NEW REVIEW! Celebrate Pride 🏳️‍🌈 with my newest movie review as I dive into the suspenseful world of Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE! Explore the film's intriguing queer subtext and innovative film-making techniques. Happy Pride! 🎥 🌈 Watch now: #TCMParty

Farewell ALAN BERGMAN. 💔 Half of the prolific lyric-writing team with his wife Marilyn, won multiple Oscars & Emmys for songs like THE WAY WE WERE & THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND. Wrote memorable TV theme songs for shows such as MAUDE, GOOD TIMES, and ALICE. #RIP

Today at 4:30 pm est on @TCM Doris Day gives one of her most beloved performances in her favorite movie CALAMITY JANE ('53). Day & Howard Keel are funny, romantic & simply terrific together. It’s a musical extravaganza not to be missed! ♥️ My #MovieReview

Farewell, CONNIE FRANCIS. 💔 Pop icon who ruled the charts when I was a kid with heartfelt ballads like “Who’s Sorry Now” and anthems like “Where the Boys Are”. She had 35 Top 40 hits and a voice that defined a generation's hopes and heartbreak.

Happy Birthday singular BARBARA STANWYCK! 🎂 Known for her powerful performances. Her career spanned from the Golden Age of Hollywood to TV. I love her Oscar-nominated performance in BALL OF FIRE. ❤️‍🔥 My #MovieReview 👉

Happy Birthday ‘70’s golden boy JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT! 🎂 In 54+ films shared the screen w/ Rock Hudson, John Wayne, Candice Bergen, Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds, & Sally Field. particularly strong performance in WHITE LINE FEVER. Best known as Stringfellow Hawke on TV’s AIRWOLF.

Happy Birthday MARJORIE RAMBEAU! 🎂 After a career in the Klondike, vaudeville, Broadway & silent films, earned Oscar noms for playing 2 irascible mothers in PRIMROSE PATH (‘40) & with Joan Crawford in TORCH SONG (‘54). Love her! My #MovieReview

Happy Birthday ARTHUR LAURENTS! 🎂 Writer & director, books for WEST SIDE STORY & GYPSY. Directed LA CAGE AUX FOLLES & book for HALLELUJAH, BABY!, both won Tony Awards. Film includes Oscar-nominated THE WAY WE WERE & Hitchcock's ROPE. My #MovieReview

Happy Birthday author & dear friend, MARK GRIFFIN! 🎂 Biographer & film historian: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS: A BIOGRAPHY OF ROCK HUDSON & A HUNDRED OR MORE HIDDEN THINGS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF VINCENTE MINNELLI. ❤️📚 @movieswithmark

Happy Birthday educator & actor brilliant BEAH RICHARDS! 🎂 Oscar nom for GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967), 2x Emmy winner & Tony nom for THE AMEN CORNER. Memorable in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) My IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT #MovieReview 👉 ⭐️🎬

Happy Birthday LOUIS B. MAYER! 🎂The Old Gray Mayer, co-founded MGM studios in 1924, home to stars like Clark Gable & Judy Garland. From a small theater owner in Mass. to a business titan in L.A., his partnership w/ Irving Thalberg defined a complicated era of film excellence 🎬

Happy Birthday YUL BRYNNER! 🎂 1956 was his big year, got his Oscar for reprising his role in THE KING AND I, helped co-star Ingrid Bergman secure her come back & win her 2nd Oscar & virtually stole DeMille’s re-make of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS from all concerned. Stay cool Yul! 🔥

Happy Birthday forever dream boat TAB HUNTER! 🎂Rose to fame in the '50s w/ a breakthrough role in BATTLE CRY. Starred in the movie DAMN YANKEES & films like OPERATION BIKINI. Worked the dinner theatre circuit. Returned to film in John Waters' POLYESTER & LUST IN THE DUST. 🥰🏳️‍🌈🎉

Happy Birthday RICHARD ROUNDTREE! 🎂 Best known as private detective John Shaft in SHAFT ('71) plus its sequels. Also memorable in TV's iconic ROOTS, BEING MARY JANE, & many more. A member of New York's acclaimed Negro Ensemble Company. Actor & Advocate.

Farewell RICHARD GREENBERG. 💔 Playwright behind TAKE ME OUT, which boldly imagined a gay MLB star, & THREE DAYS OF RAIN. Tony winner & 2X Pulitzer finalist, celebrated for wit, humanity, & sharp insight. His elegant voice, humor, & brilliance will be deeply missed.

Happy Birthday Oscar winner GEORGE CUKOR! 🎂 Brings back memories of his Lincoln Center tribute, Katharine Hepburn surprised him onstage, urging him to share stories about legends like Ethel Barrymore. Unforgettable night. My Cukor #MovieReview Playlist 👉

Happy Birthday NED BEATTY! 🎂 Brilliant character actor, 160+ films including DELIVERANCE, NETWORK, SUPERMAN and an Academy Award nomination for NASHVILLE. Voiced Lotso in TOY STORY 3. 🎬

Happy Birthday JANET LEIGH! 🎂 Pretty, perky, and smart, she appeared in 3 classic suspense films: TOUCH OF EVIL, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, and her Oscar-nominated role in Hitchcock’s PSYCHO. 🛎️ My #MovieReview 🎬

It's LANFORD WILSON DAY aka THE FIFTH OF JULY for his fabulous play! A Missouri-born playwright who wove the fabric of American life into his works. Nominated for 3 Tony Awards, won a Drama Desk Award, & honored with 5 Obie Awards. Founding member of influential Circle Rep ❤️🎭

Happy Birthday SHIRLEY KNIGHT! 🎂 2x Oscar nominee & Tony Award winner, captivating on stage in COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA & THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA. Heartbreaking Oscar-nominated performance in SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH is unforgettable. My #MovieReview 👉 🎬

Celebrating the #July4th 🌭🎇 with a scary classic: Howard Hawks’ THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD ('51)! Alien terror, snappy dialogue, & lasting influence on sci-fi. Where is IT? What is IT? Who goes there? Time for a chilling movie night! My #MovieReview 👉