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Staph

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Wed Jan 20, 2016, 10:16 PM Jan 2016

TCM Schedule for Friday, January 22, 2016 -- What's On Tonight: Emma Thompson

During the daylight hours, TCM is showing a selection of films of Glenn Ford. It's not his birthday, but it's always a good day to watch his work. And in prime time, TCM is showcasing the films of Emma Thompson, which means we get a last look at Alan Rickman, as the wonderfully understated Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Enjoy!


7:00 AM -- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Dir: Ludwig Berger
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez
C-106 mins, CC,

Won Oscars for Best Cinematography, Color -- Georges Périnal, Best Art Direction, Color -- Vincent Korda, and Best Effects, Special Effects -- Lawrence W. Butler (photographic) and Jack Whitney (sound)

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Score -- Miklós Rózsa

William Cameron Menzies, who had served as the art director for Douglas Fairbanks's original The Thief of Bagdad (1924), both worked in the art department for this film and helped to produce it.



9:00 AM -- The Young In Heart (1938)
A family of con artists saves the life of a wealthy old woman and plots to fleece her.
Dir: Richard Wallace
Cast: Minnie Dupree, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson
BW-91 mins,

Nominated for Oscars for Best Cinematography -- Leon Shamroy, Best Music, Scoring -- Franz Waxman, and Best Music, Original Score -- Franz Waxman

Legendary stage actress Laurette Taylor (Amanda Wingfield in the original 1945 Broadway production of "The Glass Menagerie&quot made a screen test for David O. Selznick for the role of Miss Fortune, eventually played in the film by Minnie Dupree. The screen test can be seen in the documentary Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003).



10:45 AM -- Young Man With Ideas (1952)
A country lawyer moves his family to Los Angeles.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel
BW-85 mins, CC,

Alternate title -- Young Man in a Hurry


12:15 PM -- Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Navy office workers scheme to build a recreation hall on a remote Pacific island.
Dir: Charles Walters
Cast: Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman
C-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Referenced in The Money Pit (1986) -- The elaborate scene where Tom Hanks single-handedly destroys all the scaffolding, falls into plaster, and rolls downhill into a fountain... was based almost exactly on this movie's clubhouse destruction scene.


2:15 PM -- It Started With A Kiss (1959)
After a whirlwind courtship, an Army officer and his wacky wife try to make their marriage work.
Dir: George Marshall
Cast: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

The car that Glenn Ford wins is a 1955 Lincoln Futura, the one-off concept car that ultimately became the Batmobile on Batman (1966).


4:00 PM -- The Courtship Of Eddie's Father (1963)
A young boy plays matchmaker for his widowed father.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens
C-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Appearing in "Courtship of Eddie's Father" in his film debut in the uncredited role of Child at Party in Indian headdress is Ron Howard's (Eddie) younger brother, Clint Howard. This marks the beginning of a career for Clint punctuated by appearing in film and television work that also involves his brother Ron.


6:00 PM -- Dear Heart (1964)
A middle-aged postmistress falls for an engaged man during a convention in New York.
Dir: Delbert Mann
Cast: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Michael Anderson Jr.
BW-114 mins, CC,

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song -- Henry Mancini (music), Jay Livingston (lyrics) and Ray Evans for the song "Dear Heart"

At the time this movie was being filmed, the demolition of the above-track-level portions of New York's Pennsylvania Station was beginning. In the opening scene of Evie Jackson's arrival in New York, you can see several panes of station windows broken and replaced with boards. By 1966, the station had been converted from its old to its new form, and the new Madison Square Garden had been added on top of it.




TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: EMMA THOMPSON



8:00 PM -- Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Friends plot to make sworn enemies fall in love.
Dir: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington
C-111 mins,

Like Much Ado About Nothing (1967), this film casts a real-life married couple in the leads. In the earlier, made-for-TV film, it was Robert Stephens and Maggie Smith. In this film, it is Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. Both couples later divorced.


10:00 PM -- Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Jane Austen's classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions.
Dir: Ang Lee
Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet
C-136 mins, CC,

Won an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published -- Emma Thompson

Nominated for Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Emma Thompson, Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Kate Winslet, Best Cinematography -- Michael Coulter, Best Costume Design -- Jenny Beavan and John Bright, Best Music, Original Dramatic Score -- Patrick Doyle, and Best Picture

Emma Thompson (Professor Trelawney), Gemma Jones (Madam Pomfrey), Robert Hardy (Cornelius Fudge), Elizabeth Spriggs (The Fat Lady portrait), Alan Rickman (Professor Snape), and Imelda Staunton(Dolores Umbridge) all appear in the Harry Potter films.



12:30 AM -- Impromptu (1991)
Novelist George Sand dumps her lover to pursue Frederic Chopin.
Dir: James Lapine
Cast: Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin
C-108 mins, Letterbox Format

Filmed in France.


2:30 AM -- The Remains of the Day (1993)
A proper British butler sacrifices happiness to remain faithful to his position.
Dir: James Ivory
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve
C-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Anthony Hopkins, Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Emma Thompson, Best Director -- James Ivory, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published -- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration -- Luciana Arrighi and Ian Whittaker, Best Costume Design -- Jenny Beavan and John Bright, Best Music, Original Score -- Richard Robbins, and Best Picture

Anthony Hopkins, as a guest on the TV show Inside the Actors Studio (1994), said that he got tips on how to play a butler from a real-life butler, Cyril Dickman who served for 50 years at Buckingham Palace. The butler said there was nothing to being a butler, really - when you're in the room it should be even more empty.



5:00 AM -- British Intelligence (1940)
A lady spy uses a British nobleman's home in her undercover work for the Germans.
Dir: Terry Morse
Cast: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester
BW-61 mins, CC,

The play by Anthony Paul Kelly opened in New York City, New York, USA on 13 August 1918 and had 335 performances. It was produced by George M. Cohan and the cast included Frank Sheridan and Cora Witherspoon.


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