Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor in a production still from Giant (Nov. 4, 9:45 PM)
Now that we've gotten through October and are into a new month, it's once again time for a new Star of the Month on TCM. This time out, that star is Rock Hudson, and his movies will be airing every Tuesday night in prime time on TCM. For this tribute, the movies are grouped somewhat thematically. The first Tuesday, or tonight, sees a couple of movies that are decidedly westerns, along with Giant (9:45 PM tonight) which isn't quite a traditional western, but because of the setting involving Texas cattle and oil country, and the movie's starting some decades in the past, you can see why TCM would group it in amongst westerns.
The cast of Ice Station Zebra (Nov. 11, 10:00 PM)
Nov. 11 is Veterans' Day in the US, which TCM normally spends on military themed movies, and are indeed doing during the morning and afternoon of November 11 as well. But then, it also turns out that Rock Hudson was in enough military-themed movies that TCM could group all of those together on Veterans' Day, including Ice Station Zebra at 10:00 PM. I've got a post about another of the movies lined up for Nov. 11, although it turns out Hudson has a bit part in the movie.
Nov. 18 is mostly Rock Hudson as he was directed by Douglas Sirk, which means these aren't quite my favorite movies. However, that's not quite enough to run an entire night of films, so the night also includes A Fine Pair, which co-stars Claudia Cardinale who died not too long ago.
Rock Hudson and Doris Day in Pillow Talk (Nov. 25, 8:00 PM)
Finally, on November 25, the night kicks off with three films in which Hudson co-starred with Doris Day, starting with Pillow Talk at 8:00 PM. Then comes a movie in a similar vein albeit without Doris Day: Man's Favorite Sport? at 2:00 AM November 26, which I haven't yet seen so plan on recording.
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