TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 19: TCM Spotlight: 50 Years of Hitchcock

[CBHagman]

There's a Joel McCrea festival on today at TCM, though it is not to mark a birthday (His is not until November). And evening, of course, is devoted to Hitch!

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

12:00 AM
DELIVERANCE ( 1972)

During a hunting vacation, four men fight against a murderous clan of backwoodsmen.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Jon Voight , Burt Reynolds , Ned Beatty .
C- 109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
GREAT SANTINI, THE ( 1979)

A marine has problems adjusting to domestic life during peacetime.
Dir: Lewis John Carlino Cast: Robert Duvall , Blythe Danner , Michael O'Keefe .
C- 115 mins, CC,

4:15 AM
WISE BLOOD ( 1979)

An ambitious Southern boy tries to set himself up as a street preacher.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Brad Dourif , Dan Shor , Harry Dean Stanton .
C- 106 mins,

6:15 AM
SILVER HORDE, THE ( 1930)

An Alaskan fisherman is dogged by a ruthless competitor and an ambitious dance hall girl.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Evelyn Brent , Louis Wolheim , Joel McCrea .
BW- 75 mins,

7:45 AM
BIRD OF PARADISE ( 1932)

An island visitor falls for a Polynesian beauty slated for sacrifice to the gods.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Dolores Del Rio , Joel McCrea , John Halliday .
BW- 82 mins, CC,

9:15 AM
BORN TO LOVE ( 1932)

A World War I pilot thought dead turns up after the mother of his child has married.
Dir: Paul L. Stein Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , Paul Cavanagh .
BW- 81 mins,

10:45 AM
COMMON LAW, THE ( 1932)

A kept woman gives up luxury to move in with a struggling artist.
Dir: Paul L. Stein Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , Lew Cody .
BW- 74 mins, CC,

12:15 PM
MOST DANGEROUS GAME, THE ( 1932)

A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Joel McCrea , Fay Wray , Robert Armstrong .
BW- 63 mins, CC,

1:30 PM
ROCKABYE ( 1932)

A Broadway star tries to hold on to an adopted child and a younger man.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , Paul Lukas .
BW- 68 mins,

2:45 PM
SPORT PARADE, THE ( 1932)

College teammates follow different paths after they graduate.
Dir: Dudley Murphy Cast: Joel McCrea , Marian Marsh , William Gargan .
BW- 64 mins, CC,

4:00 PM
BED OF ROSES ( 1933)

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Constance Bennett , Joel McCrea , John Halliday .
BW- 67 mins,

5:15 PM
CHANCE AT HEAVEN ( 1934)

A society girl steals a simple gas station attendant from his working-class girlfriend.
Dir: William Seiter Cast: Ginger Rogers , Joel McCrea , Marion Nixon .
BW- 71 mins, CC,

6:30 PM
RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD, THE ( 1934)

To put off fortune-hunters, an heiress trades places with her secretary.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Miriam Hopkins , Joel McCrea , Fay Wray .
BW- 76 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: 50 YEARS OF HITCHCOCK



8:00 PM
ROPE ( 1948)

Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Dick Hogan , John Dall , Farley Granger .
C- 81 mins, CC,

9:30 PM
STAGE FRIGHT ( 1950)

An acting student goes undercover to prove a singing star killed her husband.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Jane Wyman , Marlene Dietrich , Michael Wilding .
BW- 110 mins, CC,

11:30 PM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN ( 1951)

A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger , Ruth Roman , Robert Walker .
BW- 101 mins, CC,

1:30 AM
I CONFESS ( 1953)

A priest suspected of murder can only clear himself by violating the sanctity of the confessional.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Montgomery Clift , Anne Baxter , Karl Malden .
BW- 95 mins, CC,

3:18 AM
MAGIC MOVIE MOMENTS ( 1953)

This short was made as a promotional film to assist with Warner's reissue of "Noah's Ark" (1928). Vitaphone Release 2338A.
Dir: Robert Youngson Cast: George O'Brien , Dolores Costello , Paul McAllister .
BW- 11 mins,

3:30 AM
DIAL M FOR MURDER ( 1954)

A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland , Grace Kelly , Robert Cummings .
C- 105 mins, CC,

5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #31 ( 1956)

Walter Pidgeon discusses Greta Garbo's later career with director George Cukor.
BW- 26 mins,

[hibbing]

1. Rope and Strangers on the Train

Those are my two favorite Hitchcock movies. Rope is especially creepy.

Peace

[longship]

2. "Strangers on a Train" has one of the classic Hitchcock climaxes.

No spoilers here.

Too bad it has Ruth Roman, a weak role. Otherwise, it's one of the best of Hitch. Watch for Pat Hitchcock, Alfred's daughter. Also has one of Hitch's favorites, Leo G. Carroll.