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TCM Spotlight: The History of Rock on Film: ‘The 1960s’
TCM, Beginning at 7 p.m.
Tonight and each of the following Monday nights this month on Turner Classic Movies, enjoy lineups of films made in, or whose stories take place in, various decades of the rock ’n’ roll era, all of which feature soundtracks with toe-tapping rock favorites and some of which also star musical legends. In the initial lineup starting this evening and continuing into tomorrow morning, travel back to the 1960s for some pop rock, folk rock, beach music and more with: the Beatles in their debut film, A Hard Day’s Night (pictured) (1964); Alice’s Restaurant (1969), starring Arlo Guthrie as himself in this comedic adaptation of his song of the same name; Bikini Beach (1964), the third in the famous series of teen beach comedies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello; the TCM premiere of The In Crowd (1988), a teen drama made in the ’80s but set in the ’60s, centered largely around a local TV dance show; Don’t Look Back (1967), the classic documentary about Bob Dylan’s 1965 concert tour of England; Get Yourself a College Girl (1964), a comedy led by Mary Ann Mobley and Nancy Sinatra, and featuring appearances from notable musical groups like the Dave Clark Five and the Animals; the Dave Clark Five back in their own A Hard Day’s Night-like starring vehicle, Having a Wild Weekend (aka Catch Us If You Can, 1965), director John Boorman’s feature-film debut; and Viva Las Vegas (1964), one of Elvis Presley’s most memorable musical comedies, which costars Ann-Margret.