Mysterious_Mose Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Does anyone know if these will be airing on Canadian TCM? A friend of mine has recently got TCM and is noticing the lack of RKO films that get aired there. Will this affect the recently restored film too? Link to post Share on other sites
MGMWBRKO Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 they will be ... TCM owns these 6 RKO titles worldwide. Link to post Share on other sites
Mysterious_Mose Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 Thank you so much! My friend will be elated at the news. Link to post Share on other sites
brian34 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Good to hear. Although, I can't say that there's any "lack" of RKO films being shown on TCM Canada. Lots of them on all the time. Link to post Share on other sites
BustedSony Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 The problem is the Hal Roach/Hallmark films, not RKO. My mistake. (I'm the "friend.").For instance, I very much wanted to get the 45-minute Frances Langford musical "All-American Coed" 7:15 am Feb 9th, but it and the following film "Flying with Music" were replaced by "The Sandpiper" on TCM Canada. We are just not getting the newly-resurrected Hal Roach films, which I've never seen. Some of the shorts, the Taxi Boys etc. have also been dropped, but some of those DO air, thankfully. Another huge loss was "Merrily We Live," an MGM film, which M-Mose and I both wanted in the good quality I'm getting from digital cable, but it was not carried. I am glad about the lost RKOs airing though. Good news! Link to post Share on other sites
MGMWBRKO Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 here's a poster gallery for the 6 lost RKO titles: http://www.filmforum.org/films/rko/gallery/ Link to post Share on other sites
MGMWBRKO Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 here is a link to an article on a terrific BLOG that provides an overview of the RKO Lost & Found film series (with still frame images of TCM's newly restored prints): http://mattzollerseitz.blogspot.com/2007/02/rko-lost-and-found-at-film-forum.html Link to post Share on other sites
BIRDY Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 MGM - those websites were awesome! I can't wait - 6 new RKOs and spring thaw! Link to post Share on other sites
Cinemascope Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 We're getting closer... day by day, we are getting closer! Link to post Share on other sites
Redsweaterhardy5 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Thank you for the link to look at the movie posters. Did you look at the one for Rafter Romance? What is his hand doing anyway? Link to post Share on other sites
BIRDY Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I wondered the same thing - am almost afraid to look to closely! Guess we'll have to wait and see! Link to post Share on other sites
Cinemascope Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 By the way, does anyone know if there are any plans to release these movies on DVD after they've aired on TCM? Link to post Share on other sites
MGMWBRKO Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 as far as a DVD release .... we are working on it ... Link to post Share on other sites
Cinemascope Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 > as far as a DVD release .... > we are working on it ... Awesome good news, would love to add this set to my collection... even better if it has extras, but even no extras is fine with a treasure like this! Link to post Share on other sites
pandorainmay Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 "Marriage is a business, at least a woman's business." The above comment by Ann Harding's character in Double Harness is an example of the kind of mask her character attempts to wear in the interest of finding a niche for herself in a pre-code world. Is she perceptive or as full of illusions as her love-besotted sister? When "innocent" playboy William Powell presents her with a gardenia he explains that the flower reminded him of her: "Coolly virginal, yet exquisitely inviting." Little does Bill know that she has plans for him to be the fly, while she's decided to try to be just a little spidery around the edges. It might be of interest to those of you who haven't had a chance to see this film that the "lost" RKO feature that has resurfaced within the last year on TCM is now available in its entirety at the TCM media room, found here. Starring Ann Harding & William Powell and directed by John Cromwell, I enjoyed the interplay between Ann & Bill as well as some of the points about how not to conduct a liaison, (that is, until the script nearly falls into an episode of "wife knows best"). If you go to the TCM link above, look on the left side of the screen. You'll find Double Harness perched between the trailers for Closely Watched Trains & The Heavenly Body. Link to post Share on other sites
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