FredCDobbs Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 10 AM Eastern Sunday morning, 9-22-13 This is a pretty good movie, that changes plots a couple of times. Very interesting. I haven't seen it in years. Some sort of rivals between nearby-land owners in England, and their bitter dispute to get rid of each other. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022395/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Another movie I have never seen before, in fact, never heard of it. Thanks Oh no, it is not being shown in Canada ! Instead, CONFLICT 1945. So dissapointed, Dang ! Twink Edited by: twinkeee on Sep 21, 2013 11:48 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 I got it years ago in a Video tape package of several of Hitchcock's early British films. I watched it several times, years ago, and it has a very interesting plot, that gets more complicated as the two older men continue their feud over land. They drag other people down with them, and that is what the film is about, about how other people get pulled into and hurt by their feud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Oh please don't tease me babes'.... because I will not be able to watch it, it is not being shown here. (: Lucky You ! Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Sorry. I didn't know it wouldn't be on in your area. I will probably miss it due to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Worry not, It's available on YouTube. . . .for two dollars?! It used to be for free. What's YouTube coming to? Well, anyway, if it's worth two dollars to you: http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=NV2WWe3KkDk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Thanks babes' ....as usual, you're being kind and thoughful. Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 It is certainly worth $2 to any Hitchcock fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Ok, does everyone understand what happened at the end, with the daughter in-law? This film should have been shown in prime time so more people could have seen it. This is a very rare Hitchock film and a very good classic one with an unusual plot, a great screenplay, and very good acting. Edited by: FredCDobbs on Sep 22, 2013 10:08 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Did anyone, other than me, see this movie this morning? Here is a link to the TCM Store, that has a 5-movie DVD set of early Hitchcock films, including The Skin Game, for $17.99. http://shop.tcm.com/detail.php?p=306873 Here is a link on Amazon for The Skin Game on VHS tape for $5.95: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000NQ8TTA/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new Here is a link on Amazon for The Skin Game on DVD, Used, for $30: http://www.amazon.com/Skin-Game-Hitchcock-DVD/dp/B000KRMZ8I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Thanks for posting the links As I mentioned before, unfortunately, THE SKIN GAME was not shown in Canada, otherwise, I would have loved to have watched it. Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Hi Twink, I'm certainly glad that TCM aired it, but I think they should have done it in Prime Time, so that more people could have seen it and recorded it. I used to record a lot of old TCM movies that they only show late at night and early in the morning, but my VHS recorder stopped working and I don't want to buy a new one. So for a while I recorded them on DVD, then I wound up with too many movies I didn't want to save, and now I have hundreds of DVDs and I can never find a specific movie when I want to see it again, because I don't have my DVD films catalogued. Why, oh Why, does TCM show some of the best and most rare early classic movies so early in the morning, such as The Man Who Could Work Miracles?? These movies are why I am paying for this channel. I'm not paying for movies like Freddie the Floppy Whale (1991), or Gunfight at Deadman's Gulch (1985), or Freaks go Hollywood (1975). I'm not sure how the $2 fee works at YouTube. I guess they want my credit card number. But if I am going to have to start paying YouTube for rare old classics, I will not be able to afford TCM on Satellite. And I do not watch 90% of movies made after 1960. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Hi babes'.... I agree I too have way too many movies and books as well. It is unfortunate that TCM shows their rare movies at akward hours and in my case, such as THE SKIN GAME not at all ! That's precisely why I subscribed to TCM in the first place, to see some of those Rare movies. In order for me to subscribe to TCM with Bell, I pay over $220. a month for the 'bundle' that also include 4 channels of the Movie Network which shows over 400 movies a Month, uncut, commercial free. I have yet to watch one of them ! It does get to the point where it is just too much, too many movies. Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 >FCDobbs: >It is certainly worth $2 to any Hitchcock fan. Well, there you go. I've always like this obscure Hitchcock, particularly for the rare, intense performance by Edmund Gwenn (is that Welsh?), and the exploration of the collision between the aristocracy and the nouveau riche. I watched it on YouTube a while ago and thought the unfortunate lady drowned herself and was dead. But watching it this morning there seems to be some ambiguity about her death, as Gwenn can be heard refusing any medical help the Hilcrists would offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogiboo Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Jill Esmond, who played "Jill", was actually married to Laurence Olivier. She's the mother of his son Tarquin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 FredCDobbs wrote: < I'm not sure how the $2 fee works at YouTube. I guess they want my credit card number. > You can pretty much pay for anything over the internet through PayPal, that way you do not have to give your credit card number. Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMeingast Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Save your 2 bucks... "The Skin Game" was long in the public domain and you can view a full-length *free* version here: http://archive.org/details/TheSkinGame_488'>http://archive.org/details/TheSkinGame_488'>http://archive.org/details/TheSkinGame_488'>http://archive.org/details/TheSkinGame_488 There is no copyright on this film available at the Internet Archive and you can download it in various formats as well as watch it online freely full-length. (Canal+ did purchase film rights for a version in 2005 as per the Wiki article and Lionsgate is trying to make some dough by renting it VOD on YT, but you can view a version on the Internet Archive website.) Read the reviews at Rotten Tomatoes (it has a 17% approval rating): http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1046655-skin_game/ Wiki info. here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skin_Game_%281931_film%29 The Internet Archive has almost 3,700 feature films (number also includes shorts, silent films and trailers) available: http://archive.org/details/feature_films Twinkee, CHCH in Hamilton often airs public domain oldies at various times, usually on Saturdays and Sundays during the day (and late at night during the summer months, I think). An example would be this upcoming Sunday (Sept. 29) CHCH airing of "They Made Me a Criminal" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Made_Me_a_Criminal). And Saturday (Sept. 28) CHCH airs "His Girl Friday." Anyway, I've seen "The Skin Game" before but you can watch it online or download it at the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/TheSkinGame_488 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Thanks RM for the links and all of the information. Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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