Okay, I admit I am way behind in watching TCM movies that I have Tivo'd. Today I enjoyed " The Strawberry Blonde " and " Stars in My Crown ". I hadn't seen SiMC before and I think it was Arkadin who suggested that we all watch it. If it wasn't, I apologize. Thank you, though beca...

Hollis, The general argument usually centers around the fact that a large number of viewers are put off by letter boxing because they think that due to the matting of the screen they are missing part of the film. The good news is that more and more viewers are becoming educated about letter boxing a...

This may be my favorite Monty Clift film and it is definitely one of my favorite Hawks westerns. Just some idle thoughts: The Red River D brand is on the belt buckle that Wayne wears in Rio Bravo and Tompkin's main theme "Settle Down" from Red River gets new lyrics and is used in Rio Bravo...

Mr Cutter and I watched Liberty Valance last night. Surprisingly, Mr Cutter had never seen the movie (this now makes two JW/JF films that I have introduced him to in the last few months). Anyways, here are some notes that I took while watching the film: The scene in the small funeral home when the n...

Well, having just sat through Born Losers , the only good thing I can say about the film and the almost two hours I'll never get back, is William Wellman, Jr is incredibly good looking and had it not been for him and Jeremy Slate, I would have given up on this film within 15 minutes. It's probably g...

Anybody staying up for Born Losers on TCM Underground tonight? I've seen Billy Jack and Trial of Billy Jack and would love to see Billy Jack Goes to Washington (I can't even imagine how self indulgent it must be after having sat through Trial when I was much younger. Billy Jack , while it doesn't st...

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Moira,

Do you think we ought to tell the folks at the AFI theater that the still they show for the Rio Grande screening is really from Rio Bravo?

I must say, that was 90 mins well spent. I learned a great deal about Brando the man which I enjoyed. Boy, was his dad a piece of work in that Edward R. Murrow interview. Also, I realized how far television talk shows have truly fallen. Loved the stock footage of Chicago and New York from the 1950s....

JJ Hunsecker in the Sweet Smell of Success.

Unless I misunderstood the question and we are talking about steely business men who reveal themselves to have a heart of gold.

Chris, The first couple of times I saw this film I thought O'Brien was way over the top. However, the older I get, the more I appreciate his performance. Jeffrey Jones, in HBO's Deadwood , does a wonderful tip of the hat to O'Brien but, in the end, lacks the courage of his convictions that O'Brien h...

The Essentials is a tough nut to crack. Among film lovers it is films that are considered classics. However, TCM tends to view Essentials as those films that will entice new viewers to consider watching classic films. These are two very different eggs and they don't mix well. I agree with Marco that...

Hollis, Mickey Rooney's career actually started long before the Andy Hardy series. He made his debut as a child (credited as Mickey McGuire) in 1926 in Not To Be Trusted . His big break came in 1934 in Manhattan Melodrama where he played Blackie Gallagher as a youngster. The adult Blackie was played...

Marco, Many of the men and women who became the top of their field in cinematography have a love of painting. They may not be able to paint worth a tinker's darn but many of them talk in Vision of Light (I think it is, the doc by the American Society of Cinematographers) about loving the great works...

Marco, It is indeed a museum. Hollywood Heritage, the Preservation group that tries to save as much of the old actual Hollywood as possible, has monthly events there. It is across the street from the Hollywood Bowl on Highland Ave. The nearest cross street is Odin. The museum is small but has some g...