cybrspacy Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Eric Blore, the character actor best known for his witty turns in films like Top Hat, The Lady Eve, and It's Love I'm After has recently started to fascinate me. I have always found him amusing to watch and wonder if anyone has seen him in the Lone Wolf films where he plays a character named Jamison? Are these shown on TCM? I searched the schedule to no avail. I haven't seen these films. Are they worth a viewing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollywood101 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Columbia made the Lone Wolf films, so they're not in the Turner library. Since Turner owns, but rarely shows, the similar Falcon series from RKO, they would seem a pretty long shot for leasing and broadcast -- unless maybe the station did a month-long program of B-movie detective series from the 30s and 40s. (Wouldn't be a bad idea. I'd like to see the Mike Shaynes, with Lloyd Nolan, and the Whisperers, with Richard Dix, again.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 There are 15 Lone Wolf entries that started in 1935 with THE LONE WOLF RETURNS and ended with THE LONE WOLF AND HIS LADY in 1949. The few that I've seen were very good,especially those with Warren Williams.Michael Lanyard[aka The Lone Wolf] was a reformed jewel thief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmviewer Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 As Bollywood101 indicated, these aren't Warner films so TCM would have license them. The Encore Mystery channel did show a number of the Warren William entries several years back so that's where a lot of "collector's copies" originate from. Unfortunately Encore Mystery no longer shows classic films. Eric Blore is a delight in these films which are quite fun in their own right. Mike Shayne is a Fox series. Since Fox won't even acknowledge their Chan/Moto films I doubt they'd trot out these films. The Whistler (Dix), like Boston **** (Morris), is another Columbia series which has seemingly become "lost" over time since Columbia doesn't have an outlet for their classic films. I would love for TCM to see if they could make a deal with Columbia to do what was suggested below (have a festival of classic detective series). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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