lzcutter

You know, finance, not everything (including Robert O's health) is fodder for a joke.

> ...but if he's going on the cruise, you know he's going to be asked questions about his operation by the "cruisers". He is scheduled to go on the cruise and there have been no announcements otherwise. As for the "cruisers" asking him questions about his hiatus, if they are anything like the attendees of the Film Festival, they are very respectful of him, his privacy and when they do encounter him, are likely to keep the conversation about how thrilled they are to finally meet him and have their picture taken with him. At least I hope they do. He is entitled to his privacy and it should be his decision to share that information with us *if he chooses to*. Just because we are fans of the channel and of him, doesn't mean we are entitled to any explanations.

> what's to say his "i'm coming back" promo wasn't shot BEFORE he went on break? It's highly unlikely that the "I'm coming back" promo was shot before Robert O's hiatus. If you watch the promo, he looks well rested and healthier than he did in the weeks leading up to his hiatus. His crew in the studio are professionals who enjoy working with him. They would not allow him to look the way he did in the weeks prior to his vacation unless that's how he actually looked. They would not intentionally make him look less hale and hearty to pull a ruse on their viewers and neither would he. As for a change in his looks, the only change appears to be that he looks much healthier and has that old Robert O sparkle back in his eyes. As to the medical reasons for his hiatus that is none of our business. The man is entitled to his privacy.

I think it Sam Goldwyn.

Chief, Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for all the hard work you put into this thread over the years. It was truly appreciated by many of us here. We miss you and hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Joe, I hope you and your family have a wonderful Holiday! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into this thread. It is truly appreciated! Roy, Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have a wonderful holiday as well!

Helen, Congrats on going! I bet you have a terrific time. I can't wait to hear your stories!

It was in Douglas Shearer's contract with MGM that he be credited as Recording Supervisor on all MGM films released in North America. To his credit, Shearer did have an avid working interest in sound recording and wasn't just given the title as a sop to his sister, Norma. Cedric Gibbons, the art director at MGM, had a similar contractual deal while at MGM. Gibbons is listed as the Art Director on the majority of classic MGM films though he did not work on or supervise the majority of them. According to IMDB, he is credited on over 1500 films of which he worked on maybe 10% of them. During his reign at MGM, if a MGM film won a Best Art Direction Oscar, the Oscar was awarded to Gibbons whether he had done the work or not. He was the one credited with the work. Edited by: lzcutter on Nov 21, 2011 10:36 PM

stupid double post Edited by: lzcutter on Nov 21, 2011 10:33 PM

> Do you still get together as one group for many events? Floyd, I don't know if there is an easy answer as everyone's mileage may vary. I will say that I saw *Silly Symphonies* with friends attending the Film Festival, various panels including the Kevin Brownlow talk and the *Meet the Staff* panel, the Ghost Singers panel and the Dancing panel. A large group of us were in the house for *The Cameraman* and I saw *The Constant Nymph* and *Night Flight* with a smaller group. We hung out in various degrees of numbers at Club TCM and, of course, at In-N-Out the unoffical gathering organized by posters from the message boards, and the offical TCM Meet and Greet that kicked off the festival on Thursday evening prior to the Red Carpet and the closing party. I can't think of a screening that I didn't engage with someone I had met either through these boards or the first year of the Festival. Hope that helps! Edited by: lzcutter on Nov 22, 2011 7:47 AM because very and vary are not the same thing.

Tom Mix had been in Arizona visiting Tucson Sheriff Ed Nichols. After leaving the Oracle Inn, he was driving faster than he should (some reports have him going at least 80 mph). A bridge had been washed out and barriers were up. Mix didn't stop fast enough and ended up rolling the car twice. An aluminum suitcase, filled with money, travelers checks and some jewelry, that Mix had packed on a shelf in the back seat, flew forward hitting Mix in the back of head, breaking his neck and shattering his skull. Eyewitness reports say he died almost instantly. Robert Birchard, a film historian, has a good book out on Mix. I recommend it!

As someone who has called Los Angeles (pronounced without the hard g) home for almost 40 years, I just call it the City of Angels.

> When was the first Private Screenings interview? I think Private Screenings began shortly after TCM debuted back in 1994 so TCM has been branching out into "original" productions since the beginning. As for the OP, *Master Class* is a partnership between TCM and the AFI (American Film Institute). Considering some of the cool stuff in the AFI vaults, if this partnership leads to the AFI opening those vaults and making some of that cool stuff (like the original AFI Lifetime Achievement Award dinners) available to TCM, that would be terrific.

Cinecrazy, The url is too long and the image code using the exclamation point doesn't work with long urls. Go to tinyurl.com and make the urls smaller then you can paste them here using the exclamation points at the beginning and end and your images should show up. Hope that helps!

According to the OP, she got up in the wee hours of the morning, at 1:00 am and discovered that TCM was airing a film that contained female nudity (from the waist up). Presumably, according to her original post, her children did not see this film. She was the only one awake at that hour of the night. What she seems to be objecting to is the airing of more modern films from the 1970s-1990s and she cloaks this age-old message board argument in a morals argument. If she is objecting to the nudity, TCM usually only airs films with strong sexual content late at night to avoid having the films air during "prime-time" hours in any time zone. Of course, TCM does air pre-code films that often feature sexual situations as well as post-war and foreign films that often deal with sexual situations. Should TCM stop running those pre-1970s films because they contain sexual content? If she is objecting to TCM airing modern classic films, well, TCM has always, from the beginning, aired films from all decades. Either way, this "trend" towards strong sexual content on TCM seems to have always been there. Pre-codes are shown at all hours of the day. Foreign films appear on the schedule at various hours. But, any film with strong sexual content is usually only aired late at night when children and families are sleeping. Which would be why the film (with its nudity) that the OP saw was airing at 1:00 in the morning.

Congrats to all who participated and a big Congratulations to Kingrat!

> 2. TCM has been showing nudity in movies longer than just the past few months In addition to American made films like *Last Picture Show*, they also show foreign films which also (sometimes) contain nudity. I don't think anyone here would advocate the removal of foreign films from the schedule because of that.

Hallie brings the hat box with her on the train because she knows she is going out to Tom's old place and will bring a cactus rose back for his funeral. She needs a box high enough for the cactus rose to fit in without damaging it. A hat box does nicely.

> Got another first-timer question...are there other films running Thursday besides Cabaret? Yes, there are films running in other theaters while *Cabaret* is unspooling in the main Chinese theater. In the past, there has been a poolside screening at the Roosevelt as well as films running in some of the smaller Chinese theaters as well as the larger Egyptian theater. There will likely be something similar again this year.

> I'm sorry they never did a sequel. Lots of good actors were in that film. I agree. A film trilogy would have been great. They certainly had the talent for it. I saw the film on opening day at the Egyptian Theater all those years ago. Still one of my favorites.

> Buckaroo Banzai, hands down... Hey there, monkey boy! In addition to Buckaroo, Perfect Tommy and Reno were pretty cool. But, yeah, Buckaroo is damn cool.

Wouldbe, I'm thrilled to see westerns making a comeback on television and this one looks very interesting. My only complaint is Sunday night. My DVR is in overdrive thanks to all the great television just on Sunday nights alone. It takes most of a Saturday or Sunday just to get through all the shows I DVR on Sunday night.

> I'm willing to wait and see how this plays out but if I haven't heard from the organizers by Wednesday, well I may just alter my itinerary & spending plan for this year's Hollywood trip. You might try using the Contact Us link at the Film Festival website. Posters who missed getting emails used that in the past to reach out to Festival staff for information. http://www.tcm.com/festival/index.html The Contact link is at the bottom of the page.

> I and many other 2010 attendees got an advanced email (well before anyone at TCM made the announcement in social media or to the general public) for TCM 2011 letting us know when tickets would go on sale for alumni as well as discount pricing. I didn't say that there was no advanced email or discounted pricing in the past. All I said was that I don't remember there being a special period of time dedicated to alumni of past Film Festivals being able to purchase their passes at a discounted rate before the passes went on sale for everyone at the "TCM Fanatic/Early Bird" prices. Sorry that you didn't receive the email. I do know in the past two years that there have been posters here who didn't receive the info at the same time as the majority of posters here did. Maybe there was a glitch in the bulk emailing?