Home #Hwoodtimes TCM To Celebrate Legendary Actress Gina Lollobrigida

TCM To Celebrate Legendary Actress Gina Lollobrigida

0
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate the life and career of actress, photojournalist, and politician Gina Lollobrigida with a programming tribute on Tuesday, May 2. Lollobrigida, who died Jan. 16 at the age of 95, started her film career in her native Italy and in France before achieving mainstream success in the United States, where she was revered as one of the most beautiful women in the world – a role she played literally in La Donna Più Bella del Mondo (1955). She went on to become a photojournalist and landed an exclusive interview with Cuba’s Fidel Castro in the 1970s. She attended the TCM Classic Film Festival in 2016 to introduce her film Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1963), which is airing on TCM as part of the tribute.

The following is the complete schedule for TCM’s on-air tribute to Gina Lollobrigida:

TCM Remembers Gina Lollobrigida – Tuesday, May 2

8:00 PM – Come September (1961) – A womanizing tycoon ends up chaperoning a group of American girls who have rented his Italian villa.
10:00 PM – Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1963) – During a military reunion, three veterans discover they’ve been sending support payments for the same child.
12:00 AM – Fanfan la Tulipe (1952) – A lazy young man from Paris escapes from a forced marriage to the daughter of a farmer for a career in the French Army.
2:00 AM – Woman of Straw (1964) – A rich old man’s nurse and his nephew plot his murder.
4:15 AM – Never So Few (1959) – A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.
6:30 AM – Hotel Paradiso (1966) – Chaos results when a mild-mannered man tries to have an affair with his neighbor’s wife.

(All times Eastern)

About Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a two-time Peabody Award-winning network that presents classic films, uncut and commercial-free, from the largest film libraries in the world highlighting “where then meets now.” TCM features the insights from Primetime host Ben Mankiewicz along with hosts Alicia Malone, Dave Karger, Jacqueline Stewart and Eddie Muller, plus interviews with a wide range of special guests and serves as the ultimate movie lover destination. With more than two decades as a leading authority in classic film, TCM offers critically acclaimed series like The Essentials, along with annual programming events like 31 Days of Oscar® and Summer Under the Stars. TCM also directly connects with movie fans through popular events such as the annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, the TCM Big Screen Classics screening series, and the TCM Classic Cruise. In addition, TCM produces the wildly successful podcast “The Plot Thickens,” which has had more than 7 million downloads to date. TCM hosts a wealth of material online at tcm.com and through the Watch TCM mobile app. Fans can also enjoy a classic movie experience on the Classics Curated by TCM hub on HBO Max.