A Personal Look at the TCM Classic Film Festival 2014

Thursday morning started with a bright and early press conference with TCM hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz (@benmank77), as well as the festival’s managing director Genevieve McGillicuddy and programming director Charlie Tabesh. Osborne said his favorite films included A Place in the Sun (1951), The Razor’s Edge (1946), Sunset Blvd. (1950) and This is Spinal Tap (1984). Charlie promised me he is actually looking into bringing more world cinema, including films from the Mexican Golden Age.

Hanging with my BFF Orson

The day continued with lunch at Mel’s Diner, where old friends mixed with new friends, all of us twenty-something (and teen!) classic film fans. I then went back to my hotel room to change (naturally) for my time on the red carpet.

Lara and I are professionals

This year’s red carpet seemed to move exceptionally slow and there weren’t that many stars walking the crimson way. I sure did miss my annual glimpse at Mickey Rooney. Luckily Lara (@backlotsfilm) kept me company. You can read the few interviews I managed to snag here.

After the red carpet I had to choose between a Joan Crawford double feature and a Ginger Rodgers double feature. This was super hard, but in the end I went with Ginger because I had never seen 5th Avenue Girl (1939) or Bachelor Mother (1939). Both films did not disappoint – nor did comedian Greg Proops (@gregproops)’s hilarious intro to the latter.