In case you missed the last few days, we’ve been recapping our time at the TCM Classic Film Festival. We’ve already gone over what happened on Thursday, Day 1 as well as Friday, Day 2.

Today, we’ll focus on Saturday, Day 3 at the festival.

We started the day in one of the smaller Mann’s Chinese theaters for a screening of Sunset Blvd (1950.) The film should have been shown in Grauman’s Chinese, but what can you do?  Nancy Olson was on hand to introduce the film.  She was every bit as lovely and engaging as she was in the film. Here story about her kiss with Holden was priceless. You can hear the audio here:

Nancy Olson introduces Sunset Blvd.

Sunset Blvd. got out later than we had hoped so we missed our chance to see The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) in Grauman’s Chinese.  We opted to see a film we hadn’t seen before, Leave Her to Heaven (1946) starring Gene Tierney.

TCM.com gives this synopsis -

A beautiful neurotic will stop at nothing to hold onto her husband’s love.

One thing that struck us about Leave Her to Heaven was its similarities to our feature, Dangerous Calling.  There was a lodge, a crazy lady, and even a lake drowning.  But we promise, we had never seen Leave Her to Heaven before.  You can find out more about our film over at www.DangerousCalling.com

Leave Her To Heaven is significant in that movies like this were generally shot in black and white with high contrast images.  Leave Her to Heaven was shot in beautiful Technicolor and in wide open spaces.  It took us both off guard.  I didn’t expect it to get as dark tonally as it did.

Darryl Hickman, who played the brother of the man Gene Tierney married, was in attendance.  I can’t tell you any more about his role without giving away much of the plot. You can hear Robert Osborne and Darryl Hickman discuss the film here:

Darryl Hickman and Robert Osborne discuss Leave Her to Heaven. (Spoiler alert!)

Next up was Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959) over at Grauman’s Chinese.  This was a special treat because Eva-Marie Saint and Martin Landau were on hand to introduce the film. We were both struck with how well NxNW plays with an audience. It’s quite a bit funnier than you realize when watching it at home on your tv.

Robert Osborne, Eva-Marie Saint, and Martin Landau discuss North by Northwest.

After that, we went over to the Egyptian to see a beautiful print of Singing in the Rain (1952.)

While waiting in line, there was a zombie flash mob on Hollywood Blvd.  About 200 zombies walked down the street moaning groaning on the hunt for human flesh.  The funny thing is, nobody thought anything of it.  This IS Hollywood after all.

Stanley Donen, one of the directors, was on hand to introduce the film.  At first it didn’t make sense that he would still be alive.  I always assume Singing in the Rain is older than it is – but at the time is was made, it was a period film, set 30 years prior.  You can listen to Mr. Donen and Mr. Osborne discuss one of my favorite films of all time here:

Stanley Donen and Robert Osborne discuss Singing in the Rain. (My apologies for the quality.  You might have to ride the levels a bit.)

After the movie, we headed over to Club TCM to listen to a four piece jazz/swing band.  You can see video here. Such a cool vibe.  If the night life in Hollywood was like this, I’d be out at the clubs every night.

That was it for day 3.  Check out our tweets from that day.

Jeremiah:

• Up early. Hitting Sunset Blvd (the movie) at the TCM film festival. #tcmff Love that movie. 8:12 AM Apr 24th
• Nancy Olson shared great anecdotes about Sunset Blvd. Loved the movie on the big screen. I always fall for Nancy when I see it. #tcmff 12:01 PM Apr 24th
• After seeing 6 classic films, I REALLY want to smoke a cigarette. And I hate smoking. Forget Buick. Get a tobacco company as sponsor #tcmff 12:03 PM Apr 24th
• Just saw Leave Her to Heaven. Gene Tierney in a thriller. Scary lady. Makes me afraid to ever get married. Haha. #tcmff 2:18 PM Apr 24th
• Martin Landau, Eva Marie Saint, and Robert Osborne just introduced North By Northwest. #tcmff 3:12 PM Apr 24th
• North by Northwest was amazing. Cool to see a Hitchcock film with a packed audience at the Chinese. #tcmff Eva and Martin were great. 6:31 PM Apr 24th
• In line for Singing in the Rain at the Egyptian. #tcmff Big crowd here. Clearly the movie to see this evening http://twitpic.com/1i7yek 6:36 PM Apr 24th
• Cant believe he’s still alive. RT @JoshDaws: Singing in the Rain. So stoked for this. The director is here to talk about it. #tcmff 6:54 PM Apr 24th
• Seeing Singing in the Rain on the big screen has to be one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in a theater. Wow. Unforgettable. #tcmff 9:36 PM Apr 24th
• Hanging in Club TCM in the Blossom Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt. Cool band playing. #tcmff Love this vibe. http://twitvid.com/US8SI 9:39 PM Apr 24th

Josh:

• Leave Her To Heaven had a lot of similarities to Dangerous Calling. I swear we had never seen it before. http://j.mp/cn7D2x #tcmff 2:41 PM Apr 24th
• You haven’t seen Hitchcock until you see his films on the big screen with a huge audience. Unbelievable experience. #tcmff 6:30 PM Apr 24th
• Looks like some sort of flash mob of zombies is walking down Hollywood Blvd. Weird place. 6:42 PM Apr 24th
• Singing in the Rain. So stoked for this. The director, Stanley Donnen is here to talk about it. #tcmff 6:49 PM Apr 24th
• Singin’ in the Rain on the big screen is pure cinematic joy. My face hurts from smiling. #tcmff 9:21 PM Apr 24th