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Several pre-fest gatherings in and around the Hollywood Roosevelt pool on Wednesday, April 5, gave pass holders time to connect before the screening frenzies began on Thursday, April 6... Bob, Aileen from Tampa, Florida, Eva, and Dan, also from Tampa, had time for a quick photo at the Tropicana Bar poolside. Aileen has been reading all about the TCM Film Festivals since June of 2010 when Sue Sue made her first post her on the TCM Message Boards Film Festival Forum... Thanks, Aileen! It was fabulous to meet you at the festival! :-) Perky TCM gal Kristen Welch welcomed pass holders with these adorable ribbons reminding festgoers to share their event activities using #TCMFF on social media sites.... A very thirsty Shawn Moore wants everyone to know he's been to every TCM Film Festival, just like Sue Sue....Don't you absolutely love the special pass he made to verify his dedicated participation? ;-)

The 3-D Restoration of Those Redheads From Seattle was one of the best experiences I've ever had with a 3-D movie. The colors, the songs, and action, and the characters were fascinating, and seeing a wonderful film for the first time with like-minded friends makes the moment even more enjoyable. Here's the latest on that restoration from Bob Furmanek, and 3-D Film Archive, LLC: The above photo "is the original scan vs. the end result as delivered by 3-D Film Archive on THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE. The 35mm negatives - and especially the many opti...cals (dupe negative) scattered throughout the film - are terribly faded. On top of extensive color correction and flicker reduction, factor in the meticulous shot-by-shot stereoscopic alignment/panel matching by Greg Kintz and frame-by-frame dirt/damage clean-up by Thad Komorowski and you would expect a restoration of this caliber to easily run six figures. In fact, if it went to a post facility like Photokem in LA or Cineric in NY, it could easily have run $200K, or more. We brought the entire restoration in for $14K. If we had tried to raise more than ten times what we ultimately spent in bringing this rare film back to life, it would have never been seen in 3-D again. There's simply not enough profit to be made with a 3-D Blu-ray release. But for three months, we worked around the clock to make this happen. Multiple favors were pulled and many sleepless nights went into finishing the master. We believe you will be quite pleased with our results. REDHEADS was a big hit when it premiered at the TCM festival and you can own it on 3-D Blu-ray when it's released by Kino Lorber on May 23!"

Breaking News: Alec Baldwin to host TCM's The Essentials: http://www.thewrap.com/alec-baldwin-host-tcms-essentials/

Ben Mankiewicz, Diane Baker, and Producer Anne Wilson at the Tribute to Robert Osborne on Thursday.... Here's the TCM recap of Tweeted highlights from 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival on Spotify: "Join us to see all the happenings at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival with Sidney Poitier, Carl & Rob Reiner, Mel Brooks, Michael Douglas & more": https://storify.com/tcm/2017-tcm-classic-film-festival?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral Actor Chris Tucker and Producer Quincy Jones on the TCM Film Festival Red Carpet...

Enjoy a recap of my Red Carpet coverage from Thursday, April 6, at the TCL Chinese Theatre here: https://suesueapplegate.wordpress.com/2017/04/

Ben Mankiewicz and Michael Douglas.... At the Montalban Theatre, where Robert Osborne's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located....

Michael Douglas arrives at the Montalban Theatre for his interview with Ben Mankiewicz.... [media][/media]

[media][/media] Michael Douglas chats with Ben Mankiewicz during his Live From The TCM Film Festival interview...

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Sue Sue Festival friend Cari Beauchamp, a popular presenter at the festival, will be introducing at least five films this year. She visits with actor Keir Dullea (2001:A Space Odyssey) before the screening of "David and Lisa," and will chat with script supervisor on 11 of John Huston's film, British go-to-gal Angela Allen. Allen also worked with Sir Carol Reed, and last apppeared at a TCM Film Festival for the screening of "Pandora and The Flying Dutchman." Beauchamp also has the pleasure of introducing "The Palm Beach Story" with Wyatt McCrea.. Try to catch one of her appearances! She always has unusual facts and professional perspectives on the films and celebrities she's interviewing. Learn more about her: Cari Beauchamp is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker. She is the author of Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood; Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years and four other books on film history. Her anthology, My First Time in Hollywood: Stories from the Pioneers, Dreamers and Misfits who Made the Movies, was published in April of 2015. Her books have been selected for “Best of the Year” lists by The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Booklist and Amazon. Cari wrote and co-produced the documentary film Without Lying Down (2000) about the women of early Hollywood, which played on Turner Classic Movies and for which she was nominated for a Writers Guild Award. She also wrote the documentary film The Day My God Died (2003) about young girls of Nepal sold into sexual slavery, which played on PBS and was nominated for an Emmy. She has appeared in multiple documentaries for TCM and others including Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010) and The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011), as well as being a featured speaker at venues throughout the United States and Europe including the British Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art and the Cannes Film Festival. She serves as Resident Scholar of the Mary Pickford Foundation and on the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film’s advisory board. She writes for Vanity Fair and various other magazines and is the only person to twice be named an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Scholar. In attendance: BEAT THE DEVIL , DAVID AND LISA , SO THIS IS PARIS, THE PALM BEACH STORY, RED-HEADED WOMAN

Thanks to KTEP in El Paso, Texas, for this interview with Charlie Tabesh, Senior Vice President for Programming! "The TCM cable channel has been a go to for classic movie lovers. While TCM allows movie lovers to enjoy the classics in the comfort of their own homes, TCM also recognizes the importance of the communal experience in watching a film with fellow film enthusiasts. It is for that reason that TCM hosts the TCM Classic Film Festival and remains one of the important film festivals for the classics. Charlie Tabish, TCM's Senior Vice President for Programming, discusses this years film festival that will run from April 6-9 in Hollywood." Here 'tis the linkadinkadoo: http://ktep.org/post/film-tcm-classic-film-festival-3 If you see Mr. Tabesh running around at the festival, make sure you tell him thank you for 8 fabulous years of cinematic festival fun!

Author, historian, and Sue Sue pal Jeremy Arnold, a Silver Screen Oasis Guest Star last month, will introduce two films at the festival this year, "Some Like It Hot"(Thursday at 6, in the Chinese Multiplex 1), and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break"(4:30 Friday in the Chinese Multiplex 6). Arnold authored "The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies That Matter."

Debbie Reynold's costumes will be displayed at the festival courtesy of Todd Fisher, who is a special guest at the festival this year as he will introduce "Singin' In The Rain" as a tribute to Debbie, and ""Postcards from the Edge" as a tribute to his sister, Carrie Fisher: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/03/26/debbie-reynolds-film-dresses-display-tcm-film-festival/99551602/

What I won't be seeing at the TCM Film Festival this year: https://suesueapplegate.wordpress.com But I hope to be seeing you all soon in L.A.! I will be reporting here from the festival on Thursday, April 6, as credentialed media. It won't be long!

Wouldbestar, Thank you so much for sharing such lovely sentiments here. I'm glad I got to meet you at one of the festivals. Wasn't it in 2011? I hope all is well, TP. For a printable copy of the TCM Film Festival Schedule for 2017, click here: https://delivery.shopifyapps.com/-/f39aa39490a4df5c/eb5cde140656e11d Thanks to Kate Gabrielle for the PDF.

Kingrat, then we'll have to see King of Hearts together! I'm thrilled about all the new additions to the special guest lineup as well as the fabulous schedule. Wyatt McCrea has been added to the roster of guests for "The Palm Beach Story," Dana Delany(!!!), Sara Karloff (for "Cat People," I assume.), James Brooks (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, &Terms of Endearment, among others) for "Broadcast News," The Silver Screen Oasis Guest Star Jeremy Arnold for "Some Like It Hot," John Huston's script supervisor on 14 of his films, Angela Allen, and more... Check it out here and read their biographies: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/special-guests/ See the phenomenal list of guests! JIM ABRAHAMS - Writer, Producer, Director ANGELA ALLEN - Script Supervisor ALLOY ORCHESTRA JEREMY ARNOLD - Author and Film Historian JOHN BADHAM - Director BOB BALABAN - Producer, Director, Actor and Writer CRAIG BARRON - Visual-Effects Artist and Sound Designer CARI BEAUCHAMP - Author, Film Historian and Documentarian JERRY BECK - Animation Historian PETER BOGDANOVICH - Actor, Director and Author DONALD BOGLE - Film Historian SEBASTIAN BOSWELL III - Performer JAMES L. BROOKS - Writer, Director, Producer MEL BROOKS - Director, Producer, Actor, Writer GENEVIÈVE BUJOLD - Actress BEN BURTT - Visual-Effects Artist and Sound Designer DICK CAVETT - Former Talk Show Host, Author and Entertainer JULIE DAWN COLE - Child Psychotherapist and Former Actor DANA DELANY - Actress, Producer ILLEANA DOUGLAS - Actress, Director, Writer and Producer MICHAEL DOUGLAS KEIR DULLEA - Actor TODD FISHER - Producer BOB FURMANEK - 3-D Preservationist STATHIS GIALLELIS - Actor LORI LEIGH GIELEGHEM - Singer RUSTY GOFFE - Actor BRUCE GOLDSTEIN - Film Forum Repertory Program Director and Founder of Rialto Pictures LEE GRANT - Actor, Director and Author RANDY HABERKAMP - Managing Director of Preservation and Foundation Programs for AMPAS AMY HELLER - Film Distributor BUCK HENRY - Writer and Actor JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS - Actor FREDERICK HODGES - Music director LESLIE IWERKS - Director and Producer NORMAN JEWISON - Director QUINCY JONES - Producer, Composer, Conductor and Musician WILLIAM JOYCE - Fillmmaker and Author ANDREA KALAS - Head Archivist, Paramount DAVE KARGER - Television Host, Entertainment Expert SARA KARLOFF GREG KINTZ - 3-D Preservationist LYNNE KIRSTE - Special Collections Curator at the Academy Film Archive JOHN LANDIS - Director, Writer and Producer RUTA LEE - Actor HEATHER LINVILLE - Film Preservationist, Academy Film Archive SUZANNE LLOYD - Producer, President of Harold Lloyd Entertainment KATE MACMURRAY - Writer ALICIA MALONE - Film Journalist and TV host LEONARD MALTIN - Film Critic and Historian JEFF MASINO - Producer, Publisher, Flicker Alley WYATT McCREA - Producer, Actor, Businessman TARA McNAMARA - Film Analyst and Television Host RUSSELL MERRITT - Director and producer WALTER MIRISCH - Producer ANNE MORRA - MoMa Film Curator BILL MORRISON - Director MICHAEL MORTILLA - Composer and Musician EDDIE MULLER - Film Noir Foundation President and Author KLIPH NESTEROFF - Author BOB NEWHART - Actor and Comedian LARRY PEERCE - Director DONNA PESCOW - Actress JIM PIDDOCK - Actor MIKE POGORZELSKI - Director, Academy Film Archive SIDNEY POITIER - Actor and Director CARL REINER - Director, Writer and Actor ROB REINER - Director, Actor, Producer and Activist MICHAEL SCHLESINGER - Writer and Director SEAN SHARP - Baritone, Graphics Director and DJ PIERRE SIMENON - Author and Entrepreneur DONALD SOSIN - Film Composer and Pianist DEBORAH STOIBER - Collection Manager, Moving Image Department, George Eastman Museum GREGORY TIEDE - Stentor PARIS THEMMEN - Actor ALEX TREBEK - Game Show Host MICHAEL USLAN - Originator/Exec Producer Batman Film Franchise FRED WILLARD - Actor and Comedian BRET WOOD - Producer, Film Distributor DAVID ZUCKER - Writer, Producer, Director JERRY ZUCKER - Writer, Producer, Director

Wowee!! More films added! Here: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/ The Awful Truth America, America Bonnie and Clyde Barefoot in the Park Beat The Devil Bridge On the River Kwai Broadcast News Bye, Bye Birdie! Cat People Cry The Beloved Country David and Lisa Dawson City: Frozen Time The Great Dictator Harold and Maude I’m All Right, Jack. The Incident Laura Love Crazy Lady Sings The Blues Lady in the Dark The Maltese Falcon Lured The Magic Box Never Give a Sucker An Even Break Panique Planet of the Apes REAR WINDOW!!! Requiem For a Heavyweight Red River Republic Preserved Some Lile It Hot Way Out West Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? Zardoz! (Midnight Movie!) And more.... Festival Schedule: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/schedule/

I agree, James. Judy Holliday wrested the archetype of the dumb blonde from several prominent actreses and turned it on its kister with "Born Yesterday," and the talent of William Holden was the gorgeous catalyst. An article from Pictures magazine in 1946 or 1947 stated that author Betty McDonald's book, "The Egg and I" was "the country's biggest coast-to-coast laugh since Wrong Way Corrigan landed" on the shores of Ireland. Selling more than one million copies, the film starred Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. This year at the festival, Kate MacMurray will introduce the 1947 film. To publicize the film, professional huckster Jim Moran sat on an ostrich egg to hype the film. Read more about Moran's antics here: http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/jim_moran" I'll bet TCM Film Festival pass holders have an update by Wednesday. So get ready!

While doing some research, I ran across a comment from character actress Thelma Ritter about "Born Yesterday." Ritter went to the premiere with good friends in 1951:"This Judy Holliday is only wonderful. Please see it." I feel the same way today. Many of the topics featured in the film are relevant now as they were then, and Holliday is all decked out in those Jean Louis ensembles. Consider adding this film, also featuring William Holden and Broderick Crawford, to your TCM Film Festival screenings.... If you have not yet visited the tribute page for Robert Osborne on this website, here is the link: http://www.tcm.com/robert/ Updates: Hope we see the schecule for this year's festival by Wednesday of this week. More later....

Updates!!!! Michael Douglas is the big interview: http://filmfestival.tcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017-Talent-and-Programming-Release-FINAL.pdf Dick Cavett will be interviewed in Club TCM, and intro two films. Bob Newhart comes to intro Hell is For Heroes! Added films include The China Syndrome, Top Secret, and It's A Mad, Mad,Mad, Mad World with Craig Barron and Ben Burtt.

Updates are coming soon! Stay tuned! Last year's schedule arrived 17 days before the festival, and this year, 17 days before the festival is Monday, March 20.... "Movies Worth Saving and Showing" by Leonard Maltin: http://leonardmaltin.com/movies-worth-saving-and-showing/ Alan K. Rode's latest article, "The UCLA Film and Television Archive Festival of Preservation": http://s666754036.onlinehome.us/index.php/the-2017-ucla-film-and-television-archive-festival-of-preservation "100 Places Where You Can Experience Retro Los Angeles": http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/100-places-can-experience-retro-los-angeles/

Here's a link to Roberrt Osborne's official obituary notice in the New York Times shared by Lou Lumenick on social media. Fans can sign the guest book, share memories, and leave condolences for his family: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=184400341 Rest in Peace, Robert Osborne.

Rob Reiner and Carl Reiner from a profile in LIFE magazine in the 1970s... Wonder if any other cast members will join Rob Reiner for the screening of The Princess Bride? PBS interview with these two wild and crazy fellas in 2014: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/carl-reiner-rob-reiner/

From The TCM Film Fest Website: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will honor legendary father and son film icons Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner during a hand and footprint ceremony at the world-famous TCL Chinese Theater IMAX® in Hollywood during the eigth annual TCM Classic Film Festival on Friday, April 7. TCM will celebrate the storied careers of the father and son duo who have collectively worked in the industry for over a century and amassed countless accolades along the way. This marks the first occasion that a father and son have jointly been honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater IMAX®. Industry titan Carl Reiner has been a celebrated director and comedic performer for more than 70 years, gaining a loyal following for his sketch comedy work alongside Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks and for directing such beloved films as Oh, God! (1977), Dead Men Don’t War Plaid (1982), Where’s Poppa? (1970), The Jerk (1979) and for creating and writing The Dick Van Dyke Show, for which he collected multiple Emmys® during his career. Filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner has had an equally illustrious career, from his Emmy®-award winning role on the revered television sitcom All in the Family to his work behind the camera, directing such American cinematic classics as This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand by Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), When Harry Met Sally… (1989), Misery (1990) and A Few Good Men (1992). Renowned for his staunch support of civil rights, Reiner is a co-founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights and has long lent his support to non-profits that address social and environmental issues. "Carl Reiner is a genuine comedy pioneer, a breakthrough artist from Hollywood's golden era," said TCM host Ben Mankiewicz, who also serves as the official host of the TCM Classic Film Festival. "It's never easy following in the footsteps of a force as innovative and creative as that, but Rob found his own way to success, as an actor, first as a vital part of the social relevance of All in the Family, then as thoughtful director and producer of both comedies and dramas. There's is a family that belongs forever imprinted in Hollywood history." This marks the seventh consecutive year TCM has featured a hand and footprint ceremony at the legendary TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX®. In 2011, Peter O'Toole was the honoree, followed by Kim Novak in 2012, Jane Fonda in 2013, Jerry Lewis in 2014, Christopher Plummer in 2015 and Francis Ford Coppola in 2016. Deadline Hollywood Announcement about Carl and Rob Reiner: http://deadline.com/2017/03/turner-classic-movies-rob-reiner-carl-reiner-hand-footprint-ceremony-breaking-news-1202040155/ From 2012-"Robert Osborne's Secret Favorite Movies": http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/12/robert-osborne-s-secret-favorite-movies.html