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'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
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*"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
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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
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*"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
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June 26th
*The Band Wagon* (1953) Belgium
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*"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
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*"I think it probably began as an idea to try counteract the gripes by people who wanted the older films censored of all racist stuff showing blacks as being silly and stupid. This is what the first series was all about, and I pretty much agreed with it. Then came the Asians, and I didn't agree with that one, since Asians were treated very well in movies except for the Japanese (a nationality, not a race) during the WW II years."* - FCD
I don't remember. Did "Race In Hollywood: Native American Images on Film" last year get the Dobbs "Seal Of Approval"?
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"Personally, I don't think slitting up TCM (...) would work."*
Best malaprop I've read in a loooong time.
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*"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
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TCM has had a few Falk films on lately - *Robin And The Seven Hoods* and *Husbands* most recently - so there is a possiblity that it might try to schedule a tribute if a few of the other titles are available to them. I wouldn't mind seeing *The Cheap Detective* once again. I've finally become familiar enough with Sam Spade/Richard Diamond/etc. to get the jokes.
But a "TCM Remembers" video devoted to Peter Falk would be less likely. At the TCM Classic Film Festival, the head of the On-Air Promotions department was asked how the decision is made to single out which stars get such treatment. She stated that choosing a star to remember with such a tribute takes many things into consideration. But it is often dependent on how much exposure the star has had on the channel. And Peter Falk, even with two Oscar nominations, isn't seen on the channel all that often.
Still, TCM could choose to prove me wrong.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"(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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TCM's "Race In Hollywood" series is a historical and cultural film retrospective. There's nothing "political" about it.
Kyle In Hollywood
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June 25th
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Pottery Barn.
According to the Studio Director, all the furnishing on the Osborne set came from Pottery Barn.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"And fiddle with perfection?"* - smileys
C'mon. We'd be two peas in a pah-duh!
I truly doubt that anything you put together would be unpopular. Mighty? Sure but definitely not unpopular.
All I've got done is five evenings. I've got two evenings and seven full days to plot out - including a SOTM and the "1-2-3" segment. The offer still stands...
I'm still working through these feelings of abandonment, ya know.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"LOL, those two were directed at me, weren't they?"* - filmlover
Honestly, they weren't. It is just how they've come up in the "queue". I have all the postings in a text file - and the one below is posting #6. Tomorrow morning is posting #7, etc.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"My bad, make that "Viva Villa" not "Pancho Villa"."* - lzcutter
Well, either way, that's not right. 'filmlover' got it right when he posted *The Bad Man*.
Kyle In Hollywood
Diorama Artist as a Career Choice?
in Remembering Kyle in Hollywood
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*"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