{"id":772844,"date":"2026-05-04T15:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/772844\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:22:22","slug":"tcm-classic-film-festival-brings-the-stars-to-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/772844\/","title":{"rendered":"TCM Classic Film Festival Brings the Stars to Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jane Fonda and other icons walked the red carpet at the 17th annual tribute<\/p>\n

They love the smell of nitrate in the morning. Legions of vintage movie fans swarmed Hollywood Boulevard this weekend for the 17th annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival<\/a>. Visitors came from all over the world to see nearly 90 feature films from the 20th century unspooled at the historic Chinese, Egyptian and El Capitan Theaters. We met a visitor from Japan who was hoping to see Jane Fonda\u2019s opening night appearance on the red carpet. He didn\u2019t get in, but the legendary actress stopped and chatted up fans who lined up to see her introduce Barefoot in the Park. \u201cShe was so charming and honest and real,\u201d Betty, a fan from Chicago, told us later that evening.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jane Fonda on the opening night of the TCM Classic Film FestivalCredit: Photo by Emme McIntyre\/Getty images for TCM<\/p>\n

\"\"TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz and Jane Fonda speak during the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night Screening of \u201cBarefoot In The Park\u201d at TCL Chinese Theatre Credit: Photo by Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images for TCM<\/p>\n

Meeting your movie heroes is one of the biggest draws of the fest, which this year included appearances by Faye Dunaway, Carol Burnett<\/a>, Laura Dern and Barbara Hershey. Glenn Close was awarded the hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman\u2019s Chinese during the fest, and sneaked a paw of her tiny dog into the cement alongside hers.<\/p>\n

\"\"HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA \u2013 MAY 01: Glenn Close is seen as TCM honors Glenn Close during her Hand and Footprint Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 01, 2026 in Hollywood, California. Credit: Photo by Rodin Eckenroth\/Getty Images for TCM<\/p>\n

Since it\u2019s getting harder and harder to find black-and-white era stars to book, their families often speak for them. Tina Sinatra introduced her father Frank\u2019s film Pal Joey, Ethan Peck of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds introduced grandpa Gregory Peck\u2019s stylish 1966 spy movie Arabesque and Walter Matthau\u2019s son Charlie introduced The Fortune Cookie. The director, writer and producer revealed that while one of their favorite moments together was when he directed Walter in the 1991 film Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love, that ultimately his dad would have much rather he became a doctor than get into show business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201c100 Years of Marilyn\u201d Display from Julien\u2019s Auctions at the TCM Classic Film FestivalCredit: Photo by Chris Nichols<\/p>\n

Fans lined up for four days before 9 a.m. until the last movie got out around 2 a.m. They gathered around custom artworks created for the event and gawked at gowns worn by Marilyn Monroe and\u00a0Ann-Margret that will soon be sold by Julien\u2019s Auctions. You know the fans by their own apparel, with loud T-shirts advertising Buster Keaton and VistaVision that finally have their moment to get out of the closet and really shine. The hardcore ones fill their lanyards with custom pins from the movies and previous festivals. We\u2019re still waiting for the full-blown Turnerbounding<\/a> Disney adult era to kick in.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Crowds queue up at Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theater at the TCM Film FestivalCredit: Photo by Chris Nichols<\/p>\n

One of the most fascinating and unexpected speakers was John Dean, White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon, known for his involvement in the Watergate cover-up. He was interviewed by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz at the 50th anniversary screening of All the President\u2019s Men. Having this extraordinary and erudite figure from the historical event depicted in the film was very meta. When Dean mentioned that he had not seen the film since it came out, Mankiewicz replied. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to see it\u2026 you lived it!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jane Fonda and other icons walked the red carpet at the 17th annual tribute They love the smell…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":772845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[157124,1582,276,114497,12298,2961,224,5337,316795],"class_list":["post-772844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ben-mankiewicz","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-glenn-close","tag-jane-fonda","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-tcm-classic-film-festival"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116516995071236443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}