Netflix had a tough 2022 on many fronts, but launching big, commercial hits wasn't one of them. I talked to the streamer's head of U.S. scripted series about #Wednesday, Ryan Murphy, binge vs. weekly, and whether he wants 100-ep sitcoms. New #Buffering!
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FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933) is among the latest titles announced for next spring's @TCM Classic Film Festival! #TCMFF #TCM filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/
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We all owe Dick Cavett a debt of gratitude for capturing “the last of Groucho’s greatness" in 1968-71.
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“Groucho & Cavett” premieres Tuesday, December 27 at 8/7c on PBS. #AmericanMastersPBS
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James Whale with the chorus girls of "Showboat." People forget that Whale, who is mostly associated with the classic Universal Monster films, also directed this musical. Bill Condon's terrific film "Gods and Monsters" was based on the last days of Whale's life.
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The voice of Sally Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas, Cathy Steinberg, sure had an interesting time during the show's production. She wasn't able to read the script due to her age, so her lines was given to her verbally and she parroted what was said.
#Peanuts
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📣 Now available! Flicker Alley is proud to present in partnership with the two rediscovered independent rarities by filmmaker Juleen Compton, Stranded (1965) and The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1966), beautifully restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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get in loser, we’re going to goth night
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Elon Musk is doing a great job of demonstrating what a complete fraud the right wing’s “free speech” crusade is.
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Mel Brooks' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) was released 48 years ago tonight.
And the world is better for it.
#YoungFrankenstein
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MONSTERS (1988-91, Syndicated) — a horror anthology series from the producers of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE — is now streaming on
amazon.com/gp/video/detai #NowStreaming
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Me-TV's classic horror and sci-fi showcase SVENGOOLIE is expanding its time slot — to allow for "longer titles" and "less editing"
Starting Jan 7!
fangoria.com/original/exclu from #Svengoolie
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In Disney's defense, the #Disney100 video offers a thorough history of *all* their brands (native and acquired).
BTW It's depressing as hell to realize how much a single company owns. (But they bring out costumed characters at the end to make it all ok.)
youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_OO4
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Lest I seem to be focusing my ire entirely at #WB100, the Disney: 100 Years of Wonder video included a clip of PEYTON PLACE — a 20th Century Fox TV show Disney acquired in 2019 (and will probably never do anything with).
Pretty sure they're just trolling me here. #Disney100
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Disney similarly did their legacy dirty with their #Disney100 video... but at least HBO Max might stream older titles... 11 minute video, 5 pre 1980 shows (most weirdly from 20th Century Fox...) and like 8 movies from 1940-1980.
Horrendous work.
youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_OO4
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Michael Curtiz's MILDRED PIERCE (1945) coming to
4K UHD in March.
criterion.com/films/29025-mi #Criterion #FilmTwitter
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Using a Warner Bros. 100th anniversary montage as a demo reel for contemporary I.P. won’t surprise cynics.
But it's a good reminder to classic film fans about the priorities of a corporation that controls thousands of films (and a TV channel) we love. #WB100
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There's no Bugs Bunny saying "What's up Doc?" or Daffy Duck — not even a clip from classic LOONEY TUNES.
They use SPACE JAM (and a clip from a newly-produced short). #WB100
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Morgan Freeman's voiceover touts "one studio" — as they show another studio's film (2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY).
#WB100
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There's no James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson or Bette Davis in the Warner Bros 100th anniversary montage?
It's 5 minutes long. How is that even possible? #WB100
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Here's the list.
Greyed-out titles were produced by other entities and acquired by WB sometimes decades later.
Some of these are so fleeting you have to pause the YouTube to see them. #WB100
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The Warner Bros. 100th anniversary montage features only *21* pre-1980 films or shows — at least 8 of which were produced/originated by other studios.
For a 5-minute video, that's tragic:
youtube.com/watch?v=xswq_s #WB100
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Removing shows like WESTWORLD from #HBOMax...
"isn’t just about saving a few thousand dollars on residual checks or licensing costs; it’s about writing down millions in amortization costs"
vulture.com/article/warner from
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Stanley Donen's CHARADE (1963) added to National Film Registry
apnews.com/article/entert #CaryGrant #AudreyHepburn
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Also featuring Janis Wilson — criminally uncredited as Paul Henreid's daughter in NOW, VOYAGER (1942)
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"Silver Screen Standards, @jennifergarlen shares her thoughts on film noir gem The Strange Love of Martha Ivers starring Barbara Stanwyck, 'birthday boy' Van Heflin, and Kirk Douglas...
classicmoviehub.com/blog/silver-sc"
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Am gifting this link through my subscription. Fascinating story about the first woman animator, Bessie Mae Kelley, and the animation scholar who discovered and is telling her story. It's not to be missed.
Check out this article from .
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Bay Area residents: tonight is the night to come see Keaton, Arbuckle, Mabel Normand & Bert Williams in a selection of silent comedy shorts, introduced by me!
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"I couldn't have been given a better gift or tools for the development of a character."
— Sheryl Lee, on #AngeloBadalamenti's music
#TwinPeaks
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Sheryl Lee talks about her love for Angelo Badalamenti and his work in Twin Peaks
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“It was originated by Busby Berkeley, who...I consider the best musical-comedy director ever.”
— Jackie Gleason, on the June Taylor Dancers’ kaleidoscopic choreography and overhead camera shots
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Remembering June Taylor, Jackie Gleason's choreographer, born OTD in 1917. When I was a wee one, few things were more exciting than when the director cut to an overhead shot of the June Taylor Dancers, always to great applause. She died in 2004.
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Another Buster Keaton book puts his life in a graphic bio with the late Gerald Potterton (The Railrodder) also in a central role. By -order it today! The book is gorgeous w graphics by Matthew Tavares & writing by Ryan Barnett
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Vintage variety shows starring national treasure are streaming on and !
8 specials (1968-78) + a documentary!
justwatch.com/us/search?q=Mi #NowStreaming
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When I look back at the many holidays I’ve been able to experience on stages or screens because of each of you, I’m filled with such ginormous gratitude for all of the joy, all of the love, & yes, all of the sequins & feathers…
Love ya,
Mitzi
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Happy Birthday to one of my favorite performers! Thank you Dick Van Dyke for all the joy, laughter, and brilliant entertainment you have shared with us all. You are so beloved❤️ May your days be filled with all the joy you have given us. XOXO
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Vintage variety shows starring national treasure are streaming on and !
8 specials (1968-78) + a documentary!
justwatch.com/us/search?q=Mi #NowStreaming
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When I look back at the many holidays I’ve been able to experience on stages or screens because of each of you, I’m filled with such ginormous gratitude for all of the joy, all of the love, & yes, all of the sequins & feathers…
Love ya,
Mitzi
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WORLD OF SUPER ADVENTURE was a H-B syndicated package w/
BIRDMAN + GALAXY TRIO (1967–69)
FANTASTIC 4 (67–70)
FRANKENSTEIN JR. + THE IMPOSSIBLES (66–68)
HERCULOIDS (67–68)
MOBY DICK (67–68)
SHAZZAN (67–69)
SPACE GHOST (66–68)
Where the SUPERFRIENDS are coming from I don't know.
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Hanna-Barbera’s World of Super Adventure (Publicity cel, circa.1982). How many of these characters can you identify?
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Are swimming pool stores that became Christmas tree stores in the fall still a thing?
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This week in 1980
Norbert Pools - Christmas Tree Contest
Chicago Sun-Times TV Prevue. December 12, 1980
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IMDb will now allow industry professionals to remove birthdates and birth names.
As someone who's been fudging my age since 15, I'm all for this.
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This week in 1987, Jonathan bid farewell to Jean Stapleton, Marion Ross + Larry Storch in ARSENIC & OLD LACE.
The nat'l tour concluded in Cincinnati, a year after they joined the show on Broadway!
Jonathan loved working with them. And Marion is in ! #DarkShadows
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All I want for #Christmas is physical media.
Warner Archive, HBO Max, A Charlie Brown Christmas... the writing is on the wall.
(As has been saying for years.)
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Here’s Stuart Margolin, in 1989, talking about the creative process. Also worth a read: comments on the video, including a few folks who met or worked with him and just rave about what a good man he was.
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me on 6 different social media sites when anything nostalgia-oriented happens.
Now at #Post too: post.news/willmckinley
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