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I was just typing this when sewhite2000 replied! THE BIG PICTURE (1989) may be a premiere. It's a great little film. Martin Short gives one of his best performances as an agent. I'm looking forward to that. But the others... well... With the exception of "Meets Frankenstein" which I could watch all the time.

I still have that book!

So easy to say what you want about dead people who can't defend their reputations. True or not I think it was an awful thing to do however he wanted to justify it.

Hopefully!

I was looking at the monthly schedule and many entries have disappeared! Can someone please fix this? Thanks!!!

Harry Lewis ( Edward 'Toots' Bass in Key Largo) - When Harry, an aspiring actor at the time, met future wife Marilyn Lewis, he confessed to her that he had two goals: to play Hamlet and to start a restaurant called Hamburger Hamlet as a hangout for the stars. They spent their first date looking for a location. A few days later she found the perfect spot for the original Hamlet on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Neither could cook, but they opened their first Hamburger Hamlet in October of 1950 with their savings of $3500. By the mid-'80s, there were more than a dozen Hamlets, one in nearly every part of Los Angeles. They sold the chain in 1997 for $33 million.

Ben Welden - Owned a confectionery in Beverly Hills called Nutcorn.

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) played as scheduled!

You are absolutely right. So by those standards maybe we should see S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall as Van Helsing! Just imagine his reaction when Dracula walks in!

Basil Rathbone as Van Helsing! Interesting to cast against type but he has the strength and endurance to duel the Count with a wooden cross.

With Walter Brennan as Renfield! - Photoshop that one please!!!

The role, of course went to Bela Lugosi and Cooper went on to star in A FAREWELL TO ARMS... Ahhh... what might have been!

Interesting. I wonder what this says about Humphrey Bogart's popularity. I'd have thought he'd be up there.

Makes you wonder if the intros aren't just a bunch of background noise for most of the viewers. Maybe it says too much about me that I care about this stuff. I know I feel very proprietary toward TCM. Again most likely too much to be considered normal. 😀

After YOUNG MR. LINCOLN, TCM aired a Karger wrap-up for a Shirley MacLaine film from last month. A couple of weeks ago they neglected to air the Karger Wrap-up for THE BLACK SWAN. Who's doing the QC?

Dare I say the word brilliant has lost it's luster?

The Time Tunnel was one of my favorite shows when I was young time traveler myself back in the 60's!

The word brilliant has been way over used as of late.

Couldn't Warner Brothers cartoons be considered essential? Or a particular 13 chapter serial, say FLASH GORDON because of its influence on STAR WARS? Perhaps the question of what is essential is too broad when considering everyone has a different opinion on what is essential. Certainly the criteria should include how a film advanced, influenced or changed film making.

W. C. Fields - The Bank Dick (1940) Never Give a Sucker and Even Break (1941) Harold Lloyd - Movie Crazy (1932) Bing Crosby - Going Hollywood (1933) Richard Dix - It Happened in Hollywood (1937) Stuart Erwin - Make Me a Star (1932) Version of Merton of the Movies (1924) Merton of the Movies (1947)

Agreed! He did that with all his intros. I still the miss the guy. But that's on TCM. That's not her fault if they didn't call her attention to it. There had to be some discussion about all that before hand. I kept thinking early on it should have been called Ava DuVernay's Essential Picks with Ben Mankiewicz. Maybe that's an idea for a future series featuring film professionals!

I thought it was just me. I've been thinking the films, for the most part, are essential to Ms. DuVernay's life and cinematic experiences. Again, if presented that way fine. I have not felt the films are in the true sense of the word essential either. Interesting, different, perhaps entertaining, yes. But essential? Not all of them. I remember when RO and Alec Baldwin had their disagreement over whether or not the Marlon Brando version of Mutiny on the Bounty was an essential. That made for interesting viewing. I think that sort of back and forth on why a film is essential could be more entertaining. Show the movie and then let the viewer decide.

Anyone who doesn't know the Disney company, their history, their characters, etc. by now has been living under a rock on a remote island. The name Disney already has an unflappable, stalwart fan base. And that's without the Star Wars franchise. TCM regularly shows movies depicting famous actors in blackface and other early 20th century stereotypes. Always giving them context when doing so. I'd be curious to know how many classic film fans have steadfastly refuse to watch TCM for that reason. Turn the channel, possibly, but certainly not refuse watching the channel altogether. I highly doubt a single film, screened in proper context, would alter Disney's viewership in the slightest.

No Song of the South though so picking nits by saying not every movie is available! 😀

It's about time. I was literally calling for this 20 years ago. No joke. 20 years ago.