Monthly Archives: August 2014

Update: Big Changes at Turner Broadcasting – Will They Affect TCM?

Posted on August 27, 2014 by willmckinley

UPDATE 8/29/14 9 a.m. (ET) The departures are beginning at Turner, with the announcement that TNT, TBS and TCM programming chief Michael Wright would be leaving the company after a decade. Original Post – 8/27/14 According to Nielsen, the average U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | 21 Comments

Bogart + Bacall’s Rarely Seen Final Team-up – And Where to Watch It

Posted on August 14, 2014 by willmckinley

Turner Classic Movies announced today that they will preempt scheduled programming on September 15 and 16 for a 24-hour marathon honoring the life and career of Lauren Bacall, who died on August 12 at age 89. Following Robert Osborne’s delightfully … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, TCM | Tagged Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, The Petrified Forest, The Producers Showcase | 10 Comments

5 Reasons to Watch NIGHT NURSE (1931)

Posted on August 5, 2014 by willmckinley

Tough broads, bootleggers, drug-abusing doctors, debauched rich people, and Barbara Stanwyck – William A. Wellman’s NIGHT NURSE (1931) has everything I love about Pre-Code movies. Stanwyck is Lora Hart, a determined young nursing student in a busy metropolitan hospital in this lurid melodrama, released by … Continue reading →