Classic Couple

The Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter is having a banner month in August! Several chapter members are live-tweeting during TCM’s Summer Under the Stars programming from our Chapter Twitter account: @TCMBacklotRDU. Just last night, Chapter member Lora, live-tweeted during The Killers as part of TCM’s programming in tribute to Ava Gardner. Many TCM fans and TMC […]

Readying to see the TCM Big Screen Classics 50th anniversary presentation of Hello, Dolly! (1969). Below are some tidbits related to the lead role of Dolly. Title character Dolly is supposed to be a widow some years older than love interest Horace Vandegelder. However, in the 1969 film the age gap between Barbra Streisand and […]

Clara Bow ruled the box-office in the 1920s, with 1925 the year she appeared in the most films—15 in all. Almost half of her 1925 films are lost, but My Lady of Whims survives. Originally seven reels, the surviving shortened version offers a powerful glimpse of Bow’s star power at the age of 20. My […]

Recently announced, TCM has added a new Big Screen Classic title to its 2019 lineup. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) is returning to select theaters for a special 75th anniversary event. Showings on Sunday, December 8 and Wednesday, December 11. Meet you there! “Meet me in St. Louis, Louis, Meet me at the fair, […]

The Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter gathered today to see the TCM Big Screen Classics 30th Anniversary screening of Glory. For some it was their first time seeing the film. For all it was impactful to see such a remarkable movie on the big screen. Before leaving the theater, the Chapter saluted TCM for providing the […]

Bad Blonde (1953), released as The Flanagan Boy in the UK, lives up to the promise of its US title. Bad Blonde delivers the key elements of a classic film noir—a seedy underworld, a blonde seductress, a gullible lover, a scorned husband, and two ruthless murders. Note before reading on—contains plot spoilers. The film opens […]

In preparation for the TCM Big Screen Classics 30th Anniversary screening of Glory, here are some historical tidbits about the film, courtesy of IMDB. Several of the extracts from Colonel Shaw’s supposed letters to his mother, as heard in voice-over narration throughout the film, were actually taken from “Army Life in a Black Regiment,” an […]

Ernest Borgnine deservedly won the 1956 Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar for his portrayal of lovelorn butcher Marty Piletti. The film focuses on Marty’s struggles as his customers, family and friends all question when the 34-year-old will marry as the last unmarried son in his family. Two scenes showcase Borgnine’s brilliant performance and […]

There is a scene in the 1993 movie, A Bronx Tale, where Calogero, a.k.a. C, is on the street chasing down a guy who owes him money. Sonny, the local crime boss, witnesses the scene and calls C over to speak with him. C explains to Sonny that the guy he was chasing, Louie Dumps, […]

The Raleigh-Cary TCM Backlot Chapter gathered today for a Pre-Code Party hosted by Chapter member Kim, her husband Steve and dog Boo. Our Pre-Code double feature started with the uncensored version of Baby Face (1933) starring Barbara Stanwyck followed by Red Headed Woman (1933) starring Jean Harlow. Part of the TCM Forbidden Hollywood Volume 1 […]