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Keep the votes coming.
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And the Gower location was where extras who hoped to get cast would hang around in cowboy garb, because of all the westerns made by the studios there. Due to this cowboy atmosphere, it became known as "Gower Gulch." A block or so away on Sunset was where Warner Bros. used to have their studios. For awhile after that it was the Sunset Bowling Center, the biggest bowling alley in the world, and is now the KTLA building.
As Warner Bros: http://www.710kmpc.com/Large%20Photos/KMPC-Warner%20Bros.jpg
As bowling center: http://www.710kmpc.com/Large%20Photos/sunset%20bowling%20center.jpg
Here's a link to its history:
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I was just looking in on www.oldies.com and they still have their special sale of Warner Bros/MGM titles at $6.98, plus they have added several titles including Lust for Life (Kirk Douglas), Kim (Errol Flynn), and Truffaut's masterpiece Day for Night.
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Keep the votes coming.
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Matt, thank you for the kind words. I wanted to do all I could to make this Challenge very special and I am very happy of the way it has turned out. There are truly great schedules here, as you can see from the TCM Programmer's comments below.
And thanks to you and SinatraFan for voting for your favorites.
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Maybe something to consider for future challenges is to limit the films from studios that TCM has agreements with because these could only be the ones that they will be able to show. That will probably elminiate most of the movies from Fox.
That is exactly what I did with this Challenge. Until this Challenge, we basically did limit the choice of films to WB-pre 1950, MGM-pre 1986 and RKO-all, the core of what was TCM's library.
With the expansion of films that TCM is now showing from other studios, I felt it was time to increase, not decrease, the possibilities of films to use in the schedules. As mentioned, TCM informed me of the studios that were now viable, and so I used those, and only those (Rank, Monogram, Disney live action, Columbia, and UA-post 1950). If you look at the Voting thread, you will see the TCM programmer is delighted with the results.
Being new to the board you may not have seen the four previous Challenge events spanning the last year, but after all that time and all those schedules using variants of the WB, MGM, and RKO films, I think the veterans were happy to be able to breathe new life into the schedules by including those specific other studios' libraries. (Fox was never included in the mix, unless previously shown on TCM, but could be allowed under the five Premiere films rule).
I hope you will take part in the next Challenge
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moviefan2,
I had been informed prior to the Challenge by TCM that it was MGM-all, though prior we had pre-1986. Since I had already started the Challenge, I decided not to change it in mid-stream back to MGM pre-1986. As to Monogram, I was told it would be fine to include all of their films, as well as the other info about which studios to use.
With regards to future Challenges, I have discussed with another Challenge veteran the possibility of modifying the requirements and possible studios, but that is still in discussion. Personally, I am looking forward to creating a schedule myself in the next Challenge because of the opening up of the additional studios I listed in this Challenge. (In actual fact, TCM does not own its own library any longer, so everything must be leased.)
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Allie,
Go ahead and edit it into the post that your schedule is in. I think it would be okay, especially since it was in your schedule before.
filmlover
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If they had BARBARA STANWYCK on all day long I would have to check My hard drive to make sure I had enought space free for them.
Agreed, and if they had two or three stars in a row I liked, I would probably be out of luck very quickly.
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TCM Programmer,
It is always a great delight to have you look in and let us know you are enjoying the schedules and that you may include some of the themes in these schedules to your real TCM schedule. It is an encouragement that their work really does matter to you and the others at TCM. And everyone comes away with a greater appreciation of what you must go through 52 weeks a year.
Thank you again for your support and for donating prizes to the contest!
filmlover
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Well, I don't know. I can enjoy "Summer Under the Stars" when they do this because it is interesting for a month, but year round? I don't believe I would be watching as much. For example, if Leo Gorcey and Tony Randall each had a day, then that would be two full days I wouldn't be watching TCM. And I have a feeling if they ran a day of silents, they might lose a lot of viewers. I think TCM has a good format now because it incorporates a bit of everything into each day, so people will find something they like each day.
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The contest is now closed, but here is the link for you to vote for the contestants:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7896424#7896424
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The Fifth TCM Programming Challenge has just come to an end. We have had 13 great schedules entered in this TCM Challenge, which I am proud to say is more than double the amount we have ever had in any one Challenge before! Congratulations to all the contributors!
Now, it?s time for everyone to vote and show your support for these people who have created these great schedules. Prizes will be award to the contestants who receive the most votes.
THE VOTING IS OPEN TO ALL ON THE TCM MESSAGE BOARDS WHO:
1. were registered on TCM?s Message Board January 31, 2007 or before, or
2. who registered after 1/31/07 AND entered a schedule into the contest.
VOTING ENDS MARCH 14th AT MIDNIGHT (Pacific Time)
How to Vote:
You will be providing two votes:
Vote #1 - BEST SCHEDULE ? vote for the screenname of the person who submitted the schedule you consider the best, and
Vote #2 - BEST DVD BOX SET ? vote for the screenname of the person who submitted their idea of a dream DVD box set you consider the best (you can vote for the same person as the Schedule, if you like, or a different person altogether).
You have the option of stating your votes HERE in this thread, or in a PM to me if you wish to do it privately.
Okay, let?s get started:
Vote #1: Here are the nominations for Best Schedule. Pick your favorite one:
Sinatrafan86: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7895648#7895648
Dewey1960: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7895726
Matthelm: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7881894
Filmhistorian: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7882081#7882081
Sweetsmellofsuccess: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7881462
Sugarpuss: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7883717
Movieman1957: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7884297
Jarhfive: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7886190
Benwhowell: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7886191
Fredmill38: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7886484#7886484
Fedya: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7887342
Allieharding: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7894484#7894484
Mariah23: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7896242#7896242
Vote #2: Here are the nominations for Best Imaginary DVD Box Set. Pick your favorite one:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7896408#7896408
PRIZES:
The person getting the highest number of votes for their schedule will have the honor of hosting the next Challenge.
Plus the TCM Programmer has generously donated several TCM items. I am also supplying several DVDs (with three titles kindly donated by path40a, the creator of the very first Challenge).
PRIZES FOR BEST SCHEDULES
FROM TCM (Thank you, TCM Programmer)
1. A TCM sweatshirt
2. A TCM t-shirt
3. A Leading Men book
4. A TCM hat
5. A collection of movie poster postcards
DVDs
1. The Bravados (Gregory Peck)
2. Notting Hill
3. Spider-Man (2-DVD set)
4. Law of the Wild (1934 serial with Rin-Tin-Tin),
5. Jurassic Park
6. Forbidden Hollywood (2-DVD set) (donated by path40a. Thanks!)
7. The Misfits (Gable, Monroe)
8. The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936 serial)
9. The Painted Stallion (1937 serial)
10.Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936 serial)
11.Ultimate Dirty Dancing Edition
12.Looker (thanks to path40a)
13.Crossing Delancy (thanks to path40a)
14.Mystery Squadron (1933 serial)
15. Flaming Frontiers (1938 serial),
The 1st place winner will get: 1. his or her choice of one item from the TCM column AND 2. two DVD titles from the DVD column.
The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place winners will get: 1. his or her choice of an item from the TCM column AND 2. a DVD title from the DVD column. (based on what has not been chosen by the 1st place winner first, 2nd place winner second, and so on).
All others who have taken part in the contest will get their choice of one DVD from the DVD column (that have not been chosen by winners of 1st through 5th place).
PRIZE FOR BEST BOX SET
I will supply the person who gets the most votes for his or her dream Box Set EITHER: 1. the Titanic 3-DVD Special Collectors Edition box set and a set of three Fliptomania TCM movie flipbooks (King Kong, North by Northwest, and The Wizard of Oz), OR 2. Riders of Death Valley (1941 Universal?s ?Million Dollar Super Serial? ? 2 DVD set with Lon Chaney, Jr.) and the 3 movie flipbooks
Good luck to all and thank you for taking part in the TCM Programming Challenge.
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In addition to creating a schedule, another requirement of the contest was to come up with a great imaginary boxset. I thought it might be fun to create an imaginary new DVD boxset containing 5 actual movies from the TCM library. All titles must be new to DVD and each contestant had to schedule one evening to showcase two or three of the titles, but not all five so people will still be tempted to buy it.
Here is a recap of the entries for that portion of the contest. Great work, everyone!
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mariah23:
Margaret Sullavan: The Signature Collection DVD Box Set
Three Comrades
The Shopworn Angel
Back Street
No Sad Songs for Me
The Mortal Storm
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Allieharding:
Helen Hayes: The Signature Collection DVD Box Set
Night Flight (1933) Helen Hayes, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy. Directed by Clarence Brown.
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) Helen Hayes, Lewis Stone. Directed by Edgar Selwyn.
The Son-Daughter (1932) Helen Hayes, Lewis Stone, Warner Oland. Directed by Clarence Brown.
The White Sister (1933) Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lewis Stone.
Another Language (1933) Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery. Directed by
Edward H. Griffith.
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935) Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery. Directed by
William K. Howard.
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Fedya:
Glenda Farrell: The Signature Collection DVD Box Set:
Life Begins (1932)
Girl Missing (1933)
Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
Three on a Match (1932)
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
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Fredmill38:
Ray Milland: The Signature Collection DVD Box Set
The Bachelor Father
Night into Morning
Irene
Wise Girl
A Life of Her Own
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Benwhowell:
William Haines: The Signature Collection DVD Box Set:
The Girl Said No (1930)
Just a Gigolo (1931) D-Jack Conway
Way Out West (1930)D-Fred Niblo
Are You Listening (1932) D-Harry Beaumont
Tailor Made Man (1931) D-Sam Wood.
Extras include the short 1925 STUDIO TOUR (1925) and the documentary OUT OF THE CLOSET, OFF THE SCREEN: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM HAINES (2001) D-Fenton Bailey/ Randy Barbato.)
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Jarhfive:
Hildegarde Withers Mysteries DVD Box Set:
DVD ONE
Penguin Pool Murder (1932) Edna Mae Oliver, James Gleason
Edna Mae Olivier Biography: "Say 'Hey'...Edna Mae!"
Penguin Pool Murder trailer
Greyscale bars
DVD TWO
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) Edna Mae Oliver, James Gleason
James Gleason Biography: "Hollywood?s Mister Irritable Bald Guy"
Murder on the Blackboard trailer
More grayscale bars
DVD THREE
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935) Edna Mae Oliver, James Gleason
Hildegarde Withers Video Essay: "Hildegarde Withers?Teacher, Sleuth, or Serial Killer?"
Murder on a Honeymoon trailer
For a change?color bars
DVD FOUR
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) Helen Broderick, James Gleason
Helen Broderick Biography: "Who the Heck is Helen Broderick? And Where?s Edna?!"
Murder on a Bridle Path trailer
DVD FIVE
The Plot Thickens (1936) Zasu Pitts, James Gleason
Zasu Pitts Biography: "Too Funny, Too Fast: The Rise and Fall of Zany Zasu?
The Plot Thickens trailer
DVD SIX
Forty Naughty Girls (1937) Zasu Pitts, James Gleason
Hildegarde Withers? Mysteries...An Essay by James Gleason: "I'm Outta Here..."
Forty Naughty Girls trailer
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movieman1957:
Katharine Hepburn at RKO DVD Box Set:
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
Spitfire (1934)
Sylvia Scarlet (1936)
A Woman Rebels (1936)
The Little Minister (1934)
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Sugarpuss:
RKO Hollywood Headliners DVD Box Set (Five Movies plus One Documentary):
Quality Street (1937)
Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone; directed by George Stevens
Extras/Shorts:
- Trailer for "Quality Street"
- Short: The Costume Designer (1950) - Katharine Hepburn - 9 min.
- Bonus Movie: Maid's Night Out (1938) Joan Fontaine - 64 min.
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen & Joan Fontaine; directed by George Stevens
Extra/Shorts:
- Trailer for "A Damsel in Distress"
- RKO Screenliner: Laughs of Yesterday (1953) 8 min.
- Information Please No. 4: (1942) Oscar Levant - 10 min.
- Information Please: Series 1, No. 11 (1940) - 10 min.
In Name Only (1939)
Cary Grant, Carole Lombard; directed by John Cromwell
Extras/Shorts:
- Trailer for "In Name Only"
- Short: A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital (1965) - 3 min.
- Short: Road to Victory (1944) Cary Grant - 10 min.
The Lusty Men (1952)
Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward; directed by Nicholas Ray
Extras/Shorts:
- Trailer for "The Lusty Men"
- Short: RKO Sportscope: Dirt Track Racing (1957) - 8 min.
- Short: Picture People #2: Hollywood Sports (1941) - 9 min.
- Short: Screenliner: Big House Rodeo (1951) - 9 min.
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy; directed by Fritz Lang
Extras/ Shorts:
- Trailer for "Rancho Notorious"
- Bonus Movie: The Mysterious Desperado (1949) - Tim Holt - 61 min.
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1987)
The RKO Story
- 6 one hour parts; 6 hours total
1 double sided disc with 3 parts on each side
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Sweetsmellofsuccess:
Robert Ryan: The Signature Collection DVD Box Set:
Berlin Express (1948)
Act of Violence (1948).
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
Beware, My Lovely (1952)
The Outfit (1973)
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Filmhistorian:
Debbie Reynolds: The Signature Collection DVD Box Set:
Affairs Of Dobie Gillis (1953)
Bundle Of Joy (1956)
The Gazebo (1959)
Mating Game (1959)
Singing Nun (1966)
Susan Slept Here (1954)
All new digitially remastered transfers available for the first time on dvd.
Bonus features include interviews, commentaries, home movies and Private Screenings: Debbie Reynolds
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Matthelm:
The Great Gildersleeve DVD Box Set
Look Who's Laughing (1941) featuring Fibber McGee & Molly
Here We Go Again (1942) also featuring Fibber McGee & Molly
The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
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Dewey1960:
Film Noir ? Rare But Well-Done! DVD Box Set:
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940; Directed by Boris Ingster)
The Locket (1946; Directed by John Brahm)
The Threat (1949; Directed by Felix Feist)
Flaxy Martin (1949; Directed by Richard Bare)
Dial 1119 (1950; Directed by Gerald Mayer)
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SinatraFan86:
Joan Blondell: The Signature Collection DVD Box Set
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell
Three Men on a Horse (1936) Joan Blondell, Frank McHugh
The Perfect Specimen (1937) Joan Blondell, Errol Flynn
Off the Record (1939) JB & Pat O'Brien
Back in Circulation (1937) JB & Pat O'Brien
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Exceptional first schedule, mariah. I love the birthday tribute to James Mason. And I even see we thought alike with regards to GWTW. Awhile back, I did a schedule with a "casting call" for the actors of GWTW in parts pre-GWTW.
And having watched Sherlock Holmes on TV all night tonight, my detective abilities tell me that because you start your morning schedules at 5 AM and your evening schedules at 7 PM, rather than 6 AM and 8 PM ET, respectively, tells me you are located somewhere in the Central Time zone, lol.
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And don't forget about Daylight Savings Time going into effect this weekend.
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mariah,
Here's one thing that will help. Create your full schedule in Microsoft Word, save it, then copy and paste it in here. I discovered that trick after going through the same thing you did.
And welcome to the Challenge! I look forward to seeing your schedule.
filmlover
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Great schedules, everyone!
Important notice:
Tomorrow, I will be posting a new thread for voting with links in it to your schedules. I am already at work on the links and, in order to make this easier for me, I ask that no more edits be made nor any more schedules be moved forward effective as of this moment. Thanks. : )
If you have moved your schedule forward recently, please make sure you go back a few pages to your first posting of your schedule and use the edit button to remove completely that first version (you can just type in its space that it was moved forward). This will stop me from linking to the wrong one.
Thanks!
filmlover
P.S. -- If anyone who hasn't posted a schedule yet would still like to join in, you have until midnight tonight (Pacific time). Come, join the fun.
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The contest ends at midnight PT tonight. Still time to enter a schedule.
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Really great schedule, SinatraFan86. I love the idea of a Joan Blondell set. I think I have heard that they are coming out with a Powell/Loy non-Thin man set, so the fact that you changed it to Blondell leaves things more open to pick new to DVD films.
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I've never seen "Full of Life" although I swung over to Amazon and bought a copy of the book two weeks ago. I'm still waiting for it to arrive. Stupid Free Shipping, I could have written a novel of my own by this time!
lol, I think you just did!
Great notes, sugarpuss. I think you have a fabulous schedule.
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That memory of yours instantly made me think of CINEMA PARADISO. Have you seen it, Filmlove?
Very much so. I felt like I was watching my life up there on the screen.
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As I write this, there are only 38 hours and 31 minutes left before the contest closes (at midnight PT on March 7th). If you have been thinking about submitting a schedule, now is the time to do so. I would love to see more people try their hand at it. Instructions are in the first post on this thread.
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I think many of us are a special breed. There is something in us that is different from the ordinary movie fan (i.e., they go to a movie as just something to do). Somewhere, sometime, something clicked within us and we became movie devotees, that it was as much a part of our lives as breathing. We weren't satisfied to just see a movie. We wanted to be part of the whole thing. Whether this meant working at a movie theatre or collecting posters or whatever, MOVIES became a passion for us.
I'll start it out. For me, it would have had to be Saturday afternoons when I was a kid. Going to double-bill matinees, that also included a short, a serial chapter, and cartoons. I don't recall the first movie I ever saw, but I do remember those Saturdays. Hundreds of screaming kids, running up and down the aisles before the movie started, or cracking toffee bars on the wooden arm rests, arms filled with soda and popcorn.
Looking back, I know the love must have developed then because that theater, the Atlas, had a policy that if you helped go around the theater seats with a garbage bag and clean up the junk, you got in free the next week. You had to have courage to do that because other kids in the audience, your peers, would call out, "Hey, garbageman, over here."
From there, I would hang around the projection booth, occasionally tear tickets at the door when the doorman was occupied, etc.
What's your story? When did you fall in love with the movies?
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ben, thanks for the kind words. It means a lot.