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Madagascar (2005) - sappy Sirk melodrama

Robert Wagner (kinda looked like my brother) -character reminds you of a grand parent

Washington Story (1952)

"Drum Crazy", Astaire from Easter Parade - teaching someone to dance

America, America - effects of drug use

BEACH BLANKET BINGO NEXT: GOLD

Goldie Hawn -played a corrupt lawyer

early SUN., 5-22 4:30 am (ET) Bobby Deerfield (1977) 2h 4m | Adaptation An emotionally distant champion race-car driver finds love with a terminally ill woman. Director Sydney Pollack Cast Al Pacino and Marthe Keller. ".....Vincent Canby of The New York Times said that it "may turn out to be the year's most cynical movie made by people who know better, including Sydney Pollack, the director, and Alvin Sargent, who wrote the screenplay." The film has a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes......Pacino was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. The movie uses clips from the 1976 Formula One season. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Deerfield

On this episode of TCM Slumberground, our panel takes a ride with Byron Mabe's SHE FREAK (1967) and discusses the highs and lows of the sideshow, carnival-themed horror on film, the career of exploitation pioneer David F. Friedman, and the enduring legacy of the Seattle-based cult film distributor Something Weird Video.

On this episode of TCM Slumberground, our panel takes a ride with Byron Mabe's SHE FREAK (1967) and discusses the highs and lows of the sideshow, carnival-themed horror on film, the career of exploitation pioneer David F. Friedman, and the enduring legacy of the Seattle-based cult film distributor Something Weird Video.

SAT., 5-21 8:00 pm (ET) The Argyle Secrets (1948) 1h 3min Allen Pierce, an important newspaper columnist who has been working on an exposé of Nazi sympathizers, is in a Washington hospital when he is visited by reporter Harry Mitchell. After Pierce entrusts Harry with a photocopy of the cover of the Argyle Album, which contains the names of the conspirators, Pierce dies suddenly and a steel scalpel is found sticking in his chest. Harry is suspected of having murdered him ......... https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67583/the-argyle-secrets#synopsis Director Cyril Endfield Cast William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd "TV Guide called the film an "often exciting low-budget thriller."[6]Variety called the film "a particularly interesting B movie in its suggestion that the U.S. government secretly brought Nazis into the country to work for the military.".....

don't like calling ANYone 'ugly', but Ernie Borgnine in Marty - last movie that made you laugh out louud

Billy Dee Williams - could write, direct and star in films

#8) Olivier's honours included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of Merit (1981).

Andy Griffith in "No Time for Sergeants," - played a corrupt sheriff

'Sam Waters' from Born To Kill - character unbelievably naive

Xanadu - female histrionics

THE GAY DIVORCEE Next: Sleep

His Kind of Woman (1951) Shot in the chest by Robert Mitchum while Raymond is trying to kill Vincent Price. -kills Dan Duryea

WED., 5-18 8:00 pm (ET) The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2019) 1h 40m "This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and production photos and footage, revealing Walsh's extraordinary, adventurous life on and off the set...... From his apprenticeship with D.W. Griffith to his discovery of John Wayne and Rock Hudson, from the innovative ‘The Thief of Bagdad’ (1924) to the widescreen ‘The Big Trail’ (1930), from his classic work with Cagney, Bogart and Flynn to his mastery of every genre (musicals, comedies, Westerns, gangster, war), Walsh made Hollywood history. His life is nothing less than the story of Hollywood itself. Here’s a full-bodied account of one of Hollywood’s greatest legends." https://letterboxd.com/film/the-true-adventures-of-raoul-walsh/ Director Marilyn Ann Moss Cast Peter Bogdanovich, Jane Russell, Johnny Crear

THURS., 5-19 6:15 pm (ET) The Traveling Executioner (1970) 1h 35m | Comedy | TV-14 An executioner is seduced by a woman marked for his portable electric chair in the 1918 Deep South In 1918 Jonas Candide, equipped with his own electric chair, travels from prison to prison charging $100 per execution. At Fairweather Prison in Alabama, he is hired to electrocute siblings Willy and Gundred Herzallerliebst. After he executes Willy, Jonas is seduced by Gundred and, hoping for her pardon, postpones her execution. When no pardon is forthcoming, Jonas attempts to persuade prison physician Doc Prittle to assist in simulating her execution. .......... Director Jack Smight Cast Stacy Keach, Bud Cort, Stefan Gierasch and Marianna Hill "........`The traveling executioner' is a black comedy love-story with a western undertone. It's the music that creates that pleasure full funny western feeling. What for sure is marvelous in this movie. The moment he's starting philosophizing to the condemned to death by his electric chair are `quality moments' in this movie. Not even to mention the funny truck he drives thru the country to visit every possible jail to for fill his task. The conversations are sometimes hilarious. ...... Are you in for a funny black romantic comedy movie. With a superb, strong acting Stacey Keatch go for this one,........ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066485/reviews/?ref_=tt_ql_urv

WED., 5-18 8:00 pm (ET) The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2019) 1h 40m This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and production photos and footage......... Directed by Marilyn Ann Moss • 2019 • United States Starring Peter Bogdanovich, Illeana Douglas, Leonard Maltin "This 2019 documentary by Marilyn Ann Moss, based on her book “Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood’s Legendary Director,” provides an overview of Walsh’s career, from his work as an actor in silent cinema to the over two hundred films he directed, into the 1960s. It includes excerpts from Walsh’s memoir and interviews with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich; actors Illeana Douglas, Jane Russell, and Jack Larson; media historian Norman Klein; and film critic Leonard Maltin.

9) Hepburn played Sister Luke in The Nun's Story (1959), which focuses on the character's struggle to succeed as a nun, alongside co-star Peter Finch. The role produced a third Academy Award nomination for Hepburn