Pia

Look, that is really very kind of you, it truly is, especially after I have just lambasted everyone here. But what I said about the other boards I belong to is true. I haven't seen anyone dismissed out of hand simply because they are just discovering a place. What WILL get people ignored or snubbed is their conduct on the board over time. It is very strange to be thoroughly enjoying feeling a part of something - I'm referring to one of the movie game threads - then slowly getting little clues that, when push comes to shove for lack of a better phrase, someone's turn is going to be passed over so a buddy can be replied to. It just stops being fun at that point. Then I see this thread - and it all seemd to begin to make sense. And to the best of my knowledge, this is not a private, member-owned board. chip, thank you for your sweet reply, I didn't exactly deserve it!!, But it is only that I have never seen this type of thing, and I enjoy membership on quite a few boards, with diverse areas of interest, although I really only have time for regularly visiting two. Its ok, I blew off steam and said what was on my mind. I'll be around, there are many good forums here. Thank you, ChipHeartMovies, Happy New Year.

Oh, come ON - "newbie" this and 'newbie" that. Are you kidding? You sound like such unbelievable snobs, on some level you have got to realize that you do.. But that must be because none of you were ever new here - never once did you ever make a first or a 30th post - thats it, isn't it? You were all born here, I know, I know.. What utter arrogance. Well, it is good that you all (what, all 6 of you?) have got each other, and therefore will never become bored with one another (your individual and collective fonts of film knowledge are bottomless, naturally), so that an interesting, interested "newbie", who just may have more to offer than wondering who sings the TCM Remembers song, or the name of a movie that scared them at aged 4, or if anyone knows anything about a film called "The Blue Dahlia" (no, NOT Gardenia) would never be interesting enough for the present 'oldies' around here. Since paragraphs don't seem to 'take' on this board, I'll close by saying I'll be going to one of the two message boards where I am not new, and if I WAS, I would be welcomed, and then appreciated or not, on the merits of what I subsequently contribute - not my fabulously high post count. One last thing - at least TCM ( the network that shows films, remember?) is separate from you self-congratulatory bores, and will be around for the rest of us to enjoy, so yes, by all means, knock yourselves out., its a GREAT little thread you've got going here,

Would just like to say that I really did have fun playing this game for a while, but the fact that new people who aren't a part of the 'old boy network' around here getting ignored is pretty hard to miss. So enjoy, and Happy 2009.

Guy Green was cinematographer for 'Great Expectations', which starred Freddie Bartholomew

Agh! The title escapes me!! - The Toulouse-Lautrec film with Jose Ferrer! nw: avenue

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Williamsport, although I am pretty new myself, I will say 'Welcome' anyway! Yes, you don't have to glue yourself to the tv! - Links to the youtube video play of this year's piece, "TCM Remembers, 2008', are posted on several places on this thread, OR you can just go to youtube, and enter the above title. If this is the first year you are enjoying this memorial, please know that they have done one every year for several years now. Just type in , 'TCM Remembers' and the desired year, again on youtube. The music to this year's piece IS very haunting, good description, by the way. It is a song called, "God Only Knows', by Joe Henry, who also had his song, "Flesh and Blood' used as the musical accompaniment to the 2005 TCM Remembers - another quite beautiful and haunting song. Enjoy!

"The Endless Summer" (the original, 1966) nw: Santa Fe

Sounds 'nautical' - 'Captain January' !! nw:time travel (maybe not the really obvious ones?)

The one I just watched that did show her, was via the link of the piece posted most recently (along with the one for 2007) on this thread. Perhaps they 're-inserted' her, as I don't recall the driving scene of her from before. Hmmm.

OHHH - you mean P I A? Lol, Oh, no doubt - but I chose it in honor of a Swedish actress whose photograph (or so the story goes) at the age of 16, dancing with the Prince, was spotted in a Stockholm newspaper by director Bo Widerberg. He contacted her and convinced her (she had no acting aspirations up until that time) to test for a film he was casting, about the true story of a teenaged tightrope dancer. One summer In the 1850's a popular Swedish circus performer ran away from her parents - and her many admirers - with a married army officer and father of two. Relentlessly hunted by both the sheriffs as well as the military police seeking the young lieutennant on charges of desertion, the couple soon found themselves with no place left to turn.. The tale's end is as tragic as can be. There were no blissful triumphant lovers, only numerous broken hearts. The name of the young dancer - as well as the name of the award-winning 1967 film, was 'Elvira Madigan'. The beautiful, young actress who played Elvira was named Pia Degermark. Pia also starred with gorgeous Christopher Jones in the internationally released 1971 John le Carre film, 'The Looking Glass War', - but those are the only two films of hers I have seen. In 'Madigan', she is the most beautiful woman (actually, young girl) I have ever seen, anywhere, ever, in my short life! (Sorry for the 'Long Version"!) And by the way, I have always wished TCM would show more foreign films - at a slightly more palatable hour - as I am also a fan of many European directors as well as actors, and I am sure that I am not the only one. I am very lo-tech, with my VCR as my only means of recording stuff.

I have a question about one of the actresses in the 'Remembers' piece, which I keep forgetting to ask! And of course, I can't recall the name - and I had never seen her that I can recall, or heard her name prior to this. She is a very pretty blonde, the shot of her in the piece shows a semi-closeup of a woman in her late 20s/early 30's, with a hairstyle that looks mid to late 60's. Is the first name Roberta maybe? Grr, I'm going to watch it now and return here with the name, sorry. My gosh - I just realized that there are actually TWO lovely young blondes. I am not familiar with. One is Roberta Collins - was she driving, I think? The other is Julie Ege. Can anyone tell me something more than what I can find in Wikopedia? Films they were especially good in, in your opinion? Message was edited by: Pia

Wasn't Thalburg married to Norma Shearer at that time? While I certainly would not wish to doubt Miss Page's accounting, I have never heard (read) that MGM's Boy Wonder had ever had that problem/reputation. I wonder who else - if anyone - may have also publically recounted a similar experience, as men like that generally behave that way compulsively. I recall from reading an old Jean Harlow bio that he and his wife were best friends with Harlow until her death at 26, and really helped her through the whole Paul Bern suicide debacle (Thalburg, from his position of absolute power, second only to Louis B. Mayer, was, I believe, Harlow's first phonecall upon discovering Bern's body, and he ran that show from the moment he arrived at the house.) Norma Shearer was there for Jean emotionally, from what little I recall reading, along woman-to-woman lines. Whether Thalburg was guilty of this practice or not, I really hope that type of monstrous behaviour and sick abuse of power has all but disappeared from Hollywood. Message was edited by: Pia, to correct any assumptions about Thalburg that may be untrue..

wow - that was quick! I love how one can come to this message board with exactly this type of question/issue and there is nearly always someone who knows what you wish you did and can name the film/actor/director/location/year/studio or whatever one is wondering about! I just hope someone has finally been able to help the poster who remembers being heartily scared by a film he watched at the age of 4, posted on another thread, in the 'noir' forum, I THINK. I 'm going to check now. I hope someone does know the name of that film, because from his description it sounds like a goodie!

That was a wonderful post and I thank you for it. While we all have the perfect right to offer our views - be they positive or otherwise - harsh or gratuitous criticisms of something like the TCM Remembers piece always strike me as plain-out humbuggery, and make me want to shout, "Yeah? Ok, lets see YOU do it!" If some people don't care for the selection of music, that is one thing, as musical tastes are pretty subjective and quite strong, I always find. But the sheer sensitivity, knowledge, and skill, combined with a sense of what is fitting and 'right' required to produce such a piece, do not make it one that can be 'thrown together' by just anybody. It must be an extremely emotional experience, as well, and I would like to shout out my "Bravos" and "Bravas" to all who work to bring such a singular, special, and beautiful piece forward each year. Message was edited by: Pia

sorry, I can't seem to locate the 'quote' function, but I just simply wanted to say that your post certaily did make me LOL - and then want to say, 'You go, girl'! (But in the meantime, do any of these friends of yours happen to be looking for a 20-something blonde - Playboy-TYPE (but minus the 'temperment'), with triple-threat talents only temporarily deferred by motherhood? Cell phone number available upon request. Round trip airline ticket for audition a must.) PS kidding.

Mischa Auer was in "Rasputin and the Empress', with Ethel Barrymore (keepin' it title roles, lol) Message was edited by: Pia

wine -' Blood and Wine' (The Nicholson/JudyDavis/Jennifer Lopez film) nw: flowershop

And YOUR post prompted ME to go back and listen to last year's - again, a beautiful, fitting song that was chosen - and I noticed for the first time that the lyrics, "have courage in what you say", were sung against the film image of quite an older gentleman (dame, forgot the name already), which named him as a screenwriter. Now I wonder if he in fact was one of the many Hollywood sreenwirters who stood strong in the face of the 'McCarthy Madness, and, in fact, DID have courage in what he said. it would make sense... Message was edited by: Pia

Rosenberg directed "Cool Hand Luke', with George Kennedy

Wonderful post. The first time I saw the piece, I also noticed the "angry face" lyric fit the shot chosen for that particular actor, the next time, "beautiful" with the Suzanne Pleshette, and one or two others. My Youtube player is moody & often in a snit, so I keep looking for it on TCM, when I think to check it out between films (not much 'free' time this week, lol!). Now, that I've seen it several times, however, I just want to watch, and experience it as a whole, letting it - no pun in tended - wash over me. I believe it has been a particularly touching one for many different people, and for many different reasons. My younger sister has seen it ONCE - and now actively avoids seeing it a second time. She was a HUGE Brad Renfro fan as a pre-teen, had a super crush on him, and felt nearly the same for Heath Ledger more recently, and she finds the piece just far too upsetting.

I know that everyone is entitled to express their views and opinions on message boards, and that certainly, we each have our own personal tastes, especially in music. I also generally don't give a Christmas fig about whether someone hates the stuff I love - or vice versa. Is there a 'but' coming? Of course.. Ok, if you don't particularly care for the song - you don't have to like it, obviously. But since I have been watching TCM, there has only been one year of TCM Remembers where I didn't totally LOVE the song chosen to back the piece.(and that one happens to be an extremely popular song by an artist I generally like and admire, I just heartily dislike that particular tune - although it was a fitting enough choice.) In my view, Joe Henry's, "God Only Knows' is a beautiful, lyrical, quietly dramatic piece of music that couples wonderfully well, not only with this years's piece, but with the spirit of this end-of-year memorial presentation itself. That anyone could refer to it as "that irritating little musical accompaniment" almost makes me laugh. If you find THAT song "irritating" (which, even if someone DIDN'T like it, would still have to admit grudgingly that is 'mellow', or 'heartfelt'), what would you call something along the lines of "Who Let the Dogs Out"? (Rhetorical question!).

I was speaking about this with my aunt today, about the fact that our familys' fave Christmas movie, the Alastair Sim, 1951 'A Chrsitmas Carol' wasn't showing anywhere again this yea, r and she regaled me with how she and my Dad as grade schoolers would watch it every weekday just prior to Christmas, on something called, " The Million Dollar Movie", which she thinks aired on NYC's Ch11 or 9 - back in the late 50's and early 60's. One movie was featured every week and shown daily in the late afternoon/early evening., and 'A Christmas Carol' - this version - was always one of the December films shown.

Roger Corman directed "The Tomb of Ligea" with Vincent Price actor - Vincent Price