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Classic Films

CBHagman

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4. It's just something TCM sometimes does.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 5, 2021, 12:05 AM

Mar 2021

With some movie descriptions, TCM leaves off whoever gets star billing and instead lists other players. I don't know who started it or why, but I've gotten used to it. In fact I appreciate it, because in the United States there is such emphasis on boldfaced names.

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TCM Schedule for Thursday, March 4, 2020 -- What's On Tonight: Classic Films in the Rearview Mirror [View all] Staph Mar 2021 OP

"... loud arguments conducted in Hungarian and halting English peppered with expletives." CBHagman Mar 2021 #1

I owe a huge debt to IMDB. Staph Mar 2021 #2

Jimmy Stewart doesn't get mentioned in Rope? BigmanPigman Mar 2021 #3

It's just something TCM sometimes does. CBHagman Mar 2021 #4