Turner Classic Movies Welcomes Fans To Hollywood For 2011 Edition Of The TCM Classic Film Festival

The TCM Classic Film Festival is back for its second year, with more than 70 screenings, as well as special introductions, guest appearances, panel discussions and more. The four-day festival kicks off Thursday April 28th and runs through May 1, 2011, in Hollywood. Peter O’Toole, Kirk Douglas, Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, George Chakiris, Roger Corman, Mariel Hemingway, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Mathers, Hayley Mills, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Richard Roundtree, Barbara Rush, Alec Baldwin, Illeana Douglas, Chris Isaak, Rose McGowan, Mary Ann Mobley, Ron Perlman, Nancy & Tina Sinatra and Robert Townsend are just a few of the notables slated to appear. TCM host and film historian Robert Osborne serves as official host of the festival. The official Twitter of the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival: @tcmfilmfest

A central theme in this year’s festival is Music and the Movies, with several screenings and events celebrating composers, great songwriters and the unique role music plays in the art of filmmaking. As part of the Music and the Movies programming, the festival will honor songwriters George and Ira Gershwin with several screenings, including the opening night gala presentation of the 60th anniversary world premiere restoration of An American in Paris (1951), with star Leslie Caron helping introduce the film.
Also under the Music and the Movies banner, TCM is collaborating with D23, The Official Disney Fan Club, to celebrate Walt Disney’s musical legacy. The programming will include screenings of Fantasia (1940), Disney’s Silly Symphonies and Laugh-O-Gram shorts and the live-action musical Summer Magic (1961). TCM will also pay tribute to two film music legends – composer Bernard Herrmann and “King of the Singing Cowboys” Roy Rogers – on the 100th anniversary of their births.