filmlover

February 1st is coming, the start of the new Challenge. I hope many of you will take part in it.

Did anybody happen to catch the last minute change in today's Cartoon Alley? Instead of what was programmed, they ran three of the classic, rarely seen Warner Bros. WWII cartoons: Daffy the Commando, Russian Rhapsody, and Herr Meets Hare. So glad I had C.A. being recorded as always on the DVR. These weren't scheduled until next Saturday. I wonder if the TCM programmer created this new group based on my very first Challenge listing from a schedule I did where the Cartoon Alley selection I put together included Russian Rhapsody, Herr Meets Hare, and Falling Hare? It'd be great to know if it was, but I am just ecstatic they are being shown. The subject of the three is Adolf Hitler (but I did notice in the program listing for it next week, and duplicated in the Now Playing magazine, is they spelled it Adolph.)

However, look at the opportunity I gave for the individual you to voice your opinion. There now isn't that fun. Just loads. Just as an ordinary poster might say, "Hey, does anyone else here think Robert Clarke sounds like Rock Hudson?" Or as someone other than myself might say, "Hey, doesn't eltone sound remarkably like someone who is patronizing?"

Cinema, the Carousel DVD is terrific. I reviewed it in the musicals section of the DVD reviews here. You should love it.

I made a film called "The Man From Planet X", I was the lead male role. My name is Robert Clarke. Mr. Clarke, there's just one slight problem with your posts. Of course, I realize I shouldn't criticize anything in any of your posts here because it's remarkable you could even type them...considering you died in 2005. http://www.tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?spid=35166&apid=131473 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164967/

lol, hey, we agree for once.

"...without saying "no one respond to this!" which could be taken wrong." otterhere, when I said "don't respond to this" at the beginning, I also explained that I didn't want to see more fights: "Come on, everybody, don't respond to this. We already have dealt with this to death in multiple other threads. Person A will say they are showing more recent films than before. Person B will say they are not/ Person C will chime in, yes, they are. Person D will say here are statistics that show it is the same as it was ten years ago. Person C will come back with, I don't care what the numbers are, I just don't want any recent films during my lifetime. The arguments will start. Nothing will change anyone's opinion and all we have done is given the boards more fighting and anger. SO DON'T LET IT START AGAIN!!! LET THIS THREAD GO! jcd, your first post, huh, and what is the name of it, "I Love TCM"? "Thanks TCM for so many great films"? No, it is "Will anything stop the destruction of Turner Classic Movies?" It seems like a post that is written just to create a stir. Please just go read through some of the other threads on this subject. Won't be hard to find." I was bothered by his insinuation in his second post that that read "Make no mistake: there is no end in sight to this erosion." and I just wanted to skip all the antagonism on the boards because people will start fighting again. So what happened, people responded and the fighting started again.

hi, movieman, I am guessing (hoping) that your post was addressed to someone other than me. At the very start of this thread, I asked people to just let this post go, ignore it because all the poster did was go over something that had been done to death recently and I also thought that for his very first post picking a title, "Will anything stop the destruction of Turner Classic Movies," made it seem like an attempt just to stir up a ruckus again. And, sigh, it did. The original poster has probably gone over to a message board site devoted to WWII and is likely stating that the Holocaust never happened.

But the choice of that word speaks volumes as to what one faction thinks of the other faction's opinion on this subject: not much lol, and one faction's opinion of facts: not at all

Well, at times my apartment resembles J.P.Patches's shack (oldtimers in the Seattle area would get that reference), but framed poster-wise I have an Oscar poster painted by Alex Ross (and signed), a special-issued Warner Bros. poster showing the filming of the airport scene with Bogie and Bergman from "Casablanca", a 6-sheet of "To Sir With Love", a cast signed "Love Actually" 1-sheet, two lobby cards from The Court Jester, a repro Superman the Movie poster (one of the send-in giveaways from the Superman Ultimate DVD Collection), three small poster collages (one with the signature of Billy Wilder, one with the signature of Robert Wise, and one with the signature of Jane Wyatt), an original drawing by a newspaper artist from the Thirties of Laurence Olivier, Katherine Cornell, and another actress, signed by all three and the artist, to do with a play they were touring in. More movie stuff is stored in boxes or on shelves (such as a Don Knotts-signed "Ghost and Mr. Chicken" 1-sheet, a Robert Morse-and-Michelle Lee-signed 1-sheet of How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying).

No, but I can tell you that Katherine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier both would be 100 in May and they did a TV-movie called "Love Among the Ruins".

patful, I watched Suzy last night on my DVR and I didn't notice any freeze at all and I have DISH, too. Did yours last more than a few seconds or like before was it a few minutes?

You're a kinder man than I, Kyle.

Geez, this is probably going to go the whole 21 Questions, when you will let us have the giveaway clue. lol, I have to warn you, though, if this is some obscure film, you are going to have a lot of very ticked people to deal with, lol. Alright, what about Shadow of a Doubt? And, no, don't ask me how that ties into early telemarketing or a torn coat, because I don't know.

Hey, maybe my request for a British Sunday Theater is starting to emerge (even if it was during the week, lol). I am really happy to see TCM getting into other studios now.

I find it hard to believe that my cable provider is responsible. Whoa, I can believe a cable company is capable of anything. That's why, after years of frustration, I switched to satellite.

I think the reason there may not be an article because this is the first time it has been on TCM, isn't it? Sometimes it takes awhile for an article to be placed.

It was still listed on my DISH screen listing as of this morning, so fingers crossed and toes crossed and eyes crossed.

patful, I was going to watch Suzy tonight on my DVR. Where did the glitch occur for you so I can check it? Have you contacted DISH?

Speaking of Hedda Hopper, I remember something going back to about 1981. I was interviewing Stewart Granger about his career and his autobiography, "Sparks Fly Upward." He said he was going to write a second book and tell more about Hopper. I recall his anger at the mere mention of her name. He said that she destroyed people. He died before the second book was ever done, but I certainly would have wanted to read what he had to say. I have fond memories of Granger being a really pleasant man. He was the first star I ever got to interview.

Hi, cmygor, sorry, we have to answer inglis' other quote first before new ones can be added: "The Greeks believed that man was immortal as long as his name was remembered on earth . These were two good seamen" Frankly, I have no idea, inglis. I will take a guess it is a war film..."In Which We Serve"?

movieman, you're right. Come on, everybody, don't respond to this. We already have dealt with this to death in multiple other threads. Person A will say they are showing more recent films than before. Person B will say they are not/ Person C will chime in, yes, they are. Person D will say here are statistics that show it is the same as it was ten years ago. Person C will come back with, I don't care what the numbers are, I just don't want any recent films during my lifetime. The arguments will start. Nothing will change anyone's opinion and all we have done is given the boards more fighting and anger. SO DON'T LET IT START AGAIN!!! LET THIS THREAD GO! jcd, your first post, huh, and what is the name of it, "I Love TCM"? "Thanks TCM for so many great films"? No, it is "Will anything stop the destruction of Turner Classic Movies?" It seems like a post that is written just to create a stir. Please just go read through some of the other threads on this subject. Won't be hard to find.

Do foreign releases like this generally have no extras? I'd like to have a few of the titles but I wonder if they will be over here at some time, end up being cheaper and have special features?

Hmm, well we had snow (lol, believe it or not) here in southern California yesterday, so maybe it is the cold weather.

I noticed the pixilation problem, too, this AM on another channel, so maybe it is the weather...but I sure hope we don't get the freeze frame for several minutes and then no sound like we did before. Arrrggghhh!!! Hey, isn't "pixilation" what Longfellow Deeds was said to be suffering from? No, wait, that was "pixilated", which was supposed to mean the pixies had gotten to him. Does this mean pixies are responsible for pixilation problems, too? LOL.