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May 7, 2024
MAY 11 AT A GLANCE
TROUBLED YOUTH
Rumble Fish (1983)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Crime School (1938)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: JOHN WAYNE
Haunted Gold (1932)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Jungle Book (1942)
MGM Cartoons: Little Buck Cheeser (1937)
Believe It or Not #11 (1932) (short)
India on Parade (1937) (short)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Directors Playhouse: Tom and Jerry (1955)
Popeye: Little Swee' Pea (1936)
Falcon's Brother, The (1942)
Forbidden Passage (1941) (short)
Sweet Charity (1969) (Musical Matinee)
Point Blank (1967)
Roadblock (1951)
American Graffiti (1973)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE
- PATTY JENKINS
Fisher King, The (1991)
(P) Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- NOIR ALLEY
Follow Me Quietly (1949)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: MISS MARPLE
Murder, She Said (1961)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
MGM Parade Show #11 (1955)
FULL DAY'S SCHEDULE
12:00 AM Rumble Fish (1983)
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Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC:
Trivia: To mix the black-and-white footage of Rusty James and the Motorcycle Boy in the pet store looking at the Siamese fighting fish in colour, Stephen H. Burum shot the actors in black and white and then projected that footage on a rear projection screen. They put the fish tank in front of it with the tropical fish and shot it all with colour film.
2:00 AM Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
&pp=ygUdd2lsZCBib3lzIG9mIHRoZSByb2FkIHRyYWlsZXI%3D
An impoverished girl masquerades as a boy to run with a gang of young hobos.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The movie shown in the theater scene about an hour into the film is another Warner Bros. release, Footlight Parade (1933).
3:30 AM Crime School (1938)
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A crusading warden sets out to improve conditions at a reform school.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The boys at the reform school recite the Pledge of Allegiance without the phrase "under God." The phrase wasn't added to the Pledge by law until 1954.
5:00 AM Haunted Gold (1932)
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A cowboy and his girl fight bandits and a ghost over an abandoned mine.
Dir: Mack V. Wright Cast: John Wayne, Duke, Sheila Terry
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The statuette of the Maltese Falcon, previously used in the original version of The Maltese Falcon (1931) can be seen in the background inside the house several times and very prominently in the scene where the film's heroine, Sheila Terry, is playing the organ.
6:00 AM Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942)
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A boy raised by wolves adjusts to life among humans.
Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- W. Howard Greene
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Miklos Rozsa
SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
Trivia: This was the first film for which original soundtrack recordings were issued. Previously, when record companies released music from a film, they had insisted on re-recording the music in their own studios with their own equipment. The "Jungle Book" records were taken from the same recordings used for the film's soundtrack, and their commercial success paved the way for more original-soundtrack albums.
Trivia: Although this movie was set in India, the production was actually shot in California, USA
8:00 AM Short: Little Buck Cheeser (1937)
In this parody of Buck Rogers, a mouse and his mice friends build a rocket to go to the moon.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Bernice Hansen
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:08 AM Short: Believe It or Not #11 (1932)
This short film, part of the "Believe It or Not" series, features such odd sights as a church service held on a river in boats. Vitaphone Release 1410.
Dir: null Cast: Leo Donnelly
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:16 AM Short: India on Parade (1937)
Short film on the landmarks, people and customs of India.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:26 AM Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
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A space visitor's touch turns an unhappy heiress into a vengeful giant.
Dir: Nathan Hertz Cast: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The movie was shot in eight days for $89,000 (which was $10,000 under budget). This equates to about $820,000 in 2021.
9:30 AM Short: Screen Directors Playhouse series: Tom and Jerry (1955)
A priest tries to save a marriage that appears to be headed for the rocks in time for Christmas, in this episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse television series.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Peter Lawford, Nancy Gates, Frank Fay
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 AM Cartoon: Little Swee' Pea (1936)
Popeye tackles lions, bears, snakes and countless other animals chasing after Swee'Pea at the zoo only to find himself the victim of an assault by Olive for scaring Swee'Pea with a toy on their arrival home.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:08 AM The Falcon's Brother (1942)
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A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Dir: Stanley Logan Cast: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Tom Conway (Tom Lawrence) was the real life elder brother of George Sanders (Gay Lawrence). This film was Sanders' final appearance as "The Falcon," a role of which he had grown tired. Sanders passed the baton to Conway, who played the role in nine subsequent films until 1946.
11:30 AM Short: Forbidden Passage (1941)
This documents the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal immigrants into the country.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Addison Richards, Harry Woods, William Tannen
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 PM Sweet Charity (1969)
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A taxi dancer's faith in love leads her to one bad match after another.
Dir: Bob Fosse Cast: Shirley Maclaine, Sammy Davis Jr., Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 149 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore
COSTUME DESIGN -- Edith Head
MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) -- Adaptation score by Cy Coleman
Trivia: Although uncredited, Gwen Verdon, who starred in the Broadway musical version, was assistant choreographer in the film version of Sweet Charity (1969).
2:45 PM Point Blank (1967)
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A professional thief seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife and a fellow mobster who double-crossed him.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Trivia: This was the first film shot at Alcatraz, the infamous prison which had been shut since 1963, only three years before the production. Two weeks in the abandoned prison facility required the services of 125 crew members. MGM agreed to pay $2,000 per day ($16,400 in 2021) to rent the prison and to pay all expenses to re-establish power, water, and heat necessary for the production.
4:30 PM Roadblock (1951)
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An insurance agent's greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
Dir: Harold Daniels Cast: Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: One of the first films to be shot in the Los Angeles River.
6:00 PM American Graffiti (1973)
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Four high-school seniors face an uncertain future as they try to live through their last big school dance.
Dir: George Lucas Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Candy Clark {"Debbie"}
DIRECTING -- George Lucas
FILM EDITING -- Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
BEST PICTURE -- Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gary Kurtz, Co-Producer
WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) -- George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
Trivia: Due to the low budget, George Lucas was unable to pay all of the crew members. He offered to give many of them a screen credit in lieu of payment, and they accepted. Traditionally, only department heads received screen credit. Giving screen credit to so many crew members has now become a tradition, which is why closing credits last so long now.
Trivia: When Charles Martin Smith pulls up on the Vespa in the beginning, his crash into the building wasn't scripted. He genuinely lost control of the bike, and Lucas kept the cameras rolling. Fortunately, the accident and the actor's reaction to it was in keeping with his character. Furthermore, the incident got the first big laugh from the audience in its first public premiere which Lucas and friends took as a very good sign for the film.
Trivia: One of the main reasons why so many studios initially turned down the script was because George Lucas wanted at least 40 songs on the soundtrack, which would obviously lead to a large bill over the rights to these songs. Universal finally agreed to fund the picture when Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola (fresh from the success of The Godfather (1972) the year before) came on board as producer.
Trivia: When John (Paul Le Mat) and Carol (Mackenzie Phillips) are sitting at the red light, a car full of girls pulls up next to them. One of the girls throws a water balloon through the window and it hits Carol. It was scripted to hit the side window and drench Phillips' face, who was then supposed to act really angry. However, she was accidentally hit square in the face and unable to refrain from laughing. Still, she kept going, ad-libbed through the scene and George Lucas kept it,
Trivia: Harrison Ford was asked to cut his hair for the film. He refused, stating that his role was too short, and offered to wear a hat instead.
Trivia: When Wolfman Jack makes an on-air prank call to Pinky's Pizza, the voice on the other end belongs to George Lucas.
8:00 PM The Fisher King (1991)
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A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
Dir: Terry Gilliam Cast: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Robin Williams {"Parry"}
(*WINNER*) ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Mercedes Ruehl {"Anne"}
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
MUSIC (Original Score) -- George Fenton
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Richard LaGravenese
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Trivia: For the "waltzing commuter" scene in Grand Central station, the main hall of the terminal was shut down for the shoot from 8pm until the first commuter trains arrived at 5:30 am the next morning. Lighting effects outside of the large terminal windows made it seem to be 5:00 in the evening the entire night, and over 400 extras waltzed around the mirror-ball topped Information Booth again and again throughout the night. Now, on New Year's, an orchestra plays there and people waltz for real.
10:30 PM Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Dir: Charlie Kaufman Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Trivia: At the start of the film, when Philip Seymour Hoffman is reading the news at the breakfast table, he says "Harold Pinter has died. Wait, no, he's won the Nobel prize". This is a reference to a famous news broadcast in which Sky News, in their rush to be first with breaking news, accidentally announced that Harold Pinter was dead. In fact, he had just been selected to recieve the Nobel prize for literature.
12:45 AM Follow Me Quietly (1949)
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Police track a mysterious killer nicknamed "The Judge."
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Trivia: The voice in The Judge's apartment building yelling downstairs is Marjorie Main.
2:15 AM Murder She Said (1961)
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When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The name of the manor house where Miss Jane Marple conducts her inquiries is called Rutherford Hall in Dame Agatha Christie's novel. This was changed to Ackenthorpe in this movie to avoid comparison with the surname of Dame Margaret Rutherford (Miss Jane Marple).
Trivia: Despite privately remaining unimpressed by the film, Agatha Christie dedicated her 1962 novel "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side" to Margaret Rutherford "in admiration".
4:00 AM Murder at the Gallop (1963)
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Elderly sleuth Miss Marple suspects foul play when an old friend is supposedly scared to death by a cat.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Miss Jane Marple (Dame Margaret Rutherford) refers to a "remarkable novel" of Dame Agatha Christie's, "The Ninth Life." This was an in-joke; her creator wrote no such book.
5:30 AM Short: MGM Parade Show #11 (1955)
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly perform in a clip from For Me and My Gal. Susan Hayward introduces a clip from I'll Cry Tomorrow.
Dir: null Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Susan Hayward
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
TCM Schedule Saturday, May 11: American Graffiti, Bogie, early John Wayne, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Fisher King
MAY 11 AT A GLANCE
TROUBLED YOUTH
Rumble Fish (1983)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Crime School (1938)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: JOHN WAYNE
Haunted Gold (1932)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Jungle Book (1942)
MGM Cartoons: Little Buck Cheeser (1937)
Believe It or Not #11 (1932) (short)
India on Parade (1937) (short)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Directors Playhouse: Tom and Jerry (1955)
Popeye: Little Swee' Pea (1936)
Falcon's Brother, The (1942)
Forbidden Passage (1941) (short)
Sweet Charity (1969) (Musical Matinee)
Point Blank (1967)
Roadblock (1951)
American Graffiti (1973)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE
- PATTY JENKINS
Fisher King, The (1991)
(P) Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- NOIR ALLEY
Follow Me Quietly (1949)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: MISS MARPLE
Murder, She Said (1961)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
MGM Parade Show #11 (1955)
FULL DAY'S SCHEDULE
12:00 AM Rumble Fish (1983)
&pp=ygUTcnVtYmxlIGZpc2ggdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D
Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC:
Trivia: To mix the black-and-white footage of Rusty James and the Motorcycle Boy in the pet store looking at the Siamese fighting fish in colour, Stephen H. Burum shot the actors in black and white and then projected that footage on a rear projection screen. They put the fish tank in front of it with the tropical fish and shot it all with colour film.
2:00 AM Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
&pp=ygUdd2lsZCBib3lzIG9mIHRoZSByb2FkIHRyYWlsZXI%3D
An impoverished girl masquerades as a boy to run with a gang of young hobos.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The movie shown in the theater scene about an hour into the film is another Warner Bros. release, Footlight Parade (1933).
3:30 AM Crime School (1938)
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A crusading warden sets out to improve conditions at a reform school.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The boys at the reform school recite the Pledge of Allegiance without the phrase "under God." The phrase wasn't added to the Pledge by law until 1954.
5:00 AM Haunted Gold (1932)
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A cowboy and his girl fight bandits and a ghost over an abandoned mine.
Dir: Mack V. Wright Cast: John Wayne, Duke, Sheila Terry
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The statuette of the Maltese Falcon, previously used in the original version of The Maltese Falcon (1931) can be seen in the background inside the house several times and very prominently in the scene where the film's heroine, Sheila Terry, is playing the organ.
6:00 AM Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942)
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A boy raised by wolves adjusts to life among humans.
Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Jungle Book is a 1942 independent Technicolor action-adventure film by the Korda brothers, loosely adapted from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894). The story centers on Mowgli, a feral young man who is kidnapped by villagers who are cruel to the jungle animals as they attempt to steal a dead king's cursed treasure. The film was directed by Zoltán Korda and produced by his brother Alexander, with the art direction by their younger brother Vincent. The screenplay was written by Laurence Stallings. The film stars Indian-born actor Sabu as Mowgli. Although the film is in the public domain, the master 35mm elements are with ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- W. Howard Greene
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Miklos Rozsa
SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
Trivia: This was the first film for which original soundtrack recordings were issued. Previously, when record companies released music from a film, they had insisted on re-recording the music in their own studios with their own equipment. The "Jungle Book" records were taken from the same recordings used for the film's soundtrack, and their commercial success paved the way for more original-soundtrack albums.
Trivia: Although this movie was set in India, the production was actually shot in California, USA
8:00 AM Short: Little Buck Cheeser (1937)
In this parody of Buck Rogers, a mouse and his mice friends build a rocket to go to the moon.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Bernice Hansen
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:08 AM Short: Believe It or Not #11 (1932)
This short film, part of the "Believe It or Not" series, features such odd sights as a church service held on a river in boats. Vitaphone Release 1410.
Dir: null Cast: Leo Donnelly
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:16 AM Short: India on Parade (1937)
Short film on the landmarks, people and customs of India.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:26 AM Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is a 1958 independently made[4] American science fiction horror film directed by Nathan H. Juran (credited as Nathan Hertz) and starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers. It was produced by Bernard Woolner. The screenplay was written by Mark Hanna, and the original music score was composed by Ronald Stein. The film was distributed in the United States by Allied Artists as a double feature with War of the Satellites.
The Allied Artists television version runs 75 minutes instead of 66, including a long printed crawl at the beginning and end, repeated sequences, and hold-frames designed to optically lengthen the film's running time.
The film's storyline concerns the plight of a wealthy heiress whose close encounter with an enormous alien in his round spacecraft causes her to grow into a giantess, complicating her marriage which is already troubled by a philandering husband.[5]
The Allied Artists television version runs 75 minutes instead of 66, including a long printed crawl at the beginning and end, repeated sequences, and hold-frames designed to optically lengthen the film's running time.
The film's storyline concerns the plight of a wealthy heiress whose close encounter with an enormous alien in his round spacecraft causes her to grow into a giantess, complicating her marriage which is already troubled by a philandering husband.[5]
A space visitor's touch turns an unhappy heiress into a vengeful giant.
Dir: Nathan Hertz Cast: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The movie was shot in eight days for $89,000 (which was $10,000 under budget). This equates to about $820,000 in 2021.
9:30 AM Short: Screen Directors Playhouse series: Tom and Jerry (1955)
A priest tries to save a marriage that appears to be headed for the rocks in time for Christmas, in this episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse television series.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Peter Lawford, Nancy Gates, Frank Fay
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 AM Cartoon: Little Swee' Pea (1936)
Popeye tackles lions, bears, snakes and countless other animals chasing after Swee'Pea at the zoo only to find himself the victim of an assault by Olive for scaring Swee'Pea with a toy on their arrival home.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:08 AM The Falcon's Brother (1942)
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A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
Dir: Stanley Logan Cast: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Tom Conway (Tom Lawrence) was the real life elder brother of George Sanders (Gay Lawrence). This film was Sanders' final appearance as "The Falcon," a role of which he had grown tired. Sanders passed the baton to Conway, who played the role in nine subsequent films until 1946.
11:30 AM Short: Forbidden Passage (1941)
This documents the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal immigrants into the country.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Addison Richards, Harry Woods, William Tannen
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 PM Sweet Charity (1969)
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A taxi dancer's faith in love leads her to one bad match after another.
Dir: Bob Fosse Cast: Shirley Maclaine, Sammy Davis Jr., Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 149 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Jack D. Moore
COSTUME DESIGN -- Edith Head
MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) -- Adaptation score by Cy Coleman
Trivia: Although uncredited, Gwen Verdon, who starred in the Broadway musical version, was assistant choreographer in the film version of Sweet Charity (1969).
2:45 PM Point Blank (1967)
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A professional thief seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife and a fellow mobster who double-crossed him.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Trivia: This was the first film shot at Alcatraz, the infamous prison which had been shut since 1963, only three years before the production. Two weeks in the abandoned prison facility required the services of 125 crew members. MGM agreed to pay $2,000 per day ($16,400 in 2021) to rent the prison and to pay all expenses to re-establish power, water, and heat necessary for the production.
4:30 PM Roadblock (1951)
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An insurance agent's greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
Dir: Harold Daniels Cast: Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: One of the first films to be shot in the Los Angeles River.
6:00 PM American Graffiti (1973)
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Four high-school seniors face an uncertain future as they try to live through their last big school dance.
Dir: George Lucas Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack. Set in Modesto, California, in 1962, the film is a study of the cruising and early rock 'n' roll cultures popular among Lucas's age group at that time. Through a series of vignettes, it tells the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over the course of a single night.
While Lucas was working on his first film, THX 1138, Coppola asked him to write a coming-of-age film. The genesis of American Graffiti took place in Modesto in the early 1960s, during Lucas's teenage years. He was unsuccessful in pitching the concept to financiers and distributors, but found favor at Universal Pictures after every other major film studio turned him down. Filming began in San Rafael, California, but the production crew was denied permission to shoot beyond a second day. As a result, production was moved to Petaluma. The film is the first movie to be produced by George Lucas's Lucasfilm.
American Graffiti premiered on August 2, 1973, at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, and was released on August 11, 1973, in the United States. The film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Produced on a $777,000 budget (equivalent to approximately $5,332,993 in 2023[2] dollars), it has become one of the most profitable films ever. Since its initial release, American Graffiti has earned an estimated return well over $200 million in box-office gross and home video sales, not including merchandising. In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
While Lucas was working on his first film, THX 1138, Coppola asked him to write a coming-of-age film. The genesis of American Graffiti took place in Modesto in the early 1960s, during Lucas's teenage years. He was unsuccessful in pitching the concept to financiers and distributors, but found favor at Universal Pictures after every other major film studio turned him down. Filming began in San Rafael, California, but the production crew was denied permission to shoot beyond a second day. As a result, production was moved to Petaluma. The film is the first movie to be produced by George Lucas's Lucasfilm.
American Graffiti premiered on August 2, 1973, at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, and was released on August 11, 1973, in the United States. The film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Produced on a $777,000 budget (equivalent to approximately $5,332,993 in 2023[2] dollars), it has become one of the most profitable films ever. Since its initial release, American Graffiti has earned an estimated return well over $200 million in box-office gross and home video sales, not including merchandising. In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Candy Clark {"Debbie"}
DIRECTING -- George Lucas
FILM EDITING -- Verna Fields, Marcia Lucas
BEST PICTURE -- Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gary Kurtz, Co-Producer
WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) -- George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
Trivia: Due to the low budget, George Lucas was unable to pay all of the crew members. He offered to give many of them a screen credit in lieu of payment, and they accepted. Traditionally, only department heads received screen credit. Giving screen credit to so many crew members has now become a tradition, which is why closing credits last so long now.
Trivia: When Charles Martin Smith pulls up on the Vespa in the beginning, his crash into the building wasn't scripted. He genuinely lost control of the bike, and Lucas kept the cameras rolling. Fortunately, the accident and the actor's reaction to it was in keeping with his character. Furthermore, the incident got the first big laugh from the audience in its first public premiere which Lucas and friends took as a very good sign for the film.
Trivia: One of the main reasons why so many studios initially turned down the script was because George Lucas wanted at least 40 songs on the soundtrack, which would obviously lead to a large bill over the rights to these songs. Universal finally agreed to fund the picture when Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola (fresh from the success of The Godfather (1972) the year before) came on board as producer.
Trivia: When John (Paul Le Mat) and Carol (Mackenzie Phillips) are sitting at the red light, a car full of girls pulls up next to them. One of the girls throws a water balloon through the window and it hits Carol. It was scripted to hit the side window and drench Phillips' face, who was then supposed to act really angry. However, she was accidentally hit square in the face and unable to refrain from laughing. Still, she kept going, ad-libbed through the scene and George Lucas kept it,
Trivia: Harrison Ford was asked to cut his hair for the film. He refused, stating that his role was too short, and offered to wear a hat instead.
Trivia: When Wolfman Jack makes an on-air prank call to Pinky's Pizza, the voice on the other end belongs to George Lucas.
8:00 PM The Fisher King (1991)
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A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
Dir: Terry Gilliam Cast: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Robin Williams {"Parry"}
(*WINNER*) ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Mercedes Ruehl {"Anne"}
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Mel Bourne; Set Decoration: Cindy Carr
MUSIC (Original Score) -- George Fenton
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Richard LaGravenese
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Trivia: For the "waltzing commuter" scene in Grand Central station, the main hall of the terminal was shut down for the shoot from 8pm until the first commuter trains arrived at 5:30 am the next morning. Lighting effects outside of the large terminal windows made it seem to be 5:00 in the evening the entire night, and over 400 extras waltzed around the mirror-ball topped Information Booth again and again throughout the night. Now, on New Year's, an orchestra plays there and people waltz for real.
10:30 PM Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Dir: Charlie Kaufman Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Trivia: At the start of the film, when Philip Seymour Hoffman is reading the news at the breakfast table, he says "Harold Pinter has died. Wait, no, he's won the Nobel prize". This is a reference to a famous news broadcast in which Sky News, in their rush to be first with breaking news, accidentally announced that Harold Pinter was dead. In fact, he had just been selected to recieve the Nobel prize for literature.
12:45 AM Follow Me Quietly (1949)
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Police track a mysterious killer nicknamed "The Judge."
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Trivia: The voice in The Judge's apartment building yelling downstairs is Marjorie Main.
2:15 AM Murder She Said (1961)
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When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: The name of the manor house where Miss Jane Marple conducts her inquiries is called Rutherford Hall in Dame Agatha Christie's novel. This was changed to Ackenthorpe in this movie to avoid comparison with the surname of Dame Margaret Rutherford (Miss Jane Marple).
Trivia: Despite privately remaining unimpressed by the film, Agatha Christie dedicated her 1962 novel "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side" to Margaret Rutherford "in admiration".
4:00 AM Murder at the Gallop (1963)
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Elderly sleuth Miss Marple suspects foul play when an old friend is supposedly scared to death by a cat.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Miss Jane Marple (Dame Margaret Rutherford) refers to a "remarkable novel" of Dame Agatha Christie's, "The Ninth Life." This was an in-joke; her creator wrote no such book.
5:30 AM Short: MGM Parade Show #11 (1955)
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly perform in a clip from For Me and My Gal. Susan Hayward introduces a clip from I'll Cry Tomorrow.
Dir: null Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Susan Hayward
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
May 1, 2024
Link: https://variety.com/2024/music/people-news/duane-eddy-dead-peter-gunn-1235988900/
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One of my favorite Duane Eddy songs featuring George Harrison on slide guitar.
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Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Peter Gunn' Guitarist, Dies at 86 By Chris Morris Plus Icon
Duane Eddy, who became the first stand-alone rock ‘n’ roll guitar star with a string of instrumental hits in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s including the theme to TV series “Peter Gunn” and “Rebel Rouser,” died April 30 in Franklin, Tenn, the Arizona Republic reported. He was 86.
He notched 16 top-40 singles, including three top-10 45s, from 1958-63. In the notes for a 1993 Rhino Records compilation of the musician’s work, historian Dan Forte noted, “Duane Eddy’s first of many, many hits, 1958’s ‘Rebel Rouser,’ almost single-handedly established the institution of the guitar hero.”
“Instrumentalists don’t usually become famous. But Duane Eddy’s electric guitar was a voice all its own,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. “His sound was muscular and masculine, twangy and tough. Duane scored more than thirty hits on the pop charts. But more importantly, his style inspired thousands of hillbilly cats and downtown rockers — the Ventures, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, to name a few — to learn how to rumble and move people to their core. The Duane Eddy sound will forever be stitched into the fabric of country and rock & roll.”
He notched 16 top-40 singles, including three top-10 45s, from 1958-63. In the notes for a 1993 Rhino Records compilation of the musician’s work, historian Dan Forte noted, “Duane Eddy’s first of many, many hits, 1958’s ‘Rebel Rouser,’ almost single-handedly established the institution of the guitar hero.”
“Instrumentalists don’t usually become famous. But Duane Eddy’s electric guitar was a voice all its own,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. “His sound was muscular and masculine, twangy and tough. Duane scored more than thirty hits on the pop charts. But more importantly, his style inspired thousands of hillbilly cats and downtown rockers — the Ventures, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, to name a few — to learn how to rumble and move people to their core. The Duane Eddy sound will forever be stitched into the fabric of country and rock & roll.”
Link: https://variety.com/2024/music/people-news/duane-eddy-dead-peter-gunn-1235988900/
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One of my favorite Duane Eddy songs featuring George Harrison on slide guitar.
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May 1, 2024
Link: https://variety.com/2024/music/people-news/duane-eddy-dead-peter-gunn-1235988900/
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One of my favorite Duane Eddy songs featuring George Harrison on slide guitar.
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Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Peter Gunn' Guitarist, Dies at 86
By Chris Morris
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Duane Eddy, who became the first stand-alone rock ‘n’ roll guitar star with a string of instrumental hits in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s including the theme to TV series “Peter Gunn” and “Rebel Rouser,” died April 30 in Franklin, Tenn, the Arizona Republic reported. He was 86.
He notched 16 top-40 singles, including three top-10 45s, from 1958-63. In the notes for a 1993 Rhino Records compilation of the musician’s work, historian Dan Forte noted, “Duane Eddy’s first of many, many hits, 1958’s ‘Rebel Rouser,’ almost single-handedly established the institution of the guitar hero.”
“Instrumentalists don’t usually become famous. But Duane Eddy’s electric guitar was a voice all its own,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. “His sound was muscular and masculine, twangy and tough. Duane scored more than thirty hits on the pop charts. But more importantly, his style inspired thousands of hillbilly cats and downtown rockers — the Ventures, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, to name a few — to learn how to rumble and move people to their core. The Duane Eddy sound will forever be stitched into the fabric of country and rock & roll.”
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Duane Eddy, who became the first stand-alone rock ‘n’ roll guitar star with a string of instrumental hits in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s including the theme to TV series “Peter Gunn” and “Rebel Rouser,” died April 30 in Franklin, Tenn, the Arizona Republic reported. He was 86.
He notched 16 top-40 singles, including three top-10 45s, from 1958-63. In the notes for a 1993 Rhino Records compilation of the musician’s work, historian Dan Forte noted, “Duane Eddy’s first of many, many hits, 1958’s ‘Rebel Rouser,’ almost single-handedly established the institution of the guitar hero.”
“Instrumentalists don’t usually become famous. But Duane Eddy’s electric guitar was a voice all its own,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. “His sound was muscular and masculine, twangy and tough. Duane scored more than thirty hits on the pop charts. But more importantly, his style inspired thousands of hillbilly cats and downtown rockers — the Ventures, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, to name a few — to learn how to rumble and move people to their core. The Duane Eddy sound will forever be stitched into the fabric of country and rock & roll.”
Link: https://variety.com/2024/music/people-news/duane-eddy-dead-peter-gunn-1235988900/
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One of my favorite Duane Eddy songs featuring George Harrison on slide guitar.
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May 1, 2024
One of my favorite Duane Eddy songs with George Harrison on slide guitar
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Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Peter Gunn' Guitarist, Dies at 86
Source: Variety?w=1000&h=667&crop=1&resize=681%2C454
Duane Eddy, who became the first stand-alone rock ‘n’ roll guitar star with a string of instrumental hits in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s including the theme to TV series “Peter Gunn” and “Rebel Rouser,” died April 30 in Franklin, Tenn, the Arizona Republic reported. He was 86.
He notched 16 top-40 singles, including three top-10 45s, from 1958-63. In the notes for a 1993 Rhino Records compilation of the musician’s work, historian Dan Forte noted, “Duane Eddy’s first of many, many hits, 1958’s ‘Rebel Rouser,’ almost single-handedly established the institution of the guitar hero.”
“Instrumentalists don’t usually become famous. But Duane Eddy’s electric guitar was a voice all its own,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. “His sound was muscular and masculine, twangy and tough. Duane scored more than thirty hits on the pop charts. But more importantly, his style inspired thousands of hillbilly cats and downtown rockers — the Ventures, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, to name a few — to learn how to rumble and move people to their core. The Duane Eddy sound will forever be stitched into the fabric of country and rock & roll.”
Read more: https://variety.com/2024/music/people-news/duane-eddy-dead-peter-gunn-1235988900/
One of my favorite Duane Eddy songs with George Harrison on slide guitar
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May 1, 2024
Pre-Code Films on TCM in May 2024
All times listed are EST.
5/2 @ 20:00 - No Greater Glory (1934)
5/2 @ 21:30 - Man's Castle (1933)
5/2 @ 23:00 - Secrets (1933)
5/3 @ 00:30 - A Farewell to Arms (1932)
5/3 @ 06:30 - The Half-Naked Truth (1933)
5/3 @ 12:30 - The Unholy Three (1930)
5/3 @ 13:45 - The Mind Reader (1933)
5/5 @ 20:00 - The Big Trail (1930)
5/6 @ 06:00 - I Loved a Woman (1933)
5/6 @ 07:45 - The Keyhole (1933)
5/6 @ 10:30 - My Past (1931)
5/6 @ 13:30 - The Common Law (1932)
5/7 @ 06:00 - Bed of Roses (1933)
5/9 @ 07:30 - Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
5/9 @ 09:00 - Possessed (1931)
5/9 @ 10:30 - Laughing Sinners (1931)
5/9 @ 11:45 - Dancing Lady (1933)
5/9 @ 13:30 - Forsaking All Others (1934)
5/9 @ 15:00 - Chained (1934)
5/10 @ 07:00 - No Other Woman (1933)
5/10 @ 12:00 - Viva Villa (1934)
5/11 @ 02:00 - Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
5/11 @ 05:00 - Haunted Gold (1932)
5/13 @ 07:30 - Night Flight (1933)
5/13 @ 09:00 - Sadie McKee (1934)
5/13 @ 11:45 - Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
5/19 @ 06:00 - Behind Office Doors (1931)
5/25 @ 18:15 - A Farewell to Arms (1932)
5/27 @ 10:45 - War Nurse (1930)
5/28 @ 22:00 - King Kong (1933)
5/29 @ 07:45 - The Merry Widow (1934)
5/30 @ 22:00 - The Front Page (1931)
5/31 @ 20:00 - The Public Enemy (1931)
May 1, 2024
Fox will always be a garbage dump even though they took this down. They are the enemy, not the New York Times, not MSNBC.
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Photograph caption: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, February 28, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
Fox News takes down Hunter Biden 'mock trial' miniseries after lawsuit threat
Source: CNN
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Fox News on Tuesday removed a six-part Hunter Biden miniseries from its streaming platform, after his attorneys threatened to sue the right-wing network over the incendiary and at-times sexually explicit program about his legal troubles. The removal is a swift response from the conservative media juggernaut, whose spokespeople were defending the material as recently as Tuesday morning.
“This program was produced in and has been available since 2022,” a Fox News Media spokesperson said in a statement. “We are reviewing the concerns that have just been raised and – out of an abundance of caution in the interim – have taken it down.”
The program, titled “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” was an offering on the Fox Nation digital streaming network. It was also promoted on Fox News, the cable TV channel. As of Tuesday afternoon, the link on the Fox Nation site for the six-episode series was not working. Episodes that were available before the lawsuit threat are no longer accessible.
The dispute primarily revolves around sexually explicit images of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, with women that were shown on-screen during the program, which featured a “mock trial” about his overseas financial dealings that led in part to his federal tax indictment and has also fueled House Republicans’ struggling impeachment inquiry into his father.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/30/politics/hunter-biden-fox-nation-series-removed/index.html
Fox will always be a garbage dump even though they took this down. They are the enemy, not the New York Times, not MSNBC.
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Photograph caption: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, February 28, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
April 30, 2024
-- THE DAY AT A GLANCE --
STEVE MARTIN
Father of the Bride (1991)
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
TCM LATE NIGHT: THE RAT PACK
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
TCM DAYTIME - WEEKEND FEATURES
Maya (1966) (6:15 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: Grin and Share It (1957)
Believe It or Not #10 (1932) (short)
Glimpses of Peru (1937) (short)
Walking Dead, The (1936)
Directors Playhouse: The Brush Roper (1955)
Popeye: Never Kick a Woman (1933)
Falcon Takes Over, The (1942)
Buzzin' Around (1933) (short)
Tonight and Every Night (1945) (Musical Matinee)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Liquidator, The (1966)
Billy Budd (1962)
TCM PRIMETIME: TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE - SPIKE LEE
Face in the Crowd, A (1957)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
NOIR ALLEY
Dark Passage (1947)
TCM LATE NIGHT: THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE
Yentl (1983)
Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
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-- COMPLETE DAY SCHEDULE --
12:00 AM Father of the Bride (1991)
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A father's mixed feelings about his daughter's marriage makes the wedding a torturous occasion for him.
Dir: Charles Shyer Cast: Steve Martin, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Diane Keaton
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: George's middle name, Stanley, is named after Spencer Tracy's character in the original Father of the Bride (1950).
2:00 AM Pennies from Heaven (1981)
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Arthur sells sheet music and fantasizes about a world that should behave according to the lyrics of the songs he sells. Eileen fantasizes about love. In their minds, these two share a romance, singing and dancing to the popular music of the 1930s.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
COSTUME DESIGN -- Bob Mackie
SOUND -- Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler, Al Overton
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -- Dennis Potter
Trivia: Christopher Walken's bar-top dance scene took two months of rehearsal and two days of shooting. He claims he got compliments later from fans Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
4:00 AM Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
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A Chicago gangster stumbles into philanthropic work during a gang war.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations: MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) -- Nelson Riddle
MUSIC (Song) -- "My Kind Of Town," Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Trivia: The same day as the funeral scene was filmed was also the day that President John F. Kennedy (a personal friend of Frank Sinatra's) was assassinated. After the assassination, Sinatra regretted for the rest of his life leaving in the line "You come over like George Washington I'll send you back like Abe Lincoln."
Trivia: A scene depicting a kidnapping was filmed, but cut when star Frank Sinatra's son was kidnapped.
6:15 AM Maya (1966)
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An American boy runs away in the Indian jungle after a fight with his father.
Dir: John Berry Cast: Clint Walker, Jay North, I. S. Johar
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Veteran voice actor Paul Frees overdubbed virtually all of the adult male Indian actors, presumably for release in the United States. Frees' credits in animated films and television include Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Walt Disney's The Haunted Mansion and many of the Christmas productions from Rankin-Bass.
8:00 AM Cartoon: Grin and Share It (1957)
Spike tries to do away with Droopy after they finally strike gold in their shared mine.
Dir: Michael Lah Cast: Bill Thompson
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:07 AM Short: Believe It or Not #10 (1932)
This short entry in the "Believe It or Not" series, features various sights and oddities, such as a golf course made from Civil War trenches and a Native American who can paint upside down. Vitaphone Release 1364.
Dir: null Cast: Leo Donnelly, Robert L Ripley, Alfred J. Goulding
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:15 AM Short: Glimpses of Peru (1937)
A short film on the land, people and customs of Peru.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:24 AM The Walking Dead (1936)
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A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The "glass heart" machine used to revive John Ellman in the film was said to be "nearly a prefect replica" of an actual perfusion pump - a device designed to keep organs alive outside an organism's body - which had been built by Charles Lindbergh when the legendary pilot and engineer was working with a Nobel-winning scientist at New York's Rockefeller Institute research labs in the mid-1930s.
9:30 AM Short: The Brush Roper (1955, from the Screen Directors Playhouse TV series)
An aging Western storyteller sets out to catch a raging bull on his own, in this episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse television series.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Walter Brennan, Lee Aaker, Edgar Buchanan
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: N
10:00 AM Cartoon: Never Kick a Woman (1933)
Popeye's sweetheart Olive Oyl goes in for boxing lessons and when she catches her teacher flirting with Popeye she steps out and gives the teacher an excellent demonstration of boxing.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:07 AM The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug's lost girlfriend.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: This is the first of three film versions of Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely", with Gay Lawrence standing in for Philip Marlowe.
11:30 AM Short: Buzzin' Around (1933)
In his rush to demonstrate his invention of "wonder liquid," a country boy unknowingly grabs a jar of moonshine instead in this short film. Vitaphone Release 1509-1510.
Dir: Alfred J. Goulding Cast: Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle, Fritz Hubert, Al Ochs
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 PM Tonight and Every Night (1945)
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An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall. Rita Hayworth's performance in the song "You Excite Me" is often cited as one of her best.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
MUSIC (Song) -- "Anywhere," Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Trivia: Rita Hayworth was pregnant during production. As a result, the musical numbers were filmed first, before the pregnancy began to show. As filming progressed, great care was taken to hide her growing belly with muffs, furniture and purses.
1:45 PM Angels in the Outfield (1951)
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The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Favorite film of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Trivia: Bing Crosby appeared in the film because, at the time, he was a partial owner (approximately 15%) of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Trivia: The uncredited hat check girl was played by Barbara Billingsley, future TV mother as June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver (1957) and the jive-talking passenger and interpreter in Airplane! (1980).
3:45 PM The Liquidator (1966)
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A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a plot to assassinate England's Prince Phillip.
Dir: Jack Cardiff Cast: Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, Jill St. John
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Trivia: The title song was sung by Shirley Bassey who had recently sung the title song for the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964).
5:45 PM Billy Budd (1962)
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Adaptation of Herman Melville's classic tale of a ship's captain caught between an innocent young sailor and an evil officer.
Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations: ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Terence Stamp {"Billy Budd"}
Trivia: Herman Melville had been writing poetry for thirty years when he returned to fiction with "Billy Budd" in late 1888. Still unfinished when he died in 1891, it was forgotten. Melville's biographer accidentally stumbled upon it when going through a trunk of Melville's papers in his granddaughter's New Jersey house in 1919. Melville's widow worked to help complete it, and it was finally published in 1924. Over the years, other unsatisfactory versions were published, but it wasn't until Melville's original notes were found that the definitive version was ultimately published in 1962. Coincidentally, Sir Peter Ustinov's movie version was released the same year.
8:00 PM A Face in the Crowd (1957)
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A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: Film debut of Andy Griffith.
Trivia: This was Patricia Neal's return to the screen after a four-year absence from Hollywood, an absence that was precipitated by a much-publicized affair with Gary Cooper (who was married at the time) and a subsequent nervous breakdown.
10:15 PM Ace in the Hole (aka, The Big Carnival, 1951)
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A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:
Oscar nominations:
WRITING (Story and Screenplay) -- Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
Trivia: After the film was released, it got bad reviews and lost money. The studio, without Billy Wilder's permission, changed the title to "The Big Carnival" to increase the box office take of the film. It didn't work. On top of that, Wilder's next picture, "Stalag 17 (1953)," was a hit and he expected a share of the picture's profits. Paramount's accountants told him that since this picture lost money, the money it lost would be subtracted from the profits of "Stalag 17".
12:15 AM Dark Passage (1947)
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A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The third of four films made by husband and wife Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The other three are To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), and Key Largo (1948).
Trivia: The actual 1937 Art Deco apartment building used in the film (located at 1360 Montgomery St. in San Francisco) is still standing as of 2023. The apartment (No. 10) is marked by a cardboard cut-out of Humphrey Bogart, which can be seen from the street. The site is visited frequently by fans of vintage film noir. The unit has one bath, one bedroom and 861 square feet, and was last sold in 2016 for $1.5M.
2:15 AM Yentl (1983)
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A young Eastern European woman, circa 1904, disguises herself as a boy in order to pursue her passion for studying holy scripture.
Dir: Barbra Streisand Cast: Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Oscar nominations: ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Amy Irving {"Hadaas"}
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins; Set Decoration: Tessa Davies
(*WINNER*) MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) -- Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
MUSIC (Original Song) -- "Papa, Can You Hear Me?," Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
MUSIC (Original Song) -- "The Way He Makes Me Feel," Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
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Trivia: Amy Irving became the first actress to be nominated for an Academy Award and a Razzie for the same performance. She won neither.
4:30 AM Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
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wwwDuring a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him and it's a long list. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.
Dir: Ernest Lehman Cast: Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Trivia: A news article noted that Mike Nichols urged producer/director Ernest Lehman to cast Richard Benjamin, who had acted in Nichols' Catch-22 (1970). Benjamin had three years previously shot to fame in Goodbye, Columbus (1969), another Philip Roth novel adapted to the screen.
TCM Saturday May 4 - Bogie and Bacall, Steve Martin, Barbra Streisand, Portnoy's Complaint
-- THE DAY AT A GLANCE --
STEVE MARTIN
Father of the Bride (1991)
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
TCM LATE NIGHT: THE RAT PACK
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
TCM DAYTIME - WEEKEND FEATURES
Maya (1966) (6:15 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: Grin and Share It (1957)
Believe It or Not #10 (1932) (short)
Glimpses of Peru (1937) (short)
Walking Dead, The (1936)
Directors Playhouse: The Brush Roper (1955)
Popeye: Never Kick a Woman (1933)
Falcon Takes Over, The (1942)
Buzzin' Around (1933) (short)
Tonight and Every Night (1945) (Musical Matinee)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Liquidator, The (1966)
Billy Budd (1962)
TCM PRIMETIME: TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE - SPIKE LEE
Face in the Crowd, A (1957)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
NOIR ALLEY
Dark Passage (1947)
TCM LATE NIGHT: THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE
Yentl (1983)
Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
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-- COMPLETE DAY SCHEDULE --
12:00 AM Father of the Bride (1991)
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A father's mixed feelings about his daughter's marriage makes the wedding a torturous occasion for him.
Dir: Charles Shyer Cast: Steve Martin, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Diane Keaton
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: George's middle name, Stanley, is named after Spencer Tracy's character in the original Father of the Bride (1950).
2:00 AM Pennies from Heaven (1981)
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Arthur sells sheet music and fantasizes about a world that should behave according to the lyrics of the songs he sells. Eileen fantasizes about love. In their minds, these two share a romance, singing and dancing to the popular music of the 1930s.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
COSTUME DESIGN -- Bob Mackie
SOUND -- Michael J. Kohut, Jay M. Harding, Richard Tyler, Al Overton
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -- Dennis Potter
Trivia: Christopher Walken's bar-top dance scene took two months of rehearsal and two days of shooting. He claims he got compliments later from fans Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
4:00 AM Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
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A Chicago gangster stumbles into philanthropic work during a gang war.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Oscar nominations: MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) -- Nelson Riddle
MUSIC (Song) -- "My Kind Of Town," Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Trivia: The same day as the funeral scene was filmed was also the day that President John F. Kennedy (a personal friend of Frank Sinatra's) was assassinated. After the assassination, Sinatra regretted for the rest of his life leaving in the line "You come over like George Washington I'll send you back like Abe Lincoln."
Trivia: A scene depicting a kidnapping was filmed, but cut when star Frank Sinatra's son was kidnapped.
6:15 AM Maya (1966)
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An American boy runs away in the Indian jungle after a fight with his father.
Dir: John Berry Cast: Clint Walker, Jay North, I. S. Johar
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Veteran voice actor Paul Frees overdubbed virtually all of the adult male Indian actors, presumably for release in the United States. Frees' credits in animated films and television include Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Walt Disney's The Haunted Mansion and many of the Christmas productions from Rankin-Bass.
8:00 AM Cartoon: Grin and Share It (1957)
Spike tries to do away with Droopy after they finally strike gold in their shared mine.
Dir: Michael Lah Cast: Bill Thompson
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:07 AM Short: Believe It or Not #10 (1932)
This short entry in the "Believe It or Not" series, features various sights and oddities, such as a golf course made from Civil War trenches and a Native American who can paint upside down. Vitaphone Release 1364.
Dir: null Cast: Leo Donnelly, Robert L Ripley, Alfred J. Goulding
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:15 AM Short: Glimpses of Peru (1937)
A short film on the land, people and customs of Peru.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:24 AM The Walking Dead (1936)
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A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The "glass heart" machine used to revive John Ellman in the film was said to be "nearly a prefect replica" of an actual perfusion pump - a device designed to keep organs alive outside an organism's body - which had been built by Charles Lindbergh when the legendary pilot and engineer was working with a Nobel-winning scientist at New York's Rockefeller Institute research labs in the mid-1930s.
9:30 AM Short: The Brush Roper (1955, from the Screen Directors Playhouse TV series)
An aging Western storyteller sets out to catch a raging bull on his own, in this episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse television series.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Walter Brennan, Lee Aaker, Edgar Buchanan
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: N
10:00 AM Cartoon: Never Kick a Woman (1933)
Popeye's sweetheart Olive Oyl goes in for boxing lessons and when she catches her teacher flirting with Popeye she steps out and gives the teacher an excellent demonstration of boxing.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:07 AM The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug's lost girlfriend.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: This is the first of three film versions of Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely", with Gay Lawrence standing in for Philip Marlowe.
11:30 AM Short: Buzzin' Around (1933)
In his rush to demonstrate his invention of "wonder liquid," a country boy unknowingly grabs a jar of moonshine instead in this short film. Vitaphone Release 1509-1510.
Dir: Alfred J. Goulding Cast: Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle, Fritz Hubert, Al Ochs
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 PM Tonight and Every Night (1945)
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An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall. Rita Hayworth's performance in the song "You Excite Me" is often cited as one of her best.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations:
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
MUSIC (Song) -- "Anywhere," Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Trivia: Rita Hayworth was pregnant during production. As a result, the musical numbers were filmed first, before the pregnancy began to show. As filming progressed, great care was taken to hide her growing belly with muffs, furniture and purses.
1:45 PM Angels in the Outfield (1951)
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The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Trivia: Favorite film of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Trivia: Bing Crosby appeared in the film because, at the time, he was a partial owner (approximately 15%) of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Trivia: The uncredited hat check girl was played by Barbara Billingsley, future TV mother as June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver (1957) and the jive-talking passenger and interpreter in Airplane! (1980).
3:45 PM The Liquidator (1966)
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A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a plot to assassinate England's Prince Phillip.
Dir: Jack Cardiff Cast: Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, Jill St. John
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Trivia: The title song was sung by Shirley Bassey who had recently sung the title song for the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964).
5:45 PM Billy Budd (1962)
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Adaptation of Herman Melville's classic tale of a ship's captain caught between an innocent young sailor and an evil officer.
Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Oscar nominations: ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Terence Stamp {"Billy Budd"}
Trivia: Herman Melville had been writing poetry for thirty years when he returned to fiction with "Billy Budd" in late 1888. Still unfinished when he died in 1891, it was forgotten. Melville's biographer accidentally stumbled upon it when going through a trunk of Melville's papers in his granddaughter's New Jersey house in 1919. Melville's widow worked to help complete it, and it was finally published in 1924. Over the years, other unsatisfactory versions were published, but it wasn't until Melville's original notes were found that the definitive version was ultimately published in 1962. Coincidentally, Sir Peter Ustinov's movie version was released the same year.
8:00 PM A Face in the Crowd (1957)
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A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: Film debut of Andy Griffith.
Trivia: This was Patricia Neal's return to the screen after a four-year absence from Hollywood, an absence that was precipitated by a much-publicized affair with Gary Cooper (who was married at the time) and a subsequent nervous breakdown.
10:15 PM Ace in the Hole (aka, The Big Carnival, 1951)
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A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:
Oscar nominations:
WRITING (Story and Screenplay) -- Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
Trivia: After the film was released, it got bad reviews and lost money. The studio, without Billy Wilder's permission, changed the title to "The Big Carnival" to increase the box office take of the film. It didn't work. On top of that, Wilder's next picture, "Stalag 17 (1953)," was a hit and he expected a share of the picture's profits. Paramount's accountants told him that since this picture lost money, the money it lost would be subtracted from the profits of "Stalag 17".
12:15 AM Dark Passage (1947)
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A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Trivia: The third of four films made by husband and wife Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The other three are To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), and Key Largo (1948).
Trivia: The actual 1937 Art Deco apartment building used in the film (located at 1360 Montgomery St. in San Francisco) is still standing as of 2023. The apartment (No. 10) is marked by a cardboard cut-out of Humphrey Bogart, which can be seen from the street. The site is visited frequently by fans of vintage film noir. The unit has one bath, one bedroom and 861 square feet, and was last sold in 2016 for $1.5M.
2:15 AM Yentl (1983)
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A young Eastern European woman, circa 1904, disguises herself as a boy in order to pursue her passion for studying holy scripture.
Dir: Barbra Streisand Cast: Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Oscar nominations: ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Amy Irving {"Hadaas"}
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Roy Walker, Leslie Tomkins; Set Decoration: Tessa Davies
(*WINNER*) MUSIC (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) -- Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
MUSIC (Original Song) -- "Papa, Can You Hear Me?," Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
MUSIC (Original Song) -- "The Way He Makes Me Feel," Music by Michel Legrand; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
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Trivia: Amy Irving became the first actress to be nominated for an Academy Award and a Razzie for the same performance. She won neither.
4:30 AM Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
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wwwDuring a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him and it's a long list. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.
Dir: Ernest Lehman Cast: Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Trivia: A news article noted that Mike Nichols urged producer/director Ernest Lehman to cast Richard Benjamin, who had acted in Nichols' Catch-22 (1970). Benjamin had three years previously shot to fame in Goodbye, Columbus (1969), another Philip Roth novel adapted to the screen.
April 29, 2024
Spotlight - First Name Basis (Wednesdays)
Special Theme - The Art of Artifice (Tuesdays)
Special Theme - Director Frank Borzage (2, 9, 16)
Guest Programmer - (31)
Memorial Day Weekend Marathon (24 - 27)
WEEKLY SHOWCASES --
MUSICAL MATINEE Sat. Noon (ET)
4 - Tonight and Every Night (1945)
11 - Sweet Charity (1969)
18 - The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
25 - Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
NOIR ALLEY Sat. Midnight, Sun. 10 am (ET)
4, 5 - Dark Passage (1947)
11, 12 - Follow Me Quietly (1949)
18, 19 - (P) Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
25, 26 - TBA
SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS Sun. Midnight (ET)
5 - The First Auto (1927)
12 - The Merry Widow (1925)
19 - The Kiss (1929)
Love (1927)
26 - The Flying Fleet (1929)
TCM IMPORTS Sun. evening 2 am (ET)
5 - A River Called Titas (1973)
12 - Unknown Pleasures (2002)
The World (2004)
19 - No End (1985)
Blind Chance (1981)
26 - The Burmese Harp (1956)
SELECTED DAILY SHOWCASES
May 1 - Sci-fi
May 2 - Birthday tribute Theodore Bikel
May 3 - Steve Martin
May 6 - Wives, Ex-Wives and Lovers
May 7 - Flowers
May 8 - Westerns
May 9 - Clark Gable
May 10 - Birthday tribute David O. Selznick
May 12 - Mother's Day
May 13 - Director Clarence Brown
May 14 - The Gulf States
May 15 - Writer Dalton Trumbo
May 16 - Film Noir
May 17 - Spies
May 19 - Director Frank Oz
May 20 - Mediterranean History
May 21 - Call Me Mister
May 23 - Frank Sinatra; Birthday tribute: Betty Garrett
May 24 - Comedies
May 28 - Cursed
May 30 - International Incident
May 31 - Bank Robbers
MAY PREMIERES
May 1 - Moon Zero Two (1969)
May 3 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
May 6 - The Tong-Man (1919)
May 11 - Synecdoche, New York (2008)
May 17 - The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
May 18 - Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
May 26 - The Cold Blue (2018)
May 31 - The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and
Motor Kings (1976)
May 31 - Scott Joplin (1977)
TCM May 2024 At a Glance - Star of the Month; Theodore Bikel, Betty Garrett tributes; showcases for Gable, Sinatra
TCM MAY 2024 AT A GLANCE - Star of the Month, Birthday tributes to Theodore Bikel, Betty Garrett; Showcases for Steve Martin, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable
STAR OF THE MONTH - Sessue Hayakawa (Mondays)
Kintarō Hayakawa (Japanese: 早川 金太郎, Hepburn: Hayakawa Kintarō, June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973), known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa (早川 雪洲, Hayakawa Sesshū
, was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the United States and Europe. His "broodingly handsome"[2] good looks and typecasting as a sexually dominant villain made him a heartthrob among American women during a time of racial discrimination, and he became one of the first male sex symbols of Hollywood.[3][4][5]
After withdrawing from the Japanese naval academy and attempting suicide at 18, Hayakawa attended the University of Chicago, where he studied political economics in accordance with his wealthy parents' wish that he become a banker. Upon graduating, he traveled to Los Angeles in order to board a scheduled ship back to Japan, but decided to try out acting in Little Tokyo. There, Hayakawa impressed Hollywood figures and was signed on to star in The Typhoon (1914). He made his breakthrough in The Cheat (1915), and thereafter became famous for his roles as a forbidden lover. Hayakawa was one of the highest paid stars of his time, earning $5,000 per week in 1915, and $2 million per year through his own production company from 1918 to 1921.[6][7][8] Because of rising anti-Japanese sentiment and business difficulties,[9] Hayakawa left Hollywood in 1922 and performed on Broadway and in Japan and Europe for many years before making his Hollywood comeback in Daughter of the Dragon (1931).[10]
Of his talkies, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Kuala, the pirate captain in Swiss Family Robinson (1960) and Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[11] Hayakawa starred in over 80 feature films, and three of his films (The Cheat, The Dragon Painter, and The Bridge on the River Kwai) stand in the United States National Film Registry.
, was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the United States and Europe. His "broodingly handsome"[2] good looks and typecasting as a sexually dominant villain made him a heartthrob among American women during a time of racial discrimination, and he became one of the first male sex symbols of Hollywood.[3][4][5]
After withdrawing from the Japanese naval academy and attempting suicide at 18, Hayakawa attended the University of Chicago, where he studied political economics in accordance with his wealthy parents' wish that he become a banker. Upon graduating, he traveled to Los Angeles in order to board a scheduled ship back to Japan, but decided to try out acting in Little Tokyo. There, Hayakawa impressed Hollywood figures and was signed on to star in The Typhoon (1914). He made his breakthrough in The Cheat (1915), and thereafter became famous for his roles as a forbidden lover. Hayakawa was one of the highest paid stars of his time, earning $5,000 per week in 1915, and $2 million per year through his own production company from 1918 to 1921.[6][7][8] Because of rising anti-Japanese sentiment and business difficulties,[9] Hayakawa left Hollywood in 1922 and performed on Broadway and in Japan and Europe for many years before making his Hollywood comeback in Daughter of the Dragon (1931).[10]
Of his talkies, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Kuala, the pirate captain in Swiss Family Robinson (1960) and Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[11] Hayakawa starred in over 80 feature films, and three of his films (The Cheat, The Dragon Painter, and The Bridge on the River Kwai) stand in the United States National Film Registry.
Spotlight - First Name Basis (Wednesdays)
Special Theme - The Art of Artifice (Tuesdays)
Special Theme - Director Frank Borzage (2, 9, 16)
Guest Programmer - (31)
Memorial Day Weekend Marathon (24 - 27)
WEEKLY SHOWCASES --
MUSICAL MATINEE Sat. Noon (ET)
4 - Tonight and Every Night (1945)
11 - Sweet Charity (1969)
18 - The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
25 - Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
NOIR ALLEY Sat. Midnight, Sun. 10 am (ET)
4, 5 - Dark Passage (1947)
11, 12 - Follow Me Quietly (1949)
18, 19 - (P) Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
25, 26 - TBA
SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS Sun. Midnight (ET)
5 - The First Auto (1927)
12 - The Merry Widow (1925)
19 - The Kiss (1929)
Love (1927)
26 - The Flying Fleet (1929)
TCM IMPORTS Sun. evening 2 am (ET)
5 - A River Called Titas (1973)
12 - Unknown Pleasures (2002)
The World (2004)
19 - No End (1985)
Blind Chance (1981)
26 - The Burmese Harp (1956)
SELECTED DAILY SHOWCASES
May 1 - Sci-fi
May 2 - Birthday tribute Theodore Bikel
May 3 - Steve Martin
May 6 - Wives, Ex-Wives and Lovers
May 7 - Flowers
May 8 - Westerns
May 9 - Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. Often referred to as the "King of Hollywood",[2] he had roles in more than 60 films in a variety of genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. He was named the seventh greatest male movie star of classic American cinema by the American Film Institute.[3]
Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the romantic comedy, It Happened One Night (1934). He was further Oscar-nominated for his roles as Fletcher Christian in the drama Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and Rhett Butler in the historical romance drama Gone with the Wind (1939). He received Golden Globe Award nominations for his comedic roles in Teacher's Pet (1958), and But Not for Me (1959). He also starred in Call of the Wild (1935), Key to the City (1950), and Mogambo (1953). His final on-screen role was as an aging cowboy in The Misfits (1961).
Gable was one of the most consistent box-office performers in the history of Hollywood, appearing on Quigley Publishing's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll sixteen times. He appeared opposite many of the most popular actresses of their time. He frequently acted alongside Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Lana Turner, Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner. Gable died of a heart attack in 1960 at the age of 59.
Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the romantic comedy, It Happened One Night (1934). He was further Oscar-nominated for his roles as Fletcher Christian in the drama Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and Rhett Butler in the historical romance drama Gone with the Wind (1939). He received Golden Globe Award nominations for his comedic roles in Teacher's Pet (1958), and But Not for Me (1959). He also starred in Call of the Wild (1935), Key to the City (1950), and Mogambo (1953). His final on-screen role was as an aging cowboy in The Misfits (1961).
Gable was one of the most consistent box-office performers in the history of Hollywood, appearing on Quigley Publishing's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll sixteen times. He appeared opposite many of the most popular actresses of their time. He frequently acted alongside Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, Lana Turner, Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner. Gable died of a heart attack in 1960 at the age of 59.
May 10 - Birthday tribute David O. Selznick
May 12 - Mother's Day
May 13 - Director Clarence Brown
May 14 - The Gulf States
May 15 - Writer Dalton Trumbo
May 16 - Film Noir
May 17 - Spies
May 19 - Director Frank Oz
May 20 - Mediterranean History
May 21 - Call Me Mister
May 23 - Frank Sinatra; Birthday tribute: Betty Garrett
Frank Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity (1953), he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Sinatra also appeared in musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), which won him a Golden Globe Award. Toward the end of his career, he frequently played detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome (1967). Sinatra received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1971. On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on CBS in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
May 24 - Comedies
May 28 - Cursed
May 30 - International Incident
May 31 - Bank Robbers
MAY PREMIERES
May 1 - Moon Zero Two (1969)
May 3 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
May 6 - The Tong-Man (1919)
May 11 - Synecdoche, New York (2008)
May 17 - The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
May 18 - Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
May 26 - The Cold Blue (2018)
May 31 - The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and
Motor Kings (1976)
May 31 - Scott Joplin (1977)
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