Category Archives: TCM

Update #2: 10 Things I Learned at the TCM Classic Film Festival

Posted on May 11, 2013 by willmckinley

One of my favorite things about the annual TCM Classic Film Festival is meeting and interacting with the talented people who bring the channel to life. In addition to impromptu chats at screenings and during communal gatherings at the Roosevelt … Continue reading →

Posted in TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival, Warner Archive Collection | Tagged 31 Days of Oscar, AMC, Angela Lansbury, Ben mankiewicz, Bill Hader, Club TCM, commercials on TCM, David Edelstein, Eddie Muller, Film Noir Foundation, Francois Truffaut, Friday Night Spotlight, Hollywood Tour app, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Gregor, LETTY LYNTON, Meet TCM, Pola Chagnon, Richard Steiner, Road to Hollywood, Robert Osborne, Roosevelt Hotel, Scott McGee, Sean Cameron, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival, TCM Cruise, TCM streaming application, Ted Turner, Tom Brown, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Archive Instant | 31 Comments

Happy Birthday, Robert Osborne – Live from the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by willmckinley

Every year I travel to Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival and I think to myself, “This will be the year the magic finally wears off.” And then Robert Osborne walks in, and it feels like Moses has come … Continue reading →

Posted in TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | Tagged 80 Years of Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards, Ben mankiewicz, Cher, digital conversion, Friday Night Spotlight, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, IMAX, Moses, Motion Picture Production Code, press conference, Robert Osborne, Roosevelt Hotel, Rose Theater, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies | 22 Comments

Update: Bill Hader Returning for Third Season of “TCM Essentials Jr.”

Posted on April 18, 2013 by willmckinley

TCM announced today that “actor and writer” – they don’t add “impressionist,” which is my favorite of his skills – Bill Hader will return for his third season of TCM Essentials Jr., the summer showcase of films “that are ideal for parents … Continue reading →

Posted in TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | Tagged A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, Bill Hader, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MON ONCLE, RUGGLES OF RED GAP, Scott McGee, TCM, TCM Essentials Jr, THE COURT JESTER, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, THE GREAT RACE, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE PIRATE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Turner Classic Movies | 6 Comments

UPDATE #4: My Obsessive-Compulsive Guide to the TCM Classic Film Festival

Posted on April 8, 2013 by willmckinley

(UPDATES are in italics.) This is something I look forward to – and dread – all year long. Now that the schedule for the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival has finally been released, the impossible choices must begin. And, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | Tagged A FOREIGN AFFAIR, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, AIRPLANE!, Alloy Orchestra, BADLANDS, Ben mankiewicz, BEN-HUR, Bill Hader, BONNIE AND CLYDE, Bruce Goldstein, Bugs Bunny, CAPE FEAR, CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS, Cari Beauchamp, Carl Davis, Chad McQueen, Chinese Multiplex, Cinerama Dome, CINERAMA HOLIDAY, CLUNY BROWN, Colleen Gray, COME SEPTEMBER, Conversation with Max Von Sydow, Conversation with Tippi Hedren, DELIVERANCE, DIAL M FOR MURDER, Disney’s El Capitan Theater, DON’T SAY NO UNTIL I FINISH TALKING, ED WOOD, Egyptian Theater, Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival, FLYING DOWN TO RIO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, FUNNY GIRL, GIANT, GILDA, GIMME SHELTER, GUYS AND DOLLS, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood’s Silent Echoes, HONDO, I AM SUZANNE, I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, IT, IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, IT’S SPRING, Jane Fonda, John Bengtson, Katie Trainor, Kevin Brownlow, KISMET, LA TRAVERSEE DE PARIS, LADY AND THE TRAMP, LE MANS, LE MANS: Behind the Scenes, LIBELED LADY, MILDRED PIERCE, Musso and Frank, MY FAIR LADY, NINOTCHKA, NOTORIOUS, ON GOLDEN POND, ON THE TOWN, ON THE WATERFRONT, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, RIVER OF NO RETURN, ROAD TO UTOPIA, RUGGLES OF RED GAP, Safe in Hell, SALESMAN, SCARECROW, Scott McGee, SHANE, So You Think You Know The Movies, SOUTH PACIFIC, SUDDENLY, SUMMERTIME, Taking the Fall Panel, TARZAN FINDS A SON, TCL Chinese Theatre, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival, TCMFF, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE BIG PARADE, THE BIRDS, THE DESERT SONG, THE DONOVAN AFFAIR, The General, THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE KILLING, THE LADY EVE, THE LADY VANISHES, THE LADYKILLERS, THE NARROW MARGIN, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE RAZOR'S EDGE, THE SEVENTH SEAL, THE SWIMMER, THE TALL TARGET, THE TRAIN, THE TWELVE CHAIRS, THEY LIVE BY NIGHT, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, TO SIR, TRY AND GET ME, Turner Classic Movies, VOYAGE TO ITALY, WITH LOVE, Women of Early Hollywood, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY | 44 Comments

Tippi Hedren + New Titles Announced for 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival

Posted on December 11, 2012 by willmckinley

“THE BIRDS is coming!” to the TCM Classic Film Festival next April, along with star Tippi Hedren, Turner Classic Movies announced today. The still-gorgeous, 82-year-old actress and animal activist will be in person at the fourth annual TCMFF in Hollywood April 25-28 … Continue reading →

Posted in TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | Tagged Albert Maysles, Alfred Hitchcock, Carl Davis, GIMME SHELTER, GREY GARDENS, Guests, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, SALESMAN, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival, THE BIG PARADE, THE BIRDS, THE RAZOR'S EDGE, Tippi Hedren | Leave a comment

She Works Hard For the Money: The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection on DVD from TCM

Posted on December 10, 2012 by willmckinley

Sex sells, the old saying goes. It also employs, or at least it did in movies made before enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code began in 1934. In the The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, a five-film DVD set from … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Pre-Code Film, TCM | Tagged ARIZONA, Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, Forbidden Hollywood, Great Depresson, Hays Office, Jean Harlow, Jo Swerling, John Wayne, Joseph Breen, Laura La Plante, Lionel Barrymore, Mae Clarke, Marie Prevost, Mayo Methot, Motion Picture Production Code, Pat O’Brien, Pre-Code Film, Regis Toomey, Robert Riskin, SHOPWORN, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, TEN CENTS A DANCE, THREE WISE GIRLS, VIRTUE, Will Hays | 19 Comments

Make Friends with Baby Peggy – Tonight on TCM

Posted on December 3, 2012 by willmckinley

1924 was a busy year for Peggy-Jean Montgomery: she starred in four feature films; headlined seven comedy short subjects; served as on-stage mascot for the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden; and became one of the first merchandized celebrities, … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Silent Film, TCM | Tagged "A star for baby Peggy", Alfred J. Goulding, Baby Peggy, BABY PEGGY: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, CAPTAIN JANUARY, CARMEN JR., Diana Serra Cary, Edward F. Cline, Jackie Coogan, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, PEG O’ THE MOUNTED, Peggy-Jean Montgomery, Principal Pictures Corp, Sol Lesser, SUCH IS LIFE, Universal, Vera Iwerebor | 9 Comments

Update #2 – TCM Film Festival Passes on Sale NOW, Movies Announced

Posted on November 1, 2012 by willmckinley

Update #2: Tuesday 11/13/12 7:00 p.m. (ET) Passes for the TCM Classic Film Festival are scheduled to go on sale to the general public this Thursday, November 15 at 12 p.m. (ET). But intrepid classic film fans can get a … Continue reading →

Posted in TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | Tagged Passes, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival, TCM Film Fest, Turner Classic Movies | 14 Comments

We Belong Dead: Why FRANKENSTEIN Looked Horrific on the Big Screen

Posted on October 26, 2012 by willmckinley

I saw James Whale’s FRANKENSTEIN (1931) and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) at the AMC 25 on 42nd Street in New York City on Wednesday night. And, while the experience of seeing two beloved classics with a room full of fans … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Screening Report, TCM | Tagged Bela Lugosi Jr, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Casablanca, E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, Fathom Events, FRANKENSTEIN, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Rick Baker, Sara Karloff, Singin in the Rain, TCM Events Series, THE BIRDS, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Una O'Connor | 43 Comments

The Man Who Gave Betty Her Boop-oop-a-doop

Posted on October 21, 2012 by willmckinley

In the spring of 1992, the city of Scranton paid tribute to a kindly old musician who had relocated from Manhattan in the late 1950s. Sadly, it turned out to be a requiem. A few months later, Sammy Timberg was … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Pre-Code Film, TCM | Tagged Aaron Copland, Betty Boop, Boop-Oop-A-Doop, Boy, Dave Fleischer, Don Adams, Fleischer Studios, George Gerswhin, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, Help Yourself to My Heart, HOPPITY GOES TO TOWN, Jackie Gleason, Little Lulu, Mae Questel, Marx Brothers, Max Fleischer, Mr. Bug Goes to Town, Oh Boy, Popeye, Popeye the Sailor, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Rubin Goldmark, Rudy Vallee, Sammy Timberg, Vince Giordano | 1 Comment

Category Archives: TCM

Update #2: 10 Things I Learned at the TCM Classic Film Festival

Happy Birthday, Robert Osborne – Live from the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival!

Update: Bill Hader Returning for Third Season of “TCM Essentials Jr.”

UPDATE #4: My Obsessive-Compulsive Guide to the TCM Classic Film Festival

Tippi Hedren + New Titles Announced for 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival

She Works Hard For the Money: The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection on DVD from TCM

Make Friends with Baby Peggy – Tonight on TCM

Update #2 – TCM Film Festival Passes on Sale NOW, Movies Announced

We Belong Dead: Why FRANKENSTEIN Looked Horrific on the Big Screen

The Man Who Gave Betty Her Boop-oop-a-doop

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