There are several yearly television events that I really love.  Watching MiracleMiracle reviews on 34th St. on eighteen different channels at the same time in December.  Watching Groundhog DayGroundhog Day reviews… well, you know.  Watching A Christmas Story for 24 straight hours on TBSTbs reviews (see below).  There are a lot of these television traditions around my house, as you might guess, but none of them quite blows the doors off the whole television theory like AugustAugust reviews on TCM.

This will be the seventh year of Summer Under the Stars, and it is an absolutely amazing trip through classic cinema.  Best of all, the films are uncut and commercial free.  Just to have Glenn Ford day (August 7th) is a treat, and while Ida Lupino (August 27th) might not be the name everyone gravitates immediately toward, but man is that a schedule.

I’ll leave you to some details from the press release, and the full schedule, because there isn’t much more I can say, but be sure to mark your calendars and tune in.  Also, check out the Summer Under the Sun homepage, which has some great posters and wallpapers to download, and more info.

Also, I have the opportunity to give away 2 Robert Osborne bobble head dolls!

TCM’s prime time host is now a collector’s item! This 7-inch tall bobblehead doubles as a business card holder and makes the perfect gift for any TCM fan. The packaging also contains great TCM facts and fun information on Robert Osborne. Available exclusively at tcm.com while supplies last! You can buy yours here!

Leave a comment below and start it off with the word “Win,” and you are automatically entered.  Winners will be randomly selected on August 16th… because that’s Elvis day baby.  You must be in the U.S. to win.

Oh, and…

Here’s part of the press release and the full schedule.

Are You Screening?

Each August, movie fans come out of the sun and park themselves on the sofa for the latest edition of Turner Classic Movies’ (TCM) ultimate movie star showcase:  SUMMER UNDER THE STARS.  Returning for its seventh year, the festival dedicates each of its 31 days to one of Hollywood’s most enduring personalities.  Assembled from the network’s library of more than 5,000 films, this one-of-a-kind festival is an opportunity for viewers to enjoy a varied selection from each star’s body of work, uncut and commercial free.

More than half of the month’s actors and actresses featured in this year’s SUMMER UNDER THE STARS are first-timers to the festival.  The 17 memorable performers include six OscarOscar reviews^® winners:  James Coburn (Aug. 4), Gloria Grahame (Aug. 13), Yul Brynner (Aug. 26), two-time winners Gene Hackman (Aug. 21) and Fredric March (Aug. 24), and honorary recipient Harold Lloyd (Aug. 5).  Other stars getting their first showcases include James Mason (Aug. 2), Marion Davies (Aug. 3), Dirk Bogarde (Aug. 10), Red Skelton (Aug. 19), Miriam Hopkins (Aug. 20), Sterling Hayden (Aug. 22), Merle Oberon (Aug. 25), Ida Lupino (Aug. 27), Jean Arthur (Aug. 30) and Claire Bloom (Aug. 31).

This year’s SUMMER UNDER THE STARS also features 42 feature films making their premiere on TCM, nearly twice as many as last year.  Movies making their first appearance on TCM during the festival include The Grapes of WrathThe Grapes of Wrath reviews (1940), An Affair to Remember (1957), Les MiserablesLes Miserables reviews (1935), Mississippi BurningMississippi Burning reviews (1988) and Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955).

TCM’s popular franchises THE ESSENTIALS, co-hosted by TCM’s Robert Osborne and Emmy^®-winning actor Alec Baldwin, and THE ESSENTIALS JR., hosted by Emmy winner John Lithgow, will continue throughout SUMMER UNDER THE STARS.  Saturdays at 8 p.m. (ET), THE ESSENTIALS offerings include The Grapes of Wrath (Aug. 1), The Man Who Came to Dinner (Aug. 8), An Affair to Remember (Aug. 15), The Asphalt Jungle (Aug. 22) and LolitaLolita reviews (Aug. 29).  Sundays at 8 p.m. (ET), THE ESSENTIALS JR. will feature Heaven Can WaitHeaven Can Wait reviews (Aug. 2), NotoriousNotorious reviews (Aug. 9), It Happened at the World’s Fair (Aug. 16), GaslightGaslight reviews (Aug. 23) and You Can’t Take It with You (Aug. 30).

Saturday, Aug. 1 – Henry Fonda

6 a.m.                     On Our Merry Way (1948)

8 a.m.                     Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

10 a.m.                  You Belong to Me (1941)

12 p.m.                  The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

1:30 p.m.               The Best Man (1964)

3:30 p.m.               Advise & Consent (1962)

6 p.m.                     The Wrong Manthe wrong man reviews (1956)

8 p.m.                     The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

10:15 p.m.            The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)

12 a.m.                  JezebelJezebel reviews (1938)

2 a.m.                    The Male Animal (1942)

4 a.m.                    The Long Night (1947)

SundaySunday reviews, Aug. 2 – James Mason

6 a.m.                     A Place of One’s Own (1945)

8 a.m.                     The Wicked Lady (1946)

10 a.m.                  They Were Sisters (1946)

12 p.m.                  The Seventh Veil (1945)

2 p.m.                     A Star is BornA Star Is Born reviews (1954)

5 p.m.                     Lord JimLord Jim reviews (1965)

8 p.m.                     Heaven Can Wait (1978)

10 p.m.                  North by NorthwestNorth By Northwest reviews (1959)

12:30 a.m.            The Boys from BrazilThe Boys from Brazil reviews (1978)

2:45 a.m.               Secret Mission (1942)

4:15 a.m.               They Met in the Dark (1943)

Monday, Aug. 3 – Marion Davies

6 a.m.                     The Red Mill (1926)

7:15 a.m.               Marianne (1929)

9:15 a.m.               The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

10:45 a.m.            Not So Dumb (1933)

12:15 p.m.            The Bachelor Father (1931)

1:45 p.m.               Blondie of the Follies (1932)

3:30 p.m.               Polly of the Circus (1932)

4:45 p.m.               Peg O’ My Heart (1933)

6:15 p.m.               Page Miss Glory (1935)

8 p.m.                     Show People (1928)

9:30 p.m.               The Patsy (1928)

11:30 p.m.            Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001)

12:30 a.m.            Going Hollywood (1933)

2 a.m.                     Operator 13 (1934)

3:30 a.m.               Ever Since Eve (1937)

5 a.m.                     Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001)

Tuesday, Aug. 4 – James Coburn

6 a.m.                     Face of a Fugitive (1959)

7:30 a.m.               Hell is for Heroes (1962)

9:15 a.m.               The Americanization of Emily (1964)

11:30 a.m.            Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

1:30 p.m.               The Carey Treatment (1972)

3:30 p.m.               The Loved OneThe Loved One reviews (1965) The

6 p.m.                     What Did You Do In the WarWar reviews, Daddy? (1966)

8 p.m.                     The President’s Analyst (1967)

10 p.m.                  Hard Times (1975)

11:45 p.m.            Major DundeeMajor Dundee reviews (1965)

2:15 a.m.               Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

4:15 a.m.               Harry in Your Pocket (1973)

Wednesday, Aug. 5 – Harold Lloyd

6 a.m.                     Bumping Into Broadway (1919)

6:30 a.m.               From Hand to Mouth (1919)

7:00 a.m.               Number Please (1920)

7:30 a.m.               A Sailor Made Man (1921)

8:30 a.m.               Grandma’s Boy (1922)

9:30 a.m.               Dr. JackJack reviews (1922)

10:30 a.m.            Safety Last! (1923)

12 p.m.                  Why Worry? (1923)

1:15 p.m.               Girl ShyGirl Shy reviews (1924)

2:45 p.m.               Hot Water (1924)

3:45 p.m.               The FreshmanThe Freshman reviews (1925)

5:15 p.m.               For Heaven’s Sake (1926)

6:30 p.m.               The Kid Brother (1927)

8 p.m.                     Speedy (1928)

9:30 p.m.               Welcome Danger (1929)

11:30 p.m.            Feet First (1933)

1:15 a.m.               Movie Crazy (1932)

3:00 a.m.               The Milky Way 1936)

4:30 a.m.               Mad Wednesday (1947)

Thursday, Aug. 6 – Judy Garland

6 a.m.                     Listen, Darling (1938)

7:30 a.m.               Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

9 a.m.                     Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)

10:45 a.m.            Strike Up the Band (1940)

12:45 p.m.            Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

2:30 p.m.               For Me and My Gal (1942)

4:15 p.m.               In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

6 p.m.                     Summer Stock (1950)

8 p.m.                     I Could Go On Singing (1963)

10 p.m.                  The Clock (1945)

12 a.m.                  Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

2 a.m.                     The Pirate (1948)

4 a.m.                     A Child is Waiting (1953)

FridayFriday reviews, Aug. 7 – Glenn Ford

6 a.m.                     Convicted Woman (1940)

7:15 a.m.               Destroyer (1943)

9 a.m.                     It Started with a Kiss (1959)

11 a.m.                  Cry for Happy (1961)

1 p.m.                     The Courtship of EddieEddie reviews’s Father (1963)

3 p.m.                     Mr. Soft Touch (1949)

4:45 p.m.               FramedFramed reviews (1947)

6:15 p.m.               Convicted (1950)

8 p.m.                     GildaGilda reviews (1946)

10 p.m.                  The Undercover Man (1949)

11:30 p.m.            3:10 to Yuma (1957)

1:15 a.m.               The Rounders (1965)

2:45 a.m.               A TimeTime reviews for Killing (1967)

4:15 a.m.               Heaven With a Gun (1969)

Saturday, Aug. 8 – Bette Davis

6 a.m.                     Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano (’84)

7 a.m.                     Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

9:30 a.m.               Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

11:15 a.m.            The Dick Cavett Show: Bette Davis (1971)

12:30 p.m.            Marked Woman (1937)

2:30 p.m.               Dark Victory (1939)

4:30 p.m.               Now, VoyagerNow, Voyager reviews (1942)

6:30 p.m.               StardustStardust reviews: The Bette Davis Story (2005)

8 p.m.                     The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

10 p.m.                  DeceptionDeception reviews (1946)

12 a.m.                  The Letter (1940)

2 a.m.                     In This Out Life (1942)

4 a.m.                     Watch on the Rhine (1943)

Sunday, Aug. 9 – Cary Grant

6 a.m.                     Once Upon a Time (1944)

7:30 a.m.               Every Girl Should Be Married (1949)

9 a.m.                     My Favorite Wife (1940)

10:45 a.m.            The Awful TruthThe Awful Truth reviews (1937)

12:30 p.m.            The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)

2:15 p.m.               Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

4 p.m.                     Father Goose (1964)

6 p.m.                     To Catch a Thief (1955)

8 p.m.                     Notorious (1946)

10 p.m.                  Houseboat (1958)

12 a.m.                  Crisis (1950)

2 a.m.                     Mr. Lucky (1943)

4 a.m.                     Walk, Don’t RunRun reviews (1966)

Monday, Aug. 10 – Dirk Bogarde

6 a.m.                     Esther Waters (1948)

8 a.m.                     Simba (1955)

9:45 a.m.               The Spanish GardenerThe Spanish Gardener reviews (1956)

11:30 a.m.            Penny Princess (1952)

1:15 p.m.               Doctor in the HouseHouse reviews (1955)

3 p.m.                     Doctor at Large (1957)

4:45 p.m.               Doctor in Distress (1963)

6:30 p.m.               So Long at the Fair (1955)

8 p.m.                     The Blue Lamp (1950)

9:30 p.m.               The Servant (1964)

11:30 p.m.            Our Mother’s House (1967)

1:30 a.m.               Darling (1965)

4 a.m.                     Damn the Defiant! (1961)

Tuesday, Aug. 11 – Audrey Hepburn

6 a.m.                     Laughter in Paradise (1951)

8 a.m.                     Secret People (1952)

10 a.m.                  The ChildrenThe Children reviews’s Hour (1961)

12 p.m.                  The NunThe Nun reviews’s Story (1959)

2:30 p.m.               The Unforgiven (1960)

5 p.m.                     My Fair LadyMy Fair Lady reviews (1964)

8 p.m.                     LoveLove reviews in the Afternoon (1957)

10:30 p.m.            Roman HolidayRoman Holiday reviews (1953)

12:45 a.m.            War and Peace (1956)

4:15 a.m.               Green Mansions (1959)

Wednesday, Aug. 12 – Clark Gable

6 a.m.                     Strange Interlude (1932)

8 a.m.                     Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

9:45 a.m.               China Seas (1935)

11:15 a.m.            They Met in Bombay (1941)

1 p.m.                     BetrayedBetrayed reviews (1954)

3 p.m.                     Idiot’s Delight (1939)

5 p.m.                     Forsaking All Others (1934)

6:30 p.m.               Love on the Run (1936)

8 p.m.                     Red DustRed Dust reviews (1932)

9:30 p.m.               Mogambo (1953)

11:30 p.m.            Test PilotTest Pilot reviews (1938)

1:45 a.m.               Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

4 a.m.                     Command Decision (1948)

Thursday, Aug. 13 –Gloria Grahame

6 a.m.                     Blonde Fever (1944)

7:15 a.m.               It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)

9 a.m.                     Merton of the Movies (1947)

10:30 a.m.            Roughshod (1949)

12 p.m.                  Crossfirecrossfire reviews (1947)

1:30 p.m.               Macao (1952)

3 p.m.                     The Glass Wall (1953)

4:30 p.m.               A Woman’s Secret (1949)

6 p.m.                     The Bad and the BeautifulBeautiful reviews (1952)

8 p.m.                     In a Lonely Place (1950)

9:45 p.m.               The Big HeatThe Big Heat reviews (1953)

11:30 p.m.            The Greatest Show on EarthEarth reviews (1952)

2:15 a.m.               The Cobweb (1955)

4:30 a.m.               Chandler (1971)

Friday, Aug. 14 – Sidney Poitier

6 a.m.                     The Long Ships (1964)

8:30 a.m.               ParisParis reviews Blues (1961)

10:30 a.m.            Pressure Point (1962)

12 p.m.                  Something of Value (1957)

2 p.m.                     A Patch of Blue (1965)

4 p.m.                     Guess WhoGuess Who reviews’s Coming to Dinner? (1967)

6 p.m.                     To Sir, With Love (1967)

8 p.m.                     A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

10:15 p.m.            LiliesLilies reviews of the Field (1963)

12 a.m.                  Buck and the Preacher (1972)

2 a.m.                     Edge of the City (1957)

4 a.m.                     Brother John (1971)

Saturday, Aug. 15 – Deborah Kerr

6 a.m.                     The End of the Affair (1955)

8 a.m.                     Julius Caesar (1953)

10:30 a.m.            The AvengersThe Avengers reviews (1942)

12:30 p.m.            The Adventuress (1945)

2:30 p.m.               The LifeThe Life reviews and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945)

5:30 p.m.               Tea and Sympathy (1956)

8 p.m.                     An Affair to Remember (1957)

10:15 p.m.            From Here to Eternity (1953)

12:30 a.m.            The Hucksters (1947)

2:30 a.m.               Edward, My Son (1949)

4:30 a.m.               Please Believe Me (1950)

Sunday, Aug. 16 – Elvis Presley

6 a.m.                     Viva Las Vegas (1964)

7:30 a.m.               Spinout (1966)

9:15 a.m.               Blue HawaiiBlue Hawaii reviews (1961)

11 a.m.                  Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)

1 p.m.                     Jailhouse Rock (1957)

2:45 p.m.               Fun in Acapulco (1963)

4:30 p.m.               Girl Happy (1965)

6:15 p.m.               Clambake (1967)

8 p.m.                     It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963)

10 p.m.                  King CreoleKing Creole reviews (1958)

12 a.m.                  G.I. Blues (1960)

2 a.m.                     Roustabout (1964)

4 a.m.                     The Trouble with Girls (1969)

Monday, Aug. 17 – Jennifer Jones

6 a.m.                     Madame Bovary (1949)

8 a.m.                     We Were Strangers (1949)

10 a.m.                  Ruby Gentry (1952)

11:30 a.m.            Indiscretion of an American Wife (1954)

1 p.m.                     The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1956)

3 p.m.                     Since You Went Away (1944)

6 p.m.                     Love Letters (1945)

8 p.m.                     Portrait of Jennie (1948)

9:30 p.m.               CarrieCarrie reviews (1952)

11:45 p.m.            Beat the Devil (1954)

1:30 a.m.               Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)

3:30 a.m.               DuelDuel reviews in the Sun (1946)

Tuesday, Aug. 18 – John Wayne

6 a.m.                     Flying Leathernecks (1951)

8 a.m.                     The Wings of Eagles (1957)

10 a.m.                  3 Godfathers (1948)

12 p.m.                  The Alamo (1960)

3:30 p.m.               McLintock! (1963)

5:45 p.m.               The Horse Soldiers (1959)

8 p.m.                     The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

10:15 p.m.            True GritTrue Grit reviews (1969)

12:30 a.m.            The Green BeretsThe Green Berets reviews (1968)

3 a.m.                     Three Faces West (1940)

4:30 a.m.               Baby FaceBaby Face reviews (1933)

Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Red Skelton

6 a.m.                     Having Wonderful Time (1938)

7:15 a.m.               Ship Ahoy (1942)

9 a.m.                     I Dood It (1943)

10:45 a.m.            Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

12:30 p.m.            The Show-Off (1946)

2 p.m.                     A Southern Yankee (1948)

3:45 p.m.               Watch the Birdie (1950)

5 p.m.                     The Yellow Cab Man (1950)

6:30 p.m.               Excuse My Dust (1951)

8 p.m.                     Whistling in the Dark (1941)

9:30 p.m.               Whistling in Dixie (1942)

11 p.m.                  The Fuller Brush Man (1948)

12:45 a.m.            Bathing Beauty (1944)

2:30 a.m.               Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)

4 a.m.                     The Clown (1953)

Thursday, Aug. 20 – Miriam Hopkins

6 a.m.                     The ChaseThe Chase reviews (1966)

8:15 a.m.               The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

9:45 a.m.               Wise Girl (1937)

11 a.m.                  Woman Chases Man (1937)

12:15 p.m.            The Old Maid (1939)

2 p.m.                     Old Acquaintance (1943)

4 p.m.                     Virginia City (1940)

6 p.m.                     The Heiress (1949)

8 p.m.                     The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

9:45 p.m.               Trouble in Paradise (1932)

11:15 p.m.            Design for Living (1933)

1 a.m.                     Barbary Coast (1935)

2:45 a.m.               These Three (1936)

4:30 a.m.               Lady with Red Hair (1940)

Friday, Aug. 21 – Gene Hackman

6 a.m.                     Mad Dog Coll (1961)

7:30 a.m.               The Split (1968)

9:30 a.m.               Bite the Bullet (1975)

12 p.m.                  Marooned (1969)

2:30 p.m.               I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

4:30 p.m.               Another Woman (1988)

6 p.m.                     Lilith (1964)

8 p.m.                     Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

10 p.m.                  The ConversationThe Conversation reviews (1974)

12 a.m.                  Mississippi Burning (1988)

2:30 a.m.               A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Saturday, Aug. 22 – Sterling Hayden

6 a.m.                     Battle Taxi (1955)

7:30 a.m.               TerrorTerror reviews in a Texas Town (1958)

9:15 a.m.               Ten Days to Tulara (1958)

11 a.m.                  Five Steps to Danger (1957)

12:30 p.m.            Dr. Strangelove (1963)

2:30 p.m.               Zero Hour! (1957)

4 p.m.                     Johnny Guitar (1954)

6 p.m.                     The Last Command (1955)

8 p.m.                     The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

10 p.m.                  Manhandled (1949)

12 a.m.                  Crime of Passion (1957)

1:30 a.m.               The Golden Hawk (1952)

3 a.m.                     The Iron Sheriff (1957)

4:30 a.m.               Loving (1970)

Sunday, Aug. 23 – Angela Lansbury

6 a.m.                     The Harvey Girls (1946)

8 a.m.                     Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)

9:30 a.m.               A Lawless Street (1955)

11 a.m.                  All Fall Down (1962)

1 p.m.                     The Manchurian CandidateThe Manchurian Candidate reviews (1962)

3:15 p.m.               Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury (2006)

4:15 p.m.               The Reluctant Debutante (1958)

6 p.m.                     Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

8 p.m.                     Gaslight (1944)

10 p.m.                  Kind Lady (1951)

11:30 p.m.            Death on the Nile (1978)

2 a.m.                     The Picture of Dorian GrayDorian Gray reviews (1945)

4 a.m.                     Season of Passion (1959)

Monday, Aug. 24 – Fredric March

6 a.m.                     We Live Again (1934)

7:30 a.m.               A StarSTAR is BornBorn reviews (1937)

9:30 a.m.               There Goes My Heart (1938)

11 a.m.                  Mary of Scotland (1936)

1:30 p.m.               One Foot in HeavenHeaven reviews (1941)

3:30 p.m.               Christopher Columbus (1949)

5:15 p.m.               Bedtime Story (1942)

6:45 p.m.               Nothing Sacred (1937)

8 p.m.                     Les Miserables (1935)

9:45 p.m.               Dr. JekyllJekyll reviews and Mr. Hyde (1932)

11:45 p.m.            Anna Karenina (1935)

1:30 a.m.               Middle of the Night (1959)

3:30 a.m.               Anthony Adverse (1936)

Tuesday, Aug. 25 – Merle Oberon

6 a.m.                     The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

7:45 a.m.               Beloved Enemy (1936)

9:30 a.m.               The Dark Angel (1935)

11:30 a.m.            ‘Til We Meet Again (1940)

1:15 p.m.               That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

2:45 p.m.               Affectionately Yours (1941)

4:30 p.m.               A Songsong to Remember (1945)

6:30 p.m.               Berlin Express (1948)

8 p.m.                     The LodgerThe Lodger reviews (1944)

9:30 p.m.               The Scarlet PimpernelThe Scarlet Pimpernel reviews