Discussion of programming on TCM.
BATTLE OF THE BLONDES.
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by
CineMaven »
October 31st, 2011, 8:47 pm
Strawberry, ash, honey. And then there is platinum. She is hot, icy, brassy, cool, sultry, bombshell, bottle, wise-cracking and Hitchcock. There are...
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Last post by RedRiver
November 10th, 2011, 2:34 pm
This and that and your opinions
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mrsl »
August 18th, 2010, 1:27 am
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Some of this stuff we have touched on before, but some of it makes me nuts when watching movies, whether I love them or not. I'll never understand...
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Last post by kingrat
November 4th, 2011, 2:47 pm
TCM Tribute to Nicholas Ray
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by
kingrat »
October 3rd, 2011, 7:13 pm
I thought either Dewey or ChiO would have this thread up and running, and I hope they will both provide some stimulating overviews for us. Through...
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Last post by MikeBSG
October 26th, 2011, 12:45 pm
Carnival of Souls (1962)
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Mr. Arkadin »
October 26th, 2007, 8:25 pm
What would you do with thirty grand? While not enough to purchase a house, you could certainly remodel your bathroom or kitchen, buy a decent car, or...
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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
October 24th, 2011, 5:42 pm
Ray Milland, April 2011 Star of the Month
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kingrat »
April 6th, 2011, 4:27 pm
Thought we might start a thread for comments about the Ray Milland films shown this month. I saw two of the comedies last night: The Crystal Ball and...
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Last post by JackFavell
October 20th, 2011, 3:03 pm
Ben & "Another Thin Man"
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Moraldo Rubini »
October 1st, 2011, 2:24 pm
Ben introduced this morning's Thin Man movie explaining this was the first return of the couple to the series after a three year absence. The reason?...
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Last post by Moraldo Rubini
October 1st, 2011, 2:24 pm
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Last post by RedRiver
October 1st, 2011, 1:41 pm
Evergreen!
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Moraldo Rubini »
September 24th, 2011, 11:48 pm
Yippee! I just happened to turn on the tele to discover that Evergreen is about to screen on TCM. This has been high on my list for 40 years with no...
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Last post by intothenitrate
September 28th, 2011, 10:25 pm
EAST OF EDEN (1955) on TCM January 11
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Dewey1960 »
January 7th, 2010, 2:47 pm
EAST OF EDEN (1955)---a film that consistently draws the ire of those who refuse to reconcile their displeasure with director Elia Kazan and his...
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Last post by JackFavell
September 22nd, 2011, 7:31 pm
CARRY ON !!!
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by
mrsl »
September 2nd, 2011, 6:22 pm
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I haven't seen all of them, actually only Carry on Nurse , and Carry on Teacher and although there are some aspects I am not at all crazy about, I...
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Last post by CineMaven
September 19th, 2011, 1:00 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 5th, 2011, 1:49 pm
Two Loves (1963)
by
kingrat »
September 2nd, 2011, 6:39 pm
Surprisingly, the TCM boards had almost no mention of the day in August devoted to Shirley MacLaine . I recorded the rarely seen TWO LOVES (1963,...
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Last post by kingrat
September 2nd, 2011, 6:39 pm
Della Street Fights Alligator!
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by
kingrat »
August 31st, 2011, 7:39 pm
If you want to see Della Street fighting an alligator--and who wouldn't want to see that?--you'll have to watch A LION IS IN THE STREETS (1953, dir....
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Last post by RedRiver
September 2nd, 2011, 10:34 am
August 2011 TCM Schedule
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by
moira finnie »
April 26th, 2011, 9:53 pm
I don't know if this will disappear from the internet, since these schedules tend to be works in progress, but as of today, the TCM July Schedule is...
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Last post by JackFavell
August 26th, 2011, 5:53 pm
Summer Under the Stars and Ben M
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by
Lzcutter »
July 25th, 2011, 9:25 pm
TCM announced earlier today that Ben M will be hosting this year's Summer Under the Stars in the wake of Robert O's hiatus:
Ben Mankiewicz will...
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Last post by pvitari
August 11th, 2011, 7:45 am
October 2011 on TCM
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by
kingrat »
August 2nd, 2011, 6:15 pm
The October schedule in up, at least temporarily, and maybe someone can post the link. Buster Keaton is Star of the Month. Great idea. As lzcutter...
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Last post by RedRiver
August 3rd, 2011, 8:10 pm
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Last post by JackFavell
August 1st, 2011, 5:28 pm
Went the Day Well?
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by
kingrat »
May 11th, 2011, 3:06 pm
Went the Day Well? (1942) was a big hit at the festival, selling out one of the small theaters and being repeated on the last day. No doubt this will...
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Last post by kingrat
July 28th, 2011, 1:05 pm
Kathleen (1941)
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by
moira finnie »
July 26th, 2011, 6:08 pm
Kathleen (1941) is a film that is being shown on TCM on Wednesday. The stars are Shirley Temple, Herbert Marshall and Laraine Day. Has anyone ever...
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Last post by JackFavell
July 27th, 2011, 9:36 am
Some Came Running
Replies: 17
by
kingrat »
July 19th, 2011, 4:58 pm
In the last year or so I've had changes of opinion about two Minnelli films, The Bad and the Beautiful and Some Came Running , both of which I liked...
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Last post by Gary J.
July 27th, 2011, 1:43 am
Carson McCullers on TCM
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moira finnie »
January 24th, 2011, 7:31 pm
Writer Carson McCullers is the focus of this evening's programming on TCM, which includes some of the rarely broadcast adaptations of her Southern...
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Last post by kingrat
July 11th, 2011, 4:37 pm
The Black Book (1949)
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by
Mr. Arkadin »
July 14th, 2008, 7:10 am
Some call it Film Noir, to others it’s costume drama. But what's the point of having all those beautiful period clothes when the screen is mostly...
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Last post by moira finnie
July 8th, 2011, 12:38 pm
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Last post by moira finnie
July 6th, 2011, 5:38 pm
The Passionate Friends
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by
kingrat »
September 23rd, 2009, 2:25 pm
Late tonight or early tomorrow morning, depending on your time zone, TMC will repeat David Lean's THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS. The print shown in June...
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Last post by kingrat
July 6th, 2011, 3:03 pm
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Last post by moira finnie
July 3rd, 2011, 11:11 am
jean simmons alert
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by
moira finnie »
January 30th, 2011, 12:37 pm
A Jean Simmons Birthday Tribute on TCM tomorrow Jan. 31st features some films I've never seen? Any recommendations? (All times shown are Eastern...
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Last post by kingrat
July 1st, 2011, 7:07 pm
Drive-In Double Features
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by
moira finnie »
June 2nd, 2011, 8:08 pm
The Drive-In Double Features theme on Thursdays in June on TCM may seem like a good time to put the old brain pan out for an airing.
Below is a...
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
July 1st, 2011, 11:52 am
Freddie Bartholemew Night June 13th
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by
moira finnie »
June 13th, 2011, 8:26 pm
Was there ever a boy more perfectly cast as David Copperfield , embodying the gentle character's longing for a place in the world as he traversed the...
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Last post by JackFavell
June 21st, 2011, 10:00 am
Payment on Demand (1951)
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by
moira finnie »
June 5th, 2011, 12:58 pm
Did anyone see the Bette Davis movie, Payment on Demand (1951)? For some unknown reason, my DVR only recorded the first three minutes.
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Last post by CineMaven
June 6th, 2011, 6:32 pm
Reunion in France (1942)
Replies: 16
by
kingrat »
June 1st, 2011, 8:04 pm
Remember how in the 70s Jane Fonda would get radicalized during the course of a movie like COMING HOME and THE CHINA SYNDROME ? Well, just imagine a...
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Last post by intothenitrate
June 4th, 2011, 4:12 am
Above Suspicion (1943)
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by
moira finnie »
June 1st, 2011, 10:35 pm
It seems to be a trend on TCM for Joan Crawford to appear with some unlikely co-stars lately. First it was John Wayne, now it's Fred MacMurray.
In...
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Last post by kingrat
June 2nd, 2011, 11:53 am
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
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by
moira finnie »
June 1st, 2011, 7:21 pm
Call me a goof, but I love Louis de Rochemont's docu-noirs, especially when director Henry Hathaway is behind the lens. Since TCM ran The March of...
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Last post by feaito
June 1st, 2011, 10:28 pm
Robert Wise films
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by
kingrat »
May 25th, 2011, 12:06 pm
How about a thread devoted to the films of Robert Wise, several of whose films have been shown recently on TCM: Odds Against Tomorrow, Mademoiselle...
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Last post by kingrat
May 25th, 2011, 7:01 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 23rd, 2011, 2:18 pm
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
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by
kingrat »
May 6th, 2011, 3:57 pm
Think I'll start a separate thread for Whistle Down the Wind rather than throwing it into the generic festival posts. This was certainly one of the...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 14th, 2011, 11:41 am
Bigger Than Life
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by
kingrat »
May 6th, 2011, 7:38 pm
If you get a chance to see the newly restored Bigger Than Life , don't miss it. The colors look great. In fact, this was the most handsome print I...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 14th, 2011, 11:38 am
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Last post by Lzcutter
May 10th, 2011, 11:59 pm
2011 TCM Festival
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pvitari »
September 21st, 2010, 7:39 am
Am I missing a thread that someone else started? I got an e-mail from TCM yesterday saying that Robert Osbourne would be making a big announcement...
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Last post by Lzcutter
May 9th, 2011, 9:18 pm
The Sid Saga; Multiple SIDosis
by
kingrat »
May 9th, 2011, 6:59 pm
The most unusual films shown at the festival were two by Sid Laverents: Multiple SIDosis and The Sid Saga . Never heard of Laverents? Although he did...
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Last post by kingrat
May 9th, 2011, 6:59 pm
Will Rogers flix?
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by
ziggy 6708 »
December 24th, 2010, 1:52 am
Looking forward to all the Will Rogers movies premiering on Tues., 12-28
They're all new to me. Any recomendations on what to record? Or any info on...
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Last post by JackFavell
May 4th, 2011, 3:36 pm
Gates of Heaven (1978)
by
Mr. Arkadin »
May 2nd, 2011, 7:08 pm
While most folks might shy away from a documentary about pet cemeteries, Gates of Heaven manages to mix death, humor, and pathos into a heady brew...
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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
May 2nd, 2011, 7:08 pm
A Tribute to Sidney Lumet, April 21, 2011
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kingrat »
April 12th, 2011, 2:58 pm
The Sidney Lumet tribute will be on Thursday, April 21:
8:00 pm EDT - 12 Angry Men
10:00 pm EDT - Private Screenings: Sidney Lumet
11:00 pm EDT -...
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Last post by kingrat
April 24th, 2011, 12:44 pm
Sharp Dressers in "Thirty Seconds"
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by klondike » April 23rd, 2011, 1:25 pm
Wow, do those Army Air Corps flyboys not look sharp in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo ?
I'd trade an eyetooth, four pounds of earwax & all my wife's...
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
April 23rd, 2011, 3:01 pm
America America (1963)
by
kingrat »
April 12th, 2011, 4:58 pm
It's not difficult to see why America America was not successful at the box office in 1963. There are no stars; most of the action takes place in...
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Last post by kingrat
April 12th, 2011, 4:58 pm
Melvyn Douglas in April
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by
JackFavell »
April 5th, 2011, 9:34 am
I have a kind of love/hate relationship with Melvyn Douglas .... I'll admit it, sometimes I find myself groaning when they schedule a day of his...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
April 7th, 2011, 2:00 pm
Screen Directors Playhouse 1-18-11
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by
MissGoddess »
January 16th, 2011, 6:46 pm
Some very interesting stuff coming up on Tuesday night (1/18). Big time movie directors on the small screen, with Roach Studios' Screen Directors...
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Last post by JackFavell
April 6th, 2011, 11:25 am
Three Colors: Red (1994)
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by
Mr. Arkadin »
February 9th, 2011, 1:56 am
A romance for the unromantic, Krzysztof Kieslowski's final film and closing movement of his Three Colors (including Blue and White ) trilogy is...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
April 5th, 2011, 2:46 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
April 4th, 2011, 3:37 pm
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Last post by Gagman 66
April 3rd, 2011, 3:39 pm
Jean Harlow as Star of the Month
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moira finnie »
March 8th, 2011, 3:04 pm
How do you feel about Jean Harlow ? I know some members enjoy her very much.
Here are the movies being shown on TCM this month in celebration of...
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Last post by JackFavell
April 1st, 2011, 8:33 pm
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