hlywdkjk
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*"They've been waiting until you asked."*
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/monthly.html?tz=est&sdate=2011-08-01
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/monthly.html?tz=est&sdate=2011-09-01
Wow. Finally.
Thanks for posting the above links again, PhygLeGuy. Up until a few days ago, such links - even if they directed toward later months - would only display the current month's schedule.
It's so nice to be able to see upcoming months "at-a-glance" once again.
Kyle In Hollywood
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leeestrada -
I don't know about the scene you mention. But you can check for yourself this coming weekend when *The Thing From Another World* is shown as part of the "Essentials, Jr." series at 8pm EDT Sunday evening.
Kyle In Hollywood
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_Theater Marquee and Lobby Displays of the 1930s_
Scollay Square Theater, Boston 1930
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Tuesday, July 19th
Race In Hollywood: Arab Images On Film
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mrroberts -
Just by coincidence, I recently came across an auction history listing for the Bogart "Worry Balls" from *The Caine Mutiny*. In 2005, the balls sold at auction for $2,390.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"Didn't you say that the stage show came AFTER the movie Luxury Liner? What's your point?"* - FCD
You wrote that the proposal came "not long" after the movie was made. "Not long" made it seem like it occurred within a couple of years of making the film together. But I'm thinking that the proposal was at least ten years and perhaps fifteen (or more) years after they appeared in Luxury Liner.
That's all.
Keel was doing stage shows in the 60's and could have appeared with Powell then. I'm not sure. I do know (thanks TCMdb) Powell and Keel appeared on stage in "South Pacific" in 1977. Brent passed away in 1979 so he could have popped the question as late as the 70's while in his 70s.
Kyle In Hollywood
Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jul 18, 2011 8:38 PM
to add some missing punctuation.
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*"She said George Brent proposed to her not long after this movie was made."* - FCD
Hmmm. That's not the way I remember what she said.
I heard Powell say she was appearing in a stage musical with Howard Keel when Brent came to see the show. Afterwards, they kept in touch through phone calls - including one with a proposal from Brent.
My thinking is that this stage production was after Powell's contract with MGM was finished (though I have no idea when that might have been.) when such stars as Powell and Keel would often go out and tour in musicals. I place that in the late Fifties to mid-Sixties. Maybe even later - if Brent lived that long.
But I am pretty certain the phone call and proposal from Brent came after this stage show appearance/ backstage visit and not after they appeared together in *Luxury Liner*.
Kyle In Hollywood
Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jul 18, 2011 8:10 PM
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Over the weekend, a member here claimed that "racist rantings were flowing through his inbox".
http://forums.tcm.com/click.jspa?searchID=352150&messageID=8539615
As I know this member (I met him at the Film Festival this spring), I reached out to inquire about the sources of these PMs and to encourage him to forward them to WebAdmin.
This afternoon he replied writing -
"I wish I could tell you. They were names clearly made up for the purpose of commenting only on this topic (i.e. ScrewShaheen). Their accounts seem to have been removed."
Just wondering. Has there been a purge of newly created accounts with provocative names? I did catch the one that is included in the post below this one (Not-A-Liberal-Gaga) which, as far as I know, never posted anything to the Forums. I was certainly looking for a post from that member. Is that account still active? Member search doesn't work at all lately.
Strangely, no one else has come forward claiming to have been the recipient of such PMs even though many others have written positively about the "Race And Hollywood" series - at least not publicly. I have championed the series every week. But nothing was written to me.
It leads me to believe the PM writer is not a newly arrived member but one of long standing. They seem to know who to avoid engaging with in this manner. This is not somethig a "new" member would intuitively know about other members.
Anyway, I encouraged David (mavfan4life) to still forward the PMs to Webadmin even if the accounts "have been removed", as he wrote.
Let Lynn and I know if you hear from him.
And see if you can get Richard/Jeff to reinstate the "most recent posting history" to member's profile pages. Being able to access the last ten posts of a member is very handy for members and for those of us trying to police the Forums.
Kyle
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*"I wonder if anybody collects those, or if any still exist?"* -smileys
I think most ended up on the proverbial trash heap. But I seem to remember seeing a "story" somewhere of some of these types of materials being found by someone in their family home. The large display pieces were used like drywall to create walls to "rooms" in an attic or unfinished third floor of a house. (The art sides were put up facing the studs so that the blank, back sides were facing out and could be painted.) I think the story appeared on a short-lived spin-off of Antiques Roadshow where appraisers came to look at items in someone's house.
Some of these pieces went up for sale at an auction and sold for very little. "One-of-a-kind", locally produced art displays like these don't have much value. (But locally produced posters or poster-style artwork are a different story. Those can be valuable.)
*"Those cardboard cutouts are just too cool."*
Because "cool" is in short supply this week where you are, here's some other interesting (cool?) 1930s lobby displays.
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Theater Unknown, Boston
Scollay Square Theater, Boston
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Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jul 18, 2011 9:53 AM
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_Theater Marquee and Lobby Displays of the 1930s_
Metropolitan Theater, Boston (1933)
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Monday, July 18th
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*"...anybody else notice the hundreds of light bulbs outside those theaters?"* - smileys
When it comes to light displays, "you ain't seen nothin' yet."
Kyle In Hollywood
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Thanks everyone for the positive comments posted recently. Glad to know that my whims are interesting to others.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"If LonesomePolecat can have houses can I have the DeathStar?"* - SansFin
I can just hear Capuchin now. "You're not bringing that evil thing into this house!"
And one item from your earlier list is waiting for you -
http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/exhibitions/2011/07/forbidden-planet.html
Robby The Robot is just sitting in the theater lobby until August 7th. Wanna hire Danny Ocean?
Kyle In Hollywood
Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jul 17, 2011 6:52 PM
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Terry Ellsworth
I moved a thread to the Review Area ("Pan and Scann Over Letterbox") for your perusal. There is a lot of poor behavior all around but particularly by member 'TerryEllsworth'. The member got particularly nasty in that thread here -
http://forums.tcm.com/message.jspa?messageID=8540251#8540251
"If someone wishes to be ignorant and stupid in their own home, that's their choice but I don't want that kind of crap sold or encouraged. People need to be educated not encouraged to remain stupid and ignorant."
And and in promoting you pet peeve here -
http://forums.tcm.com/message.jspa?messageID=8540088#8540088
"Topbilled: Sorry to disagree with you but I don't think it's an "interesting" point of view at all. It's an unthinking point of view from someone who obviously doesn't know a thing about film. Don't feed the trolls!"
While "indirect" in their response, both posts refer to the OP in an insulting manner meant to demean them.
This inflammatory language and veiled accusations is a very common tactic for 'TerryEllsworth' of late. Yesterday the member intimated that I 'called others "anti-semitic" here -
http://forums.tcm.com/message.jspa?messageID=8539900#8539900
"Sort of like calling people anti-Semities or Pat Buchanan is an excuse to justify ignoring what other posters have to say? Pot meet kettle and black."
and in a garbled post here -
http://forums.tcm.com/message.jspa?messageID=8539939#8539939
"In the other thread on this subject you have some posters who disagree with those of us who have raised questions about this series 'anti-semites." "
I haven't written anything of the kind. Jewishness or Istrael have not been a subject of anything I write. It is a truly despicable accusation to make. When I called them on their accusation asking where I did express such a thought, no reply was offered. (No surprise there.) Surprisingly, the nation of Israel hasn't been much of a presence by anyone in the Forums this month.
'TerryEllsworth' often injects negative comments of a personal nature about many posters into their posts. I think Lynn has other examples and I hope she adds them to this thread. (If we could easily access a member's posting history, I could provide others. But that list of recent posts is missing from member's profile pages.) But even without specifics, 99% of all posts 'TerryEllsworth' writes - especially unsolicited replies to thers - display an aggressive and intimidating nature.
See also - the single post in the review area that I removed July 8th.
Review and assess these incidents and take action if you think it is warranted.
Kyle
Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jul 17, 2011 8:58 PM
to add the correct quote to a link.
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Adjusting for inflation is important to the discussion. But I also think that the advent of VHS/DVD making these films available for purchase has changed the value (validity) of "rankings" - especially for films released within the past 20 years.
For over a decade, studios have had no real motive for keeping a film in theaters for extended periods of time. A film released today collects ticket sales for a very short period of time compared to years ago, Now the Box Office reciepts generated in a film's third month of release are "written off" in favor of rushing the film into the Home Video marketplace.
I think it is important to know that *E.T. - The Extraterrestial* stayed in the Top Ten for 35 straight weeks. (And in the Top Ten a total of 44 weeks. 44 weeks! That's three months short of a year!) Films just don't stay in theaters that long anymore.
http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/bestranked.htm?page=WKNDSCAT10&p=.htm
Of course, this isn't meant to diminish the"achievements" of films that had "Roadshow" releases (Like *The Sound Of Music*, for example) which would never have been in the Top Ten charts during the "reserved seating" period of their release.
Trivia tidbit - in 1975 the largest number theaters in the country showing *Jaws* (#7 on the "All-Time Adjusted Box Office list) at one time was 675.
Kyle In Hollywood
Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jul 17, 2011 9:01 AM
to add the link
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Sunday, July 17th
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*"And the text is mounted separately."* - smileys
I think that wall-mount with the text is a light box which would illuminate the text from behind.
Sounds cool but it isn't as "fun" as the text on the poster -
Kyle In Hollywood
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estragon -
These threads cover most of the relevant info on the idea of TCM being available online -
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=157887&tstart=0&messageID=8486874#8486874
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=160112&tstart=0&messageID=8526885#8526885
Hope this is helpful.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"Thanks, Kyle, for clarifying that."* - TB
Sure.
Even though others have found (legitimately) a lot of repetition in the intros/outros, perhaps that one comment regarding unfamiliarity should have been reiterated more often in the commentaries throughout the series.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"In the other thread on this subject you have some posters who disagree with those of us who have raised questions about this series 'anti-semites."* - TE
"... this series 'anti-semites."
I don't understand what you are writing. Is this a punctuation error and it should be "this series' anti-semites"? If so, who are the anti-semites associated with the series? Or is there a word or two missing from your post.
Again, if anyone is calling another poster "anti-semitic" or using similar language in an inflammatory way, you need to alert WebAdmin. And they are expecting to hear from you ASAP.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"It is obvious to me that the guy does not like classic film, because it is all a conspiracy against his people."* - TB
That's not true. During the first night of the series, Professor Shaheen specifically stated that he attributed the use of stereotypes by filmmakers and the film studios to an unfamiliarity with the culture and that they were not expressions of any sort of shared beliefs or wide-spread prejudice.
He also mentioned the genesis of many of these depictions in Hollywood films coming from European art and literature which Americans were more likely to have been exposed to at the time than actual Middle Easterners themselves.
Of all the "Race And Hollywood" introductions I've seen, one of the most negative things he has said all month is that it bothered him that Damascus was protrayed as such an backward, "third-world" city in *Sirocco* when, in reality, it was a beautiful, European-styled city. Well, there's that and the fact that David Lean and Robert Bolt fudged history with the ending of *Lawrence Of Arabia*. But he still praised the film and is quite fond of it. He thnks it is a great film.
I wish posters making claims on Shaheen's motivations would back them up with statements the professor has made during his commentaries and introductions.
Kyle In Hollywood
Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jul 16, 2011 9:44 AM
to add "one of" to "one of the most negative things..."
Edited by: hlywdkjk on Jul 16, 2011 10:12 AM
to fix errant mark up codes. Hopefully it works.
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You're welcome. Glad you got it.
kjk
What happened to the monthly schedule?
in General Discussions
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Solarblast and everyone else -
It seems the links to advance schedules are functioning once again.
August -
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/monthly.html?tz=est&sdate=2011-08-01
September -
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/monthly.html?tz=est&sdate=2011-09-01
And it even remembers my timezone regardless of the of the "est" in the link. When clicking on them, the above links displayed in PST for me.
Kyle In Hollywood