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Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Saturday 3-4-23 -- The Front Page, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
TCM Schedule for Saturday 3-4-2312:00 AM The Letter (1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM The Killers (1946)
An insurance investigator uncovers a string of crimes when he tries to find a murdered boxer's beneficiary.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: N
4:00 AM Crossfire (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 AM The Front Page (1931)
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Adolph Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:00 AM Ninotchka (1939)
A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:00 AM Adam's Rib (1949)
A happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:45 AM Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:00 PM Harvey (1950)
A wealthy eccentric prefers the company of an invisible six-foot rabbit to his family.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Wallace Ford, William Lynn, Victoria Horne
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N
4:00 PM Born Yesterday (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:45 PM Some Like It Hot (1959)
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians, accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day gangster murders, they disguise themselves as women and join up with a traveling all-womens' band to escape the mobsters after them.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 PM Tom Jones (1963)
In 18th century England, an abandoned orphan is adopted by a Squire. The young Tom Jones grows up to become a bawdy womanizer.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
10:15 PM It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
A group of greedy clowns tear up the countryside in search of buried treasure.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar
Runtime: 192 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:15 AM You Can't Take It with You (1938)
A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:30 AM To Be or Not to Be (1942)
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:15 AM Block-Heads (1938)
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Chaos erupts when a man tries to help an old war buddy.
Dir: John G. Blystone Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
TCM At a Glance
Saturday, March 4
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - COMEDY
Front Page, The (1931)
Ninotchka (1939)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Harvey (1950)
Born Yesterday (1950)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - COMEDY
Tom Jones (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Block-Heads (1938)
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TCM Schedule for Saturday 3-4-23 -- The Front Page, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Original Post)
ificandream
Feb 2023
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Auggie
(31,164 posts)1. Awesome line-up. Love The Killers. Great film noir.
CBHagman
(16,984 posts)2. An embarrassment of riches.
So many classics in one 24-hour period! Adam's Rib. Some Like It Hot. You Can't Take It with You. To Be or Not to Be. And that's just a sampling.
And oh, that Tom Jones poster is so '60s.