StarsEnd Googolplex Earth Classic Film Festival
April 1 " 30 in the Rigel Screening Room
Thirty classic films in thirty days: See "em all! Showtimes: 7 PM and 10 PM Rhydin Standard Time
1 - Thursday - Adam's Rib (1949) Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women's rights case. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday. Dir: George Cukor.
2 - Friday - Gidget (1959) A young girl dreams of winning acceptance from a gang of surfers. Cast: Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren. Dir: Paul Wendkos.
3 - Saturday - Serpico (1973) A rookie risks his life going undercover to ferret out police corruption. Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe. Dir: Sidney Lumet.
4 - Sunday - Easter Parade (1948) When his partner leaves him, a vaudeville star trains an untried performer to take her place, finding love in the process. Cast: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Ann Miller. Dir: Charles Walters.
5 - Monday - Giant (1956) A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times. Cast: James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson. Dir: George Stevens.
6 - Tuesday - Magnificent Obsession (1935) A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death. Cast: Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth. Dir: John M. Stahl.
7 - Wednesday " The Black Swan (1942) When he's named governor of Jamaica, a former pirate sets out to clean up the Caribbean. Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn. Dir: Henry King.
8 " Thursday - Libeled Lady (1936) When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her. Cast: Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. Dir: Jack Conway.
9 - Friday " The Philadelphia Story (1940) Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage. Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Dir: George Cukor.
10 - Saturday - Logan's Run (1976) A future police officer uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth. Cast: Michael York, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Dir: Michael Anderson.
11 - Sunday - That Touch of Mink (1962) Attraction develops between a suave businessman and a young woman determined to protect her innocence. Cast: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young. Dir: Delbert Mann.
12 - Monday - Alice Adams (1935) A small-town girl with social ambitions falls in love with a local playboy. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Evelyn Venable. Dir: George Stevens.
13 - Tuesday - High Wall (1947) Psychiatry provides the key to proving a veteran flyer innocent of his wife's murder. Cast: Robert Taylor, Herbert Marshall, Audrey Totter. Dir: Curtis Bernhardt.
14 - Wednesday - Thank God It's Friday (1978) Show biz hopefuls flock to the local disco in pursuit of their dreams. Cast: Valerie Landsburg, Donna Summer, Jeff Goldblum. Dir: Robert Klane.
15 - Thursday - Major Barbara (1941) A munitions manufacturer tries to reconcile with his revivalist daughter. Cast: Wendy Hiller, Robert Morley, Rex Harrison. Dir: Gabriel Pascal.
16 - Friday - Airplane! (1980) When a flight crew falls ill, the only man who can land the plane is afraid of flying. Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen. Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker.
17 - Saturday - Strangers on a Train (1951) A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly. Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock.
18 " Sunday - Blue Hawaii (1961) A Hawaiian playboy defies his possessive mother to take a job with a tourist agency. Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury Dir: Norman Taurog.
19 - Monday - Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) A young girl comes of age while hiding from the Nazis. Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters.
20 - Tuesday - Qvo Vadis (1951) A Roman commander falls for a Christian slave girl as Nero intensifies persecution of the new religion. Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-175 mins, TV-PG, CC
21 - Wednesday " The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in. Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke. Dir: Norman Jewison.
22 - Thursday " The Red Shoes (1948) A young ballerina is torn between her art and her romance with a young composer. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer. Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.
23 - Friday - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) A blue-collar worker's encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man. Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr. Dir: Steven Spielberg.
24 - Saturday " The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. Dir: William Keighley, Michael Curtiz.
25 - Sunday - Singin' In the Rain (1952) A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound. Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor. Dir: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen.
26 - Monday " The Talk of the Town (1942) An escaped political prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher. Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman. Dir: George Stevens.
27 - Tuesday - Savage Pampas (1967) An army captain tries to tame the Argentine frontier by importing women. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Ty Hardin. Dir: Hugo Fregonese.
28 - Wednesday - Midnight (1939) An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore. Dir: Mitchell Leisen.
29 - Thursday - PT 109 (1963) Future president John Kennedy fights to save his crew when their PT boat sinks in the Pacific. Cast: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin. Dir: Leslie Martinson.
30 " Friday - Nocturne (1946) A police detective refuses to believe a composer's death was suicide. Cast: George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston. Dir: Edwin L. Marin.
————————— (( )) If you actually want to watch the movies to incorporate into your play, the selections come from TCM's tentative April 2010 schedule (check your local listings for times). Movie descriptions and cast lists come from this source: TCM April Schedule
Thirty classic films in thirty days: See "em all! Showtimes: 7 PM and 10 PM Rhydin Standard Time
1 - Thursday - Adam's Rib (1949) Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women's rights case. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday. Dir: George Cukor.
2 - Friday - Gidget (1959) A young girl dreams of winning acceptance from a gang of surfers. Cast: Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren. Dir: Paul Wendkos.
3 - Saturday - Serpico (1973) A rookie risks his life going undercover to ferret out police corruption. Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe. Dir: Sidney Lumet.
4 - Sunday - Easter Parade (1948) When his partner leaves him, a vaudeville star trains an untried performer to take her place, finding love in the process. Cast: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Ann Miller. Dir: Charles Walters.
5 - Monday - Giant (1956) A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times. Cast: James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson. Dir: George Stevens.
6 - Tuesday - Magnificent Obsession (1935) A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death. Cast: Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth. Dir: John M. Stahl.
7 - Wednesday " The Black Swan (1942) When he's named governor of Jamaica, a former pirate sets out to clean up the Caribbean. Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn. Dir: Henry King.
8 " Thursday - Libeled Lady (1936) When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her. Cast: Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. Dir: Jack Conway.
9 - Friday " The Philadelphia Story (1940) Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage. Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Dir: George Cukor.
10 - Saturday - Logan's Run (1976) A future police officer uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth. Cast: Michael York, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Dir: Michael Anderson.
11 - Sunday - That Touch of Mink (1962) Attraction develops between a suave businessman and a young woman determined to protect her innocence. Cast: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young. Dir: Delbert Mann.
12 - Monday - Alice Adams (1935) A small-town girl with social ambitions falls in love with a local playboy. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Evelyn Venable. Dir: George Stevens.
13 - Tuesday - High Wall (1947) Psychiatry provides the key to proving a veteran flyer innocent of his wife's murder. Cast: Robert Taylor, Herbert Marshall, Audrey Totter. Dir: Curtis Bernhardt.
14 - Wednesday - Thank God It's Friday (1978) Show biz hopefuls flock to the local disco in pursuit of their dreams. Cast: Valerie Landsburg, Donna Summer, Jeff Goldblum. Dir: Robert Klane.
15 - Thursday - Major Barbara (1941) A munitions manufacturer tries to reconcile with his revivalist daughter. Cast: Wendy Hiller, Robert Morley, Rex Harrison. Dir: Gabriel Pascal.
16 - Friday - Airplane! (1980) When a flight crew falls ill, the only man who can land the plane is afraid of flying. Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen. Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker.
17 - Saturday - Strangers on a Train (1951) A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly. Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock.
18 " Sunday - Blue Hawaii (1961) A Hawaiian playboy defies his possessive mother to take a job with a tourist agency. Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury Dir: Norman Taurog.
19 - Monday - Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) A young girl comes of age while hiding from the Nazis. Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters.
20 - Tuesday - Qvo Vadis (1951) A Roman commander falls for a Christian slave girl as Nero intensifies persecution of the new religion. Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-175 mins, TV-PG, CC
21 - Wednesday " The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in. Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke. Dir: Norman Jewison.
22 - Thursday " The Red Shoes (1948) A young ballerina is torn between her art and her romance with a young composer. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer. Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.
23 - Friday - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) A blue-collar worker's encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man. Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr. Dir: Steven Spielberg.
24 - Saturday " The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. Dir: William Keighley, Michael Curtiz.
25 - Sunday - Singin' In the Rain (1952) A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound. Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor. Dir: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen.
26 - Monday " The Talk of the Town (1942) An escaped political prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher. Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman. Dir: George Stevens.
27 - Tuesday - Savage Pampas (1967) An army captain tries to tame the Argentine frontier by importing women. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Ty Hardin. Dir: Hugo Fregonese.
28 - Wednesday - Midnight (1939) An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore. Dir: Mitchell Leisen.
29 - Thursday - PT 109 (1963) Future president John Kennedy fights to save his crew when their PT boat sinks in the Pacific. Cast: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin. Dir: Leslie Martinson.
30 " Friday - Nocturne (1946) A police detective refuses to believe a composer's death was suicide. Cast: George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston. Dir: Edwin L. Marin.
————————— (( )) If you actually want to watch the movies to incorporate into your play, the selections come from TCM's tentative April 2010 schedule (check your local listings for times). Movie descriptions and cast lists come from this source: TCM April Schedule