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Blue Ridge PBS Classic Cinema

Get out the popcorn and join us for BLUE RIDGE PBS CLASSIC CINEMA! We'll be airing some of the best classic and contemporary films from 20th Century Fox, Sony/MGM and Warner Brothers. Blue Ridge PBS viewers will be able to see these great films uncut, unedited, uncensored and uninterrupted.
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
Saturday, August 2

Dial M for Murder
Cast
Margot Mary Wendice - GRACE KELLY
Tony Wendice - RAY MILLAND
Mark Halliday - ROBERT CUMMINGS
Chief Insp. Hubbard - JOHN WILLIAMS

Master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock mixes suspense and mystery with dangerous romance in the story of a three-cornered love affair that leads to murder. Released in 1954.
Sunday, August 3 & Saturday, August 9

A Star is Born
Hosted by:
Vicki Lester (Esther Blodgett) - JUDY GARLAND
Norman Maine - JAMES MASON
Matt Libby - JACK CARSON
Oliver Niles - CHARLES BICKFORD


Judy Garland gives a heartrending performance in this classic star-crossed romantic drama about a young singer on the way up and her lover, a former star, on the way down. Nominated for six Academy Awards this is considered one of the greatest movie musicals ever made. Released in 1954.
Sunday, August 10

Dial M for Murder
Cast
Margot Mary Wendice - GRACE KELLY
Tony Wendice - RAY MILLAND
Mark Halliday - ROBERT CUMMINGS
Chief Insp. Hubbard - JOHN WILLIAMS

Master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock mixes suspense and mystery with dangerous romance in the story of a three-cornered love affair that leads to murder. Released in 1954.
Saturday, August 16

Von Ryan's Express
Cast
Colonel Joseph L. Ryan - FRANK SINATRA
Major Eric Fincham - TREVOR HOWARD
Gabriella - RAFFAELLA CARRA
Sergeant Bostick - BRAD DEXTER

Frank Sinatra plays an American POW who leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII. Having seemingly made errors of judgment, he has to win the support of the soldiers he is commanding. Released in 1965.
Sunday, August 17

That's Entertainment I
Hosted by:
FRED ASTAIRE
BING CROSBY
GENE KELLY
PETER LAWFORD
LIZA MINNELLI
DEBBIE REYNOLDS
MICKEY ROONEY
DONALD O'CONNOR
FRANK SINATRA
JAMES STEWART
ELIZABETH TAYLOR


Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald O'Connor, Peter Lawford, and Debbie Reynolds host a joyous celebration of MGM musicals, the Hollywood studio that practically invented the musical. The film features scenes from such American musical classics as Singin' In the Rain, Showboat and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and a parade of stars, including Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Esther Williams, and Clark Gable.  Released in 1974.
Saturday, August 23 & Sunday, August 24

Ocean's Eleven
Cast
Danny Ocean - FRANK SINATRA
Sam Harmon - DEAN MARTIN
Josh Howard - SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Jimmy Foster - PETER LAWFORD
"Mushy" O'Connors - JOEY BISHOP
Beatrice Ocean - ANGIE DICKINSON

 

The famous "Rat Pack" is never hipper or funnier than in this, the ultimate Las Vegas movie. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Peter Lawford star as ex-paratroopers who ban together to rob five casinos simultaneously. The caper goes off without a hitch but when one dies of a heart attack, the police seal off the city and the boys must think of a way to escape with the loot.  Released in 1960. Ocean's Eleven poster
Saturday, August 30

Lust for Life
Cast
Vincent VanGogh - KIRK DOUGLAS
Paul Gaugin - ANTHONY QUINN
Theo VanGogh - JAMES DONALD
Christine - PAMELA BROWN
 

TThis touching fictional biography is of the troubled artist Vincent Van Gogh, from his first paintings to his death and stars Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn. Douglas delivers a brilliant Academy Award-nominated performance as the tragic Dutch painter. Anthony Quinn won his second Academy Award for his role as Van Gogh's friend and fellow painter, Paul Gauguin. Directed by Vincente Minnelli and nominated for four Academy Awards. Released in 1956.
Sunday, August 31

Moby Dick
Cast
Captain Ahab - GREGORY PECK
Ishmael - RICHARD BASEHART
Starbuck - LEO GENN
Stubb - HARRY ANDREWS

Gregory Peck is magnificent as Captain Ahab, the surly sailor who loses his leg to a gigantic, crafty white whale in this stunning visual tribute to the great literary classic. Orson Welles co-stars.  Released in 1956.

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WBRA-TV 15 & WBRA-DT 3, Roanoke / WMSY-TV 52 & WMSY-DT 42, Marion / WSBN-TV 47 & WSBN-DT 32, Norton

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