You may note that I haven't been taking part in the Thursday Movie Picks series this month. That's more because they're all horror-related, and specific subgenres of horror are a type of movie I'm not that good at. I don't think I'll be taking part in the movie theme for the beginning of November either, maybe just doing the foreign-language TV theme for the end of November and the December movie post ("Day" or "Night" in the title).
Somebody's got a twisted sense of humor in the programming department at TCM. The theme for the daytime tomorrow (October 20) is movies with "Star" in the title. They've put cheek-by-jowl The Star Witness, an interesting little pre-code starring Grant Mitchell at 11:30 AM, following it at 12:45 PM with Star 80. At least with the new intros they're not doing Chet Baker's "Look for the Silver Lining" before Star 80. (Incidentally, that's one reason I never really warmed to that intro: it seemed way too cheery for any downbeat movie or anything with murder in it.)
This being October, there's supernatural movies this Friday night, starting off with one that TCM got the rights from Fox (or Disney, since I think they own the rights to the old Fox movies now), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir at 8:00 PM. If you haven't seen this one, it's really worth watching.
I probably should have mentioned the death of Piper Laurie earlier; she died on Saturday at the age of 91. She got I think three Oscar nominations but never won. She was also supposed to be one of the guests of honor at one of the TCM Film Festivals that got cancelled due to the panic over coronavirus and the subsequent lockdowns.
Suzanne Somers died over the weekend as well, just shy of her 77th birthday. Of course she's better remembered for her TV work, specifically Three's Company and her acrimonious departure from the show, but she also showed up early in her career in American Graffiti.
I have to admit I don't really remember the name Joanna Merlin; she died on Sunday aged 92. She did some acting, especially on Broadway, but also got into being a casting director. Among her movie roles were smaller parts in All That Jazz and Fame.
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