Recommendations for April

I recommend the following movies on TCM (Cola readers, that's Time Warner channel 49). This is actually my April viewing list, and I thought I'd share it.

Saturday, April 4

11:15 PM	Best in Show (2000)
	Eccentric contestants prepare to compete in a national dog show. Cast: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey. Dir: Christopher Guest. C-90 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format (Not sure WHY this is on Turner CLASSIC Movies - it was made in 2000 - but it's a good one!)

Saturday, April 11

10:00 PM	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
	A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC (Have only seen this once, but it is Hitchcock suspense at its best!)

2:15 AM	Rebecca (1940)
	A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband's glamorous first wife. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-130 mins, TV-PG, CC (One of my Hitchcock favorites - will keep you on the edge of your seat!)

Wednesday, April 15

8:00 PM	Double Indemnity (1944)
	An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC (VERY cliched, but a fun watch!)

Friday, April 17

8:00 AM	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
	A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star. Cast: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC (Oooooooh, never miss this one!)
1:45 PM	Picnic (1955)
	A handsome drifter ignites passions at a small-town Labor Day picnic. Cast: William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell. Dir: Joshua Logan. C-113 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

Tuesday, April 21

8:00 PM	Women, The (1939)
	A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell. Dir: George Cukor. BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

Friday, April 24

8:00 PM	World's Greatest Athlete, The (1973)
	A washed-up coach saves his career when he discovers a jungle boy who's a natural athlete. Cast: Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos. Dir: Robert Scheerer. C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format (Disney, I think. I saw this one in the theatre, when I was a child. Jan-Michael Vincent as Nanu is DELISH!)

Wednesday, April 29

11:30 AM	Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
	A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS (Paul Newman in his prime. BEAUTIFUL!)

Thursday, April 30

12:30 PM	Mildred Pierce (1945)
	A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society. Cast: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS