The Pleasure Seekers: Last airing this year on FMC ~ December 28th, 2011

This coming Wednesday marks the last scheduled airing for Pamela's 1964 film, The Pleasure Seekers on the Fox Movie Channel. If you do not know Fox Movie Channel is making some modifications to their schedule.

Beginning in January they will be airing newer films from the Fox film library with limited commercials under the banner FX Movie Channel. This new format will air every day from 3 pm until 3 am. Their older films will continue to air from 3 am until 3 pm. I don't know if the older films will have limited commercial breaks as well. 

It seems to me that Fox Movie Channel is slowly going the AMC route. The only classic, commercial free cable network to stand now is TCM. 

With all of these changes I don't really know if FMC plans on continuing to air The Pleasure Seekers, but they have been more than generous in it's airings of the film for the past 3 years, airing it commercial free and in it's original aspect ratio giving many like myself a chance to preserve it as Fox themeslves has yet to see fit to release it in any home video format here in the U.S.

If you haven't done so already rev up those DVR's for the film's December 28th airing on FMC at 11:30 am.

The Pleasure Seekers: Susie visits El Prado Museum

Carol Lynley, Ann-Margret and Pamela Tiffin are The Pleasure Seekers

In this delightful clip featuring Pamela from the 1964 film, The Pleasure Seekers her character of "Susie" goes to the Museo del Prado in Madrid to study art and is promptly picked up by philandering playboy Emilio Lacayo (Tony Franciosa).

Susie arrives in Spain

In this scene from 1964's The Pleasure Seekers, Pamela's character of "Susie Higgins" arrives in Madrid from New York and is greeted by her friend "Maggie" played by Carol Lynley

Fox Movie Channel airs "The Pleasure Seekers" in December

Fox Movie Channel (check local listings in your area) will be airing Pamela's 1964 film, The Pleasure Seekers. The film is a frothy comic-melodrama tracing the romantic adventures of three American girls in exotic Madrid.

Loosely based on the 1954 film, Three Coins in the Fountain both films were directed by Jean Negulesco.

This version puts the spotlight on four musical performances by Ann-Margret sprinkled throughout the picture.

Pamela gives a fine comic turn as the innocent "Susie Higgins" who falls for Spanish playboy "Emilio Lacayo" (Tony Franciosa), who has a way with the women until "Susie" comes along and flips the script on him.

The cast is rounded out by the always beautiful Carol Lynley, Gardner McKay, Andre Lawrence, Brian Keith and the legendary Gene Tierney in what turns out to be her last big screen role.

The Pleasure Seekers will be airing December 23 and 28 at 11:30 am EST on the Fox Movie Channel, uncut, widescreen and commercial free.

For more on The Pleasure Seekers, Pamela Tiffin and classic sixties cinema please visit my friend Tom Lisanti's web site Sixties Cinema