Starting on Thursday, Hollywood Boulevard will be overrun with vintage movie lovers from around the world for the TCM Classic Film Festival. The cable network has more than 75 screenings packed into four days at movie palaces including the Chinese, El Capitan, Egyptian and Cinerama Dome. Robert Osborne and other hosts from the channel introduce each screening, and the settings are always spectacular. The poolside screenings at the Roosevelt Hotel are particularly magical. The glowing blue water, tropical plants, and midcentury ambience are absolutely perfect for an opening night screening of South Pacific with stars Mitzi Gaynor and France Nuyen. More than fifty years after this movie was released, Gaynor is still a ball of fire and the promise of her saucy stories at the water’s edge is reason enough to rank this fest among the best movie experiences Los Angeles has ever offered. Cinerama! 3D! Wide screen! I look forward to it all year. Single tickets are available at the box office, but a festival pass offers an all-you-can-eat ticket to classic movie nirvana. Take a look at my picks and then click here for the schedule.
Thursday, April 25
Mitzi Gaynor and France Nuyen in person
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Friday, April 26
Alison Anders and Marge Champion in person
Chinese 6
Eva Marie Saint in person
Chinese
Mel Brooks in person
Chinese 6
Dana Gould in person
Chinese 6
Saturday, April 27
Handprint ceremony
Jane Fonda in person
Chinese
Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight in person
Chinese 6
Club TCM conversations
Tippi Hedren and Max Von Sydow in person
Roosevelt Hotel
Ann Blyth in person
Egyptian
What’s the Score?
Alex Trebek in person
Roosevelt Hotel
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Robert Hays in person
Chinese
Jane Fonda in person
Egyptian
Sunday, April 28
Beatrice Troller and Betty (Marsh) York in person
Cinerama Dome
50th anniversary screening
Mickey Rooney, Carl Reiner, Marvin Kaplan, and Barrie Chase in person
Cinerama Dome
In 3-D with Norman Lloyd in person
Chinese 6
Photograph Courtesy Turner Classic Movies
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