yanceycravat
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If I may sum up this thread so far...
CAN WE PLEASE GO BACK TO THE OLD SCHEDULE FORMAT!
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This is certainly a great addition to the roster of TCM programming. I think it should be considered the natural successor to "Bob's Picks" as hosted by the late great RO.
Would be nice to see this as a once a month feature.
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4 hours ago, Dargo said:
Of them , I watched The Gilded Lily, Come Next Spring and Blind Adventure. First time viewing for me of any of them and enjoyed every one of them very much.
(...especially the snappy dialogue in the first one)
Totally agree! Wonderful little line-up. I always learn something new from Leonard Maltin.
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What a great line-up of interesting and rarely seen films. This is this kind of programming I really enjoy.
https://www.tcm.com/articles/Programming Article/020805/leonard-maltins-neglected-classics-11-12
I would love to see more of this. What are your thoughts?
Blind Adventure (1933), an obscure RKO pre-Code mystery-comedy from Ernest B. Schoedsack, the co-director and co-producer of King Kong (also 1933). Robert Armstrong (Carl Denham in King Kong) plays an American in London who becomes lost in a fog and wanders into a house where he finds a dead body. This leads to the discovery of a spy ring that he attempts to crack with the aid of a cockney burglar (Roland Young) and a fetching young woman (Helen Mack). Also in the cast are Ralph Bellamy and Laura Hope Crews. Later in 1933 Armstrong and Mack would reteam for Schoedsack’s Son of Kong.
Penthouse (1933) is another neglected pre-Code gem, this one from MGM and starring Warner Baxter as a high-powered lawyer investigating a murder case, with Myrna Loy as a call girl named Gertie who helps him with the case and gets under his skin. W.S. Van Dyke (soon to begin helming the Thin Man films) directs a cast that also includes Charles Butterworth and Mae Clarke. The New York Times wrote that the film “is by no means lacking in a certain brand of excitement. It is a picture which tells a somewhat incredible yarn but, at the same time, which does not pretend to be concerned about teaching any moral.”
The Gilded Lily (1935) is a romantic comedy from Paramount starring Claudette Colbert and released one year after her Oscar-winning triumph in It Happened One Night (1934). In this one, Colbert plays a stenographer who parlays a scandal involving a British Earl (Ray Milland) into fame as a cafe entertainer. Fred MacMurray, in the first of seven screen teamings with Colbert, plays the reporter she truly loves. Wesley Ruggles directed the film, described by The New York Times as “a fresh and engaging screen comedy” that succeeds “in recapturing the warmth and humor of average Americans without becoming average itself.”
The Mob (1951) is a film noir crime drama starring Broderick Crawford, who was also fresh from Oscar glory (Best Actor in 1949’s All the King’s Men). In a story that seems to foreshadow 1954’s On the Waterfront, Crawford plays a tough police detective who goes undercover as a longshoreman to break up a mob. Robert Parrish directs a cast that also includes Richard Kiley, Ernest Borgnine and Neville Brand. A reviewer for TimeOut.com praises “the fast, flexible direction, excellent camerawork (Joseph Walker) and a full house of vivid performances” that create “an unusually tense and enjoyable genre piece.”
Come Next Spring (1956), a heartwarming romantic drama from Republic Pictures, offers Ann Sheridan in one of the best (although most neglected) performances of her later career. She plays a housewife in 1920s Arkansas who has raised a young son and a mute daughter by herself after being abandoned by an alcoholic husband (Steve Cochran). When he returns, she faces a decision about allowing him back into her life. Cochran produced the film through his own company, and Robert G. Springsteen directs a cast that also includes Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan and Sonny Tufts. A review in The Hollywood Reporter called the low-budget Come Next Spring “a rural Marty” and described it as “the only film concerning Arkansas in the history of the movies that has preserved the native humor of the state” without resorting to “extravagant hillbilly caricatures.”
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I've watched two of the Slumberground epsidoes. They're an enjoyable compliment to the movies TCM airs. Check one out and see if you agree.
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PS: Carol's last public appearance was at the TCM Festival screening of Blazing Saddles in 2014! She was a huge TCM fan!
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PS: Carol's last public appearance was at the TCM Festival screening of Blazing Saddles in 2014
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19 hours ago, cmovieviewer said:
The jig is up:
(I had never put 2 and 2 together before.)
Hope you don't mind me posting this photo. You did a very nice job introducing the movie. And what an honor to discuss the film with the man himself! Also hope you still have that TCM mug 😉
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, it sure was an honor. It's one of those wonderful moments in life, that no matter what, when I think back on it my heart fills with joy. It was something I always wanted to do and I got the chance to do it. Even now as I write this I'm still amazed it happened. I will always treasure the mug and the personalized copy of RO's Academy Awards book TCM gave us.
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3 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Hey yancey,
For our newer posters (and the old timers who forgot) can you tell us which film you introduced? It was a British war film, yes?
And is your wraparound with Robert Osborne available online anywhere?
Thanks TopBilled - The film was WENT THE DAY WELL? (1942) directed by Cavalcanti and starring among others Leslie Banks. My wrap-arounds are not currently posted anywhere that I am aware of.
WENT THE DAY WELL? is definitely a fun watch. I'm quite proud of the fact that screening was the TCM Premiere. The whole event was one of the happiest moments of my life.
WTDW? has aired at least once since I helped introduce it. Robert Osborne intro'd it solo that time. That'll give you a general idea when it was last on.
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I don't ask much but as a devout long time TCM viewer and a former Guest Programmer I feel emboldened to say...
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT'S HOLY PLEASE REVERT TO THE OLD FORMAT!!!!
I have found NOTHING redeemable with this new change.
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2 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
Awwwww.... Just saw the dedication to her on TVLand. before they started their run of "Two And A Half Men" for the night. I do remember her having a short stint as Bea Arthur's maid on MAUDE back in the '70's. Thought she was a hoot and a good actress judging by other work(albeit small roles) on other TV shows and minor movies. And probably who made putting in the effort to sit through MYSTIC PIZZA worthwhile.
Rest In Peace, Conchata.
Sepiatone
My first memories of Conchata Ferrell was in the short lived 1975 sit-com HOT L BALTIMORE. Always funny, always welcomed in my home. I was glad I had the chance to tell her when I attended a taping of 2 and a HALF MEN. We certainly could use more like her in the world.
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13 hours ago, MikaelaArsenault said:At the end of the day you're another day older
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor
It's a struggle, it's a war
And there's nothing that anyone's giving
One more day standing about, what is it for?
One day less to be living-
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Voted Sad...
PLEASE change it back!!!
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So far I find it terribly unwieldy.
Doesn't look like they have any shorts listed.
I liked it when it was more at a glance style for the day. Please adjust the size since only one movie listing can be seen at a time.
Who was clamoring for an update?
Who at TCM thought this format was a good idea and for what purpose?
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I don't know about rods and cones but reading all that made my eyes roll back into my head. I then fell into a colorless pit where I could see everything quite clearly.
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October is just around the corner. I saw the new promo TCM is running for horror movies being shown next month. I got to thinking...
Maybe I'm just old fashioned. Does anyone else agree with me that horror movies are scarier in black and white?
I still have a penchant for the original Universal Horror movies of the 1930's. I grew up on them in the late 60's and early 70's. When I was a kid it seemed House On Haunted Hill played endlessly on the Channel 9 Million Dollar movie out of NYC. It never failed to scare the bejesus out of me.
I never got into the Hammer Horror films myself. I'm not saying they are bad in any way. I just didn't accept them like I did anything in creaky black and white.
I would love to see a new "old-fashioned black and white" horror film made today. Anyone else?
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1 hour ago, TomJH said:
With the exception of A & C Meet Frankenstein, it's my favourite too.
It's so hard to say A & C MEET FRANKENSTEIN is my second favorite because it's so close by the thinnest of margins.
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17 minutes ago, TomJH said:
Lou Costello and Marjorie Reynolds in THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES.
My favorite of all the Abbott and Costello movies.
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2 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
I'm not entirely certain Dorothy traveled through TIME, but I did find this post interesting.
Perhaps the "space-time continuum"?
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Looks like Dorothy wasn't the only time traveler Uncle Henry and Auntie Em made a habit of helping!
Charley Grapewin and Clara Blandick help an anesthetized Lee Tracy to Turn Back the Clock (1933)
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Got my Now Playing Guide this morning and was teased with TCM Slumberground on YouTube!
Sounds verrrrry interesting!
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I was thinking of the great chemistry between Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel as well as Joseph Cotton and Ethel Barrymore.
I find it fascinating seeing that spark between actors who seemingly should have no real dynamic connection. It makes me wish they had made more pictures together.
Do you agree with my assessment for the above named actors?
Are there paired actors about whom you feel the same? I'm not talking about stars like William Powell and Myrna Loy but unusual pairings.
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Between shorts and features surely Leon Errol must be the KING OF RKO!
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5 hours ago, Ray Faiola said:
WINTERSET is an orphan film. RKO's rights expired decades ago. UCLA has 35mm nitrate and safety preservation materials. They had a screening some years ago. It took me years to finally acquire an original 16mm print. I would love to see TCM run material from UCLA but under whose auspices? Ugh.
Speaking of Paul Guilfoyle, when was announced at the CBS Upfront presentation, I was at the Tavern-on-the-Green afterparty and went up to greet Paul Guilfoyle. I welcomed him to the Network, told him how much I had enjoyed his work and that I was a huge fan of his father's work, especially his groundbreaking performance in WINTERSET. He nodded graciously and we both moved on to more gladhanding. Soon afterwards I was reading a newspaper article about CSI's Guilfoyle and it stated he was not related to the late American actor. In fact, the latter Guilfoyle was doing stage in New Jersey when he was greeted backstage by the (elder) Paul Guilfoyle Fan Club! Did I feel like a total jerk? YES!
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You are NOT ALONE! I actually had a small bit in an episode of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION. I was hoping Paul Guilfoyle was going to be in my scene so I could talk to him about his famous relative.
I quickly found I was not in a scene with him but I knew he was working that day as I saw his name on the call sheet. When my scene was over I sought him out to tell him how much I enjoyed his father, or grandfather... I wasn't sure which. When I saw his trailer door was open I knocked and he came forward.
I apologized for bothering him. Told him I'd likely not have this chance again but wanted to talk to him about his father. Or was he your grandfather?
"I appreciate it but sorry to tell you we're not related." "Really? Huh! So sorry to have bothered you." "Not at all." He was nothing if not very pleasant about the whole thing.
I was a little embarrassed and somewhat disappointed. I have some questions that will continue to go unanswered!
Yancey
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mother nature dena dietrich dead at 91
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She was a very nice lady! What a great sense of humor. I was glad to have known her for a small part of her life.