TCM Celebrates Lauren Bacall, Donald Sutherland & More in September
TCM celebrates legendary actress Betty Joan Perske — better known as Lauren Bacall — as Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month in September 2024 in honor of what would be the screen icon’s 100th birthday. Not only will TCM be celebrating Lauren Bacall’s life, it will also have a Barbara Rush and Donald Sutherland memorial tribute. Here are some of the highlights for September:
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TCM Barbara Rush Memorial Tribute
Tuesday, Sept. 3, beginning at 8pm
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Tonight, Turner Classic Movies remembers the work of actress Barbara Rush, who passed away March 31 at age 97 (she was born Jan. 4, 1927). While most familiar as a presence on television during the latter decades of her career, she appeared in several big-screen features in the 1950s and ’60s, including the five films in this evening’s lineup. You can see Rush in director Nicholas Ray’s drama Bigger Than Life (1956), also featuring James Mason and Walter Matthau; the film noir boxing drama World in My Corner (1956), costarring Audie Murphy and Jeff Morrow; It Came From Outer Space (1953), director Jack Arnold’s sci-fi classic that earned Rush a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer — Female alongside costar Richard Carlson; The Young Philadelphians (1953), a legal drama also with Paul Newman and Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Robert Vaughn; and the musical Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964), led by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Bing Crosby and Peter Falk.
TCM Morning & Afternoon Movies: Virginia Mayo
Friday, Sept. 6, beginning at 6am
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Enjoy several films featuring legendary actress Virginia Clara Jones (better known as Virginia Mayo) this morning and afternoon on Turner Classic Movies. The featured titles are the screwball comedy Out of the Blue (1947), also starring George Brent; Always Leave Them Laughing (1949), a musical comedy/drama led by Milton Berle; the musical Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1951), costarring Dennis Morgan; The Girl From Jones Beach (1949), a comedy also featuring Ronald Reagan and Eddie Bracken; Flaxy Martin (1949), a film noir with Mayo as the titular femme fatale alongside Zachary Scott and Dorothy Malone; She’s Back on Broadway (1953), Mayo’s final musical, costarring Gene Nelson; She’s Working Her Way Through College (1952), a comedy that teams Mayo again with Reagan and Nelson; and The West Point Story (1950), a musical comedy also with James Cagney and Doris Day.
TCM Birthday Tribute: Robert Wise
Tuesday, Sept. 10, beginning at 6am
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Turner Classic Movies remembers the birthday of famed filmmaker Robert Wise (he was born Sept. 10, 1914, in Winchester, Indiana; he died in Westwood, California, on Sept. 14, 2005, at age 91) with a morning and afternoon marathon of films he directed across various genres, including some lesser-known earlier works. The lineup begins with the terrific psychological Western Blood on the Moon (1948), starring Robert Mitchum (pictured above) and Barbara Bel Geddes. Following that are the crime thriller Mystery in Mexico (1948); Wise’s second solo directorial feature, Mademoiselle Fifi (1944), a period drama produced by Val Lewton and led by Simone Simon; the 1946 crime drama Criminal Court; The Set-Up (1949), a film noir boxing drama starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter that earned Wise the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival; Born to Kill (1947), Wise’s first film noir, led by Lawrence Tierney and Claire Trevor; the James Cagney-led Western Tribute to a Bad Man (1956); Until They Sail (1957), a drama featuring Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman and Piper Laurie; and This Could Be the Night (1957), a comedy/drama also led by Simmons, with Paul Douglas and Anthony Franciosa in his film debut.
TCM Donald Sutherland Memorial Tribute
Thursday, Sept. 26, beginning at 8pm
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Tonight, Turner Classic Movies remembers late, great actor Donald Sutherland, who passed away in Miami June 20 at age 88 (he was born July 17, 1935, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) with four of his memorable films this evening. While Sutherland himself was somehow never even nominated for an Academy Award, the actor was a big part of many lauded films and certainly contributed a great deal to their successes, as you can see with this evening’s titles. The lineup begins with Best Director Oscar nominee Robert Altman’s Best Picture Oscar-nominated, darkly satiric 1970 Korean War-set film M*A*S*H. As Hawkeye Pierce, Sutherland leads an outstanding ensemble cast including Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Robert Duvall and Best Supporting Actress nominee Sally Kellerman. Next is the Best Picture-winning 1980 drama Ordinary People, from Best Director winner Robert Redford. In this emotionally wrenching film, Sutherland stars alongside Best Actress nominee Mary Tyler Moore, Best Supporting Actor winner Timothy Hutton and Supporting Actor nominee Judd Hirsch. Moving more into late night, the lineup features Klute (1971), the classic psychological thriller that pairs Sutherland with Best Actress winner Jane Fonda, before concluding early tomorrow with Kelly’s Heroes (1970), a World War II comedic heist film with a terrific cast that also includes Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles and Carroll O’Connor.
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