The Essentials

[Jo-AnnC]

I just love the fact that Alec Baldwin joined Robert on the Essentials. Think the two together are fabulous.

[Dominick]

Yes I hope he continues for another year. I hope next years Essentials are these films.

 

Angels With Dirty Faces

Make Way For Tomorrow

It Happened One Night

My Man Godfrey

Stella Dallas

Bombshell

Topper

Kings Row

The Lady Eve

I Married a Witch

The Little Foxes

My Sister Eileen(1942 version)

Lifeboat

Adam's Rib

Rear Window

Strangers on a Train

The Apartment

West Side Story

M*A*S*H

Young Frankenstein

[MilesArcher]

I would like to see them do some double features of "related" movies, such as "Vertigo" followed by "High Anxiety" or "Casablanca" followed by "Play It Again, Sam".

[Jayo]

Dominick - There've been 2 versions of "My Man Godfrey": which do you want shown?

 

Frankly, I think that TCM should have as a Theme of the Month movie originals and their remakes. Any suggestions as to which pairs of titles should be included? And it's not necessary to limit yourself to literary and stage works made multiple times.

[Dominick]

I want the orignal 1936 version.

[Jayo]

Yes, it's adorable (the 1936 "My Man Godfrey"). Carole Lombard and William Powell were quite a pair. I've seen it twice. The first time is the best.

[bklynrose]

I totally agree Joann I love watching those two on saturday night look forward to it all week. (tells you how interesting my life is) but anyway I do hope he stays on, the few before him just didn't click like Alex and Robert do and Alex knows quite alot and we learn something new each time. Hmmmm would like to know more about Alex, is he dating anyone yet??????

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[infinite1]

> {quote:title=Jo-AnnC wrote:}{quote}

> I just love the fact that Alec Baldwin joined Robert on the Essentials. Think the two together are fabulous.

 

And yet, as of late, I have detected an undercurrent of animosity between the two.

[infinite1]

> {quote:title=Dominick wrote:}{quote}

> Yes I hope he continues for another year. I hope next years Essentials are these films.

>

> Angels With Dirty Faces

> Make Way For Tomorrow

> It Happened One Night

> My Man Godfrey

> Stella Dallas

> Bombshell

> Topper

> Kings Row

> The Lady Eve

> I Married a Witch

> The Little Foxes

> My Sister Eileen(1942 version)

> Lifeboat

> Adam's Rib

> Rear Window

> Strangers on a Train

> The Apartment

> West Side Story

> M*A*S*H

> Young Frankenstein

 

Most of these films have already been played to death on TCM and show up as "ESSENTIALS" every year or every other year. I would like to see some rarer old films get the ESSENTIAL treatment.

[LoveFilmNoir]

infinite1, do you mean a film that should be an essential for one reason or another, but due to who owns the rights, or it being overshadowed by the "popular" pics, most probably never even seen it let alone heard of it? If your answer to this is yes than I agree.