Classic Couple

Our TCM Club met on February 20 to play a new game release from TCM: TCM Ultimate Movie Trivia Challenge – 400+ Questions to Test Your Knowledge by Frank Miller. The card pack set of trivia game cards is organized into eight categories including: The Great Films, Leading Ladies, Leading Men, Directors, Cult Classics, Supporting […]

Our TCM Club started the new year 2022 with a meeting during a snow storm. Those with power and internet showed up for fun and games. We picked up where we left off last meeting with a round of our custom game, This or That for Classic Film Fans. As might be expected, club members […]

In 2021, we continued our love affair with Old Hollywood and classic movies. Our good fortune led us to a number of collaborations with TCM, The Film Detective and St. George Living History Productions. We interviewed a cadre of talented filmmakers, film producers and promoters, entertainment experts, and TCM hosts. Every one expanded our thinking […]

On December 12 our TCM Club met to enjoy one another’s company during the holiday season. Everyone shared their plans to celebrate, with some traveling and some staying put for holidays at home. It was clear that for all one of the joys of the past year has been getting together, albeit virtually, with fellow […]

We Love Lucy! In our November TCM Club meeting, we proclaimed our love of Lucille Ball through a discussion of four films that aired on TCM in October, when she was star of the month on the channel. Club member Caroline led us through a chat about these four films, spanning Lucy’s movie career: 1.  […]

Our TCM Club met on October 17 for a meeting covering a range of topics. We started out discussing the news of the TCM Classic Movie Festival 2022. Several club members plan to attend, and we will hold a festival planning meeting in November after tickets go on sale and plans firm up. We pivoted […]

I’m Dan Fox, long-time member of the Raleigh TCM Club, life-long classic movie fan of all genres, obsessive physical media movie collector—starting with laser discs and now into my 4K Blu-ray phase—and original movie lobby card collector. I mostly grew up in Augusta, Georgia, where, I suppose, like in most other towns in the mid-1950s […]

Our TCM Club met in September for a discussion led by club member Sharon. We revisited the films watched on TCM during July, but this time we focused on music in the movies. Sharon started us off with background on composer Max Steiner and the music for Now Voyager (1942) for which he won for […]

Our TCM Club met on August 8 to play classic movie-themed Jeopardy! Lexi was our host, having developed the custom Jeopardy game for the club. Topics tested club member knowledge of classic film titles, actors and actresses, movie characters and musical scores. We played several competitive rounds peppered with lively discussion of club members’ favorite […]

Our TCM Club met on July 11 to play classic film bingo. We played several competitive rounds with game cards focused on classic actors, male and female. Our usual sidebar conversations ensued with club members noting their favorite performers along with calling out their beloved film performances. Next month, we have two meetings on the […]