scsu1975
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Always liked those "for extra credit" ditties on a classroom test you used you give to your math students and would post around here, Rich.
(...btw...unless I've missed it somehow, I haven't seen a latest edition of your "Juvenile/B-movie" thread for quite a while, either...hint hint)
I have a few films warming up in the bullpen.
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everything is up to date, as far as i know.
i'm using Firefox and Firefox has recently disabled Javascript for any use on their browser.
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is the Firefox/Javascript a source for my problem with the TCM schedule?
is there anyone else who uses Firefox as their browser for TCM having similar problems?
I use Firefox, with no issues here.
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No, it's THE CRIMINAL CODE (1931, Columbia).
Thanks for the correction. In Night Court, it is Holmes' wife who goes to jail.
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I only watched half of "The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues". Couldn't bear the script that was lame as the latex monster that looks like a mutated Barney the Dinosaur.
I love you, you love me...
This is just a bad film. Kent Taylor says his name is Ted Baxter (no relation to the pompous anchorman). Then, he claims his name is Ted Stevens (no relation to the disgraced Alaska senator). Fortunately, the film ends before he claims his name is Ted Bundy.
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On March 11, 1841, Tyrone Power (the original) boarded the steamship The President, bound for London from New York City. The ship disappeared, and, as far as I can tell, has never been discovered. There was a Protestant church in Newbliss, Ireland, which had a stained glass window in memory of Power. I’m not sure if the church and/or window still exist.
One of his sons, William Tyrone Power, was an officer in the British Army and was knighted in 1845. Sir William died in 1911, at the age of 92. Another son, Harold (father of Frederick Tyrone Power and grandfather of Tyrone Power) died around 1901.
The original Tyrone Power was also a poet. Here is a sample of his work, published after his death:
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He was great in some prison movie with Walter Huston. I forget the name of it. It pops up on TCM once in awhile.
You probably mean Night Court. That is one crazy movie.
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My schedule link doesn't work right, but I just noticed it works left.
Seriously, though, no problems with my schedule. Did you try a different browser?
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By the way, I once showed my students a photo of Tyrone Power and asked if they knew who it was. One student wrote "the guy who plays Ricky on I Love Lucy." Of course, they also thought that Ronald Reagan was Mickey Rooney.
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Actually, it's NOT Tyrone Power.
It's Tyrone Power JR.
Sepiatone
Actually, he could also have been Tyrone Power III, since his father and great-grandfather were both Tyrones.
Then again, his father was Frederick Tyrone Power, so that would make the Tyrone Power in question not Tyrone Power Jr, but just plain old Tyrone Power. He did have a son, who is called Tyrone Power Jr and also Tyrone Power IV. Shall we try for Efrem Zimbalist Sr./Jr. next?
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Can anyone tell me what the end was like? It cut off when he was being sentenced in court.
Phillips Holmes escapes from jail, grows a hunchback, and goes to work for Colin Clive.
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Just discovered there was an Italian tv miniseries from 1962 entitled Una tragedia americana
which is now on youtube. No subtitles though.
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In some weird way, Phillips Holmes reminds me of Dwight Frye.
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It's a decent film. However, if you think Raymond Burr as the prosecutor was over the top in A Place in the Sun, wait until you get a load of lawyers Charles Middleton and Irving Pichel threatening to duke it out in court.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1914) youtube
Fairly good adaptation of the novel, which benefits greatly from the casting of black stage actor Sam Lucas as Uncle Tom. Lucas shows restraint in his performance, just as Tom showed restraint in the novel. There are some histrionics from the other cast members, but this is about what you’d expect for a silent film. Marie Eline, playing “Eva,” the white child who befriends Tom, does a nice job. However, Boots Walls, as the black child “Topsy,” looks ridiculous, not only in blackface but in wardrobe. There is one scene near the end which mars the film. A slave, whom Tom had refused to whip, hides in the bushes and guns down Simon Legree. This does not happen in the novel, and also undercuts Tom’s philosophy of not taking revenge on his enemies.
The print on youtube is passable, and runs about 48 minutes.
Lucas played the role in several stage productions several years before making this film. Harriet Beecher Stowe saw one of his performances, and wrote to Lucas’ manager, saying that Lucas came closest to her idea of Tom than any other actor she had seen. On having white actors play the role, Lucas once said “The trouble with most white actors is that they play Uncle Tom like they would play Hamlet or King Richard. They make him straighten himself up … and say at the top of his voice “You may kill me if you like! But I won’t do this thing! No! Never!” Slaves didn’t talk that way to their marster, shoutin’ defiance and proclaimin’ what they wouldn’t do.”*
*The New York Sun, October 22, 1911
Marie Eline with Sam Lucas:
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"Saskatchewan" is a Native American word meaning "bogus film title."
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I would say this is a unique thread, but not special.
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Don't print the schedule as is. Here is how to save paper:
1. Copy and paste the schedule into a Word document. Even though you get over 82 pages, don't worry. We can cut that in half.
2. "Select all" and change the font size to 10; then under paragraph settings, pick "single line spacing" and check "don't add space between paragraphs of the same style." These steps reduce the number of pages to 41.
3. If you want a few less pages, set your margins to 0.5 inches all around. That reduces the number of pages to 37.
4. If you do steps 2 and 3, but just change the font size to 8 you only have 30 pages.
Of, you can do like me, and not bother printing the damn thing at all.
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That's probably because the 6-foot depth fathom was usually measured out with knots on a rope, when testing for water clearance.
That's correct, but the fathom was also measured by stretching one's arms out to the sides and measuring from the tip of the middle finger of one hand to the other. For a six-foot-tall person, that distance would be about six feet. Of course, that allowed for much variation depending upon one's size, but if you are constructing your own tools/weapons, you'd want them to "fit" your own body.
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Y'know, I'm trying to compile a list of all my movie/cultural pet peeves, and somewhere on the list is, "Does anyone know that 'Leagues' is a measure of length, not depth?" ("Fathoms" is a measure of depth.)
Depth is just length measured vertically, but I get your point. A depth of 10,000 leagues would be ridiculous.
A fathom can also be measured horizontally (roughly six feet). This was a common measurement used by many cultures. When American Indians strung shells for currency, one common measure was the fathom, which was a string of shells about six feet long. The Inuit people used the fathom is constructing their hunting bows, and called the measurement yäg'-û-nûk.
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It was released on a double-bill with Day the World Ended.
If you watch Day The World Ended very closely, you can spot Hugh Griffith in a cameo.
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The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues is noteworthy as being one of the movies that helped start American International Pictures.
In the only scene where the Phantom actually kills someone, you can see the Phantom's right hand slipping out of the costume. This explains why this is the only scene where the Phantom actually kills someone.
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Regarding Mom and Dad (which was banned in Chicago), a school principal in Illinois named John White blamed the film for a “predicament” in which he found himself. He claimed that the majority of people seeing the film in his city were 7th and 8th graders from his school, as well as from the local high school. Coincidentally (?) White was being accused of fondling and kissing three girls who formerly went to his school. He claimed the film gave the girls “an easy way to oust unwanted teachers.” One scene showed a teacher being fired for showing a film about sex.
P.S.- just noticed it's on youtube.
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Million Dollar Mystery was a serial, so I'm not sure why they would include it. In any event, it is thought to be lost.
The 1916 version of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea can be found on youtube.
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Saturday, May 13th/14th. All times E.S.T.:
4:00 a.m. "Bayou" (1957)--From three separate imdb.com reviews: "Cult Classic Drama"; "PeeeeeeYeeeeewwww!"; "Sets the standard for bad movies". I'll watch to see which comment is closest to being correct.
I thought this name sounded familiar. I saw it on video many years ago, but it was called Poor White Trash. Fortunately, I can't remember anything else about it.
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Idiotic Statements From Both Movies And Real Life
in General Discussions
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Oddly enough, when I saw Viggo Mortensen chomping on a cigar while portraying Freud in A Dangerous Method, my first thought was that he looked more like Ulysses S. Grant.