No
Christopher Bean on American TCM yet, 'Nando! When I asked our Guest Star
Matthew Kennedy (Author of an excellent
Marie Dressler bio) about this film back in May he said the following:
Christopher Bean is worth a look for any Dressler fan, but it is very, very rare. The only copy I'm aware of is at the George Eastman House in Rochester. (It may be at UCLA or Library of Congress.) I made a special trip to Eastman to see it, and was glad I did. It's no masterpiece, mind you, but the participation of Lionel Barrymore and Beulah Bondi add interest. It has some of the comedy-drama qualities of Emma.
There are copyright issues that keep it out of circulation. I don't know the details, but I was told these things usually involve the estate of the original author, in this case Sidney Howard. Perhaps a write-in campaign to Turner would help free it from archival bondage.
We can always hope, Fernando. Great hearing from you here! Where ya been, buddy?
Hi Anne,
24 hours of
Richard Widmark movies are featured on Monday, August 11. You can see the entire SUTS
here.
I believe that TCM has been doing the best it can to lease more Fox movies for broadcast in the last year (you'll see such rarities as
Pickup on South Street on
Widmark day, for instance).
Tyrone Power's films, along with many of the best
Dana Andrews and
Linda Darnell movies are almost all 20th Century Fox movies and as such, tend to be shown on FMC or, through a previous arrangement, with AMC early in the morning, with commercials. Btw, the
Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection 2 has just been released. Many of the following films in that set will undoubtedly become available separately too. Here's the list of movies:
* Johnny Apollo
* Cafe Metropole
* Daytime Wives
* Girls' Dormitory
* I'll Never Forget You
* Love is News
* The Luck of the Irish
* Second Honeymoon
* That Wonderful Urge
* This Above All
Johnny Apollo is my favorite of the bunch with a good script and great supporting cast bringing out Ty's best early work, with
This Above All is a close second for me, (though there are a few over the top sentiments expressed,
Power and
Joan Fontaine are good together under
Anatole Litvak's direction). Haven't you been looking for
The Luck of the Irish for some time?