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The sequel, Mad About Men, will air in June, with anther viewing of Miranda just before it.
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Some of the things that are new for the month are:
Possibly several of the films with Star of the Month, Ida Lupino (several are directed by her)
Mad About Men, the sequel to Miranda, with Glynis Johns
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
2 hours of shorts with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
a night with Boys in the Band and other gay-themed films (actually, it looks like a few nights)
The person who missed Turnabout will be glad to know it is on again
Wonder Bar with Al Jolson
Gandhi
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It's up. I just checked the link and it's fine.
(I know you like Vic Morrow films, based on the thread, but there aren't any, so I can save you looking.)
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Try clicking on your refresh button.
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The June schedule is up. Ida Lupino is the Star of the Month.
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/month/?cid=N&timezone=EST&oid=6/1/2007
Whoever asked about Ladies They Talk About will be happy.
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It has nothing to do with if a TV-movie is bad or great. There have been plenty of wonderful TV-movies, such as "The Execution of Private Slovik" or "That Certain Summer".
It's about retaining the purity of what TCM is, a theatrical movie only channel. My feeling is that adding TV-movies to its schedule would ruin it.
Surely, with the limited topics TCM is facing...
What limited topics is TCM facing? I don't think they are short on ideas. They are constantly adding new studio films to their schedule. They have recently found 6 films assumed lost. They premiered about 50 films never before on TCM this month and another 50 or so are planned for April. Etc.
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Sorry, my initial reaction at reading the head was, "Gad, no!" TCM is theatrical movies only. Something like the "ILAM" TV-movie might show up on Universal's Sleuth Channel.
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In that day of the future when one has the opportunity to go to a list of every film ever made and pick one for a night's viewing, I wonder if it will start the day when we will become blase about all films?
With so much available at our fingertips, it could give us the attitude of, "Well, it's there if I ever want it."? Don't we already do that with a lot of entertainment things. "Oh, the play's on for three months? I'll see about going towards the end." If he/she ever does.
I mean, we've already basically stopped going to movies and enjoying the movie theater experience. "Naw. It's three blocks to the movie. And then I have to drive. And find a parking spot. And I'd rather stay home." "So, what do you want to do?" "Nothing."
Maybe it will start the day of barely watching movies at all. I thiink we are becoming lazier and lazier. Gad, people might start reading books again. (lol, if they can find someone to read to them.)
And before we forget, a lot of entertainment people (whether they are actors or video store owners) have their livelihood based on our activity. Inactivity kills their income.
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What kind of HD TV do you have?
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I like the film, especially because of Paul Robeson, but there is one moment in this version early on in the movie that when I saw it, I went, "Whoa!" It's a section I'd even think about cutting (and I hate censorship!). When Irene Dunne (Magnolia) is doing a shuffle to "Lovin' Dat Man of Mine". Her bodily and facial gestures I found terribly offensive, and I am speaking as a Caucasian. Have any others who have seen it feel the same? I would also like to know what the initial reactions are of those who will see it for the first time. Otherwise, a very enjoyable movie.
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As far as buying either of the two new formats, I will wait until 1. there is a clear winner, and 2. figure out just what I want to HDTV-wise. Whenever I drop in at Costco, there are a number of plasma screens there, as well as projection TVs. While the HD programming they run over the screens looks very good, I know it is specifically produced to advertise the sets. Whenever I see regular TV on it, I am hugely disappointed. Very grainy.
Also, I have noticed that in watching even mild movements on screen that the image doesn't remain sharp. And, maybe I am crazy, but my eyes bother me a little. That said, when I do see something very sharp shown, I can stand there amazed.
A major concern for me is size. Many of the screens, even the large ones about 60" are built to accomodate widescreen images, which can look great when it fills the screen end to end, but for older films and 1:1:33 size is really not that big on these sets.
For the time being, I will wait and continue with my Optoma projector, where I have a projected screen image of between 110-120 inches.
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Hopefully it doesn't Die like Beta-Max...
vallo, don't feel bad about Betamax. I was the king of the losers. During the battle of VHS or Beta, I bought the third competitor V-Cord from Toshiba.
When Laserdiscs were hot, I went the route of RCA Selectavision.
Ah, well, all that pales when I remember we used to wear disco clothes.
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Tricia,
Turnabout is not on tonight at 10:45. It was on at 7:45 AM here on the west coast, at exactly the same time it was airiing at 10:45 ET. There is no delay in broadcasts.
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See above.
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filmlover
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MissGoddess,
I haven't seen them online, either, not even on Costco's website. I wonder if it is something done special for Costco. When I boght them about a few weeks ago, I saw them in the Burbank store but not in the Los Feliz Costco. Then last weekend, I did see them at the second store, so they are likely in all the Costco stores. If I can remember, I will get the Costco item number for you next time I go there and then you can call your local store first to see if they have them.
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MGMWBRKO,
That Lost & Found is great. So much fascinating material in there! Wonderful job!
Thanks,
filmlover
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Movie poster collecting is a major hobby (and investment) for some.
I am tempted between Casablanca, since it is my favorite movie, a Thief of Bagdad poster (Fairbanks version) because it has a Maxfield Parrish look to it,
Thief of Bagdad: http://members.cscoms.com/~suwat/poster/The_Thief_of_Bagdad.jpg
and This Gun for Hire (because it may be the most beautiful film poster of all).
This Gun for Hire: http://www.postermountain.com/images/thisgunafter-2.jpg
But I would probably end up going with Casablanca.
Casablanca: http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/1d/images.art.com/images/-/Casablanca-Poster-C10045006.jpeg
Out of all the posters ever made, what would be your choice of just one poster and your reason for wanting it?
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Hi, kim,
Here's a link to the TCM database. In there you can find cast, an article, etc. The film has shown on TCM, not too long ago.
http://www.tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=2800
Question re your FH set. Are the labels still mixed up, the Stanwyck one not on the Baby Face film, etc.
As to the lack of extras in it, Warners recently had an online discussioon about new releases and they said this: " FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD #1 was a huge success. We were disappointed that we couldn't add extras either. We had planned to include a documentary that turned out to have clearance issues which prevented its inclusion. As you are aware, we always try to release discs that are full with great extras, so we were bummed. We hope to make it up to you with this year's release, which we plan to have include SIX features, plus a brand-new pre-code documentary that we at WHV are producing right now as we speak. We hope to have two FH releases per year starting in 2008."
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You'll have to give sandy a break, mrsl. When I read her post, I had the same reaction as you but then noticed her post was on January 18, two months ago. It was the next poster, MSW1, who dug this thread out of the archives.
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Actually, there were two. The Fighting 69th and The Irish in Us.
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I'll look around and see if I can discover it. By the way, is there any truth to the rumor that a 1948 movie called Big City has had every copy destroyed and that it no longer exists anywhere in the world, and that the last copy was personally put to the fire by some TV channel just to spite somebody writing them frequently to play it? (Just kidding, lol.)
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There are several threads like this already currently on the boards:
This is the daddy of them all (currently running at 66 pages, 979 replies, and over 37,000 views):
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=74872&start=975#7769331
plus there are these ones:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=78825&start=30#7787409
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=71731&start=45#7760536
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Some good titles in there. Thanks.
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I'd prefer the covers to remain in the Challenge, where they belong, where the idea for doing NP covers really originated. And as for doing covers, it is a long, laborious process of layout, fonts, etc. in order to match the look. Everythihg you see on mine, including matching magazine headers was done from scratch.
How about having a "Made for tv movie day"
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Maybe I am a lone holdout, but under no circumstances would I EVER want to see a TV-movie on TCM. TCM is the ONLY place to show theatrical movies 24 hours a day. All the other channels shows combination of TV and movies. And if someone said, it is for one time only, well, that would be like cheating when you have a perfect relationship...what was there would never be the same again, and likely would be lost forever because there would always be the suspicion it could happen again.
And you can't really say, " I have just noticed that on April 9th they are having a "No animals were harmed" day....really is "Made for tv movie day" such a stretch that people couldn't handle it?" All the movies in the themed animal day are still theatrical movies. Your comparison just doesn't work. It's comparing apples to oranges.
Listen, why not try the Hallmark Channel? This sort of thing is right up their alley. To me, asking for TV-movies here is wrong. If they do it once, that opens the floodgates to more days later on.
Also, you've had two requests to explain your comment. "Surely, with the limited topics TCM is facing..." but you haven't answered that yet.