Turner Classic Movies 7-8-06

[Mike in Seattle]

If you haven't noticed, it's a noir night on TCM:
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) - Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer - 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT
Murder, My Sweet (1944) - Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe - 10pm EDT / 7pm PDT
Dark Passage (1944) - Bogie & Bacall - 12am EDT / 9pm PDT
Maltese Falcon (1931) - Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade - 2am EDT / 11pm PDT
Mildred Pierce (1942) - Joan Crawford - 3:30am EDT / 12:30am PDT

 

[Feraud]

I am hooked on TCM tonight...:eusa_clap

 

[artdecodame]

Even more importantly, there are pre-Codes tomorrow morning!

Reckless Hour, The (1931)
A young innocent almost ruins her life for love of an unfeeling cad. Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagle, Joan Blondell. Dir: John Francis Dillon. BW-72 mins, TV-PG

7:15 AM Flaming Gold (1933)
Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening. Cast: William Boyd, Mae Clarke, Pat O'Brien. Dir: Ralph Ince. BW-54 mins, TV-G

8:15 AM Goldie Gets Along (1933)
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind. Cast: Lili Damita, Charles Morton, Sam Hardy. Dir: Malcolm St. Clair. BW-67 mins, TV-G

 

[magneto]

Even more importantly, there are pre-Codes tomorrow morning!

Reckless Hour, The (1931)
A young innocent almost ruins her life for love of an unfeeling cad. Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagle, Joan Blondell. Dir: John Francis Dillon. BW-72 mins, TV-PG
...SNIP more great stuff...

Joan Blondell, my heroine...AND Lili Damita! It was bad enough I missed all those Thelma Todd two-reelers recently, now this! ...I'm going to have to move back to suburbia just so I can get decent cable again. :rage:

 

[artdecodame]

I adore Joan, too! All that sassy talk wins my heart everytime. I haven't seen anything with Lili yet, but she seems fascinating.
Hmmmm, I think I ran into only one of those Thelma shorts one night, but missed the rest! She was so sexy!! I want to be her.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Oh, man, I missed "Murder My Sweet" and the original "Maltese Falcon."
Has anyone seen the 1931 version?

 

[artdecodame]

Has anyone seen the 1931 version?

I liked Bebe and Ricardo Cortez in it better than the later cast. Not to say I don't love Mary Astor, though, because I do! Can't really say the same for her male co-star, though.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I want to be her.

Except for the carbon monoxide poisoning part.

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[Mike in Seattle]

Except for the carbon monoxide poisoning part.

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Drat! You beat me to it, Marc!

 

[MK]

!

I liked Bebe and Ricardo Cortez in it better than the later cast. Not to say I don't love Mary Astor, though, because I do! Can't really say the same for her male co-star, though.

Wow!

You think Ricardo was better than Bogie?!?!?

That is the first time I have heard someone say that. Bogart set the standard for gum shoes that all are measured by.

 

[magneto]

The warring Maltese Falcons

I've never seen the '31--is it Bebe Daniels in the Mary Astor role? Darn! Well, there is a new DVD being released with all 3 Maltese Falcon versions on it, according to alt.movies.silent. That definitely sounds like a must-buy.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

I've never seen the '31--is it Bebe Daniels in the Mary Astor role? Darn! Well, there is a new DVD being released with all 3 Maltese Falcon versions on it, according to alt.movies.silent. That definitely sounds like a must-buy.

I hadn't heard this, and I agree enthusiastically, that this is a must have.

 

[artdecodame]

Well, there is a new DVD being released with all 3 Maltese Falcon versions on it, according to alt.movies.silent. That definitely sounds like a must-buy.

Ahh, I didn't know this, either. But I haven't checked the posts on alt.movies.silent yet, so this is probably why!

 

[Hondo]

TCM

I'm really getting into TCM, all these fine early actors and actresses, geez what a shame they are no longer around, great comments by all of you, you keep them all alive as TCM does, keep up the good work

 

[artdecodame]

Except for the carbon monoxide poisoning part.

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Mwah haha! Well, of course.

 

[artdecodame]

Wow!

You think Ricardo was better than Bogie?!?!?.

Mmm, yes...[Hides face in semi-shame! ] Although I must admit I'm more partial to seeing Cortez as the jerk who is murdered by sexy pre-Code actresses rather than the "hero" type.

That is the first time I have heard someone say that. Bogart set the standard for gum shoes that all are measured by.

I know a few girls who are really big silent and early talkie fans who believe the same thing, hehe. I guess it just depends on your era of choice.

 

[funneman]

I strongly recommend...

We're Only Human (1936)
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
Cast: Preston Foster, Jane Wyatt, James Gleason. Dir: James Flood. BW-69 mins, TV-PG



This one was great, lot's of "tough-guy" talk:

Preston Foster: "Do you mind if I sit down?"
Jane Wyatt: "I wouldn't mind if you fell over."

A real hat-flick, too.