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elleng

(134,770 posts)
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 01:37 AM Aug 13

TCM Wednesday 8/14 (Anne Bancroft)

2:00 PM The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1974)
A suddenly unemployed executive and his understanding wife must adapt to their new life.
Dir: Melvin Frank Cast: Jack Lemmon, Elizabeth Wilson, Anne Bancroft
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
A woman drifts through multiple marriages in search of stability.
Dir: Jack Clayton Cast: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:00 PM The Graduate (1967)
Benjamin Braddock, adrift after college, is seduced by a woman twice his age: icily-assured friend of the family, Mrs. Robinson. So it's understandable that Benjamin's dream girl is aghast when she finds out he's been sleeping with... her mother.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

0:00 PM The Miracle Worker (1962)
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:00 AM 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
A shut-in's correspondence with a London book dealer leads to a close friendship.
Dir: David Jones Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 AM Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
A drag queen's affair with a bisexual throws his life into turmoil.
Dir: Paul Bogart Cast: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

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TCM Wednesday 8/14 (Anne Bancroft) (Original Post) elleng Aug 13 OP
Anne Bancroft is fantastic! HeartsCanHope Aug 13 #1
Utterly fantastic. elleng Aug 13 #2
REMEMBER, Anne Bancroft day!!! elleng Aug 14 #3
I may have to stay up and watch The Miracle Worker Mad_Dem_X Aug 14 #4

HeartsCanHope

(493 posts)
1. Anne Bancroft is fantastic!
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 03:18 AM
Aug 13

My favorite two mentioned are Charing Cross Road and the Miracle Worker. She was also wonderful in The Turning Point.

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