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"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women." -- Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in "Conan the Barbarian" (1982), when asked "What is best in life?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEpsVSdtfcc

Yup! "If they move, kill 'em." -- Pike Bishop (William Holden) in "The Wild Bunch" (1969), preparing to pull off a bold robbery with his gang at a Texas town's railroad office.

TCM On Demand for July 12, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Baby Doll (1956) --Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Lonny Chapman, Eades Hogue, Noah Williamson. Uncredited: Rip Torn, Madeleine Sherwood, R.G. Armstrong (voice). Controversial for its time, director Elia Kazan's adaptation of a one-act stage play by Tennessee Williams received three Academy Award nominations: Best Actress (Baker), Best Supporting Actress (Dunnock), Best Adapted Screenplay (Williams) and Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Boris Kaufman). The comedy/drama, co-produced by Kazan and Williams, was based on the playwright's 1946 stage production titled "27 Wagons Full of Cotton." Set in the Mississippi Delta, the film version is the tale of teen-ager "Baby Doll" Meighan (Baker), who is married to Archie Lee Meighan (Malden), a much-older cotton gin owner. Meighan married Baby Doll with the understanding that he would never touch her until her 20th birthday. As that day approaches, Baby Doll finds herself attracted to Silva Vacarro (Wallach), a business rival of her husband. This was the debut film for Wallach, who began his acting career on the stage in the 1940s. Despite his performances in such films as "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), "The Misfits" (1961), "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966) and "The Godfather Part III," he never received an Academy Award nomination. But on November 13, 2010, he was presented an honorary Oscar "for a lifetime's worth of indelible screen characters." He died on June 24, 2014 at the age of 98. Torn, who would later co-star with Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in the 1962 cinematic version of Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," also made his screen debut in this film. Torn and Page were married from 1963 until her death in 1987 at the age of 62. Expires July 18, 2015. 2. The Baroness and the Butler (1938) -- William Powell, Annabella, Helen Westley, Henry Stephenson, Joseph Schildkraut, J. Edward Bromberg, Nigel Bruce, Lynn Bari, Maurice Cass (radio announcer), Ivan Simpson, Alphonse Ethier, Claire Du Brey, Wilfred Lucas, Sidney Bracey, Frank Baker, Eleanor Wesselhoeft, George Davis, Margaret Irving. Directed by Walter Lang ("The Little Princess," "The King and I"), this romantic comedy stars Powell as Johann Porok, who serves as the butler for the prime minister of Hungary (Stephenson). But a sticky situation emerges when Johann is elected to Parliament as a member of the opposition party. Although Johann insists that he can perform both jobs without problems, his dual status does not sit well with the prime minister's difficult daughter (Annabella). Expires July 18, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 12, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. The Man from Laramie (1955) -- James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell. Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon, Wallace Ford, Jack Elam, John War Eagle, James Millican, Gregg Barton, Boyd Stockman, Frank DeKova. This was one of five Westerns starring Stewart that were directed by Anthony Mann in the early 1950s. The others were "Winchester 73" (1950), "Bend of the River" (1952), "The Naked Spur" (1955) and "The Far Country" (1955). They also worked together on "The Glenn Miller Story" (1954), the musical film biography of the late orchestra leader. The film stars Stewart as title character Will Lockhart, who clashes with the Waggomons, a prominent family of ranchers in the town of Coronado. Lockhart becomes particularly wary of young Dave Waggomon (Nicol), who rudely accuses him and his party of trespassing and stealing salt from private property. To make matters worse, the hot-headed Dave stuns Lockhart by callously shooting six mules and destroying three wagons. Expires July 18, 2015. 4. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) -- Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden, Felix Bressart, William Tracy, Inez Courtney, Sarah Edwards, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Halton, Charles Smith. Ernst Lubitsch directed and produced this romantic comedy about two Budapest gift store employees (Sullavan, Stewart) who don't get along. Neither realizes that the other is a much-appreciated and desired pen pal. This was the third of four films that teamed Sullivan and Stewart. The others: "Next Time We Love" (1936), "The Shopworn Angel" (1938) and "The Mortal Storm" (1940). Lubitsch's film was remade in 1949 as the Technicolor musical "In the Good Old Summertime," starring Judy Garland and Van Johnson. A 3-year-old Liza Minnelli made her first screen appearance at the end of that movie with her mother and Johnson. The late Nora Ephron used the same source material to film her 1998 hit "You've Got Mail," which was the third film to team Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Expires July 18, 2015.

Welsh actor Roger Rees, who starred as the Sheriff of Rottingham in Mel Brooks' 1993 spoof "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," has died at the age of 71. He became familiar to television audiences on the TV series "Cheers" (as millionaire Robin Colcord) and "The West Wing" (as Lord John Marbury, the UK's ambassador to the United States). Rees also was a Tony Award winner for his performance in the landmark 1980s stage play "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," based on the Charles Dickens novel. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/07/11/roger-rees-tony-winner-robin-colcord-cheers-dies/30006431/

"Well, he certainly left with his tails between his legs." -- Superspy James Bond (Sir Sean Connery) in "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), after getting rid of the tuxedo-clad Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover) and an explosive device at the same time.

TCM On Demand for July 11, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. The Blue Dahlia (1946) -- Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Tom Powers, Hugh Beaumont, Howard Freeman, Don Costello, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Walter Sande. Uncredited: Noel Neill, Anthony Caruso, Mae Busch. Mystery writer Raymond Chandler, who created private detective Philip Marlowe, received an Academy Award nomination for this film noir drama's original screenplay. Ladd stars as Johnny Morrison, a Naval officer returning home to the Los Angeles area after wartime duty in the Pacific Theater of World War II. He discovers that his wife Helen (Dowling) has been unfaithful and leaves her. When she winds up a homicide victim, he becomes the No. 1 suspect. Directed by George Marshall ("Destry Rides Again," "How the West Was Won"), this was the third screen teaming of Ladd and Lake. Among the other films in which they appeared together: "This Gun for Hire" (1942), "The Glass Key" (1942) and "Saigon" (1948). Memorable quote: "Just don't get too complicated, Eddie. When a man gets too complicated, he's unhappy. And when he's unhappy, his luck runs out." -- Leo (Costello) to business partner Eddie Harwood (Da Silva), owner of The Blue Dahlia nightclub. This was Costello's final film appearance. He died at the age of 44 on October 24, 1945, six months before the film was released. Meeting cute: Morrison is picked up on a rainy night by motorist Joyce Harwood (Lake), who happens to be the estranged wife of the man involved with Helen Morrison. Black and Blue: The film's title inspired the popular name of the 1947 L.A. murder case in which the body of 27-year-old Elizabeth Short was found mutilated in the Leimert Park neighborhood. "The Black Dahlia" mystery was never solved. Author James Ellroy's 1987 novel, "The Black Dahlia," was turned into a 2006 film with the same title, directed by Brian De Palma and headlined by Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank. Expires July 17, 2015. 2. The Hitch-Hiker (1953) -- Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacio, Rodney Bell. This film noir tale was directed by actress Ida Lupino and produced and co-written by her husband at the time, Collier Young. The title character, a psychopathic killer, is played by Talman, best known for his years as the luckless district attorney Hamilton Burger in the "Perry Mason" television series that ran on CBS from 1957 to 1966. Expires July 17, 2015. 3. Mickey Spillane's 'Kiss Me Deadly' (1955) -- Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Marjorie Bennett, Mort Marshall, Fortunio Bonanova, Strother Martin, Mady Comfort, James McCallion, Robert Cornthwaite, Silvio Minciotti, Nick Dennis, Jack Elam, Paul Richards, Jesslyn Fax, James Seay, Percy Helton, Leigh Snowden, Jack Lambert, Jerry Zinneman, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Ben Morris (radio announcer). Uncredited: Charles Lane, Leonard Mudie, Bing Russell. Meeker stars as Spillane's indestructible private detective Mike Hammer, who stumbles onto the most important case of his career. And it all begins when he picks up a frantic blonde (Leachman, in her film significant film appearance) clad only in a trenchcoat on a highway. Directed by Robert Aldrich ("What Ever Happened to Baby Jane," "The Dirty Dozen"), the detective drama was based on Spillane's 1952 novel, but transplanted from New York to Los Angeles. Aldrich's version, adapted by screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides, also has a more explosive ending. Three of the movie's co-stars -- Leachman, Martin and Helton -- appeared in the 1969 Paul Newman-Robert Redford buddy Western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Former beauty queen Leachman, who turned 91 on April 30, 2017, evolved into one of our most-honored actresses. She won the 1971 Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "The Last Picture Show." She also holds the acting record for most Primetime Emmy wins with eight, and owns a Daytime Emmy. Leachman continues to be active on the screen and on television. Expires July 17, 2015.

"And the Road Warrior? That was the last we ever saw of him. He lives now...only in my memories." -- The Narrator (Harold Baigent), remembering post-apocalyptic savior Mad Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) in "The Road Warrior" (1981).

"...But most of all we 'members the man who finded us, him that came the salvage. And we lights the city -- not just for him, but for all of them that are still out there. 'Cause we knows there'll come a night, when they sees the distant light, and they'll be comin' home." -- Savannah Nix (Helen Buday), remembering the man (Mel Gibson) who saved her and a community of young children in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (1985).

"Come with me if you want to live." -- A reprogrammed Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991). The line has been used by someone in every "Terminator" film to date.

TCM On Demand for July 10, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) -- Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry, Grandon Rhodes, Larry Blake. Uncredited: Harry Lauter, Frank Wilcox. Special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen, known for his efforts with the stop-motion animation process, provided many of the thrills in this science-fiction drama. Directed by Fred F. Sears ("Rock Around the Clock"), the film is about the people of Earth under siege by menacing extra-terrestrial beings. Expires July 16, 2015. 2. It Came from Outer Space (1953) -- Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson, Kathleen Hughes. Uncredited: Dave Willock. Directed by Jack Arnold, whose credits included "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "The Incredible Shrinking Man," this science-fiction drama originally was shown in 3-D. The film stars Carlson as John Putnam, a writer and amateur astronomer who discovers there's more to a recent meteorite crash in his Arizona town than meets the eye. Expires July 16, 2015. 3. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) -- Sir Michael Redgrave, Sir Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen, James Bolam, Joe Robinson, Dervis Ward, Topsy Jane, Julia Foster. Uncredited: Edward Fox, James Fox, Frank Finlay, John Thaw. Tony Richardson ("Tom Jones," "A Taste of Honey") directed this British "angry young man" drama set at Ruxton Towers, a reformatory for juvenile deliquents. Courtenay stars as Colin Smith, who is sent to the institution after being arrested for stealing money from a bakery. He soon clashes with the reformatory's governor (Redgrave, whose daughter Vanessa was married to Richardson from 1962 to 1967). But the governor begins to realize that Smith's talent for long-distance running could reap benefits for Ruxton Towers in an upcoming track meet against a public school. Expires July 16, 2015.

"The personal life is dead in Russia. History has killed it." -- Bolshevik official Antipov (Sir Tom Courtenay) in "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), during an interrogation of the title character played by Omar Sharif.

"The likelihood of one individual being right increases in direct proportion to the intensity with which others are trying to prove him wrong." -- Mr. Jordan (James Mason) to a presumptuous celestial escort (Buck Henry) in "Heaven Can Wait" (1978). The escort prematurely sent pro football quarterback Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) to the afterlife.

"All those things I can do. All those powers. And I couldn't even save him." -- Young Clark Kent (Jeff East, voice by Christopher Reeve) to his adopted mother Martha (Phyllis Thaxter) in "Superman" (1978), after the death of Jonathan Kent (Glenn Ford).

"Fly, you fools!" -- Gandalf the Grey (Sir Ian McKellen) in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), berating his traveling companions at the end of a titanic battle with a Balrog.

TCM On Demand for July 9, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. The Leopard (1963) -- Burt Lancaster (Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina), Claudia Cardinale (Angelica Sedara/Bertiana), Alain Delon (Tancredi Falconeri), Paolo Stoppa (Don Calogero Sedara), Rina Morelli (Princess Maria Stella Salina), Romolo Valli (Father Pirrone), Terence Hill (Count Cavriaghi, billed as Mario Girotti), Pierre Clémenti (Francesco Paolo), Lucilla Morlacchi (Concetta), Giuliano Gemma (Garibaldi's General), Ida Galli (Carolina), Ottavia Piccolo (Caterina), Carlo Valenzano (Paolo), Brook Fuller (Little Prince), Anna Maria Bottini (Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess). Lancaster considered his performance in Count Luchino Visconti's three-hour plus masterpiece to be his favorite. He also praised Visconti as the best director he ever worked with, although they clashed at times during the filming. The picture received the Palme d'Or (or Golden Palm) at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. Based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's 1958 novel "Il Gattopardo," the film takes place during the tumultuous 1860s, when Italy became a unified country under the military leadership of Giuseppe Garibaldi. The film focuses on how Lancaster's Don Fabrizio deals with the beginning of the end of aristocratic dominance -- and his way of life -- in Sicily. France's Delon co-stars as the family patriarch's nephew, Tancredi Falconeri, who joins Garabaldi's war for independence. He also becomes engaged to Angelica (Cardinale), a wealthy heiress. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Color Costume Design (Piero Tosi). A longtime Visconti collaborator, Tosi never won a competitive Oscar in five overall nominations. On November 16, 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored him with a special statuette. He was hailed as "a visionary whose incomparable costume designs shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures." Tosi was unable to attend the ceremony, and the award was accepted on his behalf by Cardinale. The Italian actress appeared in 10 films in which Tosi provided the costumes. This was one of 25 motion pictures aired by Turner Classic Movies during its 48-hour celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Technicolor process in films. The version shown by the cable channel was uncut with English subtitles. Memorable quote No. 1: "We were the leopards, the lions. Those who take our place will be jackals, hyenas. And all of us --leopards, lions, jackals and sheep -- will go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth" -- Don Fabrizio Corbera. Memorable quote No. 2: "I was thinking that those frequent marriages among cousins do not improve the stock. Look at them. They look like monkeys, ready to clamber up the chandeliers and swing by their tails, showing their behinds." -- Don Fabrizio, regarding the pack mentality of young women at a lavish ball. Expires July 15, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 9, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 2. North by Northwest (1959) -- Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams, Edward Platt, Robert Ellenstein, Les Tremayne, Philip Coolidge, Patrick McVey, Edward Binns, Ken Lynch. Uncredited actors: Ned Glass, Malcolm Atterbury, Tol Avery, John Beradino, Doreen Lang, Nora Marlowe, James McCallion, Frank Wilcox, Maudie Prickett. Sir Alfred Hitchcock's fourth and last screen collaboration with Grant was one of the filmmaker's best-ever suspense tales. It also followed one of his favorite formulas: A man is accused of a crime he did not commit, and goes on the lam in search of evidence that will prove his innocence. Robert Donat played such a character in "The 39 Steps" (1935), one of the director's final British films before he moved to Hollywood. It also was the situation for characters played by Robert Cummings in "Saboteur" (1942), Grant in "To Catch a Thief" (1955) and Jon Finch in "Frenzy" (1972). Grant stars as New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill, who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when he is mistaken for an espionage agent named George Kaplan. The truth of the matter is that Kaplan doesn't really exist. But Thornhill finds himself in several tight spots, including a classic case of taking the rap for a murder in broad daylight. In his quest to track down the real culprits, Thornhill somehow manages to elude authorities while making the acquaintance of Eve Kendall (Saint), an empathetic woman he meets on a train to Chicago. When it comes to this coolest of Hitchcock cool blondes, however, there's more to her than meets the eye. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay (Ernest Lehman), Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace and Frank R. McKelvy) and Best Film Editing (George Tomasini). Overlooked at Oscar time was composer Bernard Herrmann's fandango-influenced score, which was one of his best. In its 1998 survey of the 100 greatest movies of all time, the American Film Institute ranked the film No. 40. In the AFI's updated 2007 survey, the thriller dropped 15 places to No. 55. Hitchcock's film features one of the most iconic scenes in movie history as Thornhill finds himself menaced from above by a crop-dusting plane. Everything comes to a head (or heads) at Mount Rushmore, where Thornhill and Eve try to evade members of a sinister spy ring, including Phillip Vandamm (Mason) and his henchmen Leonard (Landau) and Valerian (Williams). Memorable quote: "You gentlemen aren't really trying to kill my son, are you?" -- Thornhill's mother, Clara (Landis), who disbelieves anything he tells her about the strange occurrences going on in his life. She makes the comment aloud in an elevator jammed with people, including henchmen (played by Williams and Ellenstein) who really do want to harm her son. All of them -- with the exception of Thornhill -- burst into laughter at her question. Memorable dialogue: Train station ticket agent (played by Glass): Something wrong with your eyes? Thornhill (trying to hide his identity behind dark glasses): Yes, they're sensitive to questions... Memorable dialogue 2: Man about to board bus at the crossroads (played by Atterbury): That's funny. Thornhill: What? Man: That plane's dusting crops where there ain't no crops. Memorable dialogue 3: Eve (while trying to hang on below the Mount Rushmore sculptures of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln): What happened with your first two marriages? Thornhill: My wives divorced me. Eve: Why? Thornhill: They said I led too dull a life. POSTSCRIPT: Look for Hitchcock's traditional cameo appearance at the end of the opening credits. POSTSCRIPT No. 2: Although she played his mother in the film, Landis actually was only seven years older than Grant. For a time, she insisted she was a year younger. POSTSCRIPT No. 3: In "High Anxiety," Mel Brooks' 1977 parody of Hitchcock films, Brooks played the lead character -- Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke. Expires July 15, 2015.

"Why couldn't you have brought this up last week? Six months isn't so long. Not everybody gets corrupted. You've got to have a little faith in people." -- Tracy (Mariel Hemingway) in "Manhattan" (1979), trying to persuade her on-again, off-again boyfriend Isaac (Woody Allen) -- and perhaps herself -- that she'll return to him after six months of studying acting in London.

TCM On Demand for July 8, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) -- Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport, June Lockhart, Henry H. Daniels, Jr., Joan Carroll, Hugh Marlowe, Robert Sully, Chill Wills. Vincente Minnelli's musical follows a year in the lives of the Smith family before the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Garland performs three memorable songs by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane -- "The Boy Next Door," "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (although Martin claimed he wrote the numbers all by himself). It was "The Trolley Song" that received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, but "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" has become a Yuletide classic. Performed in the movie by Garland in an unforgettable scene with the 7-year-old O'Brien, the tune -- with slightly different lyrics -- has been recorded numerous times by such entertainers as Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Bette Midler, the Jackson 5, the Pretenders, Gloria Estefan and Mary J. Blige. On March 15, 1945, O'Brien received a special Juvenile Academy Award as the Outstanding Child Actress of 1944. Her performance as the irrepressible Tootie Smith certainly was a major factor in her award. Astor would play O'Brien's mother again in the 1949 sceen remake of "Little Women," which also starred June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor and Janet Leigh. Garland and Minnelli were married the year after this film's release. Their daughter Liza was born in 1946 and made her first screen appearance at the age of 3 during the finale of "In the Good Old Summertime" (1949). Expires July 14, 2015. 2. The Red Shoes (1948) -- Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Albert Basserman, Jean Short, Gordon Littmann, Julia Lang, Bill Shine, Léonide Massine, Austin Trevor, Esmond Knight, Eric Berry, Irene Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina, Jerry Verno. Directed by the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, this visually stunning presentation about the world of ballet was Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's tale. The film won Academy Awards for Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Brian Easdale). It also was nominated for Best Picture, Best Writing, Motion Picture Story (Pressburger) and Best Film Editing (Reginald Mills). It also made the flame-haired Scottish ballerina Shearer (1926-2006) an international star, although she ultimately chose marriage and a family over a sustained film career. In the film, Shearer stars as the gifted ballerina Victoria "Vicky" Page, who is forced to choose between Julian Craster (Goring) -- the talented composer she loves -- or the demands of ballet company director Boris Lermontov (Walbrook). Memorable dialogue: Lermontov: Why do you want to dance? Vicky Page: Why do you want to live? Lermontov: Well, I don't know exactly why...but I must. Vicky Page: That's my answer, too. Expires July 14, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 8, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. The Thief of Bagdad (1940) -- Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, Morton Selten, Mary Morris, Bruce Winston, Hay Petrie, Adelaide Hall, Roy Emerton, Allan Jeayes. Three Academy Awards went to this visually delightful Technicolor film, which was produced by Sir Alexander Korda and directed by several people, including the great British filmmaker Michael Powell. The fantasy won Oscars for Best Color Cinematography (Georges Périnal), Best Color Art Direction (Vincent Korda) and Best Special Effects (Lawrence W. Butler, photographic; Jack Whitney, sound). The film also received a nomination for Miklós Rózsa's original score. A remake of the 1924 silent film that starred early movie great Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., this version is said to have influenced the 1992 Disney animated feature film "Aladdin." Veidt stars as Jaffar, the scheming Grand Vizier to Ahmad (Justin), the young ruler of Bagdad. Through guile and deception, Jaffar gains control of the kingdom, while Ahmad is forced to flee, accompanied by a skillful young thief named Abu (played by Sabu). Ingram, who played De Lawd in "The Green Pastures" (1936) and the Devil in "Cabin in the Sky" (1943), appears as a magic genie who provides three wishes to Abu, who freed him from a bottle. Roger Ebert, the late Chicago Sun-Times film critic, added the production to his Great Movies list. He wrote in 2009: "Although the film had so many directors (including Michael Powell, two Kordas and [production designer William Cameron] Menzies), it seems the work of one vision and that must have been Korda's. It remains one of the greatest of fantasy films, on a level with 'The Wizard of Oz.' To see either film is to see the cinema incorporating every technical art learned in the 1930s and employing them to create enchanting visions. Today, when dizzying CGI effects, the Queasy-Cam and a frantic editing pace seem to move films closer to video games, witness the beauty of 'Thief of Bagdad' and mourn." Expires July 14, 2015.

TCM On Demand for July 7, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Bright Eyes (1934) -- Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell, Judith Allen, Lois Wilson, Charles Sellon, Walter Johnson, Jane Withers, Theodore von Eltz, Dorothy Christy, Brandon Hurst, George Irving. Uncredited: Selmer Jackson. Temple, Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month for July 2015, became a major star in this tale about an adorable orphan with an uncertain future. Directed by David Butler ("The Little Colonel," "Captain January"), the movie was one of eight pictures that Temple made in 1934. On February 27, 1935, the 6-year-old performer was presented an honorary Academy Award -- a miniature version of the statuette -- "in grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934." Years later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences supplemented the honor with a regular-sized Oscar, which pleased her immensely. Temple plays Shirley Blake -- one of the actress' few characters with her real first name -- who lives with her widowed mother (Wilson), a maid employed by a haughty Southern California family. The little girl is adored by local aviators who were friends of her late father, particularly her godfather James "Loop" Merritt (Dunn). But a custody battle ensues after Shirley's mother is killed in an accident on Christmas Day. Competing with Loop for control of the child's future is Uncle Ned Smith (Sellon), a curmudgeon with a fondness for the girl he calls "Bright Eyes." Pet dog: Rags (Terry), a Cairn Terrier, was the dog that later appeared as Toto opposite Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Memorable scene No. 1: Temple performs the tune that became her signature song -- "On the Good Ship Lollipop," composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Sidney Clare. Memorable scene No. 2: Little Shirley learns about the death of her mother when Loop (Dunn) takes her on a flight to "Heaven": This was Dunn's third feature film with Temple. They previously appeared together in the 1934 films "Baby Take a Bow" and “Stand Up and Cheer!” The veteran actor went on to win the 1945 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." Temple, who made eight films in 1934, became the world's No. 1 box-office star for the next four years. Reportedly, her films enabled 20th Century Fox to stave off bankruptcy during the Depression era by reversing a $42 million debt. She retired from acting after her appearance in the 1949 comedy "A Kiss for Corliss." At the age of 22 in 1950, she married second husband Charles Black on her road to becoming an active force in Republican politics and U.S. diplomacy. As Shirley Temple Black in 1967, she ran for a vacant seat in the U.S. Congress and lost. But she went on to serve as President Nixon's ambassador to Ghana and later President George H.W. Bush's ambassador to what is now the Czech Republic. She also was a Nixon delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and President Ford's chief of protocol for two years. She died on February 10, 2014 at the age of 85. Expires July 13, 2015.

"Is it true that a long time ago, firemen used to put out fires and not burn books?" -- Clarisse (Julie Christie) to Montag (Oskar Werner) in François Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" (1966), based on the futuristic novel by Ray Bradbury.

TCM On Demand for July 7, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 2. Little Miss Marker (1934) -- Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford, Shirley Temple, Lynne Overman, Warren Hymer, Sam Hardy, John Kelly, Frank McGlynn Sr., John Sheehan, Frank Conroy. Uncredited: Willie Best. Directed by Alexander Hall ("Here Comes Mr. Jordan," "Down to Earth"), this colorful tale is based on a story by Damon Runyon. Menjou stars as Sorrowful Jones, a Broadway bookmaker who comes into the possession of a young girl. The reason for his situation: He accepts a bettor's daughter as a "marker" (an I.O.U.) for a $20 wager on a racehorse named Dream Prince. Orphan status: Temple's character, Martha Jane (or "Marky") has no mother at the beginning of the film. She loses her father (Edward Earle) when he commits suicide. Fox Film Corporation (which became 20th Century Fox) loaned Temple to Paramount for this film at 1,000 a week -- which was more than six times what the preteen was being paid by Fox. After the movie became a hit, Paramount offered Fox $50,000 for Temple's contract. The offer was refused. Dell, the Mississippi-born actress who later lived in New Orleans, was killed in a Southern California automobile accident on June 8, 1934 -- one week after the movie was released. She was 19. Dell had been scheduled to star in the movie "Now and Forever" with Gary Cooper and Temple. She was replaced by Carole Lombard. This film has been remade several times, most recently in 1980 as a vehicle for Walter Matthau (as Sorrowful Jones), Dame Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart and young actress Sara Stimson. Expires July 13, 2015. 3. Now and Forever (1934) -- Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, Sir Guy Standing, Charlotte Granville, Gilbert Emery, Henry Kolker, Tetsu Komai. Uncredited: Akim Tamiroff, Richard Loo. This drama teams three actors -- Cooper, Lombard and Temple -- who were ranked in the American Film Institute's 1999 all-time list of the Top 25 actors and Top 25 actresses. Cooper was the No. 11 male; Temple the No. 18 female, followed by Lombard at 23. Directed by Henry Hathaway ("The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," "True Grit"), the film stars Cooper as a swindler named Jerry Day who must take responsibility for his young daughter Penny after her mother's death (his initial idea was to sell her to his brother in law for $75,000). Over time, he begins to appreciate the child and that changes his perspective on life. Lombard co-stars as his love interest and accomplice, Toni Carstairs. Expires July 13, 2015.

Perhaps that's why they reteamed for "Titanic" (1953) after "Stars and Stripes Forever"!

TCM On Demand for July 6, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Duck Soup (1933) -- The Four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo), Margaret Dumont, Raquel Torres, Louis Calhern, Edmund Breese, Leonid Kinskey, Charles Middleton, Edgar Kennedy. Leo McCarey directed this madcap comedy in which Groucho stars as Rufus T. Firefly, the new president of the financially strapped country of Freedonia. Firefly owes his job to a wealthy benefactor, the Widow Teasdale (Dumont), who agrees to provide the nation with $20 million. Meanwhile, Firefly has to contend with intrusions from the neighboring country of Sylvania -- actions that ultimately lead to war. Harpo and Chico appear as spies for Sylvania's Ambassador Trentino (Calhern). In his final screen appearance with his brothers, Zeppo co-stars as Firefly's aide. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked this film No. 85 on its list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. When AFI updated the list in 2007, the film climbed to No. 60. Memorable scene: When Firefly hears a noise in one of his upstairs rooms, he rushes up to investigate and discovers that something's not quite right about his reflection in a mirror. Harpo re-created the scene with Lucille Ball in an episode of "I Love Lucy" that aired May 9, 1955 on CBS. Continued in the next section: