Turner Classic Movies

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

Now I'm extra mad they fired Millie De Chirico before Christmas. They couldn't keep her on for another two months?

[FrauBlucher]

TCM is ending TCM Underground. The last TCM Underground is on February 24th.

I find it to be an odd move

[Roger Ryan]

TCM is ending TCM Underground. The last TCM Underground is on February 24th.

I find it to be an odd move

It looks like Plan 9 From Outer Space will be the final TCM Underground feature - appropriate, I guess.

But for a channel that tends to replay an awful lot of content, why reduce that catalog further by removing a recognizable showcase?

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

So they're axing it right in the middle of Drafthouse's "TCM Underground Presents" series. Brilliant.

[FrauBlucher]

Noir Alley will be taking a 2 month hiatus for alternative programming. March will be 31 days of Oscars and April will be dedicated to Warner Bros 100 year anniversary.

[FrauBlucher]

Is anyone currently watchingThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance? It looks like the new restoration but it's a waxy mess

[swo17]

So is the UHD?

[Matt]

At the TCM Film Festival, Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson will be announcing a ten-year partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery and the Film Foundation for film restorations. I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of the resulting restorations to be released by Criterion.

[FrauBlucher]

That’s interesting. Warner has been very aggressive in restoring their catalogues. What exactly would this partnership be targeting

[Drucker]

Just speculating but it could be cost-cutting? Warner Brothers has a top notch in house restoration team, but now a nonprofit would be conducting the work? Given how aggressive Discovery has been on cost-cutting elsewhere in the company.

[FrauBlucher]

Looking for input. I was interested in creating a thread for The Golden Age of Hollywood (30s, 40s and 50s). There really isn't any thread specific to that here. So, I reached out to swo about doing that and we both agreed that there has to be a reason. My thoughts are that it should be geared not just the movies that came out of that era, but the studios themselves, the people that ran the studios and the people that worked behind the scenes.

For me it's a fascinating period in the film industry, often getting overlooked, unless you're a student of film history. If anyone has ideas on how to help get this started feel free.

I have some suggestions... Sausage type of essays after a vote. Not just of films but on lesser known filmmakers of that era, or lesser know films and stars. Example... Paul Muni (not that he was lesser known but he is less discussed) was a huge star in the 30s.

Or discussions on which was our favorite studio.

I believe this thread could lead to greater film discoveries for members. Which really is the end game.

[senseabove]

I'd assume the primary reason there hasn't been one is it's such a broad subjec, but I'd love a master thread if for nothing else than a place to build a canon of the best books on it, whether they focus on the industry, house styles, specific studios, films or directors, etc.

[bottlesofsmoke]

I’d be happy to contribute, it’s certainly the subject I am most interested in. I’ve actually been thinking about building a list of best books on individual directors, actors, and genres, so that would fit right in too.

[Black Hat]

This sounds like a great idea.

[FrauBlucher]

The conversation between Domino, Ianthemovie and Fred Holywell on the Warner Archive thread about the film Storm Warning and how the Clan was depicted through that film and a couple of others films would be an excellent place for a category I proposed up thread a few posts back for a The Golden Age of Hollywood (30s, 40s and 50s) thread

senseabove, excellent idea. Building a canon of best books about that era, including the any research discovered from the critics of that time like Bosley Crowther