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Monday, September 30^th^ "Private Screenings" with producer Walter Mirsch tonight on TCM.

*"Kyle, I am a little confused. I thought by your post a day ago that you wouldn't be doing a schedule this time around."* - filmlover I guess my satire on suspended Presidential Campaigns didn't come across as too satirical. Yes, I have un-suspended my Challenge work. I'm attempting to put the puzzle pieces together tonight. (And your "3:00am rule" is giving me heartburn...and sleepless nights!) Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, there was a little polecat whose life was poorly spent. When his father died he found himself cut off without a (s)cent." *F. McGee*

*"Not voting for your schedule? Some of the fun is going up against the best and you are certainly in that group."* - movielover1957 Hey, I'm in with Lynn on this one and will also be advocating members to not vote for my schedule. Between she and myself, our schedules have been named the "favorite" five times out of the ten previous editions of the Programming Challenge. (Three for Lynn and two for me.) And while we are both flattered and honored that members respond to our ideas for a week of programming for TCM, we want to ensure others have the opportunity become moderators and bring their unique talents to leading the Programming Challenge. We like participating and believe that numerous participants is a positive for this exercise in fun. Yet, we also believe that it is important that the moderator position be awarded to as many different people as possible. We don't feel comfortable with the pattern of a few incumbents always coming out on top. When most of the regulars (and our talented new-comers) have pulled moderator duties once or twice, then we may reconsider. But for the time being, Lynn and I are choosing to be "Challengers Emeritus" believing that the long-term health of the Programming Challenge is better served with us "out of competition". Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, there was a little polecat whose life was poorly spent. When his father died he found himself cut off without a (s)cent." *F. McGee*

Sunday, September 28^th^ *Cool Hand Luke* Paul Newman (1925 - 2008)

*"Everytime I think that the posters can't get any cooler, you top yourself."* - Mlle. Minya Oh you kid. I hope you've gotten some rest because you're just being goofy. Glad you liked it 'cause I almost posted *Paper Moon*. Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, there was a little polecat whose life was poorly spent. When his father died he found himself cut off without a (s)cent." *F. McGee*

*"The film noir posters almost always "buy" me."* - "Just a gigolo", aren't ya? Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, there was a little polecat whose life was poorly spent. When his father died he found himself cut off without a (s)cent." *F. McGee*

*"Kyle, I hear you're stirring things up in the Atlantic!"* - Bronxgirl48 Yes, I hear a hurricane now bears my name. And "I" am one that is _not_ going to Florida! I hope I don't cause much damage along the North Atlantic Coast. Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, there was a little polecat whose life was poorly spent. When his father died he found himself cut off without a (s)cent." *F. McGee*

A very sad day, indeed. Source: DoctorMacro (I believe)

Saturday, September 27^th^ *Kansas City Confidential* Source: IMPA Part of "Missouri Loves Company" night. (Bravo TCM Programmers!) Tonight on TCM.

"My Friends..." These as grave times in the nation. People are concerned about their finances and their futures in this, the most extraordinary country in the world. And I believe now is not the time to play "programmer" when circumstances are so dire and when the stakes are so high. It is times like these that a bartender is needed most. So, with that in mind, I have decided to suspend my Challenge work until further notice so I can devote all my energies and expertise to ensuring that no banker, broker or billionaire is left suffering when there is such need out there. I feel this is my patriotic duty in such _sobering_ times . Kyle (In the "pour house") In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, there was a little polecat whose life was poorly spent. When his father died he found himself cut off without a (s)cent." *F. McGee+

Friday, September 26^th^

From the "This Month" page (which has links to October's highlights posted) comes this - *"Author Mark Harris, author of the bestselling book Pictures At a Revolution, joins Robert Osborne to present four movies that had a major impact on Hollywood filmmaking in 1967 such as The Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde."* And here is the webpage devoted to the October 7^th^ event - http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=208637 Kyle In Hollywood

*"I think that Mr. Grimes will be very excited to see Ms. Grahame."* - Mlle. Minya I thought he was deserving of a "cool drink of water" this morning. Now I've gotta see if I can rustle up something for "Firepit Friday". Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*

Thursday, September 25^th^

*"Did you watch any of "The Great McGinty" tonight?"* - FG Sure did. You? Brian Donlevy is a joy to hear. "Cut with the applesauce." "That gink?" But my favorite has to be "It's Muggley Wump, the tor-toyse". Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*

*"Kylefornia! You're an evil S.O.B...."* - FrankGrimes I assume that's for Spotlight Of Brilliance, right? *"...that's why I like ya."* Much obliged! *"Did you catch "Girls Under 21" is being screened?"* Mm-hmmm. Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*

*"I wonder how she looked in those B-Noirs"* - MissGoddess Rochelle Hudson and Peter Lorre in *Island Of Doomed Men* from the link to the LATimes article below

Mr. FrankGrimes - Just because I don't think you have suffered much lately. Not where it counts anyway. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-tall24-2008sep24,0,2370796.story From The Los Angeles Times *Naughty Ladies of Noirdom Strut Their Stuff* UCLA archive's 'Cool Drinks of Water' series celebrates 'Columbia's Noir Girls of the '40s and '50s.' By Kenneth Turan, Times Movie Critic September 24, 2008 *Audiences at the time* thought of them simply as bad girls, but the UCLA Film & Television Archive is determined to salvage their reputations. The archive's exceptionally interesting 12-film repertory series *"Cool Drinks of Water: Columbia's Noir Girls of the '40s and '50s"* shows that making their acquaintance is a pleasure for lots of reasons. The series, which begins Friday at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, starts with a bang with a _terrific Gloria Grahame double bill_, Fritz Lang's *Human Desire* and the lesser-known *The Glass Wall.* Over the next several weeks, double bills will focus on Lizabeth Scott, Nina Foch, Cleo Moore, Evelyn Keyes and Rochelle Hudson. If these names are not familiar, the directors -- with the exception of Lang and possibly Joseph H. Lewis -- will likely be even less so. If you can wax rhapsodic about Max- well Shane, Leigh Jason, Earl McEvoy or Max Nosseck, you've been spending too much time in darkened rooms. The auteurs of "Noir Girls" are not the directors but the Columbia Pictures studio and the noir genre itself. It was UCLA's Andrea Alsberg who saw the connections and made use of the spectacular new 35-millimeter black-and-white prints of these films overseen by Grover Crisp, Sony's guru of preservation and restoration. *The UCLA series is not only a chance* to see rarely screened films on a big screen, it's a glimpse into a forgotten time. These films were released between 1940 and 1956, when the studios consistently made B pictures with at least a hint of noir in them, which meant shadowy cinematography and dialogue like "she'd use her grandmother's bones to pry open a cash register." One of the satisfactions of this series is to see such actors as Lee J. Cobb, Richard Crenna, William Holden and Charlton Heston before they became great big names. It's the women who are the focus, however, and even if the actresses featured here never got to the Bette Davis or Joan Crawford level of stardom, these films reveal them to be gifted individuals. *Gloria Grahame, who starts out the series*, is perhaps its most complex actress, able to effortlessly portray complicated, tormented characters. *The Glass Wall* pairs her with Italian heartthrob Vittorio Gassman as a Holocaust survivor trying to get by in New York, and *Human Desire* gives her a meaty part. Directed by Lang, following in the footsteps of Jean Renoir, whose "La Bete Humaine" with Jean Gabin also adapted the Zola novel, the brooding, pessimistic "Desire" delves into the complicated psychology of relationships with Grahame as a woman caught between husband Broderick Crawford and lover Glenn Ford. *The other highlight of the series* is a chance to see Joseph H. Lewis' B-movie classic *My Name Is Julia Ross,* which stars an empathetic and vulnerable *Nina Foch* as a desperate young woman who takes a secretarial job that is not what it seems. With its terrifying air of disturbing mystery, "Julia Ross" packs more than would seem possible into its taut 65-minute running time. Also on the bill is *The Dark Past,* with Foch as gangster William Holden's scene-stealing girl. The other actresses are equally distinctive, but no one had a voice like *Lizabeth Scott*, a Lauren Bacall type sometimes promoted as "The Threat." In *Two of a Kind,* she enlists Edmond O'Brien in a scam and in *Bad for Each Other,* written by Irving Wallace and Horace McCoy, she inveigles idealistic doctor Charlton Heston into giving the profitable life a try. With her long blond hair and kewpie doll face, *Cleo Moore* was unmistakable to moviegoers of the 1950s. In *One Girl's Confession,* she plays an archetypal bad girl who goes good only as a last resort, while in *Over-Exposed* she's a self-made photographer who has a hard time convincing people she's on the level. *Evelyn Keyes, author of the irresistible Hollywood memoir* "Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister," displays the widest range here. In *Dangerous Blondes,* she plays bright and lively as half of a husband-and-wife detective team; in *The Killer That Stalked New York* she is moving as a Typhoid Mary type who unknowingly brings smallpox to Manhattan. *Rochelle Hudson* is the least known of these actresses, and her films are the pulpiest of the series. *Girls Under 21* has her as a gangster's moll returning to the old neighborhood, while the truly bizarre *Island of Doomed Men* has her costarring as the wife of Peter Lorre's demented slave driver. *An interesting aspect* of many of these films is the way a concern for social issues coexists with even the most unapologetic melodrama. *The Dark Past* deals with rehabilitation versus imprisonment, *Bad for Each Other* talks of the need to give back to society, *Over-Exposed* concerns itself with journalistic ethics. Clearly, pulp intended for adults has more to recommend it than the youth-oriented pabulum of today. Screenings - UCLA Film & Television Archive presents *"Cool Drinks of Water: Columbia's Noir Girls of the '40s and '50s,"* 7:30 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated) at Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. (310) 206-8013 or www.cinema.ucla.edu. Friday: "The Glass Wall," "Human Desire" Sunday at 7 p.m.: "Two of a Kind," "Bad for Each Other" Oct. 8: "My Name Is Julia Ross," "The Dark Past" Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.: "One Girl's Confession," "Over-Exposed" Oct. 17: "Dangerous Blondes," "The Killer That Stalked New York" Oct. 18: "Girls Under 21," "Island of Doomed Men" Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*

*"Then a Jezebel I am, in my red dress."* - Mlle Minya Give my regards to Gallatan Street. Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*

*"Are you saying I'm a Jezebel?"* - Mlle Minya Perhaps. If it's a choice between "Red" or "White". At least make it one or the other and not a white dress - with a big scarlet letter it! Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*

Having Mrs. Muir be a widow immediately makes her a "sympathetic figure". Divorcees are not "sympathetic" - at the turn of the century or in the 1940s when the movie was made. (Don't know when the book was written.) And I think "widows" are always virtuous, chaste characters. (See also *Anna and the King of Siam*) It is important that the audience not be pre-disposed to thinking the female character as a "hussy" with an inclination to searching for romantic relationships. Plus, she couldn't be called "Mrs. Muir" if she was divorced. "The Ghost and _Miss_ So-and-So" just doesn't have the same ring to it - and sounds too much like *The Devil and Miss Jones*. Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*

*"Kyle - Now you must marry me."* - Mlle. Minya Didn't you try to drag me down the aisle a few weeks ago? I'm feeling like Preston Dillard to your Miss Julie Marsden. (Even without the "red dress" for your "Olympus Ball".) BTW - The Hollywood Bowl hosted Nick Cave last week. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=NickCaveHollywood+Bowl Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*

Wednesday, September 24^th^ Source: IMPA "American Politics in the Movies" tonight on TCM

Tuesday, September 23^rd^

Hello 'bdprovalone' - One to put on your list - and will be recommended by many here - is *Remember The Night* which is showing on TCM this December. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=87956 You can see it on December 13^th^, December 24^th^ and again on December 25^th^. And don't forget either of the two best versions of *A Christmas Carol* - From MGM with Reginald Owen - http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70898 From England with Alistair Sim http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70899 Kyle In Hollywood -------------------------- "Ooohh, I had a Belgian Rabbit and I named him "Little Flair". He was very introspective. What you'd call an ingrown hare." *F. McGee*