The Silver Screen Oasis

...after my feelings of abandonment by "patful" have healed. Ouch. :cry: But I'd be willing to bet that things have calmed down a great deal since I left, no? Our old friend knew how to get my goat, and without me there to complain, he's bored. I thought my departure would be for the greater good. ...

Afternoon, Someone refresh my memory please. What's going on with Kyle (in Hollywood?) I seem to remember something big coming his way. Has anyone spoken to him? If so, please pass along my best regards. Have a great weekend all. GO FLYERS!!! As always, Hollis Hello Hollis and All the rest! 'Tis tr...

But Kermit highlights a particular suspicion I've been having for some time - that these guys don't really pick their OWN films. I just have a really hard time buying the fact that the same films get picked over and over...and they are all ones that TCM just LOVES to show...and actually DOES show u...

I guess this means that we have to cancel the wake. Damn. Far be it from me to stand in the way of a good party. If you all want to be Dana Andrews, I will certainly do my best Gene Tierney and stay away for a while longer while you hit the liquor cabinet. (Did you get a nice black wreath for the d...

Hello all - Thanks Moira - and everyone else that has chimed in - for the recognition and for the good wishes. They are very heart-warming and I appreciate them all. After this stint as moderator, I will probably pass into "Challenger Emeritus" status - still participating but declining to be voted ...

Moira- Thanks for posting "Office At Night". The painting was recently loaned out to a museum in NYC and the NYTimes wrote a piece analyzing the painting. In the commentary, it discussed just which figure in the painting has the "power" in the depicted relationship. And whether the painting depicted...

Another...

Now, if only I could find "Office At Night" on this hard drive.

kjk
(The rest of you can go back to talking about that other Hopper now.)

Hopper Alert????? Whaddya mean "Hopper Alert"????? Here I was all excited thinking that I was going to find this thread full of images like this - http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1180/841300059_6c89041b23.jpg <wink> (I do miss the "Sunny Side Of The Street" intro...) kjk (...who has seen Myra Brecke...

Hello Moraldo - How funny that WB cut out the Roosevelt number but left the Minstrel Show intact. Did you know jondaris and I "bonded" over this film? http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis/viewtopic.php?t=638 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=78113 And not to dampen your excitement - ...

jondaris wrote:I'm sure anyone logging in noticed a totally new look. I did this for a couple of reasons.

Whatever the motvation behind these changes, the "Oasis" sure looks good. "It's stylin'! "

kjk

In "reviewing the situation" myself, am I wrong or am I the only one to have been in all the Challenges so far (counting the one I moderated)? Yes you are. What a admirable achievement. And then to do it soo well. Voting is open until midnight tonight (Thursday) And a shout out to recent vote-caste...

Just wanted to post this observation from 'patful' in the TCM Forums about the voting in the most recent edition of the TCM Programming Challenge - "I think a lot of the people that voted in the past are currently AWOL. Maybe they'll show up to vote?" Three of the participants in this edition of the...

Lynn is correct. A poster got "hot under the collar" about a derogatory comment about Fox News. That wouldn't be so bad (acceptable, actually) but the response was ugly with unnecessary name-calling and profanity. This post "disappeared" this am. Later, the poster took offense to his post "disappear...

Interesting thread. Lots of intelligent and interesting views. Kyle, you're a fountain of knowlege! 8) Why don't you post more?! Arkadin - Thanks for the compliment. As to my sporadic posting behavior, I think that thread is a good example demonstrating why. I remember laboring on that response to ...

Jon - Funnily, Wonder Bar is one of those films that IS "relegated to the wee hours" on TCM. I know when I recorded it a few years ago it was during a late night presentation on TCM - like the one this past week. Hopefully it won't be another two or three years before it appears on the schedule agai...