TCM and Other Sources for Classic Film

[MCannady1]

I just saw a great British Film Noir I received for Christmas in a boxed set of Film Noirs. 

The Limping Man was an exciting early 50's (and early appearance by the handsome Lloyd Bridges) FIlm Noir co-starring the lovely Moira Lister.  I really loved the settings and the edge of your seat suspense.

 

The Scar was the other film (a mid-40's Film Noir) with the wonderful Paul Henreid and Joan and the beautiful and talented Joan Bennett.  I liked this murder mystery too.

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I just saw a great British Film Noir I received for Christmas in a boxed set of Film Noirs. 

The Limping Man was an exciting early 50's (and early appearance by the handsome Lloyd Bridges) FIlm Noir co-starring the lovely Moira Lister.  I really loved the settings and the edge of your seat suspense.

 

The Scar was the other film (a mid-40's Film Noir) with the wonderful Paul Henreid and Joan and the beautiful and talented Joan Bennett.  I liked this murder mystery too.

THE SCAR is quite good and was featured when Paul Henreid was Star of the Month a few summers ago. It is also known as HOLLOW TRIUMPH. 

 

If you like noir, one of the titles I mentioned in a recent post combines noir and prison break drama, rather effectively-- plus it's based on a real-life escape of convicts in eastern Colorado. It's called CANON CITY and is available on Amazon Prime. Highly recommended.

[MCannady1]

THE SCAR is quite good and was featured when Paul Henreid was Star of the Month a few summers ago. It is also known as HOLLOW TRIUMPH. 

 

If you like noir, one of the titles I mentioned in a recent post combines noir and prison break drama, rather effectively-- plus it's based on a real-life escape of convicts in eastern Colorado. It's called CANON CITY and is available on Amazon Prime. Highly recommended.

Thanks!  I kind of like the gangster and prison break noir too.  WIll check it out on Amazon prime.

[MCannady1]

 

THURSDAY JANUARY 14, 2016

 

TCM

PARDON MY PAST (1945)..Fred MacMurray & Marguerite Chapman

AN INNOCENT AFFAIR (1948)..Fred MacMurray & Madeleine Carroll

ON OUR MERRY WAY (1948)..Paulette Goddard & Burgess Meredith

THE PAY-OFF (1930)..Lowell Sherman & Marion Nixon

TOO MANY COOKS (1931)..Bert Wheeler & Dorothy Lee

WAY BACK HOME (1932)..Phillips H. Ford & Effie L. Palmer

AFTER TONIGHT (1933)..Constance Bennett & Gilbert Roland

STAND UP AND FIGHT (1939)..Wallace Beery & Robert Taylor

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)..Clark Gable & Vivien Leigh

THINGS TO COME (1936)..Raymond Massey & Edward Chapman

OUR TOWN (1940)..Frank Craven & Martha Scott

MADE FOR EACH OTHER (1939)..Carole Lombard & James Stewart

NOTHING SACRED (1937)..Carole Lombard & Fredric March

Encore

GO WEST, YOUNG LADY (1941)..Penny Singleton & Glenn Ford

GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (1957)..Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas

THE REDHEAD AND THE COWBOY (1951)..Glenn Ford & Edmond O'Brien

THE WALKING HILLS (1949)..Randolph Scott & Ella Raines

THE TIN STAR (1957)..Henry Fonda & Anthony Perkins

THE BRAVADOS (1957)..Gregory Peck & Joan Collins

LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959)..Kirk Douglas & Anthony Quinn

DOWN MEXICO WAY (1941)..Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette

Retroplex

THE JOE LOUIS STORY (1953)..Coley Wallace & Hilda Simms

FXM Retro

NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947)..Tyrone Power & Joan Blondell

LOVE IS NEWS (1937)..Loretta Young & Tyrone Power

THAT WONDERFUL URGE (1948)..Tyrone Power & Gene Tierney

THE RAINS CAME (1939)..Myrna Loy & Tyrone Power

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947)..Tyrone Power & Jean Peters

*****

Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime

RIVER OF NO RETURN (1953)..Robert Mitchum & Marilyn Monroe

Hulu

THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (1941)..Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh

YouTube -- Paramount Vault

A TOUCH OF LARCENY (1959)..James Mason & Vera Miles

Warner Archive Instant

TERROR ON A TRAIN (1953)..Glenn Ford & Anne Vernon

 

Such a witty picture with James MAson and Vera Miles (A Touch of Larceny).  OF course George Sanders is wonderful here too.

 

As for the Tyrone Power films, I am staggered looking at his great picture here.   I can't say enough commendation for his wonderful performance in The Rains Came.  It is a very touching film with Myrna Loy and George Brent.. The special effects are fantastic for any time period I think.  I actually watch this one now and then and love the chemistry between Tyrone and Myrna here. 

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Such a witty picture with James MAson and Vera Miles (A Touch of Larceny).  OF course George Sanders is wonderful here too.

 

As for the Tyrone Power films, I am staggered looking at his great picture here.   I can't say enough commendation for his wonderful performance in The Rains Came.  It is a very touching film with Myrna Loy and George Brent.. The special effects are fantastic for any time period I think.  I actually watch this one now and then and love the chemistry between Tyrone and Myrna here. 

I like the remake, too-- THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR (with Richard Burton in Ty's role and Lana Turner taking over for Myrna). Fred MacMurray has a supporting role in it.

 

Speaking of Fred, did you have a chance to watch PARDON MY PAST? It was on at an ungodly hour early this morning, but I happened to watch it-- and it was charming. Loved it.

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SATURDAY JANUARY 16, 2016

 

TCM

SCARED TO DEATH (1947)..Bela Lugosi & George Zucco
SNOWFIRE (1958)..Molly McGowan & Don Megowan
THE SON OF RUSTY (1947)..Ted Donaldson & Stephen Dunne
JINX MONEY (1948)..Leo Gorcey & Huntz Hall
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1958)..Joseph Cotten & George Sanders
KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (1953)..Robert Taylor & Ava Gardner
THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947)..Gene Tierney & Rex Harrison
THE WORLD WAS HIS JURY (1958)..Edmond O'Brien & Mona Freeman
I CONFESS (1953)..Montgomery Clift & Anne Baxter

Encore
HONDO (1953)..John Wayne & Geraldine Page
ROCKIN' IN THE ROCKIES (1945)..Three Stooges & Mary Beth Hughes
 

FXM Retro

DAY-TIME WIFE (1939)..Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell
PRINCE OF FOXES (1949)..Tyrone Power & Orson Welles
MOTHER IS A FRESHMAN (1949)..Loretta Young & Van Johnson

*****
Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime
FLAMING FEATHER (1952)..Sterling Hayden & Forrest Tucker

Hulu

THE RULES OF THE GAME (1939)..Nora Gregor & Paulette Dubost

YouTube -- Paramount Vault

THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)..Barbara Stanwyck & Van Heflin

Warner Archive Instant
ROSE MARIE (1954)..Ann Blyth & Howard Keel

 

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SUNDAY JANUARY 17, 2016

 

TCM

THE FIREFLY (1937)..Jeanette MacDonald & Allan Jones
MISS ANNIE ROONEY (1942)..Shirley Temple & William Gargan
SAINT JOAN (1957)..Jean Seberg & Richard Widmark
BLUE SKIES (1946)..Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire
THE LONG, LONG TRAILER (1954)..Lucille Ball & Desi Arnazy
DESIGN FOR LIVING (1933)..Fredric March & Gary Cooper

Encore
SANTA FE (1951)..Randolph Scott & Janis Carter
 

Retroplex
THE STRANGER (1946)..Edward G. Robinson & Loretta Young

FXM Retro

THREE CAME HOME (1950)..Claudette Colbert & Patric Knowles
HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS (1959)..Clifton Webb & Jane Wyman
THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958)..Ingrid Bergman & Robert Donat
THESE THOUSAND HILLS (1959)..Don Murray & Richard Egan
FIVE OF A KIND (1938)..Dionne Quintuplets & Jean Hersholt

*****
Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime

CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (1945)..Vivien Leigh & Claude Rains

Hulu
DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME (1947)..Ralph Byrd & Anne Gwynne

YouTube -- Paramount Vault

QUEBEC (1951)..John Drew Barrymore & Corinne Calvet

Warner Archive Instant
TENSION AT TABLE ROCK (1956)..Richard Egan & Dorothy Malone

 

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MONDAY JANUARY 18, 2016

 

TCM

BROKEN STRINGS (1940)..Clarence Muse & Sybil Lewis
MIRACLE IN HARLEM (1948)..Hilda Offley & Sheila Guyse

MIDNIGHT SHADOW (1939)..Frances Redd & Buck Woods
THE DUKE IS TOPS (1939)..Ralph Cooper & Lena Horne
HARLEM RIDES THE RANGE (1939)..Herbert Jeffrey & Lucius Brooks
SPIRIT OF YOUTH (1937)..Joe Louis & Clarence Muse

SWING! (1937)..Cora Green & Larry Seymour
THE GREEN PASTURES (1936)..Rex Ingram & Oscar Polk
CABIN IN THE SKY (1943)..Ethel Waters & Eddie Anderson
BRIGHT ROAD (1953)..Dorothy Dandridge & Harry Belafonte

Encore

WAGON TEAM (1952)..Gene Autry & Gail Davis
GO WEST, YOUNG LADY (1941)..Penny Singleton & Glenn Ford
TEN WANTED MEN (1955)..Randolph Scott & Jocelyn Brando
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (1957)..Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas
WESTERN UNION (1940)..Robert Young & Randolph Scott
LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959)..Kirk Douglas & Anthony Quinn
 

Retroplex
THE STRANGER (1946)..Edward G. Robinson & Loretta Young

FXM Retro
BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)..James Mason & Barbara Rush
SEA WIFE (1957)..Joan Collins & Richard Burton
IMMORTAL SERGEANT (1943)..Henry Fonda & Maureen O'Hara

*****
Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime

THE BIG WHEEL (1949)..Mickey Rooney & Thomas Mitchell

Hulu
GREEN GROW THE RUSHES (1951)..Roger Livesey & Richard Burton

YouTube -- Paramount Vault
MILLION DOLLAR PURSUIT (1951)..Penny Edwards & Grant Withers

Warner Archive Instant

SKYSCRAPER SOULS (1932)..Warren William & Maureen O'Sullivan

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TUESDAY JANUARY 19, 2016

 

TCM

HELL HARBOR (1930)..Lupe Velez & Jean Hersholt
CHINA SEAS (1935)..Clark Gable & Jean Harlow
TREASURE ISLAND (1934)..Wallace Beery & Jackie Cooper
THE SPANISH MAIN (1945)..Maureen O'Hara & Paul Henreid
CAPTAIN KIDD (1945)..Charles Laughton & Randolph Scott
CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935)..Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland
THE SEA HAWK (1940)..Errol Flynn & Brenda Marshall
BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE (1952)..Robert Newton & Linda Darnell
SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES (1942)..Betty Grable & John Payne
PENNY SERENADE (1941)..Irene Dunne & Cary Grant
SOMBRERO (1953)..Ricardo Montalban & Pier Angeli
TERESA (1951)..Pier Angeli & John Ericson
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE (1952)..Gene Kelly & Pier Angeli

Encore
HONDO (1953)..John Wayne & Geraldine Page
BRANDED (1950)..Alan Ladd & Mona Freeman
THE STRANGER WORE A GUN (1953)..Randolph Scott & Claire Trevor
WESTERN UNION (1940)..Robert Young & Randolph Scott
LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (1959)..Kirk Douglas & Anthony Quinn
 

FXM Retro

DRESSED TO KILL (1941)..Lloyd Nolan & Mary Beth Hughes
THE CALL OF THE WILD (1935)..Clark Gable & Loretta Young
SIERRA BARON (1958)..Brian Keith & Rick Jason
THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND (1949)..Betty Grable & Cesar Romero
WHITE FEATHER (1955)..Robert Wagner & Jeffrey Hunter
THESE THOUSAND HILLS (1959)..Don Murray & Richard Egan

*****
Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime

JENNIFER (1953)..Ida Lupino & Howard Duff

Hulu
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)..Carole Lombard & Jack Benny

YouTube -- Paramount Vault

CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT (1954)..Bob Hope & Joan Fontaine
 

Warner Archive Instant
THE HATCHET MAN (1932)..Edward G. Robinson & Loretta Young

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 2016

 

TCM

THIRD FINGER, LEFT HAND (1940)..Myrna Loy & Melvyn Douglas
I LOVE YOU AGAIN (1940)..William Powell & Myrna Loy
LOVE CRAZY (1941)..William Powell & Myrna Loy
SO GOES MY LOVE (1946)..Myrna Loy & Don Ameche
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)..Myrna Loy & Fredric March
THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER (1947)..Cary Grant & Myrna Loy
MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948)..Cary Grant & Myrna Loy

THE CAINE MUTINY (1954)..Humphrey Bogart & Jose Ferrer

THE APARTMENT (1960)..Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine
WOMAN'S WORLD (1954)..Clifton Webb & June Allyson
A MILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTY (1951)..Fred MacMurray & Eleanor Parker

Encore
BRANDED (1950)..Alan Ladd & Mona Freeman
GO WEST, YOUNG LADY (1941)..Penny Singleton & Glenn Ford
THE OLD WEST (1952)..Gene Autry & Gail Davis
HOME ON THE PRAIRIE (1939)..Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette
THE KID FROM TEXAS (1950)..Audie Murphy & Gale Storm

FXM Retro

ANNE OF THE INDIES (1951)..Jean Peters & Louis Jourdan
IF I'M LUCKY (1946)..Vivian Blaine & Perry Como
THE GAY DECEPTION (1935)..Francis Lederer & Frances Dee
THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND (1949)..Betty Grable & Cesar Romero
WHITE FEATHER (1955)..Robert Wagner & Jeffrey Hunter
HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS (1959)..Clifton Webb & Jane Wyman

*****
Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime
HURRICANE SMITH (1952)..John Ireland & Yvonne de Carlo

Hulu

THE FIRST OF THE FEW (1942)..Leslie Howard & David Niven

YouTube -- Paramount Vault
HERE COMES THE GROOM (1951)..Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman

Warner Archive Instant

LOVE IS A RACKET (1932)..Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & Ann Dvorak

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THURSDAY JANUARY 21, 2016

 

TCM

NEVER A DULL MOMENT (1950)..Irene Dunne & Fred MacMurray
PUSHOVER (1954)..Fred MacMurray & Phil Carey
BORDERLINE (1950)..Fred MacMurray & Claire Trevor
CROONER (1932)..David Manners & Ann Dvorak
THE FAMOUS FERGUSON CASE (1932)..Joan Blondell & Grant Mitchell
LITTLE BIG SHOT (1935)..Sybil Jason & Glenda Farrell
SPECIAL AGENT (1935)..Bette Davis & George Brent
EXCLUSIVE STORY (1936)..Franchot Tone & Madge Evans
WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE (1936)..Preston Foster & Ann Dvorak
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)..Joel McCrea & Laraine Day
THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942)..Gary Cooper & Teresa Wright
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1943)..Gary Cooper & Ingrid Bergman
ADDRESS UNKNOWN (1944)..Paul Lukas & Carl Esmond
KINGS ROW (1941)..Ann Sheridan & Robert Cummings

 

Encore
GO WEST, YOUNG LADY (1941)..Penny Singleton & Glenn Ford
THE KID FROM TEXAS (1950)..Audie Murphy & Gale Storm
 

Retroplex

THE MATCHMAKER (1958)..Shirley Booth & Anthony Perkins

 

FXM Retro
HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS (1959)..Clifton Webb & Jane Wyman
THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM (1944)..Gregory Peck & Thomas Mitchell
THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958)..Ingrid Bergman & Robert Donat

*****
Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime
THAT BRENNAN GIRL (1946)..James Dunn & Mona Freeman

Hulu

AFRICA SCREAMS (1949)..Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

YouTube -- Paramount Vault
PRIDE OF THE NAVY (1939)..James Dunn & Rochelle Hudson
 

Warner Archive Instant

THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN HAWKS (1959)..Robert Taylor & Nicole Maurey

[CaveGirl]

Thanks, TB for reminding me about "Never a Dull Moment". I owe you one!

 

Love that Irene Dunne!

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Thanks, TB for reminding me about "Never a Dull Moment". I owe you one!

 

Love that Irene Dunne!

I ended up watching NEVER A DULL MOMENT this morning. It is quite obvious they are recycling the formula that was perfected in THE EGG AND I, but it works in large part to Dunne's fresh approach. They also loaded the scenes with lots of gags that went off like clockwork, and with Bill Demarest and Andy Devine in supporting roles, plus little Natalie Wood, it's a winner.

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FRIDAY JANUARY 22, 2016

 

TCM

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)..Conrad Veidt & Sabu
THE YOUNG IN HEART (1938)..Douglas Fairbanks Jr. & Paulette Goddard
YOUNG MAN WITH IDEAS (1952)..Glenn Ford & Ruth Roman
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER (1957)..Glenn Ford & Gia Scala
IT STARTED WITH A KISS (1959)..Glenn Ford & Debbie Reynolds
THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER (1963)..Glenn Ford & Shirley Jones

DEAR HEART (1964)..Glenn Ford & Geraldine Page
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE (1940)..Boris Karloff & Margaret Lindsay

 

Encore

THE TIN STAR (1957)..Henry Fonda & Anthony Perkins
THEY CAME TO CORDURA (1959)..Gary Cooper & Rita Hayworth
REPRISAL! (1956)..Guy Madison & Felicia Farr
WYOMING RENEGADES (1954)..Phil Carey & Gene Evans
 

Retroplex

THE UNTAMED BREED (1948)..Sonny Tufts & Barbara Britton

 

FXM Retro
THE MUDLARK (1950)..Irene Dunne & Alec Guinness
BLACK SHEEP (1935)..Edmund Lowe & Claire Trevor
THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND (1936)..Warner Baxter & Gloria Stuart
BOY ON A DOLPHIN (1957)..Alan Ladd & Clifton Webb
CAVALCADE (1933)..Diana Wynyard & Clive Brook
BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY (1952)..Mitzi Gaynor & Scott Brady
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)..Walter Pidgeon & Maureen O'Hara

*****
Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime

SECRET OF THE INCAS (1954)..Charlton Heston & Robert Young

Hulu
SCARLET STREET (1945)..Edward G. Robinson & Joan Bennett

YouTube -- Paramount Vault

ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947)..John Wayne & Gail Russell

 

Warner Archive Instant
CONSOLATION MARRIAGE (1931)..Irene Dunne & Pat O'Brien

[Janet0312]

Would it be possible to add GetTV to this list? Thursdays in January they are

showing Boston Bxlxaxckxixe films. Yippee!!!!

[LawrenceA]

I've been taping more things off of GetTV lately than off of TCM.

 

 

But man, do they pack in the commercials.

[JamesJazGuitar]

Would it be possible to add GetTV to this list? Thursdays in January they are

showing Boston Bxlxaxckxixe films. Yippee!!!!

 

I'm watching One Mysterious Night,  a Boston Black-ie film made in 1944.    It has Janis Carter in it who was in a few Columbia noir films like Framed with Glenn Ford.    One Mysterious Night also has a very young Dorothy Malone (un-credited).    

 

The film is noteworthy as the directorial debut of Budd Boetticher, though he is credited under his real name, Oscar Boetticher, Jr.

 

Yea, Get-TV has a lot of commercials.   It did give me enough time to make this post!

[CaveGirl]

Would it be possible to add GetTV to this list? Thursdays in January they are

showing Boston Bxlxaxckxixe films. Yippee!!!!

Hey, while you are adding GetTV to these updates, could you also add Antenna and Comet schedules.

 

Sorry to make your unpaid position be even more stressful, TB!

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Hey, while you are adding GetTV to these updates, could you also add Antenna and Comet schedules.

 

Sorry to make your unpaid position be even more stressful, TB!

Ha! Well, I was going to suggest to Janet that she go ahead and add them as she sees fit. The reason I do not mention the commercial channels, is obviously because the films are cut and interrupted so much, I don't feel it's the best thing to recommend. Sounds a bit snooty of me to say, no doubt, but I wanted to point people in the direction of finding the classics in all their unadulterated glory.

 

I am not opposed to folks mentioning the commercial channels, if they enjoy watching films that way-- but personally, it is not my cup of tea. 

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SATURDAY JANUARY 23, 2016

 

TCM

FORTY LITTLE MOTHERS (1940)..Eddie Cantor & Judith Anderson
SKIPPY (1931)..Jackie Cooper & Robert Coogan
MY DOG RUSTY (1948)..Ted Donaldson & John Litel
SMUGGLERS' COVE (1948)..Leo Gorcey & Huntz Hall
FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (1943)..Franchot Tone & Anne Baxter
BUCK PRIVATES (1941)..Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943)..Jean Arthur & Joel McCrea
THE GREEN YEARS (1946)..Charles Coburn & Tom Drake
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)..Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe

 

Encore

THE TIN STAR (1957)..Henry Fonda & Anthony Perkins
THEY CAME TO CORDURA (1959)..Gary Cooper & Rita Hayworth
JESSE JAMES (1939)..Tyrone Power & Henry Fonda
WESTERN UNION (1940)..Robert Young & Randolph Scott
BELLE STARR (1941)..Randolph Scott & Gene Tierney
GUNFIGHTERS (1947)..Randolph Scott & Barbara Britton
THE WALKING HILLS (1949)..Randolph Scott & Ella Raines
SANTA FE (1951)..Randolph Scott & Janis Carter
THE STRANGER WORE A GUN (1953)..Randolph Scott & Claire Trevor
TEN WANTED MEN (1955)..Randolph Scott & Jocelyn Brando
 

Retroplex

I WAKE UP SCREAMING a.k.a. HOT SPOT (1941)..Betty Grable & Victor Mature
THE COURT JESTER (1956)..Danny Kaye & Glynis Johns
WE'RE NO ANGELS (1955)..Humphrey Bogart & Aldo Ray

 

FXM Retro
CAVALCADE (1933)..Diana Wynyard & Clive Brook
HEAVEN WITH A BARBED WIRE FENCE (1939)..Glenn Ford & Richard Conte
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)..Walter Pidgeon & Maureen O'Hara

*****
Other recommended picks:

Amazon Prime

TELL IT TO A STAR (1945)..Ruth Terry & Robert Livingston

Hulu
TUNES OF GLORY (1960)..Alec Guinness & John Mills

YouTube -- Paramount Vault

DARK CITY (1950)..Charlton Heston & Lizabeth Scott

 

Warner Archive Instant
ARSENE LUPIN (1932)..John Barrymore & Lionel Barrymore

[CaveGirl]

Hey TopBilled, another reason to watch "Skippy" is to see the great Jackie's little brother, Robert Coogan plus perpetual pain in the you-know-what, simpering child actor, mama's boy, Jackie Searl.

 

I alway get a kick out of seeing the latter, as he is so amazingly whiny!

P.S. I like "snooty" people!

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Hey TopBilled, another reason to watch "Skippy" is to see the great Jackie's little brother, Robert Coogan plus perpetual pain in the you-know-what, simpering child actor, mama's boy, Jackie Searl.

 

I alway get a kick out of seeing the latter, as he is so amazingly whiny!

P.S. I like "snooty" people!

Hehe...glad you like snooty people. 

 

The reason I highlighted SKIPPY is because it's been several years since TCM aired it. Wonderful kids flick.

[Janet0312]

I've been taping more things off of GetTV lately than off of TCM.

 

 

But man, do they pack in the commercials.

 

Ya think??? I pull up the synopsis on my remote to see how long the film is and how long they play the movie. They usually average about 30 minutes of commercials. Well, it may be more what with those mini info-mercials. Well, as I've told you before, this is when I do my housework. Plenty of time to scrub out the tub, make scones, broil a chicken, mow the lawn, paint the house, and then sit down for a cup of java. Whoops! Forgot to add in a chance to watch the Weather Channel for updates.

[Janet0312]

Ha! Well, I was going to suggest to Janet that she go ahead and add them as she sees fit. The reason I do not mention the commercial channels, is obviously because the films are cut and interrupted so much, I don't feel it's the best thing to recommend. Sounds a bit snooty of me to say, no doubt, but I wanted to point people in the direction of finding the classics in all their unadulterated glory.

 

I am not opposed to folks mentioning the commercial channels, if they enjoy watching films that way-- but personally, it is not my cup of tea. 

 

Well, that's OK. Just thought I'd ask.

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Well, that's OK. Just thought I'd ask.

Janet, please go ahead and share the Get-TV schedule information, if you'd like. Others would probably benefit from it. Add it to this thread or else make a separate thread for it. I am totally in support of people finding classic films they enjoy. It's just the commercials drive me bananas. LOL