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> Why don't they suspend 75% of the people for being foul mouthed jerks? My previous account was disabled with zero reason given as well. I am very upset because all my contacts are broken. Worse all my very rare Colleen Moore and Clara Bow clips, Marion Davies, Betty Bronson, clips etc, can no longer be viewed. Jeffrey, They likely suspended your account because you had uploaded clips that you don't own the copyright to. YouTube's policy states that a person should only upload content that they own the rights to or have permission of the copyright holder (s) to upload.. If you don't own the rights or have permission of the rights holder, the copyright holder has the right to contact YouTube and have the content taken down. I know from your posts here as well as the SSO and at Nitrateville your feelings on the matter but as numerous posters at Nitrateville have tried to explain, the copyright holder is the legit owner of the material and has the right to have content they didn't authorize taken down. I hope that the latest debacle over the SOPA/PIPA bill and the talks that will likely come out of it, helps the studios to realize that they should take a more active role in bringing their classic movie fare to an appreciative on-line audience. There's no reason they can't follow the example of the AFI and the Academy and have their own Classic channels on YouTube where they offer clips and movies from their vaults. It certainly beats having to hire a squad of people to troll YouTube and other carriers looking for copyright offenders.

> Apples and oranges-- they both have so much to offer and are both so different. Gene's great for athleticism and pure masculinity, but Fred is great for that suave and smooth dancing. Although both can really hoof. Yeah, I couldn't make that decision. Lonesome, I agree! I don't understand the need to choose one over the other. They were two very different dancers. Shouldn't we appreciate them and their talent for the wonderful films they left for us to enjoy instead of making a choice of which one is better?

> ...How I can present a quote in my post replies? Other forums I belong to have an app I can click on for this that's pretty much foolproof. I use the Plain Text feature in the reply window. You place a > at the beginning of the sentence, then a space and then paste in the part of post you wish to quote. Be sure to leave some space between the end of the quote and your reply, (two lines at least). Otherwise, it will all appear in a white box for some bizarre reason. > ...Why the most recent post to a thread is at the top of page one instead of the bottom of, say, page five? You can go into your Control Panel, just to the right of your Inbox and once there you can change your settings so that you can read threads in either a ascending or descending manner. You can also change the settings for the number of threads per page and make them either ascending or descending. Hope that helps!

> ...How I can present a quote in my post replies? Other forums I belong to have an app I can click on for this that's pretty much foolproof. I use the Plain Text feature in the reply window. You place a > at the beginning of the sentence, then a space and then paste in the part of post you wish to quote. Be sure to leave some space between the end of the quote and your reply, (two lines at least). Otherwise, it will all appear in a white box for some bizarre reason. > ...Why the most recent post to a thread is at the top of page one instead of the bottom of, say, page five? You can go into your Control Panel, just to the right of your Inbox and once there you can change your settings so that you can read threads in either a ascending or descending manner. You can also change the settings for the number of threads per page and make them either ascending or descending. Hope that helps!

> It's nice to know it was nominated for or won an Oscar. What for? Wouldbe, It was nominated for Best Screenplay. Didn't win. Hope that helps!

Jacks, I hope you and Ben dived into that cake and didn't wait on me!!! Thank you to all for the lovely birthday wishes! I'm still celebrating. This Saturday I'm off to see Angie Dickinson at the Castro Theater and she's introducing *Point Blank* (ah, Lee in one of my favorite films) and *The Killers*.

> sometimes I've stayed up till 3 in the morning, writing these things. MsW, I doubt that Joel would want you losing your beauty sleep over this! It's 2012 and I believe that this is going to be McCrea's year. I hope I'm right!

Roy, I'm with you on Wild Bill. I've been a big fan of his for more years than I can count. I saw *The Ox-Bow Incident* on the late show when I was much, much younger and have been on Team Wellman ever since. I still say he, Michael Curtiz and Raoul Walsh got a raw deal from the auteur theory lovers back in the 1960s. They were very talented directors that deserve more credit than they are usually given.

It's the 18th in New York City so we all know who's celebrating a birthday: *CineMaven* !!!!!!! Happy Birthday, Theresa!!!!! And to help you celebrate: Hope you have a wonderful day!!!!

> Quick Question: Why was the love theme from Vertigo used in that one sequence in The Artist ? I don't have too much against that, but was there a specific reason other than shining light on people like Hitchcock and Hermann? A common procedure in films is to score the film with a temp score while the real score is being written. The love theme was used in this instance as part of the temp score for *The Artist* From the composer of the score: One such losing battle was the cue 'My Suicide', written to accompany the climax of the film in which George hits rock bottom. The final cut of the film was finished three weeks prior to the last recording date during the first week of April, as Bource was still trying to finish the cue. "But because the priority was to finish everything for Cannes (in May), Michel needed to present (the finished film) to the producers as soon as possible to reassure them of a project difficult to sell without music". The climactic scene had been temped with Herrmann's love theme from Vertigo for three months, "and every composer knows what that means," says Bource. "Generally, you are condemned." "Vertigo remains in the final cut of the film, but Bource insists Michel didn't replace 'My Suicide' with Herrmann's love theme. When the DVD comes out, you can put my music on that sequence. Bource completed the cue on Hazanavicius birthday and dedicated it to him, "but we didn't speak to each other during the last month. Why? Everything is in the title," he adds, winking.

*Back to the Future* *Ran* *Brazil* *Cocoon* *Out of Africa* *Witness* *Mask* *Ladyhawke* *Silverado* *Prizzi's Honor* *The Sure Thing* *Kiss of the Spider Woman* *Sweet Dreams* *Into the Night* *The Trip to Bountiful* *Insignificance* are some of the movies I enjoyed on the big screen in 1985.

> I am also thinking of doing a take-off on his career by scheduling his movie and then following it with the movie which was virtually identical and yet gained commercial success. I can't wait to see your schedule, Sansfin!

Possumdog, Unfortunately, no TCM does not have a streaming service. This is likely because of the contracts with the various studios/distributors from whom TCM rents the films they broadcast and the cost of setting up a streaming service which is not cheap. Perhaps in the future, TCM might be able to stream its content but probably not in the foreseeable future.

> But I do wonder why so few of these threads are about movies, MsW, If I was to hazard a guess it's because complaining about modern films and actors, TCM's schedule, the lack of some films on the channel, complaining about political views and and post-1960 films on the channel take up more of the discussion than anything else. At least that's what it seems like.

> Will any think less of a schedule which honors such a recent actor? Not me. I love films, actors, directors, etc from all decades and believe that some modern films are just as good as the classics. I tend to be in the minority among the greater TCM City community but I would hope that those who participate in the Challenges and in the voting would be a bit more open-minded about modern films, especially if the overall schedule being presented is worthy of consideration. And all schedules submitted to the Challenge are worthy of consideration in my eyes.

> Okay, so you decided to pick one comment that former President Reagan said about something he may have not participated in. Rey, I'm don't want to argue politics with you but I do find Reagan's remarks disingenuous. He didn't help liberate the camps and for him to imply that he did is a disservice to those servicemen who did. Many of those servicemen who helped liberate the camps were haunted by what they saw in the camps and what they saw changed many of them. Case in point, director George Stevens. He and his men helped liberate the camps and as his son, George Stevens, Jr, recounts that story in the documentary he made of his father's service during the War, it forever changed his father, his outlook on life and the types of films his father made when he returned from the war. I have no doubt that Reagan was touched by the inhumanity he saw in the film footage that came back from the War. But there is a difference from seeing something in real time and witnessing that horror in real time and watching film footage of that inhumanity. Film has a way of detaching us from the real life horror that being there in real time just can't do.

Every year the *31 Days* month has a theme to it and that theme usually helps dictate which films are scheduled. *The Best Years of Our Lives* runs on TCM fairly regularly so even if it's not part of the February schedule, it's likely to be on the schedule in the months ahead.

> CODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE (1939) with Roselia Towne > SECRET SERVICE OF THE AIR (1939) with John Litel > SMASHING THE MONEY RING (1939) with Margot Stevenson > MURDER IN THE AIR (1940) with John Litel All four films were shown in 2009 when Ronald Reagan was SOTM.

Re the advertising vs commercials debate: TCM doesn't have mainstream commercials between movies and I don't think many here would be happy with seeing them on the channel. I don't have a problem with their level of advertising of classic DVDs, books, cds, cultural events, even the occasional modern movie tie-in as it all revolves around classic films. Do I want to see mainstream commercials on TCM, even between films? No. That would be massive change for the channel and were that ever to happen would probably signal other significant changes as well. But, it's all blue sky debating because after almost twenty years on the air, TCM is still the home for showcasing movies from all decades and doing so in an uncut and commercial free enviroment. And there aren't too many channels that still adhere to their original programming concept these days. (Think of A&E, Bravo, History, etc).

Barb, You and Rod could celebrate his birthday by renting a piece of Rudy's Beverly Hills home aka Falcon Lair: http://www.zillow.com/blog/2012-01-09/rent-a-piece-of-rudy-valentinos-former-beverly-hills-estate/ Oh-la-la!!!

> Special new prize for the winner: if you're at the film festival this April, I'll buy you a drink at Club TCM. Hm, do you suppose that will encourage certain people to enter the competition this time? It is a very tempting offer, King......

> my concern is that it's not a crack in the armor & that soon we WILL see commercials just like every other channel Monty, As noted below by various posters, this type of advertising is not new to TCM. They have done it before going back more than a few years. The "Movie News" interstitial gets updated every month and is filled with plugs for upcoming books, cds, movies, dvds and cultural events. It helps the channel bring in revenue and that, in turn, helps keep mainstream commercials off of TCM. And "Movie News" has been running every month on TCM for years and there's still no sign of McDonalds or any other mainstram commercials that appear on other networks. So, it's a bit of a leap to think that the promo for *Tinker, Tailor* is going to be the catalyst for mainstream advertising to begin airing on TCM.

Cee, This type of advertising isn't new to TCM. They did a similar tie-in a few years ago with *The Good German* and another tie-in with a movie last year (I can't remember the name). It happens infrequently and shouldn't be taken as a sign of things to come or that TCM is changing. Though, it can be a bit jarring to see the first time. The two previous film tie-ins I mentioned, like this latest one, were done around similar classic genre films and not stand alone typical television promos that you see on other channels.

> Actually, from the UNIVERSAL press releases that I have read, these restorations will be offered on blu-ray and be available for sale in retail stores, not via MOD. Sorry if you took what I wrote about the restorations to mean they were only going to be released via MOD. That's not what I meant. What I said was that Universal has announced that it will be *offering films from their library via MOD.* I didn't say or mean to imply that the films they are restoring were only being offered via MOD.

> Your post implies that TCM loses money every year but that Times-Warner keeps in going because of the prestige. I didn't mean to imply that TCM loses money every year. I was trying to emphasis that Time-Warner believes in the channel enough to keep from changing it's format. TCM has been part of the Time-Warner family for over a decade now and in all that time, Time-Warner seems happy to let TCM be TCM. > You say the brand is very strong? What does that really mean? Since TCM doesn't participate in the rating process how does one 'measure' how strong their brand is? They seem to have strong brand recognition. Even people who don't watch the channel regularly seem to know what TCM is about. According to their press releases, they are in over 85 million homes. People travel from around the world and around the country to attend their Film Festival in Hollywood. So, even though TCM overseas is a horse of a very different color than the one here in the States (and Canada), people every where associate it with classic films.