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(Press release issued Dec. 17)
New York, NY – December 17, 2024 - Martin Scorsese, Drew Barrymore, and multi Academy Award-winning Best Actress Meryl Streep will headline Turner Classic Movies’ special, one-day only event on January 25, 2025. The leading authority in classic film, TCM is collaborating with the 92nd Street Y to present a star-studded day of programming with TCM Classic Film Festival: New York Pop-Up x 92NY, led by TCM hosts Ben Mankiewicz, Jacqueline Stewart, and Dave Karger. The event will include a conversation with Scorsese discussing his storied career, Barrymore introducing a screening of screwball comedy TWENTIETH CENTURY from Howard Hawks starring her grandfather John Barrymore and Carol Lombard, and in her inaugural Festival appearance, Streep introduces a special 40th anniversary presentation of OUT OF AFRICA.
“Meryl Streep, Martin Scorsese and Drew Barrymore bring their legendary status and unique perspectives on the entertainment industry to our inaugural New York event. Our brilliant hosts will lead revealing conversations with each of them, best exemplifying why the TCM Classic Film Festival has cemented its place as a must-attend event for classic film fans in Hollywood for the last 15 years,” says Melissa Chambless, EVP TCM Marketing. “With the 2024 edition of TCMFF securing record crowds and a five-year high for attendee satisfaction, we are grateful to 92nd Street Y for their partnership in bringing our signature event to life for fans on the East Coast.”
“We are honored to host TCM’s inaugural NYC Pop-Up, an amazing all-day festival that will bring three Hollywood legends face-to-face with fans on the East Coast,” says Seth Pinsky, CEO of The 92nd Street Y. “As a venue that has hosted the most notable names from the worlds of entertainment, politics, dance, and music for over 150 years, being able to collaborate with TCM on this event is a thrill for everyone in the 92NY community.”
The one-day-only pop up will expand the footprint of the fan-favorite TCM Classic Film Festival, which has attracted thousands of classic movie fans from around the globe to Hollywood to view the greatest films ever made as they were meant to be seen: on the big screen, with the people who made them, in the world’s most historic movie theatres.
Tickets are now on sale at https://www.92ny.org/TCM. (In the box on the page, search for TCM.)
Full Programming Details:
Martin Scorsese in Conversation with TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz: 1:00PM
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has created some of the most memorable and celebrated movies in cinema history, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Silence, The Departed, The Irishman, and Killers of The Flower Moon. Scorsese has also directed numerous documentaries including the Peabody Award winning No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, Elia Kazan: A Letter to Elia, Italianamerican, The Last Waltz, Public Speaking, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, the docuseries Pretend It’s a City, and the Emmy winning George Harrison: Living In The Material World. Undeniably one of the greatest filmmakers, Scorsese is also a champion of film preservation. He is the founder and chair of The Film Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation and protection of motion picture history, as well as an advisor to Turner Classic Movies. A passionate cineaste and student of film history, he recently executive produced and was featured in the documentary Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger, the legendary filmmaking team behind films like The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, and I Know Where I’m Going. Join TCM host Ben Mankiewicz for this hour-long conversation with Martin Scorsese about his storied career, the films that inspire him, and why he’s TCM’s biggest fan.
Drew Barrymore in Conversation with TCM Host Jacqueline Stewart:
TWENTIETH CENTURY (1934) - 3:30PM
Join actress, entrepreneur, award-winning talk show host Drew Barrymore and TCM host Jacqueline Stewart for a conversation about Drew’s love of classic film, featuring a screening of TWENTIETH CENTURY (1934), starring her grandfather, John Barrymore.
When John Barrymore asked director Howard Hawks why he wanted him to play histrionic theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe in this trailblazing screwball comedy, Hawks replied, “It’s the story of the biggest ham on Earth, and you’re the biggest ham I know.” Barrymore accepted on the spot and quickly bonded with the director. This was the first of Hawks’ great comedies and one of the first Hollywood films in which glamorous stars like Barrymore and Carole Lombard made fools of themselves on camera. It was also hailed as a departure from Barrymore’s run of dramatic and swashbuckling roles in films like Don Juan 
1926) and Grand Hotel 1932). When Lombard, cast as the rebellious star Barrymore needs for his next production, had trouble capturing the film’s comic spirit, Hawks and her co-star worked tirelessly to get her to loosen up. With Barrymore’s help, Lombard became a top star, often hailed as “The Daffy Duse.”
Meryl Streep in Conversation with TCM Host Dave Karger:
40th Anniversary of OUT OF AFRICA (1985) – 7:00PM
Join acting icon Meryl Streep and TCM host Dave Karger for an illuminating conversation before a special 40th anniversary presentation of OUT OF AFRICA (1985). Streep had already earned two of her three Oscars when she took on the role of Baroness Karen Blixen (pen name Isak Dinesen) in director Sydney Pollack’s adaptation of Blixen’s autobiography of her time running a coffee plantation in early 20th century Kenya. Shot on location, the role gave Streep a chance to create a nuanced, layered performance that stands out even against the film's spectacular scenery. In addition, Blixen was one of the strongest, most self-determined women Streep had played on screen to that point. It was a breakthrough in the cinematic portrayal of women 40 years ago and continues to reflect the star’s deep commitment to women’s rights and women’s history. The film brought Streep the sixth of her record 21 Oscar nominations for acting while capturing seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
TCM Schedule Saturday Dec. 21 - Christmas Marathon: A Christmas Carol, Fitzwilly, It Happened on 5th Avenue
The Day At a Glance
CHRISTMAS MARATHON
Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Saturday, December 21
Curse of the Cat People, The (1944) (7:30 am ET)
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
Christmas Carol, A (1938)
On Moonlight Bay (1951) (Musical Matinee)
Little Women (1949)
Susan Slept Here (1954)
Fitzwilly (1967)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942)
We're No Angels (1955)
Miracle on Main Street (1939)
Silent Partner, The (1978)
The Day's Schedule
12:00 AM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Frank Morgan in The Shop Around the Corner
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Even though Margaret Sullavan was infamous for her quick temper and disdainful attitude towards Hollywood, James Stewart counted working with her as one of the great joys of his professional career. And because he knew her personally, he was more equipped than most of the cast and crew members to deal with her frequent and volatile emotional outbursts.
2:00 AM Bachelor Mother (1939)
A fun-loving shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
WRITING (Original Story) -- Felix Jackson
Trivia: After making this movie, David Niven returned to England to serve in the British Army during World War II. At the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, German infiltrators into American lines caused roadblocks to be established and military police asked all suspicious persons questions about things no German was likely to know. Lt. Col. David Niven was stopped at a roadblock and was asked who won the baseball World Series in 1940. He replied, "I haven't the faintest idea, but I do know that I made a picture with Ginger Rogers in 1938." The MP replied, "OK, beat it, Dave, but watch your step, for Chrissake."
3:30 AM Penny Serenade (1941)
A woman on the verge of divorce recalls her heartbreaking attempts to adopt a child.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Cary Grant {"Roger Adams"}
Trivia: Cary Grant, generally known as a comedic actor, was only ever nominated twice for an Academy Award for Best Actor and in both instances for lesser-known dramatic roles. This was one of them, followed three years later by None But the Lonely Heart (1944).
5:45 AM Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Greer Garson {"Edna Gladney"}
(*WINNER*) ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trivia: The child who portrayed Tony in the movie was a 4-year-old named Pat Barker. It was only when Pat came to Fort Worth to celebrate the movie's premiere that the world discovered Pat was really Patricia.
7:30 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
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A child explores her late mother's life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The theme within the film, a child believed to be on the verge of insanity because she lives in a fantasy world, was personal to producer Val Lewton who behaved in a similar way as a child. His wife has said that she felt he never truly entered the real world as an adult.
9:00 AM Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
A child of the tenements helps an ex-con find a new life.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The three dollars and twenty-five cents for the roller skates Flavia Mills is admiring in the pawn shop window in 1936 would be the equivalent of fifty-six dollars and forty cents in 2016.
Trivia: Flavia's block party speech was taken from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to the Young Democratic Club in Baltimore, Maryland on April 13, 1936.
10:30 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
Reginald Owen and Ann Rutherford in "A Christmas Carol" (1938)
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Film debut of June Lockhart. Also in the cast were June's father, Gene Lockhart, and mother Kathleen Lockhart. It was the only time all three appeared in the same film.
12:00 PM On Moonlight Bay (1951)
A small-town tomboy falls for the boy-next-door in the years before World War I.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, ["Smiling"] Jack Smith
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: This movie proved to be so popular that the studio immediately green-lit By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) which is a direct sequel with all the actors playing the same characters.
2:00 PM Little Women (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
(*WINNER*) ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Robert Planck, Charles Schoenbaum
Trivia: In addition to being pregnant with her first biological child, June Allyson also adopted her first child while this movie was in production. After Allyson learned that her daughter, Pamela Powell, had arrived for the first time at her home, she immediately left the set without asking permission, and raced home to hold her daughter. She returned later that day and told the rest of the cast and crew the joyous news.
4:15 PM Susan Slept Here (1954)
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
Dir: Frank Tashlin Cast: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
MUSIC (Song) -- "Hold My Hand," Music and Lyrics by Jack Lawrence and Richard Myers
SOUND RECORDING -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John O. Aalberg, Sound Director
Trivia: In addition to being Dick Powell's final film as an actor, this was also the only colour film in which he appeared.
6:00 PM Fitzwilly (1967)
When an aging philanthropist goes broke, her butler robs from the rich so she can give to the poor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Edith Evans
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: First credited movie appearance of Barbara Feldon. Also the final film performance of Billy Halop.
8:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The movie originally was planned to be directed by Frank Capra, but he chose to do It's a Wonderful Life (1946) instead.
10:15 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The only real snafu that happened during production was a bizarre one: Bette Davis' dog bit her hard on the nose, leaving a noticeable wound. Davis had to retreat to her home in New Hampshire for several weeks, according to Hal B. Wallis, in order to heal and be presentable for the camera. She eventually returned to the set before her nose was fully healed. "We shot for two days with Bette's back to the camera," said Wallis. "This was fine, except that every time the other actors saw her, they broke into fits of giggling led by Monty Woolley. It became impossible for them to speak their lines."
12:15 AM We're No Angels (1955)
After escaping Devil's Island, three offbeat prisoners help a goodhearted family outwit a scheming relative.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.
2:15 AM Miracle on Main Street (1939)
On Christmas Eve, a couple hiding from the police find an abandoned baby and decide to raise the child.
Dir: Steve Sekely Cast: Margo, Walter Abel, William Collier Sr.
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Final film of actress Dorothy Devore.
3:45 AM The Silent Partner (1978)
A bank teller (Elliot Gould) is held up at gun point in his bank. Luckily for him he receives a clue that this is going to occur and diverts most of the cash into his own safety deposit box, leaving only a nominal amount for the crook.
Dir: Daryl Duke Cast: Susannah York, Christopher Plummer, Elliott Gould
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Trivia: The only ever dramatic theatrical feature film to be scored by jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson, who was a schoolmate of lead actor Christopher Plummer.
For those still mulling ABC's settlement of the Trump defamation suit ...
Something I posted in another thread that should be repeated for information's sake:
The standards for libel suits by public figures are different than for private individuals.
From https://www.minclaw.com/public-figure-defamation/:
(snip)
Public Figures: Standard of fault - Must prove defendant acted with "actual malice"
Definition of Fault Standard: Actual malice = knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth
Rationale for Differing Standards: protects free speech about public affairs and public officials.
Private individuals: Standard of fault - Must prove defendant was at least negligent
Definition of Fault Standard - Negligence = failure to exercise reasonable care
Rationale for Differing Standards - recognizes private individuals deserve more reputational protection
So did ABC think Stephanopolous acted with "actual malice"? Or did they think that the definition of rape didn't apply to what Trump was convicted of? Or why did ABC feel Trump, a public individual, deserved any reputational protection given his history? And would they have done this if Trump hadn't been re-elected?
Good questions ...
Why did ABC News settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump? (Poynter.com)
In March, ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos interviewed Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace and asked why she continued to support Donald Trump for president after, Stephanopoulos said, Trump had been found “liable for rape” in a 2023 civil case.
Stephanopoulos was referring to the case where a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. The jury did not find him guilty of rape. However, the judge in the case later clarified that because of New York’s narrow legal definition of “rape,” the jury did not mean that Carroll “failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape.’”
Nevertheless, Trump sued ABC News and Stephanopoulos for defamation over what Stephanopoulos said in the interview with Mace.
Then, over the weekend, ABC News announced it would settle the case with Trump. Under the terms of the settlement, ABC News will donate $15 million to Trump’s future presidential foundation and museum. In addition, the network will pay $1 million for Trump’s legal fees. Also, on the original story on its website, ABC News has added an editor’s note that says, “ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024.”
Read more: https://mailchi.mp/poynter/why-did-abc-news-settle-a-lawsuit-with-trump?e=ed4c32b747
The Rolling Stones - "I Just Want to Make Love To You" (The Hollywood Palace with Dean Martin intro)
The Supremes - "Stop In the Name of Love"
The Supremes - "The Happening" (with Ed Sullivan's flubbed intro)
Unreleased Michael Jackson Tapes Discovered in Abandoned Storage Unit (Exclusive)
Some of the Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren tapes found in the storage unit. Courtesy of Gregg Musgrove
By Nicole Fell
December 12, 2024 4:29pm
When former California Highway Patrol officer turned stay-at-home dad Gregg Musgrove started “treasure hunting,” the 56-year-old certainly never imagined he’d end up with a king’s bounty — the King of Pop, that is.
A trove of cassette and DAT tapes containing unreleased Michael Jackson tracks were found in a storage unit deep in the San Fernando Valley. Musgrove’s journey to the tapes began when an associate contacted him about a storage unit he’d recently bought in Van Nuys. The unit once belonged to Bryan Loren, a music producer and singer (whose current whereabouts are unknown, according to Musgrove).
“I’ve gone to all the fan sites. Some of [the songs] are rumored to exist, some of them have been leaked a little bit,” Musgrove tells The Hollywood Reporter. “A couple aren’t even out there in the world.”
Musgrove’s full inventory list, pictured below, shows the collected tracks, along with snippets of other unreleased songs. Jackson, and presumably Loren, can be heard discussing the recording and creative process on the tapes. “I’m listening to this stuff, and I would get goosebumps because nobody’s ever heard this stuff before,” Musgrove says. “To hear Michael Jackson actually talk and kind of joke back and forth, it was really, really cool.”
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/michael-jackson-unreleased-tapes-found-storage-unit-1236085303/
On 12/15/21, DJ Alan Freed was born.
He's reportedly the man who coined the phrase "rock 'n' roll."
This compilation audio from Freed's "Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party" from 1957 features Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, The Cadillacs, The Platters, Chuck Berry, The Penguins and Bill Haley and the Comets. Many of the performances sound like they're live.
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