Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Classic Film Festival 2013

April 2013

In its last year as a teenager, Ted Turner's TCM cable network, which will celebrate it's 20th Anniversary in 2014, left its roots in Atlanta and descended upon Hollywood for a 4th year of nonstop classic film celebration. The TCM Film Festival is an incredible annual event that transports fans back in time with over 100 film screenings and special celebrity appearances and discussions. This year marked my second year in attendance, and I loved every minute of it! Once you see what I've seen, you'll know why I'm already looking forward to next spring!

Click the photos below to enter the individual events held during the 4-day block of programming. 

Opening Night of the festival kicked off with a 45th Anniversary restoration screening of 1968's Funny Girl.

What you'll see:
Red carpet photos and interviews with film critic Leonard Maltin,
Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest), iconic game show host Wink Martindale, and Karen Sharpe-Kramer, widow of lauded filmmaker Stanley Kramer, on the 50th Anniversary of cherished comedy It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World.

On the morning of April 27th, Jane Fonda imprinted her hands and feet in cement per Hollywood tradition, now immortalized at TCL Theatre's (formerly Grauman's) forecourt.

What you'll see:
Video of the complete ceremony and photos featuring Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Jim Carrey, Maria Shriver, Lily Tomlin, Eva Longoria, Robert Osborne, Rosanna Arquette, and Robert Wolders 
(Audrey Hepburn's companion). 

A Conversation with Tippi Hedren

One of Alfred Hitchcock's famous leading ladies, Tippi chatted openly about her relationship with "Hitch" and the HBO film retelling,
The Girl, starring Sienna Miller, as well as her passion for exotic felines and her Shambala wildlife retreat.

Around the Festival: 

Alex Trebek hosts "What's the Score?" trivia contest in ClubTCM;  Mitzi Gaynor and France Nguyen introduce South Pacific;
Jane Fonda introduces On Golden Pond;
Robert Osborne interviews Ann Blyth (Mildred Pierce) live in the Roosevelt Hotel; and an appearance by SNL's Bill Hader!

Back at "The House that Stanley Built", ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome, TCM screened Stanley Kramer's It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in celebration of the film's 50th Anniversary. 

What you'll see:
Video and photos from the film's introduction by cast Mickey Rooney, Marvin Kaplan, Barrie Chase, and Karen Sharpe-Kramer.

Want more? Relive the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival!