April 8 movie: Easter Parade. This is a lesser movie for both Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, but I still love it. My only complaint is, when did TCM stop showing Biblical epics on Easter? They used to do that every year! It was the best thing! Just like the war movies on Memorial Day, I looked forward to it all year. I would curl up on the couch with a blanket and snacks and spend all day watching Victor Mature wrestle lions, Gregory Peck get seduced by Bathsheba, Claudette Colbert persecute early Christians, Lana Turner lead crazy sexy pagan rituals, and most importantly, Stewart Granger wear the biggest pompadour in Sodom or Gomorrah. It just isn't Easter without getting to see Stewart Granger's hair.
(And before you say anything, I know those are mostly Old Testament movies. That's what they used to show. Now they usually show The Greatest Story Ever Told or King of Kings which are both terrible movies.)
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