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Jane Powell, Howard Keel, and fellow Seven Brides for Seven Brothers cast members Howard Keel, best remembered for MGM musicals such as Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, is Turner Classic Movies' next-to-last "Summer Under the Stars" star. On Tuesday, August 30, TCM will be presenting 14 Howard Keel movies, including one TCM premiere — Charles Crichton's British crime drama [...]

Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner in Robert Siodmak's The Killers Ava Gardner is Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month of November. The Gardner film series begins tonight with a presentation of about a dozen movies in which the sultry actress can be seen in starring and supporting roles, and in lots of bit parts as well. I'm not a fan of Robert Siodmak's The Killers [...]

  Kathryn Grayson on TCM Schedule and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 AM Seven Sweethearts (1942) A father insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest. Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, S.Z. Sakall. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-98 mins. 4:48 AM Short Film: We Must Have Music (1941) BW-11 mins. 5:00 AM Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) On the verge of [...]

Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel in George Sidney's Kiss Me Kate Kathryn Grayson, who died at the age of 88 last February, is Turner Classic Movies' Tuesday, Aug. 10, star. Kathryn Grayson Day is part of TCM's "Summer Under the Stars" August series. Grayson's vehicles are frequently shown on TCM, so there's nothing unusual scheduled for her day, which includes twelve of her movies. [Full schedule.] [...]