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Sledge wasn't a one-hit wonder. Here's a song that made it all the way to No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968.

TCM On Demand for April 17, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Holiday (1938) -- Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Kolker, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon, Henry Daniell. Uncredited: Ann Doran. George Cukor's romantic comedy was a remake of a 1930 film that starred Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Robert Ames, William Holden and Horton, who played Nick Potter in both versions. The source material for both films was a 1928 play by Philip Barry, who later wrote "The Philadelphia Story," a stage production that became a 1940 Oscar-winning film starring Hepburn, Grant and James Stewart. Hepburn stars as a wealthy family's black-sheep daughter who falls for a Wall Street financier (Grant) engaged to her sister (Nolan). The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction (Stephen Goosson and Lionel Banks). Expires April 23, 2015. 2. I Vitelloni (1953) -- Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Eleonora Ruffo, Jean Brochard, Claude Farell, Carlo Romano, Enrico Viarisio, Paola Borboni, Lída Baarová, Arlette Sauvage, Vira Silenti, Maja Nipora. Federico Fellini's somewhat autobiographical tale of life in a post-World War II Italian village received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay of 1957 (for the director and fellow collaborators Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli). It was an early screen success for Sordi, who became a leading Italian actor -- and occasional director -- until his death in 1998. He plays one of five unemployed friends who reside aimlessly in a town on the Adriactic Sea. Interlenghi died on September 10, 2015 at the age of 83.. Expires April 23, 2015. 3. Miranda (1948) -- Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, John McCallum, Dame Margaret Rutherford, David Tomlinson, Yvonne Owen, Sonia Holm, Brian Oulton, Zena Marshall, Lyn Evans, Stringer Davis, Hal Osmond, Maurice Denham. This British fantasy film stars Johns as the title character, a mermaid who rescues the vacationing Dr. Paul Martin (Jones) after he falls from a boat. She takes the would-be fisherman to her underwater cave with the intention of keeping him for herself. But the well-read sea creature persuades the physician to take her with him and show her the sights on land. She then poses as an invalid while being squired around in a wheelchair. The black-and-white film was directed by Ken Annakin ("Swiss Family Robinson," "Third Man on the Mountain") from Peter Blackmore's screen adaptation of his play. Twice as nice: Johns and Rutherford, who plays Nurse Carey, starred in a 1954 color sequel titled "Mad About Men." From coastal banks to Mrs. Banks: Johns and Tomlinson, who plays a chauffeur named Charles, later starred as the parents of Jane and Michael Banks in "Walt Disney's Mary Poppins" (1964). A match made in the movies: Withers, who plays Claire Martin, and McCallum, who appears as Nigel, met during the filming of the 1947 British historical drama "The Loves of Joanna Godden." They married on January 24, 1948, about three months before the release of the mermaid movie. They remained wed until the Australian-born McCallum's death in Sydney at the age of 91 on February 3, 2010. Winters died in Sydney a year later -- on July 15, 2011. She was 94. Memorable quote: "I love tall men. The last two I caught were so short, I had to throw them back again." -- Miranda to Dr. Martin in her cave. Expires April 23, 2015.

Chris Matthews of msnbc paid tribute to Sledge at the end of the April 15th edition of "Hardball": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhWZz-SGykc

Percy Sledge, whose 1966 hit song "When a Man Loves a Woman" became a classic, has died at the age of 74. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/04/14/percy-sledge-appreciation/25767849/ The song, which has been covered by numerous artists, inspired the title of a 1994 film starring Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan. One of the romantic drama's co-authors was Al Franken, currently the junior U.S. senator from Minnesota.

TCM On Demand for April 16, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Barabbas (1962) -- Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Jack Palance, Arthur Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Vittorio Gassman, Valentina Cortese, Norman Wooland, Harry Andrews, Michael Gwynn, Ivan Triesault (uncredited as the Emperor Nero). Two-time Academy Award winner Quinn portrays the New Testament figure, a criminal released from captivity in exchange for the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. Directed by Richard Fleischer ("Soylent Green"), the drama is based on the 1950 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish author Pär Lagerkvist. Barabbas returns home to find that his love interest Rachel (Mangano) has become a devout Christian. His life becomes even more complicated by the fact that he witnesses the aftermath of the Crucifixion, sees evidence of Christ's resurrection on the third day, and confers with the likes of Simon Peter (Andrews) and Lazarus (Gwynn). Shot in Italy, the film was produced by Dino De Laurentiis, who was married to Mangano for almost 40 years. Their granddaughter, Giada De Laurentiis, is the host of the Food Network series "Giada at Home." Mangano's brother Roy appears as Christ at the beginning of the film. Borgnine and Jurado had been married since 1959 when they made this film. They divorced in 1963. The movie features an early screen appearance by Sharon Tate, who was an extra in a Roman arena scene. Expires April 22, 2015. 2. A Child Is Waiting (1963) -- Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands, Steven Hill, Paul Stewart, Gloria McGehee, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Ritchey, John Marley, Billy Mumy, Elizabeth Wilson. This affecting film was produced by Stanley Kramer, who worked with Lancaster and Garland in "Judgment at Nuremberg," the acclaimed 1961 drama about post-World War II Germany. Actor John Cassavetes, who would become a widely praised independent filmmaker, directed the contemporary drama from a screenplay by Oscar-winner Abby Mann. Lancaster stars as Dr. Matthew Clark, who runs a state institution for developmentally challenged children. He clashes with the new music teacher, Jean Hansen (Garland), who takes a special interest in a troubled youngster named Reuben (Ritchey). Rowlands, who was married to Cassavetes and a frequent collaborator in his films, co-stars as the boy's mother. Expires April 22, 2015.

TCM On Demand for April 16, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- Peter O'Toole, Sir Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer, Sir Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Sir Donald Wolfit, I.S. Johar, Gamil Ratib, Michel Ray. Directed by Sir David Lean ("The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Doctor Zhivago"), this epic drama about British Army officer T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) and his World War I military campaigns against the Turks won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It also made O'Toole an international star. The film, produced by Sam Spiegel, is considered one of the great all-time screen achievements. In a 1998 survey, the American Film Institute ranked it the fifth greatest film of all time, behind "Citizen Kane" (1941), "Casablanca" (1943), "The Godfather" (1972) and "Gone with the Wind" (1939). When AFI updated the list in 2007, the film dropped two spots to No. 7. In 2005, the AFI selected the Top 25 film scores of all time. Maurice Jarre's unforgettable composition for this movie was ranked third behind John Williams' "Star Wars" (1977) and Max Steiner's "Gone with the Wind." Besides its Best Picture win, the drama also earned Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Color Cinematography (Freddie Young), Best Color Art Direction (John Box, John Stoll), Best Original Score (Jarre), Best Film Editing (Anne V. Coates) and Best Sound (John Cox). O'Toole, who died December 14, 2013, was nominated for Best Actor, but the award went to Hollywood veteran Gregory Peck for "To Kill a Mockingbird." O'Toole would go on to receive seven other Academy Award nominations, but he never won a competitive Oscar during his career. On March 23, 2003, he was presented an honorary statuette in acknowledgement that his "remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters." In its April 2006 issue, Premiere magazine ranked O'Toole's work in the film first among the 100 greatest performances of all time. Sharif, an Egyptian performer who made a splash as Lawrence's friend and ally, Sherif Ali, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in his first English-language film. Lean tapped him to play the title character in "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) after O'Toole declined the role. Sharif died of a heart attack on July 10, 2015. The 83-year-old actor had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Opening twist: The film biography begins the way that most pictures in the genre end. It shows the serious motorcycle accident on May 13, 1935 that resulted in Lawrence's death six days later at the age of 45. While riding through the countryside of Dorset, England, he swerves to avoid two boys on bicycles. Memorable scenes: In 1917, Lawrence and his Arab allies decide to attack the heavily fortified Jordanian seaport of Aqaba from the rear. In order to surprise the Turks there, a decision is made to cross the inhospitable Nefud Desert. To traverse a particularly harsh section known as "The Sun's Anvil," the group travels at night on camels and rests during the day. At one point, it is discovered that an Arab named Gasim (Johar) has fallen off his camel and is presumed lost. But Lawrence goes back to search, and the images of his triumphant return with Gasim are stunning. Memorable quote: "Nothing is written." -- Lawrence's declaration to Sherif Ali after the rescue of Gasim. This was the first film in which O'Toole worked with Wolfit, who played the cantankerous General Archibald Murray. O'Toole told TCM's Robert Osborne in a 2011 interview that Wolfit (1902-1968) was a mentor -- the "bloke who really inspired me when I was a young fellow at drama school...a mighty actor." They would work together again in "Becket" (1964). Jackson Bentley, the brash journalist played by Kennedy, was based on Lowell Thomas (1892-1981), who reported on Lawrence's efforts during the war. Expires April 22, 2015.

TCM On Demand for April 15, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Mirage (1965) -- Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, Leif Erickson, Walter Abel, George Kennedy, Robert H. Harris, Anne Seymour, House Jameson, Hari Rhodes, Syl Lamont, Eileen Baral, Neil Fitzgerald, Franklin Cover. Uncredited: Bill Quinn, Ann Doran, Jerry Dunphy. Edward Dmytryk ("The Caine Mutiny") directed this Hitchcockian drama about an accountant named David Stillwell (Peck), who becomes afflicted with memory lapses after a power blackout at his New York City high-rise office building. Matthau and Peck The movie's screenplay was written by Peter Stone ("Charade"), based on the 1965 novel "Fallen Angel" by Howard Fast (under the pen name Walter Ericson). The film's music score was composed by Quincy Jones. Expires April 21, 2015.

Or they could do a month of Hattie McDaniel movie appearances as a mammy or maid.

We'll see. Jim Brown was a great action star before Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Willis, and he appeared in several noteworthy films ("The Dirty Dozen," "Ice Station Zebra," "...tick...tick...tick...," "The Split," "Any Given Sunday"). In many ways, he was the anti-Poitier, and he was able to do things in movies that Sir Sidney could only dream of. Plus, TCM could also show the 2002 Spike Lee documentary "Jim Brown All-American," which not only solidifies Brown's status as the greatest NFL player ever, but also shows how he has transcended sports.

The beauty of Robert Redford's selection as January's Star of the Month is that it could open the floodgates for other outstanding actors whose careers either began or took off during the 1960s. Some I'd like to see get recognition for a month on TCM -- as well as a few who made movies before the '60s -- are: Don Ameche Dame Julie Andrews Warren Beatty Claire Bloom Jim Brown Richard Burton Sir Michael Caine Julie Christie Robert De Niro Robert Duvall Clint Eastwood Albert Finney Lillian Gish Gene Hackman Dustin Hoffman Glenda Jackson Lee Marvin Jack Nicholson Al Pacino Vanessa Redgrave Gena Rowlands Dame Maggie Smith Donald Sutherland Cicely Tyson Liv Ullmann

TCM On Demand for April 15, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 2. North by Northwest (1959) -- Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams, Edward Platt, Robert Ellenstein, Les Tremayne, Philip Coolidge, Patrick McVey, Edward Binns, Ken Lynch. Uncredited actors: Ned Glass, Malcolm Atterbury, Tol Avery, John Beradino, Doreen Lang, Nora Marlowe, James McCallion, Frank Wilcox, Maudie Prickett. Sir Alfred Hitchcock's fourth and last screen collaboration with Grant was one of the filmmaker's best-ever suspense tales. It also followed one of his favorite formulas: A man is accused of a crime he did not commit, and goes on the lam in search of evidence that will prove his innocence. Robert Donat played such a character in "The 39 Steps" (1935), one of the director's final British films before he moved to Hollywood. It also was the situation for characters played by Robert Cummings in "Saboteur" (1942), Grant in "To Catch a Thief" (1955) and Jon Finch in "Frenzy" (1972). Grant stars as New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill, who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when he is mistaken for an espionage agent named George Kaplan. The truth of the matter is that Kaplan doesn't really exist. But Thornhill finds himself in several tight spots, including a classic case of taking the rap for a murder in broad daylight. In his quest to track down the real culprits, Thornhill somehow manages to elude authorities while making the acquaintance of Eve Kendall (Saint), an empathetic woman he meets on a train to Chicago. When it comes to this coolest of Hitchcock cool blondes, however, there's more to her than meets the eye. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay (Ernest Lehman), Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace and Frank R. McKelvy) and Best Film Editing (George Tomasini). Overlooked at Oscar time was composer Bernard Herrmann's fandango-influenced score, which was one of his best. In its 1998 survey of the 100 greatest movies of all time, the American Film Institute ranked the film No. 40. In the AFI's updated 2007 survey, the thriller dropped 15 places to No. 55. Hitchcock's film features one of the most iconic scenes in movie history as Thornhill finds himself menaced from above by a crop-dusting plane. Everything comes to a head (or heads) at Mount Rushmore, where Thornhill and Eve try to evade members of a sinister spy ring, including Phillip Vandamm (Mason) and his henchmen Leonard (Landau) and Valerian (Williams). Memorable quote: "You gentlemen aren't really trying to kill my son, are you?" -- Thornhill's mother, Clara (Landis), who disbelieves anything he tells her about the strange occurrences going on in his life. She makes the comment aloud in an elevator jammed with people, including henchmen (played by Williams and Ellenstein) who really do want to harm her son. All of them -- with the exception of Thornhill -- burst into laughter at her question. Memorable dialogue: Train station ticket agent (played by Glass): Something wrong with your eyes? Thornhill (trying to hide his identity behind dark glasses): Yes, they're sensitive to questions... Memorable dialogue 2: Man about to board bus at the crossroads (played by Atterbury): That's funny. Thornhill: What? Man: That plane's dusting crops where there ain't no crops. Memorable dialogue 3: Eve (while trying to hang on below the Mount Rushmore sculptures of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln): What happened with your first two marriages? Thornhill: My wives divorced me. Eve: Why? Thornhill: They said I led too dull a life. POSTSCRIPT: Look for Hitchcock's traditional cameo appearance at the end of the opening credits. POSTSCRIPT No. 2: Although she played his mother in the film, Landis actually was only seven years older than Grant. For a time, she insisted she was a year younger. POSTSCRIPT No. 3: In "High Anxiety," Mel Brooks' 1977 parody of Hitchcock films, Brooks played the lead character -- Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke. Expires April 21, 2015.

TCM On Demand for April 15, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015) -- Longtime "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek gives Osborne the "This Is Your Life" treatment in this special hour observing the 20th anniversary of Turner Classic Movies on April 14, 2014. Among the guests who pay tribute to Osborne, TCM's original host, are: Ben Mankiewicz, Eva Marie Saint, Diane Baker, Alec Baldwin, Robert Wagner and Jill St. John and musician Michael Feinstein. Expires April 21, 2015.

Ah, the infamous "Help me, Spock!" episode, also known as "The Savage Curtain." Lincoln was portrayed by Lee Bergere, who later co-starred as Joseph Anders, manager of the Carrington household on TV's "Dynasty."

Today marks the sesquicentennial of an event that changed American history. On April 14,1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded at Ford's Theatre in Washington by actor John Wilkes Booth, a Southern sympathizer. The president died in the early morning hours of April 15th. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton was certainly correct when he declared: "Now he belongs to the ages." Lincoln belongs to the movies, too, which prompts the question: What's your favorite movie or scene involving the 16th president? One of my favorite appearances is from the 1938 drama "Of Human Hearts," in which James Stewart plays a Union doctor who is scolded by President Lincoln (an almost unrecognizable John Carradine) for neglecting his mother (Oscar nominee Beulah Bondi) back home in the Midwest. I also love the scene in Frank Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), in which newly-appointed U.S. Senator Jefferson Smith (Stewart again) gains inspiration during a visit to the Lincoln Memorial.

TCM On Demand for April 14, 2015 The following features is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) -- Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, James Broderick, Lance Henriksen, Chris Sarandon, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar, Susan Peretz, Carol Kane, Dick Anthony Williams. Based on a true story, Sidney Lumet's film about a bizarre bank robbery won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Frank Pierson. It also earned five other Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Pacino), Best Supporting Actor (Sarandon) and Best Film Editing (Dede Allen). Pacino stars as Sonny Wortzik, the ringleader of a botched attempt to rob a Brooklyn bank. When the police arrive, the small-time heist turns into a hostage crisis and a media sensation. Cazale (1935-1978), who plays Sonny's cohort Sal Naturale, appeared in only five films -- all of which either won the Best Picture Oscar or were nominated for it. In addition to this film, they were: "The Godfather" (1972), "The Conversation" and "The Godfather Part II" (both released in 1974) and "The Deer Hunter" (1978). Memorable scene: Clutching a white handkerchief while outside the bank, Sonny plays to a crowd of spectators and television cameras during a verbal confrontation with police. The scene produced what the American Film Institute ranked in 2005 as the 86th greatest movie quote of all time. Hint: Think of a 1971 prison riot in western New York State. Broderick, who played FBI agent Sheldon, died in 1982, the year before his son Matthew launched an eventful film career in "Max Dugan Returns." This was one of four selections by Turner Classic Movies' April Guest Programmer Mo Rocca, a correspondent for "CBS Sunday Morning." Expires April 20, 2015. 2. What's Up Doc? (1972) -- Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, Michael Murphy, Philip Roth, Sorrell Booke, Stefan Gierasch, Mabel Albertson, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Morfogen, Graham Jarvis, Randy Quaid. Set in San Francisco, Peter Bogdanovich's tribute to screwball comedies is a live-action, feature-length Bugs Bunny cartoon without Bugs. Streisand's wacky character, Judy Maxwell, carries on effectively in the tradition of "the Oscar-winning rabbit." Her No. 1 foil is Dr. Howard Bannister (O'Neal), a musicologist in town to receive a grant for the Iowa Conservatory of Music. This film marked the screen debut of Madeline Kahn, who plays Howard's demanding fiancée Eunice Burns. The actress quickly received Academy Award nominations for her performances in "Paper Moon" (1973) and "Blazing Saddles" (1974). Memorable dialogue: Eunice: Don't you know the meaning of propriety? Judy: Propriety? Noun. Conformity to established standards of behavior or manners, suitability, rightness or justice. See "etiquette." Memorable moment: O'Neal makes fun of his most-famous movie line after Streisand's character says it to him. The Rematch: Five years after this movie, Streisand and O'Neal teamed up again for "The Main Event" (1979), a comedy about a down-on-her-luck businesswoman forced to manage the career of a boxer. Expires April 20, 2015.

Senior partner Norman Chaney (embodied by the great stuntman Loren Janes) was found dead at his desk in the pilot episode. He apparently had suffered a fatal heart attack while working at the office during a Labor Day weekend. His body was discovered the following Tuesday morning by Arnold Becker's secretary Roxanne Melman. Arnie's reaction to the possibility that Chaney was dead: "If he is, I've got dibs on his office."

TCM On Demand for April 13, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Charade (1963) -- Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, Jacques Marin, Paul Bonifas, Thomas Chelimsky. Uncredited: Monte Landis. Stanley Donen produced and directed this suspense thriller that has been called "the best Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made." Hepburn stars as Regina "Reggie" Lampert, a bewildered American in Paris menaced by unsavory figures searching for something valuable acquired by her deceased husband. She finds herself in the position of trusting another sketchy character, Peter Joshua (Grant), who may or may not be who and what he says he is. The movie's screenplay was written by Peter Stone, who won a 1964 Oscar for co-writing Grant's hit World War II comedy/drama "Father Goose." Memorable dialogue: Reggie: You know what's wrong with you? Joshua: No, what? Reggie: Nothing! Co-stars Matthau, Coburn and Kennedy would go on to win Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor during their careers. Matthau and Coburn later became bankable screen headliners, while Kennedy served as a solid character actor in numerous films, including the "Airport" series. Kennedy died on February 28, 2016 at the age of 91. Three years after making this film, Donen would team with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren in the complicated political thriller "Arabesque," set in London. Grant was almost 60 years old when he filmed the movie with the 30ish Hepburn. The idea of doing more romantic films with much-younger female co-stars contributed to the veteran actor's decision to retire from moviemaking. His last film appearance was in "Walk, Don't Run" (1966). The musical score was composed by Henry Mancini. He and Johnny Mercer were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the movie's theme. The song became a Billboard Hot 100 hit for Andy Williams in 1964. Mancini and Mercer previously won Oscars for an earlier Hepburn film. Their collaboration, "Moon River" from "Breakfast at Tiffanys," was named Best Original Song of 1961. It, too, was recorded by Williams and became his theme song. The opening titles for Donen's film were created by Maurice Binder, who was responsible for the dazzling credits sequences for most of the James Bond films from the 1960s through the 1980s. In 2002, director Jonathan Demme ("The Silence of the Lambs") remade this film in 2002 as "The Truth About Charlie," starring Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton. Expires April 19, 2015. 2. The Golden Coach (1953) -- Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Dante, Duncan Lamont, George Higgins, Ralph Truman, Gisella Mathews, Raf De La Torre, Elena Altieri, Paul Campbell, Riccardo Rioli, William C. Tubbs, Jean Debucourt. French director Jean Renoir directed this lyrical comedy set in Spanish-ruled Peru during the early 18th century. Italy's Magnani headlines the picture as Camilla, a member of an Italian acting troupe that visits the South American country. She finds herself the object of adoration by three men -- the Peruvian viceroy (Lamont), a Spanish officer (Campbell) and a bullfighter (Rioli). The movie's cinematographer was Renoir's nephew Claude. Expires April 19, 2015.

TCM On Demand for April 13, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. Roman Holiday (1953) -- Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Margaret Rawlings, Tullio Carminati, Paolo, Carlini, Claudio Ermelli, Paola Borboni, Alfredo Rizzo, Laura Solari, Gorella Gori. For her performance in this film, Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress and became a major star. Directed by William Wyler, the black-and-white romantic tale stars Peck as an American journalist who becomes the unwitting companion of an AWOL European princess (Hepburn) during her official visit to Rome. The film also won Oscars for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story (credited to Ian McLellan Hunter, a front for the blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo) and Best Black-and-White Costume Design (Edith Head). It received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Albert), Best Writing, Screenplay (Hunter, John Dighton), Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Franz Planer, Henri Alekan), Best Black-and-White Art Direction-Set Decoration (Hal Pereira Walter H. Tyler) and Best Film Editing (Robert Swink). Memorable scene: The writer tells the princess the legend of the Bocca della Verità (Mouth of Truth), which is located in the portico of the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin: Classy move: This was Peck's movie in terms of star billing, but he was so impressed by Hepburn's work that he insisted both their names should come before the film's title in the opening credits. Her credit says "Introducing Audrey Hepburn," although she had appeared in seven other films before this one. One of 12: Hepburn's Oscar was the first of the four major entertainment awards that she won. She became one of only 12 people to achieve EGOT status -- winning at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. She picked up a 1954 Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her role in "Ondine." After her death on January 20, 1993, she was voted a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming for her PBS series "Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn." She also earned a posthumous Grammy in 1994 in the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category for "Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales." Expires April 19, 2015. 4. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) -- Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Mireille Perrey, Jean Champion. Titled "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" in French, Jacques Demy's opera-style musical received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Foreign Language Film of 1964. It also won the top prize at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The picture was an early starring vehicle for Deneuve, who became one of the great international film headliners and an Academy Award nominee (Best Actress of 1992 for "Indochine"). Set during the late 1950s, the film is the story of Geneviève Emery (Deneuve), a French teen who works in a Cherbourg store run by her mother (Vernon). Geneviève falls in love with Guy Foucher (Castelnuovo), who has been drafted by the French Army and is scheduled for active duty in the Algerian conflict. After his departure, she discovers that she is pregnant, which becomes a complication because of Guy's absence during the war. The film's four other Oscar nominations -- issued for the year 1965 -- were for Best Original Screenplay (Demy); Best Original Song ("I Will Wait for You" by Demy and Michel Legrand); Best Music, Score - Substantially Original (Legrand, Demy); and Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment (Legrand). Michel, who plays Geneviève's wealthy suitor Roland Cassard, previously appeared as the character in Demy's 1961 drama "Lola." which starred Anouk Aimée. Deneuve and her older sister Françoise Dorléac later starred in Demy's 1967 musical "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" ("The Young Girls of Rochefort"). It turned out to be one of Dorléac's final films. She was killed in an automobile accident near Nice, France on June 26,1967. She was 25. Expires April 19, 2015.

Steve Allen was in "The Benny Goodman Story" (1956) with Robert F. Simon. Robert F. Simon was in "The Rack" (1956) with Paul Newman. Next: John Blyth Barrymore.

5. She donated the Academy Award she won for "The Diary of Anne Frank" to the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam.

My recollection is that it was an accident. I don't remember if the building's ownership was found negligent or not. But there were a lot of people who worked at McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak who would have loved to push Rosalind Shays down the shaft. She was such a ruthless character! Here's a 2011 interview with actress Diana Muldaur, who was determined not to get involved with the stuntwork for the scene.

Ben Turpin was in "Make Me a Star" (1932) with Fredric March. Fredric March was in "Hombre" (1967) with Paul Newman. Next: Scott Eastwood.

TCM On Demand for April 12, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. The Defiant Ones (1958) -- Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney, Jr., King Donovan, Claude Akins, Lawrence Dobkin, Whit Bissell, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Kevin Coughlin, Cara Williams. Uncredited: Ned Glass. Stanley Kramer's drama about escaped convicts -- one white (Curtis) and one black (Poitier) -- received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. It also earned Best Actor nominations for its two stars, making Poitier the first black performer to be honored in that category. The Oscar went to David Niven of "Separate Tables," but Poitier would win the 1963 Best Actor award for his performance in "Lilies of the Field." The drama won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith. Young, who had been blacklisted, was nominated under the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas. His true credit was restored by the Academy after his death). The film also was honored for Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Sam Leavitt). Its other Oscar nominations were: Best Supporting Actor (Bikel); Best Supporting Actress (Williams) and Best Film Editing (Frederick Knudtson). Although he played Max Muller, a Southern sheriff in this film, Bikel actually was born in Austria and grew up in Palestine (now Israel). He moved to London in the 1940s and then to the United States in the 1950s. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1961. Bikel, who died on July 20, 2015 at the age of 91, also was an accomplished singer and recording artist. Interestingly, he lost the Best Supporting Actor Oscar to another renowned actor-musician, Burl Ives of "The Big Country." Despite being honored for her performance in a drama, Williams earned a reputation as a comedic actress on television. She starred with Harry Morgan in the CBS situation comedy "Pete and Gladys" (a spinoff of "December Bride") from 1960 to 1962. She then headlined another CBS sitcom -- "The Cara Williams Show" -- during the 1964-1965 season. Williams was married to actor John Drew Barrymore -- the father of Drew Barrymore -- from 1952 to 1959. They had a son, John Blyth Barrymore, who also became an actor. Expires April 18, 2015.

TCM On Demand for April 12, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 2. A Hard Day's Night (1964) -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington, John Junkin, Victor Spinetti, Anna Quayle, Deryck Guyler, Richard Vernon, Eddie Malin, Robin Ray, Lionel Blair, Alison Seebohm, David Jaxon. Uncredited: Susan Hampshire, Kenneth Haigh, David Langton, Jeremy Lloyd, Edina Ronay. This black-and-white fictional version of a couple of days in the lives of the Beatles received an Academy Award nomination for Alun Owen's original screenplay. It also was nominated for Best Adaptation Score (by Sir George Martin, the Beatles' record producer). Directed by Richard Lester, who also collaborated with the Beatles for their 1965 Technicolor followup "Help!," the stylish film became very influential for years to come. The somewhat casual storyline revolves around the group's upcoming live performance on a British television variety show. Making things difficult is Beatle Paul's devilish grandfather John McCartney (played by Brambell, star of the British TV series "Steptoe and Son"), who travels around with the band. Rossington plays Norm, a stricter version of the Beatles' real-life manager at the time, Brian Epstein. Junkin plays Shake, the full-time road manager who happens to be Norm's full-time whipping_boy. Spinetti, who plays the harried director of the variety show, co-starred with the Beatles in two other musical productions -- "Help!" (1965) and the made-for-television film "Magical Mystery Tour (1967)." Among the songs performed in the movie are the title song, "I Should Have Known Better," "If I Fell," "Can't Buy Me Love," "I'd Be Happy Just to Dance with You," "And I Love Her," "Tell Me Why" and "She Loves You." In 2011, Time magazine listed its top 25 movie soundtracks of all time. This movie's compilation of songs came in at No. 3, although the magazine noted that the Beatles' 1964 work was also a studio album: "By then, American teenagers had already succumbed to the mop-topped allure of John, Paul, George and Ringo. But 'A Hard Day’s Night' helped turn the group into more than just a passing fad. The album’s 13 songs were all written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Listen to it today -- especially the tracks 'If I Fell,' 'Can’t Buy Me Love' and 'I Should Have Known Better' -- and it’s pretty clear that these lads from Liverpool were going to go far." Memorable scene No. 1: The movie begins with the famous opening chord of the title song as three members of the Fab Four are chased by real fans through a train station. Be sure to notice that when Beatle George trips, Beatle Ringo goes down, too! Memorable scene No. 2: Beatle Paul's wily old grandfather (Brambell) gets into the act during the Fabs' performance of "She Loves You" on live television. Memorable dialogue: John: Hey, pardon me for asking, but who's that little old man? Paul: Uh, what little old man? John: That little old man. Paul: Oh, that one! That's my grandfather. George: Your grandfather? Paul: Yeah. George: That's not your grandfather. Paul: It is, you know. George: But I've seen your grandfather. He lives in your house. Paul: Oh, that's my other grandfather, but he's my grandfather as well. John: How do you reckon that one out? Paul: Well, everyone's entitled to two, aren't they? And this is my other one. Also: John: He's a nice old man, isn't he? Paul: He's very clean. Hall of Fame comments: Starr was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in April 2015, making him the last member of the Beatles to be selected as a solo act. Ringo had a notorious way with words, and the title of this movie came from a throwaway comment he once made. His best line in "A Hard Day's Night" occurs in the first seven-and-a-half minutes. There's a scene in which the Beatles are traveling by train, and a pompous commuter (played by Richard Vernon) arrives in their compartment. He offends the Fabs by closing a window they wanted open and turning off Ringo's radio. When Beatle John sasses the commuter, the older man sniffs, "And don't take that tone with me, young man. I fought the war for your sort." Retorts Ringo: "I bet you're sorry you won!" Later in the movie, an interviewer asks Ringo if he's a mod or a rocker. "Uh, no, I'm a mocker," he replies. Memorable quote: "Sorry we hurt your field, Mister." -- Beatle George, after a man admonishes the band members for romping around on private property. Be sure to notice: When Beatle John is in the train compartment with his mates early on in the movie, he pretends to snort a Pepsi-Cola bottle -- a subtle drug reference. Musical muse: One of the schoolgirls on the train is played by Pattie Boyd, who later became Mrs. George Harrison and eventually Mrs. Eric Clapton. She inspired the Beatles song "Something" (written and performed by Harrison) and the hits "Layla" and "Wonderful Tonight" (written and performed by Clapton). From the Beatles to Bond: The gorgeous blonde who hovers near Beatle Paul's grandfather at the Le Cercle gambling club is actress Margaret Nolan. She later appeared as Dink, James Bond's Miami Beach masseuse at the beginning of "Goldfinger." Nolan also was the model painted gold in the opening credits of the 1964 film about 007. The gambling club in the Beatles movie was also used for the famous first appearance of Sir Sean Connery as Bond in "Dr No" (1962). Expires April 18, 2015.

TCM On Demand for April 12, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. One Is a Lonely Number (1972) -- Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, Janet Leigh, Melvyn Douglas, Jane Eliot, Jonathan Lippe (a.k.a. Jonathan Goldsmith), Mark Bramhall, Paul Jenkins, A. Scott Beach, Henry Leff, Dudley Knight, Maurice Argent, Thomas McNallan, Joe Spano, Morgan Upton, Kim Allen, Peter Fitzsimmons, Christopher Brooks. Uncredited: Kathleen Quinlan. This drama about divorce stars Van Devere, who was George C. Scott's fourth and last wife (she was the fifth if you count actress Colleen Dewhurst twice). She plays Amy Brower, a San Francisco divorcée who tries to move on with her life after her husband of four years leaves her. Amy has a hard time making the adjustment because: (1) she doesn't fully understand why her ex (played by Jenkins) wanted out of the marriage; (2) he impolitely cancels all of their joint credit cards; (3) she was an art major in college and has no real work experience; and (4) she is in a vulnerable state that makes her wary of pursuing a new love interest. Among the people she turns to for support are her friend Madge Frazier (played by longtime "General Hospital" star Jane Elliot); a friendly neighborhood grocer and longtime widower named Mr. Provo (Douglas); and Gert Meredith (Leigh), an experienced, tough-talking adviser who has many of the best lines in the movie. Amy eventually becomes involved with a charming computer analyst from New York (played by Monte Markham, who starred in a short-lived CBS reboot of "Perry Mason" during the 1973-74 season). This was a rare production that Van Devere did without Scott. During their marriage from 1972 until his death in 1999, they appeared in numerous film and television projects together. Among their screen credits: "The Day of the Dolphin" (1973), "The Savage Is Loose" (1974), "Movie Movie" (1978) and "The Changeling" (1979). They first became involved during the filming of the 1971 action picture "The Last Ride." So three is still a crowd?: Sometime after its original run in theaters, the film was retitled "Two Is a Happy Number." Expires April 18, 2015. 4. The Rain People (1969) -- James Caan, Shirley Knight, Robert Duvall, Marya Zimmet, Tom Aldredge, Laura Crews, Andrew Duncan, Margaret Fairchild, Sally Gracie, Alan Manson, Robert Modica. Three years before "The Godfather" (1972), filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola worked with Caan and Duvall in this much smaller story of a married woman (Knight) who abruptly leaves her husband and heads for the road. Caan plays hitchhiker "Killer" Gannon (the nickname comes from his days as a college football hero) who joins her on her impromptu trip. George Lucas, not long out of the University of Southern California film school, served as a production associate on this drama. Duvall later starred in Lucas' first feature film, the 1971 science-fiction drama "THX 1138." It was produced by Coppola. Knight, who received Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominations for "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1960) and "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962), will celebrate her 81st birthday on July 5, 2017. She is still active in the business and reprised her role as Kevin James' mother in the 2015 comedy "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2." Things to Come?: This film features a Veterans Day parade sequence (actually shot on May 17, 1968 on Broad Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee). Coppola's "The Godfather" trilogy would contain an abundance of scenes involving traditional ceremonies and rituals (e.g. weddings, funerals, a baptism, a first communion, a Catholic Church investiture, various parties -- and parades). Expires April 18, 2015.