Turner Classic Movies Honors Achievement Award Recipients With Marathon
Wed, 11 Nov 2009

Turner Classic Movies is honoring five of its Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award recipients with a primetime movie marathon on the eve of the next "Screen Actors Guild Awards" presentation.

On January 22nd, TCM will air four films which feature five award recipients, Stan Laurel, Jack Lemmon, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, and Kirk Douglas. The network airs Laurel's 1935 comedy short "Tit for Tat" at 8pm, followed by "The Out-of-Towners" with Lemmon and Sandy Dennis.

The 1961 adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," starring Dee and Poitier, airs at 10:15pm. The marathon closes with the Kirk Douglas western "Last Train from Gun Hill" at 12:30am.

It all leads to the airing of the "16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" telecast, set to air simultaneously on TCM and TBS. Television and film star Betty White will be the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Live Achievement Award on that night's presentation. "The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" airs Saturday, January 23rd at 8pm ET/PT.

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