TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 24: Star of the Month: Leslie Howard

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

12:30 AM Treasure Island (1934)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young boy out to foil pirates and find a buried treasure.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Wallace Beery , Jackie Cooper , Lionel Barrymore .
BW-103 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:30 AM 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, TV-G, CC,

4:45 AM Beneath The 12-Mile Reef (1953)
Love brings together two families of rival sponge fishers.
Dir: Robert D. Webb Cast: Robert Wagner , Terry Moore , Gilbert Roland .
C-101 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

6:30 AM Underwater! (1955)
Divers race the clock to find a Caribbean treasure before modern-day pirates can catch up to them.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Jane Russell , Gilbert Roland , Richard Egan .
C-99 mins, TV-PG,

8:15 AM Edison, The Man (1940)
Thomas Edison fights to turn his dreams into reality.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Spencer Tracy , Rita Johnson , Lynne Overman .
BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:15 AM 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, TV-PG, CC,

12:00 PM Jeopardy (1953)
A woman desperately seeks help to prevent her trapped husband from drowning.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Barry Sullivan , Ralph Meeker .
BW-69 mins, TV-PG, CC,

1:15 PM 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, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O'Brien , Pamela Britton , Luther Adler .
BW-84 mins, TV-14, CC,

6:00 PM Captain Sindbad (1963)
Sinbad takes on an evil wizard to save the princess he loves.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Guy Williams , Heidi Brühl , Pedro Armendariz .
C-85 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:30 PM MGM Parade Show #13 (1955)
George Murphy introduces clips featuring Susan Hayward and Fernand Gravet from "The Great Waltz" and "I'll Cry Tomorrow."
BW-25 mins, TV-G,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: LESLIE HOWARD

8:00 PM Pygmalion (1938)
A linguistics professor bets he can turn a flower girl into a lady by teaching her to speak properly.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Leslie Howard , Wendy Hiller , Wilfrid Lawson .
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC,



9:45 PM Berkeley Square (1933)
A young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Leslie Howard , Heather Angel , Valerie Taylor .
BW-88 mins,



11:15 PM Devotion (1931)
The dutiful daughter of a London family falls for a barrister and works her way into his family.
Dir: Robert Milton Cast: Ann Harding , Leslie Howard , Robert Williams .
BW-81 mins, TV-G,

12:45 AM Animal Kingdom, The (1932)
An intellectual publisher can't choose between his society wife and his free thinking former love.
Dir: Edward H. Griffith Cast: Ann Harding , Leslie Howard , Myrna Loy .
BW-85 mins, TV-G,



2:15 AM Bishop Murder Case, The (1930)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a series of murders inspired by Mother Goose rhymes.
Dir: Nick Grindé Cast: Basil Rathbone , Leila Hyams , Roland Young .
BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC,

4:00 AM I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
True story of singer Lillian Roth's battle against alcoholism.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Susan Hayward , Richard Conte , Eddie Albert .
BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

[Matilda]

1. Pygmalion - as it should be performed.

While I love Audrey Hepburn, and enjoy the music and costumes of the musical version, this production is how it really should be performed.

Leslie Howard manages to be biting and sarcastic without being downright ugly, which is no mean feat. Rex Harrison as Higgins was, IMHO, so nasty that only a mother could love him. And Audrey, God bless her, wasn't in the same class as Wendy Hiller as an actress.

If there's anybody who only knows this play through My Fair Lady, please - give yourself a treat and watch this version. You will be richly rewarded.

[CBHagman]

2. I read the play in English class...

...and so know a bit about what Shaw's intentions. To this day I still can't get my head around delicate Audrey Hepburn as a Cockney flower girl.

But I would like to see Wendy Hiller.