What’s Happening in Classics: June 2018

The CMH Guide for June 2018:
Movie Screenings, TV Schedules, Contests and More!

Welcome to our first monthly ‘CMH Guide’ for Classics! There’s so much going on every month in the wonderful world of classics, we thought we’d launch a monthly guide to help everyone plan ahead. This is a work in progress of course, so all suggestions are welcome!

TCM…

• Star of the month: Leslie Howard – Mondays primetime
• TCM Spotlight: Hollywood Musicals – Tuesdays and Thursdays primetime
• Saturday Morning Matinees – inspired by weekend family programming in movie theaters across the country from the 1930s into the 1950s
• Happy Father’s Day: Sunday, June 17th
• And, you can sign up for TCM’s free online class Mad About Musicals here (it runs June 3-30)

For more info about what’s playing on TCM this month, visit the TCM Movie Schedule at CMH here.

Click on the above image to join June’s Mad About Musicals free online course

FilmStruck… subscription needed…

• Contest: Check back here on this blog on Monday June 4th — because CMH will be giving away one-year subscriptions to FilmStruck all month long!
• Films: The Brilliance of Busby Berkley and more!
• Featured Collections: Lauren Bacall, Peter Sellers Before Clouseau, David Lean, early Hitchcock and more!
• Podcast: Alicia Malone hosts a lively podcast with fascinating guests…
• FilmStruck Forum: CMH will be launching our monthly FilmStruck Column

Movies TV Network…

• Always a nice collection of classics mixed into the Movies TV Network schedule (which also includes more recent films). This month’s mix includes The African Queen, Pal Joey, Penny Serenade, High Noon, and more.
• And Sunday Night Noir.
• And five new affiliates coming soon: Charlotte NC, Salt Lake City UT, Boise ID, Wausau WI and Victoria TX.
• Where to Watch.

GetTV…

• Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953), Comanche Station (1960), Sanford and Son, Good Times, Laredo, Sonny and Cher, In the Heat of the Night and more. For the full schedule click here.
• And a show listing and movie listing to help navigate.
• Where to watch.

MeTV…

• You can stream lots of classic TV shows for free (and on demand) here including Father Knows Best, The Danny Thomas Show  and more.
• And here’s the MeTV schedule – which includes Perry Mason, The Andy Griffith Show, Mannix, Hogan’s Heroes and more.
• Where to watch.

Antenna TV…

• Here’s the Antenna TV schedule – which includes Father Knows Best, I Dream of Jeannie, The Burns and Allen Show and more.
• And a nice listing of shows and their air times (easier to read)
• Here Comes the Brides Weekend Binge, June 2-3
• Where to Watch.

Decades TV… 

• The Decades TV schedule includes The Ed Sullivan Show, I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks, The Donna Reed Show and more.
• And here’s a list of the TV shows.
• Where to Watch.

Fathom Events… movies on the Big Screen at select theaters nationwide…

• Contest: We’re giving away 8 pairs of tickets this month to see ‘TCM Big Screen Classics: West Side Story”
• For the full schedule of ‘TCM Big Screen Classic’ movie screenings, visit the Fathom Events listing at CMH here.

Click above to see the full Fathom Events classic movie schedule

Blogathons…

• Broadway Bound Blogathon (June 1-3)
• The Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon (June 1-3)
• The Second Annual Judy Garland Blogathon (June 8-10)

For a full listing of Blogathons, click here. Or add your own and we will help promote it.

TCM Parties for June… Follow along and live tweet using the #TCMParty hashtag…

• The Americanization of Emily (June 3)
• Of Human Bondage (June 11)
• The Talk of the Town (June 24)
• The Beast with Five Fingers (June 29)

Check out the complete list and times here.

Movie Screenings across the US…

From Indiscreet to The Kid to Rio Bravo and more, check out the CMH Event Calendar to see what’s playing at Theaters across the US including:

• New York
•  Illinois
• Maryland
• Oregon
• Massachusetts
• Texas
• California
• Michigan
• Utah
• Georgia
• Pennsylvania
• North Carolina
• New Hampshire
• Indiana
• Colorado
• Washington
• Nationwide via Fathom Events

If we’re missing a ‘classic movie’ theater in your neighborhood, please let us know!

Click above to visit the CMH Events Calendar

And of course our Monthly Contests! Including:

• West Side Story tickets (contest ends June 9)
• The Maze 3D Blu-Ray (contest ends June 9)
• Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature (contest ends June 9)
• Kino Springtime DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway (contest ends June 9)
• FilmStruck Annual Subscriptions (contest runs through June AND July, ends July 28)
  
• Hollywood Heyday (contest ends July 7)
  
• About Face: The Life and Times of Dottie Ponedel, Make-up Artist to the Stars (contest ends July 7)
  

For a listing of all of our CMH contests, click here.

And a Happy Classic Viewing to All!

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub