Summer Under the Stars: Raquel Welch
TCM, Beginning at 3 a.m.
The breathtaking beauty and talent of Jo Raquel Tejada — better known as Raquel Welch — will be on full display when she gets her first Summer Under the Stars daylong celebration of films on Turner Classic Movies today. Among the 12 titles being shown are three making their TCM premieres: the 1969 thriller Flareup and the Westerns 100 Rifles (pictured) (1969) and Hannie Caulder (1971). Also on tap are
One Million Years B.C., the 1966 prehistoric adventure fantasy that made Welch a pinup favorite thanks to her legendary deerskin bikini; the roller-derby drama
Kansas City Bomber (1972); the witty
swashbucklers The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974); and more.