tcmviewer Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Everyone's favorite cad, George Sanders, would have been 100 on July 3. I respectfully request TCM consider a marathon of George's films, including the rarely shown Saint/Falcon films he was in. It's been several years since they've been aired. Foreign Correspondent would also be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path40a Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Here, here! That's a great idea. I'd especially love to see the Falcon films of his I've not seen (The Gay Falcon & The Falcon Takes Over)! BTW, you might be interested to know that Foreign Correspondent has been added to this season's TCM Essentials series. Message was edited by: path40a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMfan Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I'll put my vote in...and suggest "Rage in Heaven" for the playlist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyweekes70 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Put me down, too! Sanders is one of my favourites and it would be the right thing to do. Even Moonfleet and While the City Sleeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsallieharding Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Great idea tcmviewer! Put me down for a George Sanders Marathon also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leobertucelli Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I especially liked him in 'Death Of A Scoundrel' However, although I'd appreciate seeing films by him and Widmark & also Dana Andrews; I stopped holding my breath. Lately, I hardly see anything I care to spend 2 hours on. All Tcm likes to show (like prime time) are old or things I've seen so many times before. How I'd love to discuss these points with whomever programs what is aired. What tcm ough to do is hire a different crew. Hey, Mr. Osborne: ARE YOU READING THIS??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsallieharding Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Enter the challenge Leo, I would like to see what you come up with for a weeks programming. Do you need me to Doulbe Dare You! Or, are you just whistling Dixie AGAIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerBond Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Please include The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 What tcm ough to do is hire a different crew. Hey, Mr. Osborne: ARE YOU READING THIS??? >> Leo, I have a question for you based upon responses from you. Why do you think Robert Osborne is in control of the Programming of TCM? Also, I agree with Allie, I think you should take the TCM Program Challenge. Would love to see your week of films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leobertucelli Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Ok I'll play, off top of my head, 2 Dana Andrews films, 'Laura' of course because that's one flick I can watch again & again, so moody and dialogue so rich as performances. Other is "A Walk In The Sun' a war film. Then, ' 3 Coins In The Fountain' with among others, irrassable Clifton Webb, And a Richard Conte thing he did with Barbara Stanwyck. Think he played a race car driver and they were both in a mental facility. The name escapes me, and Sanders as the saint and/or boston **** AND, these film are shown in prime tome NOT dead of night or early morning...I don't do mornings at all. Also, if Osborne has no say in what's programed then frankly,if that really be the case, then all he is is a host fed what's he to speak . Knowing him a bit when I was in New York, I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Leo, the movie with Richard Conte and Barbara Stanwyck is "The Other Love" (1947) with David Niven. Conte is a gambler, Stanwyck is dying, and Niven is a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Ok I'll play, off top of my head, 2 Dana Andrews films, 'Laura' of course because that's one flick I can watch again & again, so moody and dialogue so rich as performances. Other is "A Walk In The Sun' a war film. Then, ' 3 Coins In The Fountain' with among others, irrassable Clifton Webb, And a Richard Conte thing he did with Barbara Stanwyck. Think he played a race car driver and they were both in a mental facility. The name escapes me, and Sanders as the saint and/or boston **** AND, these film are shown in prime tome NOT dead of night or early morning...I don't do mornings at all.>> Leo, How many of those films are in the TCM library? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Hardly any, Lynn, since most of them are all 20th Century-Fox films, which TCM hasn't much access to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leobertucelli Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Thank you for the title AND, I wonder as some poseted just how many are in the tcm library as well. I think Laura & Coins as the saint and/ or boston blacke but never did see the Conte flick except long, long agao and then probably on amc...thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Leo, They are in the 20th Century Fox library so TCM would have to rent them. Fox has their own movie channel-FMC- so that may hinder the number of films and the titles that TCM can rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I'd love to see them play Voyage to Italy. You gotta love Sanders' suicide note: "Dear World, I am leaving you because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool - good luck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhfive Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 MattHelm, First I get all 'verklempt' thinking about Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams" (another thread). Second, reading your Sander's quote. It is all so sad. Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyweekes70 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 What isn't sad is watching Sanders tonight in Bitter Sweet. Good to see him being a creep with a ridiculous accent and an awesome incoming lid left over from Confessions of a Nazi Spy. I sometimes wonder what I ever did for a really good laugh before I starting loving George Sanders' work. I don't normally go for MacDonald/Eddy pictures, but I can never resist checking out anything Sanders was in, however awful. I am getting the impression Coward was correct in his assessment of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 My favorite suicide note was from Crimes and Misdemeanors. The philosopher that Woody Allen's character is making a documentary about kills himself, and leaves a note behind that reads, "I've gone out the window." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhfive Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Hello, I bet he (George Sanders) started thinking about "sweet cesspool" about the time he worked with Sonny Bono in "Good Times". Well, the "cesspool" part of his farewell. BTW: Sonny Bono finally hit the mark (movie role-wise) as shrubbery in "Troll". Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I'll even bet that his first suicidal thoughts came to him while making Good Times. "BTW: Sonny Bono finally hit the mark (movie role-wise) as shrubbery in "Troll"." Do I sense a little Bono death humor there? He sure did hit the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhfive Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 MattHelm, S*** no! No "death humor" intended. Do you think I have a sick sense of humor? Hold on. I do have a sick sense of humor. Still...I intended no "Sonny Bono hits tree" joke. Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Must have been a "subconscious Sonny Bono bon mot." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhfive Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 MattHelm, Subconscious message? Hmm...interesting idea. I'm pretty certain I lost my subconscious during my 'spiral down' years. Matt...while I was writing the Sonny Bono thing? I was not thinking "bon-mot", but "com-post". Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Matt...while I was writing the Sonny Bono thing? I was not thinking "bon-mot", but "com-post". That's funny, now I'm thinking of Cher. She's 20 cc's of Botox away from being embalmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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