movieman1957
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>BTW has anyone seen Goulet lately in those TV commercials. He is looking quite weird.
Maybe it's the too black hair and the too smooth face.
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I found $2.87 in the sofa. Maybe I could return a birthday present.....
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If you look two threads down someone has the same topic. But to answer your question I like the cabinet meeting and the final battles sequence. Just the idea that Groucho would change outfits so much it just beyond anything that anyone would have thought proper for a film.
What is yours?
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I recently saw "State of The Union" and the Capra sensiblities really show. I thought Tracy was good in his part. Harder to buy is the Hepburn faking the happy marriage for the sake of political gain and the relationship with Tracy and a terminally cold Angela Lansbury. High and mighty pontificating in some places but Tracy does a nice job. Adolph Menjou is good as a political henchman.
My favorite scene occurs early when Tracy and a man are discussing the merits of the White House. Tracy says "It needs paint."
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Well, Mike you get points for originality. Two famous elopements come to mind and they are "It Happened One Night" and "The Graduate." Maybe the back end of a bus as it drives away. "The Walls of Jericho" scene. Claudette jumping into the car to get away from her first husband-to-be.
Very clever idea. Tell us it all turns out.
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Happy Birthday, Mongo. Many happy returns. Thank you for your contributions.
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Thanks for the pictures. It's nice to open this up in the a.m. and see the lovely Jean Arthur. Oh, and seeing Gary is a good thing too.
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"I think everyone brings up very good points and I have to say that this isn't my area so I hesitate to say too much beyond what I've said already - I am absolutely sure there are no plans to do anything dramatic, though. I think I've been giving reassurances since this board started and I haven't misled anyone yet. As I've always said, you never know what will happen in corporate America, but TCM's status as a commercial-free classic movie channel (without commercials, crawls, split-screens, etc.) is very secure for a long time and I've heard no talk of anything changing (I do want to acknowledge whatever complaints people may have about specific programming, which certainly might be legitimate, but don't suggest a change in the philosophy of the network). Molo14, you might be surprised at how many people think we're TMC, TNT, TBS even AMC." (tcmprogrmmr)
This is a response from the TCM programmer. This was found in another thread covering the same idea. I hope this will reassure you.
(This should be a link to the other thread.)
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7996693
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Williams just doesn't know when to stop.
"A Fish Called Wanda" is funny to me ( although the language is at times too rough.)
Most Jerry Lewis movies. I think he does way too much "mugging" for his own good. Whatever humor the gags had loses its fun because he doesn't know when to move on.
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I don't think their overall approach has changed. Certainly the content changes as agreements allow but I think they handle much as they as have.
Every night has a theme to it. During the day birthdays are often honored along with significant events. It would not be out of the ordinary for a collection of Cooper fims on his birthday or he would be on a lot when he was the Star of the Month.
For me it's nice to know some thought went into the presentation. So many of the other movie channels look to have the "dart board" approach that they would be nicely served by some organiztion to their showings.
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Harold Lloyd has started to receive more time on TCM. "The Odd Couple" have been on more than once in the last year.
I think Fields was with Universal or Paramount which would make it tougher for TCM to get. It may also apply to some of the other stars. They have played Lewis's "The Bellboy" in the past but may have been subject to limited showings.
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It is always good to have familiar people come back. Glad you had a good summer. May be the Red Sox will give you a good fall. Others will probably disagree.
Have fun.
Chris
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Now anyone can pick up a copy of "Babe" (one of my faves) along with "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Saving Pvt. Ryan."
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Dan and Miss G:
Another pretty good Colbert comedy is "The Gilded Lily" with Fred MacMurray. For a drama "Three Came Home." (Much more we'll have to dig up an old Colbert thread.)
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Forgive my interrupting but I saw you mention you got a copy of "Why A Duck?" I've had that book for a long time. It was a wonderful book to have when you didn't get to see the movies too often. If it's the same makeup as mine you may have noticed that "Animal Crackers" is missing. There were rights problems but the author did another book later he called "Hooray for Capt. Spaulding." Hope you enjoy it.
How are your daughter and the Air Force getting along?
Chris
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>What's up, TCM, and can you please help me or give me a clue as to what I can do to access my Watches?
Under your name in the upper right hand corner of this page click on "Control Panel." When that comes up there will be a list of things down the right side below your name. The second (or so) listing is "Your Watches".
Give that a try.
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You refer to Lloyd's "Safety Last." It is by far his most famous film. Some might argue as to whether it his best film. No doubt about it, it's a funny film.
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I discovered this film back in the spring. I agree in that it's one of his best. A real treat. I recently saw "Dr. Jack" and thought that is what the college man of "The Freshman" might have become if it had been made later.
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>The British made the series THE WORLD AT WAR about 35 years ago. This was indeed the definative documentary of that conflict. It was not only an excellent teaching series about the course that war took, but it bothered to include something of universal truth about war, heroism, patriotism, great men, evil men and international politics.
I taped "The World At War" years ago and go back to it often. It's amazing the depth of the history and the number of people they were able to get for interviews. The thing viewers have to get pretty quick is this not an American viewpoint. There are plenty of Americna government officials in it but it is the British history. Very compelling series that I think is enhanced by Olivier's grand narration.
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Some of these turn up on Encore from time to time. "Brian's Song" and "Gideon's Trumpet" among them.
One thing you'll probably have a harder time getting are the miniseries you mentioned. There seems to be less of an outlet for the long form series.
Some of your list I'm not familiar with but if you didn't know Lifetime has their own movie channel which shows nothing but TV movies. Unsure whether it fits your list though.
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There is also a Chase short coming on Sept. 28th schedule (but really the 29th) at 1:27am. The title is "Poker at 8."
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"Welcome To Hard Times" will be shown Oct. 11 11:30pm ET.
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>I don't think the piano scene up the steps is on any of these movies or shorts so am curious as to where I might pick this one up."
That is "The Music Box" and is in the set you have. They won an Oscar for that short film,
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Stan and Ollie are my favorites. WIth TCM having the Hal Roach library tied up for 39 years they should start showing some more of their shorts soon. In addition to how funny they are part of their appeal for me was that under the arguing there was a deep loyalty and friendship. (This was also the case in their real lives.)
I used to like Abbott and Costello a lot but not so much anymore. I have a couple of their radio shows and you'd be amazed how many variations they did on the "Who's On First" bit. I did enjoy their early films. Like L & H, the Marx Bros and others the quality slowed up as they got older.
The Three Stooges were funny as well but they were on all the time when I was younger. I may have been burned out on them. They're worth another look.
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JPo:
Lovely to have you back. Congratulations on your work. It's good to see you doing what you love.
That's quite a varied and deep list of favorites. Reaquaint yourself with the site. Many are still here. Some have gone. You might find some people in the "favorites" forum to talk with. Just jump in. The water's fine.
Chris