Trapped by Television
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Everything you wanted to know about the twisted history of theatrical movies on TV between (mostly) 1939-1984 and so much more. Happy to answer your questions!
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)
October 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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)
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...
October 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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...
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.
September 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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.
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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July 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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."
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” 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.”
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.”
July 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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."
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).
July 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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).
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...
July 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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...
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...
June 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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...
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...
June 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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...
CNN says it will be available to livestream even for those without a cable log-in. www.cnn.com/good-night-a...
June 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
CNN says it will be available to livestream even for those without a cable log-in. www.cnn.com/good-night-a...
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!
June 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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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Back in 1983, the Empire State Building decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of KING KONG with a giant rubber replica attached to the building for a week. What could go wrong? Watch these hilarious vintage TV clips! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWXs...
April 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Back in 1983, the Empire State Building decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of KING KONG with a giant rubber replica attached to the building for a week. What could go wrong? Watch these hilarious vintage TV clips! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWXs...
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that channel 7 reporter is having the time of her life covering this stupid story and that's what I miss about local newscasts
Back in 1983, the Empire State Building decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of KING KONG with a giant rubber replica attached to the building for a week. What could go wrong? Watch these hilarious vintage TV clips! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWXs...
April 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
that channel 7 reporter is having the time of her life covering this stupid story and that's what I miss about local newscasts
NY TV debut 4/21/65 at 5 pm on WCBS' "The Early Show.'' And the boys meet Anita Ekberg and young Harry Shearer! No kidding. Lower half of 4/24/53 Brooklyn double bill.
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NY TV debut 4/21/65 at 5 pm on WCBS' "The Early Show.'' And the boys meet Anita Ekberg and young Harry Shearer! No kidding. Lower half of 4/24/53 Brooklyn double bill.
NY TV debut 4/21/55 at 7:30 pm on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie.'' Orson Welles' adaptation, independently produced by Charles K. Feldman and distributed by Republic Pictures, opened 12/27/50 at a Manhattan art house.
April 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NY TV debut 4/21/55 at 7:30 pm on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie.'' Orson Welles' adaptation, independently produced by Charles K. Feldman and distributed by Republic Pictures, opened 12/27/50 at a Manhattan art house.
NY TV debut 4/21/50 at 11:15 pm on WPIX's "Night Owl Theater.'' Tay Garnett directed Pathe thriller made before studio's merger with RKO. 2/22/30 at Manhattan's fabled 5,140-seat Hippodrome, which was reduced to showing minor features along with an RKO vaudeville bill on stage. Demolished in 1939.
April 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
NY TV debut 4/21/50 at 11:15 pm on WPIX's "Night Owl Theater.'' Tay Garnett directed Pathe thriller made before studio's merger with RKO. 2/22/30 at Manhattan's fabled 5,140-seat Hippodrome, which was reduced to showing minor features along with an RKO vaudeville bill on stage. Demolished in 1939.
Back in 1983, the Empire State Building decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of KING KONG with a giant rubber replica attached to the building for a week. What could go wrong? Watch these hilarious vintage TV clips! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWXs...
April 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Back in 1983, the Empire State Building decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of KING KONG with a giant rubber replica attached to the building for a week. What could go wrong? Watch these hilarious vintage TV clips! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWXs...
NY TV debut 4/20/60 at 5:30 pm on WCBS' "The Early Show.'' Finally arriving on the tube more than three years after Channel 2 began rolling out its "pre-'48" MGMs, J. Walter Ruben's well-cast gangster drama opened 6/7/35 at Loews' Manhattan flagship.
April 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
NY TV debut 4/20/60 at 5:30 pm on WCBS' "The Early Show.'' Finally arriving on the tube more than three years after Channel 2 began rolling out its "pre-'48" MGMs, J. Walter Ruben's well-cast gangster drama opened 6/7/35 at Loews' Manhattan flagship.
NY TV debut 4/20/40 at 8:30 pm on NBC's "experimental'' W2XBS, first US station with regularly scheduled programs. Future Mr. and Mrs. James Mason in a Hitchcockian thriller directed by her then husband Roy Kellino and produced by the three of them. 10/1/39 at Manhattan's 55th Street Playhouse.
April 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
NY TV debut 4/20/40 at 8:30 pm on NBC's "experimental'' W2XBS, first US station with regularly scheduled programs. Future Mr. and Mrs. James Mason in a Hitchcockian thriller directed by her then husband Roy Kellino and produced by the three of them. 10/1/39 at Manhattan's 55th Street Playhouse.
2/19/52 at 4 pm on WJZ/7's "Hollywood Movietime.'' Poverty Row adaptation of 1930 Broadway play opened 9/27/32 at the Gates and several other Loews neighborhood houses in Brooklyn that previously offered vaudeville bills. NY TV debut 9/28/49 on WPIX. youtube.com/watch?v=68Nh...
April 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
2/19/52 at 4 pm on WJZ/7's "Hollywood Movietime.'' Poverty Row adaptation of 1930 Broadway play opened 9/27/32 at the Gates and several other Loews neighborhood houses in Brooklyn that previously offered vaudeville bills. NY TV debut 9/28/49 on WPIX. youtube.com/watch?v=68Nh...
When even vaudeville and a Laurel and Hardy short isn't going to be enough to put over the new movie at your 5,200-seat Manhattan movie palace on 9/22/33, a miracle or two won't hurt.
April 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
When even vaudeville and a Laurel and Hardy short isn't going to be enough to put over the new movie at your 5,200-seat Manhattan movie palace on 9/22/33, a miracle or two won't hurt.
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Underrated Stanwyck melodrama; a favorite of my pal @loulumenick.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Underrated Stanwyck melodrama; a favorite of my pal @loulumenick.bsky.social
NY TV debut 3/8/65 at 12:55 am on WCBS' "The Late Late Show.'' Lavish musical vehicle for transatlantic stage star Laye opened 1/8/31 in Times Square. It was just another Goldwyn antique buried in the wee hours by the time it hit TV 34 years later.
March 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NY TV debut 3/8/65 at 12:55 am on WCBS' "The Late Late Show.'' Lavish musical vehicle for transatlantic stage star Laye opened 1/8/31 in Times Square. It was just another Goldwyn antique buried in the wee hours by the time it hit TV 34 years later.
NY TV debut 3/8/65 at 11:20 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Roy Ward Baker's forgotten noir opened 10/1/52 in Times Square before supporting Howard Hawks' MONKEY BUSINESS as both films began rolling out on the theatre circuit on October 17.
March 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NY TV debut 3/8/65 at 11:20 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Roy Ward Baker's forgotten noir opened 10/1/52 in Times Square before supporting Howard Hawks' MONKEY BUSINESS as both films began rolling out on the theatre circuit on October 17.
NY TV debut 3/8/60 at 7:30 pm on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie.'' Producer Mark Hellinger's greatest triumph, a prototypical noir (directed by soon-blacklisted Jules Dassin), opened in Manhattan 3/5/48 -- two months after Hellinger's premature death from heart failure at the age of 44.
March 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
NY TV debut 3/8/60 at 7:30 pm on WOR's "Million Dollar Movie.'' Producer Mark Hellinger's greatest triumph, a prototypical noir (directed by soon-blacklisted Jules Dassin), opened in Manhattan 3/5/48 -- two months after Hellinger's premature death from heart failure at the age of 44.