Hi Bruce: We are pretty close in age. I am 53. I think my Dad bought our first color television in 1965. We were the first on our block to have a RCA color TV. It was really exciting. I think many were buying them to see Bonanza in color. Those were the good old days. My favorite show as a kid was "Flipper". I liked the underwater aspects of it. Also I liked Sea Hunt but that was not in color. Wish it had been. I think some of these 16mm syndication prints were black and white of color. Like "The Boy With Green Hair". It sure didn't make sense in black and white. I think many of the stations had a glut of black and white of color titles and were running them forever. Even when color came in. Yes, the "horse of a different color" would not work when it changed it's colors on a black and white television. That reminds me of a book I read one time on the making of "The Wizard Of Oz". They could not paint that horse with paint of any kind because people were upset about it (early 1939 PETA???) So they mixed up concentrated Jello and painted that horse with Jello. I think it said in that book that in certain scenes you can possibly see the horse lick at the Jello. Yes, OZ did have a sepia tone opening and closing. Good movies, tv shows and memories!!! All The Best Bruce!!! --Tom In a message dated 11/10/2008 12:19:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tom We must be close to the same age (I just turned 56) as I remember this being on all the time too! My father was the last person in the world to get a color TV (he wanted to be sure the process was "perfected" first) and I saw this movie over and over in black and white and it made absolutely no sense, because Dean Stockwell looked exactly the same with green hair as he did with brown hair! I also never understand the "horse of a different color" in The Wizard of Oz (or that there was a difference between the opening of the movie and the rest of the movie) until I finally saw it in a theater (likely at an MGM Children's Matinee type showing in the later 1960s! Bruce On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Tom A. Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: When I was kid in the 1960's they used to show a black and white print ALL the time of "The Boy With Green Hair" with Dean Stockwell. I like this movie very much but could not fully appreciate the movie until I saw the color version on video. I also liked "Down To The Sea In Ships" with Dean Stockwell as a child. This was shot in black and white. From what I understand this title is now in the public domain and NOT available on any video format except for bootlegs. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 11/9/2008 10:19:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: I got to thinking that when I was a kid, there were a few movies that were on television ALL THE TIME. What was odd about this is that these just weren't the kind of movies one would expect to see constantly for years (during the 60s and 70s) in a market like Phoenix, AZ. One that seems really strange now is SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER with Monty CLift, Liz Taylor, and Katharine Hepburn. I must have seen that film ten or twenty times on local TV in Phoenix. Another odd one was Joseph Losey's THE SERVANT with James Fox, Dirk Bogarde, and Sara Miles. Always on TV. The weirdest film was one called THE PICASSO SUMMER with Albert Finney and Yvette Mimieux. For some reason, that particular film played almost monthly for a few years. It was an absolutely unwatchable comedy/drama about a married couple driving around Europe trying to run into Picasso. Anyone else on MOPO have such odd memories? Channing Thomson in San Francisco Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. ____________________________________ AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. _Search Now_ (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from-aol-search /?ncid=emlcntussear00000001) . Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at _www.filmfan.com_ (http://www.filmfan.com/) ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. **************AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
