Umbrellas is a film I didn't quite cotton to the first time I saw it, but subsequently have grown to admire - I still cry buckets at the end. A good friend of mine loves Demoiselles and I only recently saw this when it played on TCM. I enjoyed it more than I was expecting to, liked the older folks ...

Thanks for the link! FYI, when one searches the site for AMOLAD, you get zero results - when one searches for Stairway to Heaven you get this article!

but TCM promises to show the long-awaited fully restored version. I'm hoping this means that a DVD set (for the U.S. region) will be released soon. Moraldo - I couldn't find anything on TCM's site about them showing the restored version - do you have some inside info? I read on another site the del...

Hey! I had read this thread and thought - jeez, I wish I had Retroplex, this film sounds cool - and what do you know; I was looking through my Comcast On Demand free movies tonight and this was a new listing; I just finished watching it! I thought it was pretty cool, was about half way through it be...

Movieman - there is a broadcast called Classic Arts Showcase on public access channels (some of us discussed this on the TCM board) which has shown excerpts from his opera Die Tote Stadt, as well as his violin concerto. From these, one can recognize little snipets of themes that bring to mind his sc...

I echo the thanks - I really enjoyed this second batch of films much more than last weeks showing. Crime Unlimited - Lili Palmer was almost unrecognizable with the blond hair and pencil thin eyebrows, but handled her role well. This is the earliest role I've seen Esmond Knight (P&P favorite)in a...

Although I generally seek out films with a theme of romantic obsession, I'm in the group of folks that get a little creeped out by the character of Scottie in this film. For me, a good deal of it has to do with the casting of Jimmy Stewart. I find his screen persona charming in other films, especial...

Metsfan - I have seen this listed on the Fox Movie Channel lineup, but have not recorded it as yet, but I will now as I had no idea Buster Keaton has a bit in it. Thanks for the heads-up!

Rita has always been one of my favorites, from when I first got into classic films in high school, and I'm sure it was because of her glamourous looks and "movie star" appeal. I also identified with her because I have similar looks (long auburn hair with brown eyes) and a background in dan...

In other stage/movie thoughts... I saw a production of Sweeney Todd at San Francisco American Conservatory Theatre last night, which reminded me of the upcoming Tim Burton movie. The trailers have started popping up in theatres. I wonder how bloody he'll make it? Can any of those actors sing? Alan R...

Having read about STD in books about the precode era, I was eager to have a chance to see it, and had heard it was making the rounds at major cities. They scheduled it at The Stanford Theatre a few years ago, and I'm glad I got to see it on a big screen. The print was excellent, and the film exceede...

Re: The Letter 1929 When this was dropped from the DVD release of the 1940 Bette Davis version, someone on the TCM board gave a link to a provider of obscure (mostly bootleg) films. I think it was ForgottenFilms. I ordered this along with a bootleg of Story of Temple Drake . Being a dupe, the film i...

WHOOEE! Someone just posted the Dec schedule over at the TCM boards and it is loaded with Precodes the first two weeks - too numerous to mention all here but I'm particulary looking forward to Up the River 1930 with Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart, Frisco Jenny 1932 with Ruth Chatterton, and Virtu...

One other film that I've never seen from her pre-code period is They Call It Sin (1932). Has anyone else seen this one?[/quote]

Moira - Someone just posted the December TCM schedule over at their boards, and this LY movie is scheduled for Dec. 10th.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the Teddington pictures anywhere in the Oasis (or did I miss the posting?). TCM featured three last Monday, and will show another trio this coming Monday. Am I the only one who's excited about seeing this British rarities? I watched last Monday, but only &quo...