Jlewis Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Not sure if everybody can catch this Traveltalk tomorrow morning, Tuesday (April 7th)... It is always fun compare travelogues shot within the same year by competing film companies and how they differ in narration, music and over all style. Posted this on the previously mentioned blog link: http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-april-3rd-2015 8:36 AM PST, 9:36 AM MST, 10:36 AM CST, 11:36 AM EST Imperial Delhi MGM- James A. FitzPatrick; camera: Hone M. Glendining / c-8+m / Traveltalk / February 18, 1939 Both FitzPatrick’s Hone Glendining and British cinematographer Jack Cardiff (working with director Hans Nieter) made competing series of India travelogues in Technicolor during the year 1938. Although the “World Windows” series (shot mostly in Europe, India and the Middle East) only lasted three years or so (being distributed in the United States by United Artists and Paramount respectively), these were quite lavish productions with artistic camera angles and slushy orchestrations. For those who want to do a little “compare and contrast”, here’s the British travelogue for fun viewing: http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/1644 Link to post Share on other sites
yanceycravat Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Marvelous! Thanks for the heads up. I want to replace my existing copy of this title! Yancey Link to post Share on other sites
mickeyfender Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 You know, just when I thought there wasn't anything more to add, jlewis comes along and provides a link to a fascinating 1938 British short travelogue of Delhi. Thanks so much for this, though now I have to devote what is sure to be an inordinate amount of time checking the rest of the site out. I wonder what else you have up your sleeve. Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 *chuckle chuckle* That is because, like you, I am a little nerd... updating that imdb.com site two years ago with missing Jack Cardiff shorties... just as you were adding missing Vitaphone shorties. Back then, this filmography link was probably only half as long: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002153/ More useless trivia fun: Cardiff actually did make one FitzPatrick shortie that is often shown on TCM, Paris On Parade. Of course, it would be nice if the "World Windows" were also added to the TCM schedule. PS: Updated the schedule through Friday the 17th. http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-april-3rd-2015 The Traveltalks are popping all over the schedule, including two airings of Visiting Italy in case you miss it the first time. Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Off to New Zealand, Hawaii and Hong Kong this week. http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-april-17th-2015 Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 ... and Holland and Yellowstone next week: http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-april-29th-2015 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 TCM aired one yesterday called 'Over the Andes.' I caught the tail end of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 That is one of the good ones. The music score is much more impressive than usual (no cheezy organ, but full on slushy orchestration), with many aerial shots to match from a vintage airplane. Also both the camera work and overall print quality (preservation status) is better than average, with plenty of close-up shots of people vacationing at the Rio beach that look like they were taken more recently than 1943. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 That is one of the good ones. The music score is much more impressive than usual (no cheezy organ, but full on slushy orchestration), with many aerial shots to match from a vintage airplane. Also both the camera work and overall print quality (preservation status) is better than average, with plenty of close-up shots of people vacationing at the Rio beach that look like they were taken more recently than 1943. Jlewis, It's difficult looking at the schedule to see which shorts are part of the James Fitzpatrick Traveltalks series. Is there a way you can let us know which ones are coming up this month and next month? I would like to be able to see as many as I can, in their entirety. Thanks for your help! Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I've been posting them here: http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-april-29th-2015 However, I need to do a new one for Friday and there isn't much on the main schedule yet. No more Traveltalks for a little while... yet. They did repeat the Delhi one again, so they may repeat the Andes one again too... later this summer, hopefully. You know how slow they are getting the shorts posted. Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I've been posting them here: http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-april-29th-2015 However, I need to do a new one for Friday and there isn't much on the main schedule yet. No more Traveltalks for a little while... yet. They did repeat the Delhi one again, so they may repeat the Andes one again too... later this summer, hopefully. You know how slow they are getting the shorts posted. Great information. I'll be checking periodically for your updates. Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 So far, we are getting one FitzPatrick and one Newman Traveltalk this upcoming week. I will keep updating this with new re-edits. http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-may-22nd-2015 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 So far, we are getting one FitzPatrick and one Newman Traveltalk this upcoming week. I will keep updating this with new re-edits. http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-may-22nd-2015 Thanks for the link! Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Pierce Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Holy moly! I love the travel shorts! It's really neat how much you learn from watching these too. I wish they had just DVDs with all of them on there,I'd buy that in a second.They sure made things,simple,fun and informative,without being overly complicated about things back then. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Even better are the Warner Brothers travelogues that rarely get shown. (I think the reason is because all of the MGM ones were easily accessible once TCM got started. Clips were already borrowed for a montage sequence in That's Entertainment Part II in the seventies, while many other shorts got shoved into vaults.) In addition to a FitzPatrick trip to Singapore, we get two WB trips to Holland and Siena, Italy (the Andre de la Varre shorts are especially well photographed with slushy orchestra scores to match) this week. http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-june-9th-2015 Link to post Share on other sites
mickeyfender Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Even better? Impossible! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Holy moly! I love the travel shorts! It's really neat how much you learn from watching these too. I wish they had just DVDs with all of them on there,I'd buy that in a second.They sure made things,simple,fun and informative,without being overly complicated about things back then. Yes, they're very educational. I agree that it would be great to have them on home video. Though there probably isn't much of a market for it, unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Oh I dunno... they found a market for a great many forgotten TV movies of the 1980s, B-horror crap that nobody cares about much these days and some of Hanna-Barbera's weaker offerings for Saturday morning. I am sure SOMEBODY would buy the Traveltalks if the promotion and packaging looks good. Also giving us a lot of bang for our buck by dumping so many shorties on discs. Problem is that there are so many of them. Since many early 50s titles are not too-too different than the 30s (aside from music and different cars on the road, if any), it would be silly to put them in chronological order. Yet a Traveltalks Americas, Traveltalks Europe, Traveltalks Orient & Elsewhere DVD trio multi-set would be nice. Listing the release dates on the packaging will add their luster to fans of early Technicolor. Maybe the Warner Archive can even reissue the black and whites initially released on VHS by Kino too. Maybe intermix them with the color ones, since MGM distributed them from 1931 on. (Gotta include the Soviet ones from 1932.) A buyer can cherry-pick through the titles menu the places (s)he plans to visit and see how everything has changed. I don't think there would be much fussing about "digitally restored" just so one can have them together. Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Oh I dunno... they found a market for a great many forgotten TV movies of the 1980s, B-horror crap that nobody cares about much these days and some of Hanna-Barbera's weaker offerings for Saturday morning. I am sure SOMEBODY would buy the Traveltalks if the promotion and packaging looks good. Personally, I think the Traveltalks series would be great for social studies instruction of school age children in geography. That's what I would recommend it for. Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I wish I had been recording these all along. So many great ones I've missed! Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 A few on the schedule... http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-june-26th-2015 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 A few on the schedule... http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-june-26th-2015 Any more coming up...? Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) Give them a few days. I bet another will pop on the schedule next week. Although I often praise the Warner travelogues, there is a rather dull one... Season In Tyrol... shown tomorrow morning. I like some other late '60s ones like See Holland Before It Gets Too Big and Up Wind, Down Under (an Australia sports reel) better. Then again, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was really "economizing" with their shorties then. These travelogues were released alongside Cool Cat and Bunny & Claude cartoons. Edited July 3, 2015 by Jlewis Removed link to full video 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 More coming up... Friday the 10th 4:10 AM PST, 5:10 AM MST, 6:10 AM CST, 7:10 AM EST Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City 20+m "Traveltalks Special" / July 30, 1949 (filmed summer of '48 when Disney's latest feature was playing) Monday the 13th 11:30 AM PST, 12:30 PM MST, 1:30 PM CST, 2:30 PM EST Japan In Cherry Blossom Time (Cherry Blossom Time In Japan) March 21, 1936 AND... They "snuck" another in-between. Sunday the 12th, 4:48 AM PST, 5:48 AM MST, 6:48 AM CST, 7:48 AM EST Victoria And Vancouver: Gateways To Canada / February 1, 1936 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Just adding more to the schedule... feel free to correct any boo-boos. http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-july-12th-2015 and... http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/tcm-short-subject-schedule-starting-july-24th-2015 Sunday the 19th 7:49 PM PST, 8:49 PM MST, 9:49 PM CST, 10:49 M EST West Point On The Hudson / January 10, 1942 Monday the 20th 6:05 AM PST, 7:05 AM MST, 8:05 AM CST, 9:05 AM EST Voices Of Venice / February 3, 1951 8:05 PM PST, 9:05 PM MST, 10:05 PM CST, 11:05 PM EST Monumental Utah / July 29, 1944 9:49 PM PST, 10:49 PM MST, 11:49 PM CST, Tuesday 12:49 AM EST Canada airings roughly two minutes later Wandering Here And There (assorted USA) / December 9, 1944 Tuesday the 21st 9:19 PM PST, 10:19 PM MST, 11:19 PM CST, Wednesday 12:19 AM EST Glimpses Of Argentina / December 1, 1951 Wednesday the 22nd 7:05 PM PST, 8:05 PM MST, 9:05 PM CST, 10:05 PM EST Modern New Orleans / May 11, 1940 Thursday the 23rd 10:20 AM PST, 11:20 AM MST, 12:20 PM CST, 1:20 PM EST Over The Seas To Belfast / August 31, 1946 8:50 PM PST, 9:50 PM MST, 10:50 PM CST, 11:50 PM EST Oriental Paradise (Japan) / January 5, 1937 Friday the 24th 3:34 AM PST, 4:34 AM MST, 5:34 AM CST, 6:34 AM EST In The Land Of Diamonds (South Africa) / October 25, 1952 6:20 PM PST, 7:20 PM MST, 8:20 PM CST, 9:20 PM EST Visiting Italy / August 25, 1951 Tuesday the 28th TCM lists this airing the same time as THE THIN MAN at 3:16 AM PST (6:16 EST). Colorful Curacao / May 27, 1939 Friday the 31st 4:35 AM PST, 5:35 AM MST, 6:35 AM CST, 7:35 AM EST Glimpses Of Western Germany / February 13, 1954 Sunday, August the 2nd 4:43 PM PST, 5:43 PM MST, 6:43 PM CST, 7:43 PM EST Java Journey / March 18, 1939 Friday the 7th Canada - 9:17 PM PST, 10:17 PM MST, 11:17 PM CST, Saturday 12:17 AM EST US - 9:20 PM PST, 10:20 PM MST, 11:20 PM CST, Saturday 12:20 AM EST A Wee Bit of Scotland / December 7, 1949 Saturday the 8th 4:50 AM PST, 5:50 AM MST, 6:50 AM CST, 7:50 AM EST Glimpses Of New Brunswick / March 19, 1938 Sunday the 9th 8:20 AM PST, 9:20 AM MST, 10:20 AM CST, 11:20 AM EST Floral Japan / July 24, 1937 Thursday the 13th 10:45 AM PST, 11:45 AM MST, 12:45 PM CST, 1:45 PM EST Paris On Parade / July 9, 1938 Friday the 14th 10:51 PM PST, 11:51 PM MST, Saturday the 15th 12:51 AM CST, 1:51 AM EST Copenhagen / November 22, 1937 Monday the 17th 4:50 PM PST, 5:50 PM MST, 6:50 PM CST, 7:50 PM EST Playlands Of Michigan / Marsh 26, 1949 Wednesday the 19th 2:51 AM PST, 3:51 AM MST, 4:51 AM CST, 5:51 AM EST Modern New Orleans / May 11, 1940 New Orleans in 1940... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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