NOVEMBER 2009
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Turner Classic Movies presents the TCM Book Corner.
Every month we will provide the classic movie fan with a link to an excited film related book.
And every month, we will also be giving away several copies of that book in a monthly contest.
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Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography
Author: Charlotte Chandler
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In NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: JOAN CRAWFORD; A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY (Simon & Schuster), a fascinating new biography of
the screen legend, author Charlotte Chandler draws on exclusive and remarkably candid interviews with Crawford herself and with others who
knew her, including first husband Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Crawford’s daughter Cathy. As a result, this biography is fresh and revealing, a
brand-new look at one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed stars. Born Lucille LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, in 1908 (as she always insisted),
Crawford had become one of Hollywood’s brightest lights by 1931, when she first starred opposite Clark Gable, one of her many lovers.
Nominated three times for the Academy Award (winning Best Actress for Mildred Pierce), she became a controversial figure when her
adopted daughter Christina wrote her memoir Mommie Dearest. This new biography of Crawford, however, offers a different picture of the actress
– talented, beautiful, irascible, ruthless, vulnerable, and altogether glamorous. NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is possibly the best
Crawford biography yet from Charlotte Chandler who has written critically acclaimed portraits of Groucho Marx, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman,
Federico Fellini, Bette Davis, and Billy Wilder. For a chance to try and win a free copy of NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: JOAN
CRAWFORD, just follow the sweepstakes link on this page.
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Grace Kelly: 80th Birthday Tribute - Thursdays in November
The beauty from Philadelphia who became the Princess of Monaco and had a huge film career in between is the subject of our film festival that includes Dial M for Murder, High Society and surprises like her live television drama The Rockingham Tea Set (1950).
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Johnny Mercer's 100th Birthday - Wednesdays in November
TCM pays tribute to the songwriter extraordinaire from Savannah, Georgia with a 25-film retrospective highlighting his songs in movies such as Days of Wine and Roses, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Autumn Leaves.
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TCM Classic Film Festival - Coming in April 2010
Turner Classic Movies, the authority in classic film, will stage the network’s first film festival April 22-25, 2010, in the heart of Hollywood. The TCM Classic Film Festival will be a landmark celebration of the history of Hollywood and its movies. GET THE DETAILS.
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