TCM Party tonight features 'Swooner Crooner' and Now, Voyager

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Turner Classic Movies is hosting a watch party tonight that pairs the 1944 animated short Swooner Crooner with the 1942 film Now, Voyager. Swooner Crooner, directed by Frank Tashlin and voiced by Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, and Sara Berner, runs seven minutes and follows Porky Pig managing an egg farm where the chickens are distracted by a crooning rooster. Now, Voyager, directed by Irving Rapper and starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains, is scheduled at 11:45 PM ET and runs 1 hour 57 minutes; its plot centers on a repressed spinster transformed by psychiatry and a love for a married man. TCM lists the primetime block as WB Songs in Looney Tunes, with Swooner Crooner slotted at 8:30 PM PT and Now, Voyager in late primetime.

teamrickandilsa.bsky.social

@teamrickandilsa.bsky.social

This is my *checks notes* 23rd viewing of #NowVoyager. Is there a prize when I get to 25? A pin? Shirt? Free book from the TCM library? Just curious. #TCMParty

476h ago

CT Million6

That's like several cartons of cigarettes for Paul! #TCMParty

Three Dog Heads4

I can let you borrow the 25+ Club ribbon I won for DARK VICTORY.

BookHoarder2

I wish I had thought of keeping a record of how many times I've seen it. 😂

murphysgirl.bsky.social2

I've watched it lots of times, too. It's such a great movie. Same with Casablanca, which I'm watching now!

Cast Adrift 🫘2

You should get the Criterion Collection Blu-Ray, with all kinds of interviews, commentaries and extras, like Ms. Davis on The Dick Cavitt Show. You know what? You can get it on sale at Barnes and Noble. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-now-vo...

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NOW, VOYAGER (1942) — 11:45 pm ET — 1h 57m (TCM Primetime: WB Songs in Looney Tunes) Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains; directed by Irving Rapper A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man. #TCM #TCMParty

167h ago

CondimentGrrl aka Marcy

@condimentgrrl.bsky.social

“Well Dr Jaquith says we can’t sleep together but he’ll never stop us from smoking.” #TCMParty #NowVoyager

164h ago

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul

@celluloidsoul.bsky.social

Recently auctioned by Julien's, hundreds of matchbooks collected and often inscribed by Mel Blanc, documenting where he was, who he was with, when he was there, and what he was doing. Many mention his wife, Estelle. Includes one from The White House. ~Kind of a fun idea! #LooneyTunes #TCMParty

Photo from the recent Julien's auction on June 25 of a big pike of matchbooks from all sorts of places.

117h ago

A Nick Charles

@nickcharles.bsky.social

“Someone just handed me a glizzy and called it a canapé. What the hell?!” #NowVoyager #TCMParty

A man in a suit looking sternly at a woman.

105h ago

Phyll Indablank

@phyllindablank.bsky.social

Shall we just have a "cigarette" on it? #NowVoyager #TCMParty

94h ago

Coming Up On TCM

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#ComingUpOnTCM SWOONER CROONER (1944) Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner Dir.: Frank Tashlin 8:30 PM PT Porky manages an egg farm where the chickens are preoccupied by a crooning rooster. 7m | Animated Short | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty

67h ago

BookHoarder

@bookhoarder53.bsky.social

Bette really doesn't look fat to me... 🤔 Dowdy like an old maid, but not fat. #NowVoyager #TCMParty

86h ago

Chris Sturhann

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When I'm old and crazy and torturing our children, I hope they get me a nurse like Mary Wickes #NowVoyager #TCMParty

75h ago

Kim Britt Knits 🧶

@kphbritt.bsky.social

I just noticed (for the 1st time in the credits), that the montages were directed by Don Siegel. Obviously we all know that Siegel went on to be a great director of western & action movies. #tcmparty #NowVoyager

56h ago