TCM Celebrates The Work Of Elizabeth Taylor With A Movie Marathon

In the wake of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor’s death, TCM is celebrating the woman’s work with a 24-hour tribute set to air next month. This includes airing Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, both of which earner her Oscars.

Just looking at this list of movies should be enough to give anyone a fair indication of Taylor’s contribution to classic cinema. Also on the list is the original Father of the Bride, as well as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lassie Come Home and National Velvet. Below is the full schedule of movies that will air on TCM starting April 10th.

The following is a complete schedule of TCM’s April 10 memorial tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (all times Eastern):6 a.m. – Lassie Come Home (1943), with Roddy McDowall and Edmund Gwenn; directed by Fred M. Wilcox.7:30 a.m. – National Velvet (1944), with Mickey Rooney, Anne Revere and Angela Lansbury; directed by Clarence Brown.10 a.m. – Conspirator (1952), with Robert Taylor and Robert Flemyng; directed by Victor Saville.11:30 a.m. – Father of the Bride (1950), with Spencer Tracy, Billie Burke, Joan Bennett and Don Taylor; directed by Vincente Minnelli.1:15 a.m. – Father’s Little Dividend (1951), with Spencer Tracy, Billie Burke, Joan Bennett and Don Taylor; directed by Vincente Minnelli.2:45 p.m. – Raintree County (1957), with Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor and Agnes Moorehead; directed by Edward Dmytryk.6 p.m. – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), with Paul Newman and Burl Ives; directed by Richard Brooks.8 p.m. – Butterfield 8 (1960), with Laurence Harvey and Eddie Fisher; directed by Daniel Mann.10 p.m. – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), with Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis; directed by Mike Nichols.12:30 a.m. – Giant (1956), with James Dean and Rock Hudson; directed by George Stevens.4 a.m. – Ivanhoe (1952), with Robert Taylor and Joan Fontaine; directed by Richard Thorpe.

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