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Star Of The Month - Rosalind Russell:
His Girl Friday
Director Howard Hawks shrewdly doctored the oft-filmed Hecht/MacArthur newspaper farce The Front Page by changing the gender of reporter Hildy Johnson (Russell), and making her the combative ex of editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant). TCM's met the deadline on all the pertinent details, from how the "sex change" was inspired to the manner in which the rat-a-tat dialogue delivery for this screwball classic was achieved, and you can go to press with it if you click here.
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Star Of The Month - Rosalind Russell:
China Seas
Roz was in her best "other woman" form in this bravura MGM Pacific adventure, playing the upper-crust ex of stalwart steamer captain Clark Gable that's out to scuttle his resurfacing affections for rough-edged rival Jean Harlow. Russell's off-camera admiration for the Platinum Blonde's just part of the manifest TCM's prepared, and you can pipe yourself aboard if you click here.
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Star Of The Month - Rosalind Russell:
Auntie Mame
Rosalind reprised the acclaimed Broadway performance that became her latter-day signature in this adaptation of the Patrick Dennis tale, playing the exuberantly eccentric socialite trying to get her newly orphaned nephew to embrace live and living. Betty Comden and Adolph Green took a rare hiatus from musicals to adapt the screenplay, and TCM will unwrap more suprises if you click here.
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Star Of The Month - Rosalind Russell:
Gypsy
Russell brought Mama Louise, the mother of all stage mothers, to the screen for this rendition of the smash Broadway musical drawn from the memoirs of iconic stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. Controversy dogged the production's steps, from Roz's casting over stage original Ethel Merman to her strained relationship with co-star Natalie Wood, and TCM will peel away all the layers if you click here.
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Girl Crazy:
Shampoo
Warren Beatty collaborated with Robert Towne on the scenario of this comic take on '60s L.A. set on the eve of Nixon's election, as the star played a bed-hopping hairdresser desperately trying to juggle his business affairs as well as his liaisons with Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie and Lee Grant. TCM's teased out some fascinating factoids on the creation of this still-withering favorite, and you can comb through them if you click here.
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Girl Crazy:
What's New, Pussycat?
Woody Allen garnered the first feature acting and screenwriting credits on his resume with this slice-of-the-'60s farce starring Peter O'Toole as a magazine editor whose overwhelming success with gorgeous women lands him in analysis with wacky psychoanalyst Peter Sellers. TCM's got some surprising skinny on the backstage tensions that brewed between Allen and Sellers, and much more, if you click here.
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Big Bands In The Movies:
The Benny Goodman Story
Steve Allen made his dramatic acting debut in this affectionate chronicle of the King of Swing's rise from the poor side of Chicago to his undisputed niche in American musical history. TCM's orchestrated an appreciation that'll Sing, Sing, Sing the praises of this bebop biopic, and you can make the One O'Clock Jump over if you click here.
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Big Bands In The Movies:
The Glenn Miller Story
If you're In The Mood for a lovingly rendered and truly engaging biopic, look no further than this demanded drama starring James Stewart in an effective effort as the gifted, ill-fated big bandleader. TCM's gathered up a String Of Pearls of wisdom concerning the film, from Stewart's preparation for the role to director Anthony Mann's surprising sentiments concerning the project, and they're yours for the reading if you click here.
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Big Bands In The Movies:
Best Foot Forward
The Freed Unit tweaked this popular Broadway property in order to let Harry James and his orchestra do their thing, as Lucille Ball (playing herself) gets caught up in the student politics of a military prep school she visits on a publicity swing. MGM's conducted a scintillating survey on how MGM wrested the project from Columbia, June Allyson's reprisal of her stage role and much more if you click here.
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Big Bands In The Movies:
Cabin In The Sky
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra were on hand for this rare all-black musical effort from a Hollywood major, as gambling man Eddie Anderson becomes the focal point in a literal war for his soul between spouse Ethel Waters and seductress Lena Horne. Vincente Minelli began his distinguished directing career with this fanciful Broadway adaptation, and TCM will roll out even more backstory if you click here.
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International Cinema:
The Shop On Main Street
This moving tale from Czechslovakia, set during the Nazi occupation, follows a shiftless carpenter (Josef Kroner) who thinks he's found easy money when he's installed as the new boss of the now-nationalized mercantile of an elderly Jewish woman (Ida Kaminska), but finds himself torn once they forge a bond and the Gestapo subsequently comes calling. Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, the film still packs plenty of power, and TCM will unveil an appreciation if you click here.
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International Cinema:
The Cranes Are Flying
This still-remarkable effort from post-Stalin Soviet cinema surveys the travails of a young woman (Tatyana Samojlova) trying to deal with the familial repercussions when her only love (Aleksey Batalov) goes off to meet his fate in the trenches of World War II. TCM's readied a salute for this effecting opus from director Mikhail Kalatozov, and you can get an overview if you click here.
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