Those are all films that TCM has to license. Again, the only ones actually in their library are Marie Antoinette and Witness for the Prosecution. (And Flirtation Walk?) Some of the other titles may still be licensed for additional broadcasts. So it all depends on how many titles they can show, and how many more they want to pay to license. I'm all for Tyrone Power, star of the month. Actually, what would be really cool is if Fox Movie Channel and TCM cooperated to do a big Tyrone Power Star of the Month cross-coordinated thing on BOTH channels. :)
I dunno, I'm thinking a TP festival of *any* sort isn't even on the TCM radar :-(. It's incredible how the FOX studio is completely overlooked by that channel. Heck, even Columbia gets its due (which was considered "poverty row" is memory serves). Paramount, too, appears to get some coverage though that was one of the 'big 5'.
There's a perverse incompleteness to it as Fox had some of the bigest stars hands down making it impossible, really to ignore. On the other hand, the thinking is that Fox is well covered by the FXM channel and, and IMHO it really isn't.
Yes, I agree, Joanne, with all of your comments, and as far as the stamp - yes, a feat! I'm going to be asking people who can or who should (like the family) to write letters. Then I'm getting a bunch of prewritten, prepaid postcards and giving out stacks to anyone who wants them, so that they can have their friends and family sign them, and they can even hand them back and you can mail them. There will also be a petition online.
I know there was a fight to get Al Jolson a stamp, but his fans won. I think it takes some perseverance. No reason Tyrone Power should NOT have a stamp. He was in the Marines during WW II, did goodwill tours around the world, and was a great American star.
It's sounds like massive undertaking Maria---I don't know of anyone that works harder for TP!! will definitly sign the online petition when it's up and running.
(BTW, it seems amazing that there was any resistance to Al Jolson--being such a key part of a pioneering film and all.)
Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. Still, the film isn't nearly as offensive as, say, the Birth of a Nation was; and it is a major milestone. It's ironic that they ultimately went with the blackface for the stamp.
(I recall seeing Birth of a Nation in college with a packed house. One and all got up in shocked silence and quietly walked out once the film was over. Can't quite bring myself to see it again.)
