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Lynn: I was going to PM you about the premieres but I had to be somewhere and I just ran out of time. My apologies. I did however expect that it might too late in the game that you would change them. When I posted the comment about your schedule fedya's schedule was posted at the same time. It was so much the same that I thought I was back in your post.

fedya: Talk about timing. I came out of one post looking for Lynn's comments and it took a minute to realize I was reading yours. Thank you very much for submitting a schedule. Your choice of the theme for the week is likely to grab lots of attention. Mamie Van Doren? What an interesting choice. Everyone had interesting choices.

filmover: With the timing of things this week I failed to thank you for your schedule. I appreciate you putting one in. I love a good pun and I envy your gift for them as your schedule overflows with them. Thanks again.

Lynn: I knew I could count on you. Great idea with the interview of Brownlow. Thanks for contributing a schedule.

My favorite hymn - "Holy, Holy, Holy." Strong lyrics coupled with a lovely melody.

> LOVE old hymns (the more traditional, the better, for me). I have no real formal musical training, so I will likely not say this as well as someone more educated in such things could say, but the melodies of those old songs tend to have a very "reliable" structure that may be less popular today, but seemed to be very appealing to songs of the era that this story takes place. And maybe that is perhaps due in part to their "reliability" (in terms of structure and rythm). You expressed it very well. I'm hardly that well educated but the hymns of a certain time have a progression to the chords that come across as quite natural. The next line is expected, so to speak. (We sometimes play updated versions. The text is not changed and the basic melody is the same but there is some updating, if you will, of the accompaniment.) Most of the things sung in this film are likely traditional folk songs in addition to the hymns. There are times these have an equal and infectious simplicity. That is why those songs live so long. They have always been very popular as motifs for classical music settings. The sons had great voices too.

I'm sure his job lies somewhere in the middle. They make every effort to expand the library of films they can show. Work with what they have to fill out the schedule. Be mindful of what the viewers request. Keep an eye on the budget and do what he can whith what he has. There is a big audience to program for and I think they do the best they can to maximize the audience with what they have available. You're not going to find another channel anywhere like it. That is reason enough to support the channel anyway we can.

>(p.s. you've seen a lot of westerns lately, haven't you?) I have. Probably more then any other genre. My father loves them and we used to watch together when I was a kid.

There are five other board members that are on the schedule for that week in April. The include Kyle in Hollywood, lzcutter (who also had one of her questions used in the recent webcast), filmlover, MissGoddess and CineMaven. There is a thread where there has been discussion and some comments from our friends about their experience. http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=138971&tstart=120 Try that thread.

A short reminder that if anyone is still working on a schedule I have had to extend the end date to at least Friday night. I still plan on getting a voting thread started on Saturday morning. Great schedules so far. I hope there are more to come. Thanks to all.

Unless it comes from one of those really old, really bad "B" westerns from the early 1930s nothing comes to my mind. Even at that it must have only been a scene.

Thank you all so much. I have a 21 year old and an 18 year old. The first thought that goes through my mind is "Am I missing signals?" "Are we talking enough?" "Do they they know how much I love them?" "Is that enough?" Sometimes I guess you can't know. I'll check in and through the week. God bless you all. Chris

> {quote:title=Film_Fatale wrote:}{quote} > > If you don't mind my asking, what was the last time they showed it on TCM? I have it on DVD already but don't remember it playing recently on TCM. I think they showed it about March of '08 but I can't swear to it. The way the years run it ight have been the year before.

"How Green Was My Valley" may be one of the most beautiful films ever made. That goes beyond the way it looks. A family where love and respect live together, though not always perfectly. It was a time when even arguments were respectful. The children using the lessons taught by the parents against them. It is not through a sense of sarcasm but the idea that if they were important enough to learn they are still important enough use. A family where all had their jobs and they did them. The parents ruled. The children accepted it. Even when they couldn't agree to stay they still left with a sense of respect. One of my favorite scenes in the picture is when the older children have had their say and must go there is only McDowell at the end of the table. Feeling left out he drops his silverware on the plate loudly enough to get his father's attention. Crisp responds that he knows the boy is still there and McDowell has a small smile that that is enough. It's a lovely film.

Hello all: I need to let you know that I have to extend the time for the challenge through Friday. I have received news that the son/grandson of a friend of my family for over 40 years took his life Friday night and the funeral is to be Thursday morning. Given the timing of this there is no way I can put up a voting thread for Thursday. I'd like to be able to set it up Saturday morning where I will have time to do it properly (I hope.) I hope this will not inconvenience anyone and I apologize if it does. He was 19. He came from a home where something like this might not be thought possible. The family was as normal as one could think. Stable, loving and so full of good people. You just can't always know. Hug your children and tell them you love them. It doesn't matter how old they are, just tell them. I'll check back in tomorrow. Thanks for your patience and letting me go on a bit. Chris

I was told the father was late while I was in the middle of the song. "Keep playing" I was told. So I kept playing. Thank you (and everyone else for the wishes for my feeling lousy.) It is somewhat better today. It's awful what a sinus infection and a sleepless night can do to you.

Hello Kathy: I don't know for sure if Stewart played the accordion there but I know he played some piano so that doesn't make it impossible.

Kathy: The wedding was for the son of a very good friend. I can't imagine the bride forgetting her father was late but it will be my luck they'll forget. The last thing I am is a show off (mainly because I have nothing to show off) even my bride got annoyed with the others who thought it was me. Molo: I am a born "noodler" so just running off into a different area musically is not all that bad. I regularly noodle during prayer time in our services. No one has complained as far as I know.

A bump for patful.

Thanks for writing about "Night Passage." I enjoy this film but more as a casual watch then other Stewart westerns. This film created the break in the relationship between Mann and Stewart which as far as I know they never patched up. I think part of it had to do with the music and Stewart's insistence on playing the accordion. Knowing other works by Murphy it can be a little tough to buy him as a villain but you get used to it. and come to accept it. The boy, if you didn't know, is Brandon de Wilde from "Shane." Five years will change a kid a lot.

>how are you doing lately? have you written any new catchy songs for your loverly bride recently? Been sick off and on this week. No songs for now. Last couple of weeks I've been busy with church music and played for a wedding last Friday so it has been hectic. I do get a little time to "noodle" and sometimes I come across a chord pattern I like. A funny thing happened at the wedding. As I was playing a song that was going on whil the mothers and bridesmaids were to come in on someone told me the father of the bride was not there. So the song not being long enough I was told to play on so I went off into whole new areas only to hint back in with the melody until they were ready. I must have played 8 or 9 minutes which can seem like a long time when you're working with a 4 minute song. The worst part was that people thought I wasn't going to quit and it was me that was holding things up. Dumb.

It's called "The Avenging Angel" from 1995. It was a TV movie. This version does not appear to be on DVD. (Amazon lists the same title but a different cast.)

Encore Westerns Channel is doing one of their Six Gun Salute for Cooper on Feb. 15.

Kathy: I had a chance to revisit "I Will Be Here" last week as I played for a wedding for the son of a good friend. Lovely words. Thank you for the compliment. Anita: Thanks for the kind words. I hope you and your husband will be as happy as we have been.

"Moll" was played by Alex Kingston. She was late of "ER" here. Also a small part for Daniel Craig. And spicy is a good way to describe it. As for Josie Lawrence she first came to my attention in "Whose Line Is It Anyway." The English version of course.