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I just got my pass or ticket to From Here to Eternity. Wow, the fact that TCM is letting people in for FREE (and it is definitely not free for them to do it) is an indication at just how special this station is.

April 7th Gail Russell and Elliott Reid appear on TCM today

Is it Friday already? Well, yes, today, April 7th, is Friday in 1939. : ) Regular articles and ads return tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some more things from a weekly paper that came out on the 6th. and check on the prices to see the incredible Gertrude Lawrence in person

Arturo, thanks for the breakdown recaps. You have lots to catch up.

VP, As a Lombard fan, you will want to check in tomorrow. : ) Signed, All-seeing filmlover

Thurs., Apr. 6th, 1939

The Three Stooges, Tim Holt, Lupe Velez, and Yvonne DeCarlo appear on TCM today

There have been many a-thread about the best year for films, but I don't recall anyone asking, "What year stands out for great film scores?" There were many, of course, but I might just have to say 1959 leads the pack. Ben-Hur (Miklos Rozsa) (my choice for best film score of all) North by Northwest (Bernard Herrmann) The Nun's Story (Franz Waxman) Black Orpheus Some Like It Hot (Adolph Deutsch) The Diary of Anne Frank (Alfred Newman) Journey to the Center of the Earth (Herrmann) What year do you pick?

from classicflix.com: The first Paramount title licensed by Olive Films to go Blu has been announced as Crack in the World (Blu-Ray) will be released on July 5th. http://www.classicflix.com/crack-world-bluray-p-11083.html

Wed., April 5th, 1939

Fay Wray appears today in The Vampire Bat Among Ray Milland's ladies tonight are Ginger Rogers Paulette Goddard, and Gail Patrick

Here's a clip of an auction for the slippers:

I was looking at Blu-ray.com and came across a new column called The Silve Screen, the first in a new series of articles detailing the making of classic films. I haven't had a chance to read the first article about The Ten Commandments, but it looks excellent. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6005 By the way, I picked that new Blu release and it is quite amazing.

Word from France is that these following titles will be released there on Blu. Hopefully, they will also be coming out here. August 2011 The Guns of Navarone September 2011 The Caine Mutiny October 2011 Chariots of Fire Nov./Dec 2011 A Streetcar Named Desire Meet Me in St. Louis

Victor Jory is in "Gone With the Wind" on TCM today

Tuesday, April 4, 1939

Monday, April 3, 1939 : )

Sabu is on TCM today

Tonight, I was driving down Hollywood Boulevard for the first time in a LONG time and I was amazed at the changes (that will likely be only noticed at night). It has remarkably transformed and is very popular for young people. There are a lot of nightclubs -and I mean, a lot - that have opened up. Restaurants, too. I drove by the Vogue Theater, which was hardly ever used. Now it is a restaurant and it looked from the crowd outside that it was one of those places only certain people got in. For the last couple of decades, from Hollywood & Highland to Hollywood & Vine used to be a depressing place to walk at night. There was nothing going on, just shuttered stores. The change is very dramatic. I always knew that the Boulevard was going to change. It was inevitable. So many places in L.A. have gone through a growth period, and Hollywood Boulevard, with its famous location for tourists, had to be the next stop because there really was no place for people visiting to go at night. But I never guessed that it was nightclubs that would do it.

I was just watching Now Playing for April and I think I understand why we got Frankenstein, It's because Chita Rivera as Guest Programmer chose it for ger section. My guess (which may be lousy) is that TCM probably had to move Heaven and Earth in order to get it (in other words, spend A LOT on this one film).

Hi, all, Well, three months done so far. And the best is still to come. I hope you are all enjoying this thread. I needed to insert this post (and wouldn't mind hearing from you here) in order that there not be so many images per page. It takes much longer to open this thread when it is just images.

What a wonderful way to start the weekend.

Sunday, April 2, 1939 Regular ads and articles will return tomorrow. In the meantime, here are pics from a March 1939 weekly I came across

Edge, re: the British films below. I am a big British film fan. I have a friend in England that sends me obscure titles and he has been picking up films with Sidney James because he nows I like to see him do dramatic films, too. His latest batch to me will include: Night Beat 1948 Once A Jolly Swagman 1948 Man in Black 1949 Park Plaza 605 1953 The Flanagan Boy 1953