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>Does anyone know who this woman is? (snip) Does anyone out there have a clue who it might've been? It is one of the Fan Retrospectives that TCM airs. The woman is a real person and a fan of the channel. TCM shot a number of those pieces last year at their Film Festival and they have been airing on the channel ever since. And finance is right about being careful how you word your posts. The woman could be a board member and post here regularly or she could be a member of the website's larger community and just lurk. Either way, a little courtesy never hurts.

>No? No discrimination against women in the era when the career paths for women were restricted to secretarial work, teaching, nursing, and homemaking? Of course, I wasn't around in the 50's so I can't say from personal experience. Perhaps women did enjoy equality in professional and academic spheres; perhaps they were not forced to sit outside classrooms to listen to lectures; or have their intellects considered unsuited to scientific disciplines; or be dissuaded from pursuing academic careers because they would only end up getting married and abandoning them. Perhaps women did have equal standing among their male professionals and didn't have their input belittled, dismissed, and ignored. Evidently my understanding of the past has been inaccurate. Slayton, No, you're understanding of that era is not wrong. There is just a big difference between the movies and real life, even then. As Morgan Freeman says, "The public will accept a lot of things in the movies that they won't accept in real life." If it had been an era where women were free to pursue any career path they wanted without discrimination, then the last sixty years of our history would be very different. But it wasn't, and it took a lot of pioneering women to make that happen. But, in the movies, women could have those careers and the women in the audience could dream of day when they or, more often than not, their daughters would have those opportunities.

>Right after the conclusion of Tarantula and after his usual afterthoughts Osborne annnounces the next feature "The Black Scorpion" and misidentifies the beasties as spiders. There are actually giant scorpions, worms AND spiders in the film.

Thanks Roy for the kind words. Burbank has definitely grown up these last 15 years and become more of a city than the small post-war town it was when you were still in the City of Angels. The area that housed the *Lost Horizon* set and lagoon has been a shopping center for more years than I can remember with a drug store, Hallmark store, sushi restaurant, a few boutiques, an Albertson's supermarket, a pet store and a Carls, Jr. The good news is that the backlot is now owned by Warner Bros and it still functions as a backlot and offices. Should you ever decide to visit the City of Angels, you have to let me know. We could go on a trip down Memory Lane of historical proportions. I'll do the driving! FredC, I came across the sites while I was excavating the web for historical pictures of the City of Angels for a project I am working on for another website. If I find any others, I'll post 'em here!

Hey Roy (and everyone else): I think you will like this: As strange as it sounds, Columbia Studios back in the hey-day of classic films was located in Hollywood at the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Gower Street. It's backlot was located over the hill in Burbank not very far from Warner Brothers studio. Movies such as Lost Horizon and countless westerns and television shows such as Bewitched and more were shot there. Here's a link to a couple of great websites about the history of the famed Columbia Ranch: http://www.columbiaranch.net/intro.html http://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/buster-and-the-three-stooges-at-the-columbia-ranch-part-1/ http://www.retroweb.com/ Enjoy!!! dale

FredC, His music has been in films since the late 1950s. It's Jazz night on TCM and Brubeck is considered one of the greats.

>Wow! This does bring up an intriguing issue. Is there a responsibility in the media to inform the public of an emergency. I think the problem with breaking into TCM in that event is that the broadcasting of the actual channel is done out of the Turner Broadcast center in Atlanta and not out of the actual TCM studios. As we learned about a year ago with the commercial snafu, the TCM broadcast is basically automated. Were there to be a national event like the one on 9/11, I'm not sure how they would break into the broadcast unless there was someone, an announcer type, at the Turner Broadcast center reading the copy, and that could be used to break into all Turner channels such as TCM, TBS and TNT. CNN has their own separate broadcast facilities and I don't believe they use the Turner Broadcast center so I don't know how easy it would be for CNN to remote in such a broadcast to the Turner entertainment channels. Maybe Markfp or one of the other posters with modern broadcast experience can share some insights.

To paraphrase a line from *The Wind and the Lion*: "Why ruin conspiracy theories with the facts."

I think this is what you are looking for, *Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941*. Movies Unlimited has it for sale here on the TCM Site: http://shop.tcm.com/product.asp?sku=D85847

Paulist Productions used to be based in Malibu in the building that housed Thelma Todd's cafe back in the day. Your trivia for the day, I guess.

>Wow, people were asking specifically for the Superman serials, a sci-fi monster film, and a mystery movie to be shown on Saturday mornings in 2006? Robbie, Very much so. There were at least two threads from back then about it and for about a year, posters participating in the Program Challenge would have a Saturday morning entry with serials and the present line-up. I remember MattHelm had one, I had one and I believe JonParker did as well, though I may be confusing him with another poster. And I agree. It was great to have a competent sidekick and I liked that Buddy was just a teen but smart, practical and always looking out for Buck and Wilma without getting himself into stupid situations because he wasn't thinking. I wish there were more of them but I do hope TCM is able to get the *Flash Gordon* series one of these days.

*Now why don't you two take a room or something. I am not being paid to babysit you.* Again, this goes to the heart of what Kyle was saying about your attitude since you first started posting. Your confrontational style, as has been noted by not just Kyle and kreiger but others, is off-putting and not appreciated here. Instead of getting to know this community you came out swinging by calling posters stupid and wise-a**** and then tried to say, Hey just kidding, I was talking in generalities. On an internet message board, you are known by the words you type and what you say. You continue to have little regard for anyone here but seem to expect all of us to have regard for you. It's a two-way street. You want respect around here? Try being respectful.

As always, Buddy proved his mettle and did the necessary heavy lifting in defeating Killer Kane and his henchmen and he even brought Buck and Wilma together at the end (but no fade-out kiss). As for *Tarzan and the Amazons*, Johnny and Brenda Joyce have almost no chemistry together and Jane as a blonde is just too distracting. But Mother Molo (Maria Ouspenskaya) as Queen of the Amazons is inspired casting!

JackBurley, You've got a PM!

JackBurley, You've got a PM!

I think the film you are looking for is *Gigot* starring Jackie and directed by Gene Kelly. It has many elements similar to Charlie Chaplin's *The Kid* which is the better film.

*Actually Law and ORder mothership did tied Gunsmoke for record on 20 years and plus now I Think the Simpson broke the Gunsmoke record* While *Law and Order* may have tied the *Gunsmoke* record at 20 years, *Gunsmoke* produced more original episodes (by over 100) in those twenty years due to the fact that television seasons used to be much longer in the early days of television. RIP, Big Jim. You've got lots of friends waiting for you.

*The links no longer work.* Smileys, It is probably because of the latest upgrade. The WebAdmin assures us that those broken links are being worked on. Here's hoping. Is there a particular piece of info you are looking for?

Alert! Alert! Buck, Wilma and Buddy (no doubt doing all the heavy lifting as always) battle Killer Kane and his henchmen one last (well, actually two) more times tomorrow morning before this *Buck Rogers* serial comes to an end. Next week, Ace Drummond takes over the time slot. Thanks, TCM, for bringing these Saturday morning serials back to us!

Smileys, I remember those links! I think if you look for Programming Challenges hosted by Kyle or Movieman1957, you might find the thread you are looking for. I vaguely remembering one or both of them posted the links when they hosted. Or (because I am mid-century modern) it may be a post by Movieman1957 to one of the Voting threads. Hope that helps!

James Arness has passed away at the age of 88: James Arness, the 6' 7" actor best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years, has died. He was 88. Arness passed away of natural causes Friday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Arness's death comes a year after his brother, *Mission Impossible* actor Peter Graves, died of a heart attack at age 83. Arness was born May 26, 1923, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, starting out as a radio announcer in Minnesota in 1945. He eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he landed his big break in 1947, starring opposite Loretta Young in the film *The Farmer's Daughter*. During his career, Arness befriended John Wayne who was instrumental in helping him score the role of Marshal Matt Dillon in *Gunsmoke*. (CBS originally wanted Wayne for the part; he declined and suggested Arness.) During his 20 years on the show, he was nominated for three Emmys. "Matt is very human and has all the failings and drives common to anyone who is trying to do a difficult job the best he knows how," he once said, notes the Times. The show, one of the longest running dramatic series ever produced, was cancelled in 1975. Arness made four *Gunsmoke* movies for TV. From 1976 through 1979 he starred in the television miniseries *How the West Was Won*. His last TV series, the police drama *Big Jim McLain,* aired in the early 1980s. He is survived by his wife Janet, three sons and three grandchildren.

>I want to thank everyone for the responses. At this point I realize TCM will no longer allow us to suggest movies and the old website is history. Patti, I don't know if you saw the info but the WebAdmin has said that "Suggest a Movie" will return. They are retooling that feature due to the frequency of spammers and other troublemakers to disrupt that particular site. But, it is not gone forever and should be returning sometime this month according to the information posted by the WebAdmin.

*I recall reading in her autobiography that a temporary exhibit was built (possibly in LasVegas?) for awhile, but the hotel that housed it was subsequently sold/demolished* Tiki, Debbie had her own hotel/casino in Las Vegas in the late 1980s. It was located just off the Las Vegas Strip on Convention Center Drive. It was a small place (compared to the other Strip hotels) and called the Debbie Reynolds Hotel/Casino. She had a number of costumes from her collection on display. Unfortunately for Debbie, Todd Fisher was in charge of the hotel and, as I noted in an earlier post, business acumen is not one of his strong suits. The hotel was popular and Debbie performed there on a regular basis and also acted as official greeter. However, due to Fisher's inexperience at running a hotel (and his inability to listen to others), the hotel closed, leaving Reynolds very much in debt. Today, it is the Greek Isles hotel and casino where one of the numerous Rat Pack productions occasionally plays. I agree, she is a wonderful lady, very gracious and has a wicked sense of humor. Unfortunately, she also, it seems, has a major blind spot when it comes to Todd.

>I wonder how Debbie got so much of it in the first place. K, She attended the MGM studio auction back in the late 1960s and over the years, as studios cleaned out their warehouses, Debbie was usually one of the first people called. She has amassed quite a collection. George Lucas, who wrote the forward in the auction catalog could afford, no doubt, to buy a number of the items and donate them to the Academy. As for why there is no museum which was Debbie's dream, she worked for years on making it a reality. However, her financial acumen (and that of her son, Todd) isn't what it once was and familial bonds (and the desire to have Todd be the executive director of the museum at an over-the-top salary (especially for a guy with little experience in running a museum) has turned what few investors have come forward the last 15 years away. Hollywood and Highland officials here in the City of Angels wanted the museum for the top floor of that complex but walked away rather than deal with Todd. I'm not sure what happened with the plans to have it in Pigeon Forge, TN as part of Dollywood but it wouldn't surprise me if dealing (or not wanting to deal) with Todd put the kibosh on that one, too. It is all too bad because it is one of the premiere collections of the last 50 years and deserves a better fate than being auctioned off piece by piece.

Barb, There's a great bio on Rudy by Donna Hill that you should check out!