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CBHagman

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Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:11 PM Mar 2020

TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 25: Star of the Month: Joe E. Brown



What's this? It's a daytime tribute to Maureen O'Hara! It's not her birthday, but it is Irish-American Heritage Month.

Then it's time for more inspired silliness with Star of the Month Joe E. Brown!

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

12:00 AM
BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ ( 2018)
Dir: Pamela Green
BW- 103 mins, CC,

2:00 AM
HOUSE DIVIDED, A ( 1913)
A jealous married couple decide to live together as if they were single.
Dir: Alice Guy-Blache Cast: Marian Swayne , Fraunie Fraunholtz , Billy Quirk .
BW- 13 mins,

2:15 AM
CANNED HARMONY ( 1912)
A young man must convince his sweetheart's feather he is a concert pianist.
Dir: Alice Guy-Blache Cast: Lee Beggs , Billy Quirk , Blanche Cornwall .
BW- 17 mins,

2:35 AM
ALGIE, THE MINER ( 1912)
In this silent short film, a young man has one year to prove he's manly enough for the woman he loves.
Dir: Alice Guy-Blache Cast: Billy Quirk , Mary Foy ,
BW- 10 mins,

2:45 AM
MATRIMONY'S SPEED LIMIT ( 1913)
A young man thinks he must marry by noon and can't find his girlfriend.
Dir: Alice Guy-Blache Cast: Fraunie Fraunholtz , Marian Swayne , Billy Quirk .
BW- 14 mins,

3:15 AM
COMEDIANS, THE ( 1967)
American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Dir: Peter Glenville Cast: Richard Burton , Elizabeth Taylor , Alec Guinness .
C- 152 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:48 AM
COMEDIANS IN AFRICA, THE ( 1967)
A behind the scenes short film detailing the making of "The Comedians" (1967).
Dir: Peter Glenville
C- 11 mins,

6:00 AM
WOMAN'S SECRET, A ( 1949)
A retired singer takes on a protegee only to be betrayed by her.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Maureen O'Hara , Melvyn Douglas , Gloria Grahame .
BW- 85 mins, CC,

7:27 AM
GOLDEN EQUATOR, THE ( 1956)
This short film focuses on the evolving country of Ecuador.
Dir: Hamilton Wright
BW- 18 mins,

7:45 AM
JAMAICA INN ( 1939)
A young woman on the British coast stumbles onto a ring of bloodthirsty scavengers.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Charles Laughton , Horace Hodges , Hay Petrie .
BW- 99 mins, CC,

9:45 AM
FALLEN SPARROW, THE ( 1943)
Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake.
Dir: Richard Wallace Cast: John Garfield , Maureen O'Hara , Walter Slezak .
BW- 94 mins, CC,

11:30 AM
WINGS OF EAGLES, THE ( 1957)
Biography of Frank "Spig" Wead, the pioneer aviator who turned to writing after being grounded by an accident.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Dan Dailey , Maureen O'Hara .
C- 110 mins, CC,

1:23 PM
GIVE US THE EARTH! ( 1947)
This short documentary is aimed at helping Mexican farmers make the best use of the land and farming techniques.
Dir: Gunther von Fritsch
BW- 21 mins,

1:45 PM
THIS LAND IS MINE ( 1943)
A soft-spoken school teacher tries to prove he's not a Nazi collaborator.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Hara , George Sanders .
BW- 103 mins, CC,

3:30 PM
MCLINTOCK! ( 1963)
A cattle baron fights to tame the West and his estranged wife.
Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen Cast: John Wayne , Maureen O'Hara , Patrick Wayne .
C- 122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, THE ( 1939)
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Thomas Mitchell .
BW- 117 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: JOE E. BROWN

8:00 PM
SOME LIKE IT HOT ( 1959)
Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe , Tony Curtis , Jack Lemmon .
BW- 122 mins, CC,



10:15 PM
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A ( 1935)
Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with fairies.
Dir: Max Reinhardt Cast: Ian Hunter , Verree Teasdale , Hobart Cavanaugh .
BW- 143 mins, CC,

12:48 AM
BARGAIN MADNESS ( 1951)
This short film is a humorous look at women battling for bargains in a department store.
Dir: Dave O'Brien Cast: Sally Payne , Jack Rice , Maxine Gates .
BW- 9 mins,

1:00 AM
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD ( 1963)
A group of greedy clowns tears up the countryside in search of buried treasure.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Milton Berle , Sid Caesar .
C- 159 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
COMEDY OF TERRORS, THE ( 1964)
A dishonest undertaker and his sidekick create their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Vincent Price , Peter Lorre , Boris Karloff .
C- 83 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS ( 1956)
A Victorian gentleman bets that he can beat the world's record for circling the globe.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Cantinflas , Finlay Currie , Robert Morley .
C- 182 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 25: Star of the Month: Joe E. Brown (Original Post) CBHagman Mar 2020 OP
I recorded a bunch of Joe E. Brown from the early 30s cyclonefence Mar 2020 #1
Or warnings, depending on your perspective. CBHagman Mar 2020 #2

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
1. I recorded a bunch of Joe E. Brown from the early 30s
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 01:25 AM
Mar 2020

and my god he was hard to take. One of them (of course I can't remember which) was funny, and he was a good comic dancer, but after watching two of them, I deleted his movies.

Thanks again for the movie alerts!

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