Shadows of Russia Schedule
Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate
Below is the complete "Shadows of Russia" schedule on Turner Classic Movies:
Wednesday, Jan. 6
Part One: Twilight of the Tsars
8 p.m. The Scarlet Empress (1934) – starring Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge.
10 p.m. Rasputin and the Empress (1932) – starring John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore.
Part Two: Red Romance
12:15 a.m. Red Danube (1949) – starring Walter Pidgeon and Ethel Barrymore.
2:30 a.m. Reds (1981) – starring Warren Beatty, Diane [...]
by Andre Soares | November 4, 2009
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Tags: Angela Lansbury, Classic Movies, Comrade X, My Son John, Shadows of Russia, The Manchurian Candidate, The Way We Were, Turner Classic Movies
Shadows of Russia: Communism on TCM
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka (top); Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford in The Way We Were (bottom)
From the Romanovs’ last stand to Warren Beatty’s first solo directorial effort: On every Wednesday in January 2010, Turner Classic Movies will present the 20-film festival "Shadows of Russia," a showcase of Hollywood movies portraying Russia (and/or the Soviet Union) and the sociopolitical reverberations of Communism throughout the 20th century.
Among the scheduled films are classics such as Ninotchka, The Manchurian Candidate, and Reds, in addition to lesser-known fare like Counter-Attack, I Was a Communist for the FBI, and The Strawberry Statement. Get ready for some laughs and a few tears — mostly laughs. And mostly of the unintended kind.
I must red-facedly [...]
by Andre Soares | November 4, 2009
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Tags: Barbra Streisand, Classic Movies, Ernst Lubitsch, Greta Garbo, Leo McCarey, Mission to Moscow, My Son John, Ninotchka, Reds, Shadows of Russia, The Way We Were, Turner Classic Movies, Walter Huston, Warren Beatty
Alan & Marilyn Bergman Tribute
Songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, among whose compositions are "The Way We Were" and the song score for Yentl, will be the recipients of an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute on Friday, May 29, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The evening will be hosted by music producer and composer Quincy Jones, and will feature film clips, personal remembrances from the Bergmans’ colleagues and friends, and live performances of several Oscar-nominated songs. In addition to the honorees, special guests include Dave Grusin, James Newton Howard and Michel Legrand.
The former Marilyn Keith (born in New York City in Nov. 1929) met Alan Bergman (born [...]
by Andre Soares | May 7, 2009
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Tags: A Star Is Born, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Alan Bergman, Barbra Streisand, Best Friends, Bolero, Classic Movies, Composers, Cy Coleman, Dave Grusin, Film Songs, For the Boys, Henry Mancini, It Might Be You, James Newton Howard, John Williams, Johnny Mandel, La Piscine, Les Uns et les autres, Los Angeles Screenings, Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Herrick, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand, Neil Diamond, Ode to Billy Joe, Paris When It Sizzles, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Sabrina, Shirley Valentine, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Way We Were, The Windmills of Your Mind, Tootsie, Yentl, Yes Giorgio
