The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Treasure Island, Little
Women Among Films Set for Summer Movie Showcase
ATLANTA, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In its ongoing commitment to
cultivating the next generation of classic movie fans, Turner Classic
Movies (TCM) will take parents back to treasured memories of their
childhood and instill first- time viewers with new ones this summer during
Funday Night at the Movies, a weekly movie event set to air on Sundays in
June-August at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted by Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob
SquarePants from the hit animated series by the same name, the seasonal
franchise is specially geared toward parents who wish to pass on to their
kids their love for unforgettable and enduring films.
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Movies that will be featured in Funday Night at the Movies include:
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Little Women (1949)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Oliver! (1968)
Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Shane (1953)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Sounder (1972)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Treasure Island (1934)
20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1954)
No stranger to family programming, Kenny also supplies the voice for
Heffer the Cow on Nickelodeon's Rocko's Modern Life and Hanna Barbera's Top
Cat. In addition, he voices performances on Cartoon Network's Camp Lazlo
and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends as well the current feature, Meet
the Robinsons. A self-proclaimed classic-movie buff, he spends time
watching vintage films with his two children and his wife, actress Jill
Talley.
Turner Classic Movies, currently seen in more than 75 million homes, is
a 24-hour cable network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time
Warner company. TCM presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from
the largest film library in the world, the combined Time Warner and Turner
film libraries, from the '20s through the '90s, commercial-free and without
interruption. The network also offers critically acclaimed original
documentaries and specials, including the recent Emmy-winning Stardust: The
Bette Davis Story and Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool. On the slate for
2007 are such original productions as Private Screenings: Jane Fonda,
Brando and Spielberg on Spielberg, among others. For more information,
visit http://www.tcm.com.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major
producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading
provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
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http://www.tcm.com
Photo Notes:
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PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
CONTACT:
Sarah Hamilton, Atlanta, +1-404-575-6313,
sarah.hamilton@turner.com, Julie Smith, Los Angeles,
+1-310-788-6915, julie.smith@turner.com or Erin Bix, New York,
+1-212-275-8234, erin.bix@turner.com
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