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*Deborah Kerr on TV May 2009!* TCM Wed, May 13, 12:30 PM _I See a Dark Stranger_ (1946). FMC (Fox Movie Channel) Wed, May 13, 1:30 PM _Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison_ (1957) FMC (Fox Movie Channel) Mon, May 25, 8:00 PM _Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison_ (1957)

Since the article ha no dates...and with the films listed I can "assume" this article was published in the late 30's... as for the film "Torch Song" the film was "retitled" _Laughing Sinners_ (1931) - the dialogue was by Martin Flavin was based upon the play, _Torch Song_ by Kenyon Nicholson.

*Joan Crawford on TCM May 2009 - All Times Eastern Check Local Schedules!* Sun, May 10, 11:00 AM Mildred Pierce (1945) Thu, May 14, 5:45 PM The Women (1939) Thu, May 21, 11:45 AM The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) Tue, May 26, 8:00 AM _Hollywood Canteen_ (1944)

This is the only book I read about The Kennedys that Donald Spoto wrote! Spoto has published 24 books, some of which I read incld: The Art of Alfred Hitchcock: Fifty Years of His Motion Pictures (1976) Marilyn Monroe: The Biography (1993) Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies (2008)

*Silver mines horror classic Dark Castle to remake 'I Saw What You Did'* By MICHAEL FLEMING Variety Posted: Mon., May 11, 2009, Joel Silver's Dark Castle has set "I Saw What You Did," a remake of the 1965 William Castle-directed "I Saw What You Did and I Know Who You Are!" Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer will write and Lussier will direct. The original Castle pic, which starred Joan Crawford, was based on the Ursula Curtis novel "Out of the Dark" and revolved around two girls who innocently pass the time making prank phone calls to unsuspecting people until they call the wrong guy. Pic will be produced by Silver, Andrew Rona and Steve Richards. Dark Castle will finance and distribute through Warner Bros. Lussier has a long relationship with Dark Castle prexy Rona, which goes back to his editing the first "Scream," when Rona was co-president of Dimension. Dark Castle's first film was a remake of William Castle's 1959 pic "House on Haunted Hill." Lussier and Farmer teamed on "My Bloody Valentine 3D," which Lussier directed and Farmer co-wrote.

*Lithgow Joins TCM for 'Essentials, Jr.'* About - News & Issues - ‎Apr 30, 2009‎ To me, he'll always be the six-foot-something transsexual former football player from The World According to Garp. Oh, Roberta. But starting in June 2009 on Turner Classic Movies, John Lithgow will be the host of a series of family-friendly films on the "Essentials, Jr." The series will run Sundays throughout the summer, starting June 7 with the classic musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). Lithgow, in addition to being a warm and compelling screen presence, has also written a number of extremely successful children's books and even music, so he's a pretty good choice. Here's what's coming in June, if you're a set-the-TiVo type: June 7: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) June 14: To Have and Have Not (1944) June 21: Father of the Bride (1950) une 28: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

*In 1972, Chaplin receives an honorary Oscar for his lifetime of contributions and achievements.*

*Party at the Hollywood Canteen (1944).* *Bette Davis hosts a 26th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Red Army. The sailors are from a Russian ship anchored in Los Angeles Harbor.*

*Joan Crawford & Patty Duke at the Oscars!*

*Newsgirl Margis Silk realizes her fondest hope as she sells Errol Flynn in person a Herald-examiner paper on a Warner Brothers soundstage.*

*Joan Crawford announces her divorce from her third husband, Phillip Terry.* *P.S. LOVE THE HAT!!!*

*Joan Crawford in a production of Flamingo Road on the radio version of Screen Director's Playhouse.*

*I'm surprised this hasn't been talked about onTCM by Robert!*

*Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon* *_From Publishers Weekly_* Penning a Marilyn Monroe biography in 2009 is no easy task, following shelves full of books shamelessly exposing, mythologizing and complicating the iconic actress's memory. Schwarz (The Hillside Strangler) presents the first comprehensive biography in recent years, but comes up with little fans won't already know. Drawing from FBI files and interviews with Norma Jean Mortenson's friends and acquaintances, Schwarz seeks to debunk the Marilyn myths while chronicling her dysfunctional, partially fabricated family history (questioning how long she spent in an orphanage), her pathological insecurity, her infamous love affairs and marriages (most notably with Joe DiMaggio) and her controversial final days. Though Schwarz admits when he's unsure about the facts (as with Marilyn's teenage marriage), his limited use of attribution calls his own credibility into question. Ultimately, Schwarz's long-winded bio often reads like an over-confident honor student's interminable dissertation. Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. *_Product Description_* What made Norma Jean special was the quality she discovered when, bored with being a teenage bride with a husband in the Merchant Marine during World War II, she took her first and most enduring lover, the camera. At the age of 36, Marilyn Monroe died a Hollywood movie star and an American legend. Her rise to fame, however, had very little to do with her limited talents. Monroe infiltrated Hollywood, swarming with fake names and idealized careers, and pressed herself into its mold. Monroe's personal confessions, along with interviews with friends and contemporaries, reveal the truth behind this Hollywood icon. *_Description_* Weighing in at more than 700 pages, MARILYN REVEALED: THE AMBITIOUS LIFE OF AN AMERICAN ICON is the definitive biography of Marilyn. Journalist Ted Schwarz conducted interviews with the actress's friends and acquaintances and thoroughly researched the FBI files of such figures as Clark Gable, Sam Giancana, Frank Sinatra, and Monroe herself. Marilyn Monroe remains an American icon?*the* American icon?nearly 50 years after her death. The actress, model, singer, and sex symbol has one of the most recognizable faces in the world and volumes have been written about her. Come meet author Ted Schwarz and pick up a copy of this ground breaking glimpse into the life of Marilyn Monroe.

*Victor Fleming and Jean Harlow on the set of _Reckless_ (1935)*

*Walt Disney and Hayley Mills*

*Marilyn Monroe with Arthur Miller*

*Turner Classic Movies Celebrates the 50th Anniversary Of One of Advertising's Highest Honors: The CLIO Awards Monday, May 11, 2009* April 29, 2009 For 50 years, the CLIO Awards have stood tall as one of the most coveted honors in the world of advertising. Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate the prestigious honor's golden anniversary with a special four-film salute Monday, May 11, 2009. TCM host Robert Osborne will be joined for the evening by New York Times advertising writer Stuart Elliott, who will provide his insight into the CLIO Awards' long history, as well as his thoughts on the power of advertising to affect change, create trends and, of course, sell products. Films featured in the evening's celebration will be the searing drama The Hucksters (1947), the pop-culture spoof Callaway Went Thataway (1951), the musical It's Always Fair Weather (1955) and the cautionary tale A Face in the Crowd (1957). The CLIO Awards are one of the world's most recognized awards competition for advertising, design and interactive. For 50 years, the CLIO Awards have maintained a commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence, honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture. At the same time, the CLIO Awards remain focused on evolving with the industry in order to acknowledge the most current, breakthrough work. To this day, the iconic CLIO statue is among the most widely recognized and coveted symbols of the industry's creative accomplishments. *The following is the complete schedule for TCM's celebration of the 50th Anniversary CLIO Awards:* *8 p.m. The Hucksters (1947)* (1947) ? Clark Gable stars as an ad exec who returns from World War II only to find himself in a new war against a tyrannical soap mogul. Deborah Kerr, in her first American film, co-stars along with Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn and Edward Arnold. *10:15 p.m. Callaway Went Thataway (1951)* (1951) ? Fred MacMurray and Dorothy McGuire star in this riff on theHopalong Cassidycraze that took America by storm. Howard Keel co-stars as a look-alike who impersonates a legendary cowboy star for promotional purposes. *Midnight It's Always Fair Weather (1955)* (1955) ? Gene Kelly plays a fight promoter and Dan Dailey an advertising artist in this satirical Comden-Green musical about hopes and dreams coming face-to-face with reality. Cyd Charisse and Michael Kidd co-star. *2 a.m. A Face in the Crowd (1957)* (1957) ? Andy Griffith and Lee Remick made their film debuts in Elia Kazan's hard-biting film about a country bumpkin turned into a big television star. Patricia Neal co-stars, along with Anthony Fanciosa and Walter Matthau. Turner Classic Movies is a Peabody Award-winning network celebrating 15 years of presenting great films, uncut and commercial-free, from the largest film libraries in the world. Currently seen in more than 80 million homes, TCM features the insights of veteran primetime host Robert Osborne and weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz, plus interviews with a wide range of special guests. As the foremost authority in classic films, TCM offers critically acclaimed original documentaries and specials, along with regular programming events that includeThe Essentials, 31 Days of OscarandSummer Under the Stars. TCM also produces a wide range of media about classic film, including books and DVDs, along with hosting a wealth of materials at its Web site,www.tcm.com. TCM is part of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

*Gene Kelly ON TCM May 2009!!* *All Times Eastern Check Local Schedule.* Tue, May 12, 12:00 AM _It's Always Fair Weather_ (1955)

*Special gay screening of Mommie Dearest planned for Mother's Day* Xtra.ca - ‎May 7, 2009‎ When Mommie Dearest was released in 1981, Vincent Canby of The New York Times described it as ?a peculiarly engaging film, one that can go from the ridiculous to the sublime and back again within a single scene, sometimes within a single speech.? ?Now and then it?s intentionally funny,? he wrote. ?Sometimes it?s unintentionally hilarious, but frequently, especially in the middle parts, it achieves that state of wild, out-of-control melodrama that is both comic and horrifying.? Nearly 30 years later, the phrase ?No more wire hangers? is lexicon for tyrannical mother and clips from the film can been seen on YouTube choreographed to ABBA?s ?Mamma Mia.? Most queers know of the film and have unwittingly quoted it without actually seeing it. Now, thanks to the Screaming Weenie theatre company in association with the Pride Society and Out on Screen, the uninitiated will have the opportunity to see the film this Mother?s Day, the way it was meant to be seen: on the big screen with a gay audience. Accurate though Vincent Canby?s description may be, the reasons for how a movie about an abusive mother became an iconic gay film are as varied as the eye of the beholder. Graham Peat, proprietor of Videomatica, says Mommie Dearest is far too over-the-top to be about child abuse. Peat feels gay audiences are attracted to the largeness of Joan Crawford?s life. ?Female impersonators like Charles Pierce and Craig Russell recognized that about Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and made them complete caricatures beyond their own films. By the time female impersonators put those personas out in the public we believed those were their real personas and that Joan was that large,? he says. ?Without them I don?t think this would have existed,? he continues. ?The gay community nurtured that. That is what we recognize when we go so see the film; that is the Joan we want now ? it?s not the one we see in black and white.? Peat jokingly adds that there may also be a connection between wire hangers and the closet. ?I don?t know, it?s a subtext.? Volcanic temper and shoulder pad fetish aside, the real Joan Crawford was rumoured to have the sexual appetite of a gay man. Shaun Considine, author of Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud, reports Bette Davis said Crawford slept with every male star at MGM except Lassie. A month after its initial release, audiences flocked to see Mommie Dearest armed with cans of Ajax and wire hangers to actively participate with the film in a manner similar to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Paramount, the film?s distributor, seized on its notoriety and promoted it with posters that proclaimed, ?Meet the biggest MOTHER of them all!? Mommie Dearest was by no stretch a flop. Budgeted at $5 million, it grossed $19 million in theatres and another $9 million in video rentals. The film was in the top 30 top grossing films of 1981. CE Gatchalian, associate artistic director of Screaming Weenie, remembers the visceral connection he had with the film after watching it on TV with his grandmother when he was 12. Proving Peat?s point, Gatchalian says his introduction to the real Joan Crawford is blurred by his memories of Faye Dunaway and Mommie Dearest. He agrees with Peat that Mommie Dearest is not about child abuse but about Joan Crawford, otherwise he says it would have been from Christina Crawford?s perspective. Gatchalian feels gay men?s attraction to the film is an outlet to a world that has not always been fair to them. The Mother?s Day screening may actually serve as suitable antidote to some of the gaybashings that have occurred in the neighbourhood recently. ?We live in a patriarchal world,? Gatchalian says. ?Women and gay men don?t traditionally hold positions of power so for a gay man to see a woman refusing to take **** from anyone and demanding respect ? [it] is exhilarating to watch. ?This movie portrays Joan Crawford as a monster, yes, but who hasn?t wanted to say the things she says in this film? Who hasn?t felt like demanding respect from people? Who hasn?t wanted to strangle people who crossed them? Joan Crawford does all of those things,? he says. Gatchalian is encouraging people to see Mommie Dearest from a fresh perspective. He feels the film got a bad rap that is not entirely unjustified, but that it begs re-evaluation, particularly the performance at the centre of the film. ?A good movie compels you to see one scene to the next,? he says. ?You?re never bored.? Peat describes it as ?an essential film? ? the kind of movie that you introduce your friends to and are disappointed when they don?t get it. The only real crime in film is to be dull or mediocre,? he says. ?This does not fall into that. Good or bad, this one takes you somewhere.? Mommie Dearest. Presented by Screaming Weenie, Out on Screen and the Pride Society. Sun May 10, doors 5 pm, screenings at 6 and 8:30 pm. Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St. $12 at Little Sister?s/$15 door.

*Robert Mitchum on TCM May 2009 - Check Local Schedules - Eastern Time Listed.* Tue, May 19, 1:15 AM _The Red Pony_ (1949)

*Joan Crawford on TCM May 2009 - All Times Eastern Check Local Schedules!* *Sun, May 10, 11:00 AM _Mildred Pierce_ (1945)* *Thu, May 14, 5:45 PM _The Women_ (1939)* *Thu, May 21, 11:45 AM _The Last of Mrs. Cheyney_ (1937)* - Joan stars as jewel thief "Fay Cheyney" along with partner-in-crime William Powell (their only film together). *_The Last of Mrs. Cheyney_ (1937)* Director Richard Boleslawski died suddenly in the middle of production, and the film was completed, uncredited, by Dorothy Arzner. The movie plot is adapted from the 1925 play by the same name, written by Frederick Lonsdale.

*May 7, 1985, actor Dom DeLuise points to his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. DeLuise died in Southern California on Monday, May 4, 2009, according to his son, Michael DeLuise. He was 75.* null

*Allen Jenkins Doing Jitterbug with Joan Crawford*