"As I watched kids' programs with them, I became concerned about gender balance and stereotypes. Boys take up much more space on TV than in real life."

      - Geena Davis (after watching a tv show with her kids)

Turner Classic Movies picks Natalie Wood as their Star of the Month for June

Well, it seems Turner Classic Movies finally answered my prayers and chose Natalie Wood as Star of the Month for June. They will be showing her movies every Monday this month, starting June 7th. Starting with the movie, "Tomorrow Is Forever" (costarring Orson Welles and Claudette Colbert),a movie that became a milestone for Natalie. The role would be little Natasha Gurdin's first credited role and would give birth to her new name, Natalie Wood. TCM will also be showing movies that are hard to view otherwise due to the fact that they are not available on DVD (yet) such as, "A Cry In the Night", "The Burning Hills", and "The Girl He Left Behind". Some of my favorites are "Love With a Proper Stranger", "Gypsy", "Inside Daisy Clover" and the Elia Kazan classic "Splendor in the Grass". The final movie they will showing in the month long series will be Natalie's final film before she died, "Brainstorm", a science fiction movie co-starring a Christopher Walken and Louise Fletcher (otherwise known as Nurse Ratched). Natalie would die tragically from drowning shortly after the filming of "Brainstorm" ended. Here Natalie's co-star, close friend, and former high school classmate Robert Redford remembers her.

Click here for TCM's complete roster of Natalie Wood's films showing this month.