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> And I know "film cutter" Thelma Schoonmaker coming to the TCM Classic FIlm Festival has made another "cutter" very happy. That she will introduce Black Narcissus just makes it doubly so.
Chief,
You know me so well!
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> Is there a moral (message) in (snip) "Cavalcade"... If yes, what is it?
Don't sail on the maiden voyage of a ship called "unsinkable".
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According to reports in the Hollywood Reporter, it's less about the making of *Psycho* and more about the relationship between Hitch and his wife, Alma.
Helen Mirren is playing Alma Hitchcock with Anthony Hopkins as Sir Alfred.
Could be interesting.....
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Okay, I have to ask, does anyone know why Cary isn't in costume like all other others?
Did he have the day off to show Noel Coward around the lot?
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> But without the pivotal last image of the book...the movie didn't include that, did it?
Given the Production Code seventy years ago there is no way the final scene of Steinbeck's novel would have been approved even if John Ford had wanted to end the film that way.
If the original ending had been filmed and through some miracle approved by the Breen Office can you imagine the uproar that would ensue today if a teacher tried to show that version in a classroom?
I agree with Sepiatone, Ford wanted to end on much more hopeful note.
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There's a good documentary on the Sherman Brothers that explores both their personal and professional relationships.
It's called *The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story* and the sons of both brothers co-directored so both Sherman brothers appear in the documentary.
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> And I also love the Mills family...John, Juliet & Hayley
Don't forget John's other daughter (and Hayley's sister), Juliet.
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> So, who did I leave out? I KNOW there had to be quite a few.
The Hustons- Walter, John, Angelica, Danny and Jack (Richard on *Boardwalk Empire* )
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> I hate to bring it up, but weren't the words that everyone is so proud of put in Drew's mouth by writers just as the oft-lambasted words are put in RO's mouth?
Not necessarily.
While Robert O and Ben M's film-centric wraparounds at the beginning and end of the movies are scripted, *The Essentials* is more like the monthly Guest Programming stints.
A topic for discussion on the film being shown may be decided on ahead of time but the conversation is not scripted and Robert O and Drew were having a conversation much like he does with Guest Programmers.
Edited by: lzcutter because verbs are important
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> Were there two Essentials last night? I turned it on late, and caught them discussing SPINAL TAP as an Essential.
Yes, there are a couple of late-night Essentials this season.
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Roy,
I agree. I thought the two of them were great together. Like his chemistry with Alec B, Robert O's chemistry with Drew is running on all cylinders.
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> According to the info on BIO, Jones got his acting start on, of all things, Coronation Street , back when he was 11 or so!
He also was on the London stage as the Artful Dodger in the musical, *Oliver!* and appeared with the Broadway cast on the Ed Sullivan Show the same night the Beatles appeared on the show.
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> Has John Garfield ever been Star of the Month?
MsW,
Yes, twice. The first time was in Nov. 1994 and the second time was Feb. 2003 (back when *31 Days* was still celebrated in March).
He had *SUTS* days in 2006 and 2011.
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> Is there any way to change the threads from oldest message to newest message with the oldest being on page 1?
Floyd,
There is! Go into your Control Panel (in the upper right corner next to your Inbox) and click on Settings. (Located towards the bottom of the Control Panel, there is a line of categories and Settings is the first one).
There you can change the way threads are displayed.
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SansFin,
Perhaps infinite1 is thinking of the Fox Movie Channel? It used to be in heavy rotation on that channel. For awhile there wasn't a month that went by that *Valley* didn't air.
The only time I can remember it being on TCM was back in 2007 when TCM and Fox teamed up for *Ford at Fox* that December.
I remember because while I love the film, MrCutter had never seen it and we sat down and watched it together.
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Hey Markb!
Glad to see you back here posting your "Groovin' with TCM" weekly highlights.
We missed you!
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Mimi,
It is definitely worth attending. Classic movies on the big screen, the chance to see classic stars and film historians talking about these wonderful films, the chance to meet TCM Staffers, the opportunity to see and talk to Robert O and Ben M are all as great as it sounds.
But the real upside is meeting other film buffs and fans. You stand in line and start talking and by the time you are entering the theater you've made new friends. You discover people who love the same films you do while lingering in Club TCM or at the annual In-N-Out Burger gathering the afternoon before the Festival starts.
One of the best parts, meeting people who post here.
Almost all the passes are sold out at this point but you can get on the waiting list for a Classic Pass. I believe Matinee passes are still available. They are good for movies and panels during the daytime but individual tickets are often made available for some of the evening and late night screenings.
No matter what, I hope you are still with us a year from now and many after that as well.
Check out the Film Festival Forum where you'll find recap threads and more.
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> Oh wow, "Centennial", if you can believe it they made us watch that in school.
MsG,
I know you didn't mean it this way but I suddenly feel older than dirt.
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Star,
Here's Breck's obit from the LA Times:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/12/local/la-me-passings-20120208
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> please someone tell me that movies in a box-set don?t all have to be from one studio.
Lori,
The good news is that Time-Warner owns not only their own film library but the pre-1986 MGM film library as well as RKO's. (Thanks, Ted Turner!!!)
So, Warner's could release a box set containing Garfield's WB films as well as *The Postman Always Rings Twice*.
As for *Body and Soul*, it looks like it was released by United Artists and at some point in the 1980s, it was released on home video by Republic Pictures.
I think Lionsgate Entertainment may have the rights or possibly Paramount. Republic's library has been through various owners the last decade.
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Roy,
Brian Keith is one of those actors who makes an indelible impression. One of my favorites. I particularly love his Teddy Roosevelt in Big John Milius's *The Wind and the Lion*. Such a cowboy and yet, has a tender side.
Another show I really enjoyed when I was a thousand years younger (okay, maybe not quite that much but some days it feels like it), Richard Boone as *Hec Ramsey*. I think it lasted a season, maybe two, but Boone played a lawman at the turn of the 19th century when the frontier was closing in quick and Richard Lenz played a young whippersnapper who had new ways of solving crimes, fingerprinting, etc.
But Hec would mop the floor with him using his old fashioned crime solving skills. Kind of in the vein of Jim Garner's show, *Nichols* which was about the same time.
Harry Morgan had a supporting role as did Perry Lopez.
Richard Boone not only had that great face but one of those voices that stays with you through the years.
Speaking of Sam, there is a great bio of him, If They Move, Kill 'Em by David Weddle. I highly recommend it.
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Roy,
It's been almost 30 years since I've seen episodes of *The Westerner* (thanks to a salute to Sam that we did in college) but I agree, it was a terrific western!! It's a role Brian Keith was born for!
Chris,
Thanks for the reminder about the series, *How the West Was Won*. It gave James Arness the chance to prove that a) he was a good actor and
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Roy,
I think Timothy Olyphant of *Justified* was born for westerns, first *Deadwood* and now this one. He and Walter Goggins make up the ying and yang of *Justified*. And Margo Martindale last season as Mags, what a great season!
It took a few episodes but I agree with you about *Hell on Wheels*. It is beautifully shot and scored which kept me interested until it found it found its story legs.
Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis have signed on to *Ralph Lamb* which is written by Nick Pileggi and is about Nevada cowboy turned Las Vegas sheriff Ralph Lamb and dealing with the bright light city and the mob back in the day. For some reason, it's being hawked as a western.
But from regular network to cable to premium channels, westerns, rather set in the real west or the modern west, are getting pilot orders in numbers not seen in years.
Here's hoping some of them are as good as the ones we loved as well at least trying to be as good as *Justified*.
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Hey Roy,
We share some of the same faves and a few different ones:
*Have Gun, Will Travel*
*Deadwood*
*The High Chaparral*
*Gunsmoke* especially the yearly years
*The Rifleman*
*The Virginian*
*Wagon Train*
*Rawhide*
*The Big Valley*
*Maverick*
*Wanted: Dead or Alive*
*Lancer*
*The Sons of Will Sonnett*
*Alias Smith and Jones*
and it's a modern day western but my gosh, it's great:
*Justified*
And for the record, more westerns, both old fashioned and modern, are making their way to the fall season line-up.
Dale
he could be more than Matt Dillion.
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If the OP is referring to the US channel, it's likely that the music is from a music library that TCM pays for the use of.
Most of their "filler" music comes from there.
If they use a modern song they try to keep the costs down. Case in point, the one used in the Jean Harlow STOM promo last year, looks like the cost of using that song was shared with TNT. TNT used the song to promote its series *Rizzoli and Isles* and TCM used it for the Harlow promo. Kept the price down for both channels.
They do bite the bullet and pay for the year-end *In Memoriam* tribute songs that are used. Those songs don't appear to be used on other Turner channels.