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Highlights For April: Character Actors are Star of the Month airing Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the month. Some featured actors include: Zasu Pitts, Margaret Hamilton , Billie Burke, ect.  TCM Spotlight features Post-War Melodrama airing Fridays with 36 films. William Daniels is this month's Guest Programmer on April 17th. The three films he picked are: 1776 (1972), A Thousand Clowns (1965) and Dodsworth (1936). Starring Faye Dunaway airs April 3rd with 4 films and 1 interview special. Films Airing This Month to Check Out: Of Human Bondage (1934) airs 4/3 at 2:45/1:45 a.m. The Miracle Worker (1962) airs 4/9 at 12 p.m./11 a.m. West Side Story (1961) airs 4/12 at 3:15/2:15 p.m. Imitation of Life (1959) airs 4/14 at 8/7 p.m. Easter Parade (1948) airs 4/16 at 6/5 p.m. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) airs 4/18 at 3:30/2:30 p.m. The Green Promise (1949) airs 4/25 at 12 a.m./11 p.m. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) airs 4/26 at 5:45/4:45 p...

Here's another edition of Original and Remake, this time I'm focusing on Lolita. There are 2 versions from this the original is from 1962 and the remake from 1997.   Lolita (1962) Directed By: Stanley Kubrick Starring: James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters Running Time: 153 Minutes Picture Source Lolita (1997) Directed By: Adrian Lyne Starring: Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith Running Time: 137 Minutes Picture Source Both of these versions are based on the book of the same title by Vladimar Nabokov. The original is in black and white, has a catchy theme ( Lolita Ya Ya ) and has a lot of sexual jokes that probably fly right over your head on the first viewing. The remake is in color and stays closer to the book than the original. It has more adult content and is set in the 1940s as opposed to the 1960s in the original. While I like both of these versions I slightly prefer the remake. I think it's because ev...

Source As a huge TCM fan I thought it was only fair to make a tribute post for Robert Osborne. Granted I never met the man, I knew him like a lot of people knew him by watching him on TV. His introductions and exits to films were always interesing to watch because I learned things I never knew about the film, actors, directors, ect. Robert really loved talking about classic film and you could tell he absoutely loved his job. He never made jokes, never made disgusting comments about a star- even if he didn't like a star you'd never know, he wouldn't make faces or act funny and he never seemed bored as though he was reading from a script. Even if a film had been shown dozens of times (and let's be honest TCM does air certain films almost every month) he still found something new to say about it. Because of him a lot of people (including myself) became interested in classic film. I only really started watching TCM about 9 years ago but the one thing I always loo...

First I couldn't resist the title, sorry if it's a little cheesy. As I've done in the past with Cinderella , The Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland   I have another post on film adaptations, this time Beauty and the Beast . The live-action version is being released March 17th. Below are 4 different versions of this fairy tale classic. La Belle et la Bete (1946) Directed By: Jean Cocteau Starring: Jean Marals, Josette Day, Mila Parely Running Time: 93 Minutes * This is a French film version. Beauty and the Beast (1962) Directed By: Edward L. Cahn Starring: Joyce Taylor, Mark Damon Running Time: 77 Minutes * The above is the full film, not a trailer. Beauty and the Beast (1976) Director: Fielder Cook Starring: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Virginia McKenna Running Time: 74 Minutes * This is a made for TV version that was part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Also the above is the full film, not a trailer. Bea...