All Things Vintage: Summer Under the Stars Day 18: Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood is today's featured star on Day 18 of Summer Under the Stars!

I've seen three or four Natalie Wood movies, and I always found her ability rather refreshing. She had this innocence about her in a few of the movies I watched, and this was especially evident in Splendor in the Grass (spoiler alert: this is coming on today!). I've always been interested in the mystery surrounding her death, because when I had watched a few of her movies and later read about what happened to her, I felt so terrible that we'd lost such a talent so soon. I always end up finding the greats posthumously and end up feeling robbed. I do hope eventually the police are able to solve the case. Anywho, the movies of hers that I have seen are on today's list of flicks, so I know for a fact we've got some goodies on the schedule today.

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Today's movies: (all times listed in EST)

Daily Cinema Selection: The Great Race

Keeping it honest, I did not mainly choose this for Natalie Wood. A good portion of the reason I chose this movie was because of Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Some Like It Hot and The Odd Couple are two of my favorite movies, and I'm sure long-time readers are more than familiar with my crush on Tony Curtis. Woof. I've only seen Natalie Wood in serious films and it feels like most of this week we've had serious flicks for our Daily Cinema Selections. I think it's way past time for some comedies. The obvious choices for me would be Splendor in the Grass but I've always found that movie to be so sad (although I still recommend you check it out--Warren Beatty is yet another crush of mine and he looks too good but seriously, it is a good film), or Rebel Without a Cause but that was our very first TNT(!) Aww. So I obviously cannot choose those, and there's West Side Story but I don't know many people who haven't seen that movie at this point so again, I wanted to show something different. This movie is about a villain (obviously Lemmon if you look at the poster LOL) plotting to win an early 20th-century car race that spans 3 continents. Tony Curtis plays Professor Fate's enemy The Great Leslie, and Natalie Wood comes in as a feminist reporter who gets dragged into the mix. I think it's going to be campy but funny. Check the trailer:

Channel Listings:

Dish--132

DirecTV--256

AT&T U-verse--796

*Today's Twitter tag is #WoodTCM, you already know our regulars!*

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Summer Under the Stars Day 18: Natalie Wood

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