basilfawlty12 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Hello, While going through the TCM schedule, I've noticed that lately the network hasn't been playing that many of the later Warner Bros. pictures. I had thought that TCM added the post-1950 Warners library to their stable of films (which had included the MGM/UA library and pre-1950 Warner Bros. films) when Turner became Time-Warner's head. Yet there are a ton of post-1950 Warners films that TCM rarely (if ever) plays: MISTER ROBERTS, EAST OF EDEN, WAIT UNTIL DARK, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, THE BAD SEED, BONNIE AND CLYDE, AUNTIE MAME, etc. Does anyone know if TCM still has access to the later Warners library? If so, why don't they play these movies very often? -S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieslover1000 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 TCM doesn't own these films, they are owned by Warner Brothers and they have to lease them. They also don't own the UA library, that is owned by Sony. So even though both TCM and Warner Brothers are owned by Time Warner, for stock reasons, TCM has to pay to lease the post 1950 Warner films, along with the Monogram and Allied Artists films that Warner Brothers owns. Message was edited by: movieslover1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsallieharding Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 MISTER ROBERTS, EAST OF EDEN, WAIT UNTIL DARK, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, THE BAD SEED, BONNIE AND CLYDE, have all aired on Cinemax and HBOS during the past six months. If TCM aired them nobody would subscribe to HBO because these are the only good films they have on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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