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*"The artist for the"Forza Bruta" poster really gave Lancaster the sex symbol glamor treatment."* Yep. Yvonne DeCarlo didn't have a chance in that artist's eyes. Kyle In Hollywood

OK all you students. Here's someting truly serendipitous - and a little scary. I was killing some time earlier tonight with the "free" satellite service "Classic Arts Showcase" on my TV and what should appear but excerpts from a historical/biographical documentary titled "The Way To Murnau". It was made in 2002. I found it quite interesting and it might make a good primer or introduction before diving in to the films themselves. If you want to incorporate this into your curriculum (sp?), it can be found on the Kino DVD of Murnau's *Tartuffe* and is available through Netflix. http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Tartuffe/60032422?trkid=147042 or Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Tartuffe-Way-Murnau-Hermann-Picha/dp/B0000DZTOV Kyle In Hollywood

*"Can you do a link for the beginning of the Hot Topics Archive?"* You mean like this? http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/forum.jspa?forumID=148&start=1695 First thread - Oct 05, 2002 "why your channel is not translate to arabic" (How's that for a "Hot Topic"?) Kyle In Hollywood

*"Very interesting to go a-browsing. All those posters of yore --- gone!"* - laffite On "page 566" (aka June 2002) I see messages from a "mongo" and a "finnie, moira" who are both (thankfully) still with us. It is a trip to see what has come and gone before us. Kyle In Hollywood

...and I'll post on Ohio and then get out of the way. *The Fortune Cookie* http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=15862 "During a Cleveland Browns--Minnesota Vikings football game in Cleveland, CBS-TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is sent sprawling when a 220-pound halfback crashes into him at the sidelines." and one more for "Cleveland" *American Hot Wax* http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=3972 "This is the true story of Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950's." Kyle In Hollywood

re: North Dakota. I was waiting for someone else to post this but since we've moved on, I guess no one will so I nominate *Dances With Wolves*. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=72152 "A soldier stationed in North Dakota leaves his post to join a nearby Sioux tribe." On to "Ohio"! Kyle in Hollywood Message was edited by: hlywdkjk

*"I've hit the 'no' box for the messages but am still getting a ton of emails."* Hello 'mt9' - I am guessing you are referring to the preferences set through the Control Panel accessed through the icon on the right side of the page when you're logged-in. If not, write back and we can walk you through that process. Or see here - http://support.tcm.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5481 When did you "hit the "No" box"? Today? If so, it is possible that the "change" to your preferences won't be implemented until overnight tonight. Certain processes are executed just once a day - like emptying the deleted messages folder in one's Private Message mailbox. It is possible that the changes you have made to your "watched thread" lists won't take effect until tomorrow. But if you made these changes yesterday - or earlier - I am not sure why you would still be receiving the messages as emails. Maybe someone else has abetter idea. Kyle In Hollywood

Hello 'Stephan55' (are you dating yourself now? ) - *"But now I wonder why other channels that do not produce their own material (i.e. AMC) rely so heavily on commercials that disrupt viewing their programs?"* Because as a method of raising revenue, selling advertising is a very easy route to take - especially when the "penetration of your channel" (the number of households receiving your channel) has "plateau-ed". As a business, a cable channel still needs to increase revenue each year and not just operate within its projected budget. Investors/Shareholders expect a growing profit stream. Thankfully, TCM is working to add revenue by "any means necessary" short of adding commercials to the channel. They understand that being "commercial-free" is what makes the channel unique and is a major reason it has cultivated such a loyal audience. You might have noticed that the channel promotes this website ALOT lately. (The new on-screen "tcm.com" logo, for example.) "Exploiting" the traffic of this website to advertisers is one method of increasing revenue for the channel. Same goes for the sale of DVDs, etc. through the arrangement with "Movies Unlimited". And I am sure there will be other "subtle" methods yet to come. But I want to believe that traditional "commercials" will be the last resort. Once a channel enters into the "audience delivery" business (programming to attract an audience for selling to advertisers), the advertiser's desires take precedence over those of the audience. (This is why networks now program to attract twenty-year-olds and not forty-year-olds) Programming becomes all about "eyeballs" that can see an advertisement - the more eyeballs, the more a channel can charge for those advertisements. It becomes a downward spiral of what will deliver more eyeballs and not what is the most interesting programming. The current head of Turner Entertainment has stated he couldn't make TCM a multi-billion dollar operation if he tried - and he has no intention of doing so. But he is concerned (as he should be) with the long-term viability of the channel. See this recent article in an Atlanta weekly for a "backstage" look at TCM. http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/the_moviegoer/Content?oid=416029 and the discussion that took place in this thread - http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/click.jspa?searchID=184294&messageID=8056115 *"I wish that it were possible to just pick and pay for the individual channels that one does enjoy, instead of being "forced" to buy a plethora of "junk" filler stations in an otherwise unwanted package just to get that choice handful."* This subject has come up in these Forums before. One of the better threads can be found here - http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=117503&start=60&tstart=120&messageID=8016880#8016880 and includes a "rebuttal" of sorts that I wrote (with the help of the NYTimes) on the idea of "a la carte" cable pricing and its potential affect on channels such TCM. In the meantime, keep the faith that TCM as we now know it is gonna be around for awhile. Kyle In Hollywood Message was edited by: hlywdkjk because Iinserted a paragraph in the wrong spot.

*"...if this continues I will be forced to regard Burt Lancaster not just as a talented actor, but also as total hunk-thus giving in once again to my baser desires."* - Minya I kinda thought - with you already having "Crimson Pirate Burt" on your walls - your baser self wouldn't be unnecessarilly encouraged with today's posting. But then again, it was foolish of me to expect subtlety from a poster titled *Brute Force*. Now, if I find a poster for *Trapeze* or *The Swimmer*, you will be ready when your baser self urges you to redo the bathroom decor. Kyle In Hollywood

Sunday Apr20^th^ In recognition of tonight's tibute to Jules Dassin. (thanks to "BackAlleyNoir")

Sunday April 20^th^ In recognition of tonight's tribute to Jules Dassin. (Thanks to "BackAlleyNoir")

Hello Stephan. TCM, like all cable channels, receives a portion of the monthly fee charged by your local cable or satellite provider. TCM is seen in 70 million households in the US. So, at even just 50 cents a household/subscriber (Just a guess. No one seems to know what TCM amount actually recieves perhousehold), that would equal about 35 million dollars each month in operating revenue. That amount of money can go a long way when a channel isn't producing "new" or original programming. And "classic" films are much less expensive to lease for showing on television than new releases. So it is still possible for TCM to operate "in the black" without the revenue from selling commercial time on the network. I hope this gives you some idea of how the TCM business model works. And welcome to the community. I hope you hang around here and join in on other conversations. Kyle In Hollywood

Saturday April 19^th^

*"The latter one is in French, so how could I resist Le Corsair Rouge?"* - Minya I understand.

*"Thoughts on this film ?"* It's a heckuva lot more involving than *Vertigo". That film needed "Mrs. Danvers". Seriously, it is a wonderful film and well worth checking out. It is "The Essential" on May 3rd. Kyle In Hollywood

*"It has allowed me to develop the pirate bathroom I've always wanted and at a reasonable price."* - Minya Now that's an interesting decor choice. I hope it isn't all "Jack Sparrow" - but would "understand" if it was. Kyle In Hollywood

Hi 'movieman1957'! Glad you are stopping by "more regularly". I hope you are finding some posters of interest. The Keaton *The General* poster is one of the more unique images I've collected. I assume it is Russian - cyrillic alphabet and all that - but don't know for sure. Been trying to find a "lull" in the TCM line-up so I can post another series of posters around the same theme. Maybe later next week. And hopefully in May. And perhaps during the whole month of August. Will see what is planned by 'tcmprogrammr'. Kyle In Hollywood

Friday April 18^th^

Thursday April 17^th^

Wednesday April 16^th^

So, what do you all think of the stars of the stage version of *Gone With The Wind* opening soon in London? (montage courtesy of the NYTimes) Kyle In Hollywood

Tuesday April 15^th^

*"You know, I'm no "know it all", though I may think I am at times. I apologize for that. But I do have "horse sense"."* - mickeeteeze I've never felt the need to have you apologise to me for anything you have written - unless I missed something REALLY insulting a few weeks back. Your thoughts about DVD releases are _very_ realistic. But when a "classic" film gets a DVD release, studios are using TCM to help promote the release - as Fox did last year when they released the mammoth "Ford At Fox" set and allowed TCM to show *How Green Was My Valley* and *Young Mr. Lincoln*, among other titles.. Same goes for the Paramount Screwball Comedies being shown on TCM next week in conjunction with their release on DVD. Others have written that TCM needs a "digital copy" (or transfer) of a film to be able to show it on the channel. That may be the biggest hurdle to getting some titles shown on TCM. Kyle In Hollywood

I would contact a nursing home, retirement home or community recreation center frequented by retirees or the elderly and see if they would like them - preferably places where the residents are on public assistance or "warehoused". Also contact certain teaching programs that are not well-funded. I am thinking particularly of certain adult ESL programs that may be run by community groups that are outside of the Public Education system in your area. English-Language films are quite uesful to teaching adults who are not fluent in English. And perhaps a food bank would even like to disrtibute them to the needy. Just some ideas. Kyle In Hollywood

*"It could be that TCM can show it a certain number of times within a time frame. The other side is maybe they have the film for six months and they can show it whenever and will show it at different times of the day or night."* - movieman1957 I am pretty sure you're right on most of all of what you have written. TCM goes to great lengths to vary the time of the day that they show their films. It is unusual for TCM to repeat a film in the same time slot twice in a row. But it does happen. *All About Eve* debuted on a Sunday afternoon in March. It was subsequently shown at 8pm EDT on a Sunday evening later in March and again a week ago Saturday - also at 8pm EDT. As of today, there is only one more showing of *All About Eve* scheduled - in the morning on June 29th. But once again it is on the weekend. It is sort of disappointing that the film is never being shown after 8pm on the West Coast during its TCM run. But this situtation is the exception and not the rule. And I don't believe that the film will be seen on TCM again during the rest of the year - if ever. In the past, persons from TCM have written here that they do track when and at what hour they show their films so that they don't show a film too often in the same timeslot. And they also take into consideration the three hour time-difference between the East and West Coasts so that a film is presented in the tradtional "primetime" to both audences. (5pm is definitely not a prime hour for watching TCM in the Left Coast. And they understand that midnight on the Right Coast isn't the most desirable hour to watch a popular or highly anticipated film either.) But they really can't schedule the films believing that everyone does watch - or can watch - the channel 24 hours a day. Showing a film at 7am EDT in a given month shouldn't keep TCM from showing the same film at a later hour (or much later hour) in the same month. I don't remember the last time *North By Northwest* was shown after 8pm on a weeknight so I was happy to see it last Wednesday night. I wish I was able to be home next Tuesday when TCM premieres *Easy Living* at 5pm PDT. It is a film I have always wanted to see. But I'll have to record it that night as it doesn't seem to be scheduled for any repeat showings. I'll have to give up my Keith Olbermann and "NewsHour" fix for the night. And try to avoid the TV upon getting home that night as I will arrive in the middle of the film. It's no fun to start watching a movie in the middle when it is a film one has never seen before. The same goes for the premiere showing of *Wings* this past February. I look forward to being able to see it for the first time - and from the beginning - during Memorial Day Weekend next month. Yet, I will say it was disappointing to see _once again_ the "Spielberg On Speilberg" documentary "bookended" with *Jaws* and *Close Encounters...* while the film (premiere?) *1941* is scheduled for late night/early morning that day. Even I call that a "rut" TCM would be wise to get out of. Too bad the folks at TCM couldn't have programmed *1941* earlier in the evening and accompanied it with another showing of *Amistad* which they showed in February. I guess *Amistad* was a "one-night-only" presentation. That's a film that deserves to be seen again. Kyle In Hollywood