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June 28th Drive-In Double Features Every Thursday In June 3-Sheet Poster

*"But Gable wasn't in "White Cargo."* - filmlover Oops. I'm wrong. I thought he was. Another I've not seen. (I'm confusing that with *Red Dust*, I guess.) So *White Cargo* - and Walter Pidgeon - is correct. And go ahead molo and fill in the answer to the A&C image. There's still a backlog here. Kyle In Hollywood

*"She did play one there, but the dress is decidely different."* - filmlover Thanks for the screencap, 'filmlover'. There are just four most postings (of two images each) left to add to the thread. Since we're falling behind, should I wait a day or two until everyone gets caught up with the one's already posted? Though the ones still left to be put up will be pretty easy to figure out. Kyle In Hollywood

*"I'm guessing "The Chocolate Soldier" for the second of the two..."* - molo14 Yep. You get credit for that (and even for "Mrs. Miniver" seeing as no one else actually posted it.) *"Well that must be Abbott and Costello in "Mexican Hayride"..."* Nope. *"Is that Gable?"* Yep. Kyle In Hollywood

Terry - You definitely shouldn't take permanent leave of these Forums because of the reception to your first post. This place has a long list of "first-post" troublemakers that come in and try to stir up the faithful. Because of this past history, newcomers are often received with skepticism by many of the longtime members. Not that it is any excuse for how you feel you were received, some newcomers have been treated much more poorly than what you experienced. There are many members here who are very knowledgable about all things TCM - including why the "bug" is on the screen during the films. If you have a question about how and why TCM does what it does, there is likely someone here who knows the answer. And representatives of TCM themselves will sometimes log-in and offer an explanation too. Often it is not what you might think it is. These Forums are one of the best ways for TCM to learn what their viewers are thinking. Whatever one posts here is read in the TCM offices in Atlanta. Participating in the discussions is a valuable source of feedback for the channel. All avid fans of TCM should take advantage of this opportunity to have their feelings known to those responsible for running the "best channel on television." With your appreciation of TCM, you should fit in rather well with the rest of the crew here. I'd like to see you give it a try. I think we'd all benefit from your presence in TCM City and, to quote Billie Dawn, "vice-versa." Kyle In Hollywood Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jun 27, 2011 4:55 PM

*"Is that first one "Yankee Doodle Dandy"?"* - smileys Lord, no. You don't think the two in that image look alot like the pair in the *Bitter Sweet* image? Don't know about Garland's harp playing on film. Definitely didn't know she played one in *In The Good Old Summertime*. But the image was attributed to a different film. Kyle In Hollywood

'filmlover' is right again. The image is for *Bitter Sweet*. (Do you think that is that supposed to be 'cobblestones" at the bottom of the image?) *"In the Good Old Summertime", and the first one might be "The Human Comedy"?"* - smileys I did say that some of the postings would be "more than obvious" - like *The Human Comedy*. But the other image is not for *In The Good Old Summertime*. Kyle In Hollywood

June 27th

*"I'll guess Andy Hardy Meets Debutante and Whistling in Dixie for the two before the last ones you posted."* - molo14 And you are correct on both counts. Nicely done. And 'smileys' was correct with his guess of *Tortilla Flat* for the trio under the tree posted below and 'filmlover' was correct with *We Were Dancing* for the pair of dancers that stumped nearly everyone. I've never seen the film represented with the image posted with the *Tortilla Flat* image. But I do recognize the duo. For a start, does anyone else recognize the actors? Kyle In Hollywood

You're "Whistling" in the wrong place with that guess and with which Andy Hardy movie is portrayed in the first image. (That shirt stud is important.) And 'filmlover' can add his title to the one still not named from yesterday. He got the cast right. Kyle In Hollywood

*"I believe TCM is mistakenly pursuing the youth market, trying gradually to expand its definition of "classic" to prepare for the day when the older viewers inevitably die off."* - mfarish TCM isn't "hung up" on the definition of "classic". It is subjective and unique to each viewer. How you define "classic" is up to you. TCM's mission is to program films that fit in to anyone's definition of the term. Neither is it programming to attract "younger viewers". It wants to attract "new" viewers regardless of their age. The only real attempt to attract "younger" viewers is TCM's "Essentials, Jr." series. *"You might point to Silent Sunday Nights as an example of TCM's commitment to vintage film, but TCM isn't adding new titles from the extensive MGM catalogue of unscored movies anymore. Whatever happened to the new film composer contests?"* It was a very expensive project that provided limited reward for the network - definitely too small a reward for the amount of money invested in the project. TCM now directly commissions new scores for films on a limited basis. The results are the same but without the expense of conducting a contest to achieve them. *"This month TCM is featuring '50s schlock, packaging these cheapies as "Drive-in" classics."* The "Drive-In" series has been well-received by the membership here - and likely by many more at home watching on Thursday nights. It is just the kind of expanded focus on a particular genre that many have come to expect from TCM. Next month TCM will devote multiple evenings to the another "niche genre" - legendary "Singing Cowboys" of the 30s and 40s. Is Gene Autry or Roy Rogers any less "classic" than Rodan or The Wasp Woman? Not in the eyes of TCM. While no one would claim that the films of "Singing Cowboys" are as "great" as a John Ford western, that doesn't mean they don't have a place on TCM. Next month brings many interesting and unexpected films to primetime. Under the umbrella of its "Race In Hollywood" series, TCM is presenting the silents *The Sheik*, *Son Of The Sheik* and *The Thief Of Bagdad*. I hope these titles excite one who seems to be a silent film fan like yourself. The series is also bringing Eddie Cantor, Josephine Baker and Abbott & Costello to the channel along with some rare cartoons to boot. But, within the context of "Arab Images On Film", we're also going to see such recent titles as *Jewel Of The Nile* and *Three Kings* next month. Still, it is only because of this special spotlight event that the films are being shown on TCM. As the head of Original Programming told an audience at the Classic FIlm Festival this spring, in the proper context most any film can be appropriate for showing on TCM. But seeing films of such recent vintage next month shouldn't be thought of as portending anything about the future of TCM. Their inclusion isn't anything "new" nor is it a marketing ploy on TCM's part. In August, "Summer Under The Stars" will celebrate such "unexpected" stars as Conrad Veidt, Lon Chaney and Ben Johnson with special days devoted to each of them. And Buster Keaton will be "Star Of The Month" in October. Can't get more "traditional" than those TCM choices - like tonight's Cyd Charisse films and tomorrow's evening of Hitchcock films It is amazing how little TCM has changed over the past 17 years. In a 300 channel cable television universe in which most channels are constantly chasing the same group of 18 to 49 year old viewers, I think such unwavering commitment to the TCM tradition is, if not progress, definitely progressive. Kyle In Hollywood

June 26th *The Band Wagon* (1953) Belgium (Click Through on Above Image to Access Larger Versions)

*"Chief, Is it Song of Love ?"* - lzcutter Nope. *"...would you mind if I ventured forth my guess?"* - filmlover Why don't you post who you think are the dancers in the image first. Kyle In Hollywood

*"Personally, I don't think slitting up TCM (...) would work."* Best malaprop I've read in a loooong time.

*"I'm pretty sure the first one is Stand by for Action , but I have no guess as to the second."* - smileys You're correct on the first image. And the second image is probably the most difficult to identify of all that will be posted in this update. kjk

*"(M)aybe we should start agitating for a "Canadian" month (with) some of the many great Canadian films that Americans seem to be unaware of."* - misswonderly I think it would be great if TCM did a series/evening saluting the Film Board Of Canada. But something tells me it would still be preempted from the Canadian TCM schedule. I believe there was "Canadian Actors" Star Of The Month salute about ten or twelve years ago. Kyle In Hollywood

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