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The Major and the Minor?

I caught M on the Sundance channel one morning. It is an excellent film with great suspense. Peter Lorre's performance is spectacular. It's hard to take your eyes off of him in order to read the subtitles

If only I could be so fortunate as to have never heard of that so-called "comedian," David Spade...

It gave me quite a shock seeing the news at Yahoo! right after watching On the Waterfront. I had also watched my favorite film of his, A Face in the Crowd, this past week. He was a great director and I admire his courage to face many controversial issues in his films.

The name of the film was For Me and My Gal (1942)...I believe it was Gene Kelly's film debut.

Well, I'd have to say that James Gleason and Sig Ruman are among the best character actors I've seen in movies.

Absolutely! This is one of TCM best months. My VCR is working long hours this August. I do agree with Nick about the Peter O'Toole day. With Lawrence of Arabia and The Bridge on the River Kwai, I would've liked to see a day for Sir Alec Guinness, but nonetheless, TCM has hit the jackpot this month. Also, does it bother anybody that spell check points out "TCM" as a misspelled word?

I know Oliver Hardy played the Tin Woodsman, but the scarecrow escapes me.

Well, every Sunday in October, the TCM feature will be Hammer Horror Classics, many of which feature Christopher Lee (I'm not sure if anyone will guest host though). On Halloween night, their feature is Frankenstein Classics.

An interesting fact about Ronald Reagan was that he was turned down for the lead in "The Best Man" because he didn't look presidential enough.

It is Thursday, July 10th all day. There should be an icon for the list of movies on the TCM homepage.

Well, to spencer, i just have to say that i didn't intend for a limit, but most essentials seasons have about 25 films. Also, I was thinking along the lines of anywhere from '30s to '70s because that seems to be the margin for essentials, but im fine with silents and '80s films being included in the list.

...And 12 Angry Men (1957)

After observing the controversy over "Guys and Dolls" as an Essential, I was wondering what films the members of the TCM message board would choose as their "Essential Films". My choices are: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Annie Hall (1977), The Apartment (1960), Blackboard Jungle (1955), Casablanca (1942), Charade (1963), Citizen Kane (1941), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Duck Soup (1933), It Happened One Night (1934), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Marty (1955), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Modern Times (1936), North By Northwest (1959), Paths of Glory (1957), The Producers (1968), Singin' In the Rain (1952), Some Like It Hot (1959), Spellbound (1945), Strangers on a Train (1951), The 39 Steps (1935), To Be Or Not To Be (1942)

This week on A&E, at 8:00PM, they will feature Biographies of classic stars. I just watched Humphrey Bogart's. An encore presentation will be on later tonight. Tuesday is Spencer Tracy. Wed is Cary Grant. Thurs is Clark Gable. It will probably be hard to be pryed away from TCM, so I'm taping these.

Yes, the Buster Keaton scene was in "Steamboat Bill, Jr." An interesting fact of that is that Buster refused to rehearse it. He had faith in the stunt and he didn't want to waste a wall.

The TCM August schedule is devoted to 24-hour tributes to classic movie stars. On Sundays, TCM has made the stars to correspond with their weekly showings of "The Essentials." Thus, since none of the stars of these stars were ever in silents, a conflict of interest would ensue. Plus, although Silent Sundays are great, I'm pretty sure "The Essentials" rakes in more ratings. All in all, TCM is showing 5 silent movies (the same number of Sundays for the month) in August: "The Boob" (1926) on the night of Mon. the 4th for Joan Crawford, and 4 Greta Garbo silents on the morning of Tue. the 12th. But that's a mere trifle compared to their usual monthly Silent menu. I'm sure Silent Sundays will be back in Sept.

Favorite Movie: *ANNIE HALL (1977) Favorite Actor: *ALEC GUINNESS Favorite Actress: *AUDREY HEPBURN Favorite Filmmaker: *WOODY ALLEN

I was wondering if anybody knew about the availabilty of this film. My neighbor says it was the first movie he saw and would like to see it again, but can't find it anywhere. It is the version with Richard Bathelmess, not the 1938 remake with Errol Flynn. Does anyone know where I can find this film?

My favorite phone scenes are from my two favorite movies: Annie Hall and Dr. Strangelove. In Annie Hall, it's just one line: Jeff Goldblum on the phone at a Los Angeles party saying, "I forgot my mantra." From Dr. Strangelove, there are a few great phone scenes. First, George C. Scott as general Buck Turgidson first hearing news of a nuclear attack while he is in the bathroom. Next, Turgidson's girlfriend calling him to ask whether he loves her or not while he is at a meeting with the president. Also, Peter Sellers as the President called the Soviet Premier and trying to sugarcoat the fact that the U.S. is accidenatlly bombing Russia. Lastly, Peter Sellers as Group Captain Mandrake using a pay phone to call the Prez, but doesn't have enough change. He must ask a colonel to shot a soda machine. His reply: "But that's private property."

I couldn't choose just 1 for actor and picture, so here are my choices: Actor: 1941 - Gary Cooper; "Sergeant York" Give it to: Orson Welles; "Citizen Kane" Reason: I found Cooper's performance to be rather annoying, but Orson showed power as Kane 1954 - Marlon Brando; "On the Waterfront" Give it to: Humphrey Bogart; "The Caine Mutiny" Reason: Never really liked Brando, but Bogie was spectacular 1977 - Richard Dreyfuss; "The Goodbye Girl" Give it to: Woody Allen; "Annie Hall" Reason: I just would have like Annie Hall to win everything it was nominated for. Actress: 1987 - Cher; "Moonstruck" Give it to: Anyone else Reason: I hate Cher. Supporting Actor: 1993 - Tommy Lee Jones; "The Fugitive" Give it to: Ralph Fiennes; "Schindler's List" Reason: Ralph played a great villian, while Tom just let action happen. Supporting Actress: 1967 - Estelle Parsons; "Bonnie and Clyde" Give it to: Katharine Ross; "The Graduate" Reason: Estelle was too over the top, while Rossplayed it simpler. Director: 1954 - Elia Kazan; "On The Waterfront" Give it to: Alfred Hitchcock; "Rear Window" Reason: Hitch deserved at least one Oscar Picture: 1954 - "On the Waterfront" Give it to: "The Caine Mutiny" Reason: As you can see, I'm not a big OTW fan. 1997 - "Titanic" Give it to: "As Good As It Gets" Reason: Titanic was corny and overlong; AGAIG lived up to its title (This opinion is coming from an obsessive-compulsive with a bias)

This whole idea of a Casablanca remake sickens me. In general, I can't stand remakes. If you can't come up with an original idea, you don't belong in Hollywood. Also, Ben and Jen scare me enough, but just as much would be who would direct this atrocity, most likely some awful practically porn director like Adrian Lyne ("9 1/2 Weeks") and how many times will they stick the f-bomb in? And what about Sam? I'm sure he's not just gonna stick to "As Time Goes By" with that cast. Well, here's lookin' at some Golden Raspberries, kid.

On the home page of the TCM website, if you click the icon that says "The Essentials Save up to 20% on VHS and DVD," it will give a list of the movies featured on the Essentials.

Well, there is a Westerns Channel. Its a branch-off of Encore. Also, Encore Movieplex has a day devoted to Westerns, I believe Wednesdays.