TCM Star of the Month: Ann Sheridan
Sheridan was previously the Star of the Month close to two dozen years ago, in August 1996. It's great that TCM is celebrating her once more and perhaps introducing a new generation of classic film viewers to her work.
37 Ann Sheridan films will be shown on Tuesday evenings this month, starting on June 2nd.
Please click on any hyperlinked title for my corresponding full-length review, and consult the TCM schedule for each time zone.
June 2nd is focused on Sheridan's early roles, with nine titles:BLACK LEGION (1937),
DODGE CITY (1939)
THE FOOTLOOSE HEIRESS (1937)
THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL (1939)
ALCATRAZ ISLAND (1937)
MYSTERY HOUSE (1938)
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18 (1938)
THE GREAT O'MALLEY (1937)
LITTLE MISS THOROUGHBRED (1938)
On June 9th Sheridan's dramatic roles in nine films are featured:KINGS ROW (1942)
EDGE OF DARKNESS (1943)
WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950) (more on the film here)
ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES (1939)
TORRID ZONE (1940)
WINGS FOR THE EAGLE (1942)
CASTLE ON THE HUDSON (1940)
SHE LOVED A FIREMAN (1937)
BROADWAY MUSKETEERS (1938)
June 16th starts off with a "Femme Fatale Triple Feature":NORA PRENTISS (1947)
THE UNFAITHFUL (1947)
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1941)
She's actually the "good girl" in THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT, though! The other films on the 16th are a trio of musical comedies:
SHINE ON HARVEST MOON (1944)
THE OPPOSITE SEX (1956)
NAVY BLUES (1941)
June 23rd the focus is comedy:I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (1949)
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942)
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE (1942)
THE DOUGHGIRLS (1944)
IT ALL CAME TRUE (1940)
HONEYMOON FOR THREE (1941)
COWBOY FROM BROOKLYN (1938)
And on June 30th the month wraps up with a random assortment of films made with some of Ann's frequent costars:
CITY FOR CONQUEST (1940)SILVER RIVER (1948)
ONE MORE TOMORROW (1946)
SAN QUENTIN (1937)
JUKE GIRL (1942)
NAUGHTY BUT NICE (1939)
It's quite an impressive lineup! I think any of these evenings could be watched all the way through for some really solid hours of entertainment.
I wish that Ann's charming Universal Pictures film TAKE ME TO TOWN (1953) would show up on TV or DVD at some point, but we'll have to keep hoping on that one.
For more information on TCM in June 2020, please visit TCM in June: Highlights, Quick Preview of TCM in June, or TCM's online schedule.
posted by Laura @ 10:00 AM
7 Comments:
What a lineup if you’re a Sheridan fan - and aren’t we all!
But -- no Winter Carnival, which is fun, but has a fascinating back story regarding F. Scott Fitzgerald and Budd Schulberg, on a drunken bender that produced nothing usable; final screenplay by Lester Cole, lefty of lefty's. A Walter Wanger production, famous for the 'immoral' Canyon Passage, the tedious Joan of Arc, and scandal ridden Cleopatra. In between, he shot Jennings Lang and exercised his executive privilege by going to prison for four months, and while there producing a less presitgous project called Lady In The Iron Mask, with director Ralph Murphy, co-producer Eugene Frenke and lead actor Louis Hayward meeting him on the other side of the barbed wire.
Isn't it great, Vienna? Definitely count me as an Ann fan. :)
WINTER CARNIVAL seems to be very hard to come by, Barrylane. I was able to review that United Artists release in 2016 thanks to the kindness of a friend who obtained a copy. A truly marvelous cast, though I found the film itself "ho-hum."
Best wishes,
Laura
Laura, the back story is great and the experience depicted quite different than anything that could be produced today. I like the old way better, and it does have Ann Sheridan in the lead with Richard Carlson, plus many other favorites.
Yes, things such as F. Scott Fitzgerald's name being on this sort of relatively minor production definitely makes one sit up and take notice!
Although I wasn't impressed with the film, I would definitely spend time with it again just to enjoy the company of the grand cast, including Sheridan and Carlson. :)
Best wishes,
Laura
NORA PRENTISS is a surprisingly good movie. Definitely not to be missed.
DforDoom, thanks for sharing your thoughts on NORA PRENTISS! I found it *really* dark when I saw it but I should probably revisit it at some point. Love the cast, and Ann was great in it.
Nice to hear from you, hope you are well!
Best wishes,
Laura
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