capital Headquarters, State Police
Hudsucker,
Am relieved to hear that Professor Klondike and Bill Hopper have been released and are on their way back to us here at the College. Given this time of year, you have no idea how much the bureaucracy up there has put us behind schedule.
God's Nightgown, man, how could you think for a moment that Professor Klondike could be an international spy?
He may have the demeanor of a circus clown from time to time and be prone to dressing as one as well (right downt to the sad eyes and tear falling on his cheek) but even the
youngest of our students here knows it is just Klondike being Klondike.
To have almost started a Territorial incident over this, defies imaginition.
Surely, you Mounties must have something better to do? I hear you have a Mountie who sings Opera with a very beautiful young woman. Perhaps y'all should concentrate on those two and leave our crazies to us down here in the States where we can at least decipher between those who are really a crazy and those who are masquerading.
If you would like, we offer a summer course, taught by Professor Joan Crawford that will help you distinquish between the two.
Please let us know if you are interested.
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Canadian-American Border
To: Professor Klondike, In Transit
From: Interim Dean LzCutter, Classic Cinema College
Professor Klondike:
Glad to hear that you have been sprung from the depths of Canadian Bureaucracy.
Please be advised to meet Professor Humphrey Bogart and Police Chief Louis Renault at the border stop. They will have your letters of transit which should allow you to enter the country with no further ado.
Am glad that you are a free man. Have sent Filmlover to light the clock tower for you and Dean Finnie to guide you all home safely.
Over the hectic week-end, perhaps when we are cryin' in our ales together, would like to talk with you about the Motor Pool. After all their shenanigans this past month, I think they may need to be reminded of the fear of the Almighty.
Who better to administer that fear than our own Milly Natwick.
You will be glad to know that late this evening, Professor Cagney, Msgr. O'Brien and Wrestling Coach Vic McLaglen stumbled back to the College no worse for wear.
They were dressed rather bizarre, even for them. Professor Cagney was wearing a donkey's head and quoting Shakespeare:
"Man is but an a** if he go about to expound this dream. Man is but a patched fool if he will offer to say
what methought I was and what methought I had. "
And then he would bray like a donkey.
He might be a wee touched in the head, perhaps suffering a concussion from one of the scuffles with Vic McLaglen.
The Monsigneur was dressed as if he had just come from a nightclub. In the pockets, the girls down in laundry found cocktail naopkins for some place called the Garden of the Moon. Lord only knows.
As for Vic McLaglen, truth be told, he looked like he was wearing his best Sunday go to meeting clothes, except they were about two sizes too small.
I can only imagine the stories behind this bender of theirs and I suspect we will be paying for the damages for some time to come.
Thank the Lord we have such kind and beneficial benefactors.
The light is on, the coffee brewing and Milly Natwick has left a bottle of Carolens Irish Creme next to the coffee pot for you, the Dean, Professor Bogart (who will likely prefer scotch) and Chief Renault.
Get some sleep as we will be burning daylight early.
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God's Nightgown!
Filmlover,
Are you telling me that O'Brien and Cagney are on the lam drinking up the countryside?
I would wager that they have hooked up with McLaglen and we won't see the three of them until the beginning of Dean Finnie's upcoming St. Patrick Celebration.
Please high-tail it back to the Constable's office and ask him to put you up for the evening in one of the cells.
Your rescuers wil be there bright and early so try to get some sleep. I suspect that Professor Klondike will give you a verbal dressing down after handing over the hang-over cure.
I would suggest blaming it all on Cagney, O'Brien and McLaglen and begging Miss Milly Natwick's forgivenance on bended knee.
I will send Professor Klondike to round up the other three.
After drinking, snipe hunting and following strange hollowed eye creatures around the country side, you are under house supervision this upcoming weekend.
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Filmlover,
When you return to the campus, please make an appointment with my secretary so that you and I can talk further about this little escapade.
There will have to be some sort of punishment. Nothing corporal or militaristic nor something (that the sheriff and judge willing, won't appear on your record) but perhaps some sort of community service in the Classic Cinema Theater during the upcoming Spring Frolic scheduled for the week before Easter.
I will give the matter some grave thought and discuss it with the Restoration faculty.
In the meantime, I will have Hollywood Kyle prepare you a hangover cure and send it in a thermos with your rescuers.
I am assuming that O'Brien and Cagney, like McLaglen, are no worse for the wear.
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TO: Alpha Beta House Mother, Mildred Natwick, School Counsel Attorney, Gregory Peck and Professor Klondike, History Department.
From: Interim Dean, Lzcutter
I have just received an urgent note from one of the Film Restoration School's teaching assistants, Filmlover. I believe he is a member of the Alpha Beta House. As he is one of our top students in the Film Restoration program I was quite surprised to see that he had fallen prey to an early St. Patrick's celebration with Coach Pat O'Brien and Professor Jimmy Cagney.
I suspect that Filmlover was unaccustom to their appetite for the drink and tried to match them glass for glass. I'm sure the young man strongly regrets his choice of drinking companions.
The problem is that they were all too snoockered to realize they were arguing with Wrestling Coach Vic McLaglen (who was no worse for wear at the Faculty meeting this morning).
Because it was McLaglen they got into a brawl with, it goes without saying, though I am, that there was a fair piece of damage done to the tavern where all this took place (as there always is when McLaglen is involved).
I would appreciate it if first thing in the morning, you could go to town and arrange, to get our student teacher and professors released from the slammer on their own recogniance. Should bail money be necessary, Professor Klondike will be along to take care of any financial transactions that need handling.
Please ask the tavern owner to add the damage to our bill. I suspect that we will owe much more to the tavern owner before the weekend is over.
Again, let's try to keep this as quiet as possible. We have had enough gossip and speculation from townfolk about whether we are running a college or a beer hall.
So again, please be sure to play this close to the vest and keep it off the record, on the QT and the very hush, hush as much as possible.
I will begin batting down the hatches for our upcoming St. Patrick's Celebration.
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lzcutter because spelling correctly is important
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Catydid,
The 31 Days of Oscar Salute just ended last week. During this time, TCM salutes the Oscar winners and nominees.
Now that the Salute is over, TCM has returned to its normal programming of studio era and post studio era films.
As noted, they have recently completed deals to begin broadcasting films from Columbia Studio Film Library and others,
TCM ran some Jean Harlow films this past December, including Red Headed Woman[] and I believe Red Dust was aired during the Oscar salute.
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During this celebration, at the request of Dean Finnie, The Chieftains will play, Enya will keen, Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers will sing "Courtin' in the Kitchen", Bing Crosby will warble "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?", the NYC Fire Dept. Emerald Society Bagpipes will perform "Danny Boy" and James Galway will play a penny whistle made from 24 karat gold. >>
Look for myself, Prof. Klondike and Vic McLaglen to be cryin' in our brews during all this singing.
The Film Restoration Dept. will be announcing our screening schedule for the upcoming Spring Frolic.
Stay tuned.
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Movieman,
I think that was a montage created by Chuck Workman, now better known for his 100 Years, 100 Movies short that plays on TCM.
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Filmlover,
By now, you know me and a deadline!
Just in time, here it is:
First of all, I want to say WOW!!!!
These schedules are all terrific and everyone who has participated deserves kudos and props all around for a job well done.
It is very heartening to see how far this Challenge has come in just a year. A special thanks to Filmlover for moderating this Challenge. Having been in your shoes, I know it is not easy even in the best of times.
Lest anyone think that I have grown weary of participating, I sat this one out for two reasons:
1) My mother had surgery which took me away from home and research for much of the month. We just refer to her now as the bionic woman.
2) Having participated in the challenges from the beginning, I wanted to take a rest. Also, with so many freshmen and sophmores (along with a couple of seniors) participating, I loved the idea of new blood being introduced into the game. I have the TCM swag from the first Challenge (and I love my prize, The Lion of Hollywood) so I don't need more. Besides Mr Cutter prefers I try to cut down on the amount of movie memorabilia and books in our library. Fat Chance there.
So, to all who participated, take a bow!! This is not always easy and I think Path's original intent was to make those who do participate aware of how difficult it is to program this Channel 24/7, 52 weeks a year. I'm sure all the Challengers have a new found respect for the Programmers job.
All that said, I wish I could choose all of you because there is something from each schedule that I suspect we will be seeing throughout the year if TCMProgrammr has his way. Great themes, great movies, great subjects all.
The hard part for the rest of us is voting. As I said,it was not easy making a choice. There were contenders vying for first spot every time I read a schedule.
But in the end, my vote goes to MovieMan1957. We could sit down in the theater in the ClassicCinema College and we wouldn't leave the theater for a week nor would we have an argument. The only downside, Mr Cutter would wonder why he couldn't use either Tivo in the house.
Honorary mention goes to BenWHowell for his wonderful idea of promos for the schedules!
For DVD box set, my vote goes to BenWHowell for the wonderful William Haines set. If ever an actor deserved more recognition, a box set and a documentary, its Billy Haines.
Thanks again to everyone who participated and especially to Filmlover for moderating so well. That so many people participated is a wonderful sign and I hope you keep participating!
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*****Western Union******
From: Interim Dean Lzcutter, School of Film Restoration
To: Dean MoiraFinnie6, Classic Cinema College
Location: Blair General Hospital, care of Dr. Kildare
Subject: 2007 Spring Frolic
Dear Dean Finnie,
We all are continuing to hope for your complete recovery from the dogsledding fiasco of last winter. Professor Klondike is often heard muttering under his breath after Faculty and Staff meetings "This wouldn't happen if Buffalo Gal were here". There have been some attempts at coups to take over your position but with the help of Prof. Klondike, Wrestling Coach Vic McLaglen, Night Security Officer Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and others who prefer to remain nameless but trust you know who they are, those attempts have been completely unsuccessful.
We have managed to get through the dark of winter without much incident. The Birthday celebration for Thelma Ritter was a complete success. No broken bottles, chairs, tables, no one went to the hospital or was sent to the slammer. Which for us, is quite a feat.
Which brings me to why I am writing. St. Patrick's Day is coming and you and I both know how traumatic that can be for many members of our Staff and Faculty. The "Irish Brigade" has been hard at work down in the motor pool mixing up some crazy, strange smelling brew. JackBurley's complaints about Human Resources sending over Zombies to help him restore our Musical Heritage films probably spearheaded the motorpool into action. Jack had complained about all the sugar cane that the Zombies had clinging to them every day.
Well, the Motor Pool, completely on their own, followed the Zombies and found the source of the sugar cane. Within 48 hours, the sugar cane field was leveled and the Zombies quit. I suspect that the sugar cane has been seized by the Motor Pool in anticipation of St. Patrick's Day.
To make matters worse, Professor and Magician Frank Morgan has wired from Kansas inquiring to our plans regarding our annual Spring Frolic.
What shall I tell him?
Should we plan one, knowing that the St. Pat's celebration will be a headline maker? Bear the scrutiny and the burnt of criticism and let everyone blow off steam?
Law Professor Gregory Peck has kindly offered to be our defense counsel should anyone get hauled before the judge. And you and I can both think of a half dozen staffers and faculty who that could happen to. The good news, Professor Peck is a great orator.
So, Dean Finnie, we write to you for guidance. We can hold the coup makers at bay for as long as takes for you to get well.
But if there is to be a Spring Frolic we would like to send the invitation using your name and your blessing.
Hoping for your speedy recovery,
Acting Dean Lzcutter
ps The girls in the Steno pool ask that you say hello to Dr McDreamy, excuse me, Dr. Kildare for them.
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lzcutter because a bigger box to write my post in might result in fewer typos but no promises.
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Sue Sue,
Interesting to note that Ellroy no longer talks to Hodel and dismisses Hodel's book as fabrications.
Not having seen Ellroy as part of live discussion before I was taken back by how much he kept the conversation focused on himself when he was there to interview Wambaugh and it was Wambaugh we were there to hear.
Sandy,
I will try to find the name of the book that the play was based on for you!
favourite non-fiction books about movies
in Hot Topics
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The RKO Story by Richard Jewell
The Movies by Mayer and Schickel
The Lion of Hollywood by Scott Eyman
Print the Legend: The Life of John Ford by Scott Eyman
Get Happy: The Story of Judy Garland by Gerald Clarke
Cagney on Cagney
Humphrey Bogart by Nathaniel Benchley
An Unfinished Life by John Huston
Bring on the Empty Horses by David Niven