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

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

Best answer: 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