TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 8: 100th Anniversary of Technicolor

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

2:00 AM
This Happy Breed (1944)
A middle-class family faces personal triumphs and tragedies when they move to a new home in the suburbs.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Robert Newton , Celia Johnson , John Mills .
BW-111 mins,

4:00 AM
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland , Margaret O'Brien , Mary Astor .
C-113 mins, CC,



6:00 AM
Yearling, The (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Gregory Peck , Jane Wyman , Claude Jarman Jr. .
C-128 mins, CC,

8:15 AM
Duel in the Sun (1947)
A fiery half-breed comes between a rancher's good and evil sons.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Jennifer Jones , Joseph Cotten , Gregory Peck .
C-141 mins, CC,

10:45 AM
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Gene Tierney , Don Ameche , Charles Coburn .
C-112 mins, CC,



12:45 PM
River, The (1951)
Members of an English settlement cope with the exotic lure of life in India.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Nora Swinburne , Esmond Knight , Arthur Shields .
C-99 mins,

2:30 PM
Singin' In The Rain (1952)
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds .
C-103 mins, CC,



4:15 PM
Band Wagon, The (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Fred Astaire , Cyd Charisse , Oscar Levant .
C-112 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Two singers work their way to Paris, enjoying the company of eligible men they meet along the way.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Jane Russell , Marilyn Monroe , Charles Coburn .
C-91 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF TECHNICOLOR

8:00 PM
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
An aging Cavalry officer tries to prevent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Joanne Dru , John Agar .
C-104 mins, CC,

10:00 PM
North By Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint , James Mason .
C-136 mins, CC,

12:30 AM
Aviator, The (2004)
Billionaire aviator Howard Hughes takes Hollywood and its women by storm.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio , Cate Blanchett , Kate Beckinsale .
C-170 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



3:30 AM
Leopard, The (1963)
A Sicilian aristocrat tries to protect his family from social upheavals.
Dir: Luchino Visconti Cast: Burt Lancaster , Alain Delon , Claudia Cardinale .
C-186 mins, Letterbox Format

[longship]

1. Ah! Singing in the Rain!

And the pic of Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelley brings back one of the astounding set pieces in the film (which is certainly only a collection of such things).

Yet it works. Just like another film on the docket today, North by Northwest.

Neither film has a coherent plot. Yet both work in spite of the fact. The MacGuffin in Hitchcock's work is the totally irrelevant figurine with a belly full of microfilm. I suspect that the MacGuffin in Singing in the Rain might be a bit more obscure.

Both are highly recommended, nearly plotless entertainment. In other words, pure cinema at its best.