clore Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 At the Saturday night screening of "Noir City" in San Francisco, Eddie Muller revealed that he will be joining Turner Classic Movies as an on-air host. Muller appeared on TCM last January to present a four-film "Night in Noir City," which was so successful that he was invited back in June to host TCM's "Friday Night Spotlight" showcasing 16 films by such noir writers as Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain. http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/turner-classic-movies-adds-film-noir-programmer-eddie-muller-as-on-air-host-exclusive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 That's great new, clore. I think that Eddie Muller has been one of the outstanding guest hosts appearing on TCM. Of course, it's still vague as to how often he will actually be on the channel, but I see on that link you provided it does refer to a three year contract. If memory serves me correctly, when Eddie was kind enough to communicate with this message board last summer, I believe he made reference to a restoration of Too Late for Tears being in the works. I hope this means that TCM viewers may have a chance to see a new version of one of my favourite noirs, with the performance of Lizabeth Scott's career, in my opinion, as well as a great turn by "Slimy" Dan Duryea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Great news if it means more noirs on TCM........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Yes, TOO LATE FOR TEARS is in the works. I was hoping that Muller and company could manage a DVD-rights scheme out of it all, but this is even better - if TCM can air it. Yes, I enjoyed Mr. Muller's down-to-Earth comments here last Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 *Too Late For Tears* would be a real TCM coup. Lizabeth Scott was great as an actress in direct proportion to the lowlife rating of her character, and it's hard to get much more lowlife than she is in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 This is great news. Eddie Muller did a fine job as guest host for the salute to noir writers, and this probably means more noirs on TCM. Mr. Muller has been friendly and approachable at the film festivals, and he fits very well with the extended TCM family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartonKeyes Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 If I were Robert Osborne or Ben Mankiewicz, I'd be somewhat concerned about what this means. Presumably, TCM will have Eddie Muller hosting films during a timeslot currently unoccupied by the current hosts (i.e. Muller might get to host the Friday Night Spotlight time period or the TCM Undergound feature). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 (...I think i'm just gonna copy and paste my response I've just posted in SueSueApplegate's thread over in the "Hot Topics" forum which is about this same subject...) EXCELLENT!!! He's not only very knowledgeable about the subject, but I also found him to be a very good presenter of the information he imparts. (...saaaaay...maybe HE could teach some of the OTHER TCM guest presenters on the finer points of the job, EH?!...it's called "INFLECTION", PEOPLE!!!) LOL Edited by: Dargo2 on Jan 27, 2014 11:46 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 There's infection among TCM guest presenters? I hope for Eddie's sake that he stays away until it's all cleared up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 >If I were Robert Osborne or Ben Mankiewicz, I'd be somewhat concern about what this means. The good news for them is that it lightens their taping schedule a bit. Both Robert O and Ben M keep fairly busy in addition to their on-air TCM duties Ben M is a new father and Robert O has plenty to keep him busy with his other TCM duties and his writing so they might appreciate having Eddie on board to help shoulder the work. Robert O is the face of TCM and probably has the job for as long as he wants it and TCM has been very vocal about how happy and appreciative of Ben M they are, so I don't think either has to worry about being dropped any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 >There's infection among TCM guest presenters? I hope for Eddie's sake that he stays away until it's all cleared up! (face-palm) LOL Looks as if I must've somehow subconsciously thought that "L" in the word "inflection" was one of those "superfluous letters" like that "U" you guys up there use a whole lot, EH Tom?! LOL (...thanks, I'll go change that right now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Dargo, you keep saying that we Canadians use superfluous "U"s in our spelling. That's just not truue. Anyway, I'm just glad that Eddie Muuuller will be back on TCM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 this is great news! Muller's comments enlighten the noir genre. perhaps his insights will be expanded to closely related fare, such as detective and melodrama pics. in addition, his comments would be appreciated on the films of the neo-noir movement. for example: Chinatown (1974) and Body Heat (1981). looking forward to whatever his new role will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisSteele Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Like a somewhat unpalatable medicine, he is best taken in small doses, imho, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Well, Morris baby, I found Eddie Muller to be very palatable - and I'd like to see him on TCM in large doses, imho. In other words, when I saw this thread, I went, "YES ! ! " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 But isn't Eddie Muller, good as he is, basically a one-trick pony? I can't see him introducing ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisSteele Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 When I saw it I went "meh." (It would be contradictory to capitalize meh.) I'm sure this is a line from some movie--He's all right, if you like that sort of thing. Maybe TCM will arrange a three-way mud wrestling match between Uncle Bob, Ben, and Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieFanLaura Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Eddie has a vast knowledge of films and the writers and material behind them. He'll be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 That's my opinion too. I'll be very glad to see him as host, even more so, if that means more noirs - my favorite genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 That's my opinion too. I'll be very glad to see him as host, even more so, if that means more noirs - my favorite genre. If I were running for president on the TCM ticket, my campaign slogan would be *"LESS SINGING, MORE KILLING".* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 >If I were running for president on the TCM ticket, my campaign slogan would be >"LESS SINGING, MORE KILLING". Too wholesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Too wholesome. Well, originally I'd thought about using Mark Twain's famous dictum, *"First, let's kill all the choreographers",* but that would've been going a bit too far, and I wouldn't want to lose the soft shoe vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Andy, if you can ever bring yourself to watch an MGM musical, Words and Music, you might be pleased with what happens to Gene Kelly and Vera Ellen when they dance to "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Andy, if you can ever bring yourself to watch an MGM musical, Words and Music, you might be pleased with what happens to Gene Kelly and Vera Ellen when they dance to "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue." Is that the one where they used Bing Crosby and Mickey Rooney as human shields, only to have their bluff called? If that's the one, I'm sure I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Just a note that Eddie Muller's knowledge of film isn't confined to noir. He worked with Tab Hunter on Tab's autobiography, *Tab Hunter Confidential*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts