coffeedan1927 Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 On January 23, Bill Cosby will be introducing four films as TCM's first Guest Programmer of the month. The four pictures he chose are MONSIEUR VERDOUX with Charlie Chaplin, THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY (1937) with Joan Crawford, STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. with Buster Keaton, and THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE with Humphrey Bogart. Should be a fun night. Now, how about you? What four films would you choose for an evening's entertainment on TCM? Would you choose the work of a certain actor, a favorite theme, or just four of your favorites? And how would you help Robert Osborne introduce them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leobertucelli Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I'd pick 4 thrillers; 'Day Earth Stood Still' "Maphisto Waltz' 'Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein' and 'Dead men Don't Were Plaid'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 coffeedan, the 1937 Last of Mrs. Cheyney is a good one (it's the one with William Powell), but too bad Bill is not also showing the 1929 one with Basil Rathbone. The 'undergarments' remark is worth the price of admission! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bggalaxy Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I guess I would may go with four films from some of my favorite actresses. Brabara Stanwyck in Remember the Night W/Fred MacMurray I love this holiday film. runner ups:Lady Eve, Mad Miss Manton, or Ball of Fire Jean Arthur in Easy Living with Ray Malland. Fun romantic comedy. runner ups: More the Merrier, Talk of the Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, or You Can't Take it With You Ginger Rogers in Bachalor Mother with David N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bggalaxy Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 oops hit post by mistake. I guess I would may go with four films from some of my favorite actresses. Brabara Stanwyck in Remember the Night W/Fred MacMurray I love this holiday film. runner ups:Lady Eve, Mad Miss Manton, or Ball of Fire Jean Arthur in Easy Living with Ray Malland. Fun romantic comedy. runner ups: More the Merrier, Talk of the Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, or You Can't Take it With You Ginger Rogers in Bachalor Mother with David Niven. They, along with Charles Coburn were great in this film. runner ups: Vivacious Lady, Stage Door, Swing Time, Shall We Dance, or Star of Midnight Irenne Dunne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bggalaxy Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Damn! Hit post by mistake AGAIN. I guess I would may go with four films from some of my favorite actresses. Brabara Stanwyck in Remember the Night W/Fred MacMurray I love this holiday film. runner ups:Lady Eve, Mad Miss Manton, or Ball of Fire Jean Arthur in Easy Living with Ray Malland. Fun romantic comedy. runner ups: More the Merrier, Talk of the Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, or You Can't Take it With You Ginger Rogers in Bachalor Mother with David Niven. They, along with Charles Coburn were great in this film. runner ups: Vivacious Lady, Stage Door, Swing Time, Shall We Dance, or Star of Midnight Irene Dunne in Penny Serenade with Cary Grant. One of both of their best. ruuner ups: I Remember Mama, My Favorite Wife, or The Awful Truth Finally I'm ready to post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviejoe79 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I think I would pick four favorites - MY Essentials, so to speak. My first film would be "Dinner at Eight," since it is such a fine example of early 30's moviemaking, and done by M.G.M. so well. And it has such a stellar cast, how can you go wrong. Some people think that it's slow moving, (people say that of "Grand Hotel" as well), but I just get transfixed by it. My second choice would probably be "Dodsworth," since it's one of the greatest movies ever made. It's adapted from a wonderful book, and contains one of the greatest performances by an actor in ANY film, done by the great Walter Huston. His down-to-earth portrayal of American car magnate Sam Dodsworth is amazing. And the rest of the cast is great too - Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor, David Niven, Spring Byington - they all rivet you to the screen. And the direction by William Wyler is superb. He uses some great camera angles, and really sets the mood in certain scenes. And it's just a first-class production. For my third film I think I would pick "On the Town," since it's my favorite musical, and I would like to have a film from that genre included. The whole cast is great, and the movie is historically important since it was the first movie made by M.G.M. to have scenes filmed on location in New York. And the songs are great - every one of them is catchy. I especially love the scenes between Sinatra and Betty Garrett - they're hysterical together in this movie. Number four would have to be "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World" only because it's my all time favorite, a movie that I grew up with and one that is just very special to me. You can't beat that comedy cast, and Stanley Kramer's direction is great. It's an action/comedy, and keeps you entertained throughout. There are many other films that I would LOVE to pick, but those are the four that I readily thought of. And I wouldn't include the basics like "Casablanca," (which was surprisingly on at 9am this morning?) or "GWTW" or "Oz" - only because most people have already seen them. I'd rather introduce people to films that they might never have seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onwaikikibeach Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 where is Jennifer Jones? no audio commentaries on DVDs. I would like to see her introduce LOVE LETTERS, a real sleeper and worthy of more than two stars in Maltin, BEAT THE DEVIL, CLUNY BROWN and PORTRAIT OF JENNIE. or even MADAME BOVARY 49 for which she should do an audio commentary. Her CARRIE just released and it holds up very well on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I think rather than show films that were my favorites, I'd search through TCM's library inventory and find four films that I'd never seen and maybe have never been shown on TCM. You never know what films I might come up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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