July is Big Band Movie Month on TCM! Turner Classic Movies has rounded up a collection of the best movies featuring the big bands of the 30’s, 40’s, and early 50’s. You’ll see and hear great bands like Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, and many more. While non of the listed features have groundbreaking swing dance scenes in them, some of them do have some brief entertaining swing dance segments. Keep an eye out for “I Dood It”, “Two Girls and a Sailor”, “Cabin in the Sky”, and “The Benny Goodman Story”.

I’m bummed that we missed “Dancing Co-Ed” last night. It’s rare that the movie gets aired and as fans of Artie Shaw, it’s a favorite for Dawn and I.

Be sure to check out the TCM schedule for air times and thanks to John for sending this info over!

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 am and is filed under Announcements.