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Oh yes gotta say I love TCM as well and esp when they have hitchcock movies on . Also they showed a couple of weeks ago The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie which happens to be a fave of mine as well . I certainly learned something with the intro that the man who played Teddy the dark haired male teacher was actually Maggie Smith's real life husband at the time and that Rod McKuen sang the title song and i actually for the longest time thought it was someone else . Yeah gotta say I love TCM .
I love Maggie Smith. Just added TPoMJB to my netflix queue. Thanks for the recommendation.
I just saw The Honey Pot (1967) the other day, when TCM had Rex Harrison movies all day, and a young Maggie Smith was in it. She was looking good too (she was 33). Here's a clip. I'll have to watch the whole movie one day. (I need to check out Downtown Abbey 1 day also - thanks phonelady61).
Just like everyone else, I love TCM! TCM gives me the opportunity to see movies and celebrities that I have never seen before. TCM also offers a wide array of classic films for everyone. When i watch TCM, it "transports" me back into time when I remember watching that movie
Generally enjoy TCM but some of the obscure really old 30's film aren't that entertaining.
I watch TCM more than any other 1 cable channel.
You're right about 1930s movies. There's a time period in the early '30s...can't set a particular year because it seemed to vary by company and director...when movies really grew up in terms of excellence of scripts and other technical aspects. In general I'd say about 1933, but as I said, it varied.
I just watched one of my favorites, "Some Like It Hot" with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemon, Tony Curtis, Joe E. Brown and George Raft. It was on TCM. I love that channel.
I love TCM. It's my go-to station when I just want to watch TV without having any specified program in mind.
I've noticed that many millenials seem unaware of the movies, actors, studios, directors, etc. from the 30s and 40s unlike genXers and baby boomers because they no longer air old movies on network TV with the late show, the late late show, the afternoon movie, Million Dollar movie, etc. This is where I was first exposed to these movies and I grew to love them more and more as I got older. Unless you are a film student or have some special interest in old movies, people in their 20s and 30s seem completely unaware of this significant form of American popular culture.
The other day I was telling some people in their early 30s about meeting a real movie star from this era just a few years before he died. He was about 80 at the time. I've met many celebrities and this was the only one that had me star-struck where I got so nervous, I could barely talk. These 30 year olds had no clue who I was talking about or even the movies that he made. I said that he was from the same era as Clark Gable and they told me that they had "heard of" Clark Gable. Pretty sad. I understand that cable and internet have vastly changed viewing habbits, but it's a shame that only someone with a niche interest would be aware of this significant form of American popular culture. Sure a lot of these movies depict antiquated lifestyle aspects, but many of the main story lines, just like Shakespeare, transcend time and are still pertinent to humanity.
I love TCM! I especially love movies from the 20's and 30's, for the fashions and the architecture and home decoration. I like to see how they styled the interiors of the homes since my home was built in 1927, and I like my furniture to be appropriate for the period. My very favorite movies on TCM are "Sunday Silents".
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