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elleng

(136,043 posts)
Wed Sep 25, 2024, 09:42 PM Sep 25

TCM now South Pacific

8:00 PM Oklahoma! (1955)
Film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical about the early settlers on the Oklahoma plain.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson
Runtime: 148 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC:

(SORRY missed it)

10:45 PM South Pacific (1958)
Two stories set side by side about love and loss set in the wartime tropics. Adaptation of the 1949 stage play.
Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr
Runtime: 171 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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TCM now South Pacific (Original Post) elleng Sep 25 OP
Ray Walston is in this! HeartsCanHope Sep 26 #1
You're welcome. elleng Sep 26 #2
Love Kiss Me Kate, too! HeartsCanHope Sep 26 #3
YES YES YES!!! elleng Sep 26 #4

HeartsCanHope

(735 posts)
1. Ray Walston is in this!
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 02:04 AM
Sep 26

I loved his performance in "Honey Bun"! Starts at about 3:08. Thanks, elleng, for letting us know. Take care.


elleng

(136,043 posts)
2. You're welcome.
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 02:24 AM
Sep 26

FYI, tomorrow: 12:00 PM | Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Off-stage antics of ex-lovers and gangsters parallel a musical version of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew."
Dir: George Sidney | Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller

3:45 PM | 42nd Street (1933)
After breaking an ankle, a leading lady of a Broadway musical is replaced by a young unknown actress.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon | Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent

5:15 PM | Gypsy (1962)
The life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy | Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden

8:00 PM | M*A*S*H (1970)
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor to keep their sanity during wartime.
Dir: Robert Altman | Cast: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Robert Duval


((Kiss me Kate's my favorite!!!))

HeartsCanHope

(735 posts)
3. Love Kiss Me Kate, too!
Thu Sep 26, 2024, 02:46 AM
Sep 26

Ann Miller is always amazing, (as well as Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel!)
Thanks for the info, elleng.

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