Quick Preview of TCM in January

Here's a quick preview of what's coming to TCM in January 2025!

George Raft will be the January Star of the Month. Around 20 Raft films will be shown on Tuesday evenings over the course of the month.

There are a number of good Raft films on the schedule; I particularly like NOCTURNE (1946).

The TCM Spotlight on Fridays will focus on movies with dream sequences, including THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939), SPELLBOUND (1945), and THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (1947).

The January Noir Alley titles will be SUSPENSE (1946), DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946), WITHOUT PITY (1948), and WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950).

WITHOUT PITY is an Italian film with which I'm unfamiliar. Of the titles I've seen I especially enjoy SUSPENSE, starring film noir ice queen Belita, seen here. Her skating numbers are sensational.

Alfred Hitchcock will be showcased on the evenings of the 15th and the 22nd. There will be memorial tributes to Teri Garr and Kris Kristofferson on the 9th and 13th, respectively.

Other filmmakers receiving multifilm tributes in January include Marion Davies, Ernst Lubitsch, John Cassavetes, Julie Adams, Dane Clark, Bette Davis, Elvis Presley, Charles Bronson, Judy Holliday, Kay Francis, Conrad Veidt, Mark Sandrich, Cyd Charisse, Jeanette MacDonald, and Gene Hackman.

New Year's Day will feature concert films followed by a trio of THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! movies.

Additional January programming themes include screwball comedies, the number seven, farm films, swashbucklers, time travel, Mounties, '40s MGM musicals, Tennessee Williams adaptations, and the Hildegarde Withers mystery series.

There are still several blank spots scattered throughout the schedule. I'll have full programming details here around New Year's.

Related post: Book Review: The George Raft Films.

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