TCM Schedule for Sunday, October 9 --- STAR OF THE MONTH: BUSTER KEATON

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9 Sunday



6:00 AM The Sea Hawk (1940)
A British buccaneer holds the Spanish fleet at bay with the covert approval of Elizabeth I.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Brenda Marshall , Claude Rains .
BW-128 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:15 AM The Life Of Emile Zola (1937)
The famed writer risks his reputation to defend a Jewish army officer accused of treason.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni , Joseph Schildkraut , Gale Sondergaard .
BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:15 AM The Big Heat (1953)
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Glenn Ford , Gloria Grahame , Jocelyn Brando .
BW-90 mins, TV-14, CC,

11:45 AM The Music Man (1962)
A con artist hawks musical instruments and band uniforms to small-town America.
Dir: Morton DaCosta Cast: Robert Preston , Shirley Jones , Buddy Hackett .
C-151 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

2:30 PM Sitting Pretty (1948)
An efficiency expert tries to prove his methods apply to child rearing.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Robert Young , Maureen O'Hara , Clifton Webb .
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:00 PM Critic's Choice (1963)
A Broadway critic must write a negative review about his wife's play.
Dir: Don Weis Cast: Bob Hope , Lucille Ball , Marilyn Maxwell .
C-100 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM Trapeze (1956)
An aging trapeze star and his protigi fall for the same woman.
Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Burt Lancaster , Tony Curtis , Gina Lollobrigida .
C-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: BUSTER KEATON

8:00 PM Sherlock Jr. (1924)
In this silent film, a movie projectionist dreams himself into a mystery movie.
Dir: Buster Keaton Cast: Buster Keaton , Kathryn McGuire , Ward Crane .
BW-45 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

9:00 PM Good Night Nurse (1918)
A woman commits her hard-drinking husband to a sanitarium that would drive any man to drink.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Buster Keaton ,
BW-20 mins, TV-G,

9:30 PM Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
In this silent film, a student tries to win a rival captain's daughter after taking over his father's riverboat.
Dir: Charles F. Reisner Cast: Buster Keaton , Ernest Torrence , Tom Lewis .
BW-69 mins, TV-G,

11:00 PM The Cameraman (1928)
In this silent film, a photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a movie queen.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Marceline Day , Harold Goodwin .
BW-76 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM Coney Island (1917)
In this silent short, a vacationing man tries to evade his wife until another man goes after her.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Buster Keaton ,
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

1:00 AM Back Stage (1919)
The crew at a vaudeville house rebels against a bullying strongman.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Buster Keaton ,
BW-20 mins, TV-G,

1:30 AM Limelight (1952)
A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Claire Bloom , Nigel Bruce .
BW-138 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:00 AM The Bell Boy (1918)
The bellhops at the Elk's Head Hotel wreak havoc with their clowning.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Buster Keaton ,
BW-20 mins, TV-G,

4:30 AM She Went To The Races (1945)
A pretty scientist with a system for horse-race betting falls in love with a trainer.
Dir: Willis Goldbeck Cast: James Craig , Frances Gifford , Ava Gardner .
BW-86 mins, TV-G,

[CBHagman]

1. Quite a great schedule today.

An embarrassment of riches, in fact. I never get tired of The Music Man, and of course The Seahawk is also very watchable.



And I have very fond memories of seeing The Cameraman when I was a university student.