Classic film fans mourned the losses of Eleanor Parker and Audrey Totter earlier this week and Sunday added Peter O’Toole and Joan Fontaine to the list of classic movie stars who died in 2013. Updated with December 29 TCM Remembers Joan Fontaine and Peter O’Toole schedules.
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Articles gathered under this heading include Cliff's monthly previews of Turner Classic Movies programming, reviews of movie books and interviews with film book authors, and site-related announcements including collectibles sales and book announcements.
Eleanor Parker 1922-2013; TCM Marathon Scheduled for December 17; TCM Remembers Video Premieres
TCM changes line-up to remember the late Eleanor Parker on December 17. Parker also included in the brand new TCM Remembers video for 2013, which is embedded on this page. Additional stars honored on the network December 30.
TCM Preview December 2013 – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide
TCM preview and recommendations for December 2013 with emphasis on Golden Age titles showing on Turner Classic Movies throughout the month. Spotlight on pre-Codes and pre-War titles. Fred Astaire Star of the Month and a Friday night focus on The Hollywood Costume.
TCM Preview November 2013 – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide
TCM preview for November 2013 puts the emphasis on Golden Age titles showing on the network. Spotlight on pre-Codes and pre-War titles. Burt Lancaster Star of the Month and a Friday night focus on Screwball Comedies.
Keep Your Bill Boyds Straight
It was confusing when a second William Boyd arrived in Hollywood in 1929. The original “Movie” Boyd achieved later fame as Hopalong Cassidy, but who was the actor who became known as William “Stage” Boyd?
Ann Dvorak Biographer Christina Rice on Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel
An interview with Ann Dvorak biographer Christina Rice, who answers 11 questions about her book Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel. Packed with info about classic film star Dvorak and Rice’s long journey to completed biography.
TCM Preview October 2013 – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide
TCM preview for October 2013 puts the emphasis on the 1930s and earlier titles showing on the network. Spotlight on Silents, pre-Codes and pre-War titles and themes.
TCM Preview September 2013 – A Look Inside My Now Playing Guide
Preview of Turner Classic Movies in September with a focus placed on those oldies released between the World Wars. The reformatted TCM Now Playing Guide reviewed. A packed month of features from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s from TCM including the premiere of The Story of Film: An Odyssey documentary. Star of the Month is Kim Novak.
Glenda Farrell TCM Summer Under the Stars Picto-Sked
Picto-Sked collects period newspaper advertisements for each of the 17 movies that TCM airs on August 29, 2013 during their Summer Under the Stars tribute to Glenda Farrell.
Did Clark Gable Kill the Undershirt?
A bare-chested Clark Gable in It Happened One Night is credited for killing the undershirt industry in the 1930s. But where’s the proof? This post follows evidence to show that while the undergarment industry did worry about Gable as early as 1934, no actual decline in sales can be attributed to a primary source
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