TCM: Short Subject Line-up 2/26/02

[Nelson]

Here is tomorrow night's final line-up of classic short subjects, as short subject month comes to an end on TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES...

8pm
Hollywood On Hollywood
Short Subjects take a look at Hollywood during the 30s & 40s

10pm
Added Attractions
The history of short subjects documentary narrated by Chevy Chase...

1130pm
Classic Comedy Shorts
Two reel comedy shorts with "OUR GANG", "THE RITZ BROTHERS", "W.C.FIELDS", "THE THREE STOOGES & TED HEALY" and "EDGAR BERMAN & CHARLIE McCARTHY".

1am
Warner Bros. Historical Shorts

230am
Crime Does Not Pay Shorts

4am
Pete Smith Specialty Shorts

5am
MGM Passing Parade Shorts


PROGRAMING NOTES:
TCM will have a world premiere short subject during the "Hollywood On Hollywood" segment. "HOLLYWOOD PARTY" (1937) is the long lost technicolor short of CHARLEY CHASE, this film was missing it's entire soundtrack until late last year and has been totally preserved by the Vitaphone Project.

"THE DENTIST" (1932)
Shown during the comedy shorts program, keep an eye out for lengedary voice artist, BILLY BLETCHER in this classic two reeler from the Mack Sennett Studios.Bletcher plays the patient with the long dark beard when Fields has a very hard time trying to find his mouth throughout his beard.

So get those vcr's rolling tomorrow night, it looks to be a very good one.And if anyone missed taping "THE DOGVILLE COMEDIES", I have all nine controversial shorts presented uncut & uncensored from the marathon.So either send me an e-mail or private message and I will be more than happy to make you a copy.
sHOWN

[Mike Toole]

Thanks for the reminder! I keep forgetting to tape these, but I definitely won't forget to tomorrow night.

[Nelson]

Tomorrow is the main night to have those vcr's rolling for all of these great shorts to have and with no video release in sight, everyone should own these classic gems on video.And TCM might not show these shorts for a very long time.

[Matthew Hunter]

I'm surprised they aren't doing a "Chuck Jones" block. And have they done some of the music concerts that Warner and Vitaphone did? I always thought those were interesting, if not just a little dated :rolleyes:
-Matthew

[Mike Toole]

What gets me about these shorts is the way that TCM doesn't appear to be re-running them. Most of the time, if you're watching something on cable, you can usually figure it'll get rerun in a week or a month or two. A lot of channels will recycle programming in the same DAY. But not here, apparently.

What I'd really love is ALL of these shorts, the entire series' worth of them, on a DVD set. That'd be gold. But I don't expect that to happen.

[Nelson]

The only problem I have with the Comedy shorts is that TCM could have shown a Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle sound short which was his very first "talkie" that he made for Vitaphone/Warner Bros. in 1932.

[Gossamer]

Originally posted by Nelson
Tomorrow is the main night to have those vcr's rolling for all of these great shorts to have and with no video release in sight, everyone should own these classic gems on video.And TCM might not show these shorts for a very long time.

Interestingly enough, while there have been some new shorts shown in this package, most of it HAS been shown on TCM before. The difference-and it's a big difference-is that it's always been as filler for the most part and seldom with any notice, except for the Festival of Shorts entries. For instance, WWII Propoganda had two that hadn't been shown-Mr. Blabbermouth (at least I had not seen it) and The House I Live In and the rest had all aired before. Next month, the filler will all be Academy Award nominated or winning shorts and they usually run The Dot and the Line, Tweetie Pie and several other animated shorts. I hope I can finally get one short I've missed the last three years-Forty Boys and A Song. I've got quite a few others. I wish they'd get a few other nominated shorts to get some novelty in there. *sigh*

[PorkyandDaffy]

Cool. I'm looking forward to seeing the Stooges and Ted Healy.

[Nelson]

The one highlight on the Comedy Classic Shorts will be a very rare 2 strip Technicolor "Three Stooges" short with stooge founder Ted Healy.The short it titled "Nursey Rhymes" and was released in early 1933, when the Stooges were still at MGM a before they left Healy and went to Columbia Pictures working for Harry Cohen.

[Nelson]

Also, at 8pm TCM will have the world premiere of the 1937 technicolor short, "HOLLYWOOD PARTY" during the "Hollywood On Hollywood" showcase hosted by Ron Howard.This marks the first (and last) technicolor apperance of comedy's leading dapper man, CHARLEY CHASE from the Hal Roach studios.This short has just been restored by the Vitaphone Project late last year, this film has been thought to be lost for decades until the film itself popped up in some archvie not to long ago.What was missing during the last several years was the film's soundtrack and the great folks at Vitaphone found the missing soundtrack and completely preserved the film just recently.This will be the very first showing of this film since it's original theatrical release over 65 years ago.So enjoy and add this film to your library. :bosko:

[Nelson]

Since I'm still at work and taping the Hollywood & Comedy shorts tonight, can anyone tell me how good the shorts are so far? Has TCM shown anything real good....let me know okay fellas!

[Mike Toole]

I've just been watching the comedy specials-- I was out all evening with my girlfriend, celebrating our anniversary. (6 years! Can you believe it?)

The first one is a Little Rascals short-- I wasn't that impressed. It's in poor condition (some editing glitches, lots of hiss) but I suppose that's to be expected given its age. It's the one featuring the gang tormenting a thug in gorilla costume who tries to scare them away from their camping trip.

The one playing currently, WC Fields' "The Dentist" is much more hilarious. It's Fields at his mumblingest and crankiest-- definitely good stuff.

I'm really looking forward to the "Crime Does Not Pay" shorts. I love those goofy old social propaganda films.