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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...

Here is monthly highlights and films to check out for November.  Highlights For November Bette Davis is Star of the Month airing Tuesdays.  TCM Spotlight features 100th Anniversary of American Society of Cinematographers airing Wednesdays.  TCM Special Theme featues Dennis Miller and Friends airing Fridays.  TCM Memorial Tribute to Nancy Gates airs November 4th.  24 Hour Veteran's Day Tribute airs November 11th.  Sterling K. Brown is this month's Guest Programmer airing November 14th.  Films Airing To Check Out: Of Human Bondage (1934) airs 11/5 at 8/7 p.m. The Red Shoes (1948) airs 11/13 at 8/7 p.m. and 11/21 at 2/1 p.m. Waterloo Bridge (1940) airs 11/15 at 6/5 p.m. A Little Romance (1979) airs 11/17 at 6/5 p.m. The Corn is Green (1945) airs 11/19 at 8/7 p.m. Page Miss Glory (1935) airs 11/22 at 6/5 p.m. Crossing Delancey (1988) airs 11/23 at 10/9 p.m. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) airs 11/24 at 4:15/3:15 p.m. ...

Forgive me for making yet another post about horror movies to watch but I have writer's block and there still is time before Halloween to watch these movies. As usual Part One , Two and Three are here if none of these interest you.  What's the Matter With Helen? (1971) Directed By: Curtis Harrington Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver Running Time: 101 Minutes    Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971) Directed By: John Hancock Starring: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor Running Time: 89 Minutes When A Stranger Calls (1979) Directed By: Fred Walton Starring: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Collen Dewhurst Running Time: 97 Minutes Dracula's Daughter (1936) Directed By: Lambert Hillyer Starring: Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill Running Time: 73 Minutes Son of Frankestein (1939) Directed By: Rowland V. Lee Starring: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karlof...

In the past I've made posts about autobiographies/biographies to check out. It's fall and what better time to curl up with a good book than now. Here are 3 autobiographies and one biography to check out.  Me by Elton John Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews with Emma Walton Hamilton Face It: A Memoir by Debbie Harry The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton Until Next Time, Ashley A.