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Post by sewhite2000 on Apr 13, 2023 11:51:40 GMT
Primetime May 6 Champion Coaches
Knute Rockne, All-American (Pat O'Brien, Gale Page) (Warner Bros., 1940)
Hoosiers (Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey) (Orion, 1986)
Noir Alley
The File on Thelma Jordon (Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey) (Paramount, 1950)
Late Night Westerns Made in 1973?
The Train Robbers (John Wayne, Ann-Margaret) (Warner Bros., 1973)
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn) (Dist. in the US by MGM, 1973)
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 13, 2023 12:39:01 GMT
Primetime May 4 Night One of a Month-Long Theme on the Weather. These don't all appear to be movies about the weather, per se, but each one apparently at least features a significant weather event. I rented The Last Wave, I believe an early Peter Weir film, on VHS, probably from Blockbuster, when I was in college and thought it was fantastic. The Hurricane (Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall) (Goldwyn/United Artists, 1937) The Wizard of Oz (Judy Garland, Frank Morgan) (MGM, 1939) The Grapes of Wrath (Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell) (20th Century Fox, 1940) Key Largo (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall) (Warner Bros., 1948) The Last Wave (Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett) (Dist. in the US by World Northal, 1978) Stalker (Alisa Freyndikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy) (Dist. in the US by Media Transactions, 1982) |
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Post by topbilled on Apr 13, 2023 13:47:33 GMT
Primetime May 6 Champion Coaches Knute Rockne, All-American (Pat O'Brien, Gale Page) (Warner Bros., 1940) Hoosiers (Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey) (Orion, 1986) Noir Alley The File on Thelma Jordon (Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey) (Paramount, 1950) Late Night Westerns Made in 1973? The Train Robbers (John Wayne, Ann-Margaret) (Warner Bros., 1973) Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn) (Dist. in the US by MGM, 1973)
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Post by sewhite2000 on Apr 13, 2023 13:50:52 GMT
Like The Last Wave, I also rented The Hurricane in college. You could find lots of old movies at Blockbuster in those days. The last couple of years it was open, my local Blockbuster eliminated its classics section and had almost zero titles from before 1970. I agree with all your points.
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Post by sewhite2000 on Apr 13, 2023 13:52:45 GMT
I got Thelma Jordon momentarily confused with The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. I've seen the latter on YouTube but realized to my surprise yesterday that the former is a completely different film I've never seen before. I will try to check it out!
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Apr 13, 2023 15:05:39 GMT
It's interesting they are doing this, since they just had a big spotlight on Howe earlier this year on the Criterion Channel..proving that much of the content is the same on TCM & Criterion Channel, it's just a matter of what appears where, and who gets it first. I wonder about that at least once a month. All I know is that it is coming. |
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Post by sewhite2000 on Apr 13, 2023 15:38:01 GMT
Daytime May 7 Random Programming. Morning:
Stage Door (Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers) (RKO, 1937)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (Van Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor) (MGM, 1954)
Then, afternoon after the Noir Alley repeat:
The Letter (Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall) (Warner Bros., 1940)
April in Paris (Doris Day, Ray Bolger) (Warner Bros., 1952)
Inherit the Wind (Spencer Tracy, Frederic March) (United Artists, 1960)
Butterfield 8 (Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey) (MGM, 1960)
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Post by sewhite2000 on Apr 13, 2023 15:50:44 GMT
Primetime May 7 Anne Baxter's 100th Birthday
All About Eve (Bette Davis, Anne Baxter) (20th Century Fox, 1950)
The Blue Gardenia (Anne Baxter, Richard Conte) (Warner Bros., 1953)
Silent Sunday Nights Tom Mix
Sky High (Tom Mix, J. Farrell MacDonald) (Fox Film Corp., 1922)
The Big Diamond Robbery (Tom Mix, Kathryn Maguire) (Film Booking Offices of America, 1929)
TCM Imports Italian Films
Two Women (Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo) (Dist. in the US by Embassy) (1961)
Mama Roma (Anna Magnana, Ettore Garofolo) (I can't find any distribution information to theaters on IMBD, but it was first releasesd on VHS in the US by Connosisseur Video Collection in 1990)
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 13, 2023 15:51:04 GMT
I wonder how long before TCM becomes a streaming service. I wonder about that at least once a month. All I know is that it is coming.
I find that streaming services, of which I use several, have not much personality, just content. I pay my monthly fee for as long as the content seems worth it.
I don't feel any real connection, though, to Netflix, Hulu, et al., but I do feel a connection to TCM the cable channel and its "personality -" the shorts, graphics, hosts, specials, theme days/months, etc.
So if TCM goes to streaming, would it/could it maintain its "personality" in that format or would it just be another streaming service - pay your fee if you like our (changing) library?
Or would TCM, like HBO, run a cable channel and streaming service simultaneously?
Thank you all for any color/thoughts you can share. |
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Post by cineclassics on Apr 13, 2023 16:21:37 GMT
Primetime May 3 Night One of Star of the Month William Powell. I'm not listing Manhattan Melodrama again, as it also appears on the first James Wong Howe night, but just so you know it's there also. It's the first movie of the month to air twice. The tribute runs until about noon the next day, so it's roughly 18 hours. When Knighthood Was in Flower (Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley) (Paramount, 1922) Too Many Kisses (Richard Dix, Frances Howard) (Paramount, 1925) The Road to Singapore (not the Crosby-Hope movie) (William Powell, Doris Kenyon) (Warner Bros., 1931) Jewel Robbery (William Powell, Kay Francis) (Warner Bros., 1932) One Way Passage (William Powell, Kay Francis) (Warner Bros., 1932) High Pressure (William Powell, Evelyn Brent) (Warner Bros., 1932) Lawyer Man (William Powell, Joan Blondell) (Warner Bros., 1932) Double Harness (Ann Harding, William Powell) (RKO, 1933) Evelyn Prentice (William Powell, Myrna Loy) (MGM, 1934) Fashions of 1934 (William Powell, Bette Davis) (Warner Bros., 1934) The Key (William Powell, Edna Best) (Warner Bros., 1934) Edit: Revised to include One Way Passage, which I left out the first time. I think I listed one Powell--Francis movie and thought I was done with that. I've seen Jewel Robbery and One Way Passage but not the others. Anyone have thoughts on the other films and if they're worth a view? |
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Post by cineclassics on Apr 13, 2023 16:25:12 GMT
I wonder about that at least once a month. All I know is that it is coming.
I find that streaming services, of which I use several, have not much personality, just content. I pay my monthly fee for as long as the content seems worth it.
I don't feel any real connection, though, to Netflix, Hulu, et al., but I do feel a connection to TCM the cable channel and its "personality -" the shorts, graphics, hosts, specials, theme days/months, etc.
So if TCM goes to streaming, would it/could it maintain its "personality" in that format or would it just be another streaming service - pay your fee if you like our (changing) library?
Or would TCM, like HBO, run a cable channel and streaming service simultaneously?
Thank you all for any color/thought you can share. It's hard to envision TCM as a streaming service, although I think that if TCM is offered as a streaming service, could they not also keep TCM as part of a cable package? That may open it up to more of an audience, especially for those who have cut the cord and don't currently have the option to view TCM. I cut the cord years ago but I was able to add TCM onto my Sling TV package. If TCM goes the route of streaming, I'm hoping it is in addition to their current "cable package" offering. Also, if it was streaming, I wonder if they could just run the feed simultaneously with the over the air feed, that way, the viewer could still get the authentic feel of the TCM channel. |
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Post by topbilled on Apr 13, 2023 19:02:16 GMT
Primetime May 3 Night One of Star of the Month William Powell. I'm not listing Manhattan Melodrama again, as it also appears on the first James Wong Howe night, but just so you know it's there also. It's the first movie of the month to air twice. The tribute runs until about noon the next day, so it's roughly 18 hours. When Knighthood Was in Flower (Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley) (Paramount, 1922) Too Many Kisses (Richard Dix, Frances Howard) (Paramount, 1925) The Road to Singapore (not the Crosby-Hope movie) (William Powell, Doris Kenyon) (Warner Bros., 1931) Jewel Robbery (William Powell, Kay Francis) (Warner Bros., 1932) One Way Passage (William Powell, Kay Francis) (Warner Bros., 1932) High Pressure (William Powell, Evelyn Brent) (Warner Bros., 1932) Lawyer Man (William Powell, Joan Blondell) (Warner Bros., 1932) Double Harness (Ann Harding, William Powell) (RKO, 1933) Evelyn Prentice (William Powell, Myrna Loy) (MGM, 1934) Fashions of 1934 (William Powell, Bette Davis) (Warner Bros., 1934) The Key (William Powell, Edna Best) (Warner Bros., 1934) Edit: Revised to include One Way Passage, which I left out the first time. I think I listed one Powell--Francis movie and thought I was done with that. I've seen Jewel Robbery and One Way Passage but not the others. Anyone have thoughts on the other films and if they're worth a view? |
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 13, 2023 19:07:52 GMT
I've seen Jewel Robbery and One Way Passage but not the others. Anyone have thoughts on the other films and if they're worth a view? |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Apr 13, 2023 23:50:16 GMT
I wonder about that at least once a month. All I know is that it is coming.
I find that streaming services, of which I use several, have not much personality, just content. I pay my monthly fee for as long as the content seems worth it.
I don't feel any real connection, though, to Netflix, Hulu, et al., but I do feel a connection to TCM the cable channel and its "personality -" the shorts, graphics, hosts, specials, theme days/months, etc.
So if TCM goes to streaming, would it/could it maintain its "personality" in that format or would it just be another streaming service - pay your fee if you like our (changing) library?
Or would TCM, like HBO, run a cable channel and streaming service simultaneously?
Thank you all for any color/thoughts you can share. Your point about "personality" is a good one. This relates to all sorts of service-provider - customer experience situations. Does the customer just want to get-the-goods, or do they want more of a personal experience? Take going to a restaurant: How many high-end restaurants will be eliminating wait staff and going to app-based ordering? Customers find their own table, order using an app, and the only staff that interacts with the customer is someone that brings the order. This reduces cost for the restaurant, but is that the type of customer experience one desires? I like how TCM is currently set-up, as well as my overall TV experience. If there is no programming I'm interested in, then I use a streaming service to get specific content. |
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Post by sewhite2000 on Apr 15, 2023 13:40:03 GMT
All my attempts to quote a previous post on this new website end in failure. You apparently can't just click "Quote" anymore; that doesn't work for me. It's obviously something more complicated than that which I"m not sophisticated enough to figure out. So, I can't quote the post, but I would like to say the two Powell-Francis collaborations are the only two I've seen from that list as well, so I'm not much help there. Thanks Topbilled for insights on another movie to recommend from that list.
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