TCM to Celebrate 20th Anniversary on April 14 with 11 Film Favorites and Brand New Special
(Apr 11, 2014 | TCM)
Day-Long Anniversary Celebration Also Includes Encore Presentation of Private Screenings: Robert Osborne On April 14, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate its 20th Anniversary with a day packed with 11 of the greatest movies ever made, plus the premiere of a brand new retrospective special, TCM: Twenty Classic Moments. In addition, TCM will present an encore of its enormously popular and widely...read more
21 Fascinating Facts from 20 Years of Turner Classic Movies
(Apr 11, 2014 | TCM)
Number of movies in the TCM library: At any given time, TCM has access to approximately 10,000 movies. First movie ever to air on TCM: Gone with the Wind (1939), which has since been shown more than 35 times. Oldest films to air on TCM: Annie Oakley, Bucking Broncho and Sioux Ghost Dance, all from 1894. Newest film to air on TCM: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Most frequently...read more
TCM Remembers Mickey Rooney with Multi-Tiered Salute
(Apr 10, 2014 | TCM)
Turner Classic Movies to Present 24-Hour Marathon of Classic Rooney Performances Sunday, April 13 TCM Classic Film Festival Adds April 13 Screening of National Velvet (1944), Followed by Conversation with Close Friend and Fellow Screen Legend Margaret O’Brien Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is remembering screen legend Mickey Rooney with a multi-tiered tribute to the screen...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: Questing for Adventure!
(Apr 8, 2014 | Warner Brothers Archives)
JONNY QUEST: THE COMPLETE EIGHTIES ADVENTURES (1986-87) Jonny Quest, Hadji, Bandit, Dr. Quest and Race Bannon return for an all-new suite of super-adventures in this originally syndicated sequel series from the heyday of the animation awesome age. In this 13-Episode go round, plucky pre-teen tomboy Jessie Bradshaw breaks into the band of bros along with a new stoneman ally, Hardrok. The...read more
getTV Today Features Mickey Rooney Tribute
(Apr 7, 2014 | Sony getTV)
getTV REMEMBERS THE WORK OF ACCLAIMED ACTOR MICKEY ROONEY WITH A SPECIAL PROGRAMMING TRIBUTE TONIGHT FEATURING A TRIO OF HIS FILMS STARTING AT 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT Rooney Programming Triple-Play Includes ALL ASHORE, DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD and REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT Programming Block Repeats Saturday, April 12 CULVER CITY, CA - Monday, April 7, 2014 - getTV, Sony Pictures...read more
TCM Celebrates Doris Day’s 90th Birthday with 24-Hour Marathon Thursday, April 3
(Apr 3, 2014 | TCM)
TCM Celebrates Doris Day’s 90th Birthday with 24-Hour Marathon Thursday, April 3 April 03, 2014 24-hour marathon featuring a dozen of Day’s hit...read more
Turner Classic Movies Begins Releasing Original Specials on DVD, Beginning with Collection of Conversations with Robert Osborne
(Apr 2, 2014 | TCM)
TCM Originals DVDs Sold Exclusively through TCM’s Online Store (shop.tcm.com)Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which is on the verge of celebrating its 20th Anniversary as a leading authority in classic film, is bringing its popular and critically acclaimed original specials to home video with TCM Originals, a new line of special programs produced by TCM and exclusive to the network. First...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: Norma Shearer's Got Class
(Apr 1, 2014 | Warner Brothers Archives)
Only the Good...THE CLASS (2006-07) Comedy kings David Crane (Friends) & Jeffrey Klarik (Mad About You) bring you the tale of an overeager romantic (Jason Ritter) who hosts the ultimate surprise party for his fiancée: a reunion of their third-grade classmates to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the day they met. Unfortunately, things do not go as planned as we are plunged into...read more
getTV Expands its Distribution Reach
(Apr 1, 2014 | Sony getTV)
getTV EXPANDS ITS DISTRIBUTION REACH WITH THE SIGNING OF COX MEDIA GROUP TV STATIONS IN CHARLOTTE, JACKSONVILLE, SEATTLE AND TULSACULVER CITY, CA - Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - getTV, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks' new U.S. digital broadcast television network, is adding four major market TV stations from the Cox Media Group (CMG) to its growing affiliate roster. Starting today, April 1,...read more
getTV's April Programming Schedule Includes Easter Programming + other classic film highlights
(Mar 31, 2014 | Sony getTV)
getTV PREMIERES 1949's THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THE PASSION PLAY NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON TELEVISION, ON MONDAY, APRIL 14 AT 8:30 P.M. ET/5:30 P.M. PT, RE-AIRING GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 18, AND EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 20 getTV Honors William Holden, One of Hollywood's Most Popular Stars and BiggestBox Office Draws, Every Thursday Evening in April, at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT CULVER CITY, CA - Monday,...read more
Oscar®-Winning Actor Alan Arkin to Sit Down with Robert Osborne
(Mar 28, 2014 | TCM)
Oscar®-Winning Actor Alan Arkin to Sit Down with Robert Osborne For Extended Interview at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival Interview to Premiere on TCM in Spring 2015 as TCM Original Special Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival Academy Award®-winning actor Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) is set to be a very special guest during the 2014 TCM Classic Film...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: Mick, Dix & TV Flicks
(Mar 25, 2014 | Warner Brothers Archives)
IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY!Five years ago this week, a bouncing baby home video program was born into the world weighing in at 300 DVDs. Growing larger each year with all kinds of new releases, Warner Archive is now almost 2000 releases strong! Thanks to everyone for hanging with us, and don't forget to check out our latest smash birthday deal in our online store! Performance Rox the Blu-ray DiscPERFORMANCE...read more
New Book: Pola Negri: Hollywood’s First Femme Fatale
(Mar 24, 2014 | University Press of Kentucky)
Pola Negri: Hollywood’s First Femme Fataleby Mariusz KotowskiCertain stars are known for their larger-than-life personas and Pola Negri is no exception. From her lavish lifestyle of fashion and jewels, her romances with Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino, to the lore of walking her pet cheetah down Hollywood Blvd, Pola Negri helped define the "anything goes" ethos of the Jazz Age of the 1920s. Negri...read more
New Book: Hitchcock’s Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett
(Mar 24, 2014 | University Press of Kentucky)
Hitchcock’s Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennettby Charles Bennett edited by John Charles BennettWith a career that spanned from the silent era to the 1990s, British screenwriter Charles Bennett (1899--1995) lived an extraordinary life. His experiences as an actor, director, playwright, film and television writer, and novelist in both England and Hollywood left him with...read more
Warner Archive Collection New Releases: Green Goes Blu & Tim Holt Too!
(Mar 18, 2014 | Warner Brothers Archives)
No HD Shall Escape Your SightGREEN LANTERN: THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES (2011-2013) Legendary DC animation architect Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Justice League Unlimited) teams with WB animation vets Sam Register (Batman: The Brave and the Bold), Jim Krieg (Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox) and Giancarlo Volpe (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) for this intergalactic...read more