tcm alert thread (Jun '23 - tcm alert: dead)

both awesome!

yeah, you're gonna love those dude.

Forgot to get any if the Sam Fuller last night. Right now watching Portrait of Jennie, which I had DVRed a while back. It's pretty tough going though especially since I think I figured out that
***SPOILER ALERT***
Jennifer Jones is Ethel Barrymore, baby
**END SPOILER****

Wednesday's their Andy Griffith night, so both A Face in the Crowd and Hearts of the West (which I've never seen) will be playing.

Wow, the big finale storm sequence is tinted green.

Haha, yes -- saw that a few weeks ago and was a bit boggled by the duotone section.

Watched Pinky (Kazan, 1949) this morning -- really good. Ethel Waters and Ethel Barrymore both great.

Well, the original The Blob is on tonight...

The Leopard is on at 2 AM.

So August is the month where they showcase a star a day. Just scrolling through and Toshiro Mifune is August 9.

Firing up the dvr right now

High and Low?

I don't see it, though my guide cuts out at 3 am.

Drunken Angel, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, Red Beard, Samurai Trilogy, and Samurai Rebellion.

sounds like a great weekend. sometimes i wish i had a kid.

Tarzan marathon tomorrow, any recommendations?

also Toshirô Mifune marathon on the 9th

i'm recording tarzan the ape man (weissmuller's first time in the role)

i think tarzan and his mate is supposed to be really good too

The skinny-dipping scene is certainly worth seeing at least once. (/dirtyoldman)

I've never seen Singin' in the Rain, so tonight's my chance.

long overdue imo

followed by inherit the wind!

This was absolutely great and I'm glad I watched it, but probably wouldn't make my top 100 films. There were some surprising occasions of camera shakiness/juddering during a few dolly or crane shots.

I can give you a list of 20 better musicals. Sometime.

There were some surprising occasions of camera shakiness/juddering during a few dolly or crane shots.

That's my favorite thing about old crane shots!

Morbs, I look forward to that list! Would A Hard Day's Night be on it?

not *strictly* a musical, probably a better film tho

I'd like to see that list too tho kjb obv the ilx movie musical expert

except in a few cases, characters must sing in non-performance scenes (only great exception I can think of is Cabaret)

anyway w/ MGM you can start w/ Meet Me in St Louis, Gigi, An American in Paris, and The Band Wagon.

I've seen all four! We watched invitation to the dance (I think that was the title) during the Astaire block the other day. Very weird & not very good

isn't that Kelly?

Yeah, that's Kelly, and was on yesterday afternoon. I watched the first segment of it and was boggled by Claire Sombert's muscles.

Yes thx

Gigi, more like Gi-Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

"In this movie Maurice Chevalier will creep u riiiiiiiiiiight out"

these films are all equally great you shameless curmudgeons

I'm just lashing out bc Singing In The Rain got besmirched, tbh

I like all the other suggestions just fine, btw. Gigi is the only one I've no use for.

Minnelli's great when he's on, but he's not the ONLY awesome musical director out there.

prefer Hermione Baddeley to Hermione Gingold, eh? xp

well there's also Love Me Tonight for all you Chevalier bashers

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023158/soundtrack

(I believe that's Stephin Merritt's choice for #1 and he's seen plenty)

That's a great movie. Watch it if you haven't seen it.

(I like Hermione Gingold tons in The Music Man.)

Love Me Tonight's opening rhythms-of-the-city is like '30s Stomp.

oh, I've seen it.

i think i'd go with The Band Wagon maybe

Meet Me in St Louis, Gigi, An American in Paris, and The Band Wagon

I believe there are 4 'stars' of this group of films who are still alive.

watching A Big Hand for the Little Lady on tcm right now. pretty awesome henry fonda poker movie!

it’s with great honor that I report to you that an hour’s worth of rare silent-era animation from my collection will be airing on Turner Classic Movies, *tonight*, at 12am eastern/9pm pacific. For this very special and long overdue broadcast event, we’ve curated several rare, once-thought-lost, historically significant or just downright funny cartoons produced in New York City between 1907 and 1926. That’s not all, though--TCM host Robert Osborne, with Jerry Beck co-hosting, are also presenting both Fleischer features, a block of UPA cartoons, and The Adventures of Prince Achmed in addition to the early NYC shorts.

It’s not to be missed! I hope some or many of you can tune in or set your DVR in time. Important links pertaining to this event below...

My guide to the early NYC animation:
http://cartoonsonfilm.blogspot.com/2012/10/silent-nyc-animation-on-turner-classic.html

Jerry Beck’s rundown of the entire evening’s broadcast:
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/first-look-jerry-on-tcm-70817.html

Want to see more programming like this on TCM? Tell TCM how you feel here:
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=165828&tstart=0

The Facebook pre-party has been going on for weeks now! Join in on the fun, and see all the great images and comments that have been posted in anticipation this past month:
http://www.facebook.com/events/400697199995338/?fref=ts