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Harry and Tonto (1974)***+ (Rated R) [[LB]]Fox Movie Channel March 07 at 6:00 pm Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)[[LB]] Fox Movie Channel March 14 at 8:00 am April 05 at 6:00 am Runtime: 116 min Message was edited by: allieharding

There are but only so many films made by Bette, Joan, Clark, Cary, and Marilyn that TCM has at their disposal. If TCM played them over and over again people would start complaining about movies repeating to much and we wouldn't want that to happen, now would we. Janurary, Febuary and March has a good mix of films that should satisfy all of their loyal viewers. Even Showtime Unlimited and Starz Super Pack gets interesting in Febuary, must be ratings season coming up.

What a shame, and that was the only thing I could see that I wanted to watch in April. Guess April is a wash-out if reruns of Cartoon Alley are happening.

I can't find Threads at Netflix or BB, I'll keep looking thanks for the info. Here is the info on IMDB I found, and this film is not on VHS or DVD according to what I have found. Trivia for Threads (1984) (TV) * US television magnate Ted Turner wanted to air this film on TBS, his cable TV network, but couldn't find a sponsor. He decided to broadcast the film out of his own pocket. * While shooting the movie, the BBC got in trouble with local police when they detonated a large smoke bomb in order to simulate a nuclear explosion. Members of the public, who were not aware that a movie was being shot, panicked and thought that a real explosion had occurred. * Findings from the 1980 British Government exercise "Square Leg" were used as the basis for projecting the level of destruction and number of casualties in the movie. "Square Leg" was a government project that estimated what would happen in Britain in the event of an actual attack. It projected the mortality rate at 29 million, serious injuries at 7 million and short term survivors at 19 million. Message was edited by: allieharding

Since Fail-Safe is on now I will give it a mention. Also, it was mysterious that Sundance just had a short feature about "Game Theory," a great introduction to get in the mood for this films outcome. The short explained game theory with the classic example of two prisoners being told to admit to the same crime and they would be given a lighter sentence. Silence would be the better choice for both of them, while the second choice being the worse decision to make.

Here are some of the Robert Montgomery films that I recommend that will be on Jan. 30 - 31: Piccadilly Jim **+(1936) Jan 30 09:30pm Trouble for Two ***(1936) Jan 30 11:30pm Live, Love and Learn **+(1937) Jan 31 02:30am The Earl of Chicago **+(1940) Jan 31 06:45am Haunted Honeymoon ***(1940) Jan 31 09:45am

High Anxiety (1977) Fox Movie Channel Mar 05 10:00pm / Future Airings: * High Anxiety (1977), FMC Mar 06 02:00am Message was edited by: allieharding

The Blue Bird (1940) Fox Movie Channel Mar 06 06:00am The Devil's in Love (1933) Fox Movie Channel Mar 04 10:30am Movies, 90 Mins. The Magnificent Dope (1942) Fox Movie Channel Mar 03 07:30am Movies, 90 Mins. Coney Island (1943) Fox Movie Channel Mar 02 02:00pm Movies, 120 Mins. Message was edited by: allieharding

Please don't miss this film or you will kick yourself for doing so: Brief Encounter (1945) TCM Jan 17 10:00pm Movies, 90 Mins. **** (Rated NR) A married British woman and a doctor meet first at a train station, then fall in love but decide to part. Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Cyril Raymond, Joyce Carey, Everley Gregg, Margaret Barton, Dennis Harkin, Valentine Dyall, Marjorie Mars, Nuna Davey, Wilfrid Babbage, Irene Handl, Edward Hodge, Sydney Bromley, Avis Scott, Henrietta Vincent, Richard Thomas, George V. Sheldon, Wally Bosco. Director: David Lean. Producer: Noel Coward.

The Alamo (1960) Turner Classic Movies Mar 03 11:00pm Movies, 210 Mins. ***+ (Rated NR) Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William Travis die defending the Texas fort against Mexican soldiers in 1836. Adult Situations. Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Carlos Arruza, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne (II), Linda Cristal, Chill Wills, Ken Curtis, Hank Worden, Denver Pyle, Olive Carey, Veda Ann Borg, John Dierkes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Jack Pennick, Chuck Roberson. Director: John Wayne. Producer: John Wayne. Writer: James Edward Grant

When I take that hour and a half drive up to Washington D.C. every other Week to see all the art galleries it's nice to see the Art of South Asia, The Art of Buddhism, American Art, Modern Art, Luxury Arts in Late Imperial China and Japanese paintings all in one place. I don't like my Art to be sequestered and chopped up. The same goes for the Art Form of Film. If the diffinition for classic means old for some, okay, but for me it doesn't. If I am moved by it than it is classic. I don't care who made it, where it was made or when it was made.

Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) Fox Movie Channel Mar 02 04:00pm The World's Greatest Lover (1977) Fox Movie Channel Mar 02 06:00pm The Story of Ruth (1960) Fox Movie Channel Mar 02 10:00am Aliens From Another Planet (1967) Fox Movie Channel Mar 04 04:00pm Gattopardo, Il (The Leopard}(1963) Fox Movie Channel Feb 28 03:00pm Message was edited by: allieharding

If I had to come back as someone else and it was a guy, it would be Jack Benny. If it was a woman then it would be Audrey Hepburn. Both of these people had class and didn't let fame go to their heads.

When I was with Comcast, I had a problem with sound being louder on the left and weaker on the right and they said that they were installing new equipment. Whenever you state a problem please tell which provider you have so that anyone who has the same provider can respond.

The Lodger (1944) Fox Movie Channel Mar 08 09:30am The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) Fox Movie Channel Mar 08 11:00am Call Northside 777 (1948) Fox Movie Channel Mar 07 12:00pm Message was edited by: allieharding

Everything Happens at Night (1939) (Not available on DVD or VHS) Fox Movie Channel Mar 11 10:30am Don't Bother to Knock (1952) Fox Movie Channel Mar 11 02:00pm Message was edited by: allieharding

A film, book, or a piece of art is classic if it has: 1. A timeless message which still resonates. 2. Gives insight into the human condition, going beyond a one dimensional character type. 3. Portrays multi faceted complex subject matter which can be seen on more than one level.. 4. Draws upon history, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and or art and science to achieve the above stated goals. 5. You walk away feeling that you have been changed, enlightened or somehow removed beyond yourself from seeing, reading or seeing a work of art. The best classics are yet to be made should be concluding anaylisis.

Joan of Paris (1942) Turner Classic Movies Feb 27 11:00am Movies, 120 Mins. ***+ (Rated NR) A French barmaid distracts the Gestapo so an underground leader can sneak out British pilots. Cast: Mich?le Morgan, Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar, May Robson, Alan Ladd, Jimmy Briggs, Richard Fraser, Alexander Granach, Paul Weigel, John Abbott, George Cleveland. Director: Robert Stevenson. Producer: David Hempstead.

The older films with bad prints look better when I DVD them and watch them on my computer with its LCD screen (the poor mans HDTV).

All those people who are worried about TCM's future have nothing to be bothered by. No surprises here. I found one film that I will want to see: The Graduate (1967) A recent college graduate has an affair with his neighbor's wife, then falls for their daughter. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross. Dir: Mike Nichols. C-105 mins, TV-MA .......And Cartoon Alley.

I had saved the schedule up through March before they changed it, but I did not want to leave it up too long. I hate to tie up all that space. Message was edited by: allieharding

Another person got his start in a teen horror film, Michael Landon, in "I was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957). Although this is not as good a film as The Blob, it gave Landon a push towards stardom also. In both instances these films put Steve Mcqueen and Michael Landon on the radar screen for more work and causing the telephone to ring with offers of more and better parts.

....and he's doing a wonderful job tonight with the Hayao Miyazaki animations, I give him three thumbs up for me, myself and I. We Can't wait for the sub-titled versions.

Of Human Hearts (1938) Turner Classic Movies Mar 02 04:30am Movies, 105 Mins. ***+ (Rated NR) A preacher and his wife raise an ungrateful son, up to the Civil War. Cast: Tony Huston (II), James Stewart, Beulah Bondi, Gene Reynolds, Guy Kibbee, Charles Coburn, John Carradine, Ann Rutherford. Director: Clarence Brown. Our Town (1940) Turner Classic Movies Mar 02 06:15am Movies, 90 Mins. ***+ (Rated NR) A narrator relates a couple's tale of life, love and death in New Hampshire. Based on the play by Thornton Wilder. Cast: William Holden, Martha Scott, Frank Craven, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Stuart Erwin. Director: Sam Wood. The Magnificent Yankee (1950) Turner Classic Movies Mar 02 09:45am Movies, 105 Mins. *** (Rated NR) Bostonian Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. serves on the Supreme Court with Louis Brandeis. Cast: Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz. Director: John Sturges.

What books did he take with him when he went back to the future? I've always wondered what he would have taken with him to build a new society. Maybe: 1 Mechanical Engineering 2 World History 3 Chemistry What books did he take?