TCM Schedule for Friday, August 4, 2017 -- Summer Under the Stars - Claire Trevor

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From the TCM website:
REAL NAME: Claire Wemlinger
LIFE SPAN: Born March 8, 1910, Brooklyn, NY; died April 8, 2000, Newport Beach, CA.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Striking looks, aptitude for neurotic characters.
NOTABLE ROLES: Dallas, Stagecoach (1939); Gaye Dawn, Key Largo (1948); May Holst, The High and The Mighty (1948)
HOLLYWOOD BEST FRIENDS: John Wayne, writer Anita Loos

Enjoy!


6:00 AM -- DEAD END (1937)
A killer returns to his childhood home to plot his escape from the law.
Dir: William Wyler
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart
BW-92 mins, CC,

Nominated for Oscars for Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Claire Trevor, Best Cinematography -- Gregg Toland, Best Art Direction -- Richard Day, and Best Picture

William Wyler gave Claire Trevor an old purse and broken high heel shoes. He had her minimize her make-up and ordered her not to comb her hair when she got up in the morning. He wanted her to look like the downtrodden character she was playing.


7:45 AM -- THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (1938)
A doctor plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology.
Dir: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart
BW-87 mins, CC,

Humphrey Bogart disparagingly referred to this movie as "The Amazing Doctor Clitoris".


9:15 AM -- ALLEGHENY UPRISING (1939)
Colonial settlers fight the corrupt British in the days before the American Revolution.
Dir: William A. Seiter
Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders
BW-81 mins, CC,

For the role of Capt. Swanson actor George Sanders replaced Sir Cedric Hardwicke due to Hardwicke's other commitments.


11:00 AM -- THE DESPERADOES (1943)
When someone robs the town bank before he can, a bandit joins forces with the sheriff to catch the real crooks.
Dir: Charles Vidor
Cast: Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford
C-87 mins, CC,

This is the film on which Budd Boetticher (then an assistant director) met Randolph Scott and Harry Joe Brown. More than a decade later the trio would team up for the famous "Ranown" series of westerns, such as The Tall T (1957) and Ride Lonesome (1959).


12:30 PM -- THE STRANGER WORE A GUN (1953)
A gold robber tries to reform in the middle of a big heist.
Dir: Andre DeToth
Cast: Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Joan Weldon
C-82 mins, CC,

Originally photographed in 3-D, but often only exhibited in flat prints after its initial first and second run engagements.


2:00 PM -- BEST OF THE BADMEN (1951)
A band of notorious outlaws help a friend against a corrupt federal agent.
Dir: William D. Russell
Cast: Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel
C-84 mins, CC,

The name of the Alhambra Hotel and Bar was previously used by MGM in the 1946 award winning film The Harvey Girls starring Judy Garland and John Hodiak. Although her voice was dubbed, Angela Landsbury's character Em performed many a song and dance in the Alhambra. The Alhambra hotel name can still be found today in the U.S. and around the world.


3:30 PM -- BLACK SHEEP (1935)
A gambler comes to the aid of a victim of a jewel thief, only to find out he might know the victim better than he thinks.
Dir: Allan Dwan
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor, Tom Brown
BW-76 mins,

Based on a story by Allan Dwan, a director (407 credits!) and writer (53 credits), from the early days of silents (1909) to 1961.


5:00 PM -- RAW DEAL (1948)
When the gangster for whom he took the rap welches, a convict breaks out of prison to get revenge.
Dir: Anthony Mann
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt
BW-79 mins,

Jane Randolph was wanted for the role of Pat Cameron. However, she turned it down, as she was upset at being uncredited in Anthony Mann's previous picture, T-Men. Claire Trevor was eventually cast.


6:30 PM -- JOHNNY ANGEL (1946)
A sailor sets out to solve his father's murder.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso
BW-79 mins, CC,

Based on the novell Mr. Angel Comes Aboard by Charles Gordon Booth.



TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: CLAIRE TREVOR



8:00 PM -- BORN TO KILL (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir: Robert Wise
Cast: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak
BW-92 mins, CC,

Arnett (Walter Slezak) quotes the Bible twice. "I find more bitter than death the woman ...", is from Ecclesiastes 7:26, though it is not an exact quote from the standard bibles, and "... the way of the transgressor is hard..." (sic) from Proverbs 13:15. Arnett's quote, "Where every prospect pleases and only man is vile...", is from the hymn, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains", lyrics by Reginald Heber.


10:00 PM -- MURDER, MY SWEET (1944)
Detective Philip Marlowe's search for a two-timing woman leads him to blackmail and murder.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley
BW-95 mins, CC,

In order to make Mike Mazurki more threatening, Edward Dmytryk had the sets built with slanted ceilings to force the perspective. As Mazurki walked closer to the camera, he seemed almost to grow.


12:00 AM -- CRACK-UP (1946)
An art critic risks his reputation and his life to track down a forgery racket.
Dir: Irving Reis
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall
BW-93 mins, CC,

The ship Pat O'Brien goes to is riding so high at the dock that it is obviously empty, even though it is due to sail at 1:00 a.m. with a cargo.


2:00 AM -- KEY LARGO (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
BW-100 mins, CC,

Won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Claire Trevor

In a classic case of a director being emotionally manipulative, John Huston informed Claire Trevor that they were to film her song that very day. Trevor was not a trained singer, and had not even rehearsed the song yet. She also felt very intimidated by the A-list actors seated directly in front of her. The result was a hesitant, nervous, uncomfortable rendition, exactly the feeling Huston was hoping to get.


4:00 AM -- BORDERLINE (1950)
A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr
BW-88 mins, CC,

First production of Borderline Pictures, Inc., formed by producer Milton Bren, director-producer William Seiter and actor Fred MacMurray.