Carrie’s choice: Anchors Aweigh (1945) Airing at 12:00PM EST I AM SO EXCITED. It’s Kathryn Grayson day. Hello, DVR. I adore her movies. That’s all there is to it. Make sure you read Brandie’s comments below because it was hard for me to decide what to watch. Just set your DVR and watch all of…
Carrie’s choice: Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number (1966) Airing 11:30AM EST Yeah. You’re right. It’s a great title. This is a recommendation mostly because it looks hilarious. It begins with a fairly popular plot of escape: an actress is trying to escape from Hollywood, because they do not take her seriously enough as…
Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Airing 12AM EST Well, there was little doubt about what I would recommend for your TCM viewing pleasure today. How can I NOT recommend the singularly best musical ever produced in Hollywood? Singin’ in the Rain revolves around the advent of sound in motion pictures, following a silent-movie icon, Don…
On the Town (1949) Airing 10:15AM EST Absolute effervescence. This is the feeling that comes to mind when I think of Gene Kelly’s musicals. Add in Frank Sinatra and the city of New York, and you have one of the greats: 1949’s On the Town, co-starring Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Vera-Ellen, and Betty Garrett. Carrie…
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Airing at 12:15PM EST As far as musicals go, Yankee Doodle Dandy is, without a doubt, one of the very best. In my mind, it’s one of the top five musicals of all time, right behind Singin’ in the Rain. Patriotic to the extreme and VERY loosely based on the life…
One of Gene Kelly’s best dances was captured in a 1944 film with which not many people are familiar: the effervescent Cover Girl, co-starring Rita Hayworth in one of her better roles. I first caught this film several years ago on TCM and instantly warmed to it. True, the songs are not the most memorable–with…
