TCM has chosen to feature her as the Star of the Month in May with the films listed below. You can read more about this tribute here in an appreciation of her career on the TCM site.
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One aspect of Reed's career that is rather timely since Memorial Day is coming up at the end of May was her recently revealed place in the hearts of many servicemen she met during WWII. I thought she was a particularly touching presence in two films from that era, The Human Comedy and They Were Expendable, but I must admit that I've never given her much thought until last year, when her children unearthed the touching correspondence she kept from servicemen she'd met for just a moment during her tours of WWII era camps.
Characterized by her children as someone who always tried to behave just like a regular Mom and wife when she was at home, Reed had never spoken of these letters to her family, but she kept them until the end of her life in 1986. As revealed last year to the public, the letters are filled with longing for someone like the pretty, non-threatening Reed, who represented what one soldier termed "a typical American girl," and wasn't as intimidating a fantasy figure to many of her correspondents as the more assertive Ann Sheridan, Rita Hayworth and Hedy Lamarr.
Here are the films each Wednesday beginning at 8pm EDT
Shadow of the Thin Man
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Babes on Broadway
The Human Comedy
The Bugle Sounds
Apache Trail
Gentle Annie
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Green Dolphin Street
The Man From Down Under
Mokey
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Gun Fury
They Rode West
Three Hours to Kill
Trouble Along the Way
Saturday's Hero
Ransom
Scandal Sheet
The Whole Truth
Eyes in the Night
The Get-Away
From Here to Eternity
They Were Expendable
See Here, Private Hargrove
Faithful in My Fashion
Thousands Cheer