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by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 2:02 pm
Forum: Comedies
Topic: Jack Benny
Replies: 22
Views: 11439

I'm much more a fan of his radio shows than his TV shows, even though I grew up on his TV first and discovered his radio-shows only in the '80s and since. TO BE is a favorite comedy, but maybe - like his radio and TV shows - it's everyone else around him that contributes. In 1960, he was in a favori...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 1:53 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Union Station (1950)
Replies: 3
Views: 2189

I could see this film being tossed out by Noir Purists but the climactic end is claustrophobic and tension filled, although watching the DVD enough reveals the annoying screams of the kidnap victim are the main basis for that tension-building. ("Young Lady, why didn't you roll over the back and...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 12:16 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Rose McGowen
Replies: 16
Views: 5836

Yes, it's fascinating to see how far some use the Sex Sells adage and where they censor it. I rather prefer Hollywood deliver its sex to me a la Deanna Durbin's great look at the end of LADY ON A TRAIN. I'd love for them to bring in older film participants as others have noted: "They aren't goi...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 12:01 pm
Forum: The Essentials
Topic: THE PRODUCERS 1967
Replies: 19
Views: 27743

I like considering this an Essential because it's a favorite, but I'm not sure I could achieve any objectivity about its place in film history. It could be "just one more '60s Absurdist Comedy" or it could be in the Top 5. I do like watching it and the 1989 LET IT RIDE with Richard Dreyfus...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 11:49 am
Forum: The Essentials
Topic: Citizen Kane
Replies: 75
Views: 77479

I saw CIT KANE in the mid '60s, and surfed in on its considerable hype. It didn't live up to it. I've seen it many times since then, and find it more enjoyable now that I've tempered my expectations, but I'm still not sure I see "groundbreaking" episodes or techniques in it. Are there any ...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 11:34 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Rose McGowen
Replies: 16
Views: 5836

One point was made in favor of Rose: that these are Essentials, and that program is meant to introduce these films to a new generation. And I understand the attraction of lovely women. I think they should consider Naked Women, myself. I'm a big fan of Naked Women. If they REALLY want a whole new aud...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 11:24 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: David Shepard
Replies: 39
Views: 24698

I am familiar with a debacle that the BBC perpetrated on their archives in the early '70s, where they deliberately destroyed tapes of classics series (like the Peter Cook-Dudley Moore series) and films, with some estimates ranging into the ten-thousand or so tapes. Wiped out. Thrown away to make she...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 11:18 am
Forum: The Marketplace
Topic: TCM Traders Group?
Replies: 0
Views: 10919

TCM Traders Group?

I'd like to find a group of disc-traders who can help me fill out my DVD collection when I've missed or poorly-recorded a broadcast film. I have a few thousand but I'm always 80 or 120 or so short of a 'perfect' collection - until someone turns me onto a new series of films, like TCM frequently does.
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 11:16 am
Forum: The Marketplace
Topic: HOME RECORDING TO DVD
Replies: 42
Views: 54511

TalkieTime brought up DRM - Digital Rights Management - and echos my sentiments about sticking my neck thru their nooses. We all have favorite films that aren't on DVDs because Rights Issues are so screwed up that the art lies buried out of Rightsholder Preferences ("I can't make my million on ...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 11:11 am
Forum: The Marketplace
Topic: HOME RECORDING TO DVD
Replies: 42
Views: 54511

What about "portability" or "compatibility&qu

I run across several trading-partners who use DVRs and produce non-standard DVD-Rs - in formats that my various PCs, Macs and Linux boxes can't read, and that none of my TV DVD players can play. In fact, only their DVR players can play them. What's the cause for this? I know, I know - it's a video-c...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 10:51 am
Forum: Classic Film Art
Topic: Classic Film Art Forum FAQ
Replies: 13
Views: 22664

I am a re-editor of movie posters, far less than even PhotoShoppers. My goal is to create DVD Label Art so I can print onto my DVD-Rs that I travel with, rather than insist that I patiently hand-scrawl legibie film names, actors and release-years onto them. That's just too much for me to ask. So I'm...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 10:48 am
Forum: Classic Film on DVD
Topic: FORD AT FOX - The Specs
Replies: 3
Views: 3177

I picked up the Film Noir 10-movie collection last summer and, along with a few TV Boxsets, this FORD box set is my largest number of disks. My poor personality seems to dictate I watch them all at one sitting (hardly ever a good idea), and I find myself burning out by Film 2. That has stigmatized t...
by Ollie
January 19th, 2008, 10:13 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Q & A with Alan K. Rode on Charles McGraw & Film Noir
Replies: 41
Views: 24986

Alan, thanks for such a great book on Charles McGraw. I'm only halfway thru it but after a few decades of rewatching movies, I've understood that most of my attraction for re-seeing films comes from the supporting actors, and Charles McGraw is one actor I try to 'collect'. His terrific films are my ...