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Highlights and Monthly Picks For December: Highlights For December: Joan Blondell is Star of the Month airing Thursdays.  TCM Spotlight features Remakes airing Mondays.  TCM Special Theme features Pets On Sets aring Wednesday nights.  Christmas Double Feature airs Sunday nights.  Im Memoriam airs December 17th paying tributes to Julie Adams ( Creature From The Black Lagoon) , David Hedison ( The Fly) , Carol Channing ( Throughly Modern Millie) , Tim Conway (McHale's Navy) , Rutger Hauer (Eureka) , D.A. Pennebaker (Monterey Pop) , Bibi Anderson (Wild Strawberries) and Franco Zeffirelli (The Taming of the Shrew) Films Airing This Month to Check Out: Johnny Belinda (1948) airs 12/6 at 12:45 p.m./11:45 a.m. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) airs 12/7 at 8/7 p.m. O. Henry's Full House (1952) airs 12/8 at 3:45/2:45 p.m. and 12/25 at 12 p.m./11 a.m. The Philadelphia Story (1940) airs 12/9 at 8/7 p.m. High Society (1956) airs 12/9 at 10/9 p.m. Cro...

It's that time of year again, next week is Thanksgiving and the annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals launch. I thought I'd go on ahead and make a post this week to give anyone who reads this blog some inspiration on a gift for the classic TV, movie or music fan.  For The Golden Girls Fan Golden Ladies Trinket Tray For the Universal Horror Monster Fan Glow in the Dark Universal Studios Monsters Collage Unisex Tee For the How The Grinch Stole Christmas fan How The Grinch Stole Christmas LP For the Peanuts Fan Charlie Brown Christmas Crew Socks For the Jaws Fan Jaws The Board Game For the Leading Female Fan Dynamic Dames: 50 Leading Ladies Who Made History by Sloan De Forest For the Pin-Up Girl Fan 2020 Pin-Up Girls Calendar Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

Forgive the not quite interesting title but I really couldn't come up with anything better. November is Family Stories Month and we are getting closer to the holidays so I thought I'd make a post on movies about families. Here are a few to check out.  Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) Directed By: Melville Shavelson Starring: Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson Running Time: 111 Minutes  With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) Directed By: Howard Morris Starring: Doris Day, Brian Keith, Barbara Hershey Running Time: 95 Minutes *Note: This is the opening to the film, not the actual trailer. Life With Father (1947) Directed By: Michael Curtiz Starring: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor Running Time: 118 Minutes The Parent Trap (1961) Directed By: David Swift Starring: Hayley Mills, Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara Running Time: 128 Minutes *Note: The above is a clip, not the actual trailer. Father of ...

November is Aviation History Month, in honor of that I thought I'd make a post of films that are about aviation. Here's six (including a more recent biopic) to check out.  Hell's Angels (1930) Directed By: Howard Hughes Starring: Ben Lyon, Jean Harlow, James Hall Running Time: 131 Minutes Wings (1927) Directed By: William A. Wellman Starring: Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, Richard Arlen Running Time: 111 Minutes (original) 144 Minutes (restored) The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)  Directed By: Billy Wilder Starring: James Stewart, Murray Haminton, Barlett Robinson Running Time: 135 Minutes Bombers B-52 (1957) Directed By: Gordon Douglas Starring: Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt Running Time: 106 Minutes The Dawn Patrol (1938) Directed By: Edmund Goulding Starring: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven Running Time: 103 Minutes The Aviator (2004) Directed By: Martin Scorsese Star...