TCM Schedule for Wednesday, August 15: Summer Under the Stars: Peter Finch
It's still a shock to realize both A Town Like Alice (Neville Shute's The Legacy) and The Shiralee were made with Peter Finch (I saw the Bryan Brown versions when they were broadcast in the States).
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
12:17 AM
BELIEVE IT OR NOT #13 ( 1931)
In this short film, Robert L. Ripley presents some interesting facts and oddities, such as how to walk through a hole in cigarette paper. Vitaphone Release 1005.
BW- 9 mins,
12:30 AM
HALF NAKED TRUTH, THE ( 1933)
A carnival pitch man turns a sideshow dancer into an overnight sensation.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Lupe Velez , Lee Tracy , Eugene Pallette .
BW- 77 mins, CC,
2:00 AM
LADIES DAY ( 1943)
To save their team, baseball players try to get their star pitcher married to the right woman.
Dir: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Lupe Velez , Eddie Albert , Patsy Kelly .
BW- 62 mins,
3:15 AM
HIGH FLYERS ( 1938)
Two men pose as flyers and get mixed up with jewel smugglers.
Dir: Edward Cline Cast: Bert Wheeler , Robert Woolsey , Lupe Velez .
BW- 70 mins, CC,
4:30 AM
CUBAN LOVE SONG, THE ( 1931)
An ex-marine returns to Cuba to find the child he fathered on leave.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Lawrence Tibbett , Lupe Velez , Ernest Torrence .
BW- 86 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
SHIRALEE, THE ( 1957)
An Australian wanderer leaves his cheating wife and tries to raise their daughter on the road.
Dir: Leslie Norman Cast: Peter Finch , Elizabeth Sellars , Dana Wilson .
BW- 98 mins, Letterbox Format
7:47 AM
VISITING ITALY ( 1951)
This short film takes the viewer on a tour of Italy, showcasing Rome, Assisi, Pisa and Florence.
C- 7 mins,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: PETER FINCH
8:00 AM
ABDICATION, THE ( 1974)
Dir: Anthony Harvey Cast: Peter Finch , Liv Ullmann , Cyril Cusack .
BW- 102 mins, CC,
10:00 AM
NUN'S STORY, THE ( 1959)
A headstrong girl fights the strictures of the Catholic church in Europe and the Belgian Congo.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Audrey Hepburn , Peter Finch , Dame Edith Evans .
C- 152 mins, CC,
12:36 PM
SEEING CEYLON ( 1953)
This short film explores the culture, customs and natural beauty of the British colony of Ceylon, today known as Sri Lanka.
C- 8 mins,
12:45 PM
TOWN LIKE ALICE, A ( 1958)
Set in 1941, a British woman captured by the Japanese army meets an Australian soldier and settles in his town after the war.
Dir: Jack Lee Cast: Virginia McKenna , Peter Finch , Takagi .
C- 116 mins,
2:45 PM
LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE, THE ( 1968)
An obsessed movie director grooms an unknown to play his deceased movie-star wife.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Kim Novak , Peter Finch , Ernest Borgnine .
C- 130 mins, CC,
5:00 PM
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD ( 1967)
A romantic English lass can't choose among three very different suitors.
Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Julie Christie , Terence Stamp , Peter Finch .
C- 170 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
NO LOVE FOR JOHNNIE ( 1961)
A British politician is torn between winning an election and being true to the woman he loves.
Dir: Ralph Thomas Cast: Peter Finch , Stanley Holloway , Mary Peach .
BW- 111 mins, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM
GIRL WITH GREEN EYES ( 1964)
A young innocent gets involved with an older, married man.
Dir: Desmond Davis Cast: Peter Finch , Rita Tushingham , Lynn Redgrave .
BW- 92 mins, CC,
11:45 PM
NETWORK ( 1976)
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into 'the mad prophet of the airwaves.'
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Faye Dunaway , William Holden , Peter Finch .
BW- 121 mins, CC,
2:00 AM
SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY ( 1971)
A doctor and a female executive try to cope with their love for an aloof bisexual artist.
Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Peter Finch , Glenda Jackson , Murray Head .
C- 110 mins, CC,
4:00 AM
I THANK A FOOL ( 1962)
A woman once convicted of euthanasia gets a job caring for her prosecutor's wife.
Dir: Robert Stevens Cast: Susan Hayward , Peter Finch , Diane Cilento .
C- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:45 AM
INFLATION ( 1933)
This short film attempts to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.
Dir: Zion Myers Cast: Ed Brady ,
BW- 11 mins,
