28Silent Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 The other night 01/12/21, they had a tribute to fox studio.It was half baked cause they only played the movies they have played before. They could of have taken opportunity to introduce never before broadcast fox classic films .There are many Janet Gaynor films that have not seen the light of day on cable t.v,they could have introduced.Daddy Long Legs,the man who came back ,servants entrance ,another spring ,Paddy the next best thing ,Tess of the storm country and so fourth.Other classic they could have introduce,the long restored Fox Movie Tone Follies of 1930-31, Happy days ,1929. The problem with corporate arts is that they don't believe in choices and variety .So they show the same familiarity for the instant audience. Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 30 minutes ago, 28Silent said: The other night 01/12/21, they had a tribute to fox studio.It was half baked cause they only played the movies they have played before. They could of have taken opportunity to introduce never before broadcast fox classic films .There are many Janet Gaynor films that have not seen the light of day on cable t.v,they could have introduced.Daddy Long Legs,the man who came back ,servants entrance ,another spring ,Paddy the next best thing ,Tess of the storm country and so fourth.Other classic they could have introduce,the long restored Fox Movie Tone Follies of 1930-31, Happy days ,1929. The problem with corporate arts is that they don't believe in choices and variety .So they show the same familiarity for the instant audience. Fox is now owned by Disney. So blame the mouse. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Polly of the Precodes Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 36 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said: Fox is now owned by Disney. So blame the mouse. Moreover, TCM was probably burning off Fox movies that had been licensed before Disney acquired assimilated acquired the Fox catalogue. I'd love to see the titles you mention and other surviving pre-1935 Fox titles. But Disney appears to have put these films--at least for now?--in the vault alongside Song of the South. 8 Link to post Share on other sites
MovieCollectorOH Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I too would like to see some good transfers of pre-Fox fire movies come out, stuff that existed before the fire. By this point we are probably looking at forgotten copies in obscure archives. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 12 hours ago, 28Silent said: It was half baked cause they only played the movies they have played before. They could of have taken opportunity to introduce never before broadcast fox classic films Another poster who does not understand broadcast "packaging" of films. Networks don't always have control of what they are licensed to broadcast by availability, cost & "bundled" packages offered by distributors. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites
txfilmfan Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 2 hours ago, TikiSoo said: Another poster who does not understand broadcast "packaging" of films. Networks don't always have control of what they are licensed to broadcast by availability, cost & "bundled" packages offered by distributors. A lot of people think they just buy the DVD or Blu-Ray at Wal-Mart, pop it in a player and send it out over the airwaves or down the cable to their TV, not realizing how complicated lawyers and legislatures have made it. One TCM lawyer talked for a few minutes before a showing of a film at the TCM Film Festival that their legal department had been working for several years to be able to get the rights, as it was tied up in probate hell. Edit to clarify: The TCM lawyers had to work so long just to figure out exactly who had the rights, and then negotiate to get them. The first part took a long time to unravel, as the rights had been neglected by various heirs through the years. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 28 minutes ago, txfilmfan said: A lot of people think they just buy the DVD or Blu-Ray at Wal-Mart, pop it in a player and send it out over the airwaves or down the cable to their TV, not realizing how complicated lawyers and legislatures have made it. While performing some restoration work on a 1925 classic movie theater, I overheard the new owner saying exactly that, "I want to show a 3 Stooges short, then a WB Bugs Bunny cartoon then a classic feature film like TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, just like going to the movies used to be like. I have a huge collection of Blue Ray disks-it'll be GREAT!" Link to post Share on other sites
txfilmfan Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Just now, TikiSoo said: While performing some restoration work on a 1925 classic movie theater, I overheard the new owner saying exactly that, "I want to show a 3 Stooges short, then a WB Bugs Bunny cartoon then a classic feature film like TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, just like going to the movies used to be like. I have a huge collection of Blue Ray disks-it'll be GREAT!" Obviously the owner didn't do his or her homework... Neal Sabin (MeTV exec) was interviewed recently about their new cartoon show with WB, MGM and Popeye properties. He's been working for many years trying to get the rights to show these cartoons. It's not an easy process. Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 31 minutes ago, TikiSoo said: While performing some restoration work on a 1925 classic movie theater, I overheard the new owner saying exactly that, "I want to show a 3 Stooges short, then a WB Bugs Bunny cartoon then a classic feature film like TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, just like going to the movies used to be like. I have a huge collection of Blue Ray disks-it'll be GREAT!" Man! The equipment used to project that medium onto a big screen must be FANTASTIC, and costly too! Sepiatone Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 52 minutes ago, Sepiatone said: Man! The equipment used to project that medium onto a big screen must be FANTASTIC, and costly too! There is no comparison watching a WB cartoon on 35mm projected by a carbon arc light and digital projected Blu-Ray. I think most theaters have installed the costly DVD conversion only to have been replaced by "streaming" movies. I much prefer seeing a beautiful film print, even with flaws, it always looks more "real". 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cmovieviewer Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 For me at least, the evening of Fox films had some merit, as I had not seen Down Argentine Way (1940) with Betty Grable (last shown on TCM in 2014), or Connecticut Yankee (1931) (last shown on TCM in 2010 per MCOH’s records). One comment I would make on the material that Alicia Malone presented with 2 other guests discussing the studio system: In general I appreciate the contributors, but I would prefer to not hear the details of what a casting couch predator Darryl Zanuck was right before watching a film. This is not something I can just shrug off and then immediately try to enjoy the movie. I am not questioning the validity of what was said, just the timing. If the material being presented is to the detriment of viewing the film, perhaps it should be kept as a completely separate segment. (I know, TCM doesn’t really do that.) And to clarify, I don't think this is a case of the comments providing ‘context’ for the film. I don’t think the specific failures of the studio executives have much to do with the content of a 70 or 80-year old musical. I really hope these comments don't kick off a firestorm against me. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
NipkowDisc Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 tcm has had years to show Hot Spell and they haven't. Anthony Quinn, Shirley Booth and Shirley MacLaine fans would have a ball watching it. but I doan expect anything from slackers but slackness. "now don't you let me catch you tomcattin' around." "now alma, you know me. I'm one of the good ones." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, NipkowDisc said: Enough birthday candles on that cake? Looks like a forest fire. 7 hours ago, cmovieviewer said: And to clarify, I don't think this is a case of the comments providing ‘context’ for the film. I don’t think the specific failures of the studio executives have much to do with the content of a 70 or 80-year old musical. I agree. It just goes to show our society still considers this predatory behaviour as a typical topic for discussion. It's not unlike calling out long dead actors as "racist" in their private lives. Not much we can do about it now. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Faiola Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Any bets on whether Disney will pony up to clear the domestic rights to BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK? Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 12 hours ago, cmovieviewer said: For me at least, the evening of Fox films had some merit, as I had not seen Down Argentine Way (1940) with Betty Grable (last shown on TCM in 2014), or Connecticut Yankee (1931) (last shown on TCM in 2010 per MCOH’s records). One comment I would make on the material that Alicia Malone presented with 2 other guests discussing the studio system: In general I appreciate the contributors, but I would prefer to not hear the details of what a casting couch predator Darryl Zanuck was right before watching a film. This is not something I can just shrug off and then immediately try to enjoy the movie. I am not questioning the validity of what was said, just the timing. If the material being presented is to the detriment of viewing the film, perhaps it should be kept as a completely separate segment. (I know, TCM doesn’t really do that.) And to clarify, I don't think this is a case of the comments providing ‘context’ for the film. I don’t think the specific failures of the studio executives have much to do with the content of a 70 or 80-year old musical. I really hope these comments don't kick off a firestorm against me. I see your point. I could see someone wanting such non-movie related comments being "saved" for after the film, if they are mentioned at all. Such non-movie comments don't change how I view a film. All I ask is that there are no spoilers. Link to post Share on other sites
Vautrin Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Hot Spell is a laff riot. I give it a 10 on the corn pone scale. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LsDoorMat Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 5 hours ago, Ray Faiola said: Any bets on whether Disney will pony up to clear the domestic rights to BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK? The Cult of the Mouse is much like my Scottish relatives. Anything of value they bury in the backyard. That being said, "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back" is pretty easy to find on youtube as are other older Fox films. If Disney can't cram it into DisneyPuss (no I did not misspell that!) they are really not interested in it. That doesn't mean Disney wouldn't sue over copyright violation anyways, for the pure joy of pushing people around. Link to post Share on other sites
Polly of the Precodes Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 hours ago, Ray Faiola said: Any bets on whether Disney will pony up to clear the domestic rights to BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK? Star Wars novelist says Disney won’t pay him royalties it owes him “If we let this stand, it could set precedent to fundamentally alter the way copyright and contracts operate in the United States,” Kowal wrote. “All a publisher would have to do to break a contract would be to sell it to a sibling company.” More likely they'd try to declare that the transfer of BDSB and other Fox properties to Disney nullified any outstanding rights issues. 😡 Link to post Share on other sites
MovieCollectorOH Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 42 minutes ago, LsDoorMat said: The Cult of the Mouse is much like my Scottish relatives. Anything of value they bury in the backyard. That being said, "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back" is pretty easy to find on youtube as are other older Fox films. If Disney can't cram it into DisneyPuss (no I did not misspell that!) they are really not interested in it. That doesn't mean Disney wouldn't sue over copyright violation anyways, for the pure joy of pushing people around. Or as I have heard, there are some who squirrel it away in the walls or in the floor joists, such that it is not discovered until future owners do some remodeling. As for the D, it sounds as if there might be someone with anger management or control issues in their ranks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I know several people who have worked for the Mouse Nazis who are stiffed, or more often short changed. A typical M.O. is for them is to demand changes on the finished product and then not pay for the cost incurred by said changes, sometimes amounting to thousands of dollars. Disney is a corporation and creates very little itself, almost everything artistic is "farmed" out. Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Faiola Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 16 hours ago, LsDoorMat said: That being said, "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back" is pretty easy to find on YouTube as are other older Fox films. The only problem with BULLDOG is that nearly every online version emanates from a VHS copy of a BBC Channel 4 telecast. I was able to track down the closest to the original copy but I'm surprised there has been no U.K. home video release. Unless even U.K. rights have been tied up since that Channel 4 presentation. Link to post Share on other sites
LsDoorMat Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, TikiSoo said: I know several people who have worked for the Mouse Nazis who are stiffed, or more often short changed. A typical M.O. is for them is to demand changes on the finished product and then not pay for the cost incurred by said changes, sometimes amounting to thousands of dollars. Disney is a corporation and creates very little itself, almost everything artistic is "farmed" out. Oh the irony. So The Mouse is all SJW when making a Star Wars film, but when it comes to paying out they are pure Donald "Stiff Em" Trump! Link to post Share on other sites
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