TCM Classic Film Festival 2014: Carpet Chats, Pics & Fun Galore!

By: debbie lynn elias

5th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival

TCM Film Fest 2014 - Day One

The 5th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival may be over, but the love lingers on!

 Kicking off the Fest on April 10, 2014, are TCM hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz

TCM Film Fest 2014 - Robert Osborne - 1

TCM Film Fest 2014 - Ben Mankiewicz - 1

along with network and festival programmers Charlie Tabesh and Genevieve McGillicuddy.

TCM Film Fest 2014 - Charlie Tabesh & Genevieve McGillicuddy - 2

Making this Festival even more special is that April 14, 2014, marked the

20th Anniversary of Turner Classic Movies cable network!

Tabesh and McGillicuddy are the leaders of the team that helps bring TCM to life 24/7.

Couldn’t make it to Hollywood for the Opening Night Red Carpet and the salute to Shirley Jones and OKLAHOMA!…. watch some of your favorite film legends right here as they weigh in on TCM, the Fest, family and fun in my annual red carpet coverage with  “Carpet Chat”:

 

SHIRLEY JONES

TIPPI HEDREN

MARGARET O’BRIEN

WINK MARTINDALE

SUZANNE LLOYD

Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd

MARTIN LEWIS

Beatles Historian

. . .and more!

TCM 2014 - Shirley Jones & Marty Ingels - 2

Check out the behind the scenes action in my private Fest Photo Gallery!

And relive some of the most poignant moments of the Fest:

TCM 2014 - Jerry Lewis 'Silent Night'
TCM 2014 – Jerry Lewis ‘Silent Night’

Jerry Lewis, the King of Comedy,

as he makes even wet cement funny at the TCL Chinese Theatre

TCM 2014 - Heston stamp marquis
TCM 2014 – Heston stamp marquis

In a ceremony worthy of Moses himself, the unveiling of the newest stamp by the

United States Postal Service in the Legends of Hollywood series:

Charlton Heston

Sharing in the moment are Heston’s widow, Lydia, and his son Fraser.

TCM 2014 - Fraser Heston and Lydia Heston
TCM 2014 – Fraser Heston and Lydia Heston

And of course, a highlight for all, Maureen O’Hara. . .

TCM 2014 - Maureen O'Hara - blessed

April 2014