What are the film clips shown before the start of every TCM movie?

October 13, 2006 5:30 PM

What are the film clips that Turner Classic Movies shows before the beginning of every movie?

There is a film clip that TCM runs before the beginning of every movie. In the clip the camera very slowly pans up a building, and you can hear a guitar very slowly being plucked. Does anyone know what movie this clip comes from?

Before TCM started using this clip (if I remember correctly), they ran a black and white clip which first showed what looked like an apartment building, and then a train going by. Does anyone know this film clip as well?

posted by La Gata to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Does the building that gets panned look like The Empire State Bldg? If so it might be a movie called An Affair to Remember. I'll turn it on and watch when a new movie comes on in about an hour.
posted by iconomy at 6:13 PM on October 13, 2006

According to this thread the movie is "Somebody Up There Likes Me" .
posted by NoraCharles at 6:54 PM on October 13, 2006

Ack, sorry the thread link doesn't work. Just search the TCM message boards for TCM Opening if you want to read the thread. It's the first hit.
posted by NoraCharles at 6:56 PM on October 13, 2006

On a related not, their "Open All Night" intro is mostly made up of clips from Stanley Kubrick's Killer's Kiss: the guy in the ticket booth, the people dancing, the bus, the woman undressing in front of the mirror, the coffee being served, and I think the train going by.
posted by I Am Not a Lobster at 7:29 PM on October 13, 2006

Er, on a related note.
posted by I Am Not a Lobster at 7:30 PM on October 13, 2006