TCM Star of the Month Alert

GraceKellySet your DVRs. During the month of November, TCM’s Star of the Month is none other than Grace Kelly. Although her film career was remarkably short:

Year Title
1951 Fourteen Hours
1952 High Noon
1953 Mogambo
1954 Dial M for Murder
Rear Window
The Country Girl
Green Fire
The Bridges at Toko-Riki
1955 To Catch a Thief
1956 The Swan
High Society

Almost all of her performances are memorable. Her collaboration with Hitchcock in three of films put her in select company for actors who had repeat performances in his film (Grant, Stewart, Bergman, Fontaine, Peck to name a few).

Of course a great part of hear legacy has to do with her leaving Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier and preside over the principality of Monaco until her untimely death in 1982.

Happy Birthday to Me! A 24-Hour Movie Marathon

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In honor of my birthday this month I decided to put together a dream 24-hour program schedule for myself. Here are the movies in no particular order since they are ALL fantastic!

Film Title Year Released Total Running Time
Empire Strikes Back 1980 124
Bend it Like Beckham 2002 112
Vertigo 1958 128
Wimbledon 2004 98
To Catch a Thief 1955 106
A Room With a View 1985 117
Pride and Prejudice 1995 300
Persuasion 1995 107
Cinema Paradiso 1988 124
From this Day Forward 1946 95
Love and Basketball 2000 124
Grand Total
1435

Which leaves 5 minutes for sleep!