lzcutter
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> You think he got the pink slip, or do you think maybe he quit?
Neither. He co-hosted more seasons of *The Essentials*, than any other co-host. Prior to beginning his co-hosting duties, he produced a one on one documentary on Gene Wilder for TCM. In addition, he has been part of the annual TCM Film Festival, There is no reason to think he is no longer part of the TCM family, In fact, he was on Dave Letterman the other night talking about his love of TCM and his respect for Robert Osborne.
Drew Barrymore appeared at last year's Film Festival and appeared on stage with Robert O after the screening of *Night Flight*. She revealed to all that she is a big fan of TCM, loves Robert O and expressed an interest in co-hosting *The Essentials*. Speculation began shortly after that about her being the next co-host.
There is a thread in General Discussions:
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8618156�
Of course, you're mileage may vary.
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Joe,
It's amazing to me how much Josh Charles (Will Gardner on *The Good Wife* ) looks like young William Holden.
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> We had a lot of kids and teenagers come on the board from some other message board. The cartoon channel or something like that
Actually, I just read the thread again. It was few new posters who came to TCM to watch the films because they were offered in both Japanese and with subtitles. They were vocal about their love of the films.
And there were a number of TCM posters who were very vocal in their opposition to the films being shown on TCM.
Either way, it wasn't an easy read then and all these years later it doesn't seem to have gotten any easier.
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=75591&start=100&tstart=0
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> I have been told that TCM had a week which highlighted the works of Hayao Miyazaki
Sansfin,
If my memory is working, it was actually a month long celebration back in January of 2006. The reaction here at TCM City was incredibly vocal, both for and against the films.
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There is a walking tour of old Hollywood that is getting good reviews:
http://felixinhollywoodtours.com/
$30 a person and it sounds like you get a lot of history!
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MsW,
I've met Ben M (the first year of the Film Festival) and he was wearing glasses. Nothing fake about them that I could tell.
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Chief,
I'm hoping that one of Spike Lee's choices as Guest Programmer is *To Kill a Mockingbird*.
He and Robert O are talking about the film in NYC as part of the *Road to Hollywood*, the annual festival that is the run-up to the festival in Hollywood.
It would be great to see that conversation on the air as part of Lee's selections as Guest Programmer.
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Chief,
Good idea! I would love to see the following because I missed them the last time around:
*The Last of the Mohicans* the silent version directed by Maurice Tourneur
*The Set Up* filmed around Los Angeles back in the day.
*The Maltese Falcon* the 1931 version
*Track of the Cat* starring Robert Mitchum and directed by Wild Bill Wellman.
and it would be great if they could get *Yellow Sky* (again, Wild Bill Wellman) and, wait for it, *Secret of the Incas* two films that have yet to come to TCM.
A girl can dream.....
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Cinemanut,
I'm pretty sure *Hold Back the Dawn* has been on TCM. Perhaps in a salute to either Olivia, Charles Boyer or Billy Wilder?
*The Great Gatsby* has long been tied up not so much in rights issues but because of the 1970s version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Often when a film is remade, the original or former version gets buried in the vault. Disney did a similar thing with the 1940 version of *Swiss Family Robinson* starring Thomas Mitchell and Freddie Bartholomew.
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> Can someone please tell me if August 2011 was the
Summer Under the Stars month?
The annual Summer Under the Stars festival usually happens every August. No reason to think this year is any different.
My pick, Harry Carey, Sr.
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> 'Cause, unless I've missed some big development in the past week or so, Christopher Plummer has a lock on the supporting actor category for "Beginners."
Not necessarily. During the last couple of weeks, the buzz around Max Von Sydow for *Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close* has been growing.
The Best Supporting Actor category could turn into a horse race as well as the Best Actor category with the buzz around George Clooney being very favorable as well.
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"Either we do not know what part of ourselves to give, or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. So it is those who we live with and love and should know that elude us. But we can still reach out to them, we can love completely without complete understanding."
Norman MacLean, A River Runs Through It"
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The bottom line is that you can't save an addict from themselves. They have to want to get better and be willing to do the hard work involved to get clean and stay clean. Without that, all the finger pointing and blaming is just a lot of hot air.
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As I noted in the other thread the OP started as well, it looks like *Christmas Story* hasn't aired on TCM since Dec. 2010.
It wasn't part of the schedule for December 2011.
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> There's someting about this I don't understand. Did TCM air A Christmas Story recently?
Not that I can find. What's even stranger is that TCM has not aired *Christmas Story* since *December 2010*.
The perennial holiday favorite was not part of the December schedule this past year.
Perhaps the poster is channeling his inner JonnyG to take a run at Ben M.
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> I believe the original question meant how many films were actually made in the true Cinerama three-panel process. It's well-known (and accepted) that any other films shot in 70mm but presented as "Cinerama" were not TRUE CInerama movies.
It wasn't my intention to imply that the 70mm films were true Cinerama movies. That's why I included the caveat that they were shot in 70mm but presented in Cinerama.
And I tried to keep them separate from the films that were true Cinerama films.
My apologies for any confusion I may have caused.
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Anyone looking for Hedda Hopper columns should check out filmlover's *1939 Hollywood's Greatest Year- Day by Day as it happened* thread in Favorites. Each day last year, he posted movie ads, columns and reviews from that day in 1939.
There are a number of columns of Hopper's included there.
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=157427&tstart=0&messageID=8478708#8478708
Edited by: lzcutter on Feb 18, 2012 9:43 AM
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You can change your email addy if it's to receive announcements from TCM. Just sign up for the announcements and reminders with your new addy.
However, you can't change your log-in email addy in your profile unless you don't mind losing your posting history and registration date.
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> He was a professor of mine in college, and is perhaps the most knowledgeable individual on film history that I have ever met.
EveryOscar,
As one of his former students (and biggest boosters), can I ask, when were you at SC?
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Edna Mae Oliver
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Roy,
Glad you enjoyed both books. Bet the MGM backlot book brought back lots of memories for you!
Other books you might enjoy are the ones by John Bengston on Los Angeles locations used in Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd silents.
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As Robert O and Ben M get ready to hit the road, TCM has just announced the line-up of films that will be spotlighted around the country (including Canada) in the annual run-up to the Film Festival.
Perhaps coming to a city near you?
To help get you in the mood, TCM is bringing back the Road to Hollywood film series:
Join TCM as we present the Road to Hollywood, bringing the experience of the TCM Classic Film Festival to 10 cities in North America this spring. Each screening will be free to the public and presented by a TCM host and special guest. Here is your chance to watch movies the way that they were meant to be seen, on the big screen!
For details on how to get your free tickets to the 2012 Road to Hollywood tour please visit the official site: www.tcm.com/2012/roadtohollywood/ .
Please note, tickets are only available via the Road to Hollywood website, not through the individual venue box offices.
The 2012 edition of the Road to Hollywood tour includes:
New York City Thursday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) The Ziegfeld Theatre
*TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD* (1962) World Theatrical Premiere Screening of 50th Anniversary Restoration hosted by Robert Osborne, with special guest Spike Lee
Tickets available February 15.
Minneapolis Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. (CT) The Heights Theatre *MARNIE* (1964) Hosted by Leonard Maltin, with special guest Tippi Hedren
Tickets available February 23.
Houston Wednesday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. (CT) Museum of Fine Arts
*ON THE WATERFRONT* (1954) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Eva Marie Saint
Tickets available February 29.
Philadelphia Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) Prince Music Theater
*NORTH BY NORTHWEST* (1959) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Eva Marie Saint
Tickets available March 1.
Miami Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) The Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
*ELMER GANTRY* (1960) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Shirley Jones
Tickets available March 6.
Atlanta Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) Richard H. Rich Theatre at Woodruff Arts Center
*SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS* (1954) Hosted by Robert Osborne, with special guest Jane Powell
Tickets available March 8.
Chicago Tuesday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. (CT) ? Music Box Theatre
*THE BIRDS* (1963) ? Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Tippi Hedren
Tickets available March 13.
Toronto Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) TIFF Bell Lightbox
*RIO BRAVO* (1959) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Angie Dickinson
Tickets available March 16.
Denver Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. (MT) The Mayan Theatre
*SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS* (1954) Hosted by Leonard Maltin, with special guest Jane Powell
Tickets available March 20.
Portland, Ore. Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. (PT) Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum
*MARTY* (1955) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Ernest Borgnine
Tickets available March 22.
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To help get you in the mood, TCM is bringing back the Road to Hollywood film series:
Join TCM as we present the Road to Hollywood, bringing the experience of the TCM Classic Film Festival to 10 cities in North America this spring. Each screening will be free to the public and presented by a TCM host and special guest. Here is your chance to watch movies the way that they were meant to be seen, on the big screen!
For details on how to get your free tickets to the 2012 Road to Hollywood tour please visit the official site by clicking here. Please note, tickets are only available via the Road to Hollywood website, not through the individual venue box offices.
The 2012 edition of the Road to Hollywood tour includes:
New York City Thursday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) The Ziegfeld Theatre
*TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD* (1962) World Theatrical Premiere Screening of 50th Anniversary Restoration hosted by Robert Osborne, with special guest Spike Lee
Tickets available February 15.
Minneapolis Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. (CT) The Heights Theatre *MARNIE* (1964) Hosted by Leonard Maltin, with special guest Tippi Hedren
Tickets available February 23.
Houston Wednesday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. (CT) Museum of Fine Arts
*ON THE WATERFRONT* (1954) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Eva Marie Saint
Tickets available February 29.
Philadelphia Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) Prince Music Theater
*NORTH BY NORTHWEST* (1959) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Eva Marie Saint
Tickets available March 1.
Miami Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) The Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
*ELMER GANTRY* (1960) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Shirley Jones
Tickets available March 6.
Atlanta Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) Richard H. Rich Theatre at Woodruff Arts Center
*SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS* (1954) Hosted by Robert Osborne, with special guest Jane Powell
Tickets available March 8.
Chicago Tuesday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. (CT) ? Music Box Theatre
*THE BIRDS* (1963) ? Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Tippi Hedren
Tickets available March 13.
Toronto Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. (ET) TIFF Bell Lightbox
*RIO BRAVO* (1959) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Angie Dickinson
Tickets available March 16.
Denver Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. (MT) The Mayan Theatre
*SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS* (1954) Hosted by Leonard Maltin, with special guest Jane Powell
Tickets available March 20.
Portland, Ore. Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. (PT) Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum
*MARTY* (1955) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, with special guest Ernest Borgnine
Tickets available March 22.
The Essentials-What Happened to Alec?
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Roy,
I agree about Alec. Of all the co-hosts that Robert O has had for *The Essentials*, Alec has, by far, been my favorite. Like you, being an editor, I love how he often concentrated on the editors, the cinematographers, the composers, etc instead of the directors or the actors.
I realize that not everyone likes him but he did his homework and he is passionate about film. He and Robert O have a great give and take.
After the first season, I doubt Robert O would have allowed Alec to be asked back for another season not to mention one more after that if they didn't get along.
And I doubt TCM would have been steamrolled by Baldwin or his agent into going multiple seasons unless they liked the chemistry between the two.
I suspect that Baldwin will continue to work with TCM in some capacity in the future.