The 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival: Day Four
Saturday, April 26th, was another five-film day for me at the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival.
CAREFREE is one of my very favorite films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which I love as much for its screwball comedy elements as the music and dancing.
Dave Karger introduced the film with Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, daughter of the film's director, Mark Sandrich. Cathy, whose work as a casting director currently includes the popular TV series THE PITT, is the daughter of Mark Sandrich Jr. and actress Vanessa Brown.
Next up was a 35mm print of THE PREVIEW MURDER MYSTERY (1936), again in Theater 4.
THE PREVIEW MURDER MYSTERY has been championed by film historian Jeremy Arnold, who showed the film in a "B" movie series on Turner Classic Movies in 2023. He introduced the film again at the festival. I had just seen it in 35mm at the Los Feliz 3 Theatre in January but enjoyed it all over again at the festival!
GUNMAN'S WALK (1958) was shown in a world premiere digital restoration in House 6.
It was my first time to see this Western, which I found interesting, if rather dark. It reminded me considerably of BROKEN LANCE (1954).
GUNMAN'S WALK was preceded by a discussion between Eddie Muller and Keith Carradine. Keith Carradine typically has incisive comments on Westerns, and they shared admiring comments on Van Heflin.
It was fun that later in the year, at the same time Keith was a guest on the TCM Cruise, I saw his brother Bobby introduce John Wayne in TYCOON (1947) at the Lone Pine Film Festival.
I'd seen THE FRESHMAN (1925) previously at the American Legion Post 43's parking lot drive-in, but I was very glad to see a digital centennial screening of this Harold Lloyd classic in House 6.
Jacqueline Stewart interviewed Lloyd's granddaughter, Suzanne, who has been dedicated to preserving her grandfather's work and is always an interesting interview. I later happened to share an elevator with Jaqueline Stewart and briefly told her how much I'd enjoyed their discussion.
Ben Model provided live music.
My final film of the day was MGM's A GUY NAMED JOE (1943), shown in 35mm in House 4.
I was able to cut corners a little bit and make the tight time frame between THE FRESHMAN and A GUY NAMED JOE thanks to Lisa Royere, who kindly provided me with one of her guest passes, guaranteeing me a seat at A GUY NAMED JOE.
As I mentioned in an earlier festival post, Lisa is currently working on a biography of Irene Dunne and thus was invited to help introduce the movie. I hadn't seen the film in many years, and it was a real treat to watch it on a big screen for the first time. There are so many great "faces" in the cast!
Here's Alicia Malone introducing Lisa:
And here's a shot of their interview, which was enjoyable and informative.
For more festival photo posts, please visit Days One, Two, and Three, along with my post-festival recap.
Coming soon: Day Five, the final day of the festival.
posted by Laura @ 2:45 PM
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