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12:00 AM (ET) B/W - 75 m Big Night, The (1951) Synopsis: An emotional teenager takes on the mob when gangsters beat up his father. Dir: Joseph Losey Cast: John Barrymore Jr. , Preston Foster , Joan Lorring . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Night_(1951_film) LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: 😧 Joseph Losey. John Barrymore, Jr, Preston Foster, Howland Chamberlain, Joan Lorring, Dorothy Comingore, Howard John. Brooding account of rebellious teenager Barrymore's emotional flare-up with humanity at large; well done.

Jennifer Dorian @JRDorian · 1h @TCM News: Pola Changnon (@AstaBoots) is new General Manager of TCM. My reco, thrilled for her and TCM! I’ll ride off into the sunset to the dawn of new adventures. Thank you to #TCMHQ staff, talent and TCM fans and #TCMParty for best 5 of my 20 years at Turner!

Fri., 1-10 for Underground.......... (times ET) 2:00 AM Multiple Maniacs ( 1970) Three determined women, Divine, Cookie and Mink Stole, set out to solve the Sharon Tate murders. Dir: John Waters Cast: Divine , David Lochary , Mary Vivian Pearce . BW- 97 mins, CC, Lou Cedrone wrote: "Multiple Maniacs is very smelly, save for a moment here and there when the Waters humor is apparent. And humor he has. It's just a shame he has chosen to ignore that for the brutality which is not, as he and his audiences may think, a gas."[9] In 1981, Geoffrey Himes, also of The Baltimore Sun referred to the film as "thoroughly disgusting" yet "also quite funny at times."[10] The film holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is Waters' highest-rated film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Maniacs#Critical_response 3:45 AM Female Trouble ( 1975) A fictitious biography of Dawn Davenport, a headline-seeking criminal. Dir: John Waters Cast: Divine , David Lochary , Mary Vivian Pearce . BW- 98 mins, CC, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_Trouble

HERE WE GO AGAIN.............. "8:00 PM comedy Some Like It Hot (1959) 12:02 AM short Swing Banditry (1936) " ============================================= NOT showing on TCM online schedules........ but shows on my DTV lineup....... Wed., 1-8 for Roaring 20's........... @8:15PM (ET) ? The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967 ) "....gangster film based on the 1929 Chicago mass murder of seven members of the Northside Gang (led by George "Bugs" Moran) on orders from Al Capone. It was directed by Roger Corman and written by Howard Browne. Corman called it "the most accurate, authentic gangster film ever".[4] The film stars Jason Robards as Al Capone, George Segal as Peter Gusenberg, David Canary as Frank Gusenberg and Ralph Meeker as George "Bugs" Moran. ...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_St._Valentine's_Day_Massacre_(film)

after ALL the mentions in the doc, how could they have NOT aired DODSWORTH??

Christy @suesueapplegate · 5h Ben Mankiewicz visits with director Alexa Foreman tonight before her Premiere documentary, “Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor,” a project championed by the late Robert Osborne and narrated by @TheLeeGrant on @tcm at 8 p.m. ET #LetsMovie @BenMank77

Mon., 1-6, for Mary Astor...... 8:00 P M & 1:00 AM (ET) B/W - 62 m Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018) Synopsis: Astor was fighting a child custody battle against her vindictive ex-husband, who sought revenge by taking away her young daughter, Marylyn. Although nude selfies have recently been used by an ex-husband to bring down his politician wife, and are occasionally used today to blackmail celebrities, Astor's 1930s version was a stolen, secret diary, full of explicit details of her love affairs that her husband leaked to the press. It threatened to cost Astor the custody of her child and destroy her career Dir: Alexa Foreman "....... Foreman, a veteran TCM researcher, was inspired to make Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor after learning more about Astor's life when she was named as a TCM Star of the Month in 2014 at the suggestion of the late TCM host and film historian Robert Osborne. ...... with narration by actress Lee Grant, was a two-year labor of love, encompassing several interviews, including film critics Molly Haskell and Leonard Maltin; David Wyler, son of Dodsworth director William Wyler; and Astor's 84-year-old daughter Marylyn Thorpe Roh, who was four years old at the time of the trial. ..." see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2201666/Scandal-The-Trial-of-Mary-Astor/articles.html

so, I guess it IS AIRING........

Fri., 1-3 for Planet of the Apes..... 12:00 am (ET) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) A trio of intelligent and cultured apes from the future create paranoia amongst 20th century humans, who fear a plot to overthrow mankind. The film is the third in the series Dir. Don Taylor see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_the_Planet_of_the_Apes "One of the better Planet of the Apes sequels, Escape is more character-driven than the previous films, and more touching as a result." ....... ============================================ @2:00 am (ET) Underground..... Chopping Mall (1986) American science-fiction comedy horror film co-written and directed by Jim Wynorski, produced by Julie Corman, and starring Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, John Terlesky, and Russell Todd. The story focuses on three security robots turning rogue, and killing teenage employees inside a shopping mall after dark. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopping_Mall

"Escape..." IS indeed still showing up on the DTV schedule .... as IS "Chopping Mall"............ ???

"Escape..." IS indeed still showing up on the DTV schedule

Wow.....seems ALL these disappeared !?........... Jan 1 - Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) (6:30 am ET 75 min) * Jan 2 - Sorrowful Jones (1949) (11:15 pm ET 88m) * Jan 3 - Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) (12:00 am ET 98 min) * Jan 3 - Chopping Mall (1986) (2:00 am ET 77 min)

Carlos Aguilar @Carlos_Film This thread highlights 135 international animated features from the 2010s (I know that’s a lot!). Animation is never appreciated enough, so I decided to celebrate these great works before the decade is over. Nobody asked for this list, but here it is for those interested: https://twitter.com/Carlos_Film/status/1211762638188773376 3:35 PM · Dec 30, 2019

Sat., 12-28 @ 12:00 AM and Sun., 12-29 @ 10:00 AM (ET) for Noir Alley......... B/W - 93 m Repeat Performance (1947) Synopsis: Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Louis Hayward , Joan Leslie , Virginia Field . see article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87990/Repeat-Performance/articles.html .....Eddie Muller called the film a "film noir version of It's a Wonderful Life (1946)." LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: 😧 Alfred L. Werker. Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Tom Conway, Benay Venuta, Richard Basehart, Virginia Field; narrated by John Ireland. On New Year's Eve, woman gets chance to relive the past year, leading up to the moment she murdered her husband. Fine premise smoothly executed in this B production; Basehart's first film. Remade for TV in 1989 as TURN BACK THE CLOCK.

Fri., 12-27 for Underground......... 2:00 AM (ET) B/W - 86 m TV-MA Satanis, the Devil's Mass (1970) Synopsis: Shot in 1969, the documentary is most memorable for showing Anton LaVey conducting black masses in a horned-devil outfit, but also aims to be an even debate on modern Satanism with members of the church and opponents being interviewed about the pros and cons. Dir: Ray Laurent Cast: Anton Szandor LaVey , "......... the new Church of Satan in the late '60s and found itself captured on film in Satanis: The Devil's Mass, the legacy of LaVey and his initiates remains a fascinating and still unique one in the history of American religious practices and the often hysterical response by the public." see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/563656/Satanis-the-Devil-s-Mass/articles.html

Oooops.............. posted in HITS/MISSES sorry ============================== · Bowie Alert David Bowie stars as a P.O.W. in a Japanese prison camp in MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (1983) at 3:00 AM ET on @TCM Imports,...... http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83343/Merry-Christmas-Mr-Lawrence/articles.html "....... From the great performances to the spiritual and cultural themes, from the direction to the music, there is a lot more to recommend with this film than most others. It's too bad it has taken so long for everyone to catch on. "

Next On TCM @NextOnTCM · Bowie Alert David Bowie stars as a P.O.W. in a Japanese prison camp in MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (1983) at 3:00 AM ET on @TCM Imports,...... http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83343/Merry-Christmas-Mr-Lawrence/articles.html "....... From the great performances to the spiritual and cultural themes, from the direction to the music, there is a lot more to recommend with this film than most others. It's too bad it has taken so long for everyone to catch on. "

Fri., 12-20 for Underground.......... 2:30 AM (ET) B/W - 82 m Made In Usa (1987) Synopsis: Two misfit best friends, Dar and Tuck, leave their dying coal mining town with only one goal in mind - to reach sunny California and hook up with some beach babes. The two steal cars as they travel across the USA and are joined by a wild young woman. Dir: Ken Friedman Cast: Adrian Pasdar , Christopher Penn , Lori Singer . see: https://letterboxd.com/film/made-in-usa-1987/

'Cats': Spay It - "From the moment Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to set the T.S. Eliot poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats to music, Cats has felt like an escalating series of dares, or a Bialystock & Bloom scheme that accidentally became one of the biggest sensations in Broadway history. It did not seem likely that a plotless revue where cats either introduce themselves or introduce other cats would ignite public interest. Or that Grizabella's ascendence to the Heaviside Layer would last longer than the acid trip that summoned it to life. Or that a single song, "Memory," would be so transcendent that it could carry a production for decades........... In the true Cats tradition, the idea should have been scuttled in the testing phase, when the skin-tight melding of faces and bodies with "digital fur technology" looked glitchy and unsettling, like one of the ghosts from a Japanese horror movie. And yet director Tom Hooper and the studio pressed on, ........... https://www.npr.org/2019/12/19/787550587/cats-spay-it?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr

Tues., 12-17 for In Memorium......... 2:00 AM (ET) B/W - 93 m McHale's Navy (1964) Synopsis: based on the popular television series that ran from 1962-1966. The series had been created from a 1962 dramatic episode of the Alcoa Premiere anthology series called "Seven Against the Sea" and was turned into comedy by producers Jennings Lang and Edward J. Montagne. Dir: Edward J. Montagne Cast: Ernest Borgnine , Tim Conway , Joe Flynn . see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83147/McHale-s-Navy/articles.html

late Sun., 12-15 for Silent Sundays.......... 12:00 AM (ET) B/W - 76 m TV-G Beauty's Worth (1922) Synopsis: a young Quaker woman who lives with her well-to-do but saintly maiden aunts, played by Martha Mattox and Aileen Manning. The strict aunts, who repeatedly remind their niece to contain her high spirits, are so pious that they refer to the 20th century as "a work of Satan." Dir: Robert G. Vignola Cast: Marion Davies , Forrest Stanley , June Elvidge . see : http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490722/Beauty-s-Worth/articles.html

'A Christmas Carol’ trailer: Guy Pearce is ‘*****’ Scrooge for FX "...........The network describes the reboot, premiering at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19, as “a spine-tingling immersion into Scrooge’s dark night of the soul.” How dark does it get? After Scrooge’s deceased colleague Jacob Marley (Stephen Graham) is given his chains to bear in the afterlife, Marley is seen yelling at the top of his lungs as he gets dragged through a snow-covered forest by a fast-racing horse-drawn carriage. Later, resentful miser Scrooge is threatened by Mary Cratchit (Vinette Robinson, 38), the wife of his oft-abused clerk Bob Cratchit. “I am a woman and I have the power to summon such spirits,” Mary spits at Scrooge, adding, “and I f–king will.” (We don’t remember that line from Dickens’ book.)....... https://nypost.com/2019/11/20/a-christmas-carol-trailer-guy-pearce-is-f-king-scrooge-for-fx/