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@tcmparty live tweet schedule for the week beginning Monday, October 23, 2023. Look for us on Twitter…watch and tweet along…remember to add #TCMParty to your tweets so everyone can find them :) All times are Eastern.

Friday, Oct. 27 Halloween Horror Triple Feature 8:00 p.m. — FRANKENSTEIN (1931) A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain.

9:30 p.m. — THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster.

TCM is honoring Jane Powell with an afternoon lineup of her films on Saturday, Oct. 16. The actor and singer, who passed away Sept. 16 at age 92, was one of the top MGM musicals stars of the '40s and '50s and she was a great friend of the network and classic movie fans. Your best bet is Powell's career-defining performance in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) at 6 pm ET/3 pm PT. Powell is at her feisty best as pioneer woman Milly, but she's also subtle and sweet when the part requires it and "Wonderful, Wonderful Day" is a great showcase for her voice. The rest of the lineup is made up of three MGM musicals. Luxury Liner (1948) at noon ET, Small Town Girl (1953) at 2 pm ET, and Royal Wedding (1951) at 4 pm ET. In the last film, Powell steals the show from costar Fred Astaire during a sassy Vaudeville-type number.

Here's the best of the rest for the week of Oct. 11, 2021:

1. Nine to Five (1980) at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT Monday, Oct. 11: Legends Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin team up for this '80s workplace comedy. This film is still a fiercely funny takedown of sexism in the workplace -- it's also a rare female buddy movie -- and there's not a woman alive who can't relate to it on some level.

2. Breathless (1961)) at 12:15 am ET/9:15 pm PT Tuesday night/Wednesday morning: TCM's spotlight on New Wave movements continues with director Jean-Luc Godard's film about a gangster (Jean Paul Belmondo) and chic young woman (Jean Seberg) on the lam. It is THE essential film of the Nouvelle Vague.

3. Border Incident (1949) at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT Wednesday, Oct. 13: This uncompromising, surprisingly contemporary film noir about the immigration crisis at the U.S./Mexico border is more relevant in 2021 than it was in the 1949. Simply, put it's one of the best old Hollywood noirs, and it lingers in your mind long after you've watched it. Border Incident is part of a night of films honoring Hispanic Heritage month. Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban stars in Border Incident and another great noir airing Wednesday night: Mystery Street (1948) at 1:45 am ET/10:45 pm PT.

Follow up reading for Eddie Muller’s presentation of THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY on TCM’s Noir Alley this weekend.  Imogen Sara Smith wrote about co-star Ella Raines for NOIR CITY e-mag’s Women in Noir issue. Eddie penned the cover article on the film’s producer Joan Harrison. Buy the back issue at http://www.noircitymag.com/noir_city_16.html

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