April 2017 Spotlight: Post-War Melodrama

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​Fridays in April!

 

Primetime films are bolded.

 

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​Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten in LOVE LETTERS, airing April 7 on TCM.

 

April 7

​KINGS ROW ('42)
EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE ('49)

SOME CAME RUNNING ('58)

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL ('52)

THE GODDESS ('58)

LOVE LETTERS ('45)

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES ('46)

THE END OF THE AFFAIR ('55)

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY ('53)

 

​Lana Turner and Juanita Moore star in Douglas Sirk's 1959 remake of IMITATION OF LIFE, airing April 14 on TCM.

 

​April 14

​GOODBYE, MY FANCY ('51)

HARRIET CRAIG ('50)

MILDRED PIERCE ('45)

BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL ('65)

PICNIC ('55)

IMITATION OF LIFE ('59)

MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION ('54)

ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS ('55)

THE TARNISHED ANGELS ('58)

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF ('58)

 

​Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, airing April 21 on TCM.

 

​April 21

​POSSESSED ('47)

DEAR HEART ('64)

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER ('57)

BRIEF ENCOUNTER ('45)

HUMORESQUE ('46)

AUTUMN LEAVES ('56)

QUEEN BEE ('55)

 

James Mason, Christopher Olsen and Barbara Rush star in Nicholas Ray's devastating BIGGER THAN LIFE, airing April 28 on TCM.

 

​April 28

​JOHNNY BELINDA ('48)

NEVER FEAR ('49)

A SUMMER PLACE ('59)

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS ('61)

A PLACE IN THE SUN ('51)

EAST OF EDEN ('55)

BIGGER THAN LIFE ('56)

NOW, VOYAGER ('42)

COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA ('52)

ABOUT MRS. LESLIE ('54)

THE SANDPIPER ('65)

 

​April 29

​FOUR DAUGHTERS ('38)

MRS. PARKINGTON

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​As I reported elsewhere, Chicago Tribune ​film critic Michael Phillips will be hosting TCM's Spotlight on post-war melodrama. Phillips will be a familiar face to many TCM viewers. He previously hosted TCM's September 2013 Spotlight and returned to guest host on Friday and Saturday nights in September 2016.

 

Michael Phillips is pictured above from a publicity still taken for his first guest hosting gig on TCM in September 2013.