TCM to Remember Joan Fontaine and Peter O’Toole with Programming Tributes on Sunday, Dec. 29

Just Announced: 

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will pay tribute to Oscar® winner Joan Fontaine and eight-time Oscar® nominee and honorary Academy Award® recipient Peter O’Toole with tributes on Sunday, Dec. 29.

The Fontaine TCM Tribute will feature Blonde Cheat (1938), The Women (1939), Born To Be Bad (1950), Ivanhoe (1952), Fontaine’s Oscar-nominated roles in The Constant Nymph (1943) and Rebecca (1940), and her Oscar-winning performance in Suspicion (1940).

In the evening, TCM will pay tribute to O’Toole with his Oscar-nominated performances in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) and My Favorite Year (1982). Also featured will be a special encore telecast of Peter O’Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival, a one-hour extended interview with TCM host Robert Osborne taped before a live audience at the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival.

Joan Fontaine (October 22, 1917 - December 15, 2013) and Peter O'Toole (August 2, 1932 - December 14, 2013)

Joan Fontaine (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013) and Peter O’Toole (August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013)

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Here is the complete line-up for TCM’s on-air tributes scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 29; airings are noted in EST:

TCM Remembers Joan Fontaine:
6:30 a.m. – Blonde Cheat (1938)
7:45 a.m. – The Women (1939)
10:15 a.m. – Born to Be Bad (1950)
Noon – Ivanhoe (1952)
2 p.m. – The Constant Nymph (1943)
4 p.m. – Suspicion (1941)
5:45 p.m. – Rebecca (1940)

TCM Remembers Peter O’Toole
8 p.m. – Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Midnight – Peter O’Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011)
1 a.m. – Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969)
3:45 a.m. – My Favorite Year (1982)

In addition to TCM’s on-air tributes, short memorial videos are available on the TCM website and YouTube channel:

TCM Remembers Joan Fontaine
TCM YouTube Channel: http://youtu.be/KEGoH5QcnEg

TCM Remembers Peter O’Toole
TCM YouTube Channel: http://youtu.be/lRjITqahTbA

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–Annmarie for Classic Movie Hub

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