“Warner Night at the Movies:The Strawberry Blonde” (1941) offered a re-creation of going to the movies during this era with cartoons, aSergeant York(1941) trailer, and a short about celebrities playing polo. Unknowingly, this choice provided a Jack Carson double featu...
“You ain’t seen nothing yet,” proclaimed Al Jolson in “The Jazz Singer” (1927), and for the 14th annual edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival, organizers borrowed the same tagline for their showcase of movies the way they were meant to be experienced: On the big screen. With m...
There was even a presentation entitled “Warner Night at the Movies,” featuring pre-movie cartoons, short subjects, and trailers as they might have been experienced by audiences heading out to theaters in 1941, all followed by the main feature: Jimmy Cagney, Rita Hayworth, and Jack Carson in...
If you’re used to the Turner Classic Movies Channel’sSilent SundaysorNoir Alley, you know what to expect. Where previous years have focused on literary adaptations, comedies, and historical adaptations, this year’s iteration shone a light on big-screen romances, from the Cary Grant/Katharine...