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ALL-DAY BARBARA STANWYCK FESTIVAL SATURDAY TCM, YAY

Oznell — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:10:22 GMT

TCM's kicking off "Summer Under the Stars" with a bang with the evergreen Barbara Stanwyck. One of my all time favorites of classic film.

The offerings range from "Gambling Lady" at 6:00 a.m. Eastern, and of course include "Double Indemnity", "Meet John Doe", and "Ball of Fire". Here's the full schedule:

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=EST&sdate=2020-08-01

Lesser-seen gems not to be missed:

9:00 a.m. Eastern-- "B.F.'s Daughter" Powerful mogul's daughter is attracted to a bohemian professor. Charles Coburn as her father, and Stanwyck and Van Heflin as the love-tossed couple, are all terrific. Soapy but good.

11:00 a.m. Eastern-- "Crime of Passion" Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr

Sizzle! One of her best, late-period noirs. Babs leaves hard-driving journalism to marry honest cop Sterling Hayden, and tries to further his career by cozying up to his boss, randy opportunist Raymond Burr. Great film in that it starts out one way, then turns into a scorching suspenser that you couldn't anticipate.

The three films that follow, "East Side, West Side", and "The Two Mrs. Carrolls", and "Clash by Night" ARE a bit overexposed, but she's great in all, and she gets to star again with the always perfect Van Heflin again in "East...", a bonus for me.

A quite satisfying line-up. Stanwyck was so prolific, they always end up leaving off some goodies-- for example, they almost never show the smoldering "The File on Thelma Jordon" (maybe there are pesky property rights preventing its airing?). But this'll do for a summer's day Stanwyck sampler!

Re: ALL-DAY BARBARA STANWYCK FESTIVAL SATURDAY TCM, YAY

kaydee50 — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:21:15 GMT

@Oznell Thanks for the reminder. Summer Under the Stars is one of my favorite events on TCM. I note that Ball of Fire is being shown in prime time. Great movie, IMO, and Cooper should have done more comedies!

Wish they were showing Baby Face, an early BS classic.

Just checked the entire schedule. Good to see some living actors, Beatty and Hawn, and some more obscure ones, Diana Dors. A good variety.

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TexasMom1 — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:59:22 GMT

It is going to be a great day for movies! Recorder is locked and loaded!

Thanks Oxnell for the reminder!

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spiderw — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:08:37 GMT

Excellent actress!! Any movie stanwyck is in is a gem because she is in it!! Her acting is among the best of her time!

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Buffalogal47 — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:09:39 GMT

WHAT?? No "Stella Dallas"? Barbara Stanwyck was such a prolific actress that they couldn't fit all of her great movies into 24 hours

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IMW — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:28:19 GMT

One of the true greats. Always elegance and class. The

crews she worked with loved her for her generosity and kindness.

I don't think she ever gave a less than excellent performance.

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Texas Gray Wolf — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:22:02 GMT

My all-time favorite movie is "There's Always Tomorrow".

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SharkE — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:46:25 GMT

Wish they would show 'Walk on the Wild Side' think it was called.

Suppose to be kind of kinky . LOL

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Desert Lily — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:52:41 GMT

I'm looking forward to watching all the stars, but I especially like Barbara Stanwyck. Thanks for the reminder @Oznell

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SharkE — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:54:08 GMT

I thought that was a Stanwyck movie 'Walk on the Wild side' that's got that ol' Lawrence Harvey in it. Ugh..........Jane Fonda plays the bad girl.

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Jinlei — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 23:04:25 GMT

Thank you for the reminder! I just love Barbara Stanwyck. She is my favorite actress! DVR is set to record!

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Oznell — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:13:55 GMT

Wow, @kaydee50 , not many Yanks are familiar with Diana Dors. It's neat that TCM is going to give her her own day for Summer Under the Stars!

I am pumped like all of you to have a Stanwyck day. Pound for pound, she delivers more sheer entertainment value than almost anyone else on screen. Next time, apart from "The File on Thelma Jordon", I'd love to see them show "Witness to Murder", "Sorry, Wrong Number", "The Furies", and "Jeopardy"....

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bewise — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:48:06 GMT

Enjoy all her movies,a great actress!

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Mz iMac — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 23:43:10 GMT

@kaydee50 wrote:

Wish they were showing Baby Face, an early BS classic.

Yeah, me too! Love those pre-coded movies. BS ____s (fill in the blank) her way all the way to the top!

TCM usually shows Baby Face after midnight about once a year if that much.

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lmt — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 04:44:23 GMT

I wish they would do a theme week instead of an all day showcase. Show two movies each night instead of showing so many movies back to back in one day. It's almost impossible to watch that many movies in one day without a break.

That being said, I love Barbara Stanwyck, too. She was a great actress and had such a presence.

I did catch East Side, West Side and enjoyed it. I love to see all the beautiful fashions and hairstyles from the 40's!!

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WildDunes — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 09:24:58 GMT

Love Ms. Stanwyck. She was an actress, could take on any role. I set the DVR and will sit down and enjoy the movies when I can.

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bewise — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:15:35 GMT

Sat. a great day for TCM,watched many great movies!