movieman1957
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>What a hoot we could have on "Pat and Kyle's Global Adventure" quoting lines from old movies. "Phil, we'll always have Paris."
That would at least give me a reason to watch it.
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Thanks for the info Kyle. This has always been a fear of mine that when it is all said and done we wouldn't be able to afford more than a handful of channels. After you get basic local channels which three do you pick. At $18 for TCM how many families are going to take that when they may opt to keep HBO, etc. and a few like USA and TNT. Does this option even make TCM a viable channel?
I think in the end when people realize this they will finally learn how to use the parental control on their cable.
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I've had an account for 15 months. I haven't had any real problems with them. My mail center is about an hour away, It gets picked, for instance, on Monday pm and they have it, at the latest, Wednesday. Frequently they have it by Tuesday. I don't expect it to be mailed until the following day.
I figure it to be mail time more than anything else.
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Lynn:
It's just too good. I know I must be thinking along the right lines because I had thought to make Greer Garson my SOTM but didn't think she had enough movies to carry it off.
Many wonderful films. I like your documentaries . It's going to be a tough contest.
Great job.
Chris
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I received my copy of "The General Died At Dawn." I saw it a long time ago but I don't remember much. Just curious, what do any of you think and what should I be watching for in the film?
Thanks
Chris
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There are several of us here who would agree with you. TCM showed "Way Out West" last week.
A short is on this Sunday the 25th at 5:29am (unfortunately.) TCM has locked up the Roach studio works for 40 yearsso it is likely they will show up. WIth that they pretty much have access to nearly everything that is available.
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I can't. You might have more luck if you asked your question in the "Information, Please" forum in the upper part of the main page. This forum deals with technicla issues so you may have a longer wait. Maybe not, but you might get a better response.
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Kubrickbuff:
Like Kyle said, there is nothing to hate. For me any week that has Buster Keaton and The Marx Brothers is a good week. I especially like the way the Marx Bros. follow your "We Are Family" theme. Lots of good films. Nice job.
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Kyle:
Thank you for the kind words. I wanted to get it on here as I tend to overthink the schedule. I thought I had done as well as I could. I'm glad you like it.
Chip:
Thank you for the compliments. I must apologize for not having paid you in kind. I knew you had your schedule up but I was reluctant to look at it first less I feel mine inadequate. Having looked at it since you have done a wonderful job. Lots of interesting topics. Since I'm in the insurance business your night of "Fraud" is most interesting. Also, the contrasting sin and virtue selections is a programming type I enjoy finding. I like contrasts or things that are linked by people. Fine work all the way through.
Patful:
Thanks to you for your comments. Anxiously awaiting your schedule. (And Lynn's.)
Chris
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I think most of the themes are self evident but here's a little info. (I hope I get them right.)
Monday's "Concert Works to Film Works" is a listing of classical composers who did works in both mediums.
Tuesday's "Breakfast with Busby" includes films he directed or choreographed.
Wednesday's "More Than A Home" features films with mansions or where houses were an important part of the story.
Thursday's "A Tragic Day" (title taken from "Babe') features different tragedies. I wanted Maureen O'Hara for SOTM after Greer Garson didn't have enough to work. Maureen may suffer the same fate.
Saturday's "Sweet Home Alabama Hills" features films shot on location there.
Once again, nothing fancy. Just trying to think like what would fit in the programming.
(Taking a deep breath.)
Chris
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Kyle:
For you.
Challenge No. 8
July 27 - August 2, 2008
Sunday - July 27
Kid Works
6:00am - Jack & The Beanstalk - 1952 - Abbott & Costello - 78m - Uni - P/S
7:30am - The Million Dollar Duck - 1971 - Dean Jones - 92m - Disney
10:15am - Treasure Island - 1950 - Robert Newton - 96m - RKO
Out Of This World
12:00pm - The Day The Earth Stood Still - 1952 - 92m - 20th Cent - P/S
1:45pm - The Queen Of Spades - 1949 - Anton Walbrook - 95m - Grunwald - Premiere
3:30pm - Angel On My Shoulder - 1946 - Paul Muni - 101m - UA
I Hate To Admit It But I've Never Seen....
5:30pm - Close Encounters of The Third Kind - 1977 - 132m - Columbia
High Finance with Edward Arnold
8:00pm - Easy Living - 1937 - 88m -Paramount - Premiere
9:30pm - You Can?t Take It With You - 1938 - 126m - Columbia
Silent Sunday Nights
12:00am - The Flesh and The Devil - 1926 -John Gilbert - 113m
TCM Imports
2:00 - La Belle Americaine - 1961 - Alfred Adam - 104m
4:00 - Genevieve - 1954 - Kenneth More - 86m - p/s
5:30 - Festival of Shorts
Monday - July 28
From Concert Works to Film Works
6:00am - Prokofiev - Love and Death - 1975 - 85m - UA
7:30am - Rachmanminoff - Brief Encounter - 1946 - 86m - p/s
9:00am - Copland - Of Mice and Men - 1940 - 106m - Roach
11:00am - Virgil Thomson - The Goddess - 1958 - 104m - Columbia
1:00pm - Rosza - Green Fire - 1954 - 100m - MGM
3:00pm - Korngold - Escape Me Never - 1946 - 107m - WB
5:00pm - Song Of Life - 1947 Katharine Hepburn - 119m - MGM
7:15pm - Cartoons - The Rabbit of Seville - B. Bunny - 1950 - 7m
Long Haired Rabbit - B. Bunny - 1949 - 8m
7:30pm - Festival of Shorts
Home From The War
8:00pm - Gilda - Glenn Ford - 1946 - 110m - Col. (Navy)
10:00pm - Adventure - Clark Gable - 1945 - 135m - MGM (Army Air Corps)
12:30am - They Were Expendable - 1945 - John Ford - 135m - MGM - (Navy)
3:00am - The Best Years of Our Lives - 1947 - 172m - MGM
Tuesday - July 29
Breakfast With Busby
6:00am - Gold Diggers of 1935 - Dick Powell - 95m - First National
7:45am - Stage Struck - 1936 Dick Powell - 91m - WB
9:30am - Ziegfeld Girl - 1941 - James Stewart - 135m - MGM
Thelma Todd Birthday Tribute
12:00pm: The Bohemian Girl - 1936 - 80m - MGM
1:30pm - Horse Feathers - 1932 - 68m - Paramount - p/s
2:45pm - Air Hostess - 1933 - 67m - Columbia
4:00pm - The Maltese Falcon - 1931 - 80m - WB
5:30pm - Shorts - Air Fright - 1933 - 18m / On The Loose - 1931 - 20m / Red Noses - 1932 - 20m
6:30pm - Dames - 1934 - Zasu Pitts- 90m
Henry VIII: Friends and Family
8:00pm - A Man For All Seasons - 1966 - Paul Schofiled - 120m - Highland - P/S
10:15pm - Nine Days For A Queen - 1937 - 80m - Gaumont - p/s
11:45pm - Anne of The Thousand Days - 1969 - Richard Burton - 145m - Uni - p/s
2:15am - The Prince and The Pauper - 1937 - Erroll Flynn - 120m - WB
4:30am - Fire Over England - 1937 - Flora Robson - 84m - UA - Premiere
Wednesday - July 30
Bar None
6:00am - The Petrified Forest - 1936 - Bogart - 83m - WB
7:30am - The Floradora Girl - 1930 - Marion Davies - 79m - MGM
9:00am - Harvey - 1950 - James Stewart - 104m - Uni - P/S
11:00am - The Gunfighter - 1950 - Gregory Peck - 85m - 20th Cent. - Premiere
12:30pm - The Time Of Your Life - 1948 - James Cagney - 109m - UA - Premiere
Vacations
2:30pm - Jeopardy - 1953 - Barbara Stanwyck - 69m - MGM
Short - How To Take A Vacation - R. Benchley - 10m
4:00pm - Brigadoon - 1954 - Gene Kelly - 108m - MGM
6:00pm - The Facts Of Life - 1960 - Bob Hope - 103m - UA
More Than A House
8:00pm - The Grass Is Greener - 1961 - 105m - Uni - p/s
10:00pm - The Uninvited - 1944 - 98m - Paramount - p/s
11:45pm - The Little Giant - 1933 - Edward G. Robinson - 74m - WB
1:15am - Rebecca - 1940 - Laurence Olivier - 130m - UA p/s
3:30am - The House of Usher - 1960 - Vincent Price - 87m - p/s
5:00am - Maisie Was A Lady - 1941 Joan Blondell - 80m - MGM
Thursday - July 31
A Tragic Day
6:30am - San Francisco - 1936 - Clark Gable - 115m - MGM
8:30am - Hurricane - 1937 Jon Hall - 102m
10:30am - The Bedford Incident - 1965 - Richard Widmark - 1965 - Columbia
12:30pm - Exclusive Story - 1936 - Franchot Tone - 76m - MGM
2:00pm - China Seas - 1935 - Clark Gable - 87m - MGM
3:30pm - The Last Days of Pompeii - 1935 - Preston Foster - 96m
5:30pm - In Old Chicago - 1937 - Tyrone Power - 115m - 20th Cent. - Premiere
7:30pm - MGM Parade
Star of The Month - Maureen O?Hara
8:00pm - How Green Was My Valley - 1941 - 120m - 20th Cent - P/S
10:15pm - This Land Is Mine - 1943 - 105m - RKO
12:15am - Our Man In Havana - 1960 - 111m - Columbia
2:15am - Kangaroo - 1952 - 84m - 20th Cent. - Premiere
3:45am - Spencer?s Mountain - 1963 - 119m - WB - P/S
Friday August 1
Feuding and Fussing
6:00am - Our Hospitality - 1923 - Buster Keaton - 70m
7:15am - Green Fields - 1937 - Michael Goldstein - 105m - New Star - P/S
9:15am - Kissin? Cousins - 1964 - 96m - MGM
11:00am - The Big Country - Gregory Peck - 1958 - 166m - MGM
2:00pm - Pot ?O Gold - 1941 - James Stewart - UA - P/S
3:30pm - Kiss and Tell - 1945 - Shirley Temple - 92m - Columbia
5:15pm - Romeo and Juliet - 1936 - MGM - 130m
7:30 - Southern Exposure - 1935 - Charley Chase - 21m - Roach
Hillbilly Hare - B. Bunny - 1950 - 7m -WB
It?s A Baby
8:00pm - Bachelor Mother - 1939 - Ginger Rogers - 82m - RKO
9:30pm - Three Godfathers - 1936 - Chester Morris - 85m - MGM
11:00pm - Full of Life - 1957 - Judy Holliday - 91m - Columbia
12:45am - Life Begins - 1932 - Lorett Young - 71m - First National
TCM Underground
2:00am - The Land Unknown - 1957 - 78m - Uni
3:30 - Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde - 1941 - Spencer Tracy - 127m - MGM
Saturday August 2
Sweet Home Alabama Hills
6:00am - High Sierra - 1941 - H. Bogart - 100m - WB
8:00am - The Charge of The Light Brigade - 1936 - E. Flynn - 115m - WB
10:00am - Seven Men From Now - 1956 - Randolph Scott - 78m - Batjac - P/S
11:3am - Cartoon Alley
Myrna Loy Birthday Tribute
12:00pm - Parnell - 1937 - 119m - MGM
2:00pm - Libeled Lady - 1936 - 98m - MGM
4:00pm - Third Finger, Left Hand - 1940 - 96m - MGM
5:45pm - Test Pilot - 1938 - 120m - MGM
The Sin of Pride
The Essentials
8:00pm - Bridge On The River Kwai - 1957 - Alec Guinness - 161m - Columbia
11:00pm - The Picture of Dorian Gray - 1945 - Hurd Hadfield - 110m - MGM
1:00am - Citizen Kane - 1941 - Orson Welles - 120m - RKO
3:15am - Becky Sharp - 1935 -Miriam Hopkins - 85m - RKO
4:45am - Private Screenings - June Allyson - 60m
Chris
(Not quite able to get the "underline" I hope you can get it.)
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Not quite. As good as Osborne is the whole point of the guest programmer is letting them tell why they picked the film. Granted, this may be Guest Programmer overload since you only usually get one a month but I like the idea. There have some been some films I've never heard of and it's nice to hear somebody else's reasons for liking the same film I do.
I do think it would be hard for Osborne to be talking to the guest and not look at them. That's just being a good host to them.
The fact that you see these people other places is, I am sure, part of the appeal for having them. You get them out of their element.
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TCM won't edit something itself (from my understanding) but it may be possible that they get an edited version from the distributor.
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Just a reminder that Mr. Birchard is in on Monday. Come and join us.
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I hope "Bedtime for Sniffles" is included somewhere.
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"Moirafinnie", who is a regular contributor of comments here and the Silver Screen Oasis is one of the "Movie Morlocks." You can get to her by clicking on that link at the top right corner of this page.
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Maybe, but they would also be annoying.
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Since TCM has started listing the "shorts" on their schedule you may just have to keep an eye there. Also there is a thread for short fims called "Upcoming Shorts" in this forum that people will post listings to help keep others aware of what is coming.
Welcome aboard.
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One of my favorite albums of all is Barry's "Moviola." A collection of themes that are lushly and beautifully orchestrated. "Out of Africa", "Midnight Cowboy", "Frances", "Mary, Queen of Scotts", "Walkabout" and several others are all lovely.
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On a more serious note I think my favorite theme is John Barry's "Somewhere In Time." It's a simple lovely melody but elegantly scored.
Chris
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I mentioned it last year but since we are throwing in lyrics. Still not my favorite but a very clever song....
"Lydia The Tattooed Lady" by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
Lydia, of Lydia say have you seen Lydia, Lydia the tattooed lady.
She has eyes that folks adore so, and a torso even more so.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclopedia, oh Lydia, the Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo. Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus too
And proudly above waves the red, white and blue.
You can learn a lot from Lydia.
When hre robe is unfurled, she will show the world, if you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paris or Washington crossing the Delaware.
Oh Lydia, of Lydia say have you seen Lydia, oh Lydia the tattoed lady.
When her muscles start relaxin' up the hill comes Andrew Jackson
Lydia, oh Lydia that encyclopedia, oh Lydia the queen of them all
For tow bits she'll do a mazurka on jazz with a view of Niagara that nobody has
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz. You can learn a lot from Lydia.
Come along see Buff'lo Bill with his lasso. Just a litle classic by Mendel Picasso.
Here's Capt. Spaulding exploring the Amazon. Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on.
Here is Grover Whalen unveilin' the Trilon. Over on the west coast we have Treasure Island.
Here's Najinsky a-doin the rhumba. Here's her social security numba.
Oh Lydia, oh Lydia that encyclopedia oh Lydia the champ of them all.
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet. The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
Now he's in charge of the entire fleet for he went and married Lydia.
I said Lydia. He said Lydia. La La.
(Whoopee!)
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I stumbled on this by accident. I never heard of it but when I saw it had Glenn Ford and Lee Remick and was directed by Blake Edwards I was in. Martin was surprising. Very good. The final scenes were pretty intense with that crowd.
I'd recommend it too.
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Kim:
This is great. I now remember you talking about it months ago. I'll be on the look-out for it.
Good for you.
Chris
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You can find Frank's commentary (and other comments) in the "Films and Filmmakers" forum. Look for "Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'".
Hang in there. This is a great place to learn.
Who has or had the most beautiful legs?
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Another vote for Cyd Charisse. Greer Garson is also at the top of my list.