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Fredmill, Great schedule. Lots of imagination and I am very impressed by your thoroughness in it. With regards to the boxsets, Ray Milland makes a great Signature Collection. As far as The Univited, a Paramount film, it would not be part of the TCM library, as that consists of WB-pre1950, MGM-all, and RKO-all. Anything you can sub in that film's place? The Universal set would be one I would buy. For the Challenge, though, only one boxset is entered per participant (and being Universal would not qualify under the TCM library requirement). But I still love it!

Not to worry. I think someone in the last challenge programmed more for WB than you did for RKO. Hello, my name is filmlover and I'm a Warnerholic.

jarhfive, An incredible RKO schedule! Wouldn't that be something to see, an entire week of RKO. I'd even enjoy one full month of TCM showing RKO from beginning to end. Richard Dix as Star of the Month would be wonderful. It's amazing that for so many of us that we barely heard of him, but ever since TCM ran Richard Dix films during Summer Under the Stars,many of us have become major fans. Hildegarde Withers as a theme and as a boxset is a great idea. I wasn't aware there were that many with the character. AND I love the featurettes you came up with, especially, "Hildegarde Withers...Teacher, Sleuth, or Serial Killer". Hysterical. There are so many films I have not seen, or even heard of before now, in your schedule and that is my kind of week. I know how hard it is to do a tribute to just one studio. You've done a great job. Congratulations!

lol, fedya, we have all run into movies being a few minutes too long. It's made for a lot of rearranging when I have had that occur. Don't worry, you'll get it.

cinema, you just won't stop trying on this, will you, lol?

Hi, Fedya, Sorry for not getting back to you yesterday but I had to go out of town for the day. In answer to your question about Hal Roach, I know that TCM has a long-term agreement with them but I am not sure what is included. However, seeing they have run L&H, I say go ahead and include the one(s) you want without calling it a Premiere. I hope this helps. I look forward to seeing what your schedule looks like. filmlover

I thank filmlover for all the time and effort that was required to put this challenge together and I know that this challenge will be the best one yet. Hi, allie, Thanks very much for the kind words. I wanted to make it one of the best. But it all comes down to the schedules, and we have had fantastic ones entered in the contest. I am looking forward to your schedule! (And anybody else who would like to enter, you still have until March 7th to do so. Instructions are in the very first post for this thread.)

One other thing. I watched "Starship Troopers" on TCM. I rented the dvd a couple of years ago. Obviously, I like the movie. Okay, the movie has a lot of dopey acting, dumb plot moments and sticky gore. I am sure "Starship Troopers" turns off a lot of people. I like the movie because the special effects ARE impressive. For instance, the scenes presenting thousands of "bugs" racing over desert terrain WAS effective. Two, because the source material is a Robert Heinlein story. I've read a few Heinlein novels and short stories and, I think, "Starship Troopers" is faithful to Heinlein's style of storytelling. And Denise Richards looks great, lol.

Out of curiousity, I decided to find out who starred in the movies without any description. I don't see how any classic film fan can complain: 3 Thursday Lady From Nowhere (1936) Mary Astor Trapped By Television (1936) Mary Astor No Time to Marry (1938) Mary Astor There's Always a Woman (1938) Joan Blondell, Mary Astor 9 Wednesday Stolen Identity (1953) - no major stars but apparently this was shot in two version simultaneously. One in German and one in English, and there may have been different cast members in each: http://www.tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=556715 I wonder which we will see? Egypt by Three (1953) Joseph Cotten's name also comes up in the credits. Cast: Ann Stanville, Jackie Craven Dir: Victor Stoloff C-0 mins, 18 Friday Always A Bride (1954) British Jack the Giant Killer (1962) - I have a fondness for this movie, having seen it as a young boy, very Harryhausen-like. Only hope it is the non-singing version. (The producer rereleased it with songs added. Horrible.) Cast: Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher Dir: Nathan Juran C-94 mins, Man on a String (1960) Ernest Borgnine 21 Monday The Weaker Sex (1948) British Easy Money (1948) British (supporting cast includes a young Petula Clark) Hornet's Nest, The (1955) British Mad About Men (1954) Glynis Johns Fast and Loose (1954) British 25 Friday And Baby Makes Three (1949) Robert Young 26 Saturday Konga (1961) Ape thriller Killer Ape (1953) Johnny Weismuller as Jungle Jim 30 Wednesday Blind Date (1934) Ann Sothern Hell Cat, The (1934) Ann Sothern Let's Fall in Love (1934) Ann Sothern Party's Over, The (1934) Ann Sothern Girl Friend, The (1935) Ann Sothern Grand Exit (1935) Ann Sothern Don't Gamble With Love (1936) Ann Sothern Hell-Ship Morgan (1936) Ann Sothern You May Be Next! (1936) Ann Sothern Encore (1951) Glynnis Johns So Long at the Fair (1950) Honor Blackman, Dirk Bogarde, Jean Simmons 31 Thursday Dark Past, The (1948) William Holden Also wanted to make note that The Born Losers on the 4th is the first film to feature Billy Jack. The Devil is Driving is another film with Richard Dix (yay). The last of the Crime Doctor series will be shown on Saturday mornings at 10 AM. And there is another early Jean Arthur movie, Most Precious Things in Life.

movieman, another great schedule! I know I would love to see I Accuse, The Garment Jungle, and many more. That Pete Smith short, How to Hold Your Husband Back sounds hilarious. I also enjoy the way you can choose a theme and mix in so many films one normally wouldn't think of on a triple bill: Born Free, Tarzan, and Animal Crackers. The same for the picks under When in Rome... Very clever. Great idea for a boxset, too! Wonderful work!

Some interesting movies but YIKES! Let's hope you all like Katherine Hepburn. SPTO, I don't know if you saw it mentioned elsewhere or not, but there is is a very special reason for the heavier than normal fill of movies. Hepburn, John Wayne, and Sir Laurence Olivier would all have been 100 years old in May. Wayne and Hepburn are both Stars of the Month.

I am very glad they played Philadelphia last Friday night. I had forgotten what an immensely moving and powerful performance Hanks gave in that. If it had been shown anywhere else, they would have toned it down. I knew some people would have a problem with seeing something this recent on TCM, but if they gave it a chance I think they would be mesmerized by Hanks in it. An equivalent film in the Thirties it would have been Dark Victory or Life of Emile Zola. I decided not to say Dr. Erlich's Magic Bullet because that was from a scientific, not a victim's viewpoint.

Hi, mrsl, Actually, I wasn't responding to anything you guys had posted. I just wanted to let everyone know that when cinesage did an Alexander Haig and said we have the winners, that wasn't the case. lol, since I started the thread, I still declare this thread as open and free for others to post more actors and their real person roles.

Keep contributing more actors who have played real people and we'll see what we come up with.

Going by these rules, the winners are the following That's odd, cinesage, I don't recall that I said the search was over yet.

To everyone: The Challenge continues until March 7th. Come on and be part of it. See the very first post in this thread for the rules and requirement details on completing a schedule and how you may win prizes. filmlover

Wow, Sugarpuss, a great schedule! I don't know how you were able to get it done so quickly since you only mentioned a few days ago you wanted to get aboard the new Challenge, but it's an incredible week. Love the "Harassed by Harry Cohn" listing. Very clever. I would never have thought of a tribute to Patrick McGoohan, because he is one of those stars one doesn't normally think of when it comes to movies. But it's a great idea. I would love to see "The Three Lives of Thomasina" again. There is so much to your schedule, all of it praiseworthy, but the best is the RKO DVD boxset. So much detail of what shorts, etc., would be with each film's title. This is exactly the creativity I hoped to inspire by adding an imaginary boxset to the schedule. Fabulous week and boxset, Sugarpuss.

Kay Lenz is still a very talented actress. We must live in the same area because I've bumped into her at the video store aroud the corner.

Happy Valentine's Day, all. It was on this day that St. Valentine said, "It's Valentine's Day??!!!!! That means I only have 21 days left to enter the TCM Challenge." Hey, don't blame me, he said it.

Ah. : )

sweetsmell, thanks for posting the notes. That really helps us get an insight into the films you picked. (To see sweetsmell's schedule, just go back three pages in this thread.)

lol, I probably did. Haven't been to one myself.

...only original replica... lol, is that like saying "a genuine imitation"?

lol, it just came to me what a really great analogy would be. Osborne is a fine restaurant. Maltin is Chucky Cheese. No insults intended, just struck me as amusing as to their styles.

Yes, this is what I was trying to get across to Cinemascope. There is a large difference in styles in presenting themselves between Osborne and Maltin, sort of like the difference between Laurence Olivier and Jerry Lewis (I am sure I can come up with a much more reasonable analogy than Jerry Lewis, but he was the first to come to mind). Cinemascope, the knowledge could be equal, but the presenting styles are greatly different between the two. That's why the camps are divided. I guess another analogy would be that Maltin is AMC, loud and brashy, and Osborne is TCM, dignified and polite. And I think Maltin would take the gig in a flash. Who wouldn't?