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    Where is option to print "This Month on TCM"

    in PROBLEMS with the Message Boards

    Posted

    *"Does TCM still offer this option?"* - thewaymouth

     

    Hi Mike.

    If you are trying to find the monthly PDF file, it is available off the TCM homepage. Click on the "clipart" image on the left side of the banner at the top of this page.

     

    At the homepage you will see a "What's On Tonight" listing on the left side of the page. Below that there is a link for the "Primetime Grid". Click on that, you'll get a pop-up window and choose the Download option. A new page will open displaying the PDF file of the Primetime lineup for the month of June.

     

    You can find the current month's Primetime grid after the first of every month.

     

    And just to make June easy, see if this direct link works.

    http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TCM/Files/Static/June2008_schedule.pdf

     

    Hope this helps Mike.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    50 States 50 Great Movies?

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    Born and raised a "Cheesehead", this one comes easily.

     

    *Our Vines Have Tender Grapes* (1945) w/ Edward G Robinson and Margaret O'Brien

    http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=360

    "A Norwegian farmer tries to raise two children in the Midwest (Wisconsin)."

     

    *All Mine To Give* (1958) w/ Glynis Johns and Cameron Mitchell

    http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=67069

    "While hauling his crying sister on a small sled through the freezing snow, young Robbie Eunson recalls how their situation came about: In September 1856, Robbie's father Robert and his pregnant wife Mamie arrive in backwoods Wisconsin from the Shetland Islands in Scotland."

     

    *Come And Get It* w/ Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea and Frances Farmer

    http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=71266

    No location citation at TCMDB. But I've seen it and know this Edna Ferber story takes place in Northern Wisconsin.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen - Tue/Wed

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    *"Who’s running TCM now anyway? Does this guy realize that viewers would prefer to see the special series of rare films in Prime Time, or at least during the day, since most of us will not be awake in the middle of the night?"* - FredCDobbs

     

    Yes. I am sure "the guy" in charge of TCM knows *The Bitter Tea Of General Yen* is a highly anticipated showing for many Board Members. Back in February he even dropped a hint in these Forums about its upcoming presentation knowing how excited many people would be to get the news.

     

    The "Race In Hollywood: Asian Images in Film" event is a co-hosted series with each evening of films grouped around a particular theme that Robert Osborne and Dr. Peter X. Feng will discuss before and after each film. The first evening is devoted to silents and Sessue Hayakawa while the second evening is programmed around the actress Anna May Wong. The following week begins a two-day look at the phenomena of Yellow Face. And in the history of TCM, most all of those films on the first three evenings are extremely "special" and rare presentations.

     

    Additionally, with each week's line-up progressing chronologically through the past century, *The Bitter Tea Of General Yen* didn't quite fit into any of the pre-arranged topics of discussion. The films chosen for primetime each evening during the first two weeks were selected to best illustrate the evening's topic. A film's rarity couldn't be the only criteria for inclusion during TCM's early evening schedule.

     

    But that doesn't mean it isn't an important film. Or that TCM doesn't think it is an important presentation for the month. The film has been requested often in these Forums and TCM was aware of that. I assume that is why they acquired the film for this month even though it was not going to be part of the primetime discussions.

     

    Because *The Bitter Tea Of General Yen* would fall outside the four-film primetime line-ups, TCM could have not bothered with acquiring the film. But they did. I am sure most folks are thankful TCM made that extra effort and will make the extra effort to record the film for viewing later if it is on too late in the day for watching "live". And that sounds prefectly reasonable to me.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    THIS JUST IN.. FIRE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    *"I hope nothing irreplaceable will be lost in the fire..."*

     

    As FredCDobbs correctly wrote below, the CEO of Universal was asked directly if anything irreplaceable had been lost in the fire and he emphatically said "No."

     

    So it sounds like no films and no artifacts of historical value have succumbed to the fire.

     

    The fire is the top story at the LA Times website if one wants to read more.

    http://www.latimes.com/

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    Kyle In Hollywood's CENSORED Poster Gallery

    in Remembering Kyle in Hollywood

    Posted

    I just realized the image I posted below is only 450 pixels wide. That is smaller than I usually post and definitely smaller than the size of the original image.

     

    So, here y'all go -

    1945 The Clock jpeg

     

    Click through and hopefully you can get to a larger version that is 679 x 1024. But even that is smaller than the original on my hard drive. ('flickr' won't allow a file that large to its site.) If one wants the "original size" (1170 x 1770), just drop me a line with an email adress.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    THIS JUST IN.. FIRE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    Latest info -

     

    The "King Kong" exhibit that is part of the Studio Tour tram ride is "lost". There is this video on YouTube of this section of the ride here -

     

     

    The "video archive" will be burn for hours - if not a day - before being put out.

     

    As it affects TCM, is it possible that this "video archive" is where video copies of films for use on television is stored? Just wondering if this may cause problems in acess to films from Universal that may be coming up on the TCM schedule.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    THIS JUST IN.. FIRE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    LA City Councilman on local television who was just on the Sudio grounds saying that the fire has been burning a "video archive" but he was told by a Universal emplyee that it is _not_ the main Universal film vault which is located in a different area of the Studio.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    THIS JUST IN.. FIRE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    *"This could be a major disaster for us, if it is true that the film vault is on fire."*

     

    I have been watching some of the fire coverage on television "live" this am. Many "backlot" facades and outdoor sets seem to be gone.

     

    There is one soundstage that has been burning beligerantly- even with four water cannons trained on the area of the blackest smoke.. After over an hour of water being poured on it, it just won't stop. This often means there is something very combustible in that area fueling the fire.

     

    Am I worng to think that a film vault would likely be an underground facility? Unless the film vault is located directly underneath this particular soundstage - which is very possible - I am leaning toward a different explanation and I am hoping that is not what is burning in the pictures I saw.

     

    Now, being a soundstage - a very large one - it could be a paint shop. That would be a great source of fuel for a fire. Still, another source of the fuel for a fire that won't stop could be a film storage facility. Given the disaterous alternative of it being a film vault, hopefully it is "only" a paint shop.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    June Schedule Up

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    *"I think they also added a Chan flick too, at the wrap-up of the detective/mystery night, clearly one of my favorite evenings of TCM ever!"* - markbeckhuaf

     

    And I think you're right about that too. Sounds like we both are looking forward to June.

     

    Thanks for reassuring me that my sanity hasn't fled the building.

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    June Schedule Up

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    *The Slanted Screen* was not on that tentative schedule. - FrankGrimes

     

    Whew! Thank You, FG. So I am not turning into Uncle Billy ( *It's A Wonderful Life* ) after all.

     

    You'll find a token of my appreciation in the Poster Gallery tomorrow. (Well, it's been planned for a month but you'll like just the same.)

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    June Schedule Up

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    HI all.

     

    I'm dragging this thread out of the bowels of the Forums because I saw something "new" in the schedule for June today and I am wondering if it actually is a new addition or if it was there all the time.

     

    A few posts below I wrote about a documentary that explored images of Asian-American men called *The Slanted Screen*. I had seen it on a regional PBS channel a year or so ago. I found it quite enlightening - especially in its examination of Sessue Hayakawa who was a true "matinee idol" during the silent era.

     

    Anyway, today I was browsing the June schedule and there on the very first day of the "Race In Hollywood: Asians In Film" event is *The Slanted Screen* (June 3^rd^, 7pmEDT / 4pmPDT) .

     

    Does anyone remember if this was on the schedule when it was first posted? I know I am getting up there in age - and my eyes aren't what they used to be but I don't think I would have missed TCM's inclusion of this film on the schedule.

     

    And, if you haen't guessed, I do recommend seeing *The Slanted Screen*. The film covers television along with film but includes some very insightful commentary from current and past stars in Hollywood.

     

    If you remember seeing this as part of the schedule months ago, please let me know. If I am "losing it", at least I'll know when it started and can include it in my obituary.

    Kyle's dottage began in the spring of 2008 while hanging out at his favorite online site TCM.com

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

    September 2008 schedule is up

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    Mon amie Minya -

     

    I like all your "highlights" but can't believe that you didn't mention the morning of the 29^th^.

     

    _Monday September 29^th^_

     

    *Pirates of Blood River, The* (1962)

    C-87 mins,

    *Morgan The Pirate* (1960)

    An escaped slave takes on the Spanish Navy.

    Cast: Steve Reeves, Valerie Lagrange, Lydia Alfonsi. Dir: Andre de Toth. C-95 mins,

    *Boy and the Pirates, The* (1960)

    Cast: Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon Dir: Bert I. Gordon BW-0 mins, TV-G

    *Pirates of Tripoli* (1955)

    A pirate tries to help a deposed Arabian princess reclaim her throne.

    Cast: Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Paul Newlan. Dir: Felix Feist. C-71 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

     

    What's up? Have you buckled you last swash for awhile? Or have you taken up a new decorating scheme?

     

    Kyle In Hollywood

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