nsallieharding
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Black and white photography and movies use camera angles, texture, contrast and shadow to best get a mode across. Color photography and films are too flat to do this, that is why even modern film makers go back to making their films in black and white. They wish to express themselves in a medium which best suits their goal. You will see more films being made in black and white because of the expanded possibilities they provide.
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I like the French (1948)version of Gigi that TCM played better than the musical version. It stars Danielle Delorme as Gigi and she is really something. Maybe they will show it again sometime. Of the other two, I would choose My Fair Lady hands down.
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Luckily I taped all of those movies off of American Movie Classics about 5 years ago before they disappeared. Charlie Chan has always been a favorite of mine, even the early ones. They have just the right amount of mystery and humor. And by the way I e-mailed Fox Movie Channel telling them how bad they were, only having about 3 good movies a month on (no reply from them yet).
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To follow up, it is true that it is the use of the term "Rosebud" which incensed Hearst to the point of attempting to destroy the career of Wells along with the movie( branding him a communist). Its a wonder that the movie ever survived the 1940's. Wells on the other hand used the No trespassing sign and the meaning of "Rosebud" to tie the movie together from beginning to end. It is safe to say that Rosebud had a symbolic meaning of the happiness of youth and associating that happiness to that one lover Kane (Hearst)had but could never acknowledge.
Davies like Susan Alexander had a great career to begin with. In silent movies Davies work was truly good but the advent of sound would have been the end of her. If it were not for Hearst pumping money into Davies career, she like Susan would soon be a forgotten nobody. Just judge her along side of someone like Jean Harlow and you can see why she was mediocre at best during the 1930's. Her best work had already been done.
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I copy and paste the TCM schedule to MS Word and change the font to red for the movies I want to record and watch later, always three months in advance. That way I know how many times any movie will play in that three month period. Luckily DVDs only cost 44 cents apiece so the cost isn't all that much. Knowing how to use the timer is a must! April has been a challenge to say the least, but the May line-up will not be as busy.
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I'll throw another monkey wrench into the machine and say that because the movie was based on Hurst, Wells had to keep with the research he did on Hurst, incorporating this and other facts into the film. Another fact about Hurst is that he wanted hemp banned because he owned stock in Dupont (hemp would compete with nylon, a fabric Dupont was just coming out with). And then there's "Rosebud", but thats another can of worms.
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I got feed-up with Comcast Cable a year ago and got DirecTV. The signal and sound is much better than cable (the cost is much lower also). Your problem was with the cable company and not TCM.
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It would be impossible for me to pick ten, but these are my essentials:
The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
1900
The Shape of Things to Come
1984
The Fixer
Seven Samurai
Doctor Zhivago
The Haunting(1960)
Armacord
I don't number them because it would be a foolish endeaver.
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W.C. Fields is one of my favorites also. My library of his work is fairly complete, being that I don't buy alot of titles, but when it comes to Fields movies, I don't mind spending the money.
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In another movie, Dinner at Eight, a woman feels guilty about having sexual relations with John Barrymore and wants to tell the man she is going to marry. A wiser woman played by Marie Dressier tells her, that's your past, keep it there. Believe me, I know men and I know that he won't understand. Just a comic afterthought from a movie I laugh at every time I watch it.
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I never miss Silent Sunday Nights, I love the silent movies. You have to record them and watch them later so that you can see them all the way through. If you walk away from them you will miss the plot. They demand your attention! I enjoyed the Edgar G. Ulmer Yiddish silent movies that I recorded about a year ago on TCM.
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I enjoy the One Reel Wonder Features and From the Fault. I set my recorder to record every morning around 5:00AM, just 20 minutes before that movie is over to catch some of the best ones. I've recorded W.C. Fields, The Pharmacist, black and white cartoons etc. Try it, you'll be surprised what you catch that you wouldn't see other wise. As far as movies go, I never miss Friday Night Imports and Silent Sunday Nights. I record the silent movies and watch them later when I have time to give them the attention they demand. You can't walk away from them and still keep up with the plot, that is why I watch them when I can see them all the way through.
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My mother remembers going to see this movie in the 1940's. All you have to do is mention the wedding scene at the end and she knows what movie you are talking about, and she's not a movie person by any means. Its a cartoon movie meant to make people feel good during a time when you used stamps to ration tires, gas, coffee and butter. That's why it holds up so well today, its one of those movies that you can watch many times, never getting tired of.
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Coney Island was my favorite one also. To see all the fun that was to be had at the turn of the century, in small amusement parks reminded me of the lost childhood I keep in my memories. I'm looking forward to the Marx Brothers, Chaplin and Buster Keaton marathons Friday and Monday. I've bought a 50 disk spindle of DVD-Rs at the beginning of April to hold them all and they are half used up.
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My favorites are:
1: To Have and to Have Not (1944)
2a: Stand-In (1937)
2b: The Big Sleep (1946)
3: Casablanca (1942)
4: The Maltese Falcon (1941)
5: The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
6: Dark Passage (1947)
The reason I rank "To Have and to Have Not and Stand-In first is that they are comedies. Bogart may not be known for comedy but he was good at it. All the others come so close together in order that to rank them would be an exercise in futility, but I gave it a go anyway.
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Leap Year is the only one that I did'nt get to record and see. I hope they play it again soon so that I can see it. The others were really great, I did get to DVD record them and they are so funny. What a treat. Great programming. Great classics.
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All of the original Keystone Studio movies from 1915 to 1920 where wonderful. You have to put the era in context with the times and not impose your politicaly correct 21st century attitudes to them. That's why I really respect Charley Chase, Charley Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle and all of the silent movies that we now deem unappropriated.
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Get rid of them then, that's why I do not subscribe to Stars Superpak. The channels that don't put up logos are Flix, The Movie Channel, ShowtimeToo,Showcase (Showtime main channel has logo appear about two times each hour), HBO and Cinamax. It's ok for the logo to appear once and a while like it does on TCM and FMC, but if you have a plasma TV, projection TV or LCD TV, it will cause burn-in and all channels with logos always on the screen should not be watched.
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The movie is Alice in Wonderland, made in 1948, starring Carol Marsh and directed by Lou Bower.It used puppets made by Low Bunin. The website for more info is-http://www.alice-in-wonderland.fsnet.co.uk/film_tv_marsh.htm
This movie is hard to find, it played on TV some in the1960's and 70's.
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I like TCMProgrmmer believe it is a technical/Transmission problem. It has been going on now for several weeks and again today (saturday). I don't think Hallmark did it because they would loose business from TCM and others.
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I'm glad to know that everyone else experienced sound problems. I didn't know if it was my equipment or what, now I know it is TCM. I guess they will have to update their aging equipment and get it fixed, because it was happening on saturday again. There is no where else to go to for programming like this, so I'll have to be satisfied with TCM, and hope all the sound bugs get ironed out.
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I was really fascinated by the german version of Anna Christie that played on TCM. Comparing the two was wonderful. It would be nice to see more of her german made movies, maybe on TCM Import on friday nights.
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Path40a-There is a movie in your list I would like to see, Hamlet (1948),starring Sir Laurence Olivier. Your site is nice, I've bookmarked it and will visit it often.
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TCM UK play the MGM movies that were made at their British studio division. Actors like Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde show up alot. Movies that can't be shown here because of one reason or another can be shown there. You can go to TCM UK and look at the schedule, compare it to TCM USA, 50% of the movies are the same as shown here, but the rest is unique.
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Good point therealfuster, you hit the nail on the head!