TCM Film Festival 2012 Movies Announced

The TCM Classic Film Festival heads again to Hollywood from April 12 to April 15th. 

The 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival will cover a wide range of programming themes, including our central theme “Style in the Movies.” Working directly with the Hollywood studios, the world’s notable film archives, and private collectors, our programs feature some of the most revered movies of all time – many with new or restored prints – and long lost gems. 

Festival guests scheduled to apear are producer and Preservationist Serge Bromberg, actress “Baby Peggy” Diana Serra Cary, actress

Peggy Cummins, producer Robert Evans, actress Rhonda Fleming, actor Joel Grey, actress Marsha Hunt, filmmaker Vera Iwerebor, singer and actress Liza Minnelli, the Monte Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, actress Debbie Reynolds, and Film Noir Foundation founder Eddie Muller. 

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ANNOUNCED FILMS FOR 2012

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

World premiere of a new restoration of director Lewis Milestone’s groundbreaking masterpiece based on the World War I novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Lew Ayres heads the cast in this Oscar®-winning Best Picture. More.

BABY PEGGY: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM(2010)

In its U.S. premiere, this well-crafted and intimate portrait of one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s silent era features the 92-year-old Diana Serra Cary speaking about her life and experience as child star “Baby Peggy.” More.

BLACK SUNDAY (1977)

Director John Frankenheimer’s tale of terrorism at the Super Bowl stars Bruce Dern, Robert Shaw and Marthe Keller. More.

CABARET (1972)

Official Opening Night Gala World Premiere of the 40th Anniversary Restoration of Bob Fosse’s Best Picture winner starring Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York. More.

CALL HER SAVAGE (1932)

World premiere restoration of this Pre-Code gem starring Clara Bow as a wild Texan gal who rebels against her father. More.

CASABLANCA (1942)

The 70th anniversary restoration of Michael Curtiz’s Academy Award-winning classic wartime romance starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. More.

CHINATOWN (1974)

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston star in this neo-noir directed by Roman Polanski.More.

CRY DANGER (1951)

Dick Powell stars as an ex-con out to find the culprits who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. More.

FUNNY FACE (1957)

Fred Astaire is a fashion photographer who turns Audrey Hepburn into a chic model in this highly stylized musical featuring memorable Gershwin songs. More.

GIRL SHY (1924)

Composer Robert Israel will be on hand to conduct his original score to Harold Lloyd’s delightful comedy. More.

THE GODFATHER, PART II(1974)

Francis Ford Coppola defied the odds by making a sequel that remains widely considered to be superior to the original. Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and Robert DeNiro star in the six-time Oscar-winning saga. More.

GRAND ILLUSION (1937)

North American Premiere of 75th anniversary restoration of Jean Renoir’s extraordinary World War I drama about a small group of French officers held captive. More.

GUN CRAZY (1950)

John Dall and Peggy Cummins in this Joseph H. Lewis directed classic. More.

HOW THE WEST WAS WON(1962)

On it’s 50th anniversary, the panorama of the American West is presented in its glory with a rare presentation the Cinerama print of this epic adventure. More.

LOVE STORY(1970)

Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal star in the story of young love that helped save Paramount from bankruptcy. More.

MARATHON MAN (1976)

Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier and Roy Scheider star in this thriller based on the book and screenplay by William Goldman and directed by John Schlesinger. More.

NOTHING SACRED (1937)

William Wellman directs Fredric March and Carole Lombard in the first screwball comedy to be shot in color. More.

OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS (1928)

A new print of director Harry Beaumont’s Jazz-age silent melodrama starring Joan Crawford. More.

RAW DEAL(1948)

This gritty Anthony Mann thriller stars Dennis O’Keefe as a man in prison for another man’s crime, Claire Trevor as the gun moll who helps him break out of jail and Marsha Hunt as the social worker who wants to reform him. More.

SABRINA(1954)

Audrey Hepburn is the chauffeur’s daughter caught in a love triangle between Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. Billy Wilder directed and co-wrote this offbeat romance, featuring costumes by Givenchy. More.

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)

In celebration of Gene Kelly’s 100th birthday anniversary, the world premiere of the 60th anniversary restoration of Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s delightful toe-tapper starring Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor. More.

SWING TIME (1936)

George Stevens’ wonderful, dance-filled musical comedy stars the incomparable Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. More.

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD(1924)

Featuring live accompaniment by the Mont Alto Orchestra, Douglas Fairbanks stars as a thief in love with the daughter of the Caliph, with Raoul Walsh directing. More.

TWO FOR THE ROAD(1967)

A world premiere restoration starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney as a quarrelsome couple reminisce about their relationship during a drive in southern France in Stanley Donen’s insightful drama. More.

WINGS (1927)

The 85th anniversary restoration of William A. Wellman’s World War I aerial drama starring Charles “Buddy” Rogers, Richard Arlen and Clara Bow. Winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture. More.

THE WOMEN (1939)

A new print of George Cukor’s landmark film with Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell and Paulette Goddard leading an all-female cast in an adaptation of the popular Clare Boothe Luce play. More.

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