lzcutter
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Roy,
Ron Haver's sister, Paddy, is the publisher of Angel City Press which specializes in Southern California history.
Their latest offering is Hollywood Rides a Bike - look at the stars biking around the lots, around Los Angeles and in the movies.
Might be worth a look:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-rides-bike-book-love-la-marathon-301287
Edited by: lzcutter on Mar 17, 2012 6:15 PM
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To promote her new CD that honors her son Terry Melcher, Day has been giving audio interviews. She seems comfortable doing that versus appearing on camera.
Unfortunately, for TCM and all of us, a sit down interview with Robert O doesn't seem to be in the cards.
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Roy,
Ron Haver was a great guy. When I first got to the City of Angels back in the mid-1970s, Haver was the film coordinator at LACMA. I used to go to the weekend screenings all the time. I saw a great program on film restoration there in the mid-1980s.
He also spearheaded the restoration of *A Star is Born* and wrote a book about the experience. When he died too young, we lost a major Los Angeles voice in film.
I don't have the Selznick book but am adding it to my Amazon wish list pronto!
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Otis Redding
Jim Croce
Stevie Ray Vaughn (helicopter)
Bill Graham (helicopter)
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Roy,
Thank you for remembering Lash LaRue! He was another of my favorites.
I love the "B" western that Tim Holt made with Harry Carey, Sr. TCM ran it last year.
Unfortunately when it comes to names, there's only "Wild Bill" for me, Wild Bill Wellman!
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Saturday, June 2nd has a series of films with the name Alice in the titles.
Saturday, June 9th's night selections look to be centered around Henry Fonda.
Saturday evening, June 30th looks like it is a tribute to Preston Sturges.
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> it looks like Andy Devine in drag
Anyway you slice it, that's better than Andy Devine in swim trunks. Trust all of us who have seen *Island in the Sky* on that one.
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I'm a big fan of Tim Holt's for this thread.
Have to say it reminds me of that old Statler Brothers song from a thousand (or so) years ago, Cowboy Buckaroo.
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> In the movie Drums along the Mohawk 1939, I remember seeing this a long long time ago as a little kid, and remember the battle scene in the woods, where the General gets wounded in the knee. In all the reruns that I have seen, I have never ever seen that scene again, Did I dream it? I know Henry Fonda describes the battle to Lana, but I remember see it in the movie, DID I? or did I not?
Unfortunately, as film buffs, as we get older our memory tends to create false memories of scenes in films we saw years ago. If it's any consolation, you aren't alone. It happens to all of us.
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She has a small but pivotal role in Douglas Fairbanks, Jr's film, The Exile and she is quite good in it.
Her contract at the time gave her star billing in the credits though she is only in the film about ten minutes.
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> This is a case of life imitating art, or art imitating life, or people imitating actors.
Rich,
I think it goes without saying that you now owe me not only a new keyboard but a bottle of wine.
The spit take I did over the sentence above required me finishing off the rest of the bottle while I cleaned the computer screen multiple times as I read your recap.
You are the top of the pyramid, the outside of the envelope when it comes to not only recapping these films for us but your dedication in doing so.
I love your writing style!
All hail, Rich!!!!!!
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> The Bomba series is interrupted again for some unknown reason.
If you are talking about this Saturday (3/17), there's a known reason: it's St. Patrick's Day. Looks like TCM is celebrating the daytime hours by getting it's Irish on and celebrating films with an Irish theme.
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I believe that screening occurred right after the clocks were turned back an hour for the fall and winter.
Hopefully, that won't happen as we just sprung ahead for spring and summer.
The fact that the screening is a little over a week from now, the theaters should have their clocks adjusted by the time the screening happens.
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Coming down to the wire- it's my history with the Program Challenge- with a little over an hour left in the voting, I realized that the polls were, thankfully, still open.
A major shout-out to all the Challengers. I was reading long-ago posts by the founder of the Program Challenge, Path40a, this weekend. He would be so thrilled that all these years later the Challenge is still such an active part of this message board.
When he started the Challenge all those years ago, I doubt he realized it would have such legs.
And he would be so proud of all of you for not only carrying on this noble tradition but being so creative in the process.
I've been in your shoes, I know how difficult it can be to put together a schedule, let alone one as good as all the ones this time.
The downside of all of this is that a vote must be placed. In my world I would want all of you to win.
In the reality of TCM City, only one can.
The rules of the Challenge (and my affection for Kingrat) dictates that a vote must be placed.
So, in that regard, I place my vote for BetteDavis19 but wish that I could vote for all of you.
And major props to Kingrat for moderating another great Challenge.
All hail!!!!
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*The Last of the Mohicans* with Daniel Day Lewis
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*A River Runs Through It*.
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Val,
Fox restored the film about two years ago. They showed the restored version at the first TCM Film Festival and it was a revelation. It is an incredibly beautiful film.
TCM aired that restored version either in 2010 or 2011 but it has aired and is definitely worth watching.
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Markb,
Thanks for the recommendation on *Frisco Jenny*. One of Wild Bill Wellman's best!
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> The legend has it that some producer or agent or someone like that, brought Leigh along for the ride when it was hastily decided to film the backlot fire to use later for tha Atlanta burning scenes
That would have been agent Myron Selznick, David's brother. He brought Leigh and Olivier with him and told his brother, (paraphrasing), "Here's your Scarlett."
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> She's supposed to know film history, right?
Not necessarily. The prerequisites for hosting *The Essentials* changes with the host. Rose McGowan wasn't well versed in film history but she was invited to be a co-host because she likes classic films and because she loves the channel.
Carrie Fisher was invited because she's Debbie Reynolds daughter and loves classic film. Did she provide deep historical background on the films from her season of *The Essentials*? Not really.
During his first season as co-host Alec Baldwin didn't either but the following two seasons he seems to have immersed himself in the films chosen and talked much deeper in depth about them.
I was a little surprised that Drew didn't know who directed *Grand Hotel* but I didn't realize off the top of my head that Edmund Goulding had directed both that film and *The Razor's Edge*.
One thing we tend forget as film buffs that sitting across from Robert O and talking about classic films is not always easy and not everyone has the ability to speak eloquently about a film even if they are used to being on camera.
I give Barrymore props, she's willing to learn about films. Prior to this she hadn't seen *The Razor's Edge* and from her conversation last night, it is one that made a impression on her.
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> I heaard it around 8pm last nite. Thank you
Can you tell us what time zone you are in and what country? Last night around 8pm, there was a Clifton Webb movie playing on TCM. *For Heaven's Sake* began at 7:45. Before that, was a short, *The Law and the Lab*.
As soon as the short finished, it went into the nightly intro for Robert O. Robert O introduced *For Heaven's Sake* and the movie began on time.
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> I couldn't find my copy of the movie but did read a synopsis and it says the guys that confront Henry Fonda had stars on their coats before he kills one. I don't think vigilantes had that unless I am mistaken.
I'm reading Kevin Starr's multi-book history of California. According to his book, Endangered Dreams (which centers on California in the 1930s), police in California often "deputized" vigilantes to give legitimacy to the thuggery they practiced.
Edited by: lzcutter because it wasn't just small town leos
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> This is another post-code movie I wonder how it got past the censors, Henry Fonda kills a cop and gets away with it.
The guy that Tom kills wasn't a cop, he was a vigilante. Back then, historically speaking, the cops used vigilantes to their advantage against the Oakies and unions.
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YAYYYY!!!!!!!
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Chief,
It definitely has that Beverly Hills/Whitley Heights classic Hollywood home feel to it.
While it looks bigger, I wonder if that is an optical illusion to us viewers and they just transformed his old "loft" space into these spacious new digs.
I can see why he would want to live there. Heck, I would, too, (based on the decor) but not in the way MsW or Casablancalover probably would.
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