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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, April 5

East of Eden
Cast
Cal Trask - JAMES DEAN
Abra - JULIE HARRIS
Kate - JO VAN FLEET
Sam the Sheriff - BURL IVES
Adam Trask - RAYMOND MASSEY

Based on the classic John Steinbeck novel, this Academy Award-winning film features the starring debut of movie legend James Dean in a riveting drama revolving around two brothers' love for the same woman. Co-starring Julie Harris and Jo Van Fleet.  Released in 1955.
Sunday, April 6

The Apartment
Cast
C.C. "Bud" Baxter - JACK LEMMON
Fran Kubelik - SHIRLEY MACLAINE
Jeff D. Sheldrake - FRED MACMURRAY
Joe Dobisch - RAY WOLSTON

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray are superb in this tale of love and ambition in the world of big business. The movie went on to garner five Academy Awards including Best Picture. Recently selected as one of the top 100 American films of all time by the American Film Institute. Released in 1960.

Saturday, April 12

That's Entertainment II
Cast
Co-host - FRED ASTAIRE
Co-host - GENE KELLY
JUDY GARLAND
MICKEY ROONEY
BING CROSBY
CLARK GABLE
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

The second installment in the sensational That's Entertainment trilogy features more classic scenes from MGM's vast musical library with the addition of comedy and drama films. Hosted by Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, this star-packed anthology includes outstanding scenes with The Marx Brothers, Elizabeth Taylor, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier, Cyd Charisse, Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong, Clark Gable, Laurel and Hardy, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and the Barrymores.  Released in 1976.
Sunday, April 13

Fiddler on The Roof
Cast
Tevye - TOPOL
Golde - NORMA CRANE
Motel Kamzoil - LEONARD FREY
Yente - MOLLY PICON

In this film version of the stage musical, Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia trying to support his family and maintain his Jewish tradition under a Czar that would like to run his people out of town. Tremendous songs and memorable dance sequences make this film a true classic. Won three Academy Awards, nominated for five others. Released in 1971.
Saturday, April 19

Bad Day at Black Rock
Cast
John J. Macreedy - SPENCER TRACY
Reno Smith - ROBERT RYAN
Liz Wirth - ANNE FRANCIS
Doc T.R. Velie Jr. - WALTER BRENNAN
Coley Trimble - ERNEST BORGNINE

Spencer Tracy received his fifth Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a one-armed stranger who arrives at a small southwestern town shortly after WWII in pursuit of a Japanese farmer. When he discovers that the farmer was killed by local racists, he becomes a target of murder. Nominated for Best Screenplay and directed by John Sturges.  Released in 1955.
Sunday, April 20

Great Expectations
Cast
Pip, as an adult - JOHN MILLS
Pip, as a boy - ANTHONY WAGER
Estella, as an adult - VALERIE HOBSON
Young Estella - JEAN SIMMONS

This classic film version of Charles Dickens' masterpiece tells the story of a poor orphan boy named Pip who, through the largess of a mysterious benefactor, becomes a gentleman and falls in love with the beautiful ward of the strange Miss Havisham. Won two Academy Awards, nominated for three others. Released in 1946.

Saturday, April 26

The Bad and the Beautiful
Cast
Jonathan Shields - KIRK DOUGLAS
Georgia Lorrison - LANA TURNER
Harry Pebbel - WALTER PIDGEON
James Lee Bartlow - DICK POWELL

Kirk Douglas stars in this drama about the life of an ambitious Hollywood producer, as seen through the eyes of a writer, a director and an actress. Nominated for six Academy Awards, it won five, including Best Screenplay. Released in 1952. scene from "The Bad and the Beautiful"
Sunday, April 27

The Russians are Coming!
The Russians are Coming!

Cast
Lt. Rozanov - ALAN ARKIN
Officer Norman Jones - JONATHAN WINTERS
Walt Whittaker - CARL REINER
Elspeth Whittaker - EVA MARIE SAINT
Police Chief Link Mattocks - BRIAN KEITH

Alan Arkin and Jonathan Winters lead an all-star cast (Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith, Theodore Bikel) in this outrageous comedy about a Russian submarine that runs aground off the New England coast. Nominated for four Academy Awards. Released in 1966.

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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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