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NOW PLAYING (100 YEARS AGO)

Last post by scsu1975 « 6 minutes ago
Posted in Silents & PreCodes
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by scsu1975 » January 1st, 2023, 11:14 am » in Silents & PreCodes
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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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Memes

Last post by TikiSoo « Today, 7:30 am
Posted in General Chat
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by Masha » November 17th, 2022, 10:48 pm » in General Chat
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I wish this to be a thread to innocently provoke quick smiles or thought. Please do not post any political, racist or religious material.
Please do...
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Last post by TikiSoo
Today, 7:30 am
Rethinking Best Cinematography

Last post by skimpole « Today, 2:53 am
Posted in The People of Film
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by skimpole » November 25th, 2023, 3:04 am » in The People of Film

Almost three months ago, I started a thread suggesting my choices for Best Cinematography of 1964. I'm starting this thread to consider the award in...

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Last post by skimpole
Today, 2:53 am
TCM Premieres....

Last post by ziggy6708a « Today, 1:40 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by ziggy6708a » December 1st, 2022, 7:54 pm » in Movies and Features on TCM
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Krull (1983)
2h 1m | Action
In a fantasy adventure, set in a world peopled by creatures of...
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Last post by ziggy6708a
Today, 1:40 am
Classical Music

Last post by laffite « Today, 1:40 am
Posted in General Chat
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by laffite » December 17th, 2022, 10:04 pm » in General Chat
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I Just Watched...

Last post by BagelOnAPlate « Today, 12:52 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by speedracer5 » December 4th, 2022, 3:27 pm » in Movies and Features on TCM
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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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Today, 12:52 am
In my own little world

Last post by laffite « Today, 12:43 am
Posted in General Chat
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by Masha » December 29th, 2022, 8:12 am » in General Chat
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I have a code in my nothe.

That is not quite true. I have a code ... er ... a cold but there is no nasal congestion and so my nothe ... nose is one...
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Today, 12:43 am
First Film that comes to mind...

Last post by Swithin « Yesterday, 9:36 pm
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by ziggy6708a » December 1st, 2022, 7:26 pm » in Games and Trivia
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well, we gotta start somewhere.........

hows' about
FIRST FILM THAT COMES TO MIND.......

When you think of.......

-Bachelorettes?

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Yesterday, 9:36 pm
Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen

Last post by Swithin « Yesterday, 8:50 pm
Posted in LGBTQ Film

by Swithin » Yesterday, 8:50 pm » in LGBTQ Film

Samuel Barnett is one of my favorite British actors. I first saw him in the National Theatre's 2004 production of Alan Bennett's The History Boys ....

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Yesterday, 8:50 pm
Uncoupled

Last post by Swithin « Yesterday, 7:25 pm
Posted in LGBTQ Film
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by Swithin » November 28th, 2023, 9:35 am » in LGBTQ Film

Kingrat kicked off a discussion of Neil Patrick Harris's miniseries Uncoupled, which was on Netflix. In that thread, we got caught up in a wider...

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Yesterday, 7:25 pm
What actor/actress comes to mind?

Last post by Dargo « Yesterday, 7:13 pm
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by ziggy6708a » December 5th, 2022, 5:49 pm » in Games and Trivia
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when you think of snarky sarcasm ??
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Yesterday, 7:13 pm
This week on SVENGOOLIE...

Last post by Swithin « Yesterday, 4:33 pm
Posted in Sci-fi and Horror
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by RedRiver » March 11th, 2012, 3:24 pm » in Sci-fi and Horror
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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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Last post by Swithin
Yesterday, 4:33 pm
MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES

Last post by Dargo « Yesterday, 4:31 pm
Posted in The People of Film
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by Bronxgirl48 » January 23rd, 2023, 11:45 am » in The People of Film
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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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Yesterday, 4:31 pm
Bernard And The Genie (1991) - The perfect Christmas Movie!

Last post by Nellie LaRoy « Yesterday, 12:29 pm
Posted in Comedies
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by Masha » December 2nd, 2022, 12:00 am » in Comedies

Bernard And The Genie (1991)

A naïve young art dealer generates a £50,000,000 profit for his company in a single deal. This results in his being...

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Yesterday, 12:29 pm
Movie Awards for 2023

Last post by skimpole « Yesterday, 3:29 am
Posted in Talk About Modern Films

by skimpole » Yesterday, 3:29 am » in Talk About Modern Films

Back on the TCM message boards, there would usually be a thread for each year's movie awards. With that in mind, here's this year's New York Film...

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Yesterday, 3:29 am
What are you listening to?

Last post by Allhallowsday « November 30th, 2023, 11:07 pm
Posted in General Chat
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by bobhopefan1940 » May 1st, 2007, 7:44 pm » in General Chat
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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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Last post by Allhallowsday
November 30th, 2023, 11:07 pm
OBITUARIES

Last post by Andree « November 30th, 2023, 10:22 pm
Posted in The People of Film
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by Hibi » December 12th, 2022, 1:05 pm » in The People of Film
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Last post by Andree
November 30th, 2023, 10:22 pm
Word Association Game - Silver Screen Style!

Last post by Swithin « November 30th, 2023, 10:22 pm
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by Rita Hayworth » February 24th, 2012, 2:33 pm » in Games and Trivia
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Word Association Game
It's easy ... You can use 1 or more words that deems fit ... Here's how its works!

Member 1 posted ... then
Black Gown...
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Last post by Swithin
November 30th, 2023, 10:22 pm
"Corridor of Mirrors" (1948)

Last post by Nellie LaRoy « November 30th, 2023, 8:09 pm
Posted in Film Noir and Crime

by Nellie LaRoy » November 30th, 2023, 8:09 pm » in Film Noir and Crime

One of my favorite new finds is Terence Young's directorial debut, Corridor of Mirrors , starring Eric Portman, Edana Romney and Barbara Mullen.

It...

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Last post by Nellie LaRoy
November 30th, 2023, 8:09 pm
Noir Alley

Last post by Andree « November 30th, 2023, 5:50 pm
Posted in Noir Alley
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by ElCid » December 2nd, 2022, 2:10 pm » in Noir Alley
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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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Last post by Andree
November 30th, 2023, 5:50 pm
Double feature: "Ivy" and "Moss Rose" (1947)

Last post by Hibi « November 30th, 2023, 4:44 pm
Posted in Film Noir and Crime
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by Nellie LaRoy » November 27th, 2023, 2:15 pm » in Film Noir and Crime
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I found this to be a throughly enjoyable double feature of crime/noir films set in England, both of which happened to be released in 1947; caught...
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Last post by Hibi
November 30th, 2023, 4:44 pm
For PEEBS: "The WANTERS"

Last post by NoShear « November 30th, 2023, 2:04 pm
Posted in Silents & PreCodes
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by NoShear » November 26th, 2023, 10:54 am » in Silents & PreCodes
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The WANTERS is said to have been released 100 years ago on this day:

Interestingly, Peebs, its star - Marie Prevost - will later die destitute...
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Last post by NoShear
November 30th, 2023, 2:04 pm
Gay and Streaming

Last post by jimimac71 « November 30th, 2023, 1:36 pm
Posted in General TV and Media
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by kingrat » November 18th, 2023, 1:01 am » in General TV and Media
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For those who are interested in gay-themed programing on TV, I thought it might be useful to start a thread specifically for that, rather than...
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Last post by jimimac71
November 30th, 2023, 1:36 pm
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

Last post by Detective Jim McLeod « November 30th, 2023, 10:18 am
Posted in Film Noir and Crime
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by wmcclain » May 17th, 2023, 6:28 am » in Film Noir and Crime

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) , directed by Peter Godfrey.

Humphrey Bogart is a grumpy painter showing signs of lunacy. When he meets Barbara...

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Last post by Detective Jim McLeod
November 30th, 2023, 10:18 am
In Vinyl Veritas

Last post by I Love Melvin « November 30th, 2023, 8:23 am
Posted in General Chat
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by Andree » March 21st, 2023, 9:05 pm » in General Chat
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Last post by I Love Melvin
November 30th, 2023, 8:23 am
Modern & Contemporary Trailers & Clips

Last post by GaryCooper « November 30th, 2023, 7:40 am
Posted in Movie Trailers and Soundtracks
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by GaryCooper » October 23rd, 2022, 7:39 pm » in Movie Trailers and Soundtracks
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November 30th, 2023, 7:40 am
Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023)

Last post by skimpole « November 30th, 2023, 3:49 am
Posted in Dramas
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by Nellie LaRoy » October 28th, 2023, 6:22 pm » in Dramas
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I have seen the trailers, but otherwise don't know an awful lot about Ridley Scott's new passion project, Napoleon, which stars Joaquin Phoenix in...
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Last post by skimpole
November 30th, 2023, 3:49 am
Jason Isaacs plays Cary Grant in "Archie"

Last post by TikiSoo « November 29th, 2023, 8:15 am
Posted in Talk About Modern Films
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by Nellie LaRoy » November 23rd, 2023, 12:03 pm » in Talk About Modern Films

A new Cary Grant biopic is dropping soon in both the US and the UK.

Grant is being played by Jason Isaacs, perhaps better known for his work as...

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Last post by TikiSoo
November 29th, 2023, 8:15 am
Your Favorite Performances from 1930 to the present

Last post by skimpole « November 29th, 2023, 4:03 am
Posted in The People of Film
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by skimpole » January 9th, 2023, 5:13 am » in The People of Film
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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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Last post by skimpole
November 29th, 2023, 4:03 am
SPOILERS!

Last post by Dargo « November 29th, 2023, 2:26 am
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by HoldenIsHere » December 7th, 2022, 9:48 pm » in Games and Trivia
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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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Last post by Dargo
November 29th, 2023, 2:26 am
Bicycle Thieves

Last post by Allhallowsday « November 29th, 2023, 1:30 am
Posted in Foreign Films
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by GaryCooper » November 24th, 2023, 7:43 am » in Foreign Films

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Last post by Allhallowsday
November 29th, 2023, 1:30 am
"A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon" (1988)

Last post by Nellie LaRoy « November 28th, 2023, 8:12 pm
Posted in Comedies

by Nellie LaRoy » November 28th, 2023, 8:12 pm » in Comedies

This is a movie that has been mostly forgotten, but in many ways it is fairly typical of the 80s teen-focused romantic comedies, and it is almost sad...

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Last post by Nellie LaRoy
November 28th, 2023, 8:12 pm
Movie trivia?

Last post by ziggy6708a « November 28th, 2023, 6:04 am
Posted in Games and Trivia
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by Guest » April 20th, 2007, 7:36 pm » in Games and Trivia
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Guidelines are simple:

I post some bit of trivia and you tell me what movie it came from. Movies may be screen or made-for-tv movies as long as they...
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Last post by ziggy6708a
November 28th, 2023, 6:04 am
FOR DARGO: THE AFTERGLOW AFFAIR

Last post by Dargo « November 27th, 2023, 12:15 am
Posted in General TV and Media
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by NoShear » November 25th, 2023, 1:31 pm » in General TV and Media

Dargo, I recently ran across the following image of Patricia Crowley, which was culled from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. , and wonder if you could have...

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Last post by Dargo
November 27th, 2023, 12:15 am
Least and Most Favorite Movie of the week

Last post by skimpole « November 26th, 2023, 9:56 pm
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by skimpole » December 4th, 2022, 3:07 am » in Movies and Features on TCM
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I'm reviving a long-time TCM forum thread, the least and most favorite movie of the week. This week I saw five movies. Blonde was certainly the...
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Last post by skimpole
November 26th, 2023, 9:56 pm
Casablanca

Last post by ziggy6708a « November 26th, 2023, 8:29 pm
Posted in Dramas
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by GaryCooper » October 30th, 2022, 10:18 am » in Dramas
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Last post by ziggy6708a
November 26th, 2023, 8:29 pm
Maestro (2023)

Last post by Swithin « November 26th, 2023, 6:44 pm
Posted in Dramas
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by Swithin » November 26th, 2023, 10:56 am » in Dramas

Maestro (2023)

Bradley Cooper’s excellent film about Leonard Bernstein might more aptly be titled “Portrait of a Genius’s Marriage.” Although it...

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Last post by Swithin
November 26th, 2023, 6:44 pm
Classic & Golden Age Trailers

Last post by GaryCooper « November 26th, 2023, 8:18 am
Posted in Movie Trailers and Soundtracks
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by GaryCooper » October 23rd, 2022, 12:13 pm » in Movie Trailers and Soundtracks
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Last post by GaryCooper
November 26th, 2023, 8:18 am
January 2024 Schedule Posted, Robert Mitchum is SOTM

Last post by cmovieviewer « November 25th, 2023, 10:57 am
Posted in Movies and Features on TCM
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by cmovieviewer » November 24th, 2023, 12:28 pm » in Movies and Features on TCM

TCM has posted a partial schedule for January, 2024.
Robert Mitchum is Star of the Month, his 3rd time.

Additional details are available at my...

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November 25th, 2023, 10:57 am

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