May 2023 Schedule Posted, William Powell is SOTM

[jimimac71]

Deaf Smith was a real person and there's a county in Texas named for him. He pronounced "deaf" as "deef", and it was pronounced this way in the film Giant, too, but most people nowadays pronounce it in the customary manner.

I read that as well. Thanks for posting.
So, in programming terms, it would make sense to show Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears, then Giant.
I think TCM could occasionally have a Western Wednesday Night. Sounds cute, right?
Ben Mankiewicz could dress like a cowboy, a drugstore cowboy.

[cmovieviewer]

Has Mary Astor ever been SOTM?

Yes, Mary Astor was Star of the Month in March, 2014.

Thanks. Interesting. i was so attentive to January 2014 when Joan Crawford was SOTM and watching her movies changed my mind completely about her. Too the Good. But I missed Mary. Drat!

In case you are interested, here is the Star of the Month schedule for Mary Astor back in March of 2014. TCM programmed almost a full 24 hours of films each week, so quite a few titles were included. Note that one title was repeated - The Prisoner of Zenda (1937).

WEDNESDAY Mar 5
2014-03-05 08:00 PM Dodsworth (1936)
2014-03-05 09:45 PM What Do You Think? (1937)
2014-03-05 10:00 PM Great Lie, The (1941)
2014-03-06 12:00 AM Don Juan (1926)
2014-03-06 02:30 AM World Changes, The (1933)
2014-03-06 04:15 AM Other Men's Women (1931)

THURSDAY Mar 6
2014-03-06 06:00 AM Page Miss Glory (1935)
2014-03-06 07:45 AM Dinky (1935)
2014-03-06 09:00 AM Listen, Darling (1938)
2014-03-06 10:30 AM Woman Against Woman (1938)
2014-03-06 11:45 AM Turnabout (1940)
2014-03-06 01:45 PM Cynthia (1947)
2014-03-06 03:45 PM Cass Timberlane (1947)
2014-03-06 06:00 PM Prisoner Of Zenda, The (1937)

WEDNESDAY Mar 12
2014-03-12 08:00 PM Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
2014-03-12 10:00 PM Across The Pacific (1942)
2014-03-13 12:00 AM Hurricane, The (1937)
2014-03-13 02:00 AM There's Always a Woman (1938)
2014-03-13 03:30 AM Prisoner of Zenda, The (1937)
2014-03-13 05:30 AM Murder Of Dr. Harrigan, The (1936)

THURSDAY Mar 13
2014-03-13 06:45 AM Man With Two Faces, The (1934)
2014-03-13 08:00 AM Lash, The (1931)
2014-03-13 09:30 AM Behind Office Doors (1931)
2014-03-13 11:00 AM Paradise For Three (1938)
2014-03-13 12:30 PM Thousands Cheer (1943)
2014-03-13 02:45 PM Fiesta (1947)
2014-03-13 04:30 PM Youngblood Hawke (1964)

WEDNESDAY Mar 19
2014-03-19 08:00 PM Palm Beach Story, The (1942)
2014-03-19 09:45 PM Lost Squadron, The (1932)
2014-03-19 11:15 PM Kennel Murder Case, The (1933)
2014-03-20 12:45 AM Beau Brummel (1924)
2014-03-20 02:15 AM Show of Shows (1929)
2014-03-20 04:30 AM Two Arabian Knights (1927)

THURSDAY Mar 20
2014-03-20 06:15 AM Successful Calamity, A (1932)
2014-03-20 07:45 AM Little Giant, The (1933)
2014-03-20 09:15 AM Easy to Love (1934)
2014-03-20 10:30 AM Young Ideas (1943)
2014-03-20 12:00 PM Blonde Fever (1944)
2014-03-20 01:30 PM Any Number Can Play (1949)
2014-03-20 04:00 PM Power And The Prize, The (1956)

WEDNESDAY Mar 26
2014-03-26 08:00 PM Little Women (1949)
2014-03-26 10:15 PM Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
2014-03-27 12:30 AM Red Dust (1932)
2014-03-27 02:00 AM Men of Chance (1932)
2014-03-27 03:15 AM Royal Bed, The (1931)
2014-03-27 04:45 AM Runaway Bride, The (1930)

THURSDAY Mar 27
2014-03-27 06:00 AM Smart Woman (1931)
2014-03-27 07:30 AM Sin Ship, The (1931)
2014-03-27 09:00 AM Upper World (1934)
2014-03-27 10:15 AM Case of the Howling Dog, The (1934)
2014-03-27 12:15 PM Red Hot Tires (1935)
2014-03-27 01:30 PM Man of Iron (1935)
2014-03-27 02:45 PM I Am A Thief (1935)
2014-03-27 04:00 PM Act of Violence (1949)

[laffite]

It does not interest me in one respect. I am devastated to have missed all this. I am aggrieved. But you could not have knows the extent of it. So, thanks. I'm sure you meant well.

[Intrepid37]

cmovieviewer, I'm wondering - do you have all of TCM's history archived?

[EP Millstone]

In case you are interested, here is the Star of the Month schedule for Mary Astor back in March of 2014. TCM programmed almost a full 24 hours of films each week, so quite a few titles were included. Note that one title was repeated - The Prisoner of Zenda (1937).

What, no Desert Fury? No A Kiss Before Dying? No Return to Peyton Place? No Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte?

I'm not interested in Mary Astor. But one of her films that I would like to see is Return of the Terror.

"A 35mm print has been preserved by the Library of Congress, and a 16mm print of this film survives at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. It was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions in the 1950s and shown on television" -- Wikipedia

[cmovieviewer]

It does not interest me in one respect. I am devastated to have missed all this. I am aggrieved. But you could not have knows the extent of it. So, thanks. I'm sure you meant well.

I’m sorry, I did not mean to cause additional pain. I was thinking you might use it as sort of a checklist to identify what you have and have not seen. TCM repeats many of them throughout the year so hopefully there will be future opportunities to see some of them.

Another source of pain for me is the loss of most of the access to TCM’s movie database on the web. In the past you could pull up records for a particular star and see which of their films were coming up on the schedule. That sadly is no longer available. A tragic loss in my opinion.

[cmovieviewer]

cmovieviewer, I'm wondering - do you have all of TCM's history archived?

I currently have schedule records that go back about 20 years. Prior to that is incomplete. MovieCollectorOH has published a complete list of every title that has been shown on TCM, which is a big help.

https://www.moviecollectoroh.com/reports.htm

[cmovieviewer]

Just an update on the schedule - earlier today TCM posted the preliminary schedule for the dates May 21 - May 31, which were initially left out. There are still some holes but the schedule is now much more complete. My summary documents have been updated at the link listed above.

[nakanosunplaza]

[. In the past you could pull up records for a particular star and see which of their films were coming up on the schedule. That sadly is no longer available. A tragic loss in my opinion.


Yes I Remember that ,you could see up to 3 months ahead I think,it dispeared several years ago if not a decade...I appreciate your work,thank you.

[jimimac71]

I looked at the At-A-Glance schedule. I normally don't.
Wow! I like it.
I opened the MCOH link and got sidetracked by his association with Linux Mint.
I have tinkered with it without decent success.
Being St. Patrick's Day, a perfect time to speak of Linux Mint.
It seems like TCM is on a diet.
As I mentioned during my brief cameo on a different forum, Criterion should buy the TCM properties and give the Film Struck concept a second chance.
Sunsetting the current (linear) version of TCM seems inevitable.

[EP Millstone]

I looked at the At-A-Glance schedule. I normally don't.
. . . Criterion should buy the TCM properties and give the Film Struck concept a second chance . . .

FilmStruck has been given a second chance, as The Criterion Channel.

I've been a subscriber to The Criterion Channel since its launch in 2019. Initially, the layout and design of TCC was strikingly similar to the look of FilmStruck.

Long Live the Spirit of FilmStruck

Criterion Channel Lives! Company President Explains Going Solo After FilmStruck’s Death

[jimimac71]

Well EP ... Are you watching TCM movies on Criterion?

[txfilmfan]

Well EP ... Are you watching TCM movies on Criterion?

There's some overlap (they have a "Hollywood Classics" thread that usually has dozens of titles at any given time), but the Criterion Collection channel has a lot more foreign and art house titles that TCM would never show.

There's also overlap with the "TCM Hub" on HBOmax, but that collection is "curated", as they say, by HBO staffers and not TCM. So you also see things there that are much newer and would likely send some of the TCM hardliner viewers into a tizzy (for not being "classic"). They also have some very old titles, such as some of the Georges Melies films.

[EP Millstone]

Well EP ... Are you watching TCM movies on Criterion?

Affirmative . . . and loving it!

Buster's Beginnings

Directed by Orson Welles

Douglas Sirk Rarities

OSCAR MICHEAUX Trailblazer

Pre-Code Paramount

Robert Siodmak: Four Key Noirs

Starring Buster Keaton

Starring Joan Bennett

Starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day

Two Starring Jayne Mansfield

[umop apisdn]

As I mentioned during my brief cameo on a different forum, Criterion should buy the TCM properties and give the Film Struck concept a second chance.

Criterion is a boutique home video distribution company which license films from rights owners. It would never have the capital needed to license the entire TCM library, let alone buy the properties outright. Besides that Warner would never let go of any of their titles.

In fact, Criterion laid off a portion of their staff a few months back, which was very sad to see. I've been purchasing their releases since 1998 and signed up for Filmstruck and then the Criterion Channel on day one. When they collaborated with TCM for TCM Imports and then worked on Filmstruck together I was amazed to see how far they had come. Criterion has their own little corner on HBO Max, so they still work together.

As EP mentioned they offer thematic programming of some classic films, a lot of art house and independent films. This is in keeping with Criterion's old mission statement. I find that it's the streaming service I use the most.

Past themes of interest have included:

Stars
John Garfield
Jean Harlow
Glenda Jackson
Ida Lupino
Robert Mitchum

Thematic Programming
British New Wave
Czech New Wave
Hammer horror films
Noir films - Not studio specific
Noir films - 20th Century Fox specific
Italian Neo-realism
Neo-noir
Technicolor
Universal horror films


Silent
Charles Chaplin
Georges Méliès
Harold Lloyd

Directors
John Huston
Elia Kazan
Ernst Lubitsch
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Satyajit Ray
William Wyler
Jia Zhangke