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10/9/00 - TCM Salutes "The Chairman of the Board," Frank Sinatra, In November as Star of The Month

9/12/00 - TCM Gears Up For The Elections With 32-Film October Festival Featuring Opposing Political Ideologies

9/6/00 - TCM Celebrates Elvis' Birthday with World Television Premiere of Special Concert Film Featuring Never-Before-Seen Footage and New Musical Numbers

8/1/00 - TCM to air World Television Premiere of Documentary on the Making of Hitchcock Classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST

8/1/00 - TCM Presents a Revolution Caught on Film: Directors of the French "New Wave"

7/20/00 - TCM Salutes the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll With Elvis Sundays in August and World Television Premiere of Elvis, That’s The Way It Is in January 2001

7/3/00 - Original Documentary Without Lying Down to Headline Women Film Pioneers Tribute on TCM in August

7/3/00 - TCM Honors Women Film Pioneers in August With Documentary, Restorations, Film Festival, Local Screenings and Panel Discussions

6/26/00 - Turner Classic Movies and Capitol Records Take Viewers Over The Rainbow to the "Dark Side of The Moon" on July 3

6/7/00 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road Without Stopping When TCM Airs THE WIZARD OF OZ Commercial-Free in July

6/5/00 - TCM Announces Winners of Young Film Composers Competition

5/22/00 - Fay Wray Honors King Kong as Part of TCM’s Tribute to the Giant Monkey

5/9/00 - TCM to Air Landmark Edition of Private Screenings on July 18 With Elusive Star Betty Hutton, Her First TV Appearance in 20 Years

3/30/00 - Programming Highlights June 2000

3/30/00 - TCM Presents Vices in the Movies in May

3/29/00 - TCM Celebrates Mother’s Day with Classic Double Feature with I REMEMBER MAMA and MADAME X

3/14/00 - Restorations of The Scarlet Letter and Cleopatra and Original Documentary Headline Women Film Pioneers on TCM

3/10/00 - Turner Classic Movies Explores Faith on Film in April-long Festival; Holywood: Religion in the Movies to Feature Guest Commentary from "The God Squad"
01/21/00 - TCM Presents New Installment in Original Private Screenings Series, Featuring an Intimate Interview with Rod Steiger

01/21/00 - New Howard Hughes Documentary to Make World Premiere On Turner Classic Movies in June

11/02/99 - Reconstructed Version of Eric von Stroheimís Silent Classic GREED Makes World Television Premiere on TCM on December 5

10/14/99 - Festival of Theatrical Documentaries Takes Viewers on a Journey through the Social, Political and Personal History of the Century in November

10/9/99 - TCM Celebrates Halloween with 41 Movies, LES VAMPIRES and the Documentary Universal Horror October 24-29. 10/14/99 - Festival of Theatrical Documentaries Takes Viewers on a Journey through the Social, Political and Personal History of the Century in November

10/9/99 - TCM Celebrates Halloween with 41 Movies, LES VAMPIRES and the Documentary Universal Horror October 24-29.

10/2/99 - World Premiere of A Conversation with Gregory Peck Launches Gregory Peck Week; 21 Movie Tribute Includes To Kill a Mockingbird, Cape Fear, Roman Holiday and MacArthur. 9/9/99 - TCM Salutes Million Dollar Mermaid Esther Williams With 12-Film Festival on September 15 As New Autobiography Hits Bookstore Shelves.

9/1/99 - TCM Puts Up Its DukesóAlong With Its Cagneys, Newmans, De Niros, Stallones and Presleysóin September Salute to Boxing Films.

8/5/99 - TCM's Mob Mayhem Movie Marathon Builds to World Premiere of New TNT Special FAMILY VALUES: THE MOB & THE MOVIES on August 24: Frank Vincent (Goodfellas, Casino) Hosts Both.

8/3/99 - TCM Celebrates Alfred Hitchcock on Friday the 13th With a Centennial Birthday Tribute

7/20/99 - TCM's Steamy Summer of Darkness Readies for Hot August Nights Film Festival. Film Noir

7/17/99 - TCM Kicks Off Two-Night Salute to Hollywood Heavyweight With World Premiere of Private Screenings: Anthony Quinn

6/17/99 - The Bowery Boys are Back in Summer-Long TCM Movie Fest. Bowery Boys

5/20/99 - Master of Deception Ricky Jay to Host TCMís The Art of the Con Film Festival. Con Men

5/4/99 - TCM Explores the Allure of Hollywood's First Sex Symbol with the World Premiere of Clara Bow: Discovering the ìItî Girl.Clara Bow

5/8/99 -June Highlights

4/29/99 -TCM Presents World Television Premiere of The Truman Show Director Peter Weirís Original Cut of Classic PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

4/27/99 -TCM Previews Midsummer Madness With Original All-Star Version of A MIDSUMMER NIGHTíS DREAM May 2

4/22/99 -TCM Plans Clean Sweep with Bette Davis May Marathon

4/13/99 -Viewers To Take Over TCM for the Third Annual Viewerís Request Week

4/9/99 -Rare Interview with Leslie Caron Kicks off TCMís Celebration of MGMís 75th Anniversary With World Premiere Private Screenings Interview

4/9/99 -TCM Celebrates MGMís 75th Anniversary With a Roaring Week-Long Tribute

4/8/99 -May Highlights

3/08/99 -TCM Honors Visionary Director Stanley Kubrick During 31 Days of OscarÆ

3/08/99 -TCM Spotlights the Academy Awards® A to Z for 31 Days of Oscar® 1999

2/09/99 - TCM Heads to the Chapel D'Amour This Valentine's Day With A Special Six-Movie Wedding Bells Marathon.

1/19/99 - Tony Curtis Kicks Off Private Screenings' Third Season With Memories Of Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Cary Grant, Janet and Jamie Lee and Many More, Premiering January 26 at 8 p.m. (ET), Followed by Web Chat.

1/05/99 - >This January, TCM Puts Stars Behind Bars With 35-Movie Festival.

12/01/98 - MAGGIE THE CAT IS ALIVE! This January, TCM Salutes the Incomparable Liz With TCM's Taylor-Made Tribute of 26 Movies.

11/23/98 - Before Pleasantville Color, There Was Technicolor; TCM Presents a 21-Movie Technicolor Week Celebration, December 7-11.

9/22/98 - TCM Tempts Viewers With Lolita. See the Original, Sunday, October 4.

9/17/98 - S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous That TCM is Celebrating Gershwin's 100th With A Seven-Movie, Gershwin In Hollywood Tribute, September 26.

8/18/98 - TCM Rides the Range, Goes to War and Even Mines A Few Laughs With John Wayne in September.

7/23/98 - Mildred Pierce, Baby Jane & More Highlight TCM's 43-Movie Salute to the Incomparable Joan Crawford, August 17-23.

7/23/98 - Every Friday in September, the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network will feature films from one of the world's greatest directors, Ingmar Bergman.

7/23/98 - As Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line bring World War II back into the national headlines, TCM will spotlight 13 classic WWII films this August.

7/16/98 - The Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network will honor the late Robert Young with a special 24-hour, 13-movie tribute on Friday, July 24, beginning at 6 a.m. (ET).

7/16/98 - TCM salutes the brothers of big band swing, trombonist Tommy and clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey, with a special weekend salute spotlighting nearly all of their films, July 18 and 19.

6/25/98 - TCM sponsers the world theatrical premiere of Oscar Micheaux's recently rediscovered film "Symbol of the Unconquered"

6/25/98 - Maureen O'Sullivan 1911-1998. Turner Classic Movies pays her a six film tribute Saturday (June 27) including her best remembred role as Jane in Tarzan the Apeman (1932).

6/23/98 - TCM to Present Original Documentary, The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind, Following Film's National Theatrical Re-release.

6/16/98 - American Film Institute (AFI) names 100 greatest American films. Turner Classic Movies will show many of them, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) to Midnight Cowboy (1969).

5/11/98 - James Cagney Week Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network will salute one of the screenís most gifted and admired stars during James Cagney Week

3/12/98 - On the eve of their latest big screen reunion, legendary funny men and Oscar®winners Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are teaming up to share stories from their extraordinary careers in the latest installment of Turner Classic Movies' (TCM) Private Screenings: Lemmon & Matthau , premiering April 8 at 8 p.m., ET.

3/5/98 - Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network will become "The Warner Bros. Classic Movie Channel" for a Warner Bros. @ 75! Week birthday, a 75th-anniversary salute to the legendary movie studio that made some of the greatest classic movies of all time and made Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, James Cagney and others household names.

2/15/98 - Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable television network is throwing television's most elaborate Oscar® bash to coincide with the 70th Annual Academy Awards, as the network once again turns over its entire March schedule to 31 Days of Oscar®Running 24 hours a day throughout March

1/26/98 - LOVE, LOVE AND MORE LOVE! TCM Salutes Cupid With a Valentine's Day Marathon of Favorite Screen Pairs and "Romance On The High Seas" Viewer Contest. On Valentine's Day (February 14), the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network gets a case of the mushies with a 24-hour Celluloid Couples Marathon, featuring the screen's greatest pairs, and will announce the winner of the "Romance On The High Seas Contest."

1/26/98 - Moses, Michelangelo, Marc Antony, John the Baptist: TCM Spotlights the King of the Epic With Charlton Heston Week and the Premiere of Private Screenings: Charlton Heston, February 16 at 8 p.m. (ET).On Monday, February 16, at 8 p.m. (ET), the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network kicks off the second season of its exclusive, original interview series Private Screenings with Private Screenings: Charlton Heston.