Classic Couple

The Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter “team” enjoyed playing together at our Father’s Day outing to see the 30th Anniversary TCM Big Screen Classics presentation of Field of Dreams. After the film and our team picture, we went for snacks and movie chat. There was group consensus around the film being about dreams and wish fulfillment […]

Extending a warm welcome to the newest members of the Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter: Kathleen, Elizabeth, Karen, Pam, LeRoy, Leslie, Candice, Daniel, Xavier, Sandra, Shelby, and Al. 12 new members since February 2019.

The Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter enjoyed its outing to see the 30th Anniversary TCM Big Screen Classics presentation of Steel Magnolias today. We met up for snacks and movie talk before the film, where we discovered all but one of us had seen the movie before. Nice to have a new classic discovery for a […]

On Sunday, May 5 the Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter gathered to see the 50th Anniversary TCM Big Screen Classics presentation of True Grit. We had a good time watching John Wayne in his Oscar-winning performance as Rooster Cogburn. After the film, chapter members caught up in reunion of sorts after the 2019 TCM Film Festival. […]

Special Guest Blog By Caroline Lappetito, Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter Member Ben-Hur! From the opening credits you are smacked right between the eyes and you know you are going to see something very, very special. The booming, soaring musical score, the iconic Sistine Chapel painting of Michelangelo’s God creating Man upon which the credits roll, […]

The Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter recently went bicoastal. On Sunday, April 14, while some of us attended the 2019 TCM Film Festival, several chapter members attended the 60th Anniversary TCM Big Screen Classics presentation of Ben-Hur. The two groups texted one another during breaks. Chapter President Chris and “First Lady” Kami sent the group a […]

The Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter met up today to see the TCM Big Screen Classics presentation of To Kill a Mockingbird. I think I can speak for the entire group to say that this afternoon we were transported to 1932 and Harper Lee’s fictitious town of Maycomb, Alabama. Afterwards, we gathered for classic film chatter. […]

Yesterday the Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter had its Spring Social. Ten chapter members gathered for for coffee and conversation about our mutual love of classic movies. We debated the definition of horror – monster movies, slasher flicks, and psychological thrillers all fair game. Member favorites included Nosferatu, The Night of the Hunter, The Exorcist, Gargoyles, […]

Extending a warm welcome to the newest members of the Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter: John, Scott, Tina, Jane, Cathy, Jake, Gloria, Linda, Lydia, Suzanne, Sheila, Karen, Diana, Amanda and Alexandria. 15 new members since the beginning of 2019.

Special Guest Blog By Caroline Lappetito, Raleigh/Cary TCM Backlot Chapter Member “Lots of chocolate for me to eat…warm face, warm hands, warm feet! Ohhhh wouldn’t it be loverly?” “I’m an ordinary man…but let a woman in your life…I shall never let a woman in my life!” “I could have danced all night, I could have […]