Library of Congress is adding 25 more classic American films to its national registry.

"The National Film Registry seeks not only to honor these films, but to ensure that they are preserved for future generations to enjoy,"

Both recent and early films are eligible for inclusion, and hundreds are nominated by the public each year.

The films are chosen because they are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.

• The Naked City," 1948

• "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," 1977,

• "In a Lonely Place," 1950

• "Oklahoma!" 1955

• "Back to the Future," 1985,

• "12 Angry Men,"

• "The Strong Man," 1926

• "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," 1962,

• "Bullitt" (1968)

• "Dance, Girl, Dance" (1940)

• "Dances With Wolves" (1990)

• "Days of Heaven" (1978)

• "Glimpse of the Garden" (1957)

• "Grand Hotel" (1932)

• "The House I Live In" (1945)

• "Mighty Like a Moose" (1926)

• "Now, Voyager" (1942)

• "Our Day" (1938)

• "Peege" (1972)

• "The Sex Life of the Polyp" (1928)

• "Three Little Pigs" (1933)

• "Tol'able David" (1921)

• "Tom, Tom the Piper's Son" (1969-71)

• "The Women" (1939)

• "Wuthering Heights" (1939)

The 25 chosen this year bring the registry total to 475.


Library's of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/

Summer under the star at TCM

TCM Special Summer under the stars Kick off today with Elizabeth Taylor. It's a part of TCM festival every august. Also in line up this week included Peter O' tool (8/2) , Joan Crawford (8/3) , William Holden (8/4) ,

Here is some of my pick for the first half of the month..


1 Wednesday

• Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958) ****
  
• Place in the Sun, A (1951) ****
  
• Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) ***1/2
  

3 Friday

• Mildred Pierce (1945) *****
• Possessed (1947) ****
• Flamingo Road (1949)***1/2
• Harriet Craig (19500 (N/A)
• Autumn Leaves (1956) ****
• Caretakers, The (1963) (N/A)
• Trog (1970) (N?A)

5 Sunday

• Anatomy Of A Murder (19590 (N/A)
• Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) **

6 Monday

• Two For The Seesaw (1962) (N/A)
• Out of the Past (1947) *** 1/2

7 Tuesday

• His Kind Of Woman (1951) (N/A)
• Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) ***
• Outlaw, The (1943) (N/A)
• Macao (1952) (N/A)

8 Wednesday

• Best Years Of Our Lives, The (1946)***1/2

9 Thursday

• Thin Man, The (1934)***
• After The Thin Man (1936)
• Another Thin Man (1939)
• Shadow Of The Thin Man (1941)
• Thin Man Goes Home, The (1945)
• Song Of The Thin Man (1947)
• Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer, The (1947)**
• Ambassador's Daughter, The (1956)***

10 Friday

• Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)***

11 Saturday

• Please Don't Eat The Daisies (1960)
• It's A Great Feeling (1949)**
• Lover Come Back (1961)***
• That Touch of Mink (1962)**1/2
• Tea For Two (1950)
• Love Me Or Leave Me (1955)***

12 Sunday

• Citizen Kane (1941)****
• Shane (1953)***

13 Monday

• Good News (1947)
• Three Musketeers, The (1948)**1/2
• Little Women (1949)***
• Opposite Sex, The (1956)

14 Tuesday

• From Here To Eternity (1953)****

Myrna Loy & William Powell Collection on DVD

Gay Pride Month at TCM

In celebration of June’s Gay Pride Month, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will present Screened Out: Gay Images in Film, a month-long, on-air film presentation of the varied concepts, stereotypes and imagery of gays & lesbians as represented in classic Hollywood cinema. Esteemed author and historian Richard Barrios will serve as special consultant and co-host of the event, along with TCM host and film historian Robert Osborne, providing context for the film series with introductions on the network preceding the films. In addition to Barrios’ commentary, several prominent figures will provide their thoughts and remarks, including Michael Musto, Tab Hunter, Ron Nyswaner, Charles Busch and Alan Cumming.

The themed film series will air such classic movies as The Broadway Melody (1929), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) and Designing Woman (1957) every Monday and Wednesday evening in June beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

By the way I did't realize that The Maltese Falcon has a gay theme. May be I need to watch it over again. oops!!