For Release: March 28, 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival Continues to Expand In Final Weeks before April 12 Opening Latest Additions Include Star-Studded Appearances, Noted Film Historians, An Opening-Night Poolside Screening of High Society (1956) And a Vanity Fair Showcase of Architecture in Film Complete Schedule for 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival Now Available at http://www.tcm.com/festival With just over two weeks left before opening day, the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival continues to expand its already-packed slate with new events and live appearances: • On opening night of the festival, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will be the site of a poolside screening of the lavish Cole Porter musical High Society (1956), starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. • Actresses Maud Adams and Eunice Gayson will attend a 50th Anniversary screening of the James Bond classic Dr. No (1962) and participate in a conversation about being "Bond Girls." • Filmmaker Mel Brooks will be on hand to introduce his brilliant parody Young Frankenstein (1974). • Filmmaker John Carpenter will introduce his favorite film, the seminal horror classic Frankenstein (1931). • Actress and filmmaker Illeana Douglas will return for her third TCM Classic Film Festival, this time to present Counsellor-at-Law (1933), starring John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels and Douglas' grandfather, Melvyn Douglas. • Actress Carla Laemmle will participate in a screening of Dracula (1931) as that film's only surviving cast member. • Filmmaker John Landis will introduce the horror sequel Son of Frankenstein (1939). • Three design giants will join TCM's celebration of Style in the Movies, with Bob Mackie appearing at a screening of Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra (1934), Barbara Tfank discussing the Otto Preminger drama Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Todd Oldham basking in the opulence of The Women (1939) and Auntie Mame (1958). • Michael Murphy will introduce the visually compelling sci-fi thriller Phase IV (1974). • Walter Mirisch will talk about Fall Guy (1947) at a screening of the first film he eve produced. • Actor Ron Perlman will introduce one of his favorite films, the Preston Sturges classic Sullivan's Travels (1941). • Oscar®-winning screenwriter Robert Towne will join Robert Evans for a screening of Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974). • Actor William Wellman Jr. will help celebrate the 85th anniversary of Wings (1927), directed by his father. • Don Lynch, author of two books on the sinking of the RMS Titanic, will discuss the tragic story at a screening of A Night to Remember (1958). TCM is happy to announce that Leonard Maltin and Cari Beauchamp will return this year to introduce a number of screenings across the four-day festival. During each of the past two festivals, they have each conducted interviews and introduced a wide variety of films. One of today's most respected and widely followed film critics, Maltin is known in many households for his invaluable Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, which is updated annually. Maltin is also a noted film historian and has penned books on various aspects of the industry, including a history of Disney films. He recently provided a video introduction for TCM and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's UPA: The Jolly Frolics Collection DVD set. Beauchamp is the award-winning author and co-producer of TCM's Without Lying Down: The Power of Women in Early Hollywood. She has previously conducted interviews and panel discussions, including a fascinating panel on Hollywood casting agents at the first TCM Classic Film Festival. In addition to Maltin and Beauchamp, historian and author Foster Hirsch will return this year to introduce a few screenings. TCM has also announced that as part of the festival's multi-tiered look at Style in the Movies, official festival partner Vanity Fair will examine Architecture in Film, with films like Trouble in Paradise (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and The Fountainhead (1949). Matt Tyrnauer, Vanity Fair's special correspondent covering architecture and design, has curated the collection and will introduce each film. The lineup will also feature the fascinating documentary My Architect (2003), for which Tyrnauer will be joined by filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn. Additional information, along with a complete schedule for the TCM Classic Film Festival, is available through the official festival website: http://www.tcm.com/festival. For all the latest news and comments about the TCM Classic Film Festival, follow @TCMfilmfest or search for hashtag #TCMFF. Here are the newly announced additions to the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival: Opening Night Poolside Screening High Society (1956) – Presented poolside at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel The classic screwball comedy The Philadelphia Story gets a musical makeover from Cole Porter in this delightful toe-tapper starring Grace Kelly as a woman about to get married, only to have her impending nuptials complicated by her ex. Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby co-star opposite Kelly in her last film role. Anniversaries, Restorations & More Wings (1927) – 85th Anniversary Restoration, featuring live appearances by William Wellman Jr. and long-time Paramount producer A.C. Lyles Charles “Buddy” Rogers, Richard Arlen and Clara Bow star in William A. Wellman’s high-flying World War I melodrama, the first movie ever to take home Oscar® for Best Picture. Wings set the gold standard for Hollywood when it comes to shooting aerial dogfights. Longtime producer A.C. Lyles, who originally saw Wings in 1927, when he was 10 years old, will be joined by actor William Wellman Jr., the son of the director, to provide the introduction. Dracula (1931) – Featuring a live appearance by 102-year-old Carla Laemmle Reprising the role that made him famous on Broadway, Bela Lugosi plays Bram Stoker's hypnotic vampire. Directed by Tod Browning, this horror classic also features Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler and Edward Van Sloan. Actress Carla Laemmle, the niece of producer Carl Laemmle, speaks the first lines of the film and will be on hand to help introduce the screening. At 102, she is the only surviving member of the cast. Frankenstein (1931) – Introduced by filmmaker John Carpenter Horror director John Carpenter will introduce his favorite movie of all time, a film he calls, "a seminal work of horror." James Whale's wonderfully atmospheric version of Mary Shelley's horror classic stars the one-and-only Boris Karloff as the creature, with Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein, Dwight Frye as Fritz, Edward Van Sloan as Dr. Waldman, Mae Clarke as Elizabeth and truly memorable makeup by Jack Pierce. Son of Frankenstein (1939) – Introduced by filmmaker John Landis Basil Rathbone stars as the title character in this third film in Universal's Frankenstein franchise. Boris Karloff plays as The Monster for the last time, with Bela Lugosi particularly memorable as the deformed Ygor. The film features a tongue-in-cheek script by Wyllis Cooper, visually striking sets by Jack Otterson and spooky cinematography by George Robinson. A Night to Remember (1958) – U.S. Premiere of Restoration, commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and followed by a discussion with author and historian Don Lynch Decades before James Cameron swept moviegoers away with star-crossed lovers aboard a doomed ship, British director Roy Ward Baker presented a starker, less romanticized version of the sinking of the the "unsinkable" Titanic. This Golden Globe-winning docudrama, based on Walter Lord's definitive book, stars Kenneth More as the ship's dutiful second officer. The cast also includes David McCallum, Jill Dixon, Laurence Naismith, Frank Lawton and Honor Blackman. Don Lynch, author of Titanic: An Illustrated History and Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey into the Heart of the Titanic, will introduce the screening, following which he will discuss the sinking of the vessel and its depiction in the movies. The Essentials Sullivan's Travels (1941) – Introduced by actor Ron Perlman This sharp and witty Preston Sturges comedy follows a highly successful director as he prepares to make a message picture by ditching Hollywood and living the life of a hobo. Joel McCrea stars as the director, with Veronica Lake as the stray he picks up along the way. Auntie Mame (1958) – featuring a live appearance by designer Todd Oldham Rosalind Russell plays the part of a lifetime as an eccentric and worldly aunt suddenly saddled with an orphan nephew. Patrick Dennis' enormously popular novel makes a successful transition to film by way of Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee's stage adaptation. Forrest Tucker, Coral Brown, Fred Clark and Roger Smith co-star, with Morton DaCosta directing. Dr. No (1962) – 50th Anniversary screening, featuring a live appearance by Eunice Gayson and Maud Adams, who will participate in a conversation about "Bond Girls" Strange happenings in Jamaica draw James Bond into the clutches of the notorious title character in this first big-screen outing for 007. Sean Connery makes the role of Bond all his own. Joseph Wiseman plays Dr. Julius No, with Eunice Gayson as Syvia Trench and Ursula Andress making a memorable entrance as Honeychile Ryder. Young Frankenstein (1974) – featuring a live appearance by Mel Brooks Mel Brooks mastered the art of the spoof with this brilliant sendup of Universal's long line of Frankenstein pictures. Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Kenneth Mars and Gene Hackman give pitch-perfect performances, backed by an exceptional score by John Morris and terrific sets and laboratory equipment (much of it used in Universal's original Frankenstein films). Style in the Movies: Architecture in Film, Presented by Vanity Fair Official festival partner Vanity Fair presents this collection of films that showcase architectural design in cinema. Matt Tyrnauer, Vanity Fair's special correspondent covering architecture and design, has curated the collection and will introduce each film.