limey Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Corman is six years older than Osborne. Age, longevity & personal desire to put away the TCM coffee mug on a permanent basis don't necessarily have a linear relationship to each other. I've enjoyed Corman's appearances thus far & I reckon it wouldn't be a bad idea to rotate in a few more of the industry veterans of the same era, whilst they're still around/willing/able to enlighten/entertain us. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Age, longevity & personal desire to put away the TCM coffee mug on a permanent basis don't necessarily have a linear relationship to each other. I've enjoyed Corman's appearances thus far & I reckon it wouldn't be a bad idea to rotate in a few more of the industry veterans of the same era, whilst they're still around/willing/able to enlighten/entertain us. I totally agree, Limey. If TCM brass reads these boards, I hope they read this post you just made. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I wish I knew just who it is in the programming department that loooves FORBIDDEN PLANET so much. Is it just me or is tomorrow at 4:30pm like the ninth time it's been shown on a weekend? I mean, at least THE THIRD MAN is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I wish I knew just who it is in the programming department that loooves FORBIDDEN PLANET so much. Is it just me or is tomorrow at 4:30pm like the ninth time it's been shown on a weekend? I mean, at least THE THIRD MAN is good. WE only get The Third man in Canada on Silver Screen Classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Sunday, May 22 8 p.m. Too bad Wild Girl (1932) has been scratched from the schedule in both Canada and the U.S.. 12:15 a.m. Desert Nights (1929). I haven’t seen this John Gilbert film. 4 a.m. Love Is Colder than Death (1969) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Hanna Schygulla. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 WE only get The Third man in Canada on Silver Screen Classics. This must be a strictly Canadian thing, like METV or all the channels here in America that show ooooooooooooooooold TV Shows and the occasional movie 24/7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 This must be a strictly Canadian thing, like METV or all the channels here in America that show ooooooooooooooooold TV Shows and the occasional movie 24/7. Yes, Silver Screen Classics focuses on movies no more recently made than 1969. They air them often. They also air movie shorts in between movies. SSC was the way I got to see Fear in the Night starring Deforest Kelley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Monday: In the evening, our theme is TCM Canada, so ther eare some differences between the two countries. I would like this post to focus on the daytime: RICHARD WIDMARK MOVIES Most of these films are great films. The Cobweb is not. You have to see The Cobweb to understand how badly a great cast was wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 rare little animated film tonight looks like fun.... Of Stars and Men ('62) @ 9:30 pm ET "To be sure, the film is but a digest, a capsule statement of a complex theme. And it comes to the ultimate realization of man as a very small thing in a universe of limitless extensions who "may eliminate himself with his own tools." But it is an apt and instructive digest that is a pleasure to see and hear, the musical score being nicely selected...." "Made in the style of a documentary, it tells of humankind's quest (in the form of a child) to find its place in the universe, through themes such as outer space, physical matter, the meaning of life and the periodic table. There are no character voices; instead, they "talk" through their actions. It has been cited as an example of an "animated documentary". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Monday, May 23 8 p.m. Green Eyes (1977). This was originally a TV Movie. Could we get a few more, I wonder? Unfortunately it has now been scratched from the Canadian schedule and replaced by the often seen Blackboard Jungle (1955). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Monday, May 23rd. All times E.S.T.: 10:30 a.m. "The Law and Jake Wade" (1958)--Well done western with Richard Widmark and Robert Taylor. In Cinemascope. 2:00 p.m. "The Cobweb"--Vincente Minnelli directed drama of love, anguish, and Camp at a mental institute, caused by--picking a New pair of Drapes. Worth the watch, IMHO. 6:00 p.m. "No Way Out" (1950)--Scary Richard Widmark performance & Sidney Poitier's film debut. Film still packs a punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Monday, May 23rd. All times E.S.T.: 2:00 p.m. "The Cobweb"--Vincente Minnelli directed drama of love, anguish, and Camp at a mental institute, caused by--picking a New pair of Drapes. Very worth the watch. Counterpoint: no, it isn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Counterpoint: no, it isn't. As a fan of Spellbound which came first, I agree with Lorna. However, as I am a fan of Widmark and insist on seeing everything he was in (except the Swarm, which I still have not seen): I agree with Lorna. Not because of Richard or Gloria or Oscar or Lauren: Because the script is LACKING. No way are people in a mental hospital going to have the SAME mental condition - this one being obsessed with the drapes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 The Cobweb may be a disaster, but it's a fun disaster. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Reading below I'm sorry to note Canadian TCM viewers won't get to see 1977's GREEN EYES. Would have been a rare opportunity to see a made-for-Tv movie broadcast on Turner Classic. I wonder what the deal was with that? I don't know what differences there are, if any, with "rights issues" in regards to airing a U.S theatrical movie versus a made-for-American television movie on TCM Canada? Either way: A bummer! "Blackboard Jungle" has been broadcast plenty of times lately . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Late tomorrow night, early Wed. morning (3:00 AM EST), I'll be taping The Man Who Could Work Miracles. I haven't seen it, and it sounds interesting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Tuesday, May 24 8 p.m. Sleeper (1973). A gem from Woody Allen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 The Cobweb may be a disaster, but it's a fun disaster. Well - I confess- I WATCHED IT ANYWAY I must watch Widmark today..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Well - I confess- I WATCHED [THE COBWEB] ANYWAY I did too. (WELL, AS MUCH AS I COULD TAKE.) I have such a masochistic streak sometimes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Tuesday, May 24 8 p.m. Sleeper (1973). A gem from Woody Allen. Here's one of my favorite scenes from SLEEPER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IF8-QQSDbk Woody Allen as Blanche DuBois. I love it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Here's one of my favorite scenes from SLEEPER: Woody Allen as Blanche DuBois. I love it. Good call, Holden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Wednesday, May 25 6 a.m. The Strawberry Blonde (1941). A Cagney picture which features another good Jack Carson performance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Tomorrow night I'm recording Illegal, an Edward G. Robinson film I haven't seen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Tomorrow night I'm recording Illegal, an Edward G. Robinson film I haven't seen. So am I. I've been waiting to see this movie for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Wednesday, May 25 6 a.m. The Strawberry Blonde (1941). A Cagney picture which features another good Jack Carson performance. yeah, cleverly written & fine performances by Cagney, Carson & Hayworth (especially liked Olivia D.'s feisty little feminist act 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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