TCM Today: The Weekend Ahead

It is going to be a wonderful weekend on TCM for classic movie fans. Most of today will be devoted to the crime/suspense/thrillers of directors Raoul Walsh and Edwin L. Marin. I especially recommend Walsh’s Manpower (1941), starring Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, and George Raft, which will be on today at 10:45 am. Then at … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Tuesday 1/8

If you are an Elvis Presley fan, today is the day for you! TCM will be airing the rock n’ roll star’s films all day, starting with Speedway (1968) at 6:15 am and ending with Love Me Tender (1956) at 6:30 pm. I can personally recommend Jailhouse Rock (1957), which will be on at 2:45 pm. This classic movie is … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Monday 1/7

Sorry I went AWOL over the holidays, but I am back with a vengeance. To see an overview of what to expect this month on Turner Classic Movies, check out this post on my blog The Great Katharine Hepburn! Guest programmer Bill Paxton was recently nominated for an Emmy award for the TV mini-series Hatfields & … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Friday 12/21

Most of today on TCM is devoted to films about surviving a nuclear holocaust. The Last Man on Earth (1964) will be on at 10:30 am and stars Vincent Price in a movie about a strange disease that turns everyone on earth into blood-suckers. I am particularly looking forward to The Bed Sitting Room (1969) at 12:00 pm, a … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Thursday 12/20

Barbara Stanwyck‘s film noir, suspense, and crime dramas from last night will carry on all day today. The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) is a true classic and will be shown at 9:00 am. Humphrey Bogart co-stars as an artist who has already killed one wife after painting her as the Angel of Death. His second wife (Stanwyck) … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Wednesday 12/19

The first film on offer this morning on Turner Classic Movies is a Katharine Hepburn film! Undercurrent (1946) is Hepburn’s only suspense film, and the only project she worked on with director Vincente Minnelli. It co-starred Robert Taylor and Robert Mitchum, whom Hepburn found incredibly overrated. Like every other Wednesday in December, primetime tonight will feature several films starring … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Tuesday 12/18

Today is a happy day for film fans across the country. From 6:30 am until 6:30 pm Turner Classic Movies will be showing five of the six films in the Thin Man series (1934-1945). And as if that wasn’t good enough, they will be airing two Judy Garland Christmas classics: In the Good Old Summertime (1949) and Meet Me … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Monday 12/17

This week starts with a day of contradictions. We start the day with nuns in a convent in the Himalayas in Black Narcissus (1947) and end the day on the battlefields of WWII. The morning and afternoon programming treat us to a number of classic musicals. At 10:30 am, Debbie Reynolds is The Singing Nun (1966), followed by Dick Powell as The … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Friday 12/14

Turner Classic Movies has become the hub for all lovers of old movies across the country. Many of us schedule our lives around the commercial free programming the channel offers us. This feature will include a breakdown of what a classic film enthusiast can recommend of TCM’s daily offerings. Margaret Perry has loved old movies … Continue reading →

TCM Today: Thursday 12/13

Turner Classic Movies has become the hub for all lovers of old movies across the country. Many of us schedule our lives around the commercial free programming the channel offers us. This feature will include a breakdown of what a classic film enthusiast can recommend of TCM’s daily offerings. Margaret Perry has loved old movies … Continue reading →