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http://www.turnerclassicmoviesasia.com/jsp/schedule/index.jsp Use the above link to access the TCM - Australia schedule. Kyle In Hollywood

January 7th, 2011 (Click Through On Above Image to Access Larger Versions. Select "Actions", then "View All Sizes".)

*"One of the reasons I love your posters is that we get to re-familiarize ourselves with the credits for films. It's not just about the stars.* *P.S. I'd also like to thank you for including pertinent information with your posters. (country of origin, date, etc.) Not everyone is so helpful."* - DougieB Thanks for letting me know that. I try to include that information if it is available but not all my sources are so detailed. And you can usually assume that any English-language poster without any details (like the poster for *An Affair To Remember* below) are from the U.S. and the original release year of the film. Kyle In Hollywood

January 6th, 2011 *The Wrong Box* (1966) Spain

January 5th, 2011

*"Excellent Our gang Posters! Those Pathe posters are beautiful!"* - Scottman And I have others but those shorts aren't being shown today/tomorrow. I was disappointed that I only had two posters that corresponded to the "Our Gang" line-up. Kyle In Hollywood

January 4th, 2011

*"That's such a cool poster, Kyle."* - JackFavell *"...what a cool poster!"* - lzcutter I am glad you both like it but it is a bit of a surprise. I thought visitors would be disappointed that I didn't post a Dietrich image today. Shows ya what I know. *"But the one that really caught my eye is the Streamlined Swing poster."* - JackFavell If it is any consolation, "Streamlined Swing" is shown on TCM with some regularity. I know I have seen it at least twice myself. If I come across a future showing, I'll be sure and let you know. Kyle In Hollywood

*"I don't think there has been a change in the "attitude" of TCM programming. I believe they want to get in as much Hal Roach as they possibly can, and that has led to several 24 hour days throughout the month."* - filmlover These are very notable films that TCM has never shown before. The channel is obviously excited to be able to show them. But why do it in this manner if it makes it impossible for your audience to see them? This is different than showing two WIll Rogers premieres overnight or having films like *The Silent Enemy* or *The Vanishing American* run in the wee hours during "Race In Hollywood" month. It is a different logistical hurdle to overcome to catch those single films and is solved through the use of even the most rudimentary recording devices. Such presentations are typical of a TCM schedule in any given month. "Time-shift" recording for the viewers' convenience is nothing new. Recording material because it is the only way _any_ viewer will have access to it is a new phenomena. I don't know if TCM has ever put such a large cache of films on the channel before where it is implicit that only a small segment of the audience will be able to enjoy them. That is what I meant by a change in attitude. Kyle (But still carrying my syncophant card) In Hollywood

January 3rd, 2011 *Crime And Punishment* (1935) Sweden

*"...I would love for T.C.M. to have a Thirties Thursdays trial schedule, at least for a month."* - jpwrs This March will be very much to your liking. Jean Harlow is "Star Of The Month" and the rest of the schedule for the month is full of 1930s films. And that includes the evening hours. http://www.tcm.com/schedule/month/?cid=N&timezone=PST&oid=3/1/2011 Kyle In Hollywood

*"Give me 10 hours of Laurel and Hardy, and later on (next day, or next week, or next month) run another 10 hours or so. Give us a chance to see all that we want to see."* - mrroberts I see your point. And I have to agree. These upcoming Hal Roach marathons this month are different from those of Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis or Humphrey Bogart who all have had 24-hour SOTM days. The films in those marathons were "old favorites" and if one missed one, it is sure to be on again in the future. No loss there. TCM has gone to alot of trouble to gain access to all these rare Hal Roach films. This Tuesday every one of the "Our Gang" short films is a premiere. (The same goes for 95% of the line-up on the 18th.) But no one will be able to watch them all as they are being broadcast so recording some of these films is necessary. It is mandatory even. And that is a change in "attitude" on the part of TCM. It is one thing for a viewer to time-shift for one's own convenience. But for TCM to "flood" the schedule with so much new material in such a manner as to make the films impossible to watch without recording it is something all together different. It is almost torturous. And rather presumptuous. Not everyone subscribes to TIVO, has a DVR or a DVD-Recorder. Not during The Great Recession. And in the past, TCM has operated in a manner that has made such an investment unnecessary. Even recording for later viewing wasn't important because it is well-known that TCM gives most films a second (or third) showing in the near future. (Thanks TCM for reprising "The March Of TIme.") But I have my doubts that the "Our Gang" shorts - especially the silents - will become part of the regular programming over the next year. If it is possible, I do suggest packaging some of the silents so that they can be shown during "Silent Sunday Nights" over the coming months. Or consider rerunning the entire 24 hours during "Summer Under The Stars." But if these marathons are one-shot showings not to be repeated, then it is really a disservice to the audience to show them en masse. It is surprising, really. It is not like TCM to be so cavalier with something so unique as these Hal Roach films. At least the "premiere" Laurel & Hardy films are grouped together on Tuesday evening and then in the mid-day Wednesday. Kyle In Hollywood

Just in case anyone is wondering, all the theater listings are for Minneapolis. (But maybe the "Gopher Theater" gave that away.) Though I haven't lived there in twenty years, some of the theaters still existed as film houses when I left - notably The Edina, The Uptown and The Campus. But I can't believe so many of them were showing different Mickey Rooney films at the same time. *Boy's Town*, *Captain's Courageous*, *Out West With The Hardy's*, *Judge Hardy's Children*. There's even one that didn't make it on TCM last month - *Hoosier School Boy*. But I shouldn't be too surprised. Carvel is a lot like what I imagine "Lake Wobegon" to be like. Kyle In Hollywood

Hi 'Fedya' and 'Scottman' - Thanks for the advice and info. I'll probably be checking in "off and on" during the evening and the following morning. Kyle In Hollywood

*"And the science fiction night scheduled for December 27 was pre-empted for the Blake Edwards tribute. Of course Blake Edwards deserves a tribute, but this is not the first time I've noticed that it was a science fiction night that was selected by the TCM programmers to be pre-empted for a memorial tribute."* - voranis I think the major consideration for preempting the Sci-Fi films this past week was that each of the films had been seen on TCM before. There was nothing "new" or "special" in that evening's TCM line-up. This past year, an evening of previously-seen Ealing Studio films was preempted for a "TCM Remembers" tribute. (But TCM rescheduled them for this past week also.) But even that standard isn't absolute. This past year there was a clamor because the long-absent *No TIme For Sergeants* was preempted for a memorial change to the schedule. And the premiere of *In Old Chicago* on a Sunday evening was shelved (along with "Silent Sunday Nights" and "TCM Imports") to make room for the 24-hour Tony Curtis tribute. But TCM left in place an evening of previously-seen Space Films seen two days later in October. *"I like all the genres, but I'm just wondering if the programmers allow their personal preferences to affect programming decisions..."* Well, with a _team_ of programmers making the decisions, I am sure there are individual champions among the group for the most popular genres in any debate of changes being made to the schedule. But I don't know how they resolve those "differences". Rock-Paper-Scissors? But if changes have to be made, I don't see any bias against certain genres. I see changes that remove programming that is trying to be the least disruptive or disappointing. (But no changes are ever NOT disruptive.) This week, every other evening except the Science Fiction night was an extra-special night of films - Will Rogers, "Star Of The Month", "New Year's Eve" and rescheduled "Ealing Studios" night. Hopefully the Classic Sci-fi night can be rescheduled like those Ealing films too. Kyle In Hollywood

*"As someone who is poor, but loves TCM, and lives nearby anyway, I was wondering if individual film passes will be available?"* - LonesomePolecat Hello LP - All I can tell you at this point is that last year purchasing individual seating for most screenings was "possible" - but not always available. There was a protocol of forming a queue to purchase any remaining seats at a screening. Once all passholders had arrived by the designated time before the start of a screening, seats began to be sold to those waiting in the "ala carte" line. But not all screenings had unclaimed seats to be sold to non-pass holders. A small number of screenings in the smaller theaters didn't even have room for all the passholders that wished to attend. (Those "sold-out" screenings were among the few that were given of a second screening on the last day of the Film Festival.) I believe the *Fantasia* screening will be a popular one so I expect it to be in one of the larger venues. But that doesn't mean that getting in on an individual pass will be a sure thing - IF individual seating is sold again this year. As the Festival gets closer and more details emerge about when and where certain screenings take place and if "ala carte" seats are available, you'll be able to make a better decision on taking that train ride in April. I hope you do. Kyle In Hollywood

January 2nd, 2011

The "Gangs" Are Here Any "Our Gang" experts around? OK, "apres le deluge" this Tuesday/Wednesday, I thought I'd ask about the various "Our Gang" casts and the years they were perfoming. Below are some "Our Gang" cast photos from the mid-20s to the late-30s. Anyone know which of these groups are found in the shorts being shown and which ones that might be? Just trying to get a head start on who is appearing in which titles. Here's what I consider the latest cast and which isn't part of the marathon this week - The late Darla/Spanky/Alfalfa/Buckwheat/Porky era Then there's this group from a few years earlier - Which I think of as the Spanky/Scotty years. And another group a year or two before the one above - This group includes Stymie Beard. All the above groups would be "sound-era" casts, I guess. It is the casts before these when I am getting into unknowns. Here's a "named" group - With Joe Cobb, Farina and Weezer. But is this also a sound-era group? More with Joe Cobb and what I believe is a younger Farina. And Joe Cobb with cast members named "Sunshine Sammy" (far left) and Mickey Daniels. So, can anyone associate groups of titles being shown this week with any of these cast groupings? Even if it is just a general hint toward films from a certain year, that would be helpful to me. And maybe some others. Kyle In Hollywood

*"One other thing I wanted to address is that I think Kyle alluded to me criticizing the moderators."* - MMF No. I haven't. Kyle In Hollywood

January 1st, 2011 Original Poster Artwork Canvas (Click Through On Above Image to Access Larger Versions. Select "Actions" and then Choose "View All Sizes".)

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Friday, December 31st

*"I do not think slamming the moderators is appropriate. They are going to make judgment calls that some agree with and others disagree with...that's the way it goes. Accept it."* - MMF Oh, the irony in that statement. Incredible. Kyle In Hollywood

*"I agree. It shouldnt have been locked (what I saw of it at least) What a drag..........2 people started arguing and poof, gone!"* - Hibi *"So it was easier for Pete (or whoever) just to kill that thread than to actually moderate it, even though he killed a lot of nice posts from a lot of nice people."* - FredCDobbs It is the "easy" solution. But I think choosing the easy way out is also disrespectful of the community here. There should be a priority placed on saving discussions at all costs. Removing an entire thread because of a ker-fuffle between a few posters is more harmful to this site than leaving the thread alone. TCM wants people to gather here and become engaged with the other posters and - by extension - with TCM itself. Ripping out threads to which many people contributed has a negative effect on this place that is far worse than letting an argument between members remain in the Forums. And it doesn't reflect positively on TCM either. Kyle In Hollywood

*"Is deletion the next level of objectionability after locking?"* - finance I guess. But mostly it is demonstrative of a laziness by moderators. There are threads which seem to be created only to enflame, hoping to provoke an argument or general chaos among the membership. Those threads are ripe for removal in their entirety. (Duplicate threads also fall into that category as do "spam" postings.) But a thread like the one on *Sunny Side Up*, which can stray off-topic or arouse passionate responses, shouldn't be removed "en toto." It should be editted with the offending posts jettisoned while leaving the rest of the discussion intact. This is especially true about "off-topic" spamming into threads that is the hallmark of one particular poster around here. But making such selective deletions seems to be too much work for some mods. If Jerry Springer is revealing new DNA testing results today, they can't be distracted from watching that by removing multiple of posts from a thread, now can they? Not when throwing out the entire thread allows them to quickly get back to the really important stuff like a Judge Judy smackdown. Kyle In Hollywood