Movies They Never Show On TV
Movies They Never Show On TV
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/21/07 at 9:31pm
One that springs to mind is W C Fields & Me with a great performance by Rod Steiger
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Updated On: 2/21/07 at 09:31 PM
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#2re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/21/07 at 9:58pmthe sequel to Poseidon Adventure...I wanna see how it ends.
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#3re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/21/07 at 9:58pm
"Dreamer of Oz"
The story of L. Frank Baum, starring John Ritter, Annette O'Toole and John Cameron Mitchell.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#4re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/21/07 at 10:02pm
"The People"
Starring William Shatner & Diane Varsi. (1971)
About an Amish-like group of villagers living in the woods, who can fly and have supernatural powers. Turns out they're aliens from another planet.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#5re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/21/07 at 10:04pm
Can't even get it on DVD. 
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/21/07 at 10:10pm"Rainbow" the story of Judy Garland's early years up to The Wizard of Oz. Starring Andrea McArdle as Judy.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#7re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 12:25am
Dreamer of Oz. Oh my goodness, I remember seeing that in Elementary school. Do they have copies of that anywhere???
"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea."
-Marie Christine
Updated On: 2/22/07 at 12:25 AM
#8re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 12:26amThey've shown Rainbow a few times on either WE or Lifetime.
"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea."
-Marie Christine
Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#9re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 12:55am
Its been on TCM, but when I saw it recently, I was suprised I hadn't heard of it.
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#10re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 7:38am
Julian I love that poster!
They never show Tom Jones. I love that movie.
....but the world goes 'round
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#11re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 9:03am"Beyond the Poseidon Adventure" has been on quite a lot on a channel called "INHD" which is a Comcast High Def channel. I tried to suffer through it the other night but it was really bad. One of Sally Field's worst performances.
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#12re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 9:05am
They never show some of the more controversial TVM's from the seventies like BORN INNOCENT, SARAH T. PORTRAIT OF A TEENAGE ALCOHOLIC, FOR LADIES ONLY, GO ASK ALICE, DIARY OF A TEENAGE HITCHHIKER...and, my personal favorite, the uproarious DESPERATE LIVES with Diana Scarwid as a self-rightous teacher determined to clean her school of drugs and Helen Hunt as the nice girl who tries acid and throws herself through a window.
BORN INNOCENT, featuring the infamous broom handle rape scene (my, censors were much more open-minded in the 70's), is on DVD, tho.
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~ Muhammad Ali
Updated On: 2/22/07 at 09:05 AM
#13re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 9:28amDesperat Lives is BRILLIANT. And don't forget Eve Plumb's breakouts after the Brady Bunch-"Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway" and "Alexander: the Other Side of Dawn". With Eve and Leigh McCloskey as teenage hustlers. Alexander was pretty groundbreaking in showing a male hustler doing it with men on TV!
I killed the boss, you don't think they're gonna fire me over a thing like that!!!!
cabarethed
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#14re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 9:28amI remember that Alice in Wonderland TV movie from....maybe 1986? Anyway, it had people like Sammy Davis Jr, Anthony Newley, and a ton of other names. You can't even get the out of print VHS for less than $50. Anyway, I remember loving it as a kid, but they haven't shown it since the 80s.
#15re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 10:22am
Borstalboy and Matt...those are classics, and I havent seen them since the 80's...I dont think Go Ask Alice (a book I was obsessed with as a kid) has been on since originally airing.
I watched Rainbow over the summer on TCM or something, along with the Shirley Temple story.
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#16re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 10:42amOMG! Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker! The one with Charlene Tilton?
#17re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 10:44am
Harper Valley PTA
The Dominick Dunne TV Movies
The Agatha Christie TV Movies--not the PBS ones, the CBS ones
#18re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 10:46am
OMG! Harper Valley. I adore that movie.
Here's one: Who's Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe
....but the world goes 'round
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#21re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 11:10am
It IS on netflix, though. So all is not lost.
So is MALICE IN WONDERLAND--a great one from the 80s with Liz Taylor and Jane Alexander as Hedda and Louella--the great gossip columnists!
#22re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 11:15am
cabarethed - Have no fear, that Alice is out on DVD now. My sister-in-law LOVED it as a kid and was so excited to find it for her daughters.
1985 Alice in Wonderland DVD
Don't be too sure I'm as crooked as I'm supposed to be.
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#23re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 11:15amI loved the movie with Liz Taylor and Carol Burnett. Called Best Friends, I think? It was great and they used to show it on HBO all the time. Haven't seen it in ages, though.
#24re: Movies They Never Show On TV
Posted: 2/22/07 at 11:19am
it's been years since I saw my favorite trashfest...Hollywood Wives.
Wish I had that on dvd.
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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