Sukhov
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Trouble in Tahiti (both the 1952 and 2001 TV movie versions)
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My list of favorite foreign films of 1937 -
1.) Grande Illusion, Jean Renoir, France
2.) Un Carnet de Bal, Julien Duvivier, France
3.) Green Fields, Edgar G. Ulmer and Jacob Ben-Ami, USA
4.) Pepe Le Moko, Julien Duvivier, France
5.) Drole de Drame, Marcel Carne, France
6.) Lenin in October, Mikhail Romm and Dmitri Vasilyev, USSR
7.) Peter the First, Vladimir Petrov, USSR
I have also seen the photo still recreation of Sergei Eisenstein's Bezhin Lug that is available on YouTube.
Also how do I make my titles in bold?
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1 hour ago, limey said:
The original sans-Burr version turns up on TCM from time to time, along with a few other rubber suit rampages. A nice new print of it was aired a month or two back.
Yeah, when it comes to the Toho sci fi movies sometimes they air the original cut but other times they air the US dub for some reason.
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The Fireman (Chaplin)
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Tuomi, Arvi
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A lot of future big names like Von Stroheim and Milton Berle claimed to have played bit parts in this movie but I think this guy might have just been a bit player whose name will probably be lost to history.
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Bizarre, Bizarre
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Next: It Happened One Night
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9 hours ago, DVDPhreak said:
But liberal films of the past were generally far tamer than today's counterparts. There were liberal films made way back by D.W. Griffith, such as "Broken Blossoms," but they are now cringingly outdated to today's eyes. I was being quite serious when I said certain people oppose to TCM's programming the same way they oppose to how the geo-political landscape of this world is going. It may not be the view of the top poster, but certainly the view of many. The anxiety from which such thinking originates is basically the same. It isn't spelled out verbatim, but can be detected from codified speech: "I wish the world would go back to the one I grew up in," "we need good American values as in the past," "America should go at it alone as it did in the past, and it doesn't need the world," etc. In other word, their minds are still stuck in the 1950s and haven't let go. And who would blame them? American at the time was at the top of the world. If you were to live in that era, you wouldn't want to let go too (as long as you are a straight white person). And you wouldn't let go all the cultural artifacts associated with that era: the movies, the stars, etc. To this day, the world anywhere has yet to experience the euphoric existence of that era in the US, so we can't blame anyone for being a little too nostalgic and not letting go.
Well, certain people at TCM HAVE let go, apparently. Maybe some of the older employees have retired and new, younger ones filled their places, so change is bound to be expected.
Firstly, I think that older "liberal films" like Broken Blossoms aren't "cringingly outdated" and can be enjoyed by modern audiences as well. Even fims you don't agree with politically can be enjoyable. Secondly
>"America should go at it alone as it did in the past, and it doesn't need the world," etc.
The reason for the late 40s and 50s US boom was because the US occupied half the world at a time when competing markets had been destroyed by WWII. I definitely wouldn't call the Truman Doctrine or America leaving a former Axis power in tact while dividing a "liberated nation" in half like it was East/ West Germany as "America going at it alone." Last, I wouldn't think the euphoric US image depicted in many films of that era is necessarily why they like older films. While you did have obvious propaganda at the time like Yankee Doodle Dandy, many of the films were actual critical of racism and economic problems. I think it's obvious that studio era movies are by far the most common type of film shown on TCM but I wouldn't think they like them as a way to feel safe or relive memories. Instead, many of them were honest enough to confront problems head on.
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6 minutes ago, Stephan55 said:
I agree with Dargo about how soothing Robert's voice was to listen to.
And though none of the others possess that quality, I had no difficulty understanding anything that I heard Tiffany say. Now I admit I have a high frequency hearing deficit, so there is much that I can no longer fully appreciate (i.e. music and some natural sounds, etc., but I can still pick up the lower vocal tones fine. Perhaps in my situation my deficit in one area has enhanced the other for me. But to me, Tiffany spoke quite well and clearly.I can't find the video but her intro to Kind Hearts and Coronets was what I was thinking of in particular. She mumbled a bit and just kept a dull, monotone voice throughout.
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My top favorites of 1939
1.) Gone With the Wind
2.) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
3.) Stagecoach
4.) Ninotchka
5.) Daybreak (Le Jour se Leve)
6.) Union Pacific
7.) Goodbye, Mr. Chips
8.) Wuthering Heights
9.) Tractor Drivers (Traktoristy)
10.) Young Mr. Lincoln
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10 hours ago, Hibi said:
Whatever. I'd be fine with no wknd host doing intros. Most of the stuff they talk about I already know. I guess they want some human talking head there. So you are saying I should be a "loyal" follwer of TCM and not criticize anything. I think in her case, her youth worked against her. I couldnt swallow her knowing all the trivia she talked about regarding obscure or less well known films. Someone older like Mank would be more believable (not that I buy he knows all he talks about either) Sadly, there will never be someone with the gravitas like RO to host on TCM anymore. He actually knew many of the stars he talked about and added his inside knowledge to the mix. Those days are gone.........
I didn't think there was anything wrong with her knowing so much about classic Hollywood. For all we know she might have genuinely liked some of those films. What I dislike was her monotone voice and the way she didn't enunciate clearly. She was difficult to understand at times.
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1 hour ago, MovieCollectorOH said:
Did this not air on Tuesday?
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10 minutes ago, yanceycravat said:I saw that at as well. Went through all my schedules but couldn't find what movie had originally been scheduled.
I think someone in another thread said it was Persona.
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Adenoid Hynkel
Charlie Chaplin in the Great Dictator
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57 minutes ago, TomJH said:
I noticed the MGM cartoons, as well. Is it the first time they've been on the channel since Cartoon Alley, which Ben M. hosted when he first came on the station?
I noticed that they're also showing a Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film every Saturday am, as well, giving those mornings an appeal for the kid in us.
Now if they could only get Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green Jeans to show up.
According to MovieCollector's database most of the cartoons are premiers.
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
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She was fired and the new host was a guest for 31 Days of Oscar.
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Quelle Drole de Gosse!
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On 2/10/2018 at 8:53 PM, yanceycravat said:
Interestingly TCM left Ben's wrap-up intact announcing "Gatsby" as coming up next. They don't often do that. Usually they just cut it altogether.
They also left up the warp up of Mon Oncle (I think) where he said an Ingmar bergman movie would be up next when really it was taken off the schedule.
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Circus, Grigori Alexandrov, USSR
Another "Soviet Hollywood" musical by Grigori Alexandrov. In this one an American actress named Marion Dixon (parody of Marlene Dietrich) gives birth to an out of wedlock African-American child and has to leave the US with a lynch mob on her tail. She escapes to Russia with a German conman who threatens to expose her to everyone if she doesn't obey him. Eventually he gets fed up and exposes her but the Soviet people tell them they don't support racism like in Germany and the US and sing a lullaby to the child and the woman marches along happily. This one has good production values and the progressive anti-racism message is in stark contrast to the kind of movies you saw coming out of Germany and America in this time period.
Recreation of an American lynch mob in the movie
Lullaby of different peoples of the USSR
Historical sidenote: during the brief state enforced anti-semitism campaign of the USSR during the 1950s the Yiddish lyrics were edited out.
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Love is a Many Splendored Thing
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3 hours ago, universalkaiju said:
I don't want to hurt your feelings or anything like that, it's just I didn't understand what it had to do with anything.
I think he's just trying to start his own "meme."
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Sounds a bit like Tree of Wooden Clogs.
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The remake of the Lodger and the day of Harold Lloyd look pretty interesting.
Your Favourite Foreign Language Films
in Your Favorites
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From the foreign additions. These titles are available in the foreign additions of this book-
1.) Pensionat Paradiset, Weyler Hildebrand (Swedish edition)
2.) Juha, Nyrki Tapiovaara (Finnish edition)
3.) Drôle de Drame, Marcel Carne (France edition)