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I won't "pick a nit" between Bette Davis and May Robson (or William and Ford) but...
while I think Peter Falk's Oscar Nomination for his role (named "Happy"?) was deserved, he is no Ned Sparks. And the second film was poorer for it. (But the A Pocketful Of Miracles script is screaming to be made into a Broadway musical. The original script, not so much.)
Kyle In Hollywood
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I hope you'll be jumping in August. Just keep an eye open for 'movieman1957' who will likely be jumping too.
(Of course, the joke could be on us and "SUTS" could be on hiatus this year.)
But if our sleuthing is correct, from the list of the films on the other Saturday nights which stars do you hope are to be honored -
Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin or Paulette Goddard ?
The Apartment - Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine or Fred MacMurray ?
Swing Time - Astaire, Rogers (or even Victor Moore or Eric Blore) ?
Woman Of The Year - Tracy, Hepburn, Fay Bainter (or even Reginald Owen) ?
(I vote for Chaplin, MacMurray, Astaire and Bainter.)
Sorry for highjacking your "Essentials" thread with talk of "SUTS".
Kyle In Hollywood
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"s.s.of s". -
Thanks for posting the entire Essentials line-up.
If this is correct, I think we know who four Summer Under The Stars honorees will be this year...
(And 'movieman1957' is going to be soooo happy.)
(In certain years past, "The Essentials" went on hiatus during "SUTS".)
Kyle In Hollywood
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"31 Days Of Oscar Movie Posters"
Friday February 15th
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"35,000,000 titles. (That's a hard total to believe.) Must be a typo."
It is. The line should read
"...TCM will make 35 titles available to its 75 million subscribers for the first time,"
This is the same statistic TCM included in its press release on the "31 Days Of Oscar" event.
Kyle In Hollywood
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There are banner ads on selected pages - but not the Forum pages - of the website.
And the website even has an ad for Guest Programmer Martha Stewart this month - linking to her recipes for an Oscar Night party. See below -
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=193146
Kyle In Hollywood
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I am holding out for a 'gathering' in Los Angeles during the week of the Oscars that would conclude with an "Oscar Viewing Party" - a sit down dinner to watch the ceremony with a TCM personality or Hollywood legend at each table. If the Oscars won't treat the "old guard" with the respect they have earned during the annual official festivities, then let's get TCM to do it.
With Sid Ganis (head of AMPAS) as a former TCM Guest Programmer and with Robert Osborne as the "Official Red Carpet Greeter" for the Academy Awards Ceremony who knows what special perks and surprises could be arranged. Maybe the attendees could do an "arrival" on the Red Carpet a few days early and then get a sneek peak into the Kodak Theater. Maybe have a special screeening of Casablanca at the Goldwyn Theater at the Motion Picture Academy, And Ben Mankiewicz and Tom Brown can host a "Hollywood Hideaways" pub crawl.
Pipe Dreams are so much fun.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"31 Days Of Oscar Movie Posters"
Thursday February 14th
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Hi FredMill38 -
The schedule is all there right now.
Be careful with the use hyphens / dashes at the beginning of a line of text. That can cause the multiple bullet points.
And watch out that there isn't an errant "space" at the start of a line of text also. A "space" at the beginning causes the text that follows to "disappear".
So glad you are part of this challenge!
Kyle In Hollywood
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"Have I told you how much I have thoroughly enjoyed your wonderful posters..."
Ahem. How was that again? Oh yeah... "Are your lips sore yet?"
(Don't tell me you've discerned all those titles already.)
kjk
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"...would love to see, Rasputin And The Emperess on DVD! With all the Barrymores." - TheMalteseFalcon
It may not be on DVD yet but it is on TCM this coming week.
"Rasputin And The Empress"
Monday Feb 18, 06:00AM EST / 03:00AM PST
Kyle In Hollywood
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"Although, you have to be running low since you post at least one every single day."
You'd be surprised what I've got to post yet.
But you better be careful or Les Enchaines may never see the light of the Forums. or The Ring...or Sueurs Froids...or Le Corde...or 5 Colonne...or Les Forbans de la Nuit...or Nous Avon Gagne Ce Soir...or The Girl Was Young.
kjk
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"What Best Picture winner?"
Oops. My error. And I'll avoid mentioning anyone's "Pappy".
So, whaddya got against the Irish?
kjk
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"A Bette Davis weekend Marathon - play movies that are and are not on DVD." - TripleHHH
Though it's not a full weekend, would you settle for 24 hours in the April upcoming?
Saturday April 5th PDT
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/month/?cid=&timezone=PST&oid=4/1/2008
3:00 AM Cabin In The Cotton, The (1932)
A sharecropper fighting for better working conditions succumbs to the boss's seductive daughter. Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Bette Davis, Dorothy Jordan. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC
4:30 AM Petrified Forest, The (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage. Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC
6:00 AM Corn Is Green, The (1945)
A dedicated teacher sacrifices everything to send a young miner to Oxford. Cast: Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce, John Dall. Dir: Irving Rapper. BW-114 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
8:00 AM Bride Came C.O.D., The (1941)
A pilot and a temperamental heiress are stranded in the desert together. Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Harry Davenport. Dir: William Keighley. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC
9:45 AM Letter, The (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence. Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson. Dir: William Wyler. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
11:30 AM Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom. Cast: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC
1:30 PM Now, Voyager (1942)
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man. Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains. Dir: Irving Rapper. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
3:30 PM Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2005)
TCM original documentary that explores the life and career of legendary actress Bette Davis. BW-88 mins, TV-14, CC
5:00 PM All About Eve (1950)
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star's career and love life. Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. BW-138 mins,
7:30 PM Jezebel (1938)
A tempestuous Southern belle's willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her. Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Fay Bainter. Dir: William Wyler. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
9:30 PM Dark Victory (1939)
A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor. Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Edmund Goulding. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
11:30 PM Dangerous (1935)
A young fan tries to rehabilitate an alcoholic actress he's fallen in love with. Cast: Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay. Dir: Alfred E. Green. BW-79 mins, TV-G
1:00 AM Pocketful Of Miracles (1961)
A good-hearted gangster turns an old apple seller into a society matron so she can impress her daughter. Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Hope Lange. Dir: Frank Capra. C-137 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format
Definitely make a point of catching the "Stardust" documentary.
Enjoy!
Kyle In Hollywood
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FrankGrimes -
Whaddya got against Best Picture winners?
kjk
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"...or some other equally unbelievalble "argument" for the other side?"
Speaking for the "other ilk", I have always debated this subject with facts, numbers and verifiable observations.
Where others see a "trend", some of us know this is "nothing new".
What others interpret as "the beginning of the end", some of us call "innovative and fresh".
When the answer is "It's just like AMC", the question should be "Why would TCM want to be like a former competitor?"
And what someone else calls "unbelieveable", is simple reality to a lot of us.
Some of the TCM Faithful fear what they believe is true while others have a faith in what they know is true...and that there is nothing to be afraid of.
Kyle In Hollywood
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cinemafan -
I guess I was a a liitle unclear. Raul Julia didn't perform "Moritat" (aka "Mack The Knife") in the revival - but he did play MacHeath. My friend Roy Brocksmith had the great pleasure of opening the show singing that iconic song.
kjk
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"On the other hand it means I must not be doing something right." - movieman1957
Not even possible. Like water flowing uphill, it would go against the laws of nature.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Alright!
A new 'sugarpuss' Challenge schedule. That's always like getting a valentine.
You always pick such a fun films to premiere and interesting theme ideas. Like 'movieman1957' said, the "Vignette" idea is great. Thank you for remembering Martin Balsam on his birthday. (Maybe you can get his daughter Thalia to host the evening.) And of course this bartender has a soft spot for the Hard Spirits on your schedule - but I love the inclusion of Blithe Spirit.
I think TCM has shown only one "American Film Theater" production in the past - Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance with Katharine Hepburn and Paul Scofield. (Wonderful film.) I'd love to see Stacy Keach's Luther without commercials on TCM someday.
And I promise to keep your crush on Murray The Cop a secret.
Well done, Ms. O'Shea.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Victor -
But....but...but....Victor. While I am really intersted in reading your fantasy schedule, you do understand that "Summer Under The Stars" devotes an entire day to films of a single actor or actress and not to themes, right?
Kyle In Hollywood
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"There was a TCM promo on TNT????? Ohhhh........."
I saw the TCM "31 Days" Promo locally on MSNBC. (Sponsored by "SoCal Honda Dealers")
And another poster has written that the Promo is running in the theaters before feature films.
I woudn't read anything into where the promo is being used to draw attention to the "31 Days" Event.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"31 Days Of Oscar Movie Posters"
Wednesday February 13th
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"I'm frigid." - FrankGrimes
So THAT explains it.
Kyle In Hollywood
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"Assassin!!!"
Miss Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) / The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
Kyle In Hollywood
what classic film are you a virgin of?
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"And if Ward Bond is praying for my soul, it's too late." - FrankGrimes
Are you ready to confess to your sins? Or are you just rocking the boat?
Kyle (sitting down) In Hollywood