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Ruby Keeler TCM Summer Under the Stars Picto-Sked

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Ruby Keeler day on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) starts Friday at 6:30 am ET with Mother Carey's Chickens (1941). That's actually late Ruby Keeler: ten of today's twelve films were originally released between 1933 and 1938, right in the Immortal Ephemera sweet-spot, so there had to be a Picto-Sked!

By the way, I do hope to post a review or article in the near future, but the Picto-Skeds have been getting a great response th...

Janet Gaynor TCM Summer Under the Stars Picto-Sked

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Twenty-four hours of Janet Gaynor movies—12 in all!—start on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) at 6:00 am ET. These dozen films were released between 1928 and 1938 and include a few television rarities (Fox Films!). The daylong Gaynor-marathon begins with Small Town Girl (1936 - 6:00 am), which finds Gaynor cast opposite MGM's rising leading man Robert Taylor in a movie directed by William A. Wellman.

Note: Today's Janet Gayno...

Jean Harlow TCM Summer Under the Stars Picto-Sked

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Twenty-four hours of Jean Harlow movies are just about to start on TCM. If you're reading this past 6:00 AM ET, then they've already begun! That's when Riffraff (1936) opens today's Jean Harlow Summer Under the Stars programming.

One of the most beloved figures in movie history, Jean Harlow's day on TCM has to be one of the more anticipated selections of this year's Summer Under the Stars. That said, we have seen all of...

Red-Headed Woman (1932) Reveals New Jean Harlow

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

I wrote this last year for The Pre-Code Companion, Issue #1. I'm republishing it on the site at this time with permission of Danny Reid, who edits and publishes the Pre-Code Companion series. The only changes to this version of the article are the addition of links, references, and my screen caps.

(Red-Headed Woman plays on TCM late Sunday night at 2:45 am ET)

It was a bestseller, but so trashy that MGM couldn’t find a n...

Fay Wray TCM Summer Under the Stars Picto-Sked

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

It's Fay Wray Day today on TCM! Twenty-four hours of Fay Wray Summer Under the Stars programming begins at 6:00 am ET with The Unholy Garden (1931).

This is one of my two or three most anticipated days on TCM this month, both because of the classics I love and a couple I've been dying to see. I'm most excited to see Josef von Sternberg's Thunderbolt (1929) for the first time later tonight, though I'm also looking forward...

‘One Sunday Afternoon’ With Cagney & Co. in ‘The Strawberry Blonde’

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Above: Rita Hayworth, Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, and Jack Carson. Warner Bros. promotional still SB-38.

Biff Grimes started out a bully. I mean Biff Grimes as originated in James Hagan’s 1933 hit Broadway play One Sunday Afternoon. Obviously I wasn’t able to make the play, but the same goes for Biff in Paramount’s film adaptation released later that same year. Gary Cooper made him unpredictable in the movie, dange...

Olivia de Havilland Picto-Sked #2

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Week two of TCM's Olivia de Havilland Star of the Month centennial celebration begins at 8:00 pm ET on Friday, July 8, 2016. It's also a good night for Errol Flynn fans.

The TCM US schedule follows and under that you'll find one vintage newspaper advertisement for each of the movies on this week's schedule. Also included are a few old movie card images to add some splashes of color and clarity to our B&W newspaper sked....

Recommended: Women Film Editors by David Meuel

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera More Olivia de Havilland Friday Night

Because, hey, you only turn a hundred once, right? Best Star of the Month selection in ages, well done, TCM!

Star of the Month Olivia de Havilland returns to TCM Friday night beginning at 8:00 pm Eastern Time. This second block of de Havilland movies are all 1930s-40s features, so I could put together another Picto-Sked if you like.

Do you like? Let me know, feel free to email or lea...

Cliff’s Notes: TCM in July; More Olivia?

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal EphemeraTCM in July

Whoops, I let the week get away! No big deal though since I've scaled back monthly recommendations to a list of reading links: If a movie has already aired, you might still want to read about it—you might even want to read about it more than you did before you saw it—so I'll include the entire month in the following list.

July 1, 5:15 am - Captain Blood (1935) July 4, 6:00 am - Judge Hardy and Son (1939) July...

Olivia de Havilland Centenary Celebration — With Picto-Sked

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

The Olivia de Havilland centenary celebration has begun! It's going to be a fun day online: just about every classic movie site that covers movies dating from 1935 and up will be celebrating Olivia de Havilland. As for Immortal Ephemera, email subscribers will find a trove of vintage de Havilland collectible images following this post inside today's mailing.

Also, after about eighteen months, I've updated one of the most...