catlover Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 hello, anyone know why universal only gives westerns to the starz/encore channels and never any of their other kinds of films from the studio era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LsDoorMat Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 hello, anyone know why universal only gives westerns to the starz/encore channels and never any of their other kinds of films from the studio era? I havn't seen any studio era films on starz - let me in on this if there are some playing this month. I've only seen studio era material mainly on Encore Westerns, since the 1940s and 1950s were the heyday of that genre. You see some classic Hitchcock or James Bond films on the other encore channels, but that is about the extent of it. Keep an eye on that Encore Western channel. Last August on a Saturday night I saw that "The Virginian" from 1929 was playing. I sighed. Oh, it's probably the 1940's version with Joel McCrea. But I set my DVD recorder up nonetheless. It WAS the 1929 version looking better than I'd ever seen it! I hadn't seen it on TV since I was in high school on Christmas break back in the 1970s! The bottom line is the starz channels probably don't want the studio era material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Since my cable server a couple of years ago started wanting a monthly CHARGE for STARZ and ENCORE, after years of just including them in the "basic" package, I opted out. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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