The Latest TCM Classic Film Festival Announcements
Most exciting for many attendees was the announcement that for the second year in a row the Egyptian Theatre will host four nitrate screenings.
The films to be screened in 35mm nitrate at the festival are A STAR IS BORN (1937), STAGE DOOR (1937), SPELLBOUND (1945), and LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945).
STAGE DOOR is also a longtime favorite of mine, which I was fortunate to see at UCLA in 2013, though not in nitrate!
Some appealing pre-Code titles are also now on the schedule, including an old favorite, FINISHING SCHOOL (1934), with Frances Dee and Ginger Rogers (below).
Nancy Olson, who was Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress for SUNSET BLVD. (1950), will be on hand to introduce it, a real treat for festival-goers.
Eva Marie Saint, another actress beloved to festival visitors, will introduce A HATFUL OF RAIN (1957) and GRAND PRIX (1966). GRAND PRIX, in which she starred with James Garner, will be screened at the Cinerama Dome.
A few additional festival guests are included in this press release.
The full festival schedule isn't even out yet and I'm already hoping that films on my "must see" list won't conflict! Another recently announced film which I'd love to see is Marion Davies in SHOW PEOPLE (1928), accompanied by Ben Model.
Previously: TCM Announces 2018 Festival Dates and Theme; TCM Classic Film Festival Announcements; More TCM News: New Co-Hosts and Robert Osborne Award.
Update: The 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule.
posted by Laura @ 3:20 PM
4 Comments:
Laura, always a good post. I have a question. Does the Turner Classic Movie Film Festival ever show a Western Movie?
Hi Walter,
Thank you!
Westerns are not the favored genre at the TCM Classic Film Festival, but they usually show at least a couple of good ones each year. For example, the highlight of the 2017 festival for me was seeing RED RIVER (1948) in 35mm on the huge screen at the Egyptian Theatre. It was a rather profound experience for this Westerns fan!
John Ford films regularly show up at the festival -- in years past I've seen STAGECOACH (1939), MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946), and SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949) at the festival.
They've also screened LAW AND ORDER (1932) at the festival although I didn't get a chance to see that one.
I wish they showed even more Westerns, but at least I can also look forward to the Lone Pine Film Festival every fall, where I spend an entire long weekend watching nothing but Westerns! LOL. And I do see a really nice variety of titles at TCMFF every year -- musicals, film noir, pre-Codes, silents, foreign, dramas, comedies, Disney, etc. There's definitely something for everyone!
Best wishes,
Laura
Laura, thank you for the information. There is nothing better than a John Ford Western on the big screen.
LAW AND ORDER would have been a good one to see on the big screen. The first movie to portray Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and the Tombstone story on film, although writer William Riley Burnett changed their names and some of the story. His novel SAINT JOHNSON was published in 1930. The real Wyatt Earp died in 1929 and his widow Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp was still very much alive and you didn't want to cross her when it came to the image of her Wyatt.
Thank goodness for Turner Classic Movies and Lone Pine Film Festival, because these institutions help keep the Western Movie alive and well.
Hi Walter,
LAW AND ORDER sounds really interesting. I have a copy of it thanks to a kind friend and need to bump it up in the mile-high viewing stack! :)
"Thank goodness for Turner Classic Movies and Lone Pine Film Festival, because these institutions help keep the Western Movie alive and well."
Definitely!
Best wishes,
Laura
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