You know how some movies are just so special to you they give you goose bumps? My Fair Lady is one that gets me every single time. Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison – how could it not?
This amazingly wonderful movie will be shown on Turner Classic Movies tomorrow afternoon (December 11) at 12:45 – check your listings for the time where you live. BUT… that’s not all TCM has up their sleeve. Immediately before My Fair Lady, they’re showing Gigi (1958 – with Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier) and immediately after My Fair Lady, they’re showing the 1956 The King and I with Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner and Rita Moreno!
You’d think they’d call it a day after that line up, wouldn’t you?
Nah. Starting at 8:00 tomorrow night, they’ll air a few of Bing Crosby’s best movies. First up is The Bells of Saint Mary (1936) co-starring Ingrid Bergman. Bing Crosby is a liberal priest who tries to soften the strict nun (Ingrid Bergman) who runs a boys’ school.
Immediately following The Bells of Saint Mary is 1945’s Pennies From Heaven with Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, and Louis Armstrong. In Pennies From Heaven, a singer gets involved with a grieving family and a haunted house.
After Pennies From Heaven, you can catch one of the best of the best, High Society (1956). In this musical version of The Philadelphia Story, tabloid reporters invade a society wedding. Bing Crosby is joined by none other than Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra in this beautiful movie.
Next?! Road to Bali (1952), starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope (!!!), and Dorothy Lamour. Two song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Bob Hope) are on the run. They compete for for a beautiful princess.
If you’re still awake and able to focus your eyes, they’ll show you another Bob Hope movie. I love Bob Hope like nobody’s business, so I know I’ll be taping this one. It’s the 1964 film A Global Affair. Bob Hope is joined by Yvonne De Carlo when a U.N. official tries to locate the mother of an abandoned baby.
I know where I’ll be tomorrow. As in all day. And night!