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11 July 2014, 04:57 PM
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Forum Ace of Aces
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15 July 2014, 01:53 PM
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15 July 2014, 02:54 PM
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Friday, July 18, TCM lineup!
Beware, this coming TCM Friday lineup, July 18, is filled with Spies!
Keep a lookout for suspicious looking persons like this example,  as they indicate the presences of a Spy in this film! J'Accuse (1919) J'Accuse (1919) - Overview - TCM.com EST 6:00 am, CST 5:00 am, MST 4:00 am and PST 3:00 am Today We Live (1933) Today We Live (1933) - Overview - TCM.com EST 9:00 am, CST 8:00 am, MST 7:00 am and PST 6:00 am A Farewell To Arms (1932) A Farewell to Arms (1932) - Overview - TCM.com EST 11:00 am, CST 10:00 am, MST 9:00 am and PST 8:00 am Stamboul Quest (1934)http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3181/Stamboul-Quest/EST EST 12:30 pm, CST 11:30 am, MST 10:30 am and PST 9:30 am Ever In My Heart (1933)Ever in My Heart (1933) - Overview - TCM.com EST 2:00 pm, CST 1:00 pm, MST 12:00 pm and PST 11:00 am British Intelligence (1940)British Intelligence (1940) - Overview - TCM.com EST 3:15 pm, CST 2:15 pm, MST 1:15 pm and PST 12:15 am Dark Journey (1937) Dark Journey (1937) - Overview - TCM.com EST 4:30 pm, CST 3:30 pm, MST 2:30 pm and PST 1:30 pm Rendezvous (1935)Rendezvous (1935) - Overview - TCM.com EST 6:00 pm, CST 5:00 pm, MST 4:00 pm and PST 3:00 pm Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Overview - TCM.com EST 8:00 pm, CST 7:00 pm, MST 6:00 pm and PST 5:00 pm Gallipoli (1981) Gallipoli (1981) - Overview - TCM.com EST 12:00 am, CST 11:00 pm, MST 10:00 pm and PST 9:00 pm Grand Illusion (1937) Grand Illusion (1937) - Overview - TCM.com EST 2:00 am, CST 1:00 am, MST 12:00 am and PST 11:00 pm King & Country (1964) King and Country (1964) - Overview - TCM.com EST 4:00 am, CST 3:00 am, MST 2:00 am and PST 1:00 am Remember, to mind what you say this Friday, as the walls may have ears!  Best Regards, Aerobuff Last edited by Aerobuff; 15 July 2014 at 02:59 PM. |
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15 July 2014, 08:09 PM
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Hi There,
Thanks Aerobuff! Haven't seen it, but "Today We Live" features Gary Cooper as a bomber pilot, one of the romantic interests for Joan Crawford. Apparently almost all of the aerial sequences were lifted from "Hell's Angels". I don't know how much aviation-related footage was actually shot for the movie. There's also some torpedo boat work. Haven't seen "British Intelligence" either, but the footage of a bomber attack it contains was lifted mostly from "Dawn Patrol". There's a comparative clip somewhere on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI3iX-wJh9w There are a few shots of a Friedrichshafen model intertwined with the shots from DP. Ironically, the German bomber is seen bombing "German installations" in the ground footage from "Danw Patrol". "Grand Illusion" is, of course, a masterpiece. There's no film of airplanes, but a number of the characters are aviators, including Jean Gabin as a French POW and Erich von Stroheim as the prison camp CO (with his neck in a brace - the archetype of a Prussian officer), who - earlier - shot down and captured the two French aviators who are main characters. Gabin plays working-class Lieutenant Maréchal and von Stroheim plays Rittmeister von Rauffenstein. When I saw Gabin in a French aviator's outfit, I thought he would have been perfect to play Nungesser...
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15 July 2014, 08:30 PM
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The Big Parade
I caught about an hour of "The Big Parade" (too late to watch a 3-hour movie !), and seemed like an interesting movie. What amazed me the most was its visual quality: it didn't have any of that herky-jerky fast motion usually associated with silent flicks, and the clarity was astounding. I don't know if this movie had been restored or if TCM had gotten hold of a well preserved original, but it looked like a recently made "old" movie (reminded me of "The Artist").
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18 July 2014, 01:12 PM
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Greg's post about Grand Illusion reminds me that v. Stroheim is Jastafuhrer Ein who reports downing a Caudron (or something) but IIRC the escadrille sign said MF.something. More of those persistent recognition problems!
Watched a goodly part of The Big Parade and LORD but it's tedious. Pacing is glacial. I think it ran 2 1/2 hrs and by the time I started viewing it had taken 1 1/2 just to get to the front. However, Vidor knew his way around a camera, as some of the views are memorable.
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23 July 2014, 12:22 PM
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Friday, July 25, TCM lineup!
Get ready, the moment to which we have dreaded has arrived. This coming Friday, July 25, will be the last night of Turner Classic Movies, Friday Night Spotlight of 100th Anniversary of World War I.
"Smiley the pilot  indicates this film is Aviation themed!" The Last Flight (1931)The Last Flight (1931) - Overview - TCM.com EST 6:00 am, CST 5:00 am, MST 4:00 am and PST 3:00 am Heroes For Sale (1933) Heroes for Sale (1933) - Overview - TCM.com EST 7:30 am, CST 6:30am, MST 5:30 am and PST 4:30 am They Gave Him A Gun (1937) They Gave Him a Gun (1937) - Overview - TCM.com EST 8:45 am, CST 7:45 am, MST 6:45 am and PST 5:45 am Marianne (1929) Marianne (1929) - Overview - TCM.com EST 10:30 am, CST 9:30 am, MST 8:30 am and PST 7:30 am The Shopworn Angel (1938) The Shopworn Angel (1938) - Overview - TCM.com EST 12:30 pm, CST 11:30 am, MST 10:30 am and PST 9:30 am The Better 'Ole (1926) The Better 'Ole (1926) - Overview - TCM.com EST 2:00 pm, CST 1:00 pm, MST 12:00 pm and PST 11:00 am Shoulder Arms (1918) Shoulder Arms (1918) - Overview - TCM.com EST 3:45 pm, CST 2:45 pm, MST 1:45 pm and PST 12:45 pm Doughboys (1930) Doughboys (1930) - Overview - TCM.com EST 4:30 pm, CST 3:30 pm, MST 2:30 pm and PST 1:30 pm King Of Hearts (1966) King of Hearts (1967) - Overview - TCM.com EST 6:00 pm, CST 5:00 pm, MST 4:00 pm and PST 3:00 pm Random Harvest (1942) Random Harvest (1942) - Overview - TCM.com EST 8:00 pm, CST 7:00 pm, MST 6:00 pm and PST 5:00 pm Waterloo Bridge (1940) Waterloo Bridge (1940) - Overview - TCM.com EST 10:15 pm, CST 9:15 pm, MST 8:15 pm and PST 7:15 pm Oh! What A Lovely War (1969) Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Overview - TCM.com EST 12:15 am, CST 11:15 pm, MST 10:15 pm and PST 9:15 pm Mata Hari (1931) Mata Hari (1931) - Overview - TCM.com EST 2:45 am, CST 1:45 am, MST 12:45 am and PST 11: 45 pm After Tonight (1933) After Tonight (1933) - Overview - TCM.com EST 4:30 am, CST 3:30 am, MST 2:30 am and PST 1:30 am Best Regards, Aerobuff
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23 July 2014, 01:20 PM
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Thanks as always, Aerobuff!
As Smiley the pilot indicates, only "The Last Flight" seems to have much to do with aviation, and even then just in the intro. The screenplay is by John Monk Saunders, who wrote the screenplays/stories for so many of our beloved aviation films: Wings, Dawn Patrol, Ace of Aces, the Eagle and the Hawk, and many others. "The Last Flight" is apparently his attempt to cash in on the "Lost Generation" theme made popular by Hemingway. Richard Barthelmess - the original star of the original 1930 "Dawn Patrol" - plays an ex-flier in 1920's Paris, etc. The film looks like it utilizes a lot of footage from "Dawn Patrol" in the opening scenes - but this time Barthelmess is flying a two-seater, The Last Flight trailer Of course, many of the other films playing Friday are worth a look too!
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24 July 2014, 10:35 AM
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Thanks for all of the great information on the films! Best Regards, Aerobuff Last edited by Aerobuff; 24 July 2014 at 10:40 AM. |
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26 July 2014, 04:51 PM
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Massive Air Attack
Tonight, Saturday 7- 26 -14, on the History Channel (which these days mostly isn't), has an episode named Massive Air Attack in a series called "WWl The First Modern War".
8 PM - 9 PM, Central Daylite Time, repeated at 12 AM. Don't know anything about it's quality. |
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