Jane Powell and Russ Tamblyn in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Oct. 16, 6:00 PM)
Actress Jane Powell, star of a bunch of MGM musicals in the late 1940s and 1950s, died back in September. As is generally the case, TCM will take a few weeks to months before clearing a part of their programming and replacing it with films of the star who died, often depending on how long it takes to get the rights to the movies. For Jane Powell, that programming block is tomorrow afternoon, October 16, with TCM showing four of her movies:
Luxury Liner kicks things off at noon;
Small Town Girl follows at 2:00 PM;
Powell dances with Fred Astaire, but not on the ceiling, in Royal Wedding at 4:00 PM; and
Powell is one of the women who gets married off in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at 6:00 PM.
Interestingly, before Powell died, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers had already been on the TCM schedule this weekend, at 8:15 AM Sunday. However, that airing has been pulled from the schedule since it's going to be on early Saturday evening. Instead, it's been replaced by a different musical, It Happened in Brooklyn with Kathryn Grayson and Frank Sinatra. And if you're wondering what got pulled from the schedule, I happen to have a copy of the schedule from before the edit, and it was three movies: 55 Days at Peking, Giant, and Paths of Glory.
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