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

Which comment prompted the Archers to put a coffee drinking scene in every movie

At least that's what The Small Back Room commentator said

JUST watched the small back room (like two days ago), amazingly good overlooked gem

Was that on? Damn.

um, no, it was a netflixer. still great tho!

flawed but worthwhile Carl Reiner film tnite, The Comic, w/ Dick Van Dyke as silent-film clown (also part of last Mickey Rooney Thursday)

6 by Josef von Sternberg tonight

Only two of which are Dietrich collabs, interestingly.

I would prioritize the two Shanghais!

The King Steps Out supposedly pretty great too. Helluva time to have my free cable evaporate.

Cary Grant sure was hawt in Blonde Venus (that's all he was unfortunately).

Our Gang shorts all night tonight (no silents tho).

but today, they've got silent Our Gangs running til 8pm! drat!

Laurel & Hardy shorts at 8pm for 24 hrs

THAT'S MY JAM

damn if there wasn't a will rogers film in HD last week. that's just nuts. kisses, tcm.

not just laurel and hardy, i think, but some other hal roach stuff, no?

tcm is on fire the last few weeks.

well it's Roach on Tuesdays, but

January 11 is a 24-hour salute to Laurel and Hardy, with 40 shorts (16 of which are TCM premieres) and three feature films.

kinda surprised Leonard Maltin isnt helping Osborne present these.

more Roach, incl Langdon and Charley Chase -- and some TV special John Ford did w/ John Wayne as a baseball scout!?

tivoing all these; watched the first and it was kinda horrible tho'

Yeah, I watched the first 2 then bailed.

Roach features tonight, leading off w/ Sons of the Desert & General Spanky.

viva zapata and wings 1927 are on today.

and Sunrise is on at 8.

I've been having the weekend of epics -- Bridge on the River Kwai Friday night, Gandhi last night, Thin Red Line on DVD yesterday.

sunrise is really beautiful.

first of four Jean Harlow Tuesday nights under way.

finally saw Libeled Lady on Sunday; didn't expect a funny screwball comedy from MGM.

what about the Thin Man?

or y'know, lotsa things w/ Wm Powell.

anyway, pretty sure I never saw Riffraff w/ Spencer Tracy at 10:45 so I'm gonna try to stay awake through that.

love those come-ons in Red-Headed Woman: "Beee-ull!" "Chorr-lie!"

Don't associate Powell with a studio, or The Thin Man series for that matter; they're almost an independent phenomenon.

Anyway, those Thin Man movies are overrated as laff machines; only cared for the first two.

I just meant the first one -- think I only saw the second once

tonight, Lord Love a Duck (a KJB fave, right)

watched two weeks in another town last night; i forget how much i love seeing ed g robinson strut and fret

he's the best

YAH SHEE
YAH

how do you find the next time they're showing a movie using the new website?

there must be a search? i think the sched is only programmed 2 months ahead. i usu load an entire months lineup & browse, its kinda fun

Harlow & Lee Tracy in Bombshell tonight

Bonjour Tristesse today.

Mark Evanier recommended The Projectionist (also tonight) on his blog, but I'm not convinced.

^It's a weird fun film.

Six Harlow-Gable films tonight (make Red Dust a priority).

Joan Crawford all night tom'w, leading w/ Mildred Pierce & Daisy Kenyon

Whatever. I want Liz!

(My fantasy Liz program: triple bill of Boom!/Hammersmith Is Out/The Driver's Seat)

Liz tribute day is April 10th

Thanks... checking the schedule, there's nothing from after 1966 though. They should have a second tribute day.

Fritz Lang's Ministry Of Fear tonight

I think post-'66 Liz would need John Waters as guest curator