TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 13: Dollars Trilogy

[CBHagman]

It's the Basil Rathbone birthday tribute!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/

So brew yourself a cup of tea (or something stronger) and watch that, and then at evening boil up a pot of pasta and settle in for the Dollars Trilogy.

Wednesday, June 13th, 2018

12:00 AM
STRIKE UP THE BAND ( 1940)
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Mickey Rooney , Judy Garland , Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra .
BW- 120 mins, CC,

2:09 AM
JUDY GARLAND "IF I FORGET YOU" ( 1940)
In this short film, Judy Garland sings "If I Forget You" in tribute to Will Rogers.
BW- 3 mins,

2:15 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,

4:15 AM
GOOD NEWS ( 1947)
A football hero falls in love with his French tutor.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: June Allyson , Peter Lawford , Patricia Marshall .
C- 93 mins, CC,

6:00 AM
NOTORIOUS AFFAIR, A ( 1930)
A beautiful noblewoman gives up wealth and society for love of a two-timing musician.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Billie Dove , Basil Rathbone , Kay Francis .
BW- 67 mins, CC,

7:15 AM
WOMAN IN GREEN, THE ( 1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Hillary Brooke .
BW- 67 mins, CC,

8:30 AM
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN DRESSED TO KILL ( 1946)
Sherlock Holmes sets out to find why people are killing each other over a seemingly inexpensive music box.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Patricia Morison .
BW- 71 mins,

9:45 AM
ANNA KARENINA ( 1935)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo , Fredric March , Freddie Bartholomew .
BW- 93 mins, CC,

11:30 AM
DAVID COPPERFIELD ( 1935)
Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: W. C. Fields , Lionel Barrymore , Maureen O'Sullivan .
BW- 130 mins, CC,

1:45 PM
TALE OF TWO CITIES, A ( 1935)
Charles Dickens' classic story of two men in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Ronald Colman , Elizabeth Allen , Edna May Oliver .
BW- 126 mins, CC,

4:00 PM
CAPTAIN BLOOD ( 1935)
After being unjustly sentenced to prison, a doctor escapes and becomes a notorious pirate.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Olivia De Havilland , Lionel Atwill .
BW- 119 mins, CC,

6:05 PM
KING WITHOUT A CROWN, THE ( 1937)
This short film explores the possibility that Louis XVII escaped death during the French Revolution.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Zeffie Tilbury , Doris Lloyd , John Burton .
BW- 9 mins,

6:15 PM
ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE ( 1938)
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Olivia De Havilland , Basil Rathbone .
C- 102 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE DOLLARS TRILOGY

8:00 PM
FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, A ( 1964)
A mysterious stranger plays dueling families against each other in a Mexican border town.
Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Clint Eastwood , Marianne Koch , Gian Maria Volontè .
C- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE ( 1965)
Two bounty hunters join forces to bring an outlaw to justice.
Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef , Gian Maria Volontè .
BW- 132 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 AM
GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, THE ( 1968)
Three men seek hidden loot during the Civil War.
Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Clint Eastwood , Eli Wallach , Lee Van Cleef .
C- 179 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:36 AM
ITALY'S IN SEASON ( 1967)
This short film presents a look at Italy's popular tourist spots.
C- 7 mins,

3:45 AM
COLOSSUS OF RHODES, THE ( 1961)
The Greek Army sets out to destroy the Colossus of Rhodes.
Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Rory Calhoun , Lea Massari , Georges Marchal .
C- 128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

[longship]

1. Rathbone's death scene in "Captain Blood" is notable.

It's been a while since I've seen it.

Here's the trailer: