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Highlights For The Month: Fred MacMurray is Star of the Month, airing Wednesdays throughout the month. TCM Spotlight features William Cameron Menzies with 29 films, airing Thursdays.  Dick Gutman is this month's Guest Programmer airing January 11th. The four films he picked are: Love in the Afternoon (1957), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Sullivan's Travels (1941) and The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). MoMA Film Archive 80th Anniversary airs January 12th with 4 films. Recipients of 2015 Governors Awards airs January 26th with 3 films: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and She's Gotta Have It (1986) Hollywood Foreign Press Restorations airs January 5th with 5 films: King Kong (1933), The River (1951), The Bigamist (1953), A Face in the Crowd (1957) and Come Back to the 5 & Dime (1982). Films Airing This Month to Check Out: Imitation of Life (1934) airs 1/3 at 10:15/9:15 a.m. Penelope (1966) airs 1/7 at 2:30/1:30 p.m. Alice...

Elizabeth Taylor Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Erin Murphy Natalie Wood Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Stephen Bogart Rita Hayworth Gene Tierney Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

Last year I made a post that featured six Christmas themed films . I've made a part two that feature four more films. Please Note: Not all of these are the trailer to the actual film but rather a clip. Enjoy! Babes In Toyland (1961) Starring: Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn and Ray Bolger Directed By: Jack Donohue Running Time: 106 Minutes Susan Slept Here (1954) Starring: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis Directed By: Frank Tashlin Running Time: 98 Minutes Fitzwilly (1967) Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Barbra Feldon, John McGiver Directed By: Delbert Mann Running Time: 102 Minutes The Bishop's Wife (1947) Starring: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven Directed By: Henry Koster Running Time: 109 Minutes Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

I made one of these posts last year and I decided to make another one this year. This time around I mostly focused on actors. All of these items are available through TCM . For the Frank Sinatra Fan Sinatra 100 For the Movie Critic Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide For the James Dean Fan James Dean: The Lost Television Legacy DVD For the John Wayne Fan John Wayne Film Cell Bookmark For the Rita Hayworth Fan Gilda Movie Poster For the Marilyn Monroe Fan Marilyn Monroe Hanging Glass Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney Dusty Anderson Marilyn Monroe Frank Sinatra Shirley Temple Lucy Marlow Barbra Eden Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

Once again, I'm posting this a week earlier as I have a holiday themed post for next week and some Christmas themed posts for December. Highlights For December: Frank Sinatra is Star of the Month airing Wednesdays throughout the month.  Tina Fey is this month's Guest Programmer, airing December 22nd. The four films she picked are: Desk Set (1957), My Favorite Wife (1940), The Goodbye Girl (1977) and That's Entertainment! (1974) Treasures From The Disney Vault airs December 17th with 5 films and 4 shorts. TCM Spotlight is Girlfriends with 16 films airing Mondays throughout the month.  Christmas Classics with 21 films airs December 4th, 11th, 18th and 24th. In Memoriam airs December 29th with 5 films paying tribute to Louis Jourdan in Gigi (1958), Lizabeth Scott in Too Late for Tears (1949), Theodore Bikel in The Defiant Ones (1958), Coleen Gray in Kansas City Confidential (1952) and Anita Ekberg in Back from Eternity (1956). New Years Eve The Thin Man Marathon beg...

Here's a playlist with music from the 1940's. I tried not to put any songs on this playlist that I have used on other playlists. I have some popular songs, some songs from movies and a couple instrumental songs. Enjoy! :) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by The Andrews Sisters Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree by The Andrews Sisters People Will Say We're In Love by Frank Sinatra Embraceable You by Nat King Cole On the Sunny Side of the Street by Judy Garland Stormy Weather by Lena Horne ( I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons by Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta Rhythm Boys I'll Be Seeing You by Billie Holiday Stardust by Artie Shaw As Time Goes By by Dooley Wilson When You Wish Upon A Star by Cliff Edwards Put The Blame On Mame from Gilda (Sung By Anita Ellis) Swinging On A Star by Bing Crosby You Are My Sunshine by Bing Crosby Take The A Train by Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra Brazil by Xavier Cugat   Until Next Time, Ashley A.

I'm back with the third installment of my Icons series. This time I'm focusing on the 1940s. The decade was all about glamour. Movie stars such as Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall and Ava Gardner were extremely popular fashion icons. Pin-up girls became all the rage. Gloves, hats and scarves were in style and a woman didn't complete her outfit with out one or all accessories. However not everything was glamorous, Until 1945 WWII was going on. During this time women took over mens jobs. The custom uniform for a woman was either overalls or trousers and  a cap, snood or scarf for head wear. Also shortages were around and not everything luxurious was available as those items were being shipped overseas to the men at war. Women had to be creative on items such as stockings and make-up. Here are a few women I consider 1940s icons. Rita Hayworth Lauren Bacall Ava Gardner Veronica Lake Hedy Lamarr Esther Williams So tha...

Lillian Wells Virginia Welles Judy Garland Ava Gardner Shirley Temple Vera Ellen Elizabeth Montgomery, Erin Murphy and Agnes Moorehead Barbara Eden  Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

I'm posting this a week earlier because I have a Halloween themed post for next week. Highlights for the month: Norma Shearer is Star of the Month airing Tuesdays throughout the month. TCM Spotlight features Southern Writers airing Wednesdays throughout the month with 15 films. Greg Proops is this month's Guest Programmer on November 5th. The four films he picked are: Grand Illusion (1937), The Three Musketeers (1973), Out of the Past (1947) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). 25th Anniversary of Milestone Films airs November 12th with 5 films. The APU Trilogy airs November 30th with 3 films and 1 short. Films Airing This Month to Check Out: The Great Dictator (1940) airing 11/2 at 1/12 a.m. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) airing 11/3 at 2:15/1:15 a.m. Gone With the Wind (1939) airing 11/4 at 9:45/8:45 p.m. Gypsy (1962) airing 11/9 at 8/7 p.m. The Thin Man (1934) airing 11/10 at 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) airing 11/11 at 11:45/10:45 p.m. and ...

Last year I made a Halloween playlist that you can view here and decided to make a part two this year. Enjoy! :) Love Potion No. 9 by The Searchers Magic by Pilot Science Fiction/Double Feature from The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Great Pumpkin Waltz by Vince Guaraldi Trio Spooky by Classics IV Li'l Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs Black Magic Woman by Santana Witchy Woman by The Eagles Evil Woman by ELO Strange Brew by Cream The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

Since it's October I wanted to do some theme posts, Halloween is my favorite holiday and for 3 weeks of this month I am going to have Halloween themed posts. I'm starting off with 5 Classic Horror Films. Now last year I made a post like this that you can view here  and decided to make another post. Like last years films these are all exactly 'horror' but they have the theme of horror. Here's 5 more films to check out: Freaks (1932) Starring: Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams Directed By: Tod Browning Running Time: 64 Minutes The Bad Seed (1956) Starring: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy Running Time: 130 Minutes Escape To Witch Mountain (1975) Starring: Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence Directed By: John Hough Running Time: 97 Minutes Topper (1937) Starring: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young Directed By: Norman Z. McLeod Running Time: 98 Mi...

Highlights for the Month: David Niven is Star of the Month airing Mondays throughout the month. TCM Spotlight: Trailblazing Women- Behind the Movies, Ahead of Their Time airs Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the month. Nathan Lane is this month's Guest Programmer airing October 21st. The four films he picked are: The Producers (1967), All the President's Men (1976), Being There (1979) and City Lights (1931). Treasures from the Disney Vault airs October 28th with 7 movies and 5 shorts. TCM Horror airs Fridays throughout the month. Films Airing This Month to Check Out: Key Largo (1948) airing 10/4 at 6:15/5:15 p.m. The Green Promise (1949) airing 10/5 at 4:40/3:30 p.m. Bachelor Mother (1939) airing 10/5 at 9:30/8:30 p.m. Little Women (1949) airing 10/7 at 2:45/1:45 p.m. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) airing 10/7 at 2:45/1:45 a.m. Adam's Rib (1949) airing 10/11 at 6/5 p.m. A Star is Born (1954) airing 10/11 at 8/7 p.m. Dial M for Murder (195...

September 15th begin Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs until October 15th. In honor of that I've put together 5 actors (mostly silent film stars) you should know. Now I know most people are familiar with Rita Hayworth, Desi Arnaz and Rita Moreno and so forth so I decided to put down actors you might not be familiar with. Anita Page Born Anita Evelyn Pomares to a Spanish father whose roots traced back to El Salvador.  Films to check out: Our Dancing Daughters (1928), The Flying Fleet (1929) and The Broadway Melody (1929) Myrtle Gonzalez On her father's side her roots trace back to Mexico.  Gonzalez is considered the first Hispanic film star.  Films to check out: The Kiss (1914),  Captain Alvarez (1914) and The Chalice of Courage (1915) Beatriz Michelena On her father's side her roots trace back to Venezuela.  Older sister Vera was also an actor and father Fernando was a famous tenor. Films to check out: Salomy J...

I'm back with another installment of my Icons of the ..., this time I'm taking on the 1930s. Beginning in 1929 fashion became more conservative for women long gone were the days of short flapper dresses and in it's place came long skirts and waist lines that defined a more 'womanly shape'. As for beauty blonde hair became all the rage, the term 'blonde bombshell' was coined- as many movie stars dyed their hair blonde (think Jean Harlow) usually with bleach. However short hair was still instyle. Gone were the sleek bob styles and replaced with feminine curls. Eyebrows were plucked off and drawn in thin pencil lines. And lip gloss was introduced in 1930. Max Factor and Elizabeth Arden were household names. Basically everything became very glamorous and women wanted to copy what women in Hollywood looked like. Here's a few of the icons from the 1930s. Greta Garbo Marlene Dietrich Carole Lombard Jean Harlow ...

I'm back with another decade themed playlist, this time it's songs from the 1950s. Enjoy! :) Come On-a My House by Rosemary Clooney Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes Dream Lover by Bobby Darin All Shook Up by Elvis Presley Everyday by Buddy Holly Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets Good Golly, Miss Molly by Little Richard Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On by Jerry Lee Lewis Yakety Yak by The Coasters La Bamba by Ritchie Valens Tequila by The Champs Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry What I'd Say by Ray Charles I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash You Make Me Feel So Young by Frank Sinatra Sway by Dean Martin All I Have To Do Is Dream by The Everly Brothers Unforgettable by Nat King Cole I Only Have Eyes For You by The Flamingos Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

It's officially September which means fall is almost here and it's back to school time (for those of you in school). Either you've already started school or will be soon, in any case I've put together a list of 5 school films (mostly about teachers) to check out. To Sir, with Love (1967) Starring: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson Directed By: James Clavell Running Time: 105 Minutes Based on the novel of the same name by E.R. Braithwaite The Children's Hour (1961) Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner Directed By: William Wyler Running Time: 107 Minutes Based on the play by Lillian Hellman Rebel Without A Cause (1955) Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo Directed By: Nicholas Ray Running Time: 111 Minutes Splendor in the Grass (1961) Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle Directed By: Elia Kazan Running Time: 124 Minutes Goodbye, Mr. Chi...

Highlights For September Susan Hayward is Star of the Month airing Thursdays throughout the month. TCM Spotlight Five Came Back with 47 films airs Tuesdays throughout the month. Telluride Tribute airs September 7th with 12 films and 1 special.  Diahann Carroll is this month's Guest Programmer airing September 30th. The four films she picked are: Claudine (1974), Now, Voyager (1942), Gilda (1946) and Glory (1989) James Dean's Television Legacy airs September 25th with 8 shows. TCM Tribute to Omar Sharif airs September 21st. Films Airing This Month to Check Out: The Night of the Iguana (1964) airing 9/3 at 6/5 p.m. Show People (1928) airing 9/4 at 1:45/12:45 p.m. What Price Hollywood? (1932) airing 9/4 at 4:45/3:45 p.m. The Pirate (1948) airing 9/5 at 12:15 a.m./11:15 p.m. Cat People (1942) airing 9/11 at 11:15/10:15 a.m. The Nun's Story (1959) airing 9/12 at 8/7 p.m. Valley of the Dolls (1967) airing 9/24 at 11:45/10:45 p.m. The Swan (1956) airing 9/...

I've decided I want to start something about famous women of decades past who are known as beauty and/or style icons. I'm starting with the 1920s and I will go through the 1970s. I'll probably do a post like this either once a month or every other month. Let's get started. Louise Brooks Famously known as an actress and for her bob haircut.  Clara Bow Famously known as an actress and for her (again) bobbed hair and heart shaped lips. Meaning she'd put her lipstick on in the shape of a heart which many women copied.  Mary Pickford Famously known as an actress and for her long locks.  Lillian Gish Famously known as an actress and (again) for her long locks which were never cut unlike Pickford who after cutting her hair in 1928 as a form of independence outraged fans. Gish's long locks fell well below her waist her whole life. Coco Chanel Famously known for being a fashion designer and for her style whi...