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TCM Spotlight: MGM 100th
TCM, beginning at 5 a.m.
Turner Classic Movies continues its monthlong Monday salute to the centennial of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the iconic Hollywood studio that was founded on April 17, 1924, with a 24-hour lineup of MGM classics from the late 1930s and early ’40s. The day begins with 1935’s Mutiny on the Bounty (pictured), the Best Picture Oscar-winning drama starring Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone, all of whom earned Best Actor nominations (this three-way nomination led to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introducing the Best Supporting Actor category the following year). The schedule concludes early tomorrow morning with Cabin in the Sky (1943), a musical headlined by an all-Black cast including Ethel Waters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson and Lena Horne. It was also the first feature film directed by Vincente Minnelli. Between these are several other popular and/or acclaimed MGM titles from this era, including Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), one of the titles that helped turn Mickey Rooney into the top box-office star of the late ’30s; Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), the drama led by Best Actor winner Robert Donat; another legendary production from Hollywood’s memorable year of 1939, The Wizard of Oz; Lassie Come Home (1943), the first entry in MGM’s seven-film franchise starring the titular collie; the iconic 1940 screwball comedy The Philadelphia Story, starring Cary Grant, Best Actress nominee Katharine Hepburn and Best Actor winner James Stewart; and more. Airing between the movies later this evening is Part 2 of the Emmy-winning 1992 documentary MGM:
When the Lion Roars, a history of the studio narrated by Patrick Stewart.