TCM: The Greatest Movie Channel

[Charlie Baker]

I think I mentioned before I don't have strong opinions one way or another about George Raft.  He's this month's featured star, but they included a movie in which he has a small part--Taxi!  This is pure early 1930s Warner Brothers with two wonderful stars, lovely Loretta Young and firing-on-all-cylinders James Cagney.  Try it if you haven't seen it.  On Watch TCM for about a month.

[mariah23]

TCM Remembers David Lynch who passed away at age 78.

[mariah23]

TCM Remembers Dame Joan Plowright who passed away yesterday at age 95.

[voiceover]

I loved Plowright’s Mrs Fisher in Enchanted April, and her general astonishment at the young women in her house party (“Husbands were taken seriously, as the only true obstacle to sin!”).  Yes: she was one of those Dames, who joked in the film of that name that her American agent had promised her any role that Judi Dench “hadn’t got her paws on”.

[Fool to cry]

She was Baylene in Dinosaur!

[EtheltoTillie]

On 1/12/2025 at 9:17 PM, mariah23 said:

TCM Remembers Claude Jarman Jr. who was the last surviving member of this iconic photo.

You can catch Jarman in Intruder In the Dust, which was coincidentally shown yesterday as part of MLK Day films.  It’s on Watch TCM.  Bonus casting for EtheltoTillie is I Love Lucy’s neighbor Mrs. Trumble in a major role.

[Charlie Baker]

Elizabeth Patterson had one of those long character actor careers with parts of varying sizes.  She turns up in two favorites of mine in substantial roles, one of the aunts in Love Me Tonight, and Fred MacMurray's aunt in Remember the Night.   She's also the matriarch in Tobacco Road.  (She was also the justice of the peace's wife on the I Love Lucy Lucy-thinks-she-isn't-legally-married episode before Mrs. Trumbull.)  Always nice to see her. 

[EtheltoTillie]

5 hours ago, Charlie Baker said:

Elizabeth Patterson had one of those long character actor careers with parts of varying sizes.  She turns up in two favorites of mine in substantial roles, one of the aunts in Love Me Tonight, and Fred MacMurray's aunt in Remember the Night.   She's also the matriarch in Tobacco Road.  (She was also the justice of the peace's wife on the I Love Lucy Lucy-thinks-she-isn't-legally-married episode before Mrs. Trumbull.)  Always nice to see her. 

Thanks for the reminder of Remember the Night.  Two favorite actors, Patterson and Beulah Bondi.

Is that how you spell Mrs. Trumbull?  I've never seen it written out!

[graybrown bird]

Any mention of "Love Me Tonight" makes me happy.  And I love Elizabeth Patterson in it!

[Bastet]

2 hours ago, graybrown bird said:

Any mention of "Love Me Tonight" makes me happy.

I watched it last night thanks to it being mentioned here.  I'm making it a point to close out each night by getting in bed and watching something familiar and funny, and that fit the bill!

[voiceover]

Elizabeth P also played the housekeepers in I Married a Witch (love her in the last scene when she declares that the child of the lead characters is just a bit *too much her mother’s daughter) and the 1949 Little Women.  I would like to see her get her own “Summer Under the Stars” day.

[Fool to cry]

Found this interesting vid that makes a good point.

 

 

[Milburn Stone]

I had to wiki Elizabeth Patterson. She was born in 1874! (I mean, of course she was, but it still blows my mind.) Her father fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side, since the family lived in Tennessee. I'd like to think that her role in Intruder in the Dust was a kind of expiation for that, not that I'm in any position to judge who needs expiation or not.

[Charlie Baker]

Paul Newman centennial tribute tomorrow.

[Charlie Baker]

An article on TCM in 2025. Sounds good.

Hollywood Reporter: TCM Film Festival and More 

[Charlie Baker]

Well, I certainly didn't intend to have three consecutive posts here, but I just watched Noir Alley, the last one until March, and wanted to post about it before it could slip my aging mind.  It's a rarity called Woman on the Run, restored with the help of Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation.   It's the story of Ann Sheridan trying to help her husband who witnessed a mob hit and doesn't want to become part of any criminal investigation.  He's on the lam, she's hounded by the police, and helped by tabloid reporter Dennis O"Keefe who wants an exclusive on their story. Lots of San Francisco locations and a pretty suspenseful and wild finale. Eddie is joined by director and cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, who had vague memories of this movie from his childhood, seeing it on TV.  Their conversation is good stuff.  On Watch TCM until 2/24.

 

[hypnotoad]

I really enjoyed Woman on the Run - one of my favorites on noir alley for sure. Pretty bummed the show won't be on for a month ... again!

[Rinaldo]

1 hour ago, hypnotoad said:

Pretty bummed the show won't be on for a month ... again!

Oh, but I can't be bummed by the return of 31 Days of Oscar!

https://www.tcm.com/articles/Programming Article/021882/31-days-of-oscar

This year, as catalogued in the article, it's yet another method of organization: shared nomination category during the day, shared character category evenings and overnight. I'm especially looking forward to Oscar-Worthy [I refuse to give up my hyphen for compound adjectives] Prostitutes, Patients, Alcoholics, and Heiresses. I'm ready and waiting.