[78-L] Top Banana on TCM Mon afternoon

[David Lennick]

I think most of the numbers were intact, except for a big cut in the final 
burlesque scene, but entire chunks of action were missing, including the 
passing of 3 weeks. Wotta shtunkener mess! Bad splices and lines through the 
film as well.

dl

Marvin Kaplansky wrote:
> The last line of Maltin's entry states "Current prints run 84m. with some
> musical numbers deleted".
> 
> By the way, this is the second time Top Banana has been on TCM in the past
> couple of months. It is well worth the few minutes I spend each month
> checking TCM's detailed listings. I finally got to see "If I Had A Million"
> again last night.
> 
> Marvin Kaplansky
> 
> 
> 
> 2010/1/4 David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> 
>> What's the deal? It ran only 84 minutes! Should be 100' according to
>> Maltin.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Michael Biel wrote:
>>> Turner Classic Movies is airing Phil Silvers' "Top Banana" at 2:30-4:15
>>> PM Eastern, Mon Jan 4.  I have Broadway cast album on all three speeds
>>> on Capitol, but this is an even rarer chance to see the movie.  It's
>>> about a Milton Berle/Sid Caesar-type TV star at the start of modern TV,
>>> and following it TCM is airing my favorite movie about this era, My
>>> Favorite Year at 4:15-6:00.  That's the movie where Peter O'Toole's
>>> character proclaims "I'm not an actor, I'm a Movie Star!"
>>>
>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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