Quick Preview of TCM in June

It's become increasingly challenging to share advance information on upcoming Turner Classic Movies schedules due to less information being accessible ahead of the complete schedule being published.

Some readers will remember when I was able to preview schedules weeks, if not months, in advance. That is currently not an option, but between several sources, including a TCM press release, I've been able to cobble together a preview for the June schedule. There's quite a bit of interesting information to share!

Marilyn Monroe will be the June Star of the Month, in honor of her centennial.

Monroe was born June 1, 1926, and TCM's series will begin on her birthday, then continue for the next two Mondays, June 8th and 15th.

The TCM Spotlight will feature disaster films on Wednesday evenings.

The June Noir Alley films are THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946), BLACKOUT (1954), THE MAN I LOVE (1946), and STOLEN FACE (1952).

More notably, Noir Alley's Eddie Muller will be hosting "Summer of Darkness: Eddie Muller's Top 25" on Friday nights in June and July.

Regular TCM viewers will fondly recall the Summer of Darkness title from a series Muller hosted a decade or so ago. This time around Muller will be hosting his "personal selections of the greatest film noir titles ever made." This is a series which will be greatly enjoyed by many of us.

Also coming in June will be an evening with Steven Spielberg and a "Summer Romance" series on Sundays.

Filmmakers receiving multifilm tributes in June will included Mel Brooks, George Roy Hill, and Andy Griffith.

June programming themes will include literary adventures, "blues" in the movies, '60s musicals, musical biopics, Edith Wharton, dobermans, and neo-noir.

If I learn any additional information of import in the near future, I'll update this post; otherwise be looking for complete information on TCM's June schedule here around June 1st.

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