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Favorite Movie Quotes

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by GaryCooper » October 24th, 2022, 9:35 pm » in The Films » The People of Film

Perfect freedom has no existence. A grown man knows the world he lives in, and for the present, the world is Rome. Young Arrius, I am sure, will...
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Additions to Your Collection

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by LawrenceA » December 16th, 2022, 1:19 pm » in Film-Related » Classic Film on DVD

I'm starting this thread to gab about any disc, tape, or digital purchases anyone has made.

To get things started, I got this Blu-ray delivered...
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Comparing Awards Associations

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by skimpole » December 28th, 2022, 3:35 am » in TCM » Movies and Features on TCM

Here's an interesting idea for a thread. Or at least it interests me and I'm going to run it into the ground. The Academy Awards is often an exercise...

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What actor/actress comes to mind?

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by ziggy6708a » December 5th, 2022, 5:49 pm » in Film-Related » Games and Trivia

when you think of snarky sarcasm ??
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SPOILERS!

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by HoldenIsHere » December 7th, 2022, 9:48 pm » in Film-Related » Games and Trivia

The idea of this game is for one board member to post a short sentence that reveals the ending or other important plot development from a movie....
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Noir Alley

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by ElCid » December 2nd, 2022, 2:10 pm » in TCM » Noir Alley

Feature for Dec. 3 & 4 is Decoy. Not sure if I have seen it before or not, but will watch it.

OK, to clarify I changed title of this one to simply...
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The 1960s

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by CinemaInternational » January 20th, 2023, 1:37 am » in TCM » Movies and Features on TCM

Yet another decade to look at retrospectively for films, much like the ones for more modern decades in the Talk of Modern Films section. It due...
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MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES

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by Bronxgirl48 » January 23rd, 2023, 11:45 am » in The Films » The People of Film

Bing Crosby's left arm still leaves me puzzled.

I am pondering where Vivian Leigh looked her loveliest. For me, it is a choice between THAT HAMILTON...
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I Just Watched...

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by speedracer5 » December 4th, 2022, 3:27 pm » in TCM » Movies and Features on TCM

I'm resurrecting my very popular I Just Watched... thread from the old TCM site. Despite being under the Movies and Features on TCM section of this...
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What are you listening to?

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by bobhopefan1940 » May 1st, 2007, 7:44 pm » in Off Topic » General Chat

Just curious... Are you into new music, old music? Personally, I barely listen to anything that is out on the air waves to day. I like to go back and...
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First Film that comes to mind...

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by ziggy6708a » December 1st, 2022, 7:26 pm » in Film-Related » Games and Trivia

well, we gotta start somewhere.........

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FIRST FILM THAT COMES TO MIND.......

When you think of.......

-Bachelorettes?

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(just...
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Classical Music

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by laffite » December 17th, 2022, 10:04 pm » in Off Topic » General Chat

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This week on SVENGOOLIE...

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by RedRiver » March 11th, 2012, 3:24 pm » in The Films » Sci-fi and Horror

I hope I'm not repeating a thread, but I don't see anything on this cute Saturday night feature on ME TV. We all know Svengoolie. The format is...
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DEWEY'S RECORD PARTY!

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by Dewey1960 » June 7th, 2007, 3:42 am » in Off Topic » General Chat

Welcome to Dewey's Record Party where nothin' but the finest in the Devil's Music is featured for your listenin' and dancin' pleasure!

Johnny...
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The Domestic CAT: Feline at its finest!

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by Garbomaniac » June 18th, 2009, 9:59 pm » in Off Topic » General Chat

I hated cats all my life. My wife insisted on saving the life of this dying feline on the side of the road. I said, Let it die. But, she got her way,...
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2023 TCM Film Festival

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by speedracer5 » October 25th, 2022, 10:46 pm » in TCM » Tales from the TCM Classic Film Festival

The 2023 TCM FIlm Festival will be April 13-April 16, 2023. I am so excited, my husband and I are planning on attending the TCMFF for the first time...
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DVD Conversion Software-what do you use?

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by TikiSoo » February 1st, 2023, 9:29 am » in Off Topic » General Chat

I hope there are a few techies on this board. I relied a lot on Dargo & Hamradio over at the other site and hopefully can root out fellow techies...

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The Legend Of Boggy Creek (1972)

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by Detective Jim McLeod » February 1st, 2023, 10:19 am » in The Films » Sci-fi and Horror

I love this low budget film about a Bigfoot-type creature in Arkansas.
It's done in documentary style with grainy photography and amateur actors....

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Your Favorite Performances from 1930 to the present

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by skimpole » January 9th, 2023, 5:13 am » in The Films » The People of Film

I am trying to revive, obviously only fitfully, one of the old TCM forum threads about people's choices for acting performances. After we started...
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TCM Premieres....

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by ziggy6708a » December 1st, 2022, 7:54 pm » in TCM » Movies and Features on TCM

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In a fantasy adventure, set in a world peopled by creatures of...
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Roman Holiday

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by mrsl » April 21st, 2007, 9:57 pm » in TCM » The Essentials

This is on of the first Essential movies I've watched in a long time. So many recently have been repeats from recent weeks that I just didn't feel...
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most under-rated westerns of the 1950s

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by Richard--W » October 30th, 2013, 11:56 pm » in The Films » Westerns

What are the 15 most under-rated, over-looked and neglected westerns of the 1950s?
That's the decade running from 1951 to 1960.
Here is my list:...
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NOW PLAYING (100 YEARS AGO)

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by scsu1975 » January 1st, 2023, 11:14 am » in The Films » Silents & PreCodes

Let’s take a look back at the films playing at the Poli Theatre in Bridgeport, CT, one hundred years ago. This is a continuation of the thread I...
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WHAT FOREIGN FILMS HAVE YOU WATCHED LATELY?

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by feaito » June 5th, 2011, 10:02 pm » in The Films » Foreign Films

Well, I had to create this thread because I've just watched a French film that affected me on many levels: La Règle du Jeu (Rules of the Game)...
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Oscar Nominations

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by Hibi » January 24th, 2023, 10:50 am » in The Films » The People of Film
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