lzcutter
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Hey MsW and Casablancalover,
Get your traveling shoes on. Looks like Ben is coming to the both of you:
As part of the *2012 Road to Hollywood* film series that is the run-up to the Film Festival, Ben and Robert O hit the road.
For MsW;
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.
For CBL:
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.
Have fun, ladies!
Edited by: lzcutter on Feb 15, 2012 3:02 PM
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> The reasons why Beyond The Forest hasn't been seen can be many and complicated.
Chief,
Very true. According to a spokesperson for Warner Home Video, the film, which had been released on VHS years ago, was pulled from circulation due to "underlying literary rights issues". This sound like the rights are still under issue due to the Abend ruling.
The US Supreme Court ruled in 1990, "the Court held that the copyright owner's right to permit the creation of a derivative work passes to the heirs of the author of the work, who are not bound by the original author's agreement to permit such use."
For more info on that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_v._Abend
A variety of films have been affected by this ruling and this ruling keeps some of them, such as *Beyond the Forest* from being released on DVD or available for commercial screenings until those issues are worked out with the copyright owners.
In the case of *Beyond the Forest*, the rights once owned by MGM and then Turner Entertainment have likely reverted back to the novelist, Stuart Engstand's, successors.
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Hey Joe,
Are those dates correct for Oliver Reed (birthday boy day before yesterday)? I thought he died during the making *Gladiator* and that would have made it 1999, I think. The film was released in 2000.
Thanks!
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According to Landau at the 2010 Film Festival screening of *North by Northwest*, it was his idea to play Leonard as gay and Hitchcock liked the idea so much he encouraged Landau's performance and also had Lehman slightly rework Landau's dialog.
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> He has been a SUTS honoree a few years ago if I remember correctly.
Arturo,
I can't find any record of Ty Power being a past SUTS honoree. Any chance you remember which year that might have been?
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Hey Chief,
Joel McCrea and I wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!
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> I always thought those elegant objects d'art James Mason possessed ( including the most elegant of all, Eva Marie Saint) were to demonstrate that he was a man of sophistication and taste, surely a requirement for all Eastern Block spies in the 1950s.
And also provides him with a cover story when traveling around the world.
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> Has TCM ever shown Eastwood's Dollars Trilogy or Fonda's Once Upon a Time in the West?
Lance,
Yes, TCM has shown *Once Upon a Time* as well as the Eastwood films.
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The Arclight is having a celebration of Cinerama in September. They'll be showing all the Cinerama travelogs, *This is Cinerama* and *How the West Was Won*.
The only other feature length Cinerama film is *The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm*.
Films like *Mad, Mad, Mad World* were shot in Ultra Panavision 70 and presented in Cinerama.
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Having not seen the film before, I was hoping for something along the lines of *-30-* with a taut story line and compelling characters that could be anywhere, USA.
Instead, it came off as a story of overwrought love in the era of Kansas City jazz.
Not quite the same thing though a great story of Kansas City jazz still waits to be told.
But, thanks to a cameo by Ella Fitzgerald and a great turn by Peggy Lee, we did get some good music.
I do love the title *Joe Friday's Blues*. That says it all.
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> I have a question: why is it 31 Days of Oscar, when there are only 29 days this month? Why isn't it just Oscar Month?
Because when TCM began their Oscar tribute, the Academy Awards were awarded in March. TCM would spend the month of March celebrating the *31 Days of Oscar*.
The Academy threw a monkey wrench in all that when they moved the Awards ceremony to the last Sunday in February. The *28 Days of Oscar* doesn't have the same ring to it and every four years would have to be called the *29 Days of Oscar*.
So, TCM stayed with their original *31 Days* and let the cards fall where they may.
Still has the best ring to it out of all the possibilities.
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I just started watching *Pete Kelly's Blues* which was a TCM premiere the other day. During the opening credits, my brain kept thinking "isn't this movie in black and white?". But then I remembered all the stills I have ever seen of this film were black and white so that's why I thought it would be as well.
Then, less than 15 minutes into the film, Webb goes into the back room and I hear a laugh. My ears perk up because I know that laugh. Then Lee talks.
And I totally forget the argument going on in my brain about black and white vs color and settle in to watch Lee.
He may be the best thing about this film.
I love Lee Marvin.
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I had the opportunity recently to see a double shot of Lee Marvin. The added bonus, Angie Dickinson (who co-starred in both films being shown,) would be doing a Q&A with Eddie Mueller, the head of the Film Noir Foundation.
Up first was Don Siegel's version of *The Killers* starring Lee, Angie, John Cassavettes, Clu Gulager, Claude Akins and Ronald Reagan.
This update of the Ernest Hemingway story, that was first brought to the screen by Robert Siodmak with Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, provided Clu Gulager with his best role as Lee's sidekick (Having only really seen Clu on *The Virginian* this role was a revelation of what his career could have been) . The camaraderie between him and Lee is really at the heart of this film.
They begin a cross country trek to learn the reason why Cassavettes didn't run when they showed up at his workplace, a school for the blind, to kill him. Their trek takes them to the south where they find Claude Akins who runs a racing shop to get the back story. There they learn that Cassavettes, a hot shot race car driver with a bright future, met and fell hard for Angie. But despite Angie's declarations of love, she belonged to a hard edged gangster played by Reagan. Their next stop after leaving Akins in tears over the demise of Cassavettes is to Norman Fell, who they integrate while he is taking a steam. From Fell, they learn that Angie and Reagan are living in Los Angeles.
The final showdown between the four includes the great line (by Lee, of course), "Lady, I haven't got the time."
The Q&A with Angie followed a short intermission. For 81 (one year older than Debbie Reynolds), she looks great. Eddie chided her for not wearing a dress but she said she had to give them up. She talked about her career from being discovered by Howard Hawks' wife (shades of Lauren Bacall) and cast in *Rio Bravo*. She really enjoyed working with Wayne, Martin and Walter Brennan.
She was under personal contract to Hawks and thought she would be making more films with him. He, however, sold her contract to Warners, without her knowledge. She showed up on the Warners lot for what she thought was fittings in the wardrobe department and the guard gave her a permanent parking pass. That's how she discovered that Hawks had sold her contract.
She "loves people who love the movies" and had the audience eating out of her hand. During the making of *The Killers*, JFK was assassinated. She spoke a bit about the entire Kennedy clan and how she knew Jackie, Ethel, Rose and old Joe. She evaded Mueller's questions regarding JFK.
She was in London with Burt Bacharach, whom she was dating at the time, when her agent called with the offer for her to co-star with Marlon Brando in *The Chase*. She hesitated because it meant leaving Bacharach. She asked what the story was about and her agent replied, "Angie, you'd be playing Marlon's wife, who cares what it's about." She took the role.
She couldn't talk much about the making of *Point Blank* as that was the next film we were to see and she didn't want to give too much away.
*Point Blank* is one of my favorites and it was great to see it on the big screen again. Filmed in SF and Los Angeles, my heart sang at the mid-century locales in my beloved City of Angels.
After the film, neither of my friends had seen the film before and the question they was, "did Marvin get his money?" It was great fun explaining the my theory (see below) to them.
All in all, a terrific night of Lee and Angie and two great modern film noirs.
Edited by: lzcutter for clarification
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> When I search for the movie is there a way to have the website notify me when the movie will be on?
You can also search the TCM database (upper right hand corner of this page, be sure that TCMDb is selected) by typing in the name of a film. That will then pull up a page of selections. Click on the film title and it will take you to the database page for that film.
If the film is scheduled to appear on TCM, the time and date will be listed under the film title.
There is also an Email notification you can click on so email reminders will be sent to you prior to the screening.
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> A nice long thread about what ??
MsW,
I think they may be remembering this thread from Hot Topics a few weeks ago:
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> LOL, look two posts below yours.
Sorry about that. I was reading MovieProf's post and responded because the Looney Tunes collection is in my shopping cart at Amazon waiting for MrCutter's birthday to come around again.
I should have finished reading the thread before responding, sorry.
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> Sadly, the series on DVD is now, I repeat, now out of print. If you want it, there are still a reasonable amount of copies floating around, but these will probably disappear soon enough. Once the current supply has been brought up, it will be almost impossible for any store or distributor to order any new copies
A big collection of classic Looney Tune cartoons, 50 in all, is available on Blu from Amazon for less than $45.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DMHHHY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
It's Volume One, so it looks like other volumes will be forthcoming.
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> Only Disney cartoons had been filmed in the "new" technicolor process prior.
Chief,
Walt saw the potential in Technicolor and because he was doing short subjects, the Silly Symphonies, it was more affordable for him than the studios who were more interested in features.
He cut a deal with Technicolor for exclusive rights (till the end of 1935) to the 3-strip process and won an Oscar for the first color cartoon (short subject), *Flowers and Trees* (1932). Thanks to that deal, he was the only cartoon producer who could produce his cartoons in 3-strip Technicolor.
This gave him an edge on his competition and paved the way for him to produce *Snow White* despite all the talk that a feature length animated cartoon in color would have audiences running from theaters because their eyes hurt.
This short, *La Cucaracha*, is beautiful.
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> Sheridan was a model whom Hawks saw was impressed and signed her up
Roy,
Was it Hawks who saw Sheridan prior to signing her or was it Mrs. Hawks? As you know, it was his wife, Slim who saw Lauren Bacall when she was a model and told Hawks he needed to bring her in for a screen test.
I saw Angie Dickinson talk at a screening of *The Killers* and *Point Blank* a few weeks ago and she was discovered by the then-Mrs. Hawks (the wife after Slim) who saw her modeling and recommended Hawks take a look. That's how Angie said she got the role in *Rio Bravo*.
Hawks had a way of marrying women who had an eye for talent and weren't shy about making Hawks aware of the talented women who caught their eye.
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> Fox films are very hard to come by and when you do get to see them they aren't all in the best condition.
Midnight,
Especially when it comes to their silents and their early 1930s. Fox had a devastating vault fire in 1937 that consumed not only the film negatives but also the fine-grain masters of many of their films from that era.
Prints that survive from that time period aren't always in the best of shape but due to the lack of film elements, they may be the best that Fox has.
TB,
Perhaps you could be a bit more specific when you respond. Without being able to see your facial expressions or hear your voice, it isn't surprising that some thought you were complaining about TCM and not Fox.
Just a thought.
Edited by: lzcutter for clarification
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> There is no naked youth in this movie. And despite the movie poster, there is no chick in a bathing suit. Thus, you can turn off your television right now
Rich,
I don't know if we have said this recently, but THANK-YOU for watching these movies and sparing us. In exchange, we get your great recaps which are always better than the movies themselves.
I think we get the better deal.
Also, is that William Windom as the sad sack detective who has no hat rack?
Maybe the producers were hoping to fool the audience with the actors they chose.
Robert Hutton vs Jim Hutton (the better known name and actor)
John Goodard vs Mark Goddard (best known for co-starring on *Lost in Space* )
Steve Rowland vs Gena Rowland (oops, my bad.)
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Roy,
I have to go with *Buck Rogers*. I like Buck plenty but young Buddy does all the heavy lifting in that serial and for some reason, that just makes me smile.
Plus, Wilma isn't your typical damsel in distress female lead. She's an early prototype to Lois Lane (from the *Superman* serial) in my book.
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I'll be watching! Haven't missed an Oscars telecast since the mid-1960s. I don't always agree with them and there are usually a few moments that have me shaking my head (the Riverdance segment leading into Best Editing is still has me scratching my head) but, dang, if I don't wouldn't dream of missing 'em.
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Chief,
I think I actually swooned at the sight of that poster!
A thousand and one thanks to you for posting it!
It's been a good day.
The TCM BACHELORETTE FACE OFF
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Looks like he's coming to Philly for finance as well.
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.