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*"It's like anti-Nazis making Nazi jokes in Germany around 1936, not realizing what's going to happen to them in the future."*
Are you sure you don't want to call me an appeaser instead?????????
Terrible analogy Dobbsy. Nothing is _ever_ analogous to Nazi Germany. It only serves to trivialize what _did_ happen there.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"Hey..tcm is so interested in themes how about relating a particular year to the movies that were made in that year. It sure works for 1939."* - Stephen444
From the TCM Archives, July 2003
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=29968
"It was a significant year in world history, with Hitler invading Poland, the Great Depression at last lifting and Franklin D. Roosevelt, halfway through his presidency, reaching new heights of popularity. And, because of the number of outstanding films produced that year - more than any before or since, most would agree - 1939 has become known as Hollywood's Golden Year."
Kyle In Hollywood
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Sunday May 18^th^
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> {quote:title=Caramia wrote:}{quote}
> Awesome poster, Kyle!
That is one of my favorite musicals. This poster is one I had never seen, with the alphabetical description. Thank you!!You're welcome 'Caramia'. While the main figures look nothing like Howard Keel and Jane Powell, I like it too.
Kyle In Hollywood
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How great for you! And your impression of Joel Hodgson is the same I had when meeting him in the early 90s. He seemed thoroughly surprised that a hotel bartender would know that his show had won a Peabody Award.
His deadpan delivery always made me laugh and I still remember a visual gag involving a can of peaches ("cling" peaches) that made me howl.
Isn't it great when a person's idols turn out to be decent human beings in this day and age?
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"He will stud and it will not be done artificially Come on big guy..."* JakeHolman
Hey, big guy. I wasn't mocking you or trying to instigate anything. I was only going by what I learned through conversations I had with a horse owner last year.
Now he raises a different type of thoroughbred - a special type of quarter horse, I believe. But he bred a mare here in California with a horse from across the country and the two never came in contact.
The most interesting thing I learned was that (in this instance anyway) the "fee" is not just for a vial of the "stuff" but for a successful pregnancy. If the mare didn't become pregnant after the first attempt, vials are continuually sent out so it could be tried again - at no extra charge - until the horse was "with foal".
Kyle In Hollywood
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From the NYTimes Thursday May 15^th^ -
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/business/media/15turner.html?ref=todayspaper
*Turner to Offer Marketers Way to Link Ads to Content*
Ever smile while watching a movie on TV because, say, you just saw the scene from “The Godfather” when Vito Corleone leaves his office at the Genco Olive Oil factory and a commercial comes on for Bertolli olive oil? Turner Entertainment Networks wants to turn those coincidences into sales opportunities.
At the Turner Entertainment upfront presentation on Wednesday, Linda Yaccarino, executive vice president and general manager for advertising sales and marketing, described a new system intended to pair commercials with relevant moments in the shows they interrupt. The system, called *TV in Context*, was more than a year in development, she said.
Ms. Yaccarino likened TV in Context to contextual targeting, which is all the rage in online advertising and takes advantage of tracking the online behavior of computer users to serve them ads they would find relevant. The Turner Entertainment system, part of Time Warner, *“matches spots with relevant scenes,” she said, in the movies and series that are shown by the TBS, TNT and TruTV cable networks.*
TV in Context involves combing through the thousands of properties in the Turner Entertainment library, cataloging scenes by subject matter and tracking the commercials that agencies deliver to the networks to run. The first placements are available in the fall.
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Now, it's not that I want to give the honchos at Turner Entertainment any ideas about how to integrate ads into the films on TCM (Heaven forbid!) but it did get me thinking about what ads might fit well into the context of certain classic movies. With tongue firmly in cheek -
I can imagine *North By Northwest* being sponsored with ads from
*Jack Daniels* - The Secret Agent's Bourbon Of Choice - even when you don't have one.
*Ebay* - Never worry about pesky under-bidders again
*One Hour Martinizing* - Been running through a cornfield and need that suit back in an hour?
and of course
*Amtrak* - Bored with the "Mile High Club"? Join the "Nation-Wide Club". It's much more fun because our trips last longer.
I can also envision entire films being sponsored by specific advertisers -
*The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek* (with the constantly pratfalling William Demerest) being sponsored by "Doan's Backache Pills"
*High Noon* being sponsored by "Timex".
*The Defiant Ones* being sponsored by "Master Lock".
and to be really subversive -
*The Manchurian Candidate* sponsored by "Obama For President '08".
Anyone else got some ideas?
Kyle In Hollywood
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>*"You'd think that a stable that calls its horse "Big Brown" would try to underwrite the costs of >upkeep by plastering a few UPS logos on his flanks."* - CSjr
> *"That is irrelevant"* - JakeHolman
Maybe so. But it cerainly made me laugh imagining a horse decaled-up like a Nascar automobile.
*"Big Brown's future will be in clover and studding for the finest fillies in the country."*
Well, it ain't like he is going to be pleasuring all those fillies himself. Today it's all done artificially and through FedEx. The horses never even see one another.
Kyle In Hollywood
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There is certainly a lot of interesting "stuff" going on this month what with two nights a week devoted to Frank Sinatra (including the wonderful music specials on Sundays). But my highlight of the month comes this Monday.
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=194374
Monday night is Guest Programmer evening with the English-born actor Tim Roth. He, like Guest Programmer before him Tracey Ullmann, has picked a Ken Loach film ( *Cathy Come Hiome* ) which I probably will skip because I expect the accents to be so thick I will only understand every third word. (As was true for the Tracey Ullmann pick *Kes* last fall.)
*Roman Holiday* is a great pick and I look forward to hearing Roth's impressions of William Wyler and Gregory Peck. (And maybe a word or two about Audrey Hepburn ) And it will be great to hear an Englishman speak about the importance of David lean's *Brief Encounter* .But it is the premiere that night that has me most excited.
Tim Roth has persuaded TCM to show David Lean's *Hobson's Choice* . I haven't seen the film since it was shown on the Bravo channel in the 90s. I had a grand time. It was such a surprise to see Charles Laughton play a comedic role.
From the webarticle above -
*Hobson's Choice* (1954) opens with the seriousness of a drama, with the camera quietly taking inventory of a quaint 19th century boot shop on a rainy night. The stillness shattered by the sound thump and a whip pan to the skylight, where a branch is thrashing in the wind. A dark shape casts a shadow on the shop door. It's a moment right out of Lean's *Great Expectations* (1946), until that shape belches and stumbles drunkenly through the door, loudly slurring his protestations as his daughter tries to whisk him off to bed. The entire tone of the film is set in that reversal of expectations.
Thanks to the BFI Online site
I have great expectations for seeing the film again - and a certainlty I won't be disappointed. Dare I say, anyone seeing ti for the first time won't be disappointed either? Oh, why not. Give it a look.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Saturday May 17^th^
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HI gagman66 -
You have followed this situation with a detemination that I certainly admire. And like I admitted earlier, I have only a cursory acquaintance with restored silents.
*Why else make a big deal over acquiering the rights to WINGS from Paramount?*
Well, premiering ANY Oscar winning film is a big deal to TCM. Showing a legendary film for the first time is something in which they take great pride and to be able to add it to the "31 Days..." line-up made it all the more special. There aren't many "classic era" Oscar nominated films left that haven't already been shown during the annual Academy Aard event.
*But talking to Kevin Brownlow He seems to have no clue why Paramount can't provide his version's of both WINGS and THE WEDDING MARCH to TCM? So they must have them?*
If TCM had them they would have been shown. That TCM has stated that they would like them tells me that the impediment is not on their end. Unbeknownst to Mr. Brownlow, somebody seems to be standing in the way. And my first thought was the Music Publishers.
*So maybe the Photo-play WINGS will resurface yet? But why not on TCM on Memorial Day????*
Can't answer "Why?" but can say that the Memorial Day showing will (likely) be of the Wurlitzer scored version. "TCM On Demand" has *Wings* as a selection and that is the version that is available this month.
I am sure it is disappointing - and even frustrating - to know there is that version "out there" but kept from sight. Yet, as one who has never seen *Wings* before, I am happy I have the chance to see even this "lesser" version.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"In 1950 he was sued by two women who claimed he bit them both on the thigh."*
Now that's too funny.
I assumed "Sonny Tufts" was the "increible Hulk" like figure in the lower left side of the poster and then guessed he might have been a professional wrestler that made the jump to B-films. So, reading he bit people made some sense to me.
And I never feel bad about being ignorant of "classic" stars. I just don't have the aptitude to remember all these folks. But I admire those that can. It's amazing to me.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"In addition, I continue to be befuddled as to just why the Photo-play Productions restoration, Carl Davis scored version of WINGS apparently can not be shown on TCM..."* - gagman66
I am only throwing this out there for consideration -
When TCM showed the Able Gance films last month, there was a discussion of *Napolean* and it was mentioned that the restored version with the Carmine Coppola score is controlled in the U.S. by Carmine Coppola (or Francis Ford Coppola). Could there be a similar explanation in regard to the version of *Wings* you are looking forward to seeing?
it seems that when a person creates a "new" version of a silent film that there are multiple controlling interests. And they probably all have a say on the "fees" for licensing of the "new" version. Sometimes, it just might not be feasible (or prudent) for TCM to pay for a certain version if another perfectly good version is available.
But that is only a guess on my part with what little information I have encountered on the topic.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Minya, Movieman & "joe" -
Sounds like *Cat Women Of The Moon* is a hit. That's great because until 'joe' mentioned the film yesterday, I didn't know what I was going to post for Friday. I've been focusing on the planning for an extended set of images for Memorial Day. (Beginning this Tuesday, I think.)
And, believe it or not, I actually had that image already on my hard drive. I didn't go out into the web and search it out. (I think I was planning on using it in the upcoming October with plans to feature more off-beat horror films this year.)
I, too. laughed at "love starved Cat Women". But should I know who Sonny Tufts is? I am familiar with the other "stars" but not him.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Friday May 16^th^
*"Are you sure thats not the poster for "Cat Women on the Moon" "* - joefilmone
Uuuhh....nope. Don't think so.
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'scarlett' -
Your user profile is still around -
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/profile.jspa?userID=42162
No one else has your "name". There is a 'scarrlettt' and a 'katyscarlet' and your new moniker 'scar1ett' but no one else has 'scarlett'.
Did you get a new PC lately - or some other situation that is different for your logging in? In the recent past, 'lzcutter' was not able to log-in to her account when using a laptop for the first time. And she couldn't get the email request for a new password (which should help set up an existing account on a new computer) to work either. It may be a glitch in the Forum upgrade and I would suggest you drop a PM to WebAdmin from your current/new account. Or check the support pages.
Glad to see you around and hope things get straightened out for you.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"Can AMC and TCM play the same movie and the same time?"*
It might be possible now that AMC is a commercial-supported cable channel.
I have assumed that "exclusivity" is (often) awarded only to a channel so that it is kept off channels that directly compete with the lessee.
I think the "competition" for film leases breaks down as as "pay cable" / "subscription" channels (and that includes TCM), commercial supported cable channels (AMC and TNT, for example) and then broadcast network channels (ABC or NBC) followed by local broadcast channels.
I may be wrong but if channels aren't direct competitors in terms of format that a film _could_ be sold to more than one outlet. I thnk of *The Wizard Of Oz*. In recent years, the film pops up on TCM, on TNT (I know. It's still a Turner channel) and also on local broadcast channels.
But I also think CSjr is right that "exclusivity" comes at a premium and that some channels may choose not to pay extra for the "exclusive rights" to a film. I am sure when TCM had the rights to show the *The Lord Of The Rings* last February, it wasn't the only channel showing the film that month. And it might not have been the only "pay channel" able to show it.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Thursday May 15^th^
"Journey Into Fear" Thanks to "BackAlleyNoir"
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*"So what about Vermont?"*
Welcome to Mandrake Falls
Where the Scenery Enthralls
Where No Hardship E'er Befalls
Welcome To Mandrake Falls
- Longfellow Deeds (author)
In that same vein -
*Nothing Sacred*
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=5725
Newspaper Editor Oliver Stone sends star reporter Wally Cook to Warsaw, Vermont to interview radium poisoning victim Hazel Flagg, who has been diagnosed as having only six months to live.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"I hadn't noticed TCM not showing Fox films, as they do show a lot of the Fox film noirs, no?"* - iowahawkeye
20th Century Fox used to be the least represented major film studio on the TCM schedule. But that hasn't been the case in the past few months. Last fall saw the the debuts of multiple films made by John Ford at Fox Studios. And this Spring brought the TCM premiere of *All About Eve*. Hopefully this development will be ongoing and bring even more Fox films to TCM.
But, from my observation, TCM seem to be negotiating for Fox films on a individual title basis. And the titles chosen are usually to help enhance a special event on TCM - the "31 Days of Oscar" or a "Star Of The Month" tribute, for example. But this isn't true for TCM's relationship with other studios.
As 'lzcutter' has written, TCM has access to "packages" of films from Paramount, Columbia and even Disney that have been going on for the past year or longer. Plus there is the long-term leasing of the films in the Hal Roach library. Along with "special access" to what was the "Turner Library" of films at Warner Brothers, these libraries make up the bulk of the programming for TCM in any given month.
So, to answer your _original_ question, TCM may not have the rights to certain films from some studios today. But it appears that TCM can acquire the broadcast rights to nearly any film if the channel has a good reason for pursuing those rights.(It also helps if the studio has a good digital copy of the film for TCM to lease.)
I used to believe that there were certain films that would never be made available to TCM. But after the premiere of *All About Eve* this year, I no longer think that is true. A film may be shown for a single night ( *Easy Living* ), for a few weeks ( *Fall Of The Roman Empire* ) or for a few years. But more than ever before, in the TCM world of movies, _anything is possible_.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Wednesday May 14^th^
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*"Turn the photo over. What you'll see are four knives in my back."* -FrankGrimes
I guess that means I better get Hercule Poirot off that train so he can investigate this "Death on a Desert Island".
Can they really hide a shiv in those grass skirts?
Kyle In Hollywood
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In the past, Robert Osborne has stated that it is his considered opinion that *Libeled Lady* should have won the Oscar for Best Picture that year over that other Powell & Loy film - *The Great Ziegfeld*.
Can't really argue with that - though I do enjoy them both.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Tuesday May 13^th^
"Southern Belles" tonight on TCM
That is one of my favorite musicals. This poster is one I had never seen, with the alphabetical description. Thank you!!
Boring, repetitive schedule
in General Discussions
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*"Was the Salute to 1939 really just five years ago?"* - lzcutter
Yes. Though for me, my reaction was more like "Was it _only_ five years ago?" It seems so much longer than that to me.
Besides the month-long salute to the films of 1939, July 2003 also featured Lee Marvin as "Star Of The Month" and the TCM premiere of *Le Corbeau*
Kyle In Hollywood