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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; TCM</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/tcm/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:34:09 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Esther Williams Box Set: MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/esther-williams-dvd-million-dollar-mermaid-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/esther-williams-dvd-million-dollar-mermaid-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:04:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20051</guid> <description><![CDATA[Van Johnson, Esther Williams Esther Williams Box Set, Vol. 2: Part I If you find yourself unmoved by what you've read so far, then I suggest you skip this Esther Williams set altogether as, historical and sociological dimensions aside, these films are pretty dreadful. The visual style usually hovers around the level of &#34;faceless competence&#34; (but, curiously enough, the dullest-looking of the bunch, This Time [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/esther-williams-dvd-million-dollar-mermaid-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Esther Williams Box Set, Vol. 2</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/esther-williams-box-set-vol-2-999/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/esther-williams-box-set-vol-2-999/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:02:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20049</guid> <description><![CDATA[TCM Spotlight: Esther Williams, Vol. 2 (Thrill of a Romance / Fiesta / This Time for Keeps / Pagan Love Song / Million Dollar Mermaid / Easy to Love) Twenty-first century moviegoers don't understand Esther Williams, and you get funny looks when you try to explain her appeal. Why on earth would you go to the movies just to see someone swim? It must be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/esther-williams-box-set-vol-2-999/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jean Arthur on Turner Classics</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-movies-turner-classics/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-movies-turner-classics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:39:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15543</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Arthur is one of my all-time favorite performers. So, it's great to see her listed as one of Turner Classic Movies' &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; stars. Jean Arthur Day will take place on Sunday, Aug. 30. Jean Arthur was Columbia's top star from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, when Rita Hayworth became the studio's reigning queen and Arthur semi-retired from films. Her characters were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-movies-turner-classics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Peter Sellers on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/peter-sellers-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/peter-sellers-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:51:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15507</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter Sellers in Lolita. Photo: Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies. Peter Sellers will have his &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day on Saturday, Aug. 29. Turner Classic Movies will present thirteen Peter Sellers vehicles, including two TCM premieres, John Guillermin's Waltz of the Toreadors and Robert Day's Two-Way Stretch. First of all, I must admit that I'm not that familiar with Sellers' film career. Among the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/peter-sellers-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ida Lupino on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ida-lupino-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ida-lupino-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:38:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15486</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ida Lupino, one of the top Warner Bros. stars of the '40s, will have her &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day on Thursday, Aug. 27. More than a second-rank Bette Davis but less than a truly great talent, Ida Lupino &#8212; whether at her best or at her worst &#8212; was invariably interesting. Yet, I can't say that I'm an inveterate Ida Lupino admirer. My problem [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ida-lupino-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fredric March on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/fredric-march-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/fredric-march-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:41:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15421</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carole Lombard, Fredric March in a Nothing Sacred publicity shot. Fredric March has his &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day on Monday, Aug. 24. Turner Classic Movies will present 13 Fredric March films, including the TCM premiere of Richard Boleslawski's Academy Award-nominated Les Miserables (1935), a handsome &#8212; if dramatically stale &#8212; adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel that pits March's bread-thief Jean Valjean against Charles [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/fredric-march-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sterling Hayden on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sterling-hayden-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sterling-hayden-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:44:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15327</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sterling Hayden's &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; Day will take place on Saturday, Aug. 22. Now, Sterling Hayden is an interesting choice for the Turner Classic Movies series. Like previous TCM &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; honoree Gloria Grahame, Hayden &#8212; though tall, blond, and handsome &#8212; was never a major Hollywood personality or a top box-office attraction. And despite his presence in several important and still [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sterling-hayden-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gene Hackman on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/gene-hackman-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/gene-hackman-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:12:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15174</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gene Hackman's &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day is Friday, Aug. 21. Turner Classic Movies will present 11 films featuring or starring two-time Academy Award-winner Gene Hackman (The French Connection and, in the supporting category, Unforgiven), whom some consider one of the best American actors of the last four decades. I can't say that I agree with that assessment, though throughout his long career Hackman has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/gene-hackman-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>John Wayne on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/john-wayne-on-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/john-wayne-on-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:41:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15131</guid> <description><![CDATA[John Wayne in The Alamo. Photo: Courtesy Turner Classic Movies. It's John Wayne day on Tuesday, Aug. 18, as Turner Classic Movies continues with its &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; series. One of the most popular film stars ever, John Wayne was almost invariably John Wayne (or the screen version of himself) no matter who or what he played. But then again, the same can be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/john-wayne-on-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jennifer Jones on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jennifer-jones-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jennifer-jones-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:42:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15107</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones in Portrait of Jennie. Photo: Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies. Jennifer Jones' &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day on Turner Classic Movies is Monday, Aug. 17. A very popular actress in the 1940s and 1950s, Jennifer Jones isn't as well remembered today as she should be. After all, she won an Oscar in 1943 for her performance as Bernadette Soubirous in The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jennifer-jones-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Elvis Presley on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/elvis-presley-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/elvis-presley-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:27:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15088</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ann-Margret, Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas. Photo: Courtesy Turner Classic Movies. I can only think of one Elvis Presley song I like: &#34;Can't Help Falling in Love.&#34; I don't know if he sings it in any of his films. In other words, Turner Classic Movies' &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day dedicated to Elvis Presley isn't exactly my cup of Hawaiian punch. But for all [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/elvis-presley-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Deborah Kerr on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/deborah-kerr-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/deborah-kerr-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:16:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15077</guid> <description><![CDATA[Deborah Kerr's day in the Turner Classic Movies&#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; series will feature two TCM premieres: The Day Will Dawn / The Avengers, a British-made 1942 spy drama, and Leo McCarey's An Affair to Remember (1957), one of Kerr's best-known films. I haven't seen The Day Will Dawn, but An Affair to Remember is an effective romantic comedy-drama, with both Kerr and Cary Grant [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/deborah-kerr-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sidney Poitier on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sidney-poitier-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sidney-poitier-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:31:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15075</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sidney Poitier's &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day is Friday, Aug. 14. Turner Classic Movies will have no Sidney Poitier premieres, but fans of the groundbreaking actor will have the opportunity to catch him in some of his most important roles. Poitier's acting always looked and sounded like Acting (capital &#34;A&#34;) to me, while the characters he played tended to be much too stolidly dignified for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sidney-poitier-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gloria Grahame on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/gloria-grahame-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/gloria-grahame-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:30:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15073</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gloria Grahame is Turner Classic Movies' star of the day on Thursday, Aug. 13. TCM's &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; series continues with an offbeat choice, for Gloria Grahame was hardly what one would call a top star or one who fit the mold of your usual Hollywood personality of that era, whether on or off screen. In films, Grahame usually came across as vulgar, sleazy, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/gloria-grahame-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Clark Gable on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/clark-gable-on-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/clark-gable-on-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:03:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15070</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clark Gable has his &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Turner Classic Movies will present thirteen of the actor's films, all of which have been shown before. Come to think of it, I'm not even sure what a rare Clark Gable movie would be, unless one includes the pre-1931 films in which Gable was an extra. Else, I believe that just about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/clark-gable-on-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Audrey Hepburn on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/audrey-hepburn-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/audrey-hepburn-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:16:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15060</guid> <description><![CDATA[Audrey Hepburn has her &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day today, Tuesday, Aug. 11, on Turner Classic Movies. All of the Hepburn vehicles have been shown before on TCM; even so, there are two premieres in the schedule: Laughter in Paradise and The Secret People, two British productions in which Hepburn has small roles. (Actually, she has a mere bit part in Laughter in Paradise.) The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/audrey-hepburn-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dirk Bogarde on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:40:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15056</guid> <description><![CDATA[Strangely, Dirk Bogarde never became a major star in the United States. I'm sure he was well known in the US in the '50s and '60s, but he wasn't the superstar he was in Britain or the top star he was internationally. Perhaps Bogarde just didn't care for Hollywood stardom &#8212; certainly not when in Europe he got to work for the likes of Joseph [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/dirk-bogarde-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cary Grant on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/cary-grant-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/cary-grant-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:31:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15038</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cary Grant, Myrna Loy in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (top); Cary Grant, Gail Patrick, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott in My Favorite Wife Cary Grant will have his &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day on Sunday, Aug. 9. Turner Classic Movies will not present any Cary Grant rarities or little-seen films, which is unfortunate, but if Cary Grant is in it, no matter what it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/cary-grant-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bette Davis on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/bette-davis-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/bette-davis-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:23:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15030</guid> <description><![CDATA[No rare Bette Davis flicks on her Turner Classic Movies' &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day, Saturday, Aug. 8. That's too bad, as TCM now has access to Columbia's film library. They could have unearthed Davis' early Columbia flick The Menace (1931), which isn't very good, but it's rare and it's Bette Davis. Also, there's the little-seen, Columbia-distributed, political drama Storm Center (1956), in which Davis [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/bette-davis-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Glenn Ford on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/glenn-ford-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/glenn-ford-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:24:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15019</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford in Gilda Glenn Ford will have his &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day on Friday, Aug. 7. The Turner Classic Movies Glenn Ford marathon will include three TCM premieres: Convicted Woman, Mr. Soft Touch, and A Time for Killing. The first one sounds like a B flick that may be quite enjoyable (hey, it revolves around women behind bars); the one in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/glenn-ford-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Judy Garland on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/judy-garland-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/judy-garland-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:36:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14998</guid> <description><![CDATA[Judy Garland vehicles are a Turner Classic Movies staple, so the &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day &#8212; Thursday, Aug. 6 &#8212; dedicated to the star of The Wizard of Oz and A Star Is Born brings nothing new. Yet, those who have never watched or who don't mind watching yet again and again some of Judy Garland's classics and not-so-classics might want to check out [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/judy-garland-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Harold Lloyd on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/harold-lloyd-on-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/harold-lloyd-on-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:14:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/harold-lloyd-on-tcm/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Silent-comedy fans will be rejoicing today, as Turner Classic Movies' &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; series continues with a day dedicated to Harold Lloyd, one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1920s. Personally, I'm not a fan of knockabout silent comedies, which usually leave me as stone-faced as Buster Keaton. That said, Lloyd's go-getter was a pleasant character (even if a tad creepy-looking, what with [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/harold-lloyd-on-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hollywood’s Greatest Year in New York City</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/hollywood-greatest-year-1939-new-york/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/hollywood-greatest-year-1939-new-york/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:47:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13266</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (top); Bette Davis, Geraldine Fitzgerald in Dark Victory (middle); Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon in Wuthering Heights (bottom) Gone with the Wind, the 1939 Best Picture winner, will kick off the New York presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ latest screening series, &#34;Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939,&#34; on Saturday, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/hollywood-greatest-year-1939-new-york/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in GUNGA DIN Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:14:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13262</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Stevens' rousingly politically incorrect &#8212; and for the most part much admired &#8212; action-adventure tale Gunga Din will have a special screening on Friday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Prior to the film, Oscar winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron will discuss the sound and visual effects used in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Latino Images in Film: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Warner Baxter on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/television/latino-images-in-film-tcm-pickford-fairbanks/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/television/latino-images-in-film-tcm-pickford-fairbanks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:09:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11338</guid> <description><![CDATA[Turner Classic Movies' series &#34;Race in Hollywood: Latino Images in Film&#34; kicks off this evening. So what if &#34;Latino&#34; isn't a race? So what if it isn't even an ethnic or a cultural group, but merely a US-made sociopolitical construct? I'd say that what matters here are the films themselves &#8212; all Hollywood productions. And hopefully some of the introductions, provided by Robert Osborne and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/television/latino-images-in-film-tcm-pickford-fairbanks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joseph L. Mankiewicz Centennial</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/joseph-l-mankiewicz-centennial/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/joseph-l-mankiewicz-centennial/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 07:32:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11103</guid> <description><![CDATA[Four-time Academy Award winner screenwriter-director-producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz will be saluted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a special 50th anniversary screening of a recently restored print of Suddenly, Last Summer, starring Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor (above, and right, with Mankiewicz), and Montgomery Clift. The screening will take place on Thursday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/joseph-l-mankiewicz-centennial/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christopher Plummer Interview at TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/christopher-plummer-interview-at-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/christopher-plummer-interview-at-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:24:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6016</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christopher Plummer, whose autobiography In Spite of Myself has just come out, was interviewed by Jeff Stafford for the Turner Classic Movies website. Below is a brief snippet: TCM: With you being such a classically trained actor, I was curious about your opinion of &#34;The Method&#34; and Marlon Brando's impact on the theatre world with A Streetcar Named Desire. CP: Listen, to me &#34;The Method&#34; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/christopher-plummer-interview-at-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jean Arthur TCM Schedule</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/television/jean-arthur-tcm-schedule/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/television/jean-arthur-tcm-schedule/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:06:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15542</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Arthur on Turner Classic Movies Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur in The More the Merrier Jean Arthur on TCM: Part I Jean Arthur on TCM: Part II Schedule: EST Jan. 9 8:00 PM Silver Horde, The (1930) An Alaskan fisherman is dogged by a ruthless competitor and an ambitious dance hall girl. Cast: Joel McCrea, Evelyn Brent, Jean Arthur. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-75 mins. 9:30 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/television/jean-arthur-tcm-schedule/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jean Arthur Month on TCM II</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-month/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-month/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:05:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15541</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Arthur on TCM: Part I But I actually do like both You Can't Take It with You and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington despite Frank Capra's overbearingly idealistic mindset and the presence of James Stewart as Arthur's romantic interest. Stewart &#8212; seemingly most everyone's idea of the perfect all-American Average Man &#8212; is my idea of the perfectly phony All-Hollywood Actor. (In the photo, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/jean-arthur-month/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jean Arthur on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jean-arthur-on-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jean-arthur-on-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:04:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/06/jean-arthur-on-tcm-in-january-2007/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Arthur was Columbia's top star of the 1930s and early 1940s. Jean Arthur starred in numerous classics, including Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and You Can't Take It with You. Jean Arthur died in 1991.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jean-arthur-on-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SOULS FOR SALE on Turner Classic Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/souls-for-sale-on-turner-classic-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/souls-for-sale-on-turner-classic-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:48:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=341</guid> <description><![CDATA[Souls for Sale on Turner Classic Movies. Souls for Sale, a 1923 dramatic comedy written and directed by Rupert Hughes (uncle of magnate Howard Hughes), stars Eleanor Boardman, Richard Dix, Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, William Haines, Barbara La Marr, and has cameos by numerous stars of silent era.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/souls-for-sale-on-turner-classic-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
