Turner Classic Movies Remembers Legendary Comedian Red Buttons with On-Air Tribute on Thursday, July 20

Turner Classic Movies Remembers Legendary Comedian Red Buttons with On-Air Tribute on Thursday, July 20

What: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate the life and career of
comedian Red Buttons with six of the films that made the stand-up
comic a Hollywood star.

The carrot-topped, burlesque comedian began his 70-year career
singing on the streets as a child. From there, Red Buttons took on
Broadway, television and film. With almost 30 films and countless
TV appearances to his credit, Buttons won an Emmy for Best Comedian
for The Red Buttons Show (1952) and the 1957 Oscar(R) as supporting
actor in the drama Sayonara (1957). For a full biography and
information on each of Buttons' movies, log onto TCM's media-rich
interactive movie database at TCMdb.com.

When: Thursday, July 20. The schedule is as follows:
6 a.m. Imitation General
8 a.m. A Ticklish Affair
9:30 a.m. Your Cheatin' Heart
11:30 a.m. Hatari
2:30 p.m. The Longest Day
5:30 p.m. Sayonara

All Times Eastern

Who: Turner Classic Movies, currently seen in more than 70 million
homes, is a 24-hour cable network from Turner Broadcasting System,
Inc. 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. For more information, please visit
tcm.com.

CONTACTS:
Sarah Hamilton Atlanta 404/575-6313 sarah.hamilton@turner.com
Julie Smith Los Angeles 310/788-6915 julie.smith@turner.com
Erin Bix New York 212/275-8234 erin.bix@turner.com

PRNewswire - July 17

Source: Turner Classic Movies

Web site: http://tcm.com/
http://tcmdb.com/

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