Time to ready myself for the last TCM Big Screen Classics of 2018, White Christmas (1954), with some song and dance tidbits. Third of three films to feature Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas”. The other two are Holiday Inn (1942) and Blue Skies (1946). The Bing Crosby rendition of “White Christmas” is noted to be […]
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Nov
27
Nov
13
Die Hard and Celebrate the Season!
Last night the Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter a.k.a. @TCMBacklotRDU met up to see the 30th Anniversary TCM Big Screen Classics screening of Die Hard (1988). During our pre-show dinner we discussed our excitement to see the film, realizing some of us had seen it in the theater 30 years ago, one of us in back-to-back marathon […]
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Nov
04
Tidbits: Die Hard
Looking forward to watching the 30th Anniversary TCM Big Screen Classics screening of Die Hard (1988) later this week. Seeking out tidbits from IMDB, I found the casting information intriguing. Actors considered for the role of John McClain included Don Johnson, Richard Dean Anderson, John Travolta, and Michael Madsen. Sam Neill and Robert DeNiro turned it […]
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