Calling director Peerce a pioneer, Bogle believes this film hasn’t been given enough credit for “how it was made and what it accomplished.” Of his directorial debut, Peerce, now 86, admitted that “we were young, stupid and fearless, and went ahead against all odds.” The film received an enormous reception at Cannes, where Barrie won Best Actress that year. Based on two real-life cases, the film follows a court battle after the marriage between a white divorcée ( Barbara Barrie) and a black man (Bernie Hamilton) prompts her ex-husband to sue for sole custody of their daughter. Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws prohibiting interracial marriage, this indie fearlessly took on the topic. “One Potato, Two Potato” (1964) with director Larry Peerce and film historian Donald Bogle: Years before the U.S. With that in mind, here are my candidates (in chronological order) for the most moving moments of the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival: … These are the films that set our love of cinema in motion.” are the ones that bring us to tears, rouse us to action and inspire us to a higher plane. Past TCM festivals have been organized around a theme, and this year, programmers turned metaphorical with the all-encompassing “Moving Pictures.” In selecting that theme, TCM programmers noted that “the magic of the movies isn’t just motion, it’s emotion. The festival’s many world premiere restorations are another focus this year’s lineup offered nine, with additional U.S. An aside: I’ve seen “Visions of Light” before and was afraid I wouldn’t get into “ The Conversation” with Coppola. In general, I’ve found it’s best to focus on such rarities, with exceptions made for favorite films (this year, “All That Heaven Allows”) and stars (Ronald Colman in “Bulldog Drummond,” though it’s one of his lesser roles). It’s never been on TV and has never been released on home video.”) “for just the second time in 80 years,” according to film archivist Michael Schlesinger he called the crime comedy “the best film you’ve never seen-if other films have fallen through the cracks, this one has fallen through the earth. (I opted for the first half of “Intolerance,” then bolted to get in line for Ronald Colman in “Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back” (1934), which supposedly was showing theatrically in L.A. Though endurance and forbearance are crucial to the TCMFF experience, festivalgoers could be forgiven for doing a Jim Stark and wailing: “You’re tearing me apart!” What to choose? Here were the contenders in a typical TCMFF smack-down this year: “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” (1982) with Carl Reiner, Elia Kazan’s “A Face in the Crowd” (1957), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) with Danny DeVito, William Wyler’s 1931 rarity “A House Divided” (with son David in attendance) and D.W. With five or six simultaneous offerings at any given moment, the festival is “an annual endurance test to see how long you can survive on just water and popcorn,” as one TCM staffer put it. But other TCM staffers, including host Ben Mankiewicz, along with guest emcees such as film historians Donald Bogle, Leonard Maltin, Anne Morra and Eddie Muller, helped to compensate for the beloved Osborne’s absence. One star attraction, longtime TCM host Robert Osborne, who usually serves as the festival’s master of ceremonies, had to skip the event for a second year, due to illness. Among the luminaries in attendance were Francis Ford Coppola, Danny DeVito, Faye Dunaway, Elliott Gould, Angela Lansbury, Gina Lollobrigida, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Carl Reiner and Eva Marie Saint. Along with the chance to view classics on the big screen, “as they were meant to be seen,” festivalgoers basked in the radiance of Hollywood royalty. Programmers crammed in more than 100 films and events over the four-day festival, held as usual at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre complex, Egyptian Theatre, Roosevelt Hotel and the Cinerama Dome. Those are just some of the movies that this cinephile had to skip to take in other stellar attractions at the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival, which concluded its seventh annual run over the weekend in Hollywood. And “Batman: The Movie” (1966) with Adam West and Lee Meriwether poolside at the Hollywood Roosevelt. The Cinerama curiosity “Holiday in Spain” (1966) in Smell-O-Vision. “Visions of Light: The Passion of Joan of Arc,” Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 silent with live orchestra and chorus. “All the President’s Men” (1976) with “ Spotlight” director Tom McCarthy and Watergate hero Carl Bernstein.
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