September Preview
I just went over the TCM schedule for September. I'm not very impressed by it! There are, as of today, September 6, only twelve movies that merit being singled out for watching! August was obviously a really good month to watch TCM -- the new star every day really made them show good movies consistently. And I'm kind of disappointed that they are showing some of the "new classics," like Parenthood and Sense and Sensibility. I mean, I like those movies as much as the next girl. Well, maybe not Parenthood. But I can get those on TNT or some other cable channel. I want Turner Classic Movies for old classic movies, not some "new" classics!
Anyway, Myrna Loy fares pretty well. This upcoming Wednesday is a Thin Man marathon, so I'm planning to tape all of them. Well, except The Thin Man which I have on DVD. But After the Thin Man (with James Stewart!), Another Thin Man, Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, and Song of the Thin Man (with Keenan Wynn!) will all be taped and hopefully watched. I really like William Powell, so I'm looking forward to that evening. And there's another Myrna Loy film -- with Shirley Temple and Cary Grant -- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer which I like. I've seen it before, but it's a really cute movie.
There are also a couple Gene Kelly musicals that I am hoping to catch -- Anchors Away and It's Always Fair Weather. Anchors Away will complete my viewing of the trio of Kelly-Frank Sinatra films. I love Take Me Out to the Ball Game and On the Town, so I'm hoping their first outing is as entertaining. Plus he dances with Jerry the mouse! What fun! It's Always Fair Weather...well, I don't know much about it, other than I probably should have seen it at the AFI this month. Apparently it was made with the widescreen in mind, and the dancing suffers from being on the small screen. So, we'll see.
There's a Bette Davis movie that made the list -- Of Human Bondage. I had a poster for the movie that I really liked -- I wish I still had it. It also stars Leslie Howard, who is oddly appealing in a sensitive man type of way.
Of course, there are two Van Johnson movies on my list. Slander and A Guy Named Joe are both being shown this month, and I am going to watch both. Slander is a later Johnson movie, and I don't know that I would watch it if I weren't a Johnson fan. But A Guy Named Joe is the one that I'm really anticipating. It's Johnson's star-making role, and also has Irene Dunne and Spencer Tracy. Can you go wrong with a weepie WWII movie? I think not.
So that's a preview of what's to come in September. I also have some films that I taped during August, so there should be lots of celebration of classic film.
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Anyway, Myrna Loy fares pretty well. This upcoming Wednesday is a Thin Man marathon, so I'm planning to tape all of them. Well, except The Thin Man which I have on DVD. But After the Thin Man (with James Stewart!), Another Thin Man, Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, and Song of the Thin Man (with Keenan Wynn!) will all be taped and hopefully watched. I really like William Powell, so I'm looking forward to that evening. And there's another Myrna Loy film -- with Shirley Temple and Cary Grant -- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer which I like. I've seen it before, but it's a really cute movie.
There are also a couple Gene Kelly musicals that I am hoping to catch -- Anchors Away and It's Always Fair Weather. Anchors Away will complete my viewing of the trio of Kelly-Frank Sinatra films. I love Take Me Out to the Ball Game and On the Town, so I'm hoping their first outing is as entertaining. Plus he dances with Jerry the mouse! What fun! It's Always Fair Weather...well, I don't know much about it, other than I probably should have seen it at the AFI this month. Apparently it was made with the widescreen in mind, and the dancing suffers from being on the small screen. So, we'll see.
There's a Bette Davis movie that made the list -- Of Human Bondage. I had a poster for the movie that I really liked -- I wish I still had it. It also stars Leslie Howard, who is oddly appealing in a sensitive man type of way.
Of course, there are two Van Johnson movies on my list. Slander and A Guy Named Joe are both being shown this month, and I am going to watch both. Slander is a later Johnson movie, and I don't know that I would watch it if I weren't a Johnson fan. But A Guy Named Joe is the one that I'm really anticipating. It's Johnson's star-making role, and also has Irene Dunne and Spencer Tracy. Can you go wrong with a weepie WWII movie? I think not.
So that's a preview of what's to come in September. I also have some films that I taped during August, so there should be lots of celebration of classic film.
FILE UNDER: News and Notes
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