lzcutter
-
Posts
12,344 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
9
Posts posted by lzcutter
-
-
Erskine Caldwell, a well-known author, wrote the book,
Tobacco Road and it was adapted for Broadway in the early 1930s. The play was a major Broadway smash and for years was one of the longest running plays on the Great White Way.
To make the movie, the play had to be sanitized to meet the strict Breen Code.
Caldwell was born in Georgia and many of his books centered on poverty, racial problems and social problems that came from his Southern background.
But even back then, his writings were controversial as Southerns (and others) thought all Caldwell did was denigrate those he was writing about.
-
Wouldbe,
It was a grand month, wasn't it! My DVR is filled almost to the brim with Joel movies to watch this weekend and next.
Again, thank you to TCM and the programming staff for making this dream come true!
-
> As discussed earlier, Joel McCrea always played the virtuous man, decent, dignified, reluctant to use force unless he felt he had to.
MsW,
Might be worth noting that Joel McCrea was originally cast as Gil Westrum and Randolph (cue chorus) Scott was cast as Steve Judd.
It was only after filming began that the two actors swapped roles.
I think the movie plays better this way but I do often wonder while watching the film what could have been.
-
Barb,
This young man would also like to say "Congratulations" on your 15,000 post.
He's going to be portraying Rudy in a Italian tv movie!
-
> Also, The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) would look good on TCM.
Fred,
I agree, it's a terrific film with a crackerjack cast. Unfortunately, it was produced by HBO and they usually don't lease out their films to other channels.
-
> I've actually seen this film a lot more often in recent years than it used to be shown, so maybe it's gaining a little notoriety.
Wayne's family and his son, Michael's widow control most of the films that Wayne produced, especially those produced under the Batjac mantle.
This film was pre-Batjac but does carry Wayne's production company name at the time, John Wayne Productions, on the film.
The family has been preserving and restoring many of those films following a bad flood of their film vaults.
Perhaps this one of them????
-
> I do not know if the apartment in Auntie Mame (1958) is classed as mid-century modern
As a mid-century modernist, I would certainly say much of Auntie Mame's later apartment would be considered mcm. I love some of the lamps and other fixtures.
-
> So even in 2008 worries about TCM going the way of AMG were being voiced here. Hmmm.
It goes back further than that. It has been a staple subject on these boards ever since AMC changed its programming format back in 2002.
It's all there in the board archives.
-
> I (snip) have already purchased their Swedish modern bookcases 8 times (yeah, there are that many books, dvds and assorted tchotkes littering my world
Not to worry, you are not alone in having more books than book shelves. One reason MrCutter got me a Kindle was to attempt to curtail the number of books I buy.
But, I still buy books for him so that strategy has not been as successful as he hoped. But for reading and traveling, nothing beats a Kindle.
-
-
Moira,
Do you have an Ikea near you? They have great bookcases for us mid-century modern lovers.
They also have mail order!
-
> Nevada Desert -- Been there done that.
It's perhaps more beautiful than you realize.
-
The Valley of Fire in Southern Nevada:
-
Hollywoodfan,
Welcome to the boards! It sounds like you enjoy what you do and have picked up quite a bit of film history along the way.
I hope you don't think me forward but I do need to chime in on one thing:
> The studios have gotten rid of their research departments, film librarians and archivists
While certain studios have closed their research libraries, Fox, WBros, Universal, Paramount, Sony and others still employ archivists on the lot and do not outsource or ignore that work. One of the authors of the great MGM backlot book is an archivist at Warner Bros. Professionally speaking, I know of archivists at the other studios as well. They are often the unsung heroes of our film heritage and while they work often outside the spotlight, their work in preservation shows up in restored films and the archivists work often is spotlighted in the imagery that accompanies countless bonus features and documentaries.
Each studio also has an archives and a preservation and restoration department. Some, if not all, of the hands on restoration work may be done by outside companies that the studios work with, but that work is overseen by the talented employees in those studio preservation/restoration departments.
As to the rhyme and reason of what gets picked for restoration, if it was up to the talented archivists and film preservationists it would be everything in the studio's film library, but those decisions are driven by budgets and other factors and those who do the work must make do with the budgets they are given.
Preservation and restoration is expensive and most studio film libraries have thousands of film titles all vying for those $$$.
Just my two cents from the digital archival perspective, your mileage, as always, may vary.
-
I wanted to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" to TCMProgrammr and the programming staff. I am really enjoying Joel as SOTM. I must admit, I am behind in my viewing but my DVR is filled almost to the brim with Joel movies.
I've seen a number of his films over the years, especially the westerns but whoever curated this month did a terrific job of mixing classic McCrea movies with rarely seen or in some cases hardly known gems. The group of pre-codes he did with Connie Bennett have been so enjoyable! Joel was quite the handsome young man and the chemistry between the two of them lit up the screen quite often!
The days are winding down for Joel's celebration but I'll be watching his movies well into June.
So, thank you TCMProgrammr and everyone involved for not only honoring Joel (and Robert O mentioning the McCrea foundation, the ranch and the new visitor's center made my heart sing) but for also putting together a terrific line-up of his films.
I am truly grateful.
-
Guess I'll read the thread thoroughly before responding. I was reading the thread, saw a post I thought worth responding to and hit the reply button. Next time, I guess.
Las Vegas was a small town/city back in those days and even we knew who the Wolfman was and listened to him on the airwaves just like you guys in other towns/cities.
And we all talked about that border radio station and how cool it was.
-
But Jack Warner did produce *1776* and did retire after its release. Columbia had moved to the Warner lot in 1971 and as an independent producer, Warner produced the musical. He retired from Warner Bros after *Camelot* and retired from the business after *1776*. I should have made that clearer in my original post.
-
In a way kingrat is right.
Besides the pop hits it used, *Easy Rider* had songs that were written specifically for that film.
The music for *American Graffiti* all came from songs previously recorded and included as if Wolfman Jack was spinning the records the characters were listening to on the radio that night.
It's a small distinction and, as always, your mileage may vary.
-
Arturo,
Thanks for the details about Fox's demise. I always have a hard time keeping the timeline for that studio's demise straight in my mind with all those big budgeted musicals and dramas that, with the exception of *The Sound of Music* and a handful of others, didn't do well at the box-office.
*Doolittle*, despite its Oscar noms, was a dreadful box office bomb that hit theaters at the same time as *Bonnie and Clyde* and *The Graduate*.
There's a great book by Mark Harris about that era. The book, *Pictures at a Revolution* is a terrific read!
-
Hibi,
Thanks for catching that. I meant *Hello Dolly* and corrected my post. *Star* bombed at the as well for Fox.
-
MGM hung on until the late 1960s. Kirk Kirkorian and "Smilin' Jim Aubrey came in and brought the studio to its knees with bad decisions and selling off the backlot and the auction of its costumes and props.
Warners held on until the late 1960s. Jacks and his brothers sold the company but Jack double crossed his brothers and brokered a side deal that kept him in control until his two pet projects- *Camelot* and *1776* did him in.
Fox had its ups and downs in the early 1960s with the cost overruns on *Cleopatra* but recouped their money and more with the release of *The Sound of Music* in 1966. They seemed headed in the right direction until they backed the wrong pictures, *Doctor Doolittle* and *Hello Dolly!* and ended up selling off their backlot.
Paramount went through less financial troubled times under Gulf + Western (thanks in large part to Robert Evans magical touch) and Universal sold out to MCA and had television and their studio tour to shore them up.
Disney was blindsided by Walt's death in 1966 and took years to recover.
Columbia moved to Burbank and shared part of the Warner's lot under the name of The Burbank Studios.
But the studio systems that built those dream factories finally gave up the ghost by the late 1960s. Changing times, changing culture, societal changes all were final nails in the coffin that the Consent Degree and television had created.
Edited by: lzcutter for wrong title
-
Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee:
5006 Vineland Ave.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: 818-506-4242 / 506-7722
Store Hours
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Tues-Fri
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sat
Hope that helps!
-
> Today's generation is narrow minded and lazy. And the programming on tv is terrible compared to ten years ago when we had ,TCM , AMC , and TV Land. TNT showed old films once in a while back then. Now , all we got is TCM and Encore suspense/western that show 'studio era' films.
From what we heard during the *Meet the TCM Staff* at the latest Film Festival, over 66% of TCM's audience is in the 18-49 demographic so a good slice of today's younger audience loves TCM as much as the over-55 crowd.
In addition to TCM, you can see studio era films on the Encore channels, Retroplex, Multiplex (both seem to have some tie to Fox), Fox Movie Channel (well, at least 12 hours a day), the lesser HBO channels, lesser Showtime channels, Flix, MGMHD, SonyHD and MeTV.
Luckily, for us, no one does it as well as TCM.
-
Be sure you are signed in. If you aren't, you don't see all the icons.
After a period of inactivity, you automatically get signed out so be sure you are signed in!
Check the upper right corner. It should say Welcome JHNDLTN. If it says Welcome Guest, you need to sign back in.
*CANDIDS* 2
in Films and Filmmakers
Posted
It sure looks like Gary is copping a feel on Rocky.