Dominick Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Woman on the Run Saigon I Wake Up Screaming I Wanted Wings Come Next Spring Six of a Kind Bring on the Girls The Cat and the Canary Duffy's Tavern Miss Susie Slagle's and if they have ot show movies fromt he 70's and 80's where are these films? What's Up, Doc? At Long Last Love Marathon Man Gable and Lombard Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who saved Hollywood Hign Anxiety To Be Or Not To Be Vibes Fatso Clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Two charmers on your list: Six of a Kind; and Miss Susie Slagle's. Many more to ad -- of course one can't be sure what has never been shown -- but There's Magic in Music aka The Hard-Boiled Canary is one I'd like to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc1 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Gable And Lombard was on Encore Love a couple of nights ago. I almost taped it but I was runing out of DVR space. Fatso was on THIS a couple of nights ago, (insert cheesy wire mesh insert lawsuit here joke here.) I kind of wish TCM would air Fedora, Billy Wilder's weird penultimte film, (even though I found it of VHS,) No channel is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I notice these are mostly (or all) Paramount, which could explain why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Dominick, LOVE High Anxiety with Cloris Leachman as the Nurse, Too Funny! I have it on VHS , never get bored watching it and cannot believe TCM has never show it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimalac91748 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 The fact TCM has never shown "High Anxiety" is no surprise to me. Apparently TCM is not a fan of Mel Brooks. I've tried to include Mel Brooks as one of my favorites on Turners Classic Union and it comes back saying he doesn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I'd be very curious to know the state of the materials of COME NEXT SPRING. It was filmed in "Trucolor", which was a horrid Eastman process. LAST COMMAND has, thankfully, survived nicely. I have an LPP print that mirrors the gorgeous 35mm print Paramount sent to cable stations. My COME NEXT SPRING, also LPP, is very yellow. Of course there is no relation between 16 and 35 negs - made for different purposes - but it does offer commentary on studio attention. Many Trucolor titles are now distributed only in B&W. Let's hope COME NEXT SPRING has a better fate in store. An interesting bit of trivia - when composers were being "auditioned" for COME NEXT SPRING, Nelson Riddle composed a theme and title song. However, Max Steiner won out and scored the picture, writing his own title theme. But Riddle did not let his melody go to waste. He recycled it as "Wait For Me", the title song and theme for the Frank Sinatra western JOHNNY CONCHO. Here is Max's main title, sung by Tony Bennett: http://chelsearialtostudios.com/steiner_spring.mp3 Here is Nelson Riddle's demo recording, sung by studio vocalist: http://chelsearialtostudios.com/spring_riddle.mp3 Here is Sinatra singing "Wait For Me": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 > The fact TCM has never shown "High Anxiety" is no surprise to me. Apparently TCM is not a fan of Mel Brooks. TCM is a big fan of Mel Brooks. He has appeared at the TCM Film Festival twice. The first year, when he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ( I think TCM helped pay for the star) and this year when he introduced *Young Frankenstein*. A few years ago, TCM Original Programs produced a documentary of Dick Cavett interviewing Mel about his life and his career. One reason many of his films don't air on the channel is they produced at Universal, Fox and Paramount. TCM has to rent all the films it shows. Many of Brooks' films are very popular and other movie channels like the Encore channels, Starz, the Fox movie channel and even HBO and Showtime are competing against TCM for the rights to broadcast the films. And, sometimes, they can outbid TCM for those rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfpcc1 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Fatso was the only film directed by Ann Bancroft. Here is an idea for a TCM theme night, The only film directed by a major star. For Example: Night Of The Hunter: Charles Laughton One Eyed Jacks: Marlon Brando Bruno: Shirley McClaine (maybe not Bruno, it's not a very good film.) Hide In Plain Sight: James Caan Posse or Scalawag: Kirk Douglas, (ok two films sue me) I'm sure other people can think of others. Sorry if I deviated from the theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonDeWitless Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 > {quote:title=aimalac wrote:}{quote} Apparently TCM is not a fan of Mel Brooks. I've tried to include Mel Brooks as one of my favorites on Turners Classic Union and it comes back saying he doesn't exist. That is a shame and needs to be fixed, but I do recall that at one of the TCM Festivals, TCM's own Manksie-Wanksie-Boo-Boo interviewed Mel, which I guess was something of an atonement for his grandfather Joe's *extreme dislike and public trashing* of Brooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 COME NEXT SPRING is available on Netflix streaming. FATSO airs periodically on FMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Every other station seems to show Mel Brooks films, I don't need to turn to TCM to see them. The only rarity among Brooks films seems to be my favorite, The Twelve Chairs. Brooks is very much in the public eye, partly because of his continuing work, his theater work, etc. He's well enough covered, IMHO, so that TCM doesn't have to take up space/time with his films. And we could get into the "classic" argument again, but I think the major point is that TCM doesn't need to show films that are readily -- if not constantly -- available on other stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 >Every other station seems to show Mel Brooks films, I don't need to turn to TCM to see them. I agree. Because TCM does not have sister channels like Encore does, and there are only so many programming hours in a year, we cannot expect TCM to show everything. At least most of these are out on home video, available as streaming titles or are being shown on other channels. If they were locked away in a vault or embroiled in litigation, then it would be much more urgent. Focus energies on something like LETTY LYNTON, a pre-code that we may not see again in our lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonDeWitless Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 > {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote} FATSO airs periodically on FMC. OMG. F'real? They show it on a double-bill with Ratboy or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I recorded it back in May or June of this year, and I know FMC has rescheduled it at least once since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is scheduled four times in the near future on FMC. Also, SILENT MOVIE will be shown. http://www.foxmoviechannel.com/movie_details.php?id=74L0052 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonDeWitless Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 > {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote}I recorded (Fatso) back in May or June of this year, and I know FMC has rescheduled it at least once since then. "(Makes the sound Sideshow Bob makes when he repeatedly steps on the rakes in the Cape Feare espisode of The Simpsons )" That movie. (again makes sound) You know Anne Bancroft directed it, not Brooks, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Manksie-Wanksie-Boo-Boo Oh my stars, that is hilarious. Really, so Manky Sr. disliked one of the greatest comedians of the time. Jealousy, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Fatso is wonderful, especially if you're familiar with the culture. All true, every bit of it. Film directed by a star: anything by Ida Lupino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 >You know Anne Bancroft directed it, not Brooks, right? Of course. I mentioned it because the original poster referred to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Over the past decade, TCM has shown *Young Frankenstein* just once (I think) during a line-up of Frankenstein films. It also included *Blazing Saddles* and *Spaceballs* in a month saluting "Movie Spoofs" - the same month that included *Austin Powers, International Man Of Mystery* and the first "Naked Gun" movie. http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/33746%7C0/Movie-Spoofs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbaetz Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Lets go back a little further: "The Glass Key" 1935 version with George Raft.. "The Spoilers" 1930 version with Gary Cooper.. "Beau Geste" 1927 version with Ronald Colman.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Speaking of Ronald Colman, if I had one film to pick that I would like to see on TCM, it is *The Light that Failed*. I don't think it's ever been on, and it's one of my favorite movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimalac91748 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I'm not trying to hijack this thread and turn it into a "Mel Brooks" thread, but like I mentioned earlier. When TCM first launched its Classic Union I got on it and was updating my page and selecting my favorites and when it came to selecting Mel Brooks as a favorite, it came back with nothing. I posted blogs and notified TCM's Union and every now and then would return and try adding him to my favorites and still nothing. Yesterday after I posted my original post to this thread, I went to TCM's Union and tried again and still couldn't add Mel Brooks to my favorites and never received any word from TCM's union that they were working on the problem. This has been since they first put the Union on the site. I believe I was one of the 'beta' members. Now we can go back to the original theme of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfUniversalHorror Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 TCM has also shown The Producers more than once...the Brooks film that gets aired most often. Maybe more of his films don't get shown on TCM because they're so widely seen elsewhere on so many other channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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