lzcutter
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> It would be great to have her interviewed by Robert Osborne or she could pick a night of movies
From what we've heard from TCM staffers at various public functions, she has turned down repeated requests to sit down with Robert O or appear on the channel.
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Is Whitney Blake the mother of Meredith Baxter Birney? The resemblance is striking.
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*-30-* is a terrific movie and I'm enjoying it very much. I'm glad TCM is showing it. It's a great companion to *Deadline USA*.
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> lz, about a year or two ago, I started receiving telephone sales calls from Directv, trying to talk me into getting a new tuner with a DVR in it. They said it would be totally FREE
FredC,
We have no complaints about our service with DirecTV. Their latest software update is not the greatest but the service we get from them as well as the customer service has been first rate. The fact that we have been with them for so long is a testament to the service we receive. Prior to them we had cable and we were very unsatisfied with the service from our cable provider.
> I think these kinds of companies must hire con men right out of prison to do their sales pitches over the telephone.
We've taken advantage of some of the offers we've received from Direct over the years and we've been happy with their customer service.
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> Hmm... maybe my .52 cents number is wrong. Maybe it is .26 cents
FredC,
I'm pretty sure it's .26 cents that was in that article that you originally referred to.
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> My question is, Do you have a DVR box? and also, Can you record what you record on your DVR box to a DVD or VHS recorder?
Like FredC, we have DirecTV (have had for 15 years now). We have a DVR and have no problem recording from the DVR to DVDs.
One of the great things about having DirecTV is that if I forget to set up the DVR, I can do so remotely through their website.
Comes in very handy if I read a post and see that someone has recommended a movie and I didn't set the DVR.
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> You have to be more than a good actor (and sometimes you don't even have to be that) in order to be a star.
Then by your way of thinking character actors should never be considered for Star of the Month and that honor should only go to those A-list actors who qualify as true stars of the silver screen.
Why shouldn't character actors be spotlighted as SOTM? Perhaps giving them a spotlight for a month would help show viewers how essential these actors are to the classic films we all love.
As for Joel McCrea, why not add to the existing McCrea thread instead of starting a whole new thread? By your own words, it is a popular thread.
Just a thought.
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> Does TCM place ads in certain mags or on Internet sites?
I don't know about magazines but I've seen ads for TCM (usually for *31 Days of Oscar* and *SUTS* as well as the Film Festival and Cruise on sites as varied as the HuffPost to LAObserved.
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Harry Carey, Sr is one I would love to see get a day during SUTS.
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While I really enjoyed the Whale movies last night, I must admit that I had a hard time getting into *Frankenstein*. Seems almost every time I did, the next scene would remind me of *Young Frankenstein*.
"My grandfather used to work for your grandfather, of course, rates have gone up."
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> The movie starts with the company president jumping out the window.
Guess that's what threw me. In *Executive Suite*, the company president (Fredric March) has a stroke outside his company's office. No jumping or suicide.
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Sounds like the *Hudsucker Proxy* with Paul Newman and Tim Robbins.
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> Lucy's el Adobe, on Melrose Ave., to be precise
And a favorite pit stop of Jerry Brown's both during his first turn as governor and this one.
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> Is that what they're doing know? I haven't watched AMC since they went commercial so I didn't know. I hate to say it, but from a business standpoint it's been a huge success for them. The channel is making tons of money and getting high ratings and I think they've even won an Emmy for two.
Mark,
Yeah, they are showing reruns of *CSI: Miami*. As for the Emmys, *Mad Men* has won 4 for Best Drama and *Breaking Bad's* Brian Cranston has been the Best Actor winner for the last three years and Aaron Paul has one Best Supporting Actor once.
So, their Original Dramas are doing well.
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It's not channels like ESPN that would be affected by ala carte pricing. Sports fan are legion and ESPN would likely do just fine though with ala carte pricing, it would cost subscribers more to get the channel.
It's the small niche channels like Ovation, Logo, Oxygen, Cloo, Syfy, Sleuth and RFD (to name a few off the top of my head) as well as movie channels such as Flix, Mutliplex, Retroplex, the HD movie channels such as MGMHD, HDNET, SonyHD and TCM that would be affected the most.
Many of those channels would have to change their formats to something more mainstream for larger viewership or simply cease to exist because of the reasons outlined in the article Kyle posted.
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> I would love it if Ben M. eventually posted a response here
Considering that there is a very vocal group who loves to bash him for just being on TCM, I doubt that Ben will be posting here any time soon.
But hopefully someone at TCM will read this thread and make him aware of it. Hopefully, it would bring a smile to his face.
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I'm loving James Whale Friday night. Right now watching *One More River* with two great horror films to follow. I haven't seen *The Invisible Man* in more years than I can count so I'm really looking forward to that one.
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> Like the downtown set of Bedford Falls in It's a Wonderful Life. That is a huge outdoor set.
FredC,
Add to the movie magic the fact that the town of Bedford Falls was built on the RKO movie ranch in Encino and was shot during the heat of the summer. When Jimmy Stewart runs through the town in the falling snow that's not all tears running down his face. That scene was shot on the hottest day of summer and Jimmy was sweating up a storm.
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> And about our unanimous wish that Joel McCrea finally be made Star of the Month. This has gone on long enough, and the viewers/fans of TCM deserve better.
As the person who started the whole Joel McCrea for SOTM movement (I started advocating for that even before I started the thread), I have no doubt that the staff of TCM has heard our request. I learned a few years ago with requesting *Five Graves to Cairo* here at TCM City that these requests sometimes longer than we think should but then we aren't privy to all the negotiations that often go into securing the films for the programming of a film or for a month's worth for a SOTM.
I'm sorry that you feel we deserve better but please be aware that you don't speak for all McCrea fans, especially me. I try to understand that these things sometimes longer than some have patience for.
But, as I have seen in the past not only with *Graves* but with other posters requests for films, SUTS and SOTM, TCM does listen and they do try to come through.
And, again, I have no doubt, they will for Joel McCrea and I hope that one day they are able to free *Secret of the Incas* from Paramount much the same way they freed *Graves* from Universal.
Patience never hurts.
Edited by: lzcutter making sure that I got the studios right.
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LP,
It's long but here it is:
STAR OF THE MONTH:
May 1994: Greta Garbo
June 1994: Glenn Ford
July 1994: Greer Garson
Aug.1994: Edward G. Robinson
Sept.1994: Barbara Stanwyck
Oct.1994: Angela Lansbury
Nov.1994 John Garfield
Dec.1994: Best of 1994
Jan.1995: Esther Williams
Feb.1995: Ronald Reagan
Mar.1995: TCM Salutes the Oscars
Apr.1995: Doris Day
May 1995: Myrna Loy
June 1995: Errol Flynn
July 1995: Gene Kelly
Aug.1995: Paul Muni
Sept.1995: Jane Powell
Oct.1995: Clark Gable
Nov.1995: Barrymores
Dec.1995: Best of 1995
Jan.1996: Deborah Kerr
Feb.1996: Robert Young
Mar.1996: 31 Days of Oscar
April 1996: Irene Dunne
May 1996: James Stewart
June 1996: Rosalind Russell
July 1996: Fred Astaire
Aug.1996: Ann Sheridan
Sept.1996: Van Johnson
Oct.1996: Kathryn Grayson
Nov.1996: Robert Mitchum
Dec.1996: Best of 1996
Jan.97: Humphrey Bogart
Feb.97: Eleanor Parker
Mar.97: 31 Days of Oscar
Apr.97: Ava Gardner
May 97: George Brent
June 97: June Allyson
July 97: John and Walter Huston (also Director of the Month)
Aug.97: Cary Grant
Sept.97: Ida Lupino
Oct.97: Walter Pidgeon
Nov.97: Katharine Hepburn
Dec.97: Best of 1997
Jan.1998: Lana Turner
Feb.1998: Charlton Heston
Mar.1998:31 Days of Oscar
April 1998: Red Skelton
May 1998: Olivia de Havilland
June 1998: James Cagney
July 1998: Lucille Ball
August 1998: Joan Crawford
Sept.1998: John Wayne
Oct.1998: Cyd Charisse
Nov.1998: Claude Rains
Dec.1998: Best of 1998
Jan.1999: Elizabeth Taylor
Feb.1999: William Powell
March 1999: 31 Days of Oscar (probably)
April 1999: Dennis Morgan
May 1999: Bette Davis
June 1999: Mickey Rooney
July1999: Natalie Wood
August 1999: Peter Sellers
Sept.1999: Norma Shearer
Oct. 1999: Gregory Peck
Nov. 1999: Ginger Rogers
Dec. 1999: Burt Lancaster
Jan. 2000: Debbie Reynolds
Feb. 2000: Robert Ryan
March 2000: 31 Days of Oscars (probably)
April 2000: Spencer Tracy
May 2000: Alexis Smith
June 2000:Wallace Beery
July 2000: Judy Garland
August 2000: film debuts
Sept 2000: Jane Wyman
October 2000: Dick Powell
Nov 2000: Frank Sinatra
Dec. 2000: Lauren Bacall
Jan. 2001: Elvis Presley
Feb.2001: Jean Hagen
March 2001: 31 Days of Oscar (probably)
Apr.2001: Knighted Actors
May 2001: Jean Harlow
June 2001: W.C. Fields
July 2001: Ann Sothern
Aug.2001: James Garner
Sept. 2001: Robert Taylor
Oct. 2001: Lana Turner
Nov.2001: Glenn Ford
Dec.2001: The Marx Brothers
Jan. 2002: Marlene Dietrich
Feb. 2002: Kirk Douglas
March 2002: 31 Days of Oscar
April 2002: Barbara Stanwyck
May 2002: Edward G. Robinson
June 2002: Greta Garbo
July 2002: Sidney Poitier
Aug. 2002: Joan Crawford
Sept. 2002: Van Heflin
Oct. 2002: Final films
Nov. 2002: Shelly Winters
Dec. 2002: Montgomery Clift
Jan. 2003: Doris Day
Feb. 2003: John Garfield
Mar. 2003: 31 Days of Oscar
Apr. 2003: Harold Lloyd
May 2003: Olivia de Havilland
June 2003: TV Actors in Films
July 2003: Lee Marvin
Aug. 2003: 1st Summer Under the Stars (see below)
Sept. 2003: James Mason
Oct. 2003: Boris Karloff
Nov. 2003: Shirley MacLaine
Dec. 2003: David Niven
Jan. 2004: Katherine Hepburn
Feb.2004: 31 Days of Oscar
Mar.2004: Charles Chaplin
Apr. 2004: Judy Garland
May 2004: Greer Garson
June 2004: Cary Grant
July 2004: Stars That Died Before Their Time
Aug.2004: 2nd Summer Under the Stars (see below)
Sept.2004: Myrna Loy
Oct. 2004: Peter Lorre
Nov.2004: Clark Gable
Dec. 2004: James Stewart
Jan.2005: Canadian Actors
Feb. 2005: 31 Days of Oscar
Mar. 2005: Claudette Colbert
Apr. 2005: Errol Flynn
May 2005: Orson Welles
June 2005: Ingrid Bergman
July 2005: Audrey Hepburn
Aug. 2005: 3rd Summer Under the Stars (see below)
Sept.2005: Greta Garbo
Oct.2005: Robert Mitchum
Nov.2005: Joan Fontaine
Dec. 2005: Bing Crosby
Jan. 2006: Robert Montgomery
Feb.2006: 31 Days of Oscar
Mar.2006: Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald
Apr.2006: Deborah Kerr
May 2006: Bette Davis
June 2006: Anthony Quinn
July 2006: Elizabeth Taylor
Aug.2006: 4th Summer Under the Stars (see below)
Sept.2006: William Holden
Oct.2006: Child Stars
Nov.2006: Lucille Ball
Dec. 2006: Gary Cooper
Jan.2007: Jean Arthur
Feb.2007: 31 Days of Oscar
Mar.2007: Gene Kelly
Apr.2007: Rita Hayworth
May 2007: John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn
June 2007: Ida Lupino
July 2007: Randolph Scott
Aug.2007: 5th Summer Under the Stars (see below)
Sept.2007: A Star is Born (starmaking/breakthrough performances)
Oct.2007: Henry Fonda
Nov.2007: Guest Programmer Month
Dec.2007: Irene Dunne
Jan.2008: James Cagney
Feb.2008: 31 Days of Oscar
Mar.2008: Acting Dynasties
Apr.2008: Hedy Lamarr
May 2008: Frank Sinatra
June 2008: Sophia Loren
July 2008: Rosalind Russell
Aug.2008: 6th annual Summer Under the Stars (see below)
Sept.2008: Kay Francis
Oct.2008: Carole Lombard
Nov.2008: Charles Laughton
Dec. 2008: Joseph Cotton
Jan. 2009: Jack Lemmon
Feb. 2009: 31 Days of Oscar
Mar. 2009: Ronald Reagan
April 2009: Funny Ladies and 15th Anniversary
May 2009: Sean Connery
June 2009: Great Directors
July 2009: Stewart Granger
August 2009: Summer Under the Stars
Sept. 2009: Claude Rains
Oct. 2009: Leslie Caron
Nov. 2009: Grace Kelly
Dec. 2009: Humphrey Bogart
Jan. 2010: ?The Method?
Feb. 2010: 31 Days of Oscar
March 2010: Ginger Rogers
April 2010: Robert Taylor
May 2010: Donna Reed
June 2010: Natalie Wood
July 2010: Gregory Peck
August 2010: SUTS
Sept. 2010: Vivien Leigh
Oct. 2010: Fredric March
Nov. 2010: Ava Gardner
Dec. 2010: Mickey Rooney
Jan. 2011: Peter Sellers
Feb. 2011: 31 Days of Oscar
March 2011: Jean Harlow
April 2011: Ray Milland
May 2011: Esther Williams
June 2011: Jean Simmons
July 2011: Singing Cowboys
August 2011: SUTS
Sept. 2011: Kirk Douglas
October 2011: Buster Keaton
Nov. 2011: Battle of the Blondes
Dec. 2011: William Powell
January 2012: Angela Lansbury
February 2012: 31 Days of Oscar
From various threads word is that Karl Malden is SOTM in March. I don't know who has been confirmed for April yet.
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> For a movie made in 1958 what can the big deal be? Nobody can find out who has the rights????
Another network may have the broadcast rights for *South Pacific* in Canada.
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LP,
Since the links seem to be dead (and wouldn't it be nice if it could be a sticky that the WebAdmin could update monthly), I'll post the list when I get back to my abode.
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As they are the ones who do the awarding of the honors given at the Governor's Awards ceremony, the Academy owns the rights to the video of the ceremony.
And the Academy tends to keep that kind of stuff for their own website.
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> It is all about "the Benjamin" for you. But socializing with Tom Brown will be an exciting time too. I can almost guarantee it.
Chief,
Socializing with Tom Brown can be an absolute hoot! He had me and MrCutter laughing out loud last spring when we had the opportunity to talk to him at the opening party of the Festival.
And he has a wicked sense of humor, too. He was one of the highlights of the *Meet the Staff* panel last year.
I guess that makes us members of Team Tom, huh?
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> It would be great to have her interviewed by Robert Osborne or she could pick a night of movies
From what we've heard from TCM staffers at various public functions, she has turned down repeated requests to sit down with Robert O or appear on the channel.