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On Tuesday, April 7, TCM is taking a night to recognize two of entertainment’s greatest celebrity documentarians. Between 1980 and 2005, Joan Kramer and David Heeley produced groundbreaking celebrity profiles ranging from Hepburn to Garland to Fonda to Flynn. The TCM special features five of the duo’s profiles (James Stewart: A Wonderful Life, The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, Fonda on Fonda, Katharine Hepburn: All About Me and Bacall on Bogart), with Kramer and Heeley introducing each film in a joint interview conducted by TCM’s Robert Osborne. When asked the main difference between the stars of the … Continue reading →

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John Garfield on TCM: Humoresque, Four Daughters, We Were Strangers Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am Four Daughters (1938) A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician. Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, John Garfield. Bw-90 mins. 7:45 Am Blackwell's Island (1939) A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster. Dir: William McGann. Cast: John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell. Bw-71 mins. 9:00 Am They Made Me A Criminal (1939) A young boxer flees to farming country when he thinks he's killed an opponent in the ring. Dir: Busby Berkeley. Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson. Bw-92 mins. 10:45 Am Dangerously They Live (1942) A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents. Dir: Robert Florey. Cast: John Garfield, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey. Bw-77 mins. 12:15 Pm Pride Of The Marines (1945) A blinded...

Katharine Hepburn on TCM: Keeper Of The Flame, Summertime Schedule (Pt) and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 Am Spitfire (1934) A backwoods faith healer falls for a married man from the big city. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: John Cromwell. Bw-87 mins. 4:30 Am Christopher Strong (1933) An aviatrix’s affair with a married man could cost her her career. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke. Dir: Dorothy Arzner. Bw-78 mins. 6:00 Am Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (1993) In a rare interview, Katharine Hepburn shares her memories and memorabilia. Dir: David Heeley. C-70 mins. 7:15 Am Mary of Scotland (1936) Biography of the flighty Scottish queen who was brought down by love. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge. Dir: John Ford. Bw-124 mins. 9:30 Am Quality Street (1937) A woman masquerades as her own niece to get back at a neglectful suitor. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Franchot [...]...

Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi in David Lean‘s Summertime (top); Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant in Howard Hawks‘ Bringing Up Baby (bottom) Katharine Hepburn having her own private day as part of Turner Classic Movies‘ "Summer Under the Stars" series doesn’t make my pulse race or my heart palpitate. I mean, Hepburn could be an outstanding actress, but her movies are always playing on TCM, and many have found their way onto DVD and, way back when, VHS. [Katharine Hepburn schedule.] (Mr./Ms. TCM, for next year, how about a John Gilbert Day or a Ramon Novarro Day or a Catherine Deneuve Day or a Sessue Hayakawa Day or a Nancy Carroll Day or a Lizabeth Scott Day? Heck, I’d gladly accept a Polly Moran Day.) Among the eleven Hepburn vehicles being presented by TCM (in addition to David Heeley‘s 1993 documentary Katharine Hepburn: All About Me), my favorite is Howard Hawks...