If I Could Program One Day…
Ah the world of finals! I’m in the homestretch of school (actually my home stretch as an undergrad) so it’s planning for final exams and writing out outlines for final papers, thus little movie watching and little blogging. Bear with me over the ensuing weeks and I thank everyone who sticks with me. I’m going to be doing some more things as we get closer to summer (when I’ll have all day to blog). I’ve seen a lot of blog tournaments that I’m interested in doing on this blog, as well as more lists and movie/classic book reviews! So stay tuned!
The fantastic Angela, blogger of The Hollywood Revue (http://hollywoodrevue.wordpress.com/) recently posted her lineup if she was in charge of programming at TCM! I love when TCM does their guest lineups, especially that time SNL’s Bill Hader did it! So Angela challenged others to comment or blog about their own dream line-up on TCM. Here is mine, a full 24 hours of my favorite TCM worthy films. Yes I know a lot of my movies are from the 50s…I tried to be as diverse as I could be and note that a lot of this is coming from off the top of my head.
12:00am Freaks (1932)
1:00am The Night of the Hunter (1955)
2:30am Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
4:30am The Big Sleep (1946)
6:30am Paper Moon (1973)
8:00am The Moon is Blue (1953)
10:00am Sabrina (1954)
12:00pm Some Like It Hot (1959)
2:00pm Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
4:00pm A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
6:30pm Splendor in the Grass (1961)
9:00pm Shampoo (1975)
11:00pm Airplane (1980)
What would be your lineup? Comment or write your own blog entry and let me know!
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A freelance film critic whose work fuels the Rotten Tomatoes meter. I've been published on The Hollywood Reporter, Remezcla, and The Daily Beast. I've been featured in the L.A. Times. I currently run two podcasts, Citizen Dame and Ticklish Business.
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Damn thats a sweet list of films for a rainy day on the couch. Two of the scariest films I have seen Freaks and Night of the Hunter right at the start.
I like this as a blog topic I may very well borrow it 🙂
enjoyed checking out your blog.
Two of my favorite films! If you create a blog post of your own picks send me a link and I’ll be sure to check it out! Thanks for reading!
I have only seen a few of these, but that looks like a killer lineup. The Night of the Hunter is a perfect choice for late night (or early morning) viewing. Airplane! is a great capper as well. Nice job!
Thanks! I wasn’t so much focused on the times but more in terms of making the movies flow in some form. The Night of the Hunter is great at any time but definitely during a dark time for sure!
Good List! Still working on mine, would I have a theme or just pick a favorite from various genres (i.e. favorite noir, western, musical, etc.)? Thanks for reminding me about Night of the Hunter. I might just dig that out and watch it with my kids, the next time they want to get spooked.
I didn’t work with any theme and I felt bad that I didn’t have a lot of “diversity.” Most of my picks were skewed towards the 50s and favorite stars. I’d love to see a list more diverse than mine. If you do one please send it my way! Night of the Hunter is a beautiful bedtime story type movie for kids in my book!
Here is my list, it was a hard choice, narrowing it down. I mixed it up a bit with respect to genres.
Singing in the Rain (1952)
Laura (1944)
All About Eve (1950)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Broken Lance (1954)
Pickup on South St. (1953)
Night and the City (1950)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Gilda (1946)
The Sheepman (1958)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Red River (1948)
That’s diversity and a lot of those movies sound interesting! Singin’ followed by Laura and All About Eve…that’s my kind of triple feature!
This is not an easy assignment, but I’m off to give it a try. Your list would have me in front of my TV all day!
If you do one be sure to send a link my way. Would love to get some new movie suggestions! Glad to know my list was entertaining!
Great line-up! This would definitely be one of those days where I’d just leave TCM on all day long.
I’m actually hoping to do something similar when school breaks for the summer…just picking a day and watching whatever’s on TCM.
I have TCM on all day, every day. Sometimes I take a break to watch other shows I’ve recorded on the DVR, but TCM is always on. It will take some serious thinking to come up with my own Guest Programmer Line up for TCM! Too many great films to choose from!
Yeah once summer ramps up I’ll be devoting a week at least to watching whatever is on TCM! If you come up with a Guest Programmer List I’d love to hear it. Thanks for reading!
I’ll give it a try! :o)
If I was a TCM Guest Programmer
It’s hard for me to decide which films from the TCM library I would choose, but I think I would narrow it down to those that I like to watch every time they’re on, no matter how many times I’ve seen them before. Even though Guest Programmers only choose four, I’ve found eight. Looks like most of them are comedies and musicals. I could probably make up a list per genre!
Bringing Up Baby
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Annie Hall
The Thin Man
A Night at the Opera
Some Like it Hot
My Fair Lady
Fiddler on the Roof
I wish they would air Laura (1944) with Gene Tierney. I’ve only seen it once and would love to see it again. I guess they don’t have the rights to it.
That’s an awesome list with more than a few movies I’ve never seen (although Annie Hall is on my Netflix queue).
I just noticed you added me to your blog roll. Thank so much!
Yep, I try to thank all my long-time commentors with a blog roll spot. It’s the least I can do for those who like reading my ramblings.
Thanks again. I’ve added you to mine as well!
Thank you!!!