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TCM On Demand for July 30, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Breathless (1960) -- Jean Seberg (Patricia Franchini), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Michel Poiccard), Daniel Boulanger (Police Inspector Vital), Henri-Jacques Huet (Antonio Berrutti), Roger Hanin (Carl Zubart), Van Doude (Himself), Claude Mansard (Claudius Mansard), Liliane Dreyfus (Liliane/Minouche, billed as Liliane David), Michel Fabre (Police Inspector #2), Jean-Pierre Melville (Parvulesco the writer), Jean-Luc Godard (The Snitch), Richard Balducci (Tolmatchoff), André S. Labarthe (Journalist at Orly), François Moreuil François Moreuil (Journalist at Orly). Seberg and Belmondo became international stars as a result of Godard's groundbreaking, major film debut, titled "A bout de souffle" in France. The film is about a Parisian car thief (Belmondo) who kills a policeman and tries to elude capture with his American girlfriend (Seberg). Godard co-wrote the original screenplay with his fellow New Wave filmmaker, François Truffaut. The film was remade in 1983 by director Jim McBride, with Richard Gere as an American pursued by cops on the West Coast and Valérie Kaprisky as his French girlfriend. The late Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert included the picture in his "Great Movies" compilation. He also declared that modern movies began with Godard's effort. "No debut film since 'Citizen Kane'...has been as influential," Ebert wrote in 2003. "It is dutifully repeated that Godard's technique of 'jump cuts' is the great breakthrough, but startling as they were, they were actually an afterthought, and what is most revolutionary about the movie is its headlong pacing, its cool detachment, its dismissal of authority, and the way its narcissistic young heroes are obsessed with themselves and oblivious to the larger society. "There is a direct line through 'Breathless' to 'Bonnie and Clyde,' 'Badlands' and the youth upheaval of the late 1960s. The movie was a crucial influence during Hollywood's 1967-1974 golden age. You cannot even begin to count the characters played by Pacino, Beatty, Nicholson, Penn, who are directly descended from Jean-Paul Belmondo's insouciant killer Michel." Godard, who influenced such filmmakers as Bernardo Bertolucci, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino, received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2010. The award's inscription praised Godard this way: "For passion. For confrontation. For a new kind of cinema." Expires August 5, 2015. 2. The Mouse That Roared (1959) -- Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell, David Kossoff, Leo McKern, MacDonald Parke, Austin Willis, Timothy Bateson, Monte Landis, Alan Gifford, Colin Gordon, Harold Kasket. For the 37th Academy Awards ceremony held on April 5, 1965, Sellers was nominated for Best Actor of 1964 in Stanley Kubrick's "Doctor Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." The unique thing about his nomination was that it was for his roles as three different characters -- U.S. President Merkin Muffley, British RAF officer Lionel Mandrake and the title character, a German-born nuclear expert in a wheelchair. Playing multiple characters was old hat for Sellers. He also did it in this satire, based on a 1955 novel by Leonard Wibberley. Directed by Jack Arnold ("Creature from the Black Lagoon," "The Incredible Shrinking Man"), the comedy is about the world's smallest nation -- the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, located in the French Alps and founded by an Englishman in the 15th century. The country's economy is heavily tied to its only export to the United States -- a wine bottled as Pinot Grand Fenwick. When an American knockoff kills the product's sales and bankrupts the country, the prime minister (Sellers) comes up with the brilliant idea of declaring war on the U.S. and receiving foreign aid after losing to the greatest nation in world. The strategy, he explains, is "we declare war on Monday, we are defeated on Tuesday, and by Friday, we will be rehabilitated beyond our wildest dreams." Sellers also plays Queen Gloriana XII and Tully Bascombe, a forest ranger who also serves as commander of Grand Fenwick's military forces. This was only the third screen appearance of Seberg (1938-1979), following her breakthroughs in "Saint Joan" (1957) and "Bonjour Tristesse" (1958). A year after this comedy, she would star in Jean-Luc Godard's French New Wave masterpiece "Breathless." Cast notes: The comedy's producer was Walter Shenson, the man behind the first two feature films that starred the Beatles -- "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) and "Help!" (1965). The latter picture, which opened on July 29, 1965, featured McKern as an Eastern cult leader determined to retrieve an important sacrificial ring worn by Ringo Starr. Hartnell, who plays Will Buckley, later became the first actor to play Doctor Who on British television from 1963 to 1966. Landis appeared on numerous episodes of "The Monkees" during the late 1960s. Sellers did not return for the 1963 sequel, "The Mouse on the Moon," which starred Margaret Rutherford as Gloriana and Ron Moody as the prime minister. Expires August 5, 2015.

"Well, ain't we a pair, raggedy man?" -- Auntie Entity (Tina Turner) in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (1985), deciding to forgo a final showdown with nemesis Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson).

TCM On Demand for July 29, 2015 On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, Turner Classic Movies began showing 11 pictures by the creative documentary filmmaker Les Blank (1935-2013), who spent 40 years chronicling interesting people, places and things. Many of his projects focused on ordinary people whose talents and passions were extraordinary. Sometimes his films were about food and drink, including his 1980 effort "Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers." The Associated Press/Harrod Blank His best-known film was likely the 1982 full-length feature "Burden of Dreams," which told the behind-the-scenes story of German director Werner Herzog's trials and tribulations while filming "Fitzcarraldo" in South America. The late Roger Ebert called Blank's effort "one of the most remarkable documentaries ever made about the making of a movie." The longtime movie critic also praised Blank as a "brilliant filmmaker...unafraid to ask difficult questions and portray Herzog, warts and all." During his career, Blank was responsible for 42 films that earned him lifetime achievement awards from the American Film Institute and the International Documentary Association. After Blank's death from bladder cancer at the age of 77 on April 7, 2013, he was saluted as "a national treasure" by the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Taylor Hackford ("An Officer and a Gentleman," "Ray"). "Although his films are not well known at the moment, they’ll take their place," said Hackford, who was president of the Directors Guild of America when Blank died. "Films are great when they live a long time, and I think Les’s will live.” The following documentaries by Blank are available through TCM On Demand through August 4, 2015: 1. Always for Pleasure (1978) -- Directed, photographed, edited and produced by Blank with sound by Maureen Gosling, this is an examination of some of New Orleans' most popular celebrations -- including Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day and the Jazz and Heritage Festival. There are scenes of second-line parades and the colorful traditions of the Mardi Gras Indians. Among the headliners featured in the film: Professor Longhair, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville Brothers, Allen Toussaint and Kid Thomas Valentine. Continued in the next section:

Continued from the previous section: 2. Hot Pepper (1973) -- Blank and Gosling assembled this portrait of South Louisiana musician Clifton Chenier (1925-1987), a gifted accordionist and the acclaimed king of zydeco music. The New York Times defined zydeco as "a mixture of Cajun music, waltzes and two-steps, rhythm and blues, country and soul music created by French-speaking blacks in Louisiana and east Texas." 3. In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984) -- Produced, directed, edited and photographed by Blank, this film revolves around the Polish-American subculture of the polka. It features polka musicians such as Jimmy Sturr, Eddie Blazonzyck and Walt Solek.

"Hoke? You're my best friend." -- An aging "Miss" Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), summing up her longtime relationship with former chauffeur Hoke Coleburn (Morgan Freeman) in "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989).

TCM On Demand for July 28, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) -- Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallée, Ray Collins, Harry Davenport, Johnny Sands, Don Beddoe, Lillian Randolph, Veda Ann Borg, Dan Tobin, Ransom Sherman, William Bakewell, Irving Bacon, Ian Bernard, Carol Hughes, William Hall, Gregory Gaye. Uncredited: Robert Bray, Ellen Corby, Charles Halton, J. Farrell MacDonald. Sidney Sheldon -- who later created the 1960s television sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie" -- won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for this comedy about a teen girl (Temple) smitten with an older man (Grant). Loy co-stars as the girl's older sister -- a local judge who orders the man to appease the schoolgirl until she gets over her crush. Directed by Irving Reis ("All My Sons," "The Four Poster"), this was one of three 1947 films in which Temple starred during her young adult phase (the others were "Honeymoon" and "That Hagen Girl.") Change of heart: During a publicity tour for her 1988 autobiography "Child Star," Shirley Temple Black said on a Seattle TV talk show that this was one of her two favorite movies made as a young adult (the other was "Kiss and Tell" from 1945). She also revealed she was nearly fired from the film. Her transgression: Entertaining members of the crew with her Grant imitation after a lunch break. "And they were laughing heartily, and I was having fun. And suddenly, they all got silent," she recalled. "And Cary Grant was standing right by the camera -- and he was furious." She said Grant expressed displeasure with her antics to Dore Schary, the movie's producer. Schary then contacted Temple's boss, filmmaker David O. Selznick. "I had to drive all the way over to David O. Selznick, who dressed me down real well and said 'You've got to go back and apologize.' And I went back and apologized...and [Grant] accepted it very gracefully, which I was delighted about. And as he was turning to go back on the set, he said, 'It wasn't a bad imitation.' " Memorable quote: "You know I'd die for you, only sometimes it's so hard living with you." -- Judge Margaret Turner (Loy) to her sister Susan (Temple). Memorable dialogue: Judge Turner (on Susan's penchant for betting): If you're interested in a more exact science, you might spend some time on geometry. Susan: I don't consider geometry a part of life. Judge Turner: Mr. Roberts does. He says you're the first student he's ever had who defined a triangle as two women crazy about one man." Expires August 3, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 27, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. 12 Angry Men (1957) -- Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Sr., E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, Robert Webber, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec. Sidney Lumet's debut feature film earned three Academy Award nominations -- Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (Reginald Rose, based on his 1954 Emmy Award-winning teleplay "Twelve Angry Men," which aired on the live CBS anthology series "Studio One"). Fonda, who co-produced the film with Rose, stars in the courtroom drama as Juror No. 8, the lone panelist who believes that an accused murderer (John Savoca) is innocent. During the jury's deliberations, No. 8 stresses reasonable doubt and relies on his powers of persuasion to change the thinking of the other jurors. The screen drama was an auspicious start for former child actor Lumet (1924-2011), who went on to have a monumental career as a filmmaker. Among his other acclaimed films: "The Pawnbroker" (1964), "Fail-Safe" (1964), "Serpico" (1973), "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), "Network" (1976) and "The Verdict" (1982). Lumet never won a competitive Academy Award, but on February 27, 2005, he was presented with an honorary Oscar "in recognition of his brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture." Actors Sweeney and Voskovec were the only members of the "Studio One" television presentation to appear in the film version. Rose later created the Emmy winning CBS television drama "The Defenders," which ran from 1961 to 1965 and starred Marshall and Robert Reed (the future Mike Brady of "The Brady Bunch") as father-and-son defense attorneys. The last of the "Angry Men" was Klugman -- better known as Oscar Madison on the 1970s ABC sitcom "The Odd Couple" -- who died on Christmas Eve of 2012 at the age of 90. Expires August 2, 2015. 2. That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood, Dame Gladys Cooper, Henry Wilcoxon, Heather Angel, Halliwell Hobbes, Gilbert Emery, Miles Mander, Ronald Sinclair, Luis Alberni, Norma Drury, Olaf Hytten, Juliette Compton, Guy Kingsford. Uncredited: Georges Renavent. Directed by Sir Alexander Korda ("The Private Life of Henry VIII," "An Ideal Husband"), this historical drama is about the tragic romance of Lord Horatio Nelson (Olivier) -- England's greatest naval war hero -- and a married woman, Lady Emma Hamilton (Leigh). This is said to have been Sir Winston Churchill's favorite movie. Leigh and Olivier, who were married from 1940 to 1960, only starred together in two other films: "Fire over England" (1937) and "21 Days" (1940). They appeared opposite each other in many stage productions, however. Memorable scene: The film includes a re-creation of the Battle of Trafalgar -- Nelson's naval victory against French and Spanish warships near Spain's southwest coast on October 21, 1805. Particularly noteworthy is a scene in which the admiral's vessel uses flags to signal the rest of his fleet that "England expects that every man will do his duty." The film won the Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (Jack Whitney, General Service SSD). It also was nominated for three other Oscars: Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Rudolph Maté), Best Black-and-White Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Vincent Korda and Julia Heron) and Best Effects, Special Effects (Lawrence W. Butler, photographic; William A. Wilmarth, sound). Expires August 2, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 26, 2015. The following features are now available on TCM on Demand for a limited time: 1. Greased Lightning (1977) -- Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, Richie Havens, Julian Bond, Earl Hindman, Minnie Gentry, Lucy Saroyan, Noble Willingham, Bruce Atkins, Steve Fifield, Bill Cobbs, Georgia Allen, Maynard Jackson, Danny Nelson, Cara Dunn, Alvin Huff, Willie McWhorter, Frederick "Dennis" Greene. Pryor (1940-2005) became a leading man in this film derived from the life and career of Wendell Scott (1921-1990), the World War II veteran who rose to fame as the first African-American stock-car champion. Scott was inducted posthumously into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January 2015. Directed by Michael Schultz ("Cooley High," "Car Wash"), the film biography recounts Scott's early experiences in driving fast cars as a moonshine runner in rural Virginia. During the making of this movie, Pryor became romantically involved with Grier -- an actress until that time known primarily for her noteworthy performances in 1970s blaxploitation films. She portrays Mary Scott, who died on July 2, 2015 at the age of 91. Pryor, who was a co-writer for "Blazing Saddles," was Mel Brooks' first choice to play Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Western comedy. When that didn't pan out, the role went to Little (1939-1992), a Tony Award-winning actor known for his stage performances. Bridges, who co-stars as Scott's friendly rival Hutch, has become a somewhat regular attendee at the Primetime Emmy Awards. He has won three statuettes for excellence in television in 15 nominations. On July 16, 2015, he received his 16th career nomination. He was recognized in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for his recurring performances in Showtime's "Masters of Sex." The movie was filmed in Georgia, which should explain the brief appearances of Jackson, who was the mayor of Atlanta at the time, and Bond, the former state legislator turned civil rights activist. Schultz also directed Pryor in the 1977 comedy "Which Way Is Up?" -- an Americanized version of Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller's 1972 farce "The Seduction of Mimi." Expires August 1, 2015. 2. Love on the Run (1936) -- Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Reginald Owen, Mona Barrie, Ivan Lebedeff, Charles Judels, William Demarest, Donald Meek. Uncredited: Leonid Kinskey, Gino Corrado. This screwball comedy was the seventh of eight films that co-starred Crawford and Gable between 1931 and 1940. Their other collaborations were in the movies "Dance Fools Dance" (1931), "Laughing Sinners" (1931), "Possessed" (1931), "Dancing Lady" (1933), "Chained" (1934), "Forsaking All Others" (1934) and "Strange Cargo" (1940). Directed by W.S. Van Dyke ("The Thin Man," "San Francisco"), the film focuses on London-based newspaper competitors (Gable, Tone) chasing the story of a runaway heiress (Crawford). Crawford was married to Tone from 1935 to 1939. They appeared in six other films together: "Today We Live" (1933), the aforementioned "Dancing Lady," "Sadie McKee" (1934), "No More Ladies" (1935), "The Gorgeous Hussy" (1936) and "The Bride Wore Red" (1937). Expires August 1, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 26, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. Picnic (1955) -- William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Verna Felton, Reta Shaw, Raymond Bailey, Nick Adams, Elizabeth Wilson. An outsider (Holden) arrives at a small Kansas town and makes waves during the annual Labor Day picnic in this drama based on William Inge's stage play. The stage version was awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Directed by Joshua Logan ("Bus Stop," "Sayonara"), the film won Academy Awards for Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (William Flannery, Jo Mielziner and Robert Priestley) and Best Film Editing (Charles Nelson and William A. Lyon). The production also earned nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (O'Connell) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (George Duning). Russell, cast as a sharp-tongued, aging schoolteacher, did not receive an Oscar nomination. She reportedly held out for the Best Actress category, although she might have fared better in the Supporting Actress slot. Memorable scene: At the Labor Day event, Hal Carter (Holden) and Madge Owens (Novak) dance to a blending of Duning's "Theme from 'Picnic' " and the jazz standard "Moonglow." This was the second film role for Strasberg (1938-1999), who turned 17 several months before the movie's release. She was the daughter of the renowned acting teacher Lee Strasberg, who received a 1974 Best Supporting Actor nomination for a rare screen performance as mobster Hyman Roth in "The Godfather Part II." Bailey, who appears as Robertson's father, went on to television fame as banker Milburn Drysdale in "The Beverly Hillbillies" from 1962 to 1971. Expires August 1, 2015.

"Now look, Whitey, in a pinch I can be tougher than you are. And I guess maybe this is the pinch. You're coming with me to Boys Town because that's the way your brother wants it." -- Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) to Whitey Marsh (Mickey Rooney) in "Boys Town" (1938).

TCM On Demand for July 25, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) -- Jeanne Moreau (Florence Carala), Maurice Ronet (Julien Tavernier), Georges Poujouly (Louis), Yori Bertin (Véronique), Jean Wall (Simon Carala), Elga Andersen (Frieda Bencker), Sylviane Aisenstein (Yvonne, La fille du bar), Micheline Bona (Geneviève), Gisèle Grandpré (Jacqueline Mauclair), Jacqueline Staup (Anna), Marcel Cuvelier (Le réceptionniste du motel), Gérard Darrieu (Maurice), Charles Denner (L'adjoint du commissaire Cherrier), Hubert Deschamps (Le substitut du procureur), Jacques Hilling (Le garagiste). Titled "Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud" in France (and "Lift to the Scaffold" in the United Kingdom), this was Louis Malle's first feature film as a director. It also was the first of two early collaborations with Moreau that helped establish her as an international star. The other film was "The Lovers" (1959), or "Les Amants." Malle's debut effort is a suspenseful crime-drama featuring Moreau and Ronet as lovers who concoct a plan to murder her husband. Their target also happens to be Ronet's boss. The film's score was composed and performed by jazz great Miles Davis. The song "Générique" should be instantly recognizable to anyone who's seen those Lincoln MFX automobile commercials featuring Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey.

TCM On Demand for July 24, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) -- Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Henry Wadsworth, C. Henry Gordon, Benny Baker, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, David Holt, Virginia Weidler, Sir Guy Standing, Gail Patrick, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ray Noble and His Band (with an uncredited Glenn Miller), Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodeans, The Vienna Boys Choir, Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, Akim Tamiroff, Samuel S. Hinds. Uncredited: Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll (as Amos 'n' Andy), The Dandridge Sisters (with Dorothy Dandridge), Chester Conklin, Stanley Andrews, Arthur Aylesworth. Directed by Norman Taurog ("Skippy"), this was the second in a series of four all-star musical comedies featuring vignettes of numerous movie and radio favorites of the 1930s. The first installment was "The Big Broadcast" in 1932, starring Crosby, Stuart Erwin, Leila Hyams and Burns and Allen. As for the plot of the second film, Oakie stars as the owner of a struggling radio station who teams with Burns and Allen to stave off bankruptcy. Harold Nicholas, the junior member of The Nicholas Brothers dance duo, wed Dorothy Dandridge six years after this film's release. They were married until 1951. Four years after their divorce, she became the first African-American to win an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She was recognized for her performance as the title character in the 1954 musical "Carmen Jones." Choreographer LeRoy Prinz received an Academy Award nomination for Best Dance Direction for the musical sequence "It's the Animal in Me." This film was followed in 1936 by "The Big Broadcast of 1937," which co-starred Burns and Allen with their lifelong friend Jack Benny. Expires July 30, 2015. 2. The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) -- Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross, Ray Milland, Benny Goodman and His Band (with Gene Krupa), Leopold Stokowski and His Orchestra, Frank Forest, Benny Fields, Sam Hearn, Stan Kavanaugh, Virginia Weidler, David Holt, Billy Lee, Ernest Cossart, Irving Bacon, Uncredited: Dennis O'Keefe, Marjorie Reynolds, William Hopper, Leonid Kinskey, Gino Corrado. Directed by Mitchell Leisen ("Death Takes a Holiday," "To Each His Own"), this third edition of "The Big Broadcast" series stars Benny as radio station programmer Jack Carson. Stokowski, who had been associated with the Philadelphia Orchestra for many years. made his screen debut conducting his transcriptions of Bach's ""Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" and the " 'Little' Fugue in G Minor." He would later make appearances in other films such as "One Hundred Men and a Girl" (1937) and Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1940). This installment was folllowed two years later by "The Big Broadcast of 1938," which gave Bob Hope top billing and produced the Oscar-winning tune -- "Thanks for the Memory" -- that became his theme song for the next 60-plus years. It was the final film in "The Big Broadcast" series. Expires July 30, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 24, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) -- Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette, Beulah Bondi, H.B. Warner, Harry Carey, Sr., Astrid Allwyn, Ruth Donnelly, Grant Mitchell, Porter Hall, Pierre Watkin, Charles Lane, William Demarest, Baby Dumpling (Larry Simms). Uncredited: Dub Taylor. Stewart became a major star because of Frank Capra's classic tale about politics in Washington D.C. -- and on the local level. The actor stars as Jefferson Smith, an idealistic citizen appointed by the governor of his state (Kibbee) to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. Of course, Smith's appointment is designed so the state's corrupt power structure can manipulate him for its own purposes. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked the picture No. 29 on its list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. When the AFI updated the list in 2007, the film climbed to No. 26. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Stewart), Best Supporting Actor (Carey, Sr. and Rains), Best Writing, Screenplay (Sidney Buchman) and Best Art Direction (Lionel Banks). The film's only Oscar win was for Best Writing, Original Story (Lewis R. Foster). Stewart would win the Best Actor Oscar a year later for his performance opposite Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940). Mitchell, who had a banner year with roles in this film, "Gone with the Wind," "Only Angels Have Wings" and the Charles Laughton version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," received the Best Supporting Actor award for "Stagecoach." Seven years later, Capra would reunite with Stewart, Mitchell, Bondi and Warner for the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life." Memorable scene: Upon his arrival in Washington, Smith wanders away from his welcoming party and winds up on a sightseeing spree, highlighted by a reverential visit to the Lincoln Memorial. Expires July 30, 2015.

"Boy, what is it with you people? You think not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?" -- CIA employee Joe Turner (Robert Redford) to a rogue agency official (Cliff Robertson) in "Three Days of the Condor" (1975).

"I'd rather make the mistake of believing her than the bigger one of not." -- U.S. Secret Service Agent Tobin Keller (Sean Penn) in "The Interpreter" (2005), referring to the title character played by Nicole Kidman. The United Nations employee believes she overheard talk of an assassination plot against an African leader.

TCM On Demand for July 23, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Gilda (1946) -- Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Robert Scott (Mark Roberts), Ludwig Donath, Donald Douglas. Uncredited actors: Eduardo Ciannelli, Ruth Roman, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. Hayworth's most iconic film role features her as the title character, a glamorous singer at a Buenos Aires casino owned by her much-older husband, Ballin Mundson (Macready). Complications arise when Gilda is reunited with an old flame, American gambler Johnny Farrell (Ford), who winds up working for the duplicitous Mundson. Although their earlier relationship ended badly, Gilda and Farrell eventually rekindle their old magic. Memorable quote: "If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me the Bar Nothing." -- Gilda. Born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918, Hayworth became a star in musicals thanks in part to her considerable skills as a dancer. She performed opposite Fred Astaire in "You'll Never Get Rich" (1941) and "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942), and with Gene Kelly in "Cover Girl" (1944). But it was her sensuous performance in "Gilda" that made the red-haired beauty a superstar -- and enhanced her desirability as a dramatic actress. Twelve years after her death in 1987 from the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease, the American Film Institute ranked Hayworth at No. 19 on its list of the Top 25 female screen legends of all time. A poster of the actress figured prominently in Stephen King's 1982 story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." The tale was turned into the 1994 Oscar-nominated film "The Shawshank Redemption," which starred Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. In the screen version of the prison story, a Hayworth pin-up is replaced over time by images of, first, Marilyn Monroe and then Raquel Welch. Hayworth and Ford starred together in four other motion pictures: "The Lady in Question" (1940), "The Loves of Carmen" (1948), "Affair in Trinidad" (1952) and "The Money Trap" (1965). This was one of four films selected by Dame Joan Collins, who served as Turner Classic Movies' Guest Programmer beginning in prime time on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 and during the early morning hours of July 23, 2015. Expires July 29, 2015. 2. The Opposite Sex (1956) -- June Allyson, Dame Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Jeff Richards, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell, Sam Levene, Bill Goodwin, Alice Pearce, Barbara Jo Allen, Sandy Descher, Carolyn Jones, Jerry Antes, Alan Marshal, Jonathan Hole, Harry James (as himself), Art Mooney (as himself), Dick Shawn, Jim Backus. Uncredited: Barrie Chase, Dean Jones, Celia Lovsky, George Cisar, Leslie Parrish, Juanita Moore, Jan Arvan, Joel Fluellen, Ahna Capri, Maidie Norman, Harry Harvey Jr. Directed by David Miller ("Lonely Are the Brave," "Midnight Lace"), this film is a musical remake of "The Women" -- the 1939 comedy based on the stage play by Clare Boothe Luce. In this version, Allyson stars as singer Kay Hilliard, the happily married wife of a theater producer (Nielsen). She begins to feel threatened, however, when scheming showgirl Crystal Allen (Collins) sets her sights on Kay's husband. Memorable scene: Kay has a showdown with Crystal that draws much attention. Memorable quote: "Smart girls get what they can take." -- Crystal Allen after being reminded by another showgirl (Carolyn Jones) that "Smart girls take what they can get." Expires July 29, 2015.

"I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off." -- Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in "Alien" (1979), making her final log entry in a shuttle after the destruction of the commercial spacecraft Nostromo.

Wow! I wonder if Coe was mentioned during SNL's 40th anniversary special, which aired in February.

It's always amazed me that George Coe was one of the original "Not Ready For Prime Time Players" during the early stages of "Saturday Night Live." Most people probably don't remember that.

Best-selling author E.L. Doctorow, whose historical novels "Ragtime," "Billy Bathgate" and "The Book of Daniel" were turned into motion pictures, has died at the age of 84. Director Milos Forman's 1981 film version of "Ragtime" was nominated for eight Academy Awards. It also is remembered for the final screen appearances of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. Although it received mixed reviews and was not a box-office hit, Robert Benton's 1991 screen treatment of "Billy Bathgate" starred Dustin Hoffman as the Depression-era mobster Dutch Schultz. The movie co-starred Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci, Steven Hill and Loren Dean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au5hFhvvr-k In 1983, director Sidney Lumet's film version of "The Book of Daniel" -- simply titled "Daniel" -- starred Timothy Hutton as the title character, one of the sons of convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-e-l-doctorow-dies-ragtime-author-20150721-story.html

TCM On Demand for July 22, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Cover Girl (1944) -- Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Jinx Falkenburg (as herself), Leslie Brooks, Eve Arden, Otto Kruger, Jess Barker, Anita Colby (as herself), Curt Bois. Cover Girls: Jean Colleran, American Magazine; Francine Counihan, American Home; Helen Mueller, Collier's Magazine; Cecilia Meagher, Coronet; Betty Jane Hess, Cosmopolitan; Dusty Anderson, Farm Journal; Eileen McClory, Glamour; Cornelia B. von Hessert, Harper's Bazaar; Karen X. Gaylord, Liberty; Cherry Archibald, Look; Peggy Lloyd, Mademoiselle; Betty Jane Graham, McCall's; Martha Outlaw, Redbook; Susann Shaw, Vogue; Rose May Robson, Woman's Home Companion. Uncredited: Shelley Winters, Barbara Pepper. Directed by Charles Vidor ("Gilda," "Hans Christian Andersen") this colorful musical features the seductive charms of Hayworth, the creative choreography of Kelly and songs by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin. Hayworth stars as a showgirl who is offered an opportunity to become a fabulous magazine cover girl. Kelly plays her boyfriend, a nightclub owner who stands to lose her forever if he doesn't make a move. The musical also features Kelly's famous "Alter-Ego Dance," in which he appears alongside himself through special effects. The film won the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon). It also was nominated for Best Original Song ("Long Ago and Far Away" by Kern and Gershwin), Best Color Cinematography (Rudolph Maté, Allen M. Davey), Best Color Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Lionel Banks, Cary Odell) and Best Sound, Recording (John Livadary). This was one of five pictures headlined by famous redheads that Turner Classic Movies aired on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 and during the early morning hours of July 22, 2015. Expires July 28, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 22, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 2. Made in Paris (1966) -- Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams, Chad Everett, John McGiver, Marcel Dalio, Mathilda Cainan, Jacqueline Beer, Marcel Hillaire, Michele Montau, Reta Shaw, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Mongo Santamaría and His Band. Uncredited: Nichelle Nichols, Fritz Feld, Hubert Laws, Freddie Green. Directed by Boris Sagal ("The Omega Man"), this romantic comedy stars Ann-Margret as a fashion buyer for a New York-based apparel store. When she goes to Paris to preview fashion offerings, she finds herself commanding the attention of her boss's son (Everett) and a big-time French designer (Jourdan). The Swedish-born actress-dancer gets a chance to strut her stuff during a sequence set at a Paris nightclub: Expires July 28, 2015.

Bikel also was well known for his performances as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof." The role was created on Broadway by Zero Mostel and played by Topol in Norman Jewison's 1971 screen version. Other actors who appeared as the character over the years: Herschel Bernardi, Harry Goz and Leonard Nimoy.

TCM On Demand for July 22, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. The Quiet Man (1952) -- John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Eileen Crowe, May Craig, Arthur Shields, Charles B. Fitzsimons, James O'Hara, Sean McClory, Jack MacGowran, Joseph O'Dea, Eric Gorman, Kevin Lawless, Paddy O'Donnell. Uncredited: Ken Curtis, Patrick Wayne, Mae Marsh, Michael Wayne. John Ford's romantic tale set in Ireland was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It provided the veteran filmmaker with his record fourth Best Director Oscar and earned a third competitive statuette for color cinematography specialist Winton C. Hoch. The other Oscar nominations were for Best Supporting Actor (McLaglen), Best Adapted Screenplay (Frank S. Nugent), Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (Frank Hotaling, John McCarthy, Jr. and Charles S. Thompson), and Best Sound (Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Sound Department). The film stars Wayne as Sean Thornton, a dispirited American boxer who returns to his roots in Ireland. In the town of Inisfree, he falls for his headstrong neighbor Mary Kate Danaher (O'Hara). Movie crossover reference: The movie's iconic kissing scene was re-created by director Steven Spielberg for his 1982 box-office sensation "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." As a tipsy E.T. watches "The Quiet Man" at home on television, young Elliott (Henry Thomas) -- because of his psychic link to the alien -- makes a move on a cute blonde (Erika Eleniak) in science class. This was one of five films in which Wayne and O'Hara appeared together. The others: "Rio Grande" (1950), "The Wings of Eagles" (1957), "McLintock" (1963) and "Big Jake" (1971). In her 2004 autobiography " 'Tis Herself," the Irish-born actress declared that "The Quiet Man" was her favorite of the 60-plus films she made during her long career. "It is the one I am most proud of, and I tend to be very protective of it," she wrote. "I loved Mary Kate Danaher. I loved the hell and fire in her. As I readied to begin playing her, I believed that my most important scene in the picture was when Mary Kate is in the field herding the sheep and Sean Thornton sees her for the very first time. It's a moment captured in time, and it's love at first sight. I felt very strongly that if the audience believed it was love at first sight, then we would have lightning in a bottle. But if they didn't, we would have just another lovely romantic comedy on our hands. The scene comes off beautifully." Although O'Hara was never nominated for a competitive Academy Award, she was presented an honorary Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science on November 8, 2014. The award's inscription praised her as "one of Hollywood's brightest stars, whose inspiring performances glowed with passion, warmth and strength." O'Hara died on October 24, 2015 at the age of 95. Expires July 28, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 21, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Kathleen (1941) -- Shirley Temple, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, Gail Patrick, Felix Bressart, Nella Walker, Lloyd Corrigan, Guy Bellis, Wade Boteler, Charles Judels, Else Argal, Margaret Bert, James Flavin, Monte Collins, Joe Yule, Sr. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet ("Without Love," "Dragon Seed"), this comedy was the only M-G-M film to feature Temple, Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month for July 2015. It also was her first picture as an adolescent. She plays the title character -- an imaginative preteen girl determined to find a suitable wife for her widowed father (Marshall). Orphan status: Kathleen's mother died giving birth to her. Pet dog: There's no cute pup in this movie, but Kathleen has an oversized doll that she appears to cherish. Expires July 27, 2015. 2. Penelope (1966) -- Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn, Peter Falk, Jonathan Winters, Lila Kedrova, Lou Jacob, Norma Crane, Arthur Malet, Jerome Cowan, Arlene Golonka, Amzie Strickland, Bill Gunn, Carl Ballantine, Iggie Wolfington. Uncredited: Bill Quinn, Edith Evanson, Joey Faye, Hope Summers, Fritz Feld, George Neise. Wood stars as the title character, the jaded wife of a banker (Bannen). She decides to add excitement to her life by robbing her husband's bank while wearing a disguise. Later, she confesses everything about her kleptomania to her psychiatrist (Shawn). Meanwhile, a pre-"Columbo" Falk co-stars as a police investigator who begins gathering important clues about the bank heist. The film was directed by Arthur Hiller, whose screen credits included "The Americanization of Emily" (1964), "The Out of Towners" (1970), "Love Story" (1970), "The Hospital" (1971) and "The In-Laws" (1971). This was one of eight Wood films aired by Turner Classic Movies on Monday, July 20, 2015, which would have been the actress's 77th birthday. Expires July 27, 2015.