Sunday, April 05, 2020

TCM Star of the Month: Jane Russell

Actress Jane Russell is the April Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies.

17 of Russell's films will be screened on Monday evenings this month, beginning April 6th..

Here's a quick look at the complete lineup. Please click on any hyperlinked title for my corresponding full-length review.

Air times for each time zone may be found on TCM's online schedule.



April 6th

THE OUTLAW (1943)
THE PALEFACE (1948)
DOUBLE DYNAMITE (1951)
YOUNG WIDOW (1946)


April 13th

HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951)
MACAO (1952)
THE LAS VEGAS STORY (1952)
MONTANA BELLE (1952)


April 20th

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES (1956)
THE FRENCH LINE (1954)
THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER (1956)
THE FUZZY PINK NIGHTGOWN (1957)


April 27th

FOXFIRE (1955)
HOT BLOOD (1956)
UNDERWATER! (1955)
THE BORN LOSERS (1967)


There are a number of entertaining titles here. The first three films on April 13th, costarring Robert Mitchum (HIS KIND OF WOMAN and MACAO) and Victor Mature (THE LAS VEGAS STORY) are very enjoyable, and when I saw GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES at the 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival for the first time in years, it was wonderful to be reminded how funny it is.

I also very much like FOXFIRE, a romantic melodrama costarring Jeff Chandler.

For more on TCM in April 2020, please visit TCM in April: Highlights and Quick Preview of TCM in April, as well as TCM's online schedule.

2 Comments:

Blogger Caftan Woman said...

The Outlaw is not running on TCM Canada and instead of another Janey movie they have programmed Of Human Hearts. The Outlaw runs with almost alarming regularity on a Canadian movie channel so it is not a loss, but a head-scratcher.

9:55 AM  
Blogger Laura said...

That's really interesting! It's been in public domain and widely shown for years...would be fascinating to know why it's not going to play in Canada.

Thank you for sharing that info with my other Canadian readers, too!

Best wishes,
Laura

3:15 PM  

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