Turner Classic Movies Vintage Movies Top Picks Great Directors June 20-25, 2009 Reviews

Classic films by great directors all month long on cable channel TCM.   On Sunday June 20th it's the films of Vincent Minnelli,  father of Liza, ex-hubby of Judy Garland.   He worked under the studio system for most of career but managed to make unique movies, not like the usual studio fare.

Some of his best musicals  1944's Meet Me In St. Louis (5:00 A.M. PST) , The Band Wagon from 1953, (at 7:00 a.m.),  1951's An American in Paris (airing 9:00 a.m.) and 1958's Gigi (airing at 11:00 a.m.) show on TCM.   If you can watch only one,  Band Wagon is my pick.  Superb from start to finish....