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Oregon is certainly not an easy one off the top of my head. But there is one film (and maybe another) that is probably the definitive selection. Here are a couple off-beat choices - *Ring Of FIre* (1961) with David Janssen and Frank Gorshin http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=1275 "A group of delinquents hold a sheriff hostage in the middle of forest fire." *Park Avenue Logger* (1937) with George O'Brien http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=86272 "Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the lumber camp." (Can't believe we are three-quarters of the way through the list already.) Kyle In Hollywood

*"Interestingly enough there seem to be more 30's/40's films in primetime and weekends...but not really enough to compensate for the heavy-handed presence of 50's/60's and later films during the weekday daytimes."* - markbeckuaf How's my main man? I think you've answered your "question" about the July Schedule situation yourself. Because of July's weekly "Big Band" event (along with Rosalind Russell as SOTM), the 30s / 40s era is well-represented in the overall schedule for the month. It just happens to be occurring during the Primetime hours in July - and not the early hours of the morning this time. It's as if the "typical" schedule has been "flipped" in July. Now, I know that to my friend, a 40's "Big Band" film isn't the same as seeing a good 30's Wheeler And Woolsey but many of them are of the same B-film quality. "Wheeler And Woolsey" and "Kay Kyser" share a certain attitude, don't ya think? And how can a film like *Make Believe Ballroom* about "rival carhops" _not_ be an enjoyable "guilty pleasure" worth checking out? The way I see it, with this "Spotilight" event and the shift of these titles into "primetime", more 50s and 60s fare got "displaced" into the daytime hours in July. (And am I the only one that noticed how few truly "contemporary" films are on the July schedule? After the teeth-gnashing over *Rush Hour 2* in June, I would have thought someone would have noted that there are no films from the 90s or 00s being shown in July. And only two films from the 80s ( *Tootsie* and *Gandhi* ) not counting the "TCM Underground" slot.) I know you are aware of the other 30s era movies being shown in the evening ( 3 "G-Men" movies. A series of "You Can't ..." titles from the 30s, among others) and I hope you will watch them after dark, for once. This July, I think I will be watching more TCM at night than I typically have been lately. If worse comes to worse, good buddy, you can always watch the Anna May Wong films being shown in June a second time (or third) time. Because I assume you will be recording those, right? Kyle In Hollywood ps - Because of "The Essentials" programming in August, one can also add Charles Chaplin and Laurel & Hardy to August's list of upcoming Summer "Stars".

*"Terrific Susan Hayward poster!"* - FrankGrimes Good Morning! And "thanks". *"Your Former Biggest Fan"* That was quick. But if I remember correctly, your "tastes" were well rewarded this month - even though it was mostly due to a few unscheduled "In Memoriam" posts. Kyle In Hollywood

Sunday April 27^th^

*"Love the Dali imagery in "The Strange Woman" poster."* - joefilmone I found that interesting too. And appropriately "strange". I am glad I posted it in place of *My Favorite Spy*. Kyle In Hollywood

*"You're doing this to torture me, aren't you?"* - Minya I certainly didn't mean to. I mean, you're my biggest "fan" lately. Most of what I post is planned out a month at a time - usually around and to coincide with whoever is showing on TCM. I have so many interesting images, my using the TCM schedule as a guide makes it easier to decide what to post. But if I have a few days without any inspiration from the TCM schedule, I'll put up a group of posters of a type that haven't been seen lately. I had planned posting these "women's films" posters about a month ago - before I learned about your "vampy dames" gallery. (But I will admit the French pirate posters were completely spur of the moment.) Maybe May will be less to your liking. Kyle In Hollywood

I'll chime in with *Tulsa* (1949) with Robert Preston and Susan Hayward http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=26005 In the early 1920s, in the oil-rich plains of Tulsa, Oklahoma, three ranchers discover that some of their cattle have died after drinking from polluted streams. go to the neighboring Tanner Petroleum Corp. to complain, when suddenly, one of the wells explodes, and Nelse is crushed to death by the well platform. and two "bio-pics" of famous Sooners - *Jim Thorpe - All-American* http://www.tcmcom/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=79770 Jim Thorpe, a young boy born on the Sac and Fox Indian reservation in Oklahoma, rejects his father's repeated attempts to place him in school because he is unaccustomed to the confines of a classroom. *The Story Of Will Rogers* http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=91537 In 1900, in Oolagah, Oklahoma Indian Territory, Betty Blake meets Will Rogers, a cowpoke returning home after two years of drifting...

*"Maybe he was right after all; the fish tastes and looks Crappy!"* - casablancalover Well, in Wisc. we didn't throw them back - even if they weren't as desirable as a BlueGill (or "Sunfish"). We only threw back Perch. But to Minnesotans, if it wasn't a walleye (shades of *Libeled Lady* ), it wasn't worth keeping. (I stopped fishing when I had to clean the catch of the day. UGH!) My favorite clueless newscaster mis-speak - "Begin The Beguine" as "Begin The Be-gwine". And this was in LA, no less. Poor Cole Porter. Kyle (you say "Zay-su", I say "Zah-su") In Hollywood

Saturday April 26^th^

mr6666 - I guess that means you found it. Glad to know it. (You do know it is a file you can save, right?) And you're truly welcome. Kyle In Hollywood

*"Easily my favorite schedule in months..."* - patful All is right with the world. "patful" has posted again. I can sleep easier now. Kyle In Hollywood

Fedya "{grabs eye bleach to blot out Carol Channing's striptease....} Sheesh. I guess TCM heard that and programmed the film again in July. There is no escape from the bra and panties I guess they want us all to take that image with us to our graves. Kyle In Hollywood

*"Kyle will be thrilled that All About Eve is airing at a reasonable time for folks like him on the weird coast..."* - Fedya You noticed! Yes. That was very thoughtful of the Programming Staff. (Thanks you guys.) I also noticed the French Revolution films but wasn't sure if it was Bastille Day. (I was gonna ask Minya. But she is probably distracted by all the Pirate movies in July.) I like the "Big Bands" event - especially the programming of an hour or more of Big Band / Jazz short films to top off the evening. What a great idea. (Make a point of catching "Jammin' The Blues". It is a very influential musical short.) There are some interesting pairings of films for the Elvis Mitchell series. I think we can discern some of the guests "influences". Sydney Pollack and *Tootsie* is understandable. Even Laurence Fishburne and *A Patch Of Blue* But it looks like there are fun conversations ahead with Bill Murray and *A Night At The Opera* and Quentin Tarrantino with *The Marrying Kind*. That last one caught me off guard. George Cukor, Aldo Ray and Judy Holliday? Nothing "Grindhouse" about that. Kyle In Hollywood

The last "This Month" music video promo that I remember was for "Watching The Detectives" a year ago. I, too, have assumed that the promos were eliminated to give more funds to the Programming Dept. (TCM now leases ALL its films - including the titles from the former Turner Library.) But if TCM wants to resurrect the spots, the persons in charge of this past year's "31 Days of Oscar" piece might be the perfect one's to approach. Those folks are certainly creative. Kyle In Hollywood

Friday April 25^th^

*"Just curious...is there a way of finding out which movies TCM shows are premieres?"* Hey there, bud. For primetime features, the answer is "yes" If you go to the TCM homepage (click on the "clip art" figure in the banner above - or here - http://www.tcm.com/index/ On the left side of the page, below the listing of "What's On Tonight?" there are two links - Full Schedule or Monthly Primetime Grid. The Monthly Primetime Grid is a PDF file listing the themes and titles for each night of the month. There is no cast info or runtimes for the titles - but there is an icon denoting a film title as being a TCM premiere! So far this month, TCM has premiered (in primetime) *The Long Riders* *The Cassandra Crossing* *Let No Man Write My Epitaph* *The Fabulous Dorseys* *Start The Revolution Without Me* *The Stepford Wives* *I Love A Bandleader* and *Easy Living* In addition, there are separate listings of the "Silent Sunday Nights" selections (All the silents from the French Comedian two weeks ago were premieres) and "TCM Imports" (The three of the four scheduled titles are marked as premieres. Still to come this month, premieres of - This Sunday's line-up with the Abel Gabce Documentary along with *J'accuse* *Le Roue* and *Zulu* *Glory* and *The Ghost Train* But I know of no way to find out if a title shown during the daytime hours is a premiere or not. I wanted to think yesterday's showing of *Middle Of The Night* was a premiere but can't say for certain. All I do know is that there is no trace of the film having been shown before on TCM in the past six years. (The furthest back the website has archives of articles.) The PDF / Grid listing is usually available for download beginning on the first of the month. Kyle In Hollywood

Hi Garth. Thanks for the drive-by posting. Hopefully you'll have time to "stay awhile" soon. This summer? Kyle In Hollywood

Well, Minya. There's always the ceiling. kjk

I just looked and we have May Guest Programmer Tim Roth to thank for scheduling David Lean's *Hobson's Choice* with Charles Laughton. Wonderful! He deserves a big "thank you". h3. Thank You kjk

*"I sense this is morphing into the Bill Maher thread. Maybe he should select a movie in which he starred..."* - scsu1975 My first thought when you posted *The Pope Must Die!* was "Did he star in that?". But after all the Guest programmers over the years, I can only think of two that chose films in which they starred or directed - Jack Klugman selected *12 Angry Men* (A memorable discussion) and Charles Grodin chose *Movers And Shakers* (A very forgettable evening.) But it looks like Robert Osborne's circle of "friends" from which he selects the Guest Programmers has been expanded. That's a great thing. (Or aren't they referred to as "his friends" in the promo anymore?) Gotta go look at what films Tim Roth chose for May. Kyle In Hollywood

'movieman1957' - I like Bill Maher. "New Rules" was always good for a laugh. But I watched very little HBO otherwise. Same for Showtime. Dumped that too. When I first heard about the "John Adams" series, I was interested. Then I heard it was (something like) seven parts! I thought the 3-hour PBS documentary on John & Abigail Adams a few years ago was already too long. But my executive chef at work has been watching it - and finally learning and understanding how remarkable the creation of this nation was. That's a good thing. Kyle In Hollywood

*"I certainly wouldn't think of Bill Maher as a "My Fair Lady" fan."* Me either. *Pygmalion* maybe. But not *My Fair Lady* I kinda thought he choose some "pot smokers" fave like *2001: A Space Odyssey*. (Or was that more of an "acid trip" favorite?) Kyle In Hollywood

Thursday April 24^th^

*"I hear Pollack is in bad health..."* - SSOS That's surprising. I just saw him in *Michael Clayton*. But I suppose that was filmed a year ago. Lots can happen in 12 months. (I've never understood why, as a producer of *Michael Clayton*, he would cast himself in such a substantial role. Such casting was unique when he did it in *Tootsie*. Now it seems vain.) I also saw a film he made about the architect Frank Gehry - and the Walt Disny Concert Hall. A very personal piece of work (He is in the film alot himself) and a big fan of Gehry's. Quite interesting. Kyle In Hollywood

*"No doubt he (Bill Maher) will choose The Pope Must Die"* - scsu1975 I dropped HBO a few months back. Has he been on an "anti-pontiff" rant lately? Kyle In Hollywood