TopBilled Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 They usually pick someone who is very well-known to movie audiences for the December tribute. And it seems to be stars that have been honored before. In fact, we have to go all the way back to 2008 to find a selection that is slightly out of the box: 08: Joseph Cotten 09: Humphrey Bogart (second time) 10: Mickey Rooney (second time) 11: William Powell (second time) 12: Barbara Stanwyck (second time) 13: Fred Astaire (second time) So who will it be? 14: ___________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Clark Gable hasn't been SOTM since November of 2004, so if they have to pick a Big Brand Name, he'd be a logical choice, and not a bad one. Just PLEASE don't inflict Gary Cooper on us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton_Keyes Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Assuming that the December SOTM honoree will be a very well-known performer and repeat honoree, my guess is Frank Sinatra; he has not been SOTM since May 2008, and he is certainly among the most well-known performers in the history of show business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Assuming that the December SOTM honoree will be a very well-known performer and repeat honoree, my guess is Frank Sinatra; he has not been SOTM since May 2008, and he is certainly among the most well-known performers in the history of show business. I could live with that selection. At least he varied his film roles a bit more than other stars of his ilk. Plus it would be fun to see some of his early movie work at RKO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Clark Gable hasn't been SOTM since November of 2004, so if they have to pick a Big Brand Name, he'd be a logical choice, and not a bad one. Just PLEASE don't inflict Gary Cooper on us. I don't think it will be Coop, do you? Gable would work if they showed some of his later films at Paramount one of the nights honored-- like TEACHER'S PET with Doris Day. Has that film ever been shown on TCM? I certainly don't remember seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody1949 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Yes, let's have Gary Cooper if in the mix would be DESIRE with Marlene Dietrich and NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE with Madeleine Carroll. I haven't seen those films in years and they are not available on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Clark Gable hasn't been SOTM since November of 2004, so if they have to pick a Big Brand Name, he'd be a logical choice, and not a bad one. Just PLEASE don't inflict Gary Cooper on us. I wouldn't mind Gary Cooper if they showed some of the Paramount films, including the surrealist masterpiece Peter Ibbetson. Has TCM ever showed Cooper's Shirley Temple film, Now and Forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I'd be happy with the Clark Gable or Frank Sinatra selection. I Some others I'd be happy with: Rita Hayworth William Holden Lucille Ball Olivia de Havilland Edward G Robinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I don't think it will be Coop, do you? Gable would work if they showed some of his later films at Paramount one of the nights honored-- like TEACHER'S PET with Doris Day. Has that film ever been shown on TCM? I certainly don't remember seeing it. MOVIES is showing Teacher's Pet so maybe they have the rights tied up right now. But TCM and MOVIES have been showing a lot more of the same movies in the last 2 months or so. e.g. right now they are showing 3 Days of the Condor which TCM just showed when Faye was featured as part of SUTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 I'd be happy with the Clark Gable or Frank Sinatra selection. I Some others I'd be happy with: Rita Hayworth William Holden Lucille Ball Olivia de Havilland Edward G Robinson I agree that EGR would be a good choice. I have a feeling that someone like Elizabeth Taylor has a chance of being repeated-- because she was in the Technicolor remake of LITTLE WOMEN which always airs in December on TCM. And for some strange reason, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF also airs around Christmastime each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I agree that EGR would be a good choice. I have a feeling that someone like Elizabeth Taylor has a chance of being repeated-- because she was in the Technicolor remake of LITTLE WOMEN which always airs in December on TCM. And for some strange reason, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF also airs around Christmastime each year. That's strange that "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" airs around Christmastime. Maybe all the yelling and screaming reminds people of their own holiday celebrations. Lol. (That's not the case in my house, btw) I wouldn't mind Elizabeth Taylor. While I'm not a fan of this version of "Little Women," I would like to see more of Taylor's adult roles. Granted, I know that a lot of them air all the time, but I always seem to miss them. 'Virginia Woolf' is a film I always seem to miss. I'd also like to see Suddenly, Last Summer, A Place in the Sun, Raintree County, just to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 That's strange that "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" airs around Christmastime. Maybe all the yelling and screaming reminds people of their own holiday celebrations. Lol. (That's not the case in my house, btw) Yes, I think that is precisely why the programmers schedule it at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I think December could be a good time to choose Fred MacMurray. He has quite a few films that would fit in nicely with the holiday season. I also wouldn't mind Claudette Colbert; but seeing that she just had a SUTS day, she probably won't be selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 I think December could be a good time to choose Fred MacMurray. He has quite a few films that would fit in nicely with the holiday season. Yes. REMEMBER THE NIGHT is a perfect example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Yes. REMEMBER THE NIGHT is a perfect example. Agreed. I'd be interested in seeing more of his collaborations with Stanwyck and Colbert as well. I haven't seen Remember the Night, I'd be interested in seeing that as well. It's nice to be able to add new films to my list of holiday films I watch annually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Assuming that the December SOTM honoree will be a very well-known performer and repeat honoree, my guess is Frank Sinatra; he has not been SOTM since May 2008, and he is certainly among the most well-known performers in the history of show business.Isn't December 2015 the 100th anniversary of Sinatra's birth? Next December would be a good time to honor Sinatra again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Isn't December 2015 the 100th anniversary of Sinatra's birth? Next December would be a good time to honor Sinatra again. Yes it is. And I think you are exactly right about that. So we already have one of next year's SOTM tributes figured out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 For some reason I always think that Lionel Barrymore would be a good choice for December, but that may just be because of It's a Wonderful Life, and TCM isn't going to get the rights to that. I can't stop thinking he'd be a good choice anyway, with plenty of rarities vs. filler. I'd also like to see Alec Guinness, and Robert Donat celebrated sometime, the latter only having about 20 films in all, and it's likely all of them would get shown, many of the for the first time, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 For some reason I always think that Lionel Barrymore would be a good choice for December, but that may just be because of It's a Wonderful Life, and TCM isn't going to get the rights to that. I can't stop thinking he'd be a good choice anyway, with plenty of rarities vs. filler. I'd also like to see Alec Guinness, and Robert Donat celebrated sometime, the latter only having about 20 films in all, and it's likely all of them would get shown, many of the for the first time, probably. Re: Barrymore, The Devil Doll does have some Christmas ambience, and we get to see Lionel in drag! Robert Donat would be a great choice too. His final performance -- as the Mandarin of Yang Cheng in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness -- was particularly moving. He was very sick at the time of filming. He and Ingrid Bergman knew he would not live much longer. His last lines in the film: ‘It is time to go, old friends. Stay here … for a little. It will comfort me as I leave to know it. We shall not see each other again, I think. Farewell." A character's farewell; and an actor's farewell to his audience. He died shortly after the film was finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Re: Barrymore, The Devil Doll does have some Christmas ambience, and we get to see Lionel in drag! Robert Donat would be a great choice too. His final performance -- as the Mandarin of Yang Cheng in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness -- was particularly moving. He was very sick at the time of filming. He and Ingrid Bergman knew he would not live much longer. His last lines in the film: ‘It is time to go, old friends. Stay here … for a little. It will comfort me as I leave to know it. We shall not see each other again, I think. Farewell." A character's farewell; and an actor's farewell to his audience. He died shortly after the film was finished. Donat would be perfect for a SUTS tribute where only a dozen films would be needed. He is certainly worthy of the honor. He's brilliant in THE CITADEL as well as THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS, which you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Donat would be perfect for a SUTS tribute where only a dozen films would be needed. He is certainly worthy of the honor. He's brilliant in THE CITADEL as well as THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS, which you mentioned. And to think that, if he were alive today, he would not be allowed to play that part, in which he excelled so movingly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 And to think that, if he were alive today, he would not be allowed to play that part, in which he excelled so movingly! Not be allowed to play which part? And why not? (are you talking about IOTSH, because it would call for an Asian actor?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Not be allowed to play which part? And why not? (are you talking about IOTSH, because it would call for an Asian actor?) Yes, it would be unlikely for Donat to be cast as the Mandarin of Yang Cheng in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 How about Anthony Perkins? I've always believed his movie career had two distinct phases -- before "Psycho" and after "Psycho." In the first phase, he appears to have played romantic leads or impressionable young men facing tough choices, including Jimmy Piersall in "Fear Strikes Out" (1957). In the second phase, he seems to have become typecast as creepy or strangely offbeat characters. He even reprised the Norman Bates role twice onscreen in the 1980s and once in a 1990 TV movie. Maybe my "two phases" theory is incorrect, but I'd love to see his career played out each week on TCM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 I'm getting a little anxious about this...I hope we do not have to wait until mid-September to learn about the December schedule. I also want to see what classic holiday films are going to be offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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