iloveperth
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Judy Holliday! I love her movies and her personality. From what I've read, she was actually a very smart person, hence her convincing dumb blonde act. She died at such a young age and she was so talented.
And for the men, I'd have to say Joseph Cotten, my all time favorite actor. If you ever read his autobiography, I think he'd have some really interesting stories to tell, plus he had a fantastic voice! I could sit around listening to him all day (which I do some days, listening to his work on the OTR program, Suspense).
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* When Iloveperth stated one man's trash is another man's treasure, he/she asked for it.*
How did I ask for it? (And to clear up any confusion, I am a *woman*--to which I find your choice of words especially appalling) And furthermore, who died and left you boss of TCM, judging what belongs and what doesn't? I stated in the "The End is Near" thread that I don't like Jeanette McDonald movies because I can't stand her voice. I am not going to start sixty million threads stating, "TCM sucks because they chose her as SoTM". I am going to watch other programming, a dvd/VHS or even not be so narrow minded and give some of her movies a chance.
It is OSCAR month to which they show OSCAR nominated/winning movies, no matter what era they come from. End of story. If you don't like it, go watch some other channel or watch a dvd/VHS tape. Honestly, I'm done talking to you. The anonymity of the internet allows people such as yourself to indulge in rudeness, which I find disgusting.
lzcutter and hlywdkjk, thank you for your calm, rational posts on the subject. It's quite welcoming in such a sea of negativity, especially when I was just trying to explain why I enjoy a movie that so many see as evil.
stoneyburke, I don't see myself as "high and mighty". However, I am a person who welcomes positive change. I found that if I stay set in my ways, no matter what the interest, I'm a poorer person for it. I don't see that as being "high and mighty" just normal.
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If you mean "trash" like The African Queen, Hot Millions, Cactus Flower, The Heiress, The Third Man, Father Goose, Operation Petticoat, Mannequin, Dodsworth, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Angels With Dirty Faces, Sayonara, Ball of Fire and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, then I AM in Hog Heaven. Those were the movies I watched, re-watched and/or recorded since February 1st.
Or are some of those too modern and trashy for you too? Because let me tell you, that Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy movie in 1967--that was the epitome of trash.*
*Sarcasm, of course.
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filmlover, that was a great message. The only thing I have to disagree with is Ben. I just can't stand the guy, although I know other people do. It's all about personal preference.
March's Star of the Month is Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and to be perfectly frank, I cannot stand Jeanette MacDonald's voice. It's like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. Does that mean I'm going to go on a message board rampage and make sixty million snide posts about it? NO. (However, I do like 'San Fransisco' and I just might get sucked into watching them. We'll see.) What other channels would have MacDonald/Eddy as the focus of the MONTH? None! There is no other channel like TCM out there, even with the anime festival and "modern" movies being rotated throughout the schedule.
This whole debate is very tiring. I can see how any new Message Board newbie would read these thread and be completely turned off by the doom and gloom atmosphere that hovers around here.
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I have great memories of seeing 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' at the movie theater when I was a kid. It holds especially high regard in our family because that was the last movie my whole family went to see together before hitting some hard times. It will be great to see it again, UNCUT, COMMERCIAL FREE and in the LETTERBOX format.
So remember, just because you don't like a lineup of movies, doesn't mean that someone else won't. One man's "trash" is another man's treasure and besides you can always watch a dvd or VHS tape if you don't like what TCM is showing. That's what I do.
Thanks though, for singlehandedly focusing attention on two nights of TCM's lineup that some people may have missed out on!
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johnnyweekes70, I was reading your posts about your dvd media problems. I have a Lite-On machine as well, and I found that the best discs to use are the DVD+RW 4x speed ones. Any brand seems to work well, but the best ones I've used are the generic Office Depot brand(!) They seem to play on any dvd player (including my ancient RCA one from 1998) no matter what speed you record on. The sound and picture quality are great (on SP mode, it's almost like a store bought dvd!)
I'm not sure what model Lite-On you have, but mine records on all types of media. Unfortunately, the DVD-R/+R's seem to cause the most problems since they won't play on all my dvd players. I think it has to do with the speed, but since I'm not very tech inclined I can't pinpoint it.
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The promo for "It Happened One Night" makes me giggle. I love how they made it fun and romantic while keeping the original premise of the movie--that's good editing!
And the monthly promos are fantastic. I look forward to each new month just to see what they come up with. I loved January's Anime themed one. The great thing about those promos is that they really make you want to watch the festivals and specials highlighted--I don't know if I would have watched so many Robert Montgomery movies last month. Plus the music they use is always fitting.
My all time favorite one was September 2004 with Myrna Loy as SOTM just because the background music was so gorgeous. I would up taping it and recording it as an MP3 so I could listen to it over and over.
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I'm so happy to see that I'm not alone in wanting a Joseph Cotten day as well! He's one of the most underrated classic actors--it still boggles my mind that he was never nominated for an Oscar or any other award (except for Portrait of Jennie!) 'Shadow of a Doubt' and 'The Third Man' should have gotten him something, but nope. Love him!
And I'd love to see a Richard Widmark day too. Another actor that's ignored way too often--he could play the villainous parts so good.
hlywdkjk, TCM did William Holden and Glenn Ford last year and Edward G. Robinson the year before, although I wouldn't mind if they devoted another day to him this year (I'm sure TCM owns plenty of his films). He's another one of my favorites. I'm all for Marlene Dietrich and Montgomery Clift too. And I like the triple Barrymore weekend/STOM idea!
Also, I'd like to see Melvyn Douglas and David Niven get days as well. TCM should just have a "Viewer Programmer for a Day" contest.
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I know August is months and months away from now, but since TCM *does* post their schedules months in advance, I was wondering if anyone else had any star suggestions for the annual Summer Under the Stars festival? Hope no one minds I started such a topic.
My choices would be Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Gig Young. Joseph Cotten is my favorite actor and I'd love to see some of his lesser known movies like "Love Letters" and "September Affair" (mainly because I've never seen those!) I know TCM doesn't own them, but still--I can wish! Of course it would also mean another showing of "Citizen Kane" and "The Magnificent Ambersons" but he's my favorite so I wouldn't mind much. Ha.
I've always been impressed with Agnes Moorehead and Gig Young's supporting roles in movies, so a whole day of them would be fantastic as well. Of course, this is all IMO, but I'd be interested in seeing what other people would like, especially since I'm not all too familar with certain genres and lesser known actors/actresses.
Also, TCM used to have a search function where you could find what movies they owned. With the new layout, how can I find it again?
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*Bette Davis star-of-the-month tribute for May*
I hope you're planning to show "Beyond the Forest" as part of the lineup! Please!
Also, the June festivals sound great. Sounds like a lot of good stuff coming up ahead and I'm looking forward to watching it!
As for the idea of getting movies from my local library: all of the libraries in my area have closed due to county budget cuts, which makes that option impossible. The other great thing about TCM showing "modern" movies is that they (for the most part) show them in letterbox. I watched "The Ambassador's Daughter" (1956 with Olivia de Havilland and Myrna Loy) the other night on the Encore Love Storie channel and nearly tore my hair out at the horrible Pan and Scan version they chose to show! Even Fox Movie channel shows their "modern" movies half letterboxed/half pan and scan and more often than not, I find the P/S version. It drives me crazy. Even if you hate TCM for showing the "modern" movies, you have to love the fact that they do keep the original screen ratio of the film.
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*It is interesting to note that the biggest supporters of the showing of these modern "klassix" are also fans of "American Idol" and Madonna.*
But what if I listen to Madonna and watch nothing but Pre-code movies? Does that automatically make me a bad person just because I dare mention Madonna (who in her own right is a "classic" singer!) in the same sentence? I didn't realize there were prerequisites in musical/television taste for watching and enjoying TCM. It's as though enjoying American Idol, Madonna and "modern" movies are evil. It's that old saying: variety is the spice of life!
(FWIW, the "average" 18-24 year old would laugh at this entire thread--for them a "classic" movie is "Dude, Where's My Car?" and Shelley Winters was nothing more than a character on Roseanne!)
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Thank you for starting a thread on this, SamTherapy. I watched this last night, as I had been waiting to see it ever since the January schedule was posted a few months back!
What a lovely, lovely movie! To sound cliche, watching it evoked a whole rollercoaster of emotions. The happiness Laura felt when Alec shows up just in time to catch his train, the desperation that Laura felt spending three hours alone to collect herself and the sadness of the whole situation at hand. Plus, the use of Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto throughout the entire movie was perfect: dramatic but not overblown and silly. It was great to see a love story between two mature adults and to see passion between two people without shedding of clothes.
And the print TCM had was excellent--very clean and sharp. I've always wanted to see Brief Encounter, but I can't shell out $40 for the Criterion dvd. I'm so happy it lived up to my expectations of what I was hoping it would be. Thank you for showing it, TCM. I have another movie to add to my new favorites list.
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I'm new to this board, so I'm not sure if I should just throw my two cents in from out of the blue. But:
The whole reason I started watching TCM is because TV Guide used to run a column called, "Have You Seen These Classic Movies" and they had listed a blurb for "Bunny Lake is Missing" from 1965. I thought the description sounded interesting, so I taped it, watched it and loved it. I had also taped some promos before and after the movie and saw the trailer for "Arsenic and Old Lace" and thought, "That looks funny. I should tape that too." And so my love affair with TCM and "classic" movies began (this was last year and they also sucked me in with the salute to Saul Bass).
I really have no problem with TCM showing movies from the 60's, 70's and even 80's. There are classic actors and actresses who appear in those and if I'm a fan, I like seeing their later works (I know they're planning to show The Abominable Dr. Phibes from 1971 soon and I'm super excited since I love Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten, plus it's a great campy movie). Plus there are some stars who had their peak in the 50's/60's (like Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Burt Lancaster) and if TCM didn't show movies from those years, they'd be skipping over a whole generation of stars. But I love the black and whites from the 30's and 40's too. I love TCM because it's such a mixed bag of movies. I'll admit, I'm not interested in the Miyazaki anime at all because I'm not into movies like that. But if those draw in some viewers the way "Bunny Lake" drew me in, then I'm all for it. I can just watch something else on those nights.
I'm not sure what defines a TCM classic, as the title of the thread says. I think if TCM narrowed it's range to only movies from before 1959, I'd be very unhappy. I love when they show things from the 60's/70's since those movies were made in letterbox (the cable channels butcher them.) Now if TCM started showing commercials and things in Pan and Scan, they'd lose me completely. But I love the variety. I know I'm gushing here, but I had to throw in my two cents on the topic.
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path40a, Awakenings is a really wonderfully, touching film. If you do give it a chance, I think you'll really enjoy it. Even Robin Williams (who I happen to find failry annoying) is great in it. And De Niro is fantastic, so you'll probably enjoy his performance here. Good stuff.
hlywdkjk, it's always nice to see long, thoughtful posts around here. You give a good persepective on why so many people get put on the defensive. Expressing opinions is one thing--everyone has their right to do that--but just dismissing things with a flick of a wrist and using derogatory words--that's always going to angry up the blood.
constarkel, I'm not sure about mongo and path40a, but through my digital cable's television guide, it usually gives you a 1-4 star rating for each movie and the description, no matter how old they are. I noticed that they used to go by Maltin's guide rating, but now they've changed for certain movies. Or you can go to the Yahoo tv listing, type in your zip code and look through your local listings and you'll see the star ratings with each movie.