TCM’s Robert Osborne Hosts Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival, Hour-Long Interview Special Taped Last April in Hollywood
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate the extraordinary career of actress Eva Marie Saint with an entire night of programming Monday, March 31, beginning at 8 p.m. (ET). The evening will open with the premiere ofEva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival, a one-hour interview special hosted by TCM’sRobert Osborne and taped at last year’s festival in Hollywood.
In addition to Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival, TCM will explore Saint’s career with presentations of three memorable films: Oscar®-winner On the Waterfront (1954),Raintree Country (1957) and North by Northwest (1959).
"Eva Marie Saint has had an extraordinary career spanning more than six decades so far, winning the Academy Award for her first film and co-starring with the most enviable list of co-stars of any actress of her time, including Paul Newman, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, James Garner, Warren Beatty, Richard Burton, Gregory Peck and Frank Sinatra," said Osborne. "She’s also a wonderful storyteller and has great tales to tell."
TCM Celebrates Eva Marie Saint - Monday, March 31, beginning at 8 p.m.
8 p.m. - Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival(2014) - Premiere
9 p.m. - On the Waterfront (1954) - Directed by Elia Kazan, this powerful drama tells the story of union violence and corruption among New Jersey longshoremen. The film marked Saint’s film debut and earned her an Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress. Marlon Brando also earned an Oscarà for Best Actor, while Elia Kazan won for Best Director, and the film was named Best Picture.
11:30 p.m. - Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2014) - Encore
12:30a.m. - Raintree County (1957) - A New Orleans belle played by Elizabeth Taylor, lures a man (Montgomery Clift) away from his sweetheart (Eva Marie Saint) and into marriage during the Civil War. Based on the popular novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. and directed by Edward Dmytryk, Raintree County was the most expensive U.S. production MGM had ever undertaken at the time.
3:30 a.m. - North by Northwest (1959) - Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic thriller of mistaken identity stars Cary Grant as an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization. Eva Marie Saint is dazzling as a woman drawn into the cat-and-mouse chase, which climaxes with a memorable sequence on the faces of Mt. Rushmore. Ernest Lehman earned one of the film’s three Oscar nominations for his pitch-perfect screenplay.