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_*Still on the Road To Hollywood - 2011*_
A Collection of Posters and Still Images
Artwork by Bob Peak
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The 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival celebrates the 30th Anniversary of *Pennies From Heaven* (1981) with a new print and an introduction by Illeana Douglas.
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My sincerest apologies to everyone - especially the FF folks - for propagating the idea that "anything goes" at the signing sessions.
Kyle (feeling very sheepish) In Hollywood
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_*Still on the Road To Hollywood - 2011*_
A Collection of Posters and Still Images
Banner
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The 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival celebrates the career of composer Bernard Herrmann with a 60th Anniversary screening of *The Day The Earth Stood Still* (1951) introduced by Dorothy Herrmann, the composer's daughter.
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Friday, April 15th
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Too Cool!
Poverty Row Westerns Month!
Lex Barker "Tarzan" features (and one Buster Crabbe)
*The Thief Of Baghdad* - finally!
*The Sheik* and *The Son Of The Sheik*.
The return Of *Red River*, *Topkapi!* and *The Big Heat*
Tab Hunter Night!
Eddie Cantor in *Ali Baba Goes To Town* (Thanks Fox!)
Clifton Webb in *Sitting Pretty* (Thanks Fox!)
*Chandu The Magician* (1932)
*The Tall Target* NOT included in this month's Civil War Spotlight.
*Three Kings* (1999)
*Harlem Rides The Range* with Herb Jeffries
And
*On With The Show* (1929)
Too Cool!
Kyle In Hollywood
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David, and any other readers -
If you have access to a photo printer and some decent photo paper (I prefer "matte" myself), I have digital files of some interesting Festival-related images that one can download and print for your own use. For an sample, go here -
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=159139&tstart=0&messageID=8507624#8507624
(If you are interested in any of the images already posted there, let me know. I've compressed them for posting in the Forums. For printing I'd recommend an uncompressed file and can upload one for you.)
If you are looking for something specific, let me know and I will see what I can find.
Kyle In Hollywood
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I would add packing a sweater, sweatshirt or light jacket.
While a 55 degree evening temperature may be positively balmy for some attendees, for others it can be quite cool. And when the sun goes down, it does cool off quickly. So if you are thinking of taking in the poolside screening, make sure you are dressed to be outside for two hours. The items may also come in handy while in the air-conditioned theaters.
Things one should "forget" about bringing to the Classic Film Festival -
...your diet.
...the event itinerary you've already planned out.
...your inhibitions.
...the homemade DVD of Robert Osborne's "BeverlyHillbillies" episode for a gift to him. He has lots!
...your "cares and woes."
Kyle In Hollywood
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_*Still on the Road To Hollywood - 2011*_
A Collection of Posters and Still Images
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The 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival will present and the historian Kevin Brownlow, recipient of the 2011 Academy Governor's Award, will introduce *The Merry Widow* (1925) featuring the North American Premiere of composer Maud Nelissen's score performed live with a ten-piece orchestra.
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Hi 'TriciaNY' -
Someone finally posted about their "Road To Hollywood" experience and I am so glad it was you and that you had a wonderful time. Did Ms. Hedren tell the story about the doll?
*"HOWEVER, NO ROBERT OSBORNE! I was so bummed! Ben filled in."*
That's too bad. But.... could it be Ben has been watching *All ABout Eve* a bit too much lately and Robert was sitting in a car with an empty gas tank in the middle of Long Island? Hmmmm?
Great photos. Thanks for sharing the experience with us.
Kyle In Hollywood
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_*Still on the Road To Hollywood - 2011*_
A Collection of Posters and Still Images
Halfsheet Poster
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The 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival presents *Little Shop Of Horrors* (1960) with an introduction by director (and 2011 Academy Governor's Award Honoree) Roger Corman.
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Thursday, April 14th
*The Glass Key* (1942) Belgium
Edited by: hlywdkjk on Apr 14, 2011 5:57 AM
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I remember the Architectural Digest tie-in. It was a few years ago. But I thought it was closer to five years back. There was also a "short films festival" programming event that was a collaboration with Hermes which was five years (or more) ago. The most recent event of this type was a promotion that involved apparel and Bloomingdale's and included the store's window displays.
I wouldn't read too much into that marketing partnership. There was very little promoting of AD on TCM or at tcm.com. Mostly I think it served TCM to bring the "upscale" readers of the magazine to the channel and to the website. It definitely wasn't about getting regular viewers of TCM to part with their money for the magazine or high-end leather products. TCM would rather have its audience use their purchasing power on items which are "in the family" - like books, DVDs, etc.
And no one should think that TCM believes that its audience is synonymous with or overlaps greatly with the "upscale luxury market". They know that their viewers are more likely to be of average means. Or at least those of us here at the website. Many of us here were involved in a survey that TCM undertook as it tried to learn more about its audience and understand why we are such fans of the channel. I don't think there were many (if any) millionaires or near-millionaires in that group.
It is no accident that TCM is sponsoring _free_ screenings of Classic Films across the country as a lead up to the Classic Film Festival later this month. TCM knows that the cost to attend the Festival in Hollywood is beyond what many viewers can afford. Sure the screenings are a great promotional tool for the FF. But these events are also important to bringing TCM into the lives of its viewers in a way that is outside of the cable channel. They also also are useful to counter charges of "elitism" on the part of the channel when the passes to its FF are many hundreds of dollars. Such a label would be quite damaging for a channel that has developed a suprisingly tight bond with its audience over the past 15 years.
Kyle In Hollywood
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_*Still on the Road To Hollywood - 2011*_
A Collection of Posters and Still Images
(Click Through On Above Images to Access Larger Versions.)
In remembrance of Elizabeth Taylor, the 2011 TCM Clasic Film Festival screens *A Place In The Sun* (1951) with an introduction by Rose McGowan.
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JonMelville -
Glad you replied. I hope you find convenient lodgings for the weekend and that you have a fine time while in my 'hood. Word on the "festival circuit" is that the TCM Classic Film Festival is not just unique for its content but an event that set the standard for all similar events - after only one year. It should make for an interesting series of articles.
Kyle In Hollywood
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I wouldn't think two DVD covers would be gluttonous, presumptuous or rude.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"They can't program films in a vacuum, or to the nebulous "film lover"."* - finance
Uhhh, why can't they? And what do you think are examples of TCM programming in an effort to reach a particular "demographic" or "audience" (aside from the "TCM Underground" and "Essentials, Jr." franchises.)"
Kyle In Hollywood
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_*Still on the Road To Hollywood - 2011*_
A Collection of Posters and Still Images
*The Third Man* (1949) France re-issue
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The 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival presents *The Third Man* (1949) with an introduction by director Guy Hamilton (who worked as Assistant Director on The Third Man) and the film's script supervisor Angela Allen as part of the "Essentials" series of festival screenings.
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Wednesday, April 13th
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Hi JonMelville -
I also would think twice about staying in the city of Santa Monica during the Film Festival. You are forced into driving across town on surface streets and you will be looking at a one hour-plus "commute" to Hollywood every morning.
If you are having trouble finding housing options closer to the Film Festival, consider staying at the Universal Sheraton (I believe it is still a Sheraton) in Universal City. It is one subway stop away from Hollywood/Highland and an easy trip into the heart of the Festival.
I do have to ask how it is a gentleman from Scotland finds out about the Classic Film Festival let alone decides to attend? You probaly have the inside track on being the person travelling the furthest to come to the event.
Last year there were a handful of attendees from Europe and some from the Caribbean but I didn't know of any from the UK. You just might be the first.
Glad you are coming to my neighborhood.
Kyle In Hollywood
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I've seen it too. I think it might have been in one of the *That's Entertaiment* editions.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Hello 'gangstagator' -
I don't know where you found your "Summer Under The Stars" list but the one you are quoting from is about two years old. 2009 was the year of Dirk Bogard and Gene Hackman. It was also the year TCM created a complete set of original poster artwork for some of the most famous films being shown. It will be a few more months before the 2011 "SUTS" line-up is revealed.
Sorry to tell you that there likely won't be a Sterling Hayden Day this year. But hopefully there will be other "out-of-the-ordinary" selections to excite you.
Kyle In Hollywood
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Mongo -
You can see the "TCM Remembers - Farley Granger" in the TCM MediaRoom.
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/386163/Farley-Granger-TCM-Original-TCM-Remembers.html
So sorry you missed it, my friend.
Kyle In Hollywood
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*"As a member of the "legacy audience", I will continue to object to ill-considered drivel even if it does resonate with TCM's targeted demographic."* - retromikey
TCM does not have a targeted demographic. It doesn't need one because it doesn't sell advertising on the channel. TCM's targeted "audience" (legacy or otherwise) is defined only as fans and afficiandoes of film.
As to "ill-considered drivel", see: Ben Lyons and "Favorite James Bond Film". Yikes.
Kyle (Don't know how Ben Mankiewicz did it everyweek.) In Hollywood
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Thanks guys. Glad you enjoy them.
Kyle In Hollywood
Still on the Road To Hollywood - Auxiliary Gallery
in Remembering Kyle in Hollywood
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*"I've seen that ad for The Merry Widow before - I just love it! It's so gorgeous, and I love that they printed it in sepia."* - JackFavell
Glad you liked the reprise posting and aren't disappointed in the "rerun". MGM actually released a number of posters with photographs in a sepia tone. One day I'll post them all.
*"I also really adore the Little Shop of Horrors poster."*
Good! I do too.
Kyle In Hollywood