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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · 8d

You're very welcome, Lynn.

Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · 8d

In years of searching, I have never found photos of Lubitsch in costume for WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Here's a delightful Kurt Weill/Ira Gershwin number with MacMurray helping Columbus (Fortunio Bonanova) quell a mutiny led by Carlos Ramirez. (5 of 5) youtube.com/watch?v=P13C...

Where Do We Go From Here?

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · 8d

Despite his doctors' advice, Lubitsch managed to complete just one more film as a director, the delightful CLUNY BROWN, before his death in 1947. He suffered a fatal heart attack after starting THE LADY IN ERMINE, completed by an uncredited Preminger. (4 of 5)

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · 8d

AFI database notes on WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?: "Lubitsch glares at [time-traveling star Fred MacMurray] and asks -- 'who did you think I was, Christopher Columbus?' Although photographs of Lubitsch in costume on the set exist, the gag was not included in the finished film.'' (3 of 5)

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · 8d

Lubitsch writes in a December 1944 syndicated newspaper column about returning to work after his first heart attack, producing the Preminger-directed A ROYAL SCANDAL (he and Mankiewicz had a falling out over DRAGONWYCK) and filming his first movie appearance in 30 years for his pal Ratoff. (2 of 5)

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · 8d

Otto Preminger, director Gregory Ratoff, producer William Perlberg and Ernst Lubitsch on the set of Ratoff's WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? (1945). Preminger and Lubitsch filmed cameos, but only Preminger's (as a Hessian officer) made it into final cut of wacky World War II time-travel musical (1 of 5)

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you sir, and happy belated New Year!

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · 17d

If you liked THE SILVER CORD, don't miss Mary Morris in her only (and unforgettable) film role, recreating her Broadway triumph as a sadistic Fifth Avenue matriarch. Creepy late pre-code opened 5/4/34. NY TV debut 6/5/61. Never repeated. youtube.com/watch?v=qQEB...

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ad for a Manhattan art house that operated from 1931 to 1987 on Manhattan's Upper West Side appeared 86 years ago in the New York Times.

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jul 28

Even if you can live with an AI Uncle Henry, digitally repainted "realistic'' skies and a re-recorded and re-orchestrated score, there's this (from USA Today): "The time required to convert the film also necessitated editing from its original run time of 102 minutes to 75."

"The Wizard of Oz" as you've never seen it before

This "Wizard of Oz" isn't in Kansas anymore. In fact, it's in Las Vegas, where Sphere is presenting the Judy Garland classic as you've never seen it – a 16K immersive experience on a screen larger tha...

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jul 27

Sorry, here is the entire report. What do you think? www.cbsnews.com/video/the-wi...

"The Wizard of Oz" as you've never seen it before

This "Wizard of Oz" isn't in Kansas anymore. In fact, it's in Las Vegas, where Sphere is presenting the Judy Garland classic as you've never seen it – a 16K immersive experience on a screen larger tha...

www.cbsnews.com

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jul 27

Even if you can live with an AI Uncle Henry, digitally repainted "realistic'' skies and a re-recorded and re-orchestrated score, there's this (from USA Today): "The time required to convert the film also necessitated editing from its original run time of 102 minutes to 75."

CBS Sunday Morning @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social · Jul 26

“The Wizard of Oz” lands at Sphere in Las Vegas, and it’s nothing short of cinematic time travel.

CEO Jim Dolan says the goal wasn’t to change the classic—but to immerse you in it. “It’s like going back to 1939 with super-resolution cameras.”

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jul 26

New York Times 3/18/43. JOURNEY INTO FEAR, which was debuting in fairly wide release, was also playing at Times Square's RKO Palace on a double bill with Monogram's SILVER SKATES starring Kenny Baker, Patricia Morison and Belita (Jepson-Turner).

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jul 26

Times Square, 2/22/33. Watch Buster Crabbe as a "Naked White Giant with his civilized sweetheart in his arms!'' youtube.com/watch?v=XRu6...

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 24

NY TV debut 6/24/60 at 11:15 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Junior produced as well as starred in black-and-white swashbuckler that arrived 2/25/49 in Times Square.

Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 24

NY TV debut 6/24/50 at 10 pm on WCBS' "Premiere Playhouse.'' Tay Garnett's comedy whodunit bowed 5/16/40 in Times Square, with Ruth Terry also appearing in person. On same day, it was supporting BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 at Loews Metropolitan in Brooklyn. Public domain www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHei...

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thanks so much for sharing that, Jim. I'm not surprised! For decades it was a sacred cow, just like BIRTH OF A NATION had been. When I originally proposed taking down GWTW for the 75th anniversary, they asked me to do a piece on Hattie McDaniel instead.

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 24

Joe, I wouldn't say GWTW doesn't send mixed message at times, but overall it certainly romanticizes slavery.

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 24

My piece was picked up around the world. It sent GWTW to the top of Amazon's sales charts for two solid weeks. But more important, public showings became less frequent. And when it's shown or streamed these days, GWTW's problematic subtext is usually discussed. I'm proud of that.

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 24

Yup. History was repeating itself. I joked with my contacts at Warner Home Video that they should send me a check because I goosed GWTW sales.

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 24

My boss nixed a proposal for a GWTW takedown for its 75th anniversary a few months earlier, but talk of relegating confederate flags to museums provided a news peg for my column. Which did NOT advocate "banning" GWTW, though it was widely interpreted that way by culture warriors.

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 24

My most controversial -- and influential -- review was posted at my former employer's website ten years ago today, just hours after it was written. There were originally hundreds of comments appended, almost all of them negative. nypost.com/2015/06/24/g...

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 7

CNN says it will be available to livestream even for those without a cable log-in. www.cnn.com/good-night-a...

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Trapped by Television @loulumenick.bsky.social · Jun 7

Highly recommend tonight's LIVE broadcast of "Good Night, and Good Luck'' from Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre tonight on CNN. The play version is somewhat different than the movie (George Clooney, not David Straitharn, is playing Edward R. Murrow this time around) but it couldn't be more timely!

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