MattHelm

Rusty, Interesting take on Zucco being the Spencer Tracy of B pictures. While in Poverty Row pictures, epsecially PRC films (Pretty Rotten Crap, as some call them), he may have just been the poor man's Spencer Tracy. Though,I always thought of him as the poor man's hybrid of Lionel Atwill/Boris Karloff/Cedric Hardwicke. Which makes sense, since Poverty Row needed an actor to be all that, and more, on their budget.

sugarpuss, again a great schedule and your motives are made crystal clear in your notes. I love the muppets too (I went to college with Big Bird's daughter). I hope you enjoy Full of Life, it'll have you laughing out loud in some parts. If you like that you might like his "Wait Until Spring, Bandini" about his growing up in the 20's, and "West of Rome" about his screenwriting career, later on in life, and the family he and his wife had, post-Full of Life.

allieharding, a great great schedule! Many fine obscurities, B-movies and love the serial. I never saw it, but have listened to the radio serial. And it's nice to see some great Robert Montgomerys ... we were cheated out of a night of his Star of the Month last year, when Shelley Winters died and they cut in to pay tribute to her. Sinatrafan, you also chose a different set of Montgomery movies to make up for that much awaited night that never happened last year. I forgot to give you a nod for that.

Larry, I read that Robert the Bruce faced the British with a bunch of fugitive Templars, and that drove the fear of God into the Brits to retreat. Rosslyn's church is a freemason's (Templar's) shrine, from what I've read. It was built prior to Colombus's journey to the West, yet its walls' relief sculptures depict agricultural depictions that are indigenous to the Americas. I would rather see Lana Turner, though.

Larry, I think the book I read was about the Shroud of Turin and mentioned that Joan of Arc was related to some noble of Anjou, and that the Templars survived in one form or other after the papal bull that allowed Philip the Fair to hunt them down. But there is so much speculation. It's all interesting reading though.

Thanks, cinemafan, that's great. I actually haven't done that yet, but I'm on my way to do it. We've had such great success in having our movie suggestions realized from these boards, that I forgot about actually making the suggestion via other channels on this site.

Hi Larry, I remember reading awhile ago there was a connection between Anjou and Joan of Arc. I think there was a Richard of Anjou who had something to do with the Templars. But I've read so much about these medieval eras, both historical and conspiracy theories that I can't remember which is which.

In the original theatrical release of Star Wars, after the Death Star is destroyed and Skywalker returns to the base and sees Princess Leia, Hamill yells out, "Carrie!" instead of her character's name.

lzcutter, The twist and turns on these boards makes for a hill of beans. Larry, I love when Matilda points out Henry's immaturity by saying, "You have an obsession about him that is unhealthy and unnatural!" I know so many guys who have lost their drinking buddies to maturity, and have acted like Henry in this movie.

Maybe it would be better to have the AA's once a decade rather than once a year. From the ratings they've been getting the past few years, it seems most people only watch them once a decade anyway.

That's the bittersweet irony about the AA's ... they made some big goofs like that in the past, and today they hand awards to the big goofs. http://www.becketthemovie.com/images/7.jpg

Can I just say that Peter O'Toole & Richard Burton magnificent? They are, aren't they.

By "non-issue" I meant the current mainstream marketplace. People collect 8 Track tapes without having any effect on the current music market. Whether TCM's not showing the movie is probably, or rather, possibly, due to not being able to lease the rights, is up in the air, and the reason why I posted this topic. The message boards have been the most effective way to get our suggestions across, and hopefully, if it's possible to lease this movie, they will. I was just looking for others to support the showing of this movie ... not haggle over the price of beans.

And what does Paramount have to do with it?? You wrote the above, before you revised it to (without noting the revision): Paramount released the movie theatrically back in '64 but doesn't own the rights anymore. That's why the DVD (like the VHS and laserdisc before it) is being released by MPI Home Video. I thank you for the info on MPI owning the rights to this movie. Yet, that doesn't mean that TCM can't rent the rights to show this movie, as it does many a movie that it shows outside its library. Those of us that have been watching TCM for years, know they constantly premiere movies. So, MPI would benefit if TCM aired the movie, since VHS and laserdiscs have been non-issues in the past ten years.

That's because, if you ask anyone on here, Paramount has been very lazy in releasing their movies on DVD, especially their contemporary ones, never mind their older ones. Like I said, there are many movies from RKO that haven't aired on TCM, that they own, so it's a matter of research. Like in the recent Challenge, I scheduled a night of The Great Gildersleeve movies.They're RKO movies that have never been shown on TCM. Hopefully, my including them in my submission to the Challenge, the programmer(s) will consider airing them. That's the way it crumbles ... cookie-wise.

There are so many movies that have received nominations that it isn't unlikely they wouldn't miss a bunch of them. Their list of movies that they show in "31 Days of Oscar" changes year to year, as most of us know. As for Becket being in the news lately, that's lately ... what about the last ten years? Maybe there are rights involved, but with it coming out on DVD soon, I don't see what the problem would be, since it would be great publicity. If you have specific information about some restriction of rights, please share it with us. I'm not faulting TCM for not showing it, their programmer is only human, and a pretty good one at that. I think they've made out well within the past year from many of us who've participated in the Challenges, giving them ideas.

The poster of this wins a coupon for one free semi colonoscopy. Semi-colonoscopy? It sounds like you're the one who plans (hopes) to "administer" it. The "semi" was a give away.

Who knows? They just may have not thought of showing Becket. That's why they pay attention to the message boards and suggestions. I've been plugging Boston **** for a year now, and even scheduled the series in one of the TCM Challenge contests on here, and they're now showing them. The programmer admits to taking our ideas. That's why I posted this about Becket, to hopefully plant the seed in his mind. I don't think it's not always a case of rights, but of knowledge and memory. There are several RKO movies that haven't been on yet, that they have the rights to.

Yeah, they don't have it showing in May, but maybe they'll come to their senses afterward. I don't think it's because they can't get the rights, because they're constantly premiering movies from outside their library every month. This is an incredible movie with some of the best dialogue ever written. If anyone is interested in reading samples of the dialogue: http://imdb.com/title/tt0057877/quotes

I don't believe TCM has shown this gem amongst gems, yet. The DVD comes out in May. I hope TCM plans on premiering it, and playing The Lion in Winter after it.

My first movie that I remember seeing was, Snoopy Come Home, when I was 2 or 3 at the Drive-In. It sticks out in my mind because I had to pee badly and my father, who didn't feel like walking all the way to the restroom, told me to go in his empty soda cup, from the concession stand. Needless to say, at that age and the lack of precision, it ended up all over the windshield. Dumbo might have been the second feature that night, because that also sticks out as one of the first movies I saw, and Drive-Ins usually had double features. But I'm also thinking, there may not have been a second feature for us that night, after that mishap.

There have been Widmark threads here, in the past. My favorite Widmarks are Pick-Up on South Street, Panic in the Streets, Night and the City and even Tunnel of Love. Widmark and Sinatra had similar physical features and acting methods.

The real problem with the Oscars today is ... you can't make chicken salad with chicken you-know-what.

Interesting thread. I have two jobs, so the movie that would closely depict the first one is Blackboard Jungle. For the other job I'd go with either Artists and Models (the Martin & Lewis one, not the Jack Benny), or Piccadilly Jim.

1. Do you plan on watching the Oscars? No, and like I've predicted the last couple of years, and was right, this year's Oscars will have bad ratings. No one has seen these movies that have been nominated the last few years, so they won't have anything invested in watching the Oscars. The Departed is the only movie that people saw, but that's not enough to get them to watch. 2. If not, was there a time in your life when you did watch them? The last time I watched the Oscars was when the last Lord of the Rings movie, Return of the King, was nominated. There's a definte connection between people going to the movies and the ratings for the Oscars. If no one has seen the films that are nominated, they don't watch the Oscars.