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TCM remembers gay Hollywood for Pride month
films airing include ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ ‘Torch Song Trilogy,’ among others
My @tcm spotlight on Gay Hollywood begins tomorrow! Join me and the brilliant author William Mann every Thursday in June at 8ET/5PT. #tcm pic.twitter.com/lsAzCmyGPl
— Dave Karger (@davekarger) May 31, 2017
Turner Classic Movies celebrates Pride month by spotlighting LGBT films and stars, both closeted and out, every Thursday in the month of June.
Entertainment journalist Dave Karger and author William Mann will host the programming and discuss films such as the composer Cole Porter biopic “Night and Day” and “The Razor’s Edge” starring Clifton Webb.
Other notable films will include “Rope” and “Psycho” from Alfred Hitchcock, “All That Heaven Allows” starring Rock Hudson and “Suddenly, Last Summer” starring Montgomery Clift.
Film adaptations from works by gay playwrights will be aired such as Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” and Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy.”
Lesbian actress Linda Hunt’s 1982 film “The Year of Living Dangerously” will also be spotlighted.
For a complete list of films airing this month, visit here.Â
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