__TCM Schedule

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

6:00 am, Shopworn Angel, The (1938) A showgirl gives up life in the fast lane for a young soldier on his way to fight World War I. Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon. Director: H.C. Potter. BW-85m
7:30 am, Last Gangster, The (1937) When a notorious gangster gets out of prison, he vows revenge on the wife who left him. Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rose Stradner. Director: Edward Ludwig. BW-81m
9:00 am, Carbine Williams (1952) True story of the convicted bootlegger who fought for his freedom by inventing a new rifle. James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey. Director: Richard Thorpe. BW-93m
10:45 am, Malaya (1949) Two men join forces to smuggle rubber out of occupied Malaya during World War II. Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese. Director: Richard Thorpe. BW-95m
12:30 pm, Thin Man, The (1934) A husband-and-wife detective team take on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan. Director: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-91m
2:15 pm, After The Thin Man (1936) Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora's cousin of a murder charge. William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart. Director: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-112m
4:15 pm, Another Thin Man (1939) Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate. William Powell, Myrna Loy, C. Aubrey Smith. Director: W. S. Van Dyke II. BW-103m
6:00 pm, Shadow Of The Thin Man (1941) High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed. Director: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-97m
8:00 pm, Defiant Ones, The (1958) Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other. Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel. Director: Stanley Kramer. BW-96m
10:00 pm, In The Heat Of The Night (1967) A black police detective from the North forces a bigoted Southern sheriff to accept his help with a murder investigation. Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates. Director: Norman Jewison. C-110m
12:00 am, Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) Interview and film clips trace Sidney Poiter's rise from humble beginnings in the Bahamas to his position as the first black super-star. Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Ruby Dee. Director: Lee Grant. C-55m
1:00 am, Bedford Incident, The (1965) An American destroyer, with a journalist on board, pursues a Russian submarine during the Cold War. Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Donald Sutherland. Director: James B. Harris. BW-102m
2:45 am, Edge of the City (1957) An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official. John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden. Director: Martin Ritt. BW-85m
4:15 am, Blackboard Jungle (1955) An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency. Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Sidney Poitier. Director: Richard Brooks. BW-101m

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

6:00 am, Buck Privates (1941) Two small-time con artists enlist in the Army to avoid the police. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters. Director: Arthur Lubin. BW-84m
7:30 am, Knute Rockne, All American (1940) Biography of the famed Notre Dame coach and his fight to "win one for the Gipper." Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page. Director: Lloyd Bacon. BW-98m
9:15 am, Pride Of The Yankees, The (1942) Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success. Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan. Director: Sam Wood. BW-123m
11:30 am, Dark Victory (1939) A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor. Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart. Director: Edmund Goulding. BW-104m
1:15 pm, Imitation Of Life (1934) A widow and her housekeeper go into business together but almost lose their daughters. Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Ned Sparks. Director: John M. Stahl. BW-110m
3:15 pm, Lolita (1962) Vladimir Nabokov's racy classic focuses on an aging intellectual in love with a teenager. James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers. Director: Stanley Kubrick. BW-154m
6:00 pm, Lady Vanishes, The (1938) A young woman on vacation triggers an international incident when she tries to track an elderly friend who has disappeared. Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-95m
8:00 pm, Kansas City Confidential (1952) To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues' identities secret from each other. Preston Foster, John Payne, Coleen Gray. Director: Phil Karlson. BW-100m
10:00 pm, Thomas Crown Affair, The (1968) A bored tycoon turns to bank robbery and courts the insurance investigator assigned to bring him in. Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke. Director: Norman Jewison. C-102m
12:00 am, High Sierra (1941) An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist. Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy. Director: Raoul Walsh. BW-100m
2:00 am, Point Blank (1967) A gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty. Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn. Director: John Boorman. C-92m
4:00 am, Topkapi (1964) An international band of thieves plots to steal a priceless treasure from a heavily guarded museum. Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov. Director: Jules Dassin. C-119m

Thursday, December 30, 2004

6:00 am Tell It To The Marines (1926) In this silent film, a tough drill sergeant and a spoiled recruit become romantic rivals. Lon Chaney, William Haines, Eleanor Boardman. Director: George W. Hill. BW-103m
7:45 am West Point Of The Air (1935) An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer. Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan. Director: Richard Rosson. BW-89m
9:30 am Take The High Ground (1953) A tough drill sergeant prepares green recruits for service in the Korean War. Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Russ Tamblyn. Director: Richard Brooks. C-101m
11:30 am Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves. Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn. Director: Stanley Donen. C-102m
1:30 pm Tom Thumb (1958) A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks. Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas. Director: George Pal. C-92m
3:30 pm Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm, The (1962) Fanciful biography of the German fairy-tale collectors, with reenactments of three of their stories. Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden. Director: Henry Levin, George Pal. C-136m
6:00 pm Haunting, The (1963) A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there. Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn. Director: Robert Wise. BW-112m
8:00 pm To Have And Have Not (1944) A skipper-for-hire's romance with a beautiful drifter is complicated by his growing involvement with the French resistance. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan. Director: Howard Hawks. BW-100m
10:00 pm Bridge On The River Kwai, The (1957) The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma. William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa. Director: David Lean. C-162m
1:00 am Night Must Fall (1937) A charming young man worms his way into a wealthy woman's household, then reveals a deadly secret. Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Dame May Whitty. Director: Richard Thorpe. BW-116m
3:00 am M (1931) The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention. Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgens. Director: Fritz Lang. BW-111m
5:00 am Festival of Shorts #13 (1998) A compilation of MGM's holiday shorts including Jackie Cooper's Christmas Party, Silent Night, Loew's Christmas Greeting, Holiday Greetings 1941, and Mario Lanza Christmas Trailer. Director: BW-21m
5:30 am Cartoon Alley #2 (2004) Director: C-30m

Friday, December 31, 2004

6:00 am Dead End (1937) A killer returns to his childhood home to plot his escape from the law. Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart. Director: William Wyler. BW-92m
8:00 am They Drive by Night (1940) Truck driving brothers are framed for murder by a lady psycho. George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart. Director: Raoul Walsh. BW-95m
10:00 am High Sierra (1941) An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist. Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy. Director: Raoul Walsh. BW-100m
12:00 pm Maltese Falcon, The (1941) Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet. Director: John Huston. BW-101m
2:00 pm Big Sleep, The (1946) Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone. Director: Howard Hawks. BW-117m
4:00 pm Dark Passage (1947) A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead. Director: Delmer Daves. BW-106m
6:00 pm Key Largo (1948) A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane. Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall. Director: John Huston. BW-100m
8:00 pm Elvis on Tour (1972) Extensive concert footage highlights this documentary about the King's touring in the early '70s. Elvis Presley, James Burton, Glenn D. Hardin. Director: Robert Abel, Pierre Aldridge. C-93m
10:00 pm Last Waltz, The (1978) Legendary back-up group The Band teams with rock greats for a farewell concert. Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Joni Mitchell. Director: Martin Scorsese. C-117m
12:00 am ABBA: The Movie (1977) A disc jockey tries to land an in-depth interview with the Swedish rock group during their hit Australian tour. Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus. Director: Lasse Hallstrom. C-97m
1:45 am Song Remains The Same, The (1976) Members of Led Zeppelin share their fantasies while preparing for a big concert. John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant. Director: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot. C-138m
4:15 am Elvis: That's The Way It Is 2001 (2001) Restored version of the King's classic Vegas concert film. Elvis Presley. Director: Denis Sanders. C-96m

Saturday, January 01, 2005

6:00 am Cass Timberlane (1947) An aging judge creates a scandal when he marries a younger woman from the wrong side of the tracks. Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott. Director: George Sidney. BW-119m
8:00 am Crack-Up (1946) An art critic risks his reputation and his life to track down a forgery racket. Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall. Director: Irving Reis. BW-93m
10:00 am No Name On The Bullet (1959) A gunman out for revenge sets his sights on a small town. Edgar Stehli, Karl Swenson, Simon Scott. Director: Jack Arnold. C-77m
11:30 am Cartoon Alley #3 (2005) Features three classic MGM and WB cartoons from the 1940s: Haiwatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941), The Blitz Wolf (1942), Life With Feathers (1945). Director: BW-29m
12:00 pm Ice Station Zebra (1968) A sub commander on a perilous mission must ferret out a Soviet agent on his ship. Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown. Director: John Sturges. C-152m
3:00 pm Village Of The Damned (1960) After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring. George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn. Director: Wolf Rilla. BW-77m
4:30 pm It Came From Outer Space (1953) No one believes an amateur astonomer's spaceship sighting until the town's people begin disappearing. Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake. Director: Jack Arnold. BW-81m
6:00 pm Psycho (1960) A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-108m
8:00 pm Casablanca (1942) An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Director: Michael Curtiz. BW-103m
10:00 pm Same Time, Next Year (1978) Although married to others, a man and a woman embark on an annual affair. Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar. Director: Robert Mulligan. BW-118m
12:15 am My Favorite Wife (1940) A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's re-marriage. Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott. Director: Garson Kanin. BW-88m
2:00 am Love Affair (1939) Near-tragic misunderstandings threaten a shipboard romance. Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Maria Ouspenskaya. Director: Leo McCarey. BW-88m
3:30 am Sunshine Boys, The (1975) A feuding comedy team reunites for a television comeback. Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin. Director: Herbert Ross. C-111m
5:30 am Festival of Shorts #37 (2001) Three MGM production featurettes made to promote the films of David Lean. Includes footage from Doctor Zhivago and Ryan's Daughter. Director: C-26m

Sunday, January 02, 2005

Turner Classic Movies

Movies that I've Seen on TCM: or How Turner Classic Movies Has Changed My Life