Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 29: In Memoriam
As we conclude the year, TCM once again pays tribute to those who played their parts in the art form that brought us all together in the first place.
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BUCK HENRY in The Graduate (1967)
SHIRLEY KNIGHT in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
FRED WILLARD in This is Spinal Tap (1984)
BRIAN DENNEHY in The Belly of an Architect (1987)
JERRY STILLER in The Front (1976)
ENNIO MORRICONE - The Battle of Algiers (1966)
BABY PEGGY (Diana Serra Cary) in The Family Secret (1924)
HONOR BLACKMAN in The Square Peg (1958)
DIANA RIGG in Evil under the Sun (1982)
WILFORD BRIMLEY in The China Syndrome (1979)
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
1:00 AM
Utopia (1950)
1h 23m | Comedy
A group of shipwrecked goofs sets up a peaceful government on a newly formed atoll, until ...
Director: Leo Joannon.
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair.
2:30 AM
The Major and the Minor (1942)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-G
A woman disguises herself as a little girl and ends up in a military academy.
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson
4:15 AM
Three Smart Girls (1936)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-G
The daughters of a divorced couple try to keep their father from remarrying.
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady
6:00 AM
Good News (1947)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A football hero falls in love with his French tutor.
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall
7:45 AM
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
1h 48m | Comedy | TV-G
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a famous musical theater duo, but an argument on the opening ni...
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant
9:45 AM
On the Town (1949)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-G
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New ...
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett
11:45 AM
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-G
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'connor, Debbie Reynolds
1:45 PM
The Band Wagon (1953)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-G
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
3:45 PM
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
World War II buddies get mixed up with gangsters and an egotistical TV star when they hold...
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse
5:45 PM
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
2h 7m | Comedy | TV-G
An answering service operator gets mixed up in her clients' lives.
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark
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8:00 PM
The Graduate (1967)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-MA
Benjamin Braddock, filled with doubts about his future, returns to his Los Angeles home af...
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross
10:00 PM
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
2h | Drama | TV-PG
Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a young man dreaming of stardom who meets up ...
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight
12:15 AM
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-MA
A spoof about a filmmaker making a documentary about a once-famous, now almost forgotten B...
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean
2:00 AM
The Belly Of An Architect (1987)
2h 6m | Drama | TV-R
An architect's obsession with his work leads to his destruction.
Director: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson
4:15 AM
The Ritz (1976)
1h 30m | Comedy | TV-14
Heterosexual Cleveland businessman Gaetano Proclo is hiding from his murderous mobster bro...
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Rita Moreno, Ben Aris, Paul B Price
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(48,846 posts)Part of a sports and entertainment package. No, thanks.
Staph
(6,346 posts)until they shifted it to that sports package. Nope!
I would actually pay for TCM as a separate channel, but I have way too many sports channels and don't want any more.
BigmanPigman
(52,292 posts)I forgot about him/her". Every year it is sad to see more favorites slip away from us. At least we have their films to remember them.