FILMS YOU WISH YOU HADN'T TAPED OVER!!!

[diane]

I know we have DVDs now but I still have a lot of video tapes. The
other day I saw a poster for "Black Widow" (1954) - it is a really
good film about a murder in the New York theatrical world. It has
Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin etc. Anyway I remembered I had accidently
taped over it a couple of years ago and I suddenly became annoyed
at myself. Last week we were all set to watched "Pursued" (a western
noir with Robert Mitchum) and there was another film on the tape.
It has also happened with "The Case of the Lucky Legs" (a Perry
Mason film with Warren William) and "Torment" (an excellent Swedish
film about a sadistic school teacher).
Has this happened to anyone else? : :nervous: :nervous:

[Midge]

Good topic, Diane! I'd have to say I've done that lots of times. For example, I taped every episode the Hollywood series when it was on public TV (our version of the BBC). Then I reused the tapes for other things, not realizing that those wonderful programs would never again be shown on television.

There was also a television special called Night of 100 Stars. It was an unprecedented, glittering, star-studded gala of movie and television greats from the past and present, who were announced and brought out on stage to thunderous applause. Many of these folks have since passed on. I would love to see that show just once more.

There were lots of movies, too, that I should have kept but didn't. Mercifully I have since forgotten most of the titles. I always assumed that every classic film would be out on video eventually -- not a good assumption, as it turned out.

[Roger Thornhill]

I haven't taped over any movies but I have ummm, mislaid, some videos. The temporary losses that bother me the most are a couple of recordings of Plaza Suite which is one of my absolute favourites, it isn't available as a R2 DVD so the videos are my only way of watching it. I was always very casual about putting an index on tapes so I don't know which ones are which, there are so many that it would probably take a very long time to track them down. I would have to search through all of them. It's very frustrating knowing that they are there but not being able to watch them. I could download it from a site such as LoveFilm but that way you can only have it for one day after you first open the download.

[Hedvig]

I kind of wish I hadn't taped over the WWI musical Oh What a Lovely War. Not because it was any good - it was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen! - but because I was interested in the period songs. Some of them I can't find on the Internet.

[circled27]

Two pre-musical renditions, one from 1918, of the song Oh! Oh! Oh! It's A Lovely Warcan be found at:
Oh! It's A Lovely War
Other WWI songs, some of them that were used in the film, such as It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Pack up Your Troubles and Keep the Home Fires Burning, can be found at
First World War.com
OR, you might try:
Various Artists
Or
Other Option
Hedwig,
These are indeed wonderful songs. Many of them I recall sitting around at my Grandparents listening to my Grandmother sing.

[diane]

I have mislaid Fritz Lang's "Beyond Reasonable Doubt" and that is so annoying. Usually I am
not casual about keeping my tapes marked but this happened when we were getting rid of
our cable and I was taping any film that looked interesting. Of course the ones that turn up
I'm thinking "what made me tape this?"

[Larry's 66 Diner]

I have done both: taped over films and mislaid others. It gets very annoying and frustrating! I couldn't begin to think of which titles; however I think it seems to have happened more often to some television series I've recorded than to movies.

Diane, I find it interesting that I've also done the same as you ... recording anything that looked interesting for possible viewing later. Believe it or not, I still have a VHS collection of movies I have not yet seen, which I've recorded from not only TCM, but American Movie Classics channel back when it was good in the 1990s!

[Hedvig]

Oct 13, 2008 12:04:18 GMT -6 circled27 said:

Two pre-musical renditions, one from 1918, of the song Oh! Oh! Oh! It's A Lovely Warcan be found at:
Oh! It's A Lovely War
Other WWI songs, some of them that were used in the film, such as It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Pack up Your Troubles and Keep the Home Fires Burning, can be found at
First World War.com
OR, you might try:
Various Artists
Or
Other Option
Hedwig,
These are indeed wonderful songs. Many of them I recall sitting around at my Grandparents listening to my Grandmother sing.

Circkled, what a wonderful memory. Did your grandparents experience the war?

Those links are brilliant. It's much better to listen to the original recordings than the 60's versions.

[diane]

I agree Larry, on the flipside of this topic , I sometimes come
across films taped just like you have and I think "I'm glad I've
got that one".
Last night I had a lottery win ($20) and I was thinking of this
topic - I have now ordered Fritz Lang's ":Spies". I only managed
to see it once and the tape broke, so that was a film I looked back
on longingly (wishing I had it). It is a fantastic film (very long) made
in 1928 (I think) and so much goes on - I can remember messages
written in invisible ink, Haighi the villian, who wants to take over the
world etc. I hope it is as I remember it.

[circled27]

Hedwig inquired:

Did your grandparents experience the war?

Yes, as well as WWII. My Grandfather was in WWI. They had 3 sons in WWII. One of the three sons was lost over France. His plane was shot down.

[Midge]

Oct 14, 2008 15:19:36 GMT -6 diane said:

Last night I had a lottery win ($20)

:jump: Congratulations, Diane! :jump:

[Larry's 66 Diner]

Yes, congratulations, Diane! TC wins those crazy things all the time!

[diane]

Thank you everyone. ;D

[Hedvig]

Oct 14, 2008 16:27:47 GMT -6 circled27 said:

Hedwig inquired:

Did your grandparents experience the war?

Yes, as well as WWII. My Grandfather was in WWI. They had 3 sons in WWII. One of the three sons was lost over France. His plain was shot down.

That is very sad. Believe me, I know enough to be grateful for the sacrifices made by American soldiers and all the allied countries that defeated Hitler. Thank you for sharing your memories with us.

Congratulations, Diane!