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xmastidings said:
Something has to be done about re-introducing the great comedy/ slapstick acts of the days gone by, to the newer generations so as they do not drift off into oblivion.
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I agree ... expanding that to older movies in general. One basic problem seems to be availability. When I was little, any weekend or late-night you could see Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, the Little Rascals, the Blondie movies, etc. Younger generations just aren't exposed to them. For example, a division of Hallmark owns the right to most of Laurel & Hardy's films---but for the most part, the film elements sit in a vault someplace; Hallmark just doesn't release them on DVD or streaming video. TCM has long-term rights to show the Hal Roach library of comedies (Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang, and other lesser-known comedians), but they rarely air the films. Our friend Gloria Jean is unknown today in spite of the fine films she was in with (then-)teenage stars like Donald O'Connor and Mel Torme---Universal has released only two of her movies on video, and I believe TCM has only ever shown one or two of her movies. (In both cases, they are films in which she plays a supporting role, not films she starred in.)

Happily, many little-known but wonderful vintage films are preserved; unhappily, they remain in their vaults, and it's difficult to see them. Warner Bros.'s "on demand" DVDs have barely scratched the surface of what could be released. The Catch-22 is this: The copyright owners don't release the films on video because the stars are unknown today, so they're not marketable; but as long as the films are unavailable, no one will get to know the stars again.
 
snowflake22 said:
Crazy! I love snow around the holidays, and don't mind it when it's winter, but this is too early. I want to enjoy AUTUMN!
And these past two winters have been brutally cold. Hoping for a mild winter, temperature wise. I hated being cooped up the past two years, because it was too dangerous to be outside.
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Well IF the forecast is right for this winter it's supposed to be "not as brutal." I'm not taking that as a ringing endorsement that it will be a warm and mild winter but...as I said earlier if we just get a "normal" winter it will feel like Paradise compared to the last 2.
 
Apparently we had some snowflakes today and we missed them!!

The house near us that does a MEGA light display is already being set up!!! Exciting stuff! I was just in. plow and hearth (love that store!) and wanted everything!!! Love their rustic Christmas decor
 
judesmama said:
Apparently we had some snowflakes today and we missed them!!

The house near us that does a MEGA light display is already being set up!!! Exciting stuff! I was just in. plow and hearth (love that store!) and wanted everything!!! Love their rustic Christmas decor
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Awesome!
I love that store too, we could do some damage girl! :p
 
MerryCarey said:
That's why I still get that thrill when Santa caps off the Macy's Parade ... when I was little, I used to race home (from next door, where I watched the Macy's Parade on my grandparents' color TV) to play Christmas records, which Mom didn't want to hear before Thanksgiving.
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Same here!!! I always start playing the Christmas music after it!!
 
MerryCarey said:
I agree ... expanding that to older movies in general. One basic problem seems to be availability. When I was little, any weekend or late-night you could see Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, the Little Rascals, the Blondie movies, etc. Younger generations just aren't exposed to them. For example, a division of Hallmark owns the right to most of Laurel & Hardy's films---but for the most part, the film elements sit in a vault someplace; Hallmark just doesn't release them on DVD or streaming video. TCM has long-term rights to show the Hal Roach library of comedies (Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang, and other lesser-known comedians), but they rarely air the films. Our friend Gloria Jean is unknown today in spite of the fine films she was in with (then-)teenage stars like Donald O'Connor and Mel Torme---Universal has released only two of her movies on video, and I believe TCM has only ever shown one or two of her movies. (In both cases, they are films in which she plays a supporting role, not films she starred in.)

Happily, many little-known but wonderful vintage films are preserved; unhappily, they remain in their vaults, and it's difficult to see them. Warner Bros.'s "on demand" DVDs have barely scratched the surface of what could be released. The Catch-22 is this: The copyright owners don't release the films on video because the stars are unknown today, so they're not marketable; but as long as the films are unavailable, no one will get to know the stars again.
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Wow Merry, I'm blown away with your wonderful and vast knowledge of this subject. I sincerely thank you for enlightening me and the others here about this. It is concerning to me and listening to you share your intimate knowledge of this, makes me, all ears. I enjoy reading what you have to say.... I wish that they would bring them back, I miss watching the Keystone cops, little rascals/ our gang, Blondie, 3 Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, The Marx Brothers, etc....
 
xmastidings said:
Wow Merry, I'm blown away with your wonderful and vast knowledge of this subject. I sincerely thank you for enlightening me and the others here about this. It is concerning to me and listening to you share your intimate knowledge of this, makes me, all ears. I enjoy reading what you have to say.... I wish that they would bring them back, I miss watching the Keystone cops, little rascals/ our gang, Blondie, 3 Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, The Marx Brothers, etc....
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I'm glad you find it interesting ... I get too carried away when I talk about it. Most of what I know on that subject I learned from Mr.! It's frustrating that so many good films go unseen. I've been blessed to know 16mm film collectors, so I've seen great movies that will probably never be released to video, and it saddens me that they can't be shared. Most of the ones you mentioned are out there on DVD, at least. We watched a Blondie movie just last week, and A&C last night.
 
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