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Author Topic: THE UNINVITED will be on TCM tomorrow night Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-06-2011 08:28 PM                        THE UNINVITED (1944) starring Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey has always been and still is my favorite ghost story movie. Including me, it is a movie many people have been wishing for a DVD for years but Universal never did release it in that format or laserdisc. The movie was released only once on home video and only on VHS and possibly Beta. I had the tape at one time but I do not know what had happened to it. Unlike many ghost stories made into movies, they were either too silly or too violent and recent ones have been too gory. THE UNINVITED was a very intelligent film and a ghost story very well told. I was too young when it was first released to theatres during the final year of World War 2 because I was too young but I did get to see it in a theatre during it's re rerelease a few years later and never forgot it. I manage to watch the movie on tape many times until I misplaced it. I have not seen the movie for a very long time and watcing it again tomorrow when it airs on Turner Movie Cassic will be a treat. It will be shown tomorrow night here in Hawaii at 7:00. It is a very convenient time for me here in the islands but might be a bit late at 12:00 midnight for people on the east coast who might have to program it on their DVR and watch it later. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-06-2011 08:39 PM                    Hi Claude Yes it was released on LD> LD  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-06-2011 08:56 PM                        Hi Tom, I had no idea it was released on laserdisc. If it was, I would have bought it the day it became available. Did you ever see the movie? If you did not and you can get TCM in Canada, please make an effort to watch it. I know you will e enjoy it. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-07-2011 02:34 AM                    I have never seen the movies and I don't have TCM because I don't actually have cable or satelite. I might actually have it on LD. I will have to check my collection. Claude-check your PM box.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 03-09-2011 11:47 AM                     A new 35mm print was struck 2 years ago, The Landmark Loews Jersey was the first to run it.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-09-2011 12:29 PM                        I did get to see THE UNINVITED on TCM the other night and enjoyed it very much. As I had mentioned earlier, it was a pleasure to see it again like it was the first time because it has been at least twenty years since I last saw it. TCM programs are carried in both standard and high definition in Honoluu and watching the movie in HD was like seeing the movie in a theatre showing a brand new print made from restored elements. The picture was just gorgeous and deserved the 1944 Academy Award for best B&W cinematography. I always enjoyed Gail Russell and she made her film debut in this movie. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-09-2011 08:37 PM                    Claude-Please check your private message box. I sent you something.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 03-10-2011 05:39 PM                     The song, "Stella by Starlight" became a standard, and was recorded by many different artists. Such a good movie. I discovered it back in 1976 while working in the film department at a TV station. The scene near the beginning when the flowers wither away in the haunted room gives me chills to this day. Bruce  |  IP: Logged

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