filmlover
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A Stanwyck collection will be great. I hope they focus on her early works, but they probably have to mix in some later films because regular TV viewers (non-TCM) would be used to the way she looked in The Big Valley.
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I was off a bit yesterday when I said there were two and a half days to go. NOW, there are two and a half days. People have until Wednesday, March 7th, at midnight PT, to enter a schedule.
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Call 1-800-TCM-1002
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patful, I think everyone is a winner. I've seen such great schedules in the Challenge. I am very proud of everyone who is in the contest.
Two and a half days left. Still time for everyone to enter their schedule.
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There is a PBS special that is running on several stations that deals with the "jukebox videos" from the 1940s. The L.A. Times had an article about it yesterday and said, in part..."music videos (of today are) just a hipper, glossier version of the 1941-47 phenomenon called soundies ? three-minute, low-budget black-and-white musical films that featured big band, jazz and swing artists. Viewed for a dime on a movie jukebox machine called a panoram...Over six years about 1,800 soundies were produced featuring Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and Les Paul. Doris Day, Yvonne De Carlo and Cyd Charisse made early screen appearances on soundies. Newly restored versions of several of these jukebox movies are featured in the new PBS documentary "Soundies: A Musical History,"
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Take a look at the link to what I wrote in the DVD area.. I bought these today.
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kubrickbuff, you didn't hurt my feelings, because I was stating a fact of human decency in society.
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You don't think that rape is funny because your sence of humor is not dark enough.
kubrickbuff, I haven't said anything about the subject of A Clockwork Orange before now, but I am spilt on the decision if TCM should run it or not. I had it in a schedule once because it is a classic of its kind, but I think there are moments in it that go beyond what should be shown on TCM.
The reason I am writing now is the quote above. If you truly do think rape is funny, then you have crossed the line. I have known real victims of rape, and seen the psychological damage that can haunt them for so much of their life. One can have a very dark sense of humor but still know rape is never funny. It is only when one's humor is sick can rape ever be regarded as funny.
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If you are interested in the info on these, go to the Box Sets section of the Classic Films DVD Reviews Forum section, or click on the link below:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=88261&tstart=0
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Was over at Costco today and saw they had four new boxsets featuring the above stars, under the heading Columbia Screen Legends Collection. Each star gets three films. The good thing is that each set is selling at Costco for $19.99, which is far less than the $65 to $75 street price to get all three titles in each set.
What caught my eye was what was written on the back of the box sets, that each film is listed as "Mastered in High Definition." I don't know if that is the case, because the covers of the actual DVD state differently at times.
The extra features, what there is of them, are the same as in previous DVD editions.
Here is how the sets break down:
Rita Hayworth:
Gilda (listed as "Digitally Mastered Audio & Video")
The Lady from Shanghai (listed as "Digitally Mastered Audio & Video")
Pal Joey (no mention of any manstering or remastering)
Humphrey Bogart:
In A Lonely Place (listed on the individidual DVD as "Digitally Mastered Audio & Video" and "remastered in High Definition)
Dead Reckoning (listed on the individidual DVD as "Digitally Mastered Audio & Video" and "remastered in High Definition)
Sahara (listed on the individidual DVD as "Digitally Mastered Audio & Video")
James Stewart:
Anatomy of a Murder (listed on the individidual DVD as "Digitally Mastered Audio & Video") (also on the box it says widescreen, but the DVD says the correct aspect of 1:33 to 1 for this film).
Bell, Book, and Candle (listed on the individidual DVD as "Digitally Mastered Audio & Video")
The Man from Laramie (listed on the individidual DVD as "Digitally Mastered Audio & Video" and "Remastered in High Definition)
Glenn Ford:
I didn't purchase this set, but I remember two of the titles were 3:10 to Yuma and Jubal. The third was also a western but I don't recall the title.
It would take someone with a HD setup and the previous DVD releases of these titles to state whether or not there is a difference.
But for the price, it is still a bargain.
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Hi, allie,
It will be a wonderful schedule, I am positive. I look forward to seeing it. Great to have you back in the Challenge!
filmlover
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After this contest closes, I will post one last thing in this thread that will indicate a brand new thread just for the voting. It will also include links to each of the contestants' schedules so people will see what they are voting on.
Instructions in that new thread will explain everything. The voting will last for one week.
All other details will be given in time.
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Can there be more Disney live action films on the horizon?
Lynn, Disney must definitely be doing something about their live-action library that was just sitting there. Besides the ones on TCM, I just noticed that the Hallmark Channel is going to be running the Hayley Mills films The Parent Trap, Summer Magic, and That Darn Cat, in addition to other Disney films, in March and April. I hope these all turn up on TCM because I don't expect Hallmark to give us letterbox and I don't know if Hallmark runs commercial-free (but I highly doubt it).
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mrsl, I was just thinking that, actually, maybe you wouldn't like it. I know you have a distaste for the Marx Bros. and the Three Stooges because, if I recall corretly, you consider them mean-spirited. If that is the case, Black Adder would not be something you would enjoy. The main character is as nasty as they come, although hilarious.
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Starting next week, we get all the great B-series detective films. YAY! In keeping with that, I just got an email listing a bunch of lobby cards that someone is auctioning off, but I am NOT endorsing that here on TCM. I only want to put in this link so people can see a gallery of the great graphics of title and scene cards from Falcon movies back then.
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5 days to go before the 5th TCM Programming Challenge closes.
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hi, mrsl,
I love films by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Love, Actually). One thing I find is that he has this incredible talent for making all the characters so well defined. If you haven't yet seen Notting Hill, you must, it is the very best of his work. (And if you get in a silly mood, rent the Black Adder TV show DVDs.)
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Yes, the Challenge doesn't close until midnight PT on March 7th.
When I read in your post that you still have the films of the Marx Bros. to see, I was filled with such sudden envy. I'm sure every fan of them here would love to experience them all anew as you will be.
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Don't feel ashamed you haven't seen more classic movies. You should be glad about that, because think how many wonderful treats you have in store!
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Reading through the article, there is a paragraph about Stingaree and intimates that in the picture that the man has his hand on the backside of the male rider, but if you click on it it goes to a bigger picture that shows the man only has his hand on the back of the saddle
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Correct, the the title is I Won't Play. And it is actually just a short, not a feature-length film.
Here's a link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036939/
You can find it on the DVD of Passage to Marseille in the Humphrey Bogart Signature Collection Vol. 2 boxset. It also appears occasionally on TCM.
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I thought Gwenyth Paltrow's gown was beautiful - but I'd like to take a scissor to that long hair hanging on one side.
Are you kidding? That long hair on the side added to the beauty of everything.
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1 week left in the contest. There is still time for contributing a schedule.
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On the boards - on stage
Hack - plagueriser/ripoff
Hoofer - dancer
Canary - snger
Torch singer - what exactly is that?
As to dame - I'd rather be that than what they are calling females in the rap music.
Don't forget "hack" refers to an untalented writer, AND a taxi driver.
Speaking of taxi, there is a term long past, "taxi dancer". Never have quite figured that one out, thoguh I know it is a woman who danced for money in a dancehall.
LAST DAY! ?THE TCM Programming Challenge: Take 5? with PRIZES
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Allie,
What a terrific, terrific schedule. A tribute to Glynis Johns...well, there goes my heart. I think she is such a delight (but, gasp, how could omit The Court Jester?!). And I haven't seen any on the list except The Magic Box, which everyone should see. I would be watching all of them.
Constance Bennett would make a very interesting Star of the Month. Good choice.
I enjoyed your choice under Take Five. Though four films have Five in the title, the fifth film, Waterloo, definitely fits in because Napoleon was being made to "take five."
And a DVD set of Helen Hayes, to boot. Totally wonderful.
Very clever using "To Be Continued Next Week" on your serial choice.
Looking over the whole week, I see SO MANY titles I have never seen, and you have created a great selection from all periods and different genres, I would be hardpressed to get away from the TV.
Absolutely top-notch work, Allie! Congrats.