ok.  i’m a huge "old" movies fan. you know, the ones in the 30-40’s "the Golden Age" of movies.  So it follows that i am a faithful follower of the TCM channel – where someone has a very good sense of programming – today its all about Joe E. Brown – a studio actor he had a loooong career with man ups and downs.  You will remember him as the millionaire in SOME LIKE IT HOT who marries Jack Lemmon and as the father in SHOWBOAT (the 1951 one).  anyway. his films are being shown today – one of his greatest and popular  – ALIBI IKE is on now (Olivia De Havilland among other stars)   

and tomorrow – its William Powell’s birthday and so there is a TCM tribute of his films between 6 am and 8 pm.  None of the THIN MAN movies (interestingly enough they were shown Tuesday night in REVERSE order – which i found wierd but whatever) – these are mostly non THIN MAN and none of the big hits – like LIBELED LADY (with Tracey, Harlow, Loy) or MY MAN GODFREY (with second wife Lombard) or MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (with Gable, Loy and the first pairing with Loy). 

Friday’s choices seem to be mainly films made with leading ladies (Harlow, Russell, Francis, Rogers, Arthur etc) other than Loy (14 films in 14 years). There is the wonderful RECKLESS with a baby Jean Harlow (the love of his life – he was reluctant to marry her as his third wife and then her death sent him into a very deep depression). 

if you like Powell – catch these… some of these are rarely shown even on TCM.  A fan’s website