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*Patful's Challenge #13 Schedule* *March 7-13, 2010* *Sunday, March 7, 2010* *Alexander Graham Bell Patented the Telephone on This Day in 1876* 6:00AM *Sorry Wrong Number* (1948) Barbara Stanwyck, D: A. Litvak, Paramount (p/s), 89min 7:30AM *Party Wire* (1935) Jean Arthur, Victor Jory, D: E.C. Kenton, Columbia, 70min 8:45AM *Pillow Talk* (1959) Rock Hudson, Doris Day, D: M. Gordon, Universal (p/s), 103min *March of the Pointe Shoes - Lesser-Known Ballet Films* 10:30AM *On Your Toes* (1938) Zorina, Eddie Albert, D: R. Enright, Warner, 93min cartoon *Ballet-Oop* (1954) Marvin Miller, D: R. Cannon, Columbia, 7min 12:15PM *La Mort du Cygne* (1937) Jeanine Charrat, D: J. Benoit-Levy, Mayer-Burstyn (p/s), 85min 1:45PM *The Men in Her Life* (1941) Loretta Young, Conrad Veidt, D: G. Ratoff, Columbia, 89min *Harem Hijinks* 3:15PM *Harem Girl* (1952) Joan Davis, Peggie Castle, D: E. Bernds, Columbia, 70min 4:30PM *Kismet*(1955) Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, D: V. Minnelli, MGM, 113min 6:30PM *Babes in Bagdad* (1952) Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee, D: E.G. Ulmer, UA, 80min *Family Night - Sharyn Moffett, Dog's Best Friend* 8:00PM *My Pal Wolf* (1944) Moffett, Grey Shadow, D: A. Werker, RKO, 74min 9:15PM *A Boy, a Girl and a Dog* (1946) Moffett, Hobo, D: H. Kline, Film Classics, 77min, Premiere short *Famous Movie Dogs* (1940) John Deering, D: D. Frazier, Warner, 10min 10:45PM *Banjo* (1947) Moffett, Banjo, D: R. Fleischer, RKO, 68min *Silent Sunday Nights - War's Aftermath - WWI* 12:00AM *Isn't Life Wonderful* (1924) Carol Dempster, Neil Hamilton, D: D.W. Griffith, UA, 115min *TCM Imports - War's Aftermath - WWII* 2:00AM *Somewhere in Europe* (1947) Artur Somlay, Miklos Gabor, D: G. Radvanyi, Mafirt, 100min short *The Friendship Train* (1947) Dwight Weist, D: ?, Warner, 14min 4:00AM *The Search* (1948) Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, D: F. Zinnemann, MGM, 105min short *Angel of Mercy* (1939) John Nesbitt, Sarah Haden, D: E.L. Cahn, MGM, 11min *Monday, March 8* *Wisdom Is the Principal Thing...* 6:00AM *The Three Wise Guys* (1936) Robert Young, Betty Furness, D: G.B. Seitz, MGM, 75min 7:15AM *Three Wise Fools* (1923) Claude Gillingwater, Eleanor Boardman, D: Vidor, Goldwyn, 70min 8:30AM *Three Wise Girl*s (1932) Jean Harlow, Mae Clarke, D: W. Beaudine, Columbia, 68min *When Bailouts Were Simple...* 9:45AM *A Dangerous Profession* (The Bail Bond Story) (1949) George Raft, D: Tetzlaff, RKO, 79min short *A Plumbing We Will Go* (1940) Stooges, D: D. Lord, Columbia, 18min 11:30AM *Windjammer* (1937) George O'Brien, Constance Worth, D: E. Scott, RKO, 60min 12:30AM *Parachute Battalion* (1941) Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, D: L. Goodwins, RKO, 75min *Dreaded February Birthdays - Merle Oberon - Born February 19, 1911* 1:45PM *Beloved Enemy* (1936) Oberon, Brian Aherne, D: H.C. Potter, Goldwyn, 90min 3:15PM *Lydia* (1941) Oberon, Joseph Cotten, D: J. Duvivier, UA (p/s), 104min 5:00PM *The Lodger* (1944) Oberon, George Sanders, D: J. Brahm, Fox (p/s), 84min 6:30PM *Pardon My French* (1951) Paul Henreid, Oberon, D: B. Vorhaus, UA, 82min Number 13 - *Double-M-Named Silent Actresses...* 8:00PM *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1920) Martha Mansfield, D: J. Robertson, FP-L, 69min, Premiere 9:15PM *Tillie* (1922) Mary Miles Minter, Noah Beery, D: F. Urson, Paramount, 51min, Premiere 10:15PM *Polly of the Circus* (1917) Mae Marsh, Vernon Steele, D: Horan/Hollywood, Goldwyn, 80min 11:45PM *Valencia* (1926) Mae Murray, Lloyd Hughes, D: D. Buchowetzki, MGM, 60min *Truthiness* 12:45AM *The Awful Truth* (1937) Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, D: L. McCarey, Columbia, 91min short *Truth Ache*s (1939) Leon Errol, Anita Garvin, D: C.E. Roberts, RKO, 19min 2:45AM *True as a Turtle* (1957) John Gregson, Cecil Parker, D: W. Toye, Rank, 96min 4:30AM *The Whole Truth* (1958) Stewart Granger, D: Cohen/Guillermin, Columbia, 84min *Tuesday, March 9* *Gold Digging Fun* 6:00AM *Kansas City Princess* (1934) Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, D: W. Keighley, Warner, 69min 7:15AM *Play Girl* (1941) Kay Francis, Mildred Coles, D: F. Woodruff, RKO, 77min short *The Devil's Parade* (1930) Joan Blondell, Sidney Toler, D: G. Hale, Warner, 10min 8:45AM *The Greeks Had a Word for Them* (1932) Joan Blondell, D: L. Sherman, Goldwyn, 80min *Careful With That Axe, Eugene...* 10:15AM *Park Avenue Logger* (1937) George O'Brien, Beatrice Roberts, D: D. Howard, RKO, 67min 11:30AM *Roaring Timber* (1937) Jack Holt, Grace Bradley, D: P. Rosen, Columbia, 60min 12:30PM *The Tougher They Come* (1950) Wayne Morris, Preston Foster, D: Nazarro, Columbia, 69min *Warren J's Texas Communal Ranch Favorites?* 1:45PM *Baby Doll* (1956) Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, D: E. Kazan, Warner (p/s), 115min 3:45PM *Child Bride* (1938) Shirley Mills, Bob Bollinger, D: H. Revier, Astor (PD), 62min short *Wife to Spare* (1947) Andy Clyde, Christine McIntyre, D: E. Bernds, Columbia, 18min 5:15PM *Lolita* (1962) James Mason, Sue Lyon, D: S. Kubrick, MGM, 154min cartoon *The Tell-Tale Heart* (1953) James Mason, D: T. Parmelee, Columbia, 8min *Star of the Month - Marsha Hunt* 8:00PM *Easy to Take* (1936) Hunt, John Howard, D: G. Tryon, Paramount, 67min, Premiere 9:15PM *Gentle Julia* (1936) Hunt, Jane Withers, D: J. Blystone, Fox, 63min, Premiere short *Women in Hiding* (1940) Hunt, Jane Drummond, D: J. Newman, MGM, 22min 10:45PM *Seven Sweethearts* (1942) Kathryn Grayson, Hunt, D: F. Borzage, MGM, 99min 12:30PM *The Affairs of Martha* (1942) Hunt, Richard Carlson, D: J. Dassin, MGM, 66min 1:45AM *None Shall Escape* (1944) Hunt, Henry Travers, D: A. DeToth, Columbia, 85min 3:15AM *A Letter for Evie* (1946) Hunt, Hume Cronyn, D: J. Dassin, MGM, 89min 4:45AM *Mary Ryan, Detective* (1950) Hunt, June Vincent, D: A. Berlin, Columbia, 68min *Wednesday, March 10* *Amongst the White Picket Fences of the 1950's, Psychotics Galore* 6:00AM *Edge of Fury* (1958) Michael Higgins, Lois Holmes, D: Gurney/Lerner, UA, 78min short *Crazy House* (1930) Benny Rubin, Vernon Dent, D: J. Cummings, MGM, 12min 7:30AM *The Night of the Hunter* (1955) Robert Mitchum, D: C. Laughton, UA, 93min short *Call of the Cuckoo* (1927) Laurel & Hardy, D: C. Bruckman, MGM, 17min 9:30AM *The Brain Machine* (1955) Maxwell Reed, Elizabeth Allan, D: K. Hughes, RKO, 84min 11:00AM *The Bad Seed* (1956) Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, D: M. LeRoy, Warner (p/s), 129min *Barry Fitzgerald's Birthday - Born on This Day in 1888* 1:15PM *The Stork Club* (1945) Betty Hutton, Fitzgerald, D: H. Walker, Paramount (p/s), 98min 3:00PM *Going My Way* (1944) Bing Crosby, Fitzgerald, D: L. McCarey, Paramount (p/s), 127min 5:15PM *The Plough and the Star*s (1937) Barbara Stanwyck, Fitzgerald, D: J. Ford, RKO, 67min 6:30PM *Easy Come, Easy Go* (1947) Fitzgerald, Diana Lynn, D: Farrow, Paramount, 77min, Premiere short *Ireland: The Emerald Isle* (1934) J. FitzPatrick, D: R. FitzPatrick, MGM, 8min *Vlad Moon Rising* 8:00PM *Nosferatu* (1922) Max Schreck, Greta Schroder, D: F.W. Murnau, Film Arts (p/s), 72min 9:15PM *Dracula* (1931) Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, D: T. Browning, Universal (p/s), 75min 10:30PM *Vampyr* (1932) Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, C.T. Dreyer, GFSC (p/s), 73min *Squirrels Gone Wild - Stardom for Our Rodent Friends* 11:45PM *The Red Mill* (1927) Marion Davies, Owen Moore, D: W. Goodrich, MGM, 70min 1:00AM *Charly* (1968) Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, D: R. Nelson, Cinerama (p/s), 103min 2:45AM *Caddyshack* (1980) Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, D: H. Ramis, Orion (p/s), 99min 4:30AM *The Great Rupert* (1950) Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, D: I. Pichel, Eagle-Lion (p/s), 86min *Thursday, March 11* *"I Shall Return" - MacArthur Bowed Out of the Philippines on This Day in 1942* 6:00AM *Cry Havoc* (1944) Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, D: R. Thorpe, MGM, 98min 7:45AM *Bataan* (1943) Robert Taylor, George Murphy, D: T. Garnett, MGM, 115min 9:45AM *They Were Expendable* (1945) Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, D: J. Ford, MGM, 135min *Small-Time Hoods, Reaaaaally Small* 12:00PM *Mokey* (1942) Bobby Blake, Donna Reed, D: W. Root, MGM, 88min 1:30PM *Petticoat Larceny* (1943) Joan Carroll, Ruth Warrick, D: B. Holmes, RKO, 61min short *Good Bad Boys* (1940) Our Gang, D: E.L. Cahn, MGM, 10min 2:45PM *The Kid* (1921) Jackie Coogan, Charles Chaplin, D: Chaplin, Warner, 51min *Puppeteers - Some Fun, Some Not So Fun* 3:45PM *Lili* (1958) Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, D: C. Walters, MGM, 81min 5:15PM *Carnival* (1935) Lee Tracy, Jimmy Durante, D: W. Lang, Columbia, 77min short *Double Talk* (1937) Bergen & McCarthy, D: L. French, Warner, 10min 6:45PM *Bluebeard* (1944) John Carradine, Jean Parker, D: E. Ulmer, PRC (p/s), 70min *On Location in Jackson Hole, Wyoming* 8:00PM *Three Bad Men* (1926) George O'Brien, Olive Borden, D: J. Ford, Fox, Premiere, 92min short *The Mild West* (1933) Olive Borden, D: J. Henabery, Warner, 21min 10:00PM *Shane* (1953) Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, D: G. Stevens, Paramount (p/s), 118min 12:00AM *Bad Bascomb* (1946) Margaret O'Brien, Wallace Beery, D: S.S. Simon, MGM, 111min 2:00AM *Wyoming* (1940) Wallace Beery, Leo Carillo, D: R. Thorpe, MGM, 89min *Get Hep!* 3:30AM *Reet, Petite and Gone* (1947) Louis Jordan, D: W.F. Crouch, Astor (PD), 69min 4:45AM *Hi-De-Ho* (1947) Cab Calloway, D: J. Binney, All-American (PD), 72min *Friday, March 12* *Three Triangular Tales* 6:00AM *A Guy, a Gal and a Pal* (1945) Ross Hunter, D: B. Boetticher, Columbia, 62min short *I Won't Play* (1944) Janis Paige, Dane Clark, D: C. Wilbur, Warner, 18min 7:30AM *Two Gals and a Guy* (1951) Robert Alda, Janis Paige, D: A.E. Green, UA, 70min 8:45AM *A Girl, a Guy and a Gob* (1941) George Murphy, Lucille Ball, D: R. Wallace, RKO, 90min *Fun With Books* 10:15AM *Theodora Goes Wild* (1936) Irene Dunne, D: Boleslawski, Columbia, 94min short *One for the Book* (1940) Betty Hutton, Hal Sherman, D: R. Mack, Warner, 19min 12:15PM *Please Turn Over* (1959) Ted Ray, Jean Kent, D: G. Thomas, Columbia, 87min 1:45PM *The Bride Goes Wild *(1948) June Allyson, Van Johnson, D: N. Taurog, MGM, 98min *You 'Ette Yet?* 3:30PM *The College Coquette* (1929) Ruth Taylor, Jobyna Ralston, D: Archainbaud, Columbia, 68min 4:45PM *No, No, Nanette* (1930) Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, D: C. Badger, Warner, 101min short *Humanettes* (1930) Benny Rubin, June Clyde, D: L. Jason, RKO, 10min 6:45PM *Gigolette* (1935) Adrienne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, D: C. Lamont, RKO, 68min *We Don't Like Your Kine Around Here - Glenn Ford, Range Warrior* 8:00PM *The Violent Men* (1955) Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, D: R. Mate, Columbia, 96min short *Range Rhythm* (1942) Ray Whitley, Virginia Vale, D: C.E. Roberts, RKO, 17min 10:00PM *The Sheepman* (1958) Ford, Shirley MacLaine, D: G. Marshall, MGM, 86min short *Sagebrush Serenade* (1939) Ray Whitley, Jean Joyce, D: C.E. Roberts, RKO, 19min 11:45PM *Heaven With a Gun* (1969) Ford, Carolyn Jones, D: L.H. Katzin, MGM, 101min *TCM Underground - A Heapin' Helpin' o' Hicksploitation!* 1:30AM *Swamp Girl* (1971) Simone Griffeth, Ferlin Husky, D: D. Davis, Davis Prod., 78min cartoon *Sadie Hawkins Day* (1944) Li'l Abner, D: B. Wickersham, Columbia, 7min 3:00AM *Shotgun Wedding* (1963) Jenny Maxwell, Valerie Allen, D: B. Petroff, Arkota, 64min cartoon *Kickapoo Juice* (1944) Li'l Abner, D: H. Swift, Columbia, 7min 4:15AM *Swamp Country* (1966) Carole Gilbert, Rex Allen, D: R. Patrick, Patrick-Sandy, 98min *Saturday, March 13* *Yodelin' Along With Champion at Columbia* 6:00AM *On Top of Old Smoky* (1953) Gene Autry, D: G. Archainbaud, Columbia, 59min 7:00AM *Beyond the Purple Hills* (1950) Gene Autry, D: G. English, Columbia, 70min 8:15AM *Saginaw Trail* (1953) Gene Autry, D: D: G. Archainbaud, Columbia, 54min *Trolling for Dollars - Treasures of the Deep* 9:15AM *Below the Sea* (1933) Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, D: A. Rogell, Columbia, 78min cartoon *Treasure Jest* (1945) Paul Frees, D: B. Wickersham, Columbia, 7min 10:45AM *Zombies of Mora Tau* (1957) Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, D: E. Cahn, Columbia, 69min 12:00PM *Forbidden Island* (1959) John Hall, Nan Adams, D: C.B. Griffith, Columbia, 66min 1:15PM *Port Sinister* (1953) James Warren, Lynne Roberts, D: H. Daniels, RKO, 65min *Immigrant Ups and Downs* 2:30PM *My Girl Tisa* (1948) Lilli Palmer, Sam Wanamaker, D: E. Nugent, Warner, 98min 4:15PM *An American Romance* (1944) Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, D: K. Vidor, MGM, 121min short *The Greenie* (1942) Carey Wilson, D: F. Zinnemann, MGM 10min 6:30PM *Sins of the Children* (1930) Louis Mann, Robert Montgomery, D: S. Wood, MGM, 87min *TCM Essentials - Bride of Frankenstein* 8:00PM *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935) Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, D: J. Whale, Universal (p/s), 75min talk 9:30PM *Young Frankenstein* (1974) Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, D: M. Brooks, Fox (p/s), 106min short *Who's Got the Body?* (1930) Nick Basil, Henry Armetta, D: M. Sandrich, RKO, 12min 11:30PM *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975) Tim Curry, D: J. Sharman, Fox, 100min, Premiere *Yours Truly* 1:15AM *Mr. Chump* (1938) Johnnie Davis, Lola Lane, D: W. Clemens, Warner, 61min short *The Awful Goof* (1939) Charley Chase, Dorothy Comingore, D: D. Lord, Columbia, 20min 2:45AM *The Boob* (1926) George Arthur, Gertrude Olmsted, W. Wellman, MGM, 64min short *Who's a Dummy?* (1941) Leon Errol, Vivian Tobin, D: H. D'Arcy, RKO, 17min 4:15AM Singing Fool (1928) Al Jolsen, Betty Bronson, D: L. Bacon, Warner, 102min Finis

filmlover Programming Notes: I?ve always enjoyed the performances of Rex Ingram, one of American's great actors (I especially enjoyed his funny yet terrifying performance as the genie in 1940's *The Thief of Bagdad*), and thought he deserved a tribute. And it also gave me a chance to salute the similarly-named Rex Ingram, a film director from Ireland, who was a mighty force during the silent film days. The director died in 1959 and the actor died in 1969. Speaking of silent films, ChipHeartsMovies? giving us ?Premiere-free? silent films to play with really helped create a good day and a half of films I would like to see on TCM. This includes my Star of the Month feature, which actually became ?Stars of the Month? in my schedule because I went with ?Silent Screen Sirens, Starlets, and Studs.? This definitely could be something for a full month weekly feature because, doing one film per star so we can see all the talent from back then. There were so many silent stars I had to leave off due to lack of space. _Tuesday, January 12, 2010 is a VERY IMPORTANT day._ It will be Luise Rainer?s 100th birthday and she is still alive. I hope TCM devotes a good portion of this day when January comes and honors her. My ?13? feature is quite clear in the info I provided. Most of the week is easy to understand, so I won?t provide notes on that part.

filmlover schedule: _Sunday, January 10, 2010_ *Rex Ingram ? the Actor* 6:00 am *The Green Pastures* (WB, 1936) Rex Ingram as De Lawd/Adam/Hezdrel 93 min. 7:45 am *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (MGM, 1939) Rex Ingram as Jim 91 min. 9:30 am *The Thief of Bagdad* (UA, 1940) Rex Ingram as the Djinn 106 min. 11:30 am *Sahara* (Col., 1943) Rex Ingram as Tambul 95 min. 1:30 pm *Cabin in the Sky* (MGM, 1943) Rex Ingram as Lucius/Lucifer, Jr. 99 min. 3:30 pm *Hell on Devil?s Island* (Univ., 1957) Rex Ingram as Lulu 72 min. 4:45 pm *Anna Lucasta* (UA, 1959) Rex Ingram as Joe Lucasta 92 min. 6:30 pm *Escort West* (UA, 1959) Rex Ingram as Nelson Water 75 min. *Rex Ingram ? the Director* 8:00 pm *Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse* (Metro, 1921) Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry 130 min. 10:15 pm *The Prisoner of Zenda* (Metro, 1922) Lewis Stone, Alice Terry 114 min. 12:15 am SILENT SUNDAY NIGHT *Scaramouche* (Metro, 1924) Ramon Navarro, Alice Terry 124 min. 2:30 am TCM IMPORTS *Marc Nostrum* (MGM, 1926) (filmed in Nice, France) Alice Terry, Antonio Moreno 102 min. 4:15 am *The Magician* (MGM, 1926) Alice Terry, Paul Wegener 83 min. _Monday, January 11, 2010_ *Silent Spectacles* 6:00 am *The Big Parade* (MGM, 1925) John Gilbert 126 min. 8:15 am *The Covered Wagon* (Par., 1923) Lois Wilson 105 min. 10:00 am *The Eagle* (UA, 1925) Rudolph Valentino 72 min. 12:15 pm *The Ten Commandments* (Par., 1923) Theodore Roberts 136 min. 2:30 pm *Pandora?s Box* (Janus, 1928) Louise Brooks 110 min. 4:30 pm *Variete* (Unknown, 1925) Emil Jannings 104 min. 6:15 pm *The Black Pirate* (UA, 1926) Douglas Fairbanks 90 min. *Stars of the Month: Silent Screen Sirens, Starlets, and Studs* 8:00 pm *Broken Blossoms* (UA, 1919) Richard Barthelmess, Lillian Gish 90 min. 9:45 pm *The Garden of Eden* (1928) Corinne Griffith 78 min. 11:15 pm *Peter Pan* (Par., 1924) Betty Bronson 102 min. 1:00 am *The Sea Hawk* (First National, 1924) Milton Sills 124 min. 3:15 am *Orchids and Ermine* (First National, 1927) Colleen Moore 70 min. 4:30 am *Two Arabian Knights* (UA, 1927) William Boyd 90 min. _Tuesday, January 12, 2010_ *Luise Rainer 100th birthday* 6:00 am *Escapade* (MGM, 1935) William Powell, Luise Rainer 89 min. 7:30 am *The Great Ziegfeld* (MGM, 1936) William Powell, Luise Rainer 186 min. 10:45 am *The Emperor?s Candlesticks* (MGM, 1937) William Powell, Luise Rainer 92 min. 12:30 pm *The Good Earth* (MGM, 1937) Paul Muni, Luise Rainer 139 min. 3:00 pm *Big City* (MGM, 1937) Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy 75 min. 4:15 pm *The Toy Wife* (MGM, 1938) Luise Rainier, Melvyn Douglas 96 min. 6:00 pm *The Great Waltz* (MGM, 1938) Luise Rainer 107 min. *Theme of the Month: 13* 8:00 pm *The Thirteenth Hour* (Col., 1947) Richard Dix 65 min. 9:15 pm *Apollo 13* (Univ., 1995) Tom Hanks 135 min. 11:45 pm *M* (13th letter in the alphabet) (Paramount, 1931) Peter Lorre 111 min. p/s 1:45 am *Charlie Chan in Honolulu* (13 being the number of children Charlie Chan has here, including one that was away at school) (Fox, 1939) Sidney Toler 67 min. 3:00 am *1776* (the 13 colonies signing the Declaration of Independence) (Col., 1972) William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard 166 min. _Wednesday, January 13, 2010_ *Good Morning, Baltimore* 6:00 am *Hairspray* (New Line Cinema, 1988) Ricki Lake 92 min. 7:45 am *Adventure in Baltimore* (RKO, 1949) Robert Young, Shirley Temple 89 min. 9:15 am *Diner* (Jerry Weintraub, 1982) Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke 110 min. p/s *Star Newspaper Editors* 11:15 am *Deadline* U.S.A (Fox, 1952) Humphrey Bogart 87 min. PREMIERE 12:45 pm *--30--* (WB, 1959) Jack Webb 96 min. PREMIERE 2:30 pm* His Girl Friday* (Col.,1940) Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell 92 min. *Living at the Movies* 4:15 pm *Cinema Paradiso* (Miramax, 1990) Philippe Noiret 123 min. p/s 6:30 pm *The Purple Rose of Cairo* (Orion, 1985) Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels 82 min. p/s *A Night with John Cleese* 8:00 pm *Monty Python?s And Now for Something Completely Different* (Sony, 1971) John Cleese, Eric Idle 88 min. (Sony is Columbia) 9:45 pm *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (Col., 1975) John Cleese, Graham Chapman 89 min. 11:30 pm *A Fish Called Wanda* (MGM, 1988) John Cleese, Kevein Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis 108 min. MGM p/s 1:30 am *The Out of Towners* (Par., 1999) Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese 92 min. PREMIERE 3:15 am *Silverado* (Columbia, 1985) Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, John Cleese 132 min. 5:30 am MGM Parade Short _Thursday, January 14, 2010_ Movies That Could Have Been Inspired By Cole Porter Songs *You?re the Top* 6:00 am *King Kong* (RKO, 1933) Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot 105 min. 8:00 am *An Affair to Remember* (Fox, 1957) Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr 115 min. p/s *My Heart Belongs to Daddy* 10:00 am *Gold Diggers of 1933* (WB. 1933) Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler 98 min. 11:45 am *How to Marry A Millionaire* (Fox, 1953) Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall 95 min. p/s *Where Is The Life That Late I Led?* 1:30 pm *Random Harvest* (MGM, 1942) Ronald Colman 127 min. 3:45 pm *Spellbound* (UA, 1945) Gregory Peck 116 min. *Don?t Fence Me In* 5:45 pm *One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest* (UA, 1975) Jack Nicholson 134 min. *Another Op?nin?, Another Show ? Cole Porter in the Movies* 8:00 pm *Night And Day* (WB, 1946) Cary Grant as Cole Porter 129 min. 10:15 pm. *Kiss Me, Kate* (MGM, 1953) Howard Keel 110 min. 12:15 am *High Society* (MGM., 1956) Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly 107 min 2:15 am *Les Girls* (MGM, 1957) Gene Kelly 115 min. 4:15 am *The Pirate* (MGM, 1948) Gene Kelly, Judy Garland 102 min. _Friday, January 15, 2010_ *This Looks Like A Job for?Supermen!* 6:00 Cartoon: *Superman* (Par., 1941) voice of Clayton ?Bud? Collyer (also Superman?s voice on the popular radio series) 11 min. PD 6:15 *Superman* (Col., 1948) serial chapter, Kirk Alyn 6:30 am *Superman and the Mole Men* (RKO, 1951) George Reeves 58 min. 7:30 am *Superman the Movie* (WB, 1978) Christopher Reeve 144 min. 10:00 am *Superman Returns* (WB, 2006) Brandon Routh 154 min. PREMIERE Cartoon: *Super Rabbit* (WB, 1943) Bugs Bunny 8 min. *The Great Wall (Chicago style)* 12:45 pm *The St. Valentine?s Day Massacre* (Fox, 1967) Jason Robards, Jr. 100 min. PREMIERE 2:45 pm *Some Like It Hot* (UA, 1950) Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis 120 min. *Rolling Them in the (British) Isles* 4:45 pm *The Mouse That Roared* (Col., 1959) Peter Sellers 83 min. 6:15 pm *The Ladykillers* (Rank, 1955) Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers 91 min. p/s *Location! Location! Location! ? filmed in Beautiful British Columbia* 8:00 pm *Commandos Strike At Dawn* (Col., 1943) Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish 100 min. 9:45 pm *Convicted* (Col., 1938) Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth 58 min. 11:00 pm *Five Easy Pieces* (Col., 1970) Jack Nicholson 96 min. 12:45 am *Harry in Your Pocket* (UA, 1973) James Coburn, Walter Pidgeon 102 min. 2:30 am TCM UNDERGROUND: *The World?s Greatest Sinner* (Frenzy, 1962) Timothy Carey 82 min. p/s 4:00 am *Unseeing Eyes* (Goldwyn, 1923) Lionel Barrymore 108 min. _Saturday, January 16, 2010_ *Future World Leaders* 6:00 am *Young Mr. Lincoln* (Fox, 1939) Henry Fonda as Abraham Lincoln 100 min. p/s 7:45 am *PT 109* (WB, 1963) Cliff Robertson as John F. Kennedy 140 min. PREMIERE 10:15 am *Young Bess* (MGM, 1953) Jean Simmons as Queen Elizabeth I 113 min. 12:30 pm *Young Winston* (Col., 1972) Simon Ward as Winston Churchill 128 min. *I Need A Hero ? Reel Life* 2:45 pm *The Lone Ranger* (WB, 1956) Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels 86 min. 4:15 pm *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (WB, 1938) Errol Flynn 104 min. 6:15 pm *The Mark of Zorro* (Fox, 1940) Tyrone Power 93 min. p/s *I Need A Hero ? Real Life* 8:00 pm THE ESSENTIALS *Serpico* (Par., 1973) Al Pacino as Frank Serpico 129 min. PREMIERE 10:15 pm *Gunfight at the OK Corral* (Paramount, 1957) Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp 122 min. p/s 12:30 am *The Untouchables* (Par., 1987) Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness 120 min. PREMIERE 2:30 am *The Miracle Worker* (UA, 1962) Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan 107 min. 4:15 am *Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier* (Disney, 1955) Fess Parker 95 min.

countessdelave's Programming Notes: *Programming Notes: Challenge #13* *Week of December 6-12, 2009* I approached my first challenge by jotting down ideas in the weeks before the challenge began. I knew that I would want to target three types of viewers: a young, edgy demographic, the mainstream classic fan, and a true film buff, who enjoys the obscure and rare. I decided that the way films are ?packaged? could make a viewer decide to watch (or not). I had Ronald Colman in mind for Star of the Month. It is inconceivable to me that he has never been S.O.M. I waited until Chip announced the challenges and parameters before I even started a schedule. I was glad that TCM Imports, TCM Underground and Silent Sunday Nights did not have the same restrictions re: libraries and premieres. I picked early December mostly because it was relevant to the 13th Amendment. One of my goals was to try to logically segue from one programming block into another. It was not always possible but I was pleased with a few of the results. *Sunday* I chose the 13th Amendment as my daytime theme. December 6th was an important date in 1865. The states ratified the amendment. I decided to put *The Color Purple* in the line-up. It?s not set in the civil war era but it shows us some of the conditions for African Americans, years after the 13th Amendment was enacted. I also considered *Amistad* and *Buck and the Preacher* but thought that *The Color Purple* would round out the day. Sunday night was all fashion (including Silent Sunday Night and TCM Imports). *Fig Leaves* is a wonderful film. I do hope that TCM can show it some day: a funny premise, directing by Howard Hawks, costumes and a great fashion show by Adrian (I?m a huge Adrian fan), and stars: Olive Borden, George O?Brien and Phyllis Haver. The short, *Good Morning, Eve* , continues the Adam and Eve theme. TCM Import: *Belle de Jour* is quite famous for the YSL fashions created for Catherine Deneuve. *Monday* . When Chip announced that we could use silents (pre-1930, acceptable libraries) without counting them as one of our eight allowed premieres, I was ecstatic. Star of the Month, Ronald Colman, made quite a number of great silent films and I wanted to showcase a number of them. I chose two silent comedies with Constance Talmadge. I?ve seen both and they are delightful. I figured that week #2 for our S.O.M. would begin with one or two silent dramas-maybe *Romola* and *Beau Geste* . I did not want to have an entire evening of silents. I chose another entertaining Goldwyn premiere *The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo* as the last film in the line-up. Oh, it was important to make sure that our S.O.M. would not end up on Christmas Eve or Christmas day. There was enough time to remember Pearl Harbor day during the wee hours. Tuesday I chose *Upper Extremities* as a theme, to segue into Burlesque, to segue into Lower Extremities. *High Wide and Handsome* (okay, this one is pushing the theme but I?ve always wanted to see it) and *Five Finger Exercise* are premieres. Note that I have scheduled *Rainbow ?Round My Shoulder* ?last week?s premiere aka *Castle in the Air* , under it?s original title as to not **** off the disappointed Margaret Rutherford fans. Frankie Laine just won?t do when you?re expecting Dame Margaret. Miss Dita Von Teese is the Guest Programmer for a night of Burlesque-themed films. She is Burlesque performer and **** queen extraordinaire. Miss Teese should attract a young and edgy crowd, wanting to see her shoot the breeze with Robert Osborne and introduce her favorite burlesque films. She requested *Mademoiselle Strip-Tease* with Brigitte Bardot but the programmers, who said that it wasn?t in the ?approved? film libraries, nixed it. *Wednesday* . Lower Extremities is the day theme. *Million Dollar Legs* is a premiere with the wonderful Lyda Roberti in the cast. Originally, I made a schedule of films to honor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr?s 100th birthday. I accidentally came across the last challenge and saw that Filmlover had programmed D.F. Jr?s 100th birthday and had made him, appropriately, the S.O.M. I chose to do something different. I had been pondering a spotlight theme for the entire month. Now was my chance. I decided to showcase film editors and start with the marvelous Owen Marks. Other editors might include Robert Wise but Owen Marks is my choice for this week. *Thursday* . The last short, under Wednesday?s schedule, leads into Thursday?s day theme of celebrating choreographer, Hermes Pan?s 100th birthday. I wanted to schedule *Porgy and Bess* but could not find evidence of a prior showing and I?d already used up all of my premieres. *Darling Lili* is officially listed with three different running times. I chose one of the longer running times. I believe that the difference is the inclusion of overture and exit music. The Stella! theme is self-explanatory except to say that *The Uninvited* was always one of my favorite films as a teenager. And who can argue with the music? A one-hour gap was too short to schedule *The Nutty Professor* . Therefore, I solved the problem by ending this section with the TCM documentary about John Garfield, which works with the subsequent film, *Tortilla Flat* . Friday the day theme is my location offering: Carmel/Monterey, California. My criteria: every film must have been shot (at least partially) in this location. Even *Suspicion* was shot here. Alas, I couldn?t use *Play Misty For Me* but I did premiere *Cannery Row* . *Julie* ends the location section. Therefore, it?s time for a few Doris Day films before the evening theme starts. Guest programmer Doris Day appears with her canine pals. It?s the only conceivable way to get her to agree to do an appearance (with her beloved dogs). Robert Osborne: are you ready to fly to Carmel Valley to tape the segment? There?s a premiere of *Skippy* and the canine theme continues into TCM Underground with *They Only Kill Their Masters* and a premiere of *Cujo* . Saturday. Lovely Karen Morley gets the centennial treatment, which includes a favorite film: *The Phantom of Crestwood* and a premiere, *M* (1951 version). The Essentials for this week is *My Man Godfrey* (with William Powell, one of my favorite actors). The decision was almost a toss-up, with *The Awful Truth* running a close second. The evening continues with more screwball comedies. *NOTE TO TCM PROGRAMMER* : I noticed that TCM UNDERGROUND falls on Christmas Day. Isn?t this the perfect time to schedule *Santa Claus Conquers the Martians* and a couple of other obscure, darker holiday tales: *Christmas Holiday* with Gene Kelly and Deanna Durbin and another little Christmas Noir: *Cover Up* with Dennis O?Keefe? Message was edited by: ChipHeartsMovies, who left the countess' name off.

countessdelave's Challenge Schedule: *SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2009* *13TH AMENDMENT: ABOLITION OF SLAVERY* 6:00 am *Gone With the Wind* (1939), starring Vivian Leigh, Clark Gable. MGM, 222 minutes. 10:00 am *Glory* (1989), starring Denzel Washington. Tri-star Pictures, 121minutes. p/s. 12:15 pm *Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1939), starring Mickey Rooney. MGM, 91 minutes. 2:00 pm *Raintree County* (1957), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift. MGM, 173 minutes. 5:00 pm *The Color Purple* (1985), dir. Steven Spielberg, starring Whoopee Goldberg. WB, 152 minutes. p/s. Short: *Lincoln in the White House* (1939). Vitaphone, 21 minutes. FASHION NIGHT 8:00 pm *Roberta* (1935), starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. RKO, 106 minutes. 10:00 pm *Lovely to Look At* (1952), starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel. MGM, 103 minutes. Short: *New Shoes* (1936). MGM, 10 minutes. *SILENT SUNDAY NIGHT* 12:00 am *Fig Leaves* (1926), dir. Howard Hawks, costumes Adrian, starring Olive Borden. Fox, 68 minutes. Premiere*. 1:15 am Short: *Good Morning, Eve* (1934), starring Leon Errol. Vitaphone, 19 minutes. Short: *Every Girl?s Dream* (1966). MGM, 9 minutes. TCM IMPORT 2:00 am *Belle de Jour* (1968), dir. Luis Bu?uel, costumes for Deneuve-Yves St. Laurent, starring Catherine Deneuve. Allied Artists, 100 minutes. Premiere*. 3:45 am *Made in Paris* (1966), starring Ann Margaret, Louis Jourdan. MGM, 104 minutes. Short: Traveltalks: *Paris on Parade* (1938). MGM, 9 minutes. *MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009* *WHEN I?M 64: FILMS RELEASED IN DECEMBER, 1945* 6:00 am *The Sailor Takes a Wife* (1945), starring June Allyson. MGM, 92 minutes. 7:45 am *The Bells of St. Mary?s* (1945), dir. Leo McCarey, starring Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman. RKO, 126 minutes. 10:00 am *Too Young to Know* (1945), starring Joan Leslie. WB, 86 Minutes 11:30 am *Appointment in Tokyo* (1945). Documentary, WB, 56 Minutes. 12:30 pm *Life With Blondie* (1945), starring Penny Singleton. Columbia, 72 Minutes. Premiere. 1:45 pm *Stork Club* (1945), starring Betty Hutton. Paramount, 98 Minutes. p/d. 3:30 pm *Cornered* (1945), starring Dick Powell. RKO, 102 Minutes. 5:15 pm* Adventure* (1945), starring Greer Garson, Clark Gable. MGM, 135 Minutes. Short: *So You Think You?re Allergic* (1945). WB, 11 Minutes. *STAR OF THE MONTH: RONALD COLMAN* 8:00 pm *Her Night of Romance* (1924), starring Ronald Colman, Constance Talmadge. 1st National, 70 Minutes. Premiere*. 9:15 pm *Her Sister From Paris* (1925), starring Ronald Colman, Constance Talmadge. 1st National, 70 Minutes. Premiere*. 10:30 pm *The Devil to Pay* (1930), starring Ronald Colman, Myrna Loy, Loretta Young. Goldwyn, 72 Minutes. p/s. 11:45 pm *Raffles* (1930), starring Ronald Colman, Kay Francis. Goldwyn, 72 Minutes. p/s. 1:00 am *The Man who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo* (1935), starring Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett. Goldwyn, 71 Minutes. Premiere. *DON?T FORGET PEARL HARBOR* 2:15 am *December 7th* (1943), dir. John Ford, starring Walter Huston. U.S. War Dept., 82 Minutes restored. p/d. 3:45 am *Task Force* (1949), dir. Delmar Daves, starring Gary Cooper. WB, 117 Minutes. p/s. *TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009* *UPPER EXTREMITIES* 6:00 am *Hands Across the Table* (1935), starring Carole Lombard. Paramount, 81 Minutes. p/s. 7:30 am *Third Finger, Left Hand* (1940), starring Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas. MGM, 97 Minutes. 9:15 am *High, Wide and Handsome* (1937), starring Irene Dunne. Paramount, 110 Minutes. Premiere. 11:15 am *Angel On My Shoulder* (1946), starring Paul Muni, Anne Baxter. UA, 120 Minutes. p/d. 1:15 pm *Up in Arms* (1944), starring Danny Kaye. Goldwyn, 106 Minutes. p/s. 2:45 pm *Rainbow ?Round My Shoulder* (1952), starring Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels. Columbia, 78 Minutes. p/s. 4:45 pm *Five Finger Exercise* (1962), starring Rosalind Russell. Columbia, 109 Minutes. Premiere. 6:45 pm *The Unknown* (1927), dir. Tod Browning, starring Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford. MGM 61 Minutes *BURLESQUE with GUEST PROGRAMMER: MISS DITA VON TEESE* 8:00 pm *Lady of Burlesque* (1943), starring Barbara Stanwyck. UA, 91 Minutes. p/d. 9:45 pm *Screaming Mimi* (1958), starring Anita Ekberg, Gypsy Rose Lee. Columbia, 79 Minutes. p/s. 11:15 pm *The Night They Raided Minsky?s* (1968), starring Jason Robards Jr., Britt Ekland. UA, 100 Minutes. Premiere. Short: *Georgia Sothern* (195?), starring Georgia Sothern, Prelinger Archives (unknown), 3 Minutes. p/d. Short: *Teaserama* trailer (1955), starring Bette Page, Blaze Starr. Irving Klaw Productions, 3 Minutes. p/d. 1:15 am *The Sunset Murder Case* (1938), starring Sally Rand. Grand National Pictures, 59 Minutes. p/d. Short: *Famous Dancers of the Burlesque Stage* (1950), Prelinger Archives (unknown), 10 Minutes. p/d. 2:30 am *Ball of Fire* (1941), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper. Goldwyn, 111 Minutes. p/s 4:30 am *Bright Lights* (1935), starring Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak. WB, 83 Minutes. *WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009* *LOWER EXTREMITIES* 6:00 am *Feet First* (1930), starring Harold Lloyd. Harold Lloyd prod., 93 Minutes. p/s. 7:45 am *The Footloose Heiress* (1937), starring Ann Sheridan. WB, 59 Minutes. 8:45 am *My Left Foot* (1989), starring Daniel Day Lewis. Miramax films, 103 Minutes. p/s. 10:30 am *The Case of the Lucky Legs* (1935), starring Warren William. WB, 78 Minutes. 12:00 pm *Million Dollar Legs* (1932), starring W.C. Fields, Lyda Roberti. Paramount, 64 Minutes. Premiere. 1:15 pm *Tanned Legs* (1929), starring Arthur Lake. RKO, 66 Minutes. 2:30 pm *Daddy Long Legs* (1919), starring Mary Pickford. 1st National dist., 85 Minutes. p/s. 4:00 pm *On Your Toes* (1939), starring Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert. WB, 93 Minutes. 5:45 pm Short: *Tip, Tap, Toe* (1932), starring Hal Leroy. Vitaphone, 19 Minutes. Short: *Knee Deep in Music* (1933), starring Ruth Etting. RKO, 22 Minutes. Short: *Crazy House* (1930), starring Snake Hips. MGM, 12 Minutes. 6:45 pm *Hips, Hips, Hooray!* (1934), starring Wheeler & Woolsey, Thelma Todd, Ruth Etting. RKO, 68 Minutes. *SPOTLIGHT ON FILM EDITORS: OWEN MARKS* 8:00 pm *Angels With Dirty Faces* (1938), starring James Cagney, Pat O?Brien, Humphrey Bogart. WB, 97 Minutes. 9:45 pm *Casablanca* (1942), dir. Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart. WB, 102 Minutes. 11:30 pm *The Treasure of Sierra Madre* (1948), dir. John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston. WB, 126 Minutes. 1:45 am *I?ll See You in my Dreams* (1951), starring Doris Day, Danny Kaye. WB, 110 Minutes. p/s. 3:45 am *East of Eden* (1955), dir. Elia Kazan, starring James Dean. WB, 115 Minutes. p/s. Short: *Cavalcade of Dance* (1943), starring Veloz & Yolanda. WB, 11 Minutes. *THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009* *CHOREOGRAPHER, HERMES PAN?S 100TH BIRTHDAY* 6:00 am *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), starring Astaire & Rogers. RKO, 107 Minutes. 8:00 am* Old Man Rhythm* (1935), starring Charles Buddy Rogers. RKO, 75 Minutes. 9:45 am *Swing Time* (1936), starring Astaire & Rogers. RKO, 103 Minutes. 11:30 am *A Damsel in Distress* (1937), starring Fred Astaire, Burns & Allen. RKO, 98 Minutes. 1:15 pm *Blue Skies* (1946), starring Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby. Paramount, 104 Minutes. p/s. 3:00 pm *Finian?s Rainbow* (1968), dir. Francis Ford Coppola, starring Fred Astaire, Petulia Clark. WB, 141 Minutes. p/s. 5:30 pm *Darling Lili* (1970), dir. Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson. Paramount, 136 Minutes. p/s. *STELLA!* 8:00 pm *A Streetcar Named Desire* (1951), dir. Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh. WB, 125 Minutes. p/s. 10:15 am *The Uninvited* (1944), starring Ray Milland, Gail Russell. Paramount, 99 Minutes. p/s. 12:00 am *Stella Dallas* (1937), starring Barbara Stanwyck. Goldwyn, 106 Minutes. p/s. 2:00 am *I Found Stella Parish* (1935), starring Kay Francis. WB, 85 Minutes. 3:30 pm *Stella Maris* (1918), starring Mary Pickford. Artcraft/Pickford Film, 84 Minutes. p/s. 5:00 am *The John Garfield Story* (2003), TCM Original Documentary, 60 Minutes. *FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009* *ON LOCATION: CARMEL/MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA* 6:00 am *Tortilla Flat* (1942), starring John Garfield, Hedy Lamarr, Spencer Tracy. MGM, 99 Minutes. 7:45 am *Cannery Row* (1982), starring Nick Nolte, Debra Winger. MGM, 102 Minutes. Premiere. 9:45 am *Desire Me* (1947), starring Greer Garson, Robert Mitchum. MGM, 92 Minutes. 11:30 am *Clash By Night* (1952), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas. RKO, 105 Minutes. 1:15 pm *Julie* (1956), starring Doris Day, Louis Jourdan. MGM, 99 Minutes. *STARRING DORIS DAY* 3:00 PM *Romance on the High Seas* (1948), starring Doris Day, Jack Carson. WB, 99 Minutes. 4:45 pm *It?s a Great Feeling* (1949), starring Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson. WB, 85 Minutes. p/s. 6:15 pm *Pillow Talk* (1959), starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson. Universal, 102 Minutes. p/s. *GUEST PROGRAMMER: DORIS DAY & HER CANINE PALS* 8:00 pm *Benji* (1974), starring Patsy Garret. Mulberry Square Prod., 86 Minutes. p/s. 9:45 pm *Skippy* (1931), starring Jackie Cooper. Paramount, 85 Minutes. Premiere. 11:15 pm *Lassie Come Home* (1943), starring Roddy McDowell. MGM, 89 Minutes. 12:45 am *The Adventures of Rusty* (1945), starring Margaret Lindsay. Coluumbia, 67 Minutes. p/s. *TCM UNDERGROUND* 2:00 am *They Only Kill Their Masters* (1972), starring James Garner. MGM, 97 Minutes. p/s. Short: *Who Killed Rover?* (1931), a Dogville short. MGM, 15 Minutes. 4:00 am *Cujo* (1983), starring Dee Wallace. WB, 91 Minutes. Premiere*. Short: *All in One* (1938), compares a dog to a Chevrolet. Jam Handy Prod., 11 Min. p/d. *SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2009* *KAREN MORLEY?S 100TH BIRTHDAY* 6:00 am *Inspiratio*n (1931), starring Greta Garbo. MGM, 74 Minutes. 7:15 am *Are You Listening?* (1932), starring William Haines, Madge Evans. MGM, 73 Minutes. 8:30 am *Arsene Lupin* (1932), starring John Barrymore, Karen Morley. MGM, 84 Minutes. 10:00 am *Scarface* (1932), starring Paul Muni, Karen Morley. UA, 93 Minutes. p/s. 11:45 am *The Phantom of Crestwood* (1932), starring Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley. RKO, 76 Minutes. 1:15 pm *Dinner at Eight* (1933), dir. George Cukor, starring Jean Harlow, Marie Dressler. MGM, 111 Minute. 3:15 pm *Our Daily Bread* (1934), dir. King Vidor, starring Karen Morley. UA, 74 Minutes. p/s. 4:30 pm *Pride and Prejudice* (1940), starring Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier. MGM, 117 Minutes. 6:30 pm *M* (1951), starring David Wayne. Columbia, 88 Minutes. Premiere. *THE ESSENTIALS* 8:00 pm *My Man Godfrey* (1936), dir. Gregory La Cava, starring William Powell, Carole Lombard. Universal, 94 Minutes. p/s. 9:45 pm *The Awful Truth* (1937), dir. Leo McCarey, starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne. 91 Minutes. p/s. 11:30 pm *Bringing Up Baby* (1938), dir. Howard Hawks, starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant. RKO, 102 Minutes. 1:15 am *Libeled Lady* (1936), starring Myrna Loy, William Powell, Spencer Tracy. MGM, 98 Minutes. 3:00 am *Nothing Sacred* (1937), starring Carole Lombard, Frederic March. Selznick, 75 Minutes. p/d. 4:15 am *It Happened One Night* (1934), starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert. Columbia, 105 Minutes. p/s. * These premieres do not count toward the eight allowed in the challenge. Message was edited by: ChipHeartsMovies, who omitted countess' name at the top by mistake

LONESOME POLECAT'S PROGRAMMING NOTES ok, here are my programming notes. Just a warning: once I get talking about classic films I can't stop, so knowing me this will be longer than it needs to be. I shall explain my reasons behind everything in order: Picking a week got easier when I decided to go with one of my first thoughts for a festival---50th anniversary of all those great movies that were released in 1959. Can you believe how many incredible and diverse movies came out that year? (And I didn't even put them all in--i.e. *Pillow Talk* and one of Disney's finest cartoons, *Sleeping Beauty* ). Once I picked that festival, I knew I had to pick a week in 2009. I hope TCM will do a similar idea---yes it's the 70th anniversary of all those incredible 1939 films, but 1959 is another fantastic year. (Plus it gave me a great excuse to show some of my favorite movies, *Anatomy of a Murder* , *North by Northwest* , and *Some Like It Hot* --if fact I love all of those 1959 movies). I also like to join movies together in a way to show some really diverse films--where else would you get *Some Like It Hot* right next to *Ben Hur* ? Anyway, I was so excited about this festival I put it on a weekend so more people would watch it, and I put it first! I feel like *Here Comes the Groom* isn't appreciated enough, so I wanted to show it. Bing Crosby is masterful at his ad-libbing, or making every line his own which makes a blurred line between Bing-isms and dialogue. But apart from that, this whole film is worth "In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening" and Anna Maria Alberghetti (sp?) singing that Aria (from RIgoletto I think)--both recorded live on set, which really makes a difference in their quality. Anyway, as an excuse to show this movie and my all time favorite Disney live action movie *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (yes, more than Mary Poppins ---maybe because the ending where they beat the Nazis is so funny and the Sherman Brothers songs are so satisfying, and I love war movies, and there's no one with a bad fake accent like Dick Van Dyke, but it probably has more to do with my favorite actress Angela Lansbury). I thought of War Orphans as an interesting theme, one I've never seen on TCM before (or at least it's been so long I forgot), and since I could only think of those two movies for the theme (I did think of *Pennies from Heaven* , but I wanted to keep it WWII), I knew it had to fall on Sunday--because of Silent Sunday and Imports, TCM also does two-movie-festivals every Sunday. Plus, Sunday is family time in my house, and those two are fantastic family movies. For Silent Sunday I had to pick my favorite silent film, *City Lights* . Though I love Keaton more than Chaplin in general, I love *City Lights* more than any single Keaton film. The ending is one of the best in all Cinema--so perfect and so perfectly executed. So because of it's length I had to find another silent film that was short to fill in the time. I've never actually seen *My Stars* but I liked the premise. And it was the right length. I love a great many foreign language films. I almost scheduled *Il Postino, Children of Heaven, Jean de Florette, My Father's Glory, My Mother's Castle* , and any number of Kirosawa or Miyazaki films. (Like most of you, a week is too short a time to schedule every film I love). But of all the films I could come up with, *Babette's Feast* is just so much better, and has never been shown on TCM before. What a travesty! *Les Demoiselles de Rochefort* is the only foreign film whose soundtrack I own, so I had to include it-it's so much fun! But actually I included it because it's also a circus/carnival movie, and I thought, "what a perfect segue-way into the next day's film festival!" So I couldn't resist putting it there. "Under the Big Top" was the last film festival I thought of. I wanted an excuse to show two of my favorite movies, *Strangers on a Train* and *Lili* , and I toyed around with many ideas. I realized there were sooo many Big Top movies that it was a perfect idea for a festival. It was hard to eliminate quite a few other carnival movies like *The Story of Three Loves* and *Trapeze* , but I picked what I thought was a good mix of different genres. I had to schedule *The Greatest Show on Earth* despite my personal feelings about the film (I'm vexed it won best picture over sooo many other great films) because it really is the best circus movie there is. (But that's why it's at 6am). I love the Marx Brothers (hence a future schedule), and here again realized *Carousel* had never been shown before--I would love TCM to show it so I could see it in widescreen. A fun movie a lot of people don't think of is *Jumbo* which I love most for it's Rodgers and Hart score. But of course Jimmy Durante and Doris Day are so great in everything. While I was at it I found two fantastic carnival cartoons (coulda put in a lot more)--a Droopy cartoon and a Popeye cartoon. (Didn't put in a Bugs Bunny cartoon because I'm using him later, and I love those other guys). My star of the month was almost Alec Guinness, or Angela Lansbury, or even Shirley MacLaine. The reason my star of the month isn't one person but one type of performer is that it's fun when TCM does that---i.e. next month TCM's "star" of the month is simply a highlight of great directors, and a few months ago it was Laurel and Hardy. I thought y'all would give me extra points for creativity in this regard. But really I wanted an excuse to show two of my favorite movies of all time, one that gets a lot of press from other people ( *Meet Me in St Louis* ) and another that never gets shown enough ( *A Midsummer Night's Dream* ). Once I came up with my plan to show child actors from MGM I knew I HAD to show Judy in Wizard of Oz because it's her finest hour as a "child" actor. And everyone loves it. Plus it's a nice both flow and a bit of a contrast from Midsummers---it's also a fairy tale, but it's a completely different tone. Also to highlight Judy I showed her first short as Judy-- *Every Sunday* ---and one of her with the Gumm Sisters. I thought it would be good to show *National Velvet* because it has Mickey Rooney AND Elizabeth Taylor--two for one! Then I showed *Private Screenings: Child Actors** instead of Mickey Rooney because we'd had enough Rooney for one night, and it went with the title. (By the way, I also chose something that really could go for all month--other child actors I considered were Patty Duke, Johnny Whitaker, the kid in A Hole in the Head* whose name I forgot, and of course Ronny Howard--but there's a month's worth of child actors!) I'm going out of order for a minute: I picked my week when I found out Walter Matthau and Groucho Marx had consecutive birthdays. I absolutely LOVE the Marx Brothers (and feel the Paramount films never get shown enough), and basically I wanted an excuse to show Matthau's little known film *A New Leaf* --it was a perfect week! (okay, back in order now). Once I picked my week I found out during that week was Stanley Kramer's birthday, as well as Mervyn LeRoy! I love doing birthday tributes to non actors (as someone with a degree in directing I feel like actors get too much press). I looked at the filmography of both of these fine men and realized what a great library they had each created! Stanley Kramer has made such a wide variety in terms of genres and styles of films (who could make *On the Beach* AND *It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World* ?) that it made for a lovely mix of films for a day's programming. (The same goes for Mervyn LeRoy). I simply had to pick the best ones and arrange them in a clever way-- i.e. *Judgement at Nuremberg* is too important to put early in the morning, but it's too heavy to put last, especially with a Fellini film up next, so what better relief from Nazi war crimes than the comedic star studded *It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World* ? I also never realized til making this schedule how often Stanley used the incredible Spencer Tracy--so I bunched his films together. I admit I wasn't too familiar with Mervyn LeRoy's filmography except that I'd read his name on a lot of different things. But here's a guy who can do it all--musicals, history, gangster movies, comedy, short films (hence showing *The House I Live In* and *You John Jones* --the heaviest propaganda there is) and play adaptations, among other things. So here again I picked my favorites and arranged them by type--musicals together, war together, etc. It also gave me a great excuse to show an all time favorite movies, *Mister Roberts* --the cast is perfect and it's written so well! Plus I got to get a TCM premier of another movie no one seems to have seen, but that is so entertaining--- *No Time for Sergeants* . "Goooooolly!" (By the way, I had already planned this when I got my TCM schedule saying next month THEY are doing a Mervyn LeRoy day---but they only picked a couple of the same movies as me, so I figured I was safe.) When the Lucky 13 challenge came about, my absurd knowledge of useless facts (in this case, the Oscars--name a year and I know most of the awards, or name a film and I know who won) came in handy---I knew there were more than 4 movies that had been nominated for 13 oscars. *Gone with the Wind* and *From Here to Eternity* get shown a lot, so I knew that was safe showing those. But the rest would all have been premiers. I chose *Mary Poppins* (before the moderator of this challenge let it count as Disney Live Action, so it slipped through) because it's fantastic and has never been shown before, and NEEDS to be shown--it's great! Though I hate *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf* it had to be chosen over the other two because it's from the 60s, and therefore much more of a "classic" than them. And I know a lot of other people love it, so they'd appreciate it being shown in widescreen without comemrcials. (The other two are *Chicago* , which is too new to schedule over two movies from the 60s, and *Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring* , which is also too new, and anyway, 'tisn't fair to show the first film without the other two, is it?) Then I realized I had a free hour, so I thought I'd schedule a new Private Screenings with the Oscar winner from the first film--Julie Andrews needs to get in that chair! She is still alive and well and has been in a lot of classic films, and is married to someone who has made a lot himself! What a perfect candidate for a new RO Interview! As previously mentioned, I chose Walter Matthau's birthday week so I could show one of my favorite unappreciated movies, *A New Leaf* . All I have is an old VHS. It must needs be released on DVD! It's brilliant! I highly recommend it to all of you. But apart from that, Walt's been in a lot of great movies, *The Odd Couple* and *Charade* being my other favorites of his. It was easy to fill in a day of his films, but hard to eliminate others he should have been in. I wanted to make it a little diverse, which is why I scheduled the gritty *A Face in the Crowd* over another comedy, and why I put the Hitchcockian Charade between two straight forward comedies. I put the "Musical Remakes Based on Plays" on this day because Walter Matthau is in one of them--- *Hello Dolly* --and though it's not first (I think it's best to show the original first), it's still a nice transition in my opinion. I absolutely LOVE *The Matchmaker* and though I love *Hello Dolly* too, I prefer *The Matchmaker* --maybe because that cast is the only true cast: Shirley Booth IS Dolly Levi, and the same goes for Anthony Perkins, Robert Morse, and the rest of them. But I picked this particular pair over a lot of other movies (*Pygmalion* and *My Fair Lady* , for example) because most people don't put these two films together in their minds, and anyway they're just different enough (unlike *Pygmalion* and *MFL* which are so similar) that it's more fun to watch them together. And Matchmaker never gets shown enough. Then I chose *Romeo and Juliet* (Zef's is the best IMHO) and* West Side Story* over, say *Shrew* and *Kiss Me Kate* , because *WSS* is one of my all time favorite movies, and is just a great film, and much better than *Kiss Me Kate* . Plus, *R&J* is a better film than *Shrew* . But other than that, *Kiss Me Kate* has the play *Shrew* embedded in it, so it's not as fun as showing *R&J* and *WSS* . And has anyone really watched those side by side and compared them? I haven't even done that. (By the way, in regard to Movie Musical Remakes---TCM, there is more than enough here for a month long tribute!) What better way to get out of the grit of R&J and WSS than a day of Marx Brothers movies! It was Groucho's birthday, so I scheduled what are IMHO the BEST Marx Brothers movies. i thought it would be most interesting to show them in descending order of release. (But mostly I wanted to save the best for almost last--- *Animal Crackers* is my favorite!) Basically, after Thalberg died (other than *Casablanca* ) their films never were as funny--too much plot, not enough jewish surrealist humor. Basically just good entertainment---'Nuff said! Two movies I keep requesting on this website are *What a Way to Go* and *What's so Bad About Feeling Good?* (the latter isn't even on DVD so I've never seen it!) I wanted an excuse to show them, so I thought I'd think of some other movies that start with "What" and just call it "What?!" and hope TCM would say "Hey those are good films--lets show them!" The other "What" film I added I didn't even realize was a TCM premier til last night as I added the studios and realized "What a travesty--they've never shown Bogdonavich's tender Valentine to classic screwball comedy, *What's Up Doc?* on TCM!" Anyway, that led me to two Bugs Bunny cartoons that start with "What" and a night of "What" was born! Two of the Underground movies (the last two) are terrible and fun at once--basically they are movies I know from Mystery Science Theater 3000. The first movie, *The Last Man on Earth* , however, is one of those rare B-movies that's just as good as an A-movie! It's a great Vincent Price movie that, if you've seen *I Am Legend* , will look familiar (they didn't credit it as a remake of *Last Man on Earth* , but those of us who have seen it know the truth). I hope you all go see it. It's great! For Location! Location! I wanted to show nothing but movies filmed in and about Florence---but when I realized "what's up doc" was a premier, I had to kick out my other premier, *A Room with a View* and just schedule a few other movies about Italy, and call it Italy. These Italian movies are specifically movies filmed in Italy about Italy that make you want to jump into the movie or plan an Italian vacation. ( *Shrew* has lovely scenery and locations, though it's not a travel movie, and though it's got a lot of indoor shots, *The Agony and the Ecstasy* makes me want to go to the Sisteen Chapel and other museums to see those beautiful works of art!) I had to pick p/s or Free movies because I was out of premiers. (Luckilly *Much Ado About Nothing* was in one of the "Free" libraries so I could put that one in!) Other movies I would have shown had I more premiers were *Three Coins in a Fountain, Il Postino* , and *Tea With Mussolini* . (I'm just lucky TCM recently showed the beautiful *Enchanted April* !) When the challenge first started, my first thought for film festivals was the "split personalitites" festival---I had just watched *The Great Race* (which I can never see enough) and thought at the time of other movies where an actor plays more than one part in a film. Others I came up with that I didn't pick were *The Scapegoat* (I already had Alec Guinness), *Cat Ballou* , and *Back to the Future 2* and *3* (almost everyone plays multiple parts!) I had to start with The Ultimate example, *Kind Hearts and Coronets* in which Alec Guinness plays 8 parts, all of which are completely different. I put this festival on a Saturday so I could use this as the Essential, because it is one of the best films ever made and never gets shown enough. On the same vein I had to pick *The Family Jewels* because Jerry Lewis plays I think 6 parts. And basically, what a great excuse to show *Wonder Man* --eh? Ok, that's quite enough. My eyes are hurting from staring at this screen. Kudos to those who made it all the way! Message was edited by: ChipHeartsMovies to remove emoticons

Lonsesome Polecat's Schedule *Sunday, September 27, 2009* *50th Anniversary of* 3:00am *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959) ?Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, dir George Stevens, Fox, 170min (p/s) 6:00am *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959) ?James Stewart, Lee Remick, George C Scott, dir. Otto Preminger, Columbia, 161 min (p/.s) 9:00am *North by Northwest* (1959) ?Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, MGM, 137min 11:30pm *Operation Petticoat* (1959) ?Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O?Brien, dir Blake Edwards, Universal, 121min (p/s) 1:45pm *Some Like It Hot* (1959) ?Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, dir. Billy Wilder, United Artists, 122min 4:00pm *Ben-Hur* (1959) ?Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, dir. William Wyler, MGM, 223min *War Orphans* 8:00pm *Here Comes the Groom* (1951)?Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Franchot Tone, dir. Frank Capra, Paramount, 114 min (p/s) 10:00pm *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (1971) ?Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, dir Robert Stevenson, Disney, 118min *Silent Sunday Night* 12:15am *City Lights* (1931) ?Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherill, Florence Lee, United Artists, dir Charlie Chaplin, 83min (p/s) 1:45am *My Stars* (1926) -Johnny Arthur, Florence Lee, Virginia Vance, Dr. Roscoe ?Fatty? Arbuckle, 12min (p/s) *TCM Imports* 2:00am *Babette?s Feast* (1989) Stephanie Audran, Jean-Phillipe Lafont, Gudmar Wivesson, dir Gabriel Axel, MGM 1h43m (n/p) 3:45am *The Young Girls of Rochefort* (1968) ?Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Gene Kelly, dir Jacques Demy, WB, 125m (p/s) *Monday, September 28, 2009* *UNDER THE BIG TOP* (Circus and Carnival movies) 6:00am *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952) Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, dir. Cecil B DeMille, Paramount 152min (p/s) 8:45am *At the Circus* (1939) The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Kenny Baker, MGM, 87min 10:15am *The Man on the Flying Trapeze* (1934) ?Popeye and Olive Oil, dir Dave Fliesher, 7min *The Big Top?s Dark Side* 10:30am *The Lady from Shanghai* (1947) ?Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, dir Orson Welles, Columbia, 87min 12:00pm *Strangers on a Train* (1951) ?Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, WB, 101min (p/s) *The Musical Big Top* 1:45pm *Billy Rose?s Jumbo* (1962) ?Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, dir Charles Walters, MGM 127min 4:00pm *Carousel* (1956) ?Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Cameron Mitchell, dir Henry King, Fox 128min (P) 6:15pm *Daredevil Droopy* (1951)- Bill Thompson, dir. Tex Avery, MGM, 6min 6:30pm *Lili* (1953) ?Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean Pierre Aumont, dir Charles Walters, MGM, 81min *Star of the Month: Child Actors* (This week: MGM 30s/40s stars) 8:00pm Margaret O?Brien: *Meet Me in St Louis* (1944) ?Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Margaret O?Brien, dir Vincente Minelli, MGM 114min 10:00pm Mickey Rooney: *A Midsummer Night?s Dream* (1935) ?Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, dir William Dieterle Max Reinhardt, WB, 133m 12:15am Judy Garland: *Every Sunday* (1936) ?Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, dir Felix E Feist, MGM 11min 12:30am Judy Garland: *The Wizard of Oz* (1939) ?Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, dir Victor Fleming, MGM 101 min 2:30am Elizabeth Taylor: *National Velvet* (1945) -Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Mickey Rooney, dir Clarence Brown, MGM 124 min 4:45am *Private Screenings: Child Actors* 5:45am Judy Garland: *The Wedding of Jack and Jill* (1931) ?The Gumm Sisters, dir Roy Mack, 8min *Tuesday September 29, 2009* *Happy Birthday, Stanley Kramer* (movies directed or produced by Stanley Kramer) 6:00am *On the Beach* (1959) -Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, dir Stanley Kramer, United Artists, 135m 8:15am *The Defiant Ones* (1958) -Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, dir Stanley Kramer, United Artists, 96 min 10:00am *High Noon* (1952) ?Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, dir Fred Zinneman, United Artists, 85 min 11:30am *Guess Who?s Coming to Dinner* (1967) ?Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, dir Stanley Kramer, United Artists, 108 min 1:30pm *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961) ?Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Maximillian Schell, dir Stanley Kramer, United Artists, 190m 4:45pm *It?s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World* Spencer Tracy, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters, dir Stanley Kramer, United Artists, 192 min *Movie Musical Remakes* *PART I: Based on Movies* 8:00pm *Nights of Cabiria* (1957) Giulietta Masina, Francois Perier, Franca Marzi, dir. Frederico Fellini, deLaurentis prod, 110 min, (p/s) 10:00pm *Sweet Charity* (1969) ?Shirley MacLaine, Ricardo Montalban, Chita Rivera, dir. Bob Fosse (1969), Universal, 154 min (p/s) 12:45am *Ball of Fire* (1941) ?Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Dana Andrews, dir. Howard Hawks, RKO, 112 min 2:45am *A Song is Born* (1948) ?Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, dir Howard Hawks, RKO 113min *Wednesday September 30, 2009* *Happy Birthday, Mervyn LeRoy* 4:45am *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933) ?Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, dir Mervyn LeRoy, WB, 96 min 6:30am *Gypsy* (1962) -Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, dir Mervyn LeRoy, WB, 149min (p/s) 9:00am *Quo Vadis* (1951) ?Robrt Raylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, dir. Mervyn LeRoy, MGM, 169 min 12:00pm *I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932) ?Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vison, dir Mervyn LeRoy, WB, 98min 1:45pm *Little Caesar* (1931) -Edward G Robinson, Glenda Farrell, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, dir. Mervyn LeRoy, First National, 80 min 3:15pm *The House I Live In* (1945) ?Frank Sinatra, dir Mervyn LeRoy, MGM, 11min 3:30pm *No Time for Sergeants* (1958) -Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams, dir Mervyn LeRoy, WB, 111min (P) 5:30pm *Mister Roberts* (1955) -Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, dir Mervyn LeRoy, WB, 122min (p/s) 7:45pm *You, John Jones!* (1943) -James Cagney, Margaret O?Brien, dir Mervyn LeRoy, WB 11min *Brand New Private Screenings* *8:00pm Private Screenings: Julie Andrews (2009) 55min* *Lucky 13: Films With 13 Oscar Nominations* 9:00pm *Mary Poppins* (1964) ?Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, dir Bill Walsh, Disney, 139m (n/p) 11:30pm *Gone With the Wind* (1939) ?Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, dir Victor Fleming, Selznic International, 222 min (p/s) 3:45am *From Here To Eternity* (1953) ?Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, dir Fred Zinneman, Columbia, 118 min 5:45am *Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* (1966) ?Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, dir Mike Nichols, WB 131min (P) *Thursday October 1, 2009* *Happy Birthday, Walter Matthau* 8:00am *Buddy-Buddy* (1981)-Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Paula Prentiss, dir Billy Wilder, MGM, 96 min 9:45am *A Face in the Crowd* (1957) -Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, dir Elia Kazan, WB, 125min (p/s) 12:00pm *The Sunshine Boys* (1975)-Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjanim, dir Herbert Ross, MGM 112min 2:00pm *The Odd Couple* (1968) ?Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, John Fiedler, dir Gene Saks, Paramount, 105min (p/s) 4:00pm *Charade* (1963) ?Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, dir Stanley Donen, Universal, 113min (p/s) 6:00pm *A New Leaf* (1971) Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, Paramount, 102 min (P) *Movie Musical Remakes* *PART II: Based on Plays* 8:00pm *The Matchmaker* (1958)- Shirley Booth, Paul Ford, Anthony Perkins, dir Joseph Anthony, Paramount, 100m (p/s) 9:45pm *Hello Dolly* (1969) ?Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, dir Gene Kelly, Fox, 146 min (p/s) 12:15am *Romeo and Juliet* (1968) ? Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, Michael York, dir Franco Zefferelli, Paramount, 138min (p/s) 2:45am *West Side Story* (1961) ?Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, dir Robert Wise, United Artists, 152 min *Friday October 2, 2009* *Happy Birthday, Groucho Marx* 6:30am *Dick Cavett: Groucho Marx* (1969) -Groucho Marx, 51min (p/s) 7:30am *A Night in Casablanca* (1946) -The Marx Brothers, Charles Drake, Lois Collier, dir Archia L Mayo, United Artists, 85min 9:00am *A Day at the Races* (1937) -The Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, dir Sam Wood, MGM, 109 min 11:00am *A Night at the Opera* (1934) -The Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sam Wood, MGM, 92min 12:30pm *Duck Soup* (1933) -The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Raquel Torres, dir Leo McCarey, Paramount, 68min (p/s) 1:45pm *Horse Feathers* (1932) ?The Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, David Landau, dir Norman Z McLeod, Paramount, 66min (p/s) 3:00pm *Monkey Business* (1931) - The Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd, Harry Woods, dir Norman Z McLeod, Paramount, 77min (p/s) 4:30pm *Animal Crackers* (1930) ? The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Lillian Roth, dir Victor Heerman, Paramount, 97 min (p/s) 6:15pm *The Cocoanuts* (1929)- The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Oscar Shaw, dir Robert Florey, Paramount, 93min (p/s) *What?!* 8:00pm *What a Way to Go!* (1964) ?Shirley MacLaine, Robert Cummings, Dean Martin, dir J Lee Thompson, Fox, 111min (P) 10:00pm *What?s so Bad About Feeling Good?* (1968)- Mary Tyler Moore, George Pappard, Dom DeLuise, dir George Seaton, Universal, 94min (P) 11:45pm *What?s Up, Doc?* (1950) -Mel Blanc, dir Robert McKimson, WB 7min (n/p) 12:00am *What?s Up, Doc?* (1972) ?Barbra Streisand, Ryan O?Neal, Madeleine Kahn, dir Peter Bogdonovich, WB, 94 min (P) 1:45am *What?s Opera, Doc?* (1957)-Mel Blanc, dir Chuck Jones, WB, 7min (p/s) *TCM Underground* 2:00am *The Last Man On Earth* (1964) -Vincent Price, Franca Bettoja, Emma Danieli, dir. Sidney Salkow, API, 88min (p/s) 3:30am *The Mole People* (1956) -John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, Cynthia Patrick, dir. Virgil Vogel, Universal, 77min (n/p) 5:00am *The Beast of Yucca Flats* (1961) ?Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, Bing Stafford, dir. Coleman Francis, Crown International, 54min (n/p) *Saturday October 3, 2009* *Location! Location! Challenge* *VIVA ITALIA!* (Movies filmed IN Italy) 6:00am *Taming of the Shrew* (1967) ? Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Michael Hordern, dir Franco Zeffirelli, Columbia, 122min 8:15am *Summertime* (1955)- Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, dir. David Lean, United Artists, 99min 10:00am *Enchanted April* (1992)- Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Alfred Molina, dir Mike Newell, Paramount, 95 min (p/s) 11:45am *Roman Holiday* (1953) ?Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, dir William Wyler, Paramount 118 min (p/s) *VIVA ITALIA Part II: Firenze (Florence)* 1:45pm *The Agony and the Ecstasy* (1965) ?Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, dir Carol Reed, Fox, 140 min (p/s) 4:15pm *Light in the Piazza* -Yvette Mimieux, Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, dir Guy Green, MGM 102min 6:30pm *Much Ado About Nothing* (1993) ?Kenneth Brannagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Samuel Goldwyn, 111min (n/p) *Split Personalities* (Movies in which a single actor plays more than one character) 8:00pm THE ESSENTIALS: *Kind Hearts and Coronets* (1949) -Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, dir Robert Harner, Ealing Studios, 106m (p/s) 10:00pm *The Great Race* (1965) ? Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, dir. Blake Edwards, WB, 160m (p/s) 12:45am *Dr Strangelove* (1964) ?Peter Sellers, George C Scott, Sterling Hayden, dir Stanley Kubrick, Columbia. 95m 2:30am *The Family Jewels* (1965) ?Jerry Lewis, Sebastian Cabot, Neil Hamilton, dir Jerry Lewis, Paramount, 99m (P) 4:15am *Wonder Man* (1945) -Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera Ellen, dir. H. Bruce Humberstone, RKO, 98m 6:00am *The Parent Trap* (1961) -Hayley Mills, Brian Keith, Maureen O?Hara, dir David Swift, Disney, 130m

Capuchin's Programming Notes: Programming notes for my schedule: A good character actor does more than just fill space. Just as you're known by the company you keep, the people who surround the movie's leading man tells a lot about him. If the second-billings are bland, the most-talented star is no more exciting than eating caviar out of a tin can. TCM devotes one month a year to "Summer Under the Stars," highlighting a single star each day. I've long thought the same sort of recognition should be given to those who rarely, if ever, starred in a movie. An interesting truth, though, is that there are far more great character actors than there are top stars. To accommodate this fact, I scheduled, as far as I was able, half a day to each. I tried to choose films which showed their diversity. An example of this in Sunday's schedule: in *Suddenly* , James Gleason is brave and crafty, in *The Ex-Mrs. Bradford* he fills a familiar role as a bantering detective, and in *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* he's constantly befuddled and bewildered. For each actor, I selected a few movies which I felt I had to include to show their range, a few more which were simply brilliant, some that I particularly enjoy, and others that I might need to get the time slots worked out. This meant over twenty films for each one, and I only had room for four to ten. Ouch! I also had to completely forgo some wonderful performers because too few of their films are in the acceptable libraries. I could have used all the permitted premieres for any one of a dozen people who sprang to mind, from Binnie Barnes to Wilhelm Bendow to Masayuki Mori. As I began checking available movies, I was disappointed to see that so many I wanted are going to appear soon, so it looks like I'm cribbing from next month's schedule. Combining "Location!Location!" with Saturday morning series seemed a good idea, especially if the other Saturdays of the month showed detectives in different cities around the world (virtually every sleuth worth their salt has been to San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Paris). I was reasonably sure that most other entrants would concentrate on 'unlucky' factors for the "13" night and I must admit my first thought was to show a menagerie of black cats. A newspaper article about a local moonshiner gave me the idea for "13 Dry Years," particularly since prohibition/bootleggers is always a popular theme. The "Silent" wasn't a difficult choice -- it's my least favorite genre, and those few that I love have only poor prints available, so I simply looked through the discussion boards until I found a film that everyone who prefers silents apparently likes. The shorts on Sunday night, just before the "Imports," are a counterpoint -- they show the beauty and tranquility of Japan right before you watch the scariest ghost story ever filmed there. I had to follow it up with a comedy to prevent people from having nightmares. I had to provide the same restorative for the "Underground" film. *Throne of Blood* will freeze your bones, so an English comedy with an Italian beauty should thaw you out again. Much of the timing was dictated by my natural bent towards engineering. I tried to start as many movies as possible at the top and bottom of the hour, but I rebel at the idea of having 13 minutes of non-program time just to start a movie at a quarter instead of five after. Also, with TIVO and the other technology that lets you catch a movie whenever it starts, I don't see the 'quarters' being as essential as they were ten or fifteen years ago. The buffer between movies is generally 2 to 6 minutes. In the few cases where two of them do butt up against one another, the later one has enough free room at its tail end that it can afford to start a bit after its scheduled time. The schedule is far less than ideal. If I had a broadband connection and deeper access to databases, I could have blended the transitions and checked for more "previously shown" features. Also, I know far too little about the length of promos, news, and other interstitials to create a schedule that readily accommodates them. Oh, well. About the "Guest Programmer" -- Her name is Triela. She's a teenage girl and a character on Gansuringa Garu, a Japanese TV show. Having Robert Osborne sit opposite her would be problematic, so the introductions would probably be handled by having an interviewer off-screen. Question: Your first pick is *My Neighbor Totoro* , a wonderful film from 1988 by Hayao Miyazaki. What made you to choose it? Triela: It's one of the few great movies where there are no bad guys. The conflicts all come from events in many people's lives -- moving to a new home, having their mother in the hospital, and the little sister getting lost. It would be easy for such a film to turn into a tearjerker, but Hayao kept it lively, interesting, and funny. Question: Since none of those things ever happened to you, do you find it difficult to identify with the characters? Triela: Even though I don't remember a real home, my mother, or any sisters I might have, I can easily see myself as Satsuki. I'm the oldest girl at the Social Welfare Agency, so it's sort of like her situation with her little sister. I don't mother the other girls, but I feel a certain responsibility towards them. Also, the way I reacted when I first saw the Totoro in the movie was exactly like hers when she met him. He's like the biggest, best teddy bear ever. Question: Is there a connection between your favorite movie being a Japanese animation and the fact that you're an animated character on TV in Japan? Triela: I don't see any. I'm not Japanese, my series is set in Italy. And the girls in the movie can shout and play and make new friends. It's important that I go unnoticed in public, most of my time is spent studying and training, and when I do meet someone outside the Agency, it usually doesn't end well. We're really at opposite ends of the spectrum. (Roll movie) Question: Your next pick is *Seconds* , a 1966 John Frankenheimer movie starring Rock Hudson. What drew you to this film? Triela: I first watched it because I heard it was about someone who went through a transformation: surgery to change their appearance, documents to establish a new identity, and relocated far from his home. I was expecting it to parallel my own life, to give me insights into how I might have handled some things differently. Unfortunately, there was no comparison. He chose to be operated on, but I would be dead if the Social Welfare Agency hadn't decided to provide me with advanced medical care. He was bent on having a good time, doing whatever he wanted. I have a sense of duty, of purpose. And in the end, he opted out while I never quit what I start. Question: So why is this one of your favorite movies? Triela: The writing, acting, and staging are very compelling. We watch him go through the entire range of emotions, and his external world is so often at odds with what he's feeling. There are many layers to it besides the obvious moral that changing things in your life isn't a way to make yourself happy. There are much deeper issues, if only you open yourself up to them. Question: Did changing your life make you happy? Triela: I wouldn't say that. They tell me that my old life was miserable in the extreme, so the fact that I'm alive and healthy is a great plus. I don't think any of us girls at the Social Welfare Agency are happy, but we're not unhappy, if you can see the difference. It's more like we've accepted things as they are and found a way to be content, something that Rock Hudson, in this movie, couldn't do. (Roll movie) Question: Your third pick is *Cat People* from 1942. Do you like horror movies? Triela: Not really. What attracts me is how misunderstood she is. Her fears are very, very real, but other people think she's deranged. She loves a man as deeply as any woman ever has, but she has the strength of character to avoid physical passion because of the consequences. Not only is it tormenting her, she's being persecuted for being so noble. Question: So you see her as a victim? Triela: Undoubtably. The real horror in this movie isn't the threat of an attack by a blood-crazed werecat, it's that people are so quick to judge others without even trying to understand their heritage. That's what sends tingles up my spine. (Roll movie) Question: The last movie you chose is *La Femme Nikita* from 1990, directed by Luc Besson and starring Anne Parillaud. As a teenage girl, what attracts you to this rather adult film? Triela: I guess it's mostly how much she stays the same despite everything about her life changing. Girls my age know a lot about that. Question: The film begins by showing that she's a drug-crazed murderer, then she's cleaned up and made a government employee. It ends with her running away because she's too deeply moral to keep doing her new job. Why do you think she stays the same? Triela: Her life started before the movie opens. She grew up knowing right from wrong, and she never wanted to hurt anyone. When we first see her, all that had been overshadowed by drugs and lust. The life the government gave her wasn't, to her, very different -- they blurred the lines of morality, making the most horrendous actions justifiable if it served their ends. She finally realized she had to leave behind everyone telling her how to live if she wanted to be herself, to practice what she believed in when she was a little girl. Question: What's your favorite scene in the movie? Triela: Definitely when she was in the grocery store. She had never led a 'normal' life, taking care of herself properly, so she was totally lost as to what to buy. When she started following someone else and taking loads of the same things they chose, it was hilarious. (Roll movie) Misc. info: Other character actors I wanted to use, but didn't have the room for: Eric Blore, Ward Bond, Charles Victor, Thelma Ritter, Harry Davenport, Felix Bressart, Ralph Bellamy, Cecil Parker, Charles Coburn, Barry Fitzgerald, and many, many others. Retrospectives, interviews, and other such material -- I'm not a big fan of anything other than the movies themselves. Shorts: There were several that I really wanted to add, but they're mostly modern (like Anita Liberty and Opera No. 1 (by Hal Hartley)), and I couldn't find a database that could give me the running time of a lot of the older newsreels, cartoons, and other things I'd like to include. An interesting dichotomy -- in most cases, the actors who should be showcased with the most movies are also those who should be in primetime, which is four hours shorter. Message was edited by: ChipHeartsMovies to remove emoticons

Capuchin's Challenge schedule: *Week of August 22-28, 2010 (completely arbitrary)* *Sunday* *James Gleason* 6:00 am *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944) dir. Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant, WB, 118 min. 8:00 am *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1945) dir. Elia Kazan, starring Dorothy McGuire, Fox, 128 min., p/s 10:10am *A Date with the Falcon* (1942) dir. Irving Reis, starring George Sanders, RKO, 63 min. 11:15 am *Suddenly* (1954) dir. Lewis Allen, starring Frank Sinatra, UA, 75 min. 12:35pm *The Ex-Mrs. Bradford* (1936) dir. Stephen Roberts, starring William Powell, RKO, 80 min. 2:00 pm *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941) dir. Alexander Hall, starring Robert Montgomery, Columbia, 94 min 3:40 pm *The Clock* (1945) dir. Vincente Minnelli, starring Judy Garland, MGM, 90 min. *Wilfrid Hyde-White* 5:15 pm *Conspirator* (1950), dir. Victor Saville, starring Robert Taylor, MGM, 85 min. 6:45 pm *Lambeth Walk* (1939) dir. Albert de Courville, starring Lupino Lane, MGM, 67 min. *Primetime (Wilfrid Hyde-White continues)* 8:00 pm *The Third Man* (1950) dir. Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, London Film Prod. Ltd. 105 min. p/s 9:45 pm *North West Frontier (1959) dir. J. Lee Thompson, starring Kenneth More, JA Rank, 129 min. *Silent Sunday Night* *Midnight The Crowd* (1928) dir. King Vidor, starring Eleanor Boardman, MGM, 98min 1:40 am Shorts *Cherry Blossom Time in Japan* (1936) James A. FitzPatrick, MGM, 7 min. *Floral Japan* (1937) James A. FitzPatrick, MGM, 9 min *TCM Imports* 2:00 am *The Black Cat* (1968) dir. Kaneto Shindo, starring Kichiemon Nakamura, Toho, 99 min. 3:40 am *The Hidden Fortress* (1958) dir. Akira Kurosawa, starring Minoru Chiaki, Toho, 139 min. *Monday* *Alan Hale* 6:00 am *The Prince and the Pauper* (1937) dir. William Keighley, starring Errol Flynn, WB, 115 min. 8:00 am *Footsteps in the Dark* (1941) dir. Lloyd Bacon, starring Errol Flynn, WB, 69 min. 9:15 am *It Happened One Night* (1934) dir. Frank Capra, starring Claudette Colbert, Columbia, 105 min. 11:00 am *The Sea Hawk* (1940) dir. Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn, WB, 127 min. 1:15 pm *Fog Over Frisco* (1934) dir. William Dieterle, starring Bette Davis, WB, 68 min. 2:30 pm *Imitation of Life* (1934) dir. John M. Stahl, starring Claudette Colbert, Universal, 116 min., p/s 4:30 pm *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938) dir. Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn, WB, 104 min. 6:15 pm *The Inspector General* (1949) dir. Henry Koster, starring Danny Kaye, WB, 102 min., p/s *Primetime* *Judith Anderson* 8:00 pm *Rebecca* (1940) dir. Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier, UA, 130min. p/s 10:15 pm *Laura* (1944) dir. Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney, Fox, 87 min., Premiere 11:45 pm *Salome* (1953) dir. William Dieterle, starring Rita Hayworth, Columbia, 103min. 1:30 am *The Strange Love of Martha Ivers* (1946) dir. Lewis Milestone, starring Barbara Stanwyck, PD, 117 min. 3:30 am *Free and Easy* (1941) dir. George Sidney, starring Robert Cummings, MGM, 55 min. 4:30 am *Forty Little Mothers* (1940) dir. Busby Berkeley, starring Eddie Cantor, MGM, 88min. *Tuesday* *Eugene Pallette* 6:00 am *The Bride Came C.O.D.* (1941) dir. William Keighley, starring James Cagney, WB, 92 min. 7:35 am *The Dragon Murder Case* (1934) dir. H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Warren William, WB, 67 min. 8:45 am *The Male Animal* (1942) dir. Elliott Nugent, starring Henry Fonda, WB, 101 min. 10:30 am *He Stayed for Breakfast* (1940) dir. Alexander Hall, starring Loretta Young, Columbia, 89 min. Noon *My Man Godfrey* (1936) dir. Gregory La Cava, starring William Powell, PD, 94 min. 1:40 pm *The Lady Eve* (1941) dir. Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Paramount, 94 min., p/s 3:15 pm *The Fighting Edge* (1926) dir. Henry Lehrman, starring Kenneth Harlan, WB, 55 min. 4:10 pm *The Half Naked Truth* (1932) dir. Gregory La Cava, starring Lupe Velez, RKO, 77 min. 5:30 pm *I've Got Your Number* (1934) dir. Ray Enright, starring Joan Blondell, WB, 69 min. 6:40 pm *Storm at Daybreak* (1933) dir. Richard Boleslawski, starring Kay Francis, MGM, 78 min. *Primetime* *Guest Programmer -- Triela* 8:00 pm *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988) dir. Hayao Miyazaki, starring Noriko Hidaka, Studio Ghibli, 86 min. p/s 9:35 pm *Seconds* (1966) dir. John Frankenheimer, starring Rock Hudson, Paramount, 106 min. Premiere 11:30 pm *Cat People* (1942) dir. Jacques Tourneur, starring Simone Simon, RKO, 73 min. 12:45 am *La Femme Nikita* (1990) dir. Luc Besson, starring Anne Parillaud, Gaumont, 115 min. Premiere 2:45 am *Tovarich* (1937) dir. Anatole Litvak, starring Claudette Colbert, WB, 92 min. 4:20 am *In a Lonely Place* (1950) dir. Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart, Columbia, 94 min. *Wednesday* *Alan Mowbray* 6:00 am *A Yank at Eton* (1942) dir. Norman Taurog, starring Mickey Rooney, MGM, 88 min. 7:30 am *The King's Thief* (1955) dir. Robert Z. Leonard, starring Ann Blyth, MGM, 79 min. 8:50 am *Topper* (1937) dir. Norman Z. McLeod, starring Constance Bennett, MGM, 98 min. 10:30 am *The Prince of Thieves* (1948) dir. Howard Bretherton, starring Jon Hall, Columbia, 72 min. 11:45 am *Music in My Heart* (1940) dir. Joseph Santley, starring Rita Hayworth, Columbia, 70 min. 1:00 pm *Merton of the Movies* (1947) dir. Robert Alton, starring Red Skelton, MGM, 83min. 2:25 pm *Curtain Call* (1940) dir. Frank Woodruff, starring Barbara Read, RKO, 63 min. 3:30 pm *The King and the Chorus Girl* (1937) dir. Mervyn LeRoy, starring Joan Blondell, WB, 95 min. 5:15 pm *Every Girl Should Be Married* (1948) dir. Don Hartman, starring Cary Grant, RKO, 84 min. 6:45 pm *Jewel Robbery* (1932) dir. William Dieterle, starring William Powell, WB, 70min. *Primetime* *S. Z. Sakall* 8:00 pm *Sugarfoot* (1951) dir. Edwin L. Marin, starring Randolph Scott, WB, 80 min., Premiere 9: 25 pm *Ball of Fire* (1941) dir. Howard Hawks, starring Barbara Stanwyck, RKO, 112 min. 11:20 pm *Wonder Man* (1945) dir. Bruce Humberstone, starring Danny Kaye, RKO, 98 min 1:00 am *My Love Came Back* (1940) dir. Kurt Bernhardt, starring Olivia de Havilland, WB, 85 min. 2:30 am *Casablanca* (1943) dir. Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, WB, 103 min. 4:15 am *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945) dir. Peter Godfrel, starring Barbara Stanwyck, WB, 102 min. *Thursday* *Harry (Henry) Morgan* 6:00 am *My Six Convicts* (1952) dir. Hugo Fregonese, starring Millard Mitchell, Columbia, 105 min. 7:45 am *Strange Bargain* (1949) dir. Will Price, starring Martha Scott, RKO, 68 min. 9:00 am *It Started with a Kiss* (1959) dir. George Marshall, starring Glenn Ford, MGM, 104 min. 10:45 am *It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog* (1945) dir. Herbert I. Leeds, starring Carole Landis, RKO, 70 min. Noon *How the West Was Won* (1963) dir. John Ford et al, starring Carroll Baker, MGM, 155 min. 2:35 pm *Scandal Sheet* (1952) dir. Phil Karlson, starring Broderick Crawford, Columbia, 82 min. 4:00 pm *Inherit the Wind* (1960) dir. Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, UA, 127 min. 6:15 pm *The Cat from Outer Space* (1978) dir. Norman Tokar, starring Ken Berry, Disney, 104 min. *Primetime* *Oscar Levant* 8:00 pm *The Band Wagon* (1953), dir. Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire, MGM, 113 min. 9:55 pm *An American in Paris* (1951) dir. Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly, MGM, 113 min. 11:50 pm *Humoresque* (1947) dir. Jean Negulesco, starring Joan Crawford, WB, 125 min. 2:00 am *The Cobweb* (1955) dir. Vincente Minnelli, starring Richard Widmark, MGM, 134 min. 4:15 am *Romance on the High Seas* (1948) dir. Michael Curtiz, starring Doris Day, WB, 99 min. *Friday* *Edward Everett Horton* 6:00 am *Down to Earth* (1947) dir. Alexander Hall, starring Rita Hayworth, Columbia, 101 min. 7:45 am *The Body Disappears* (1941) dir. D. Ross Lederman, starring Jeffrey Lynn, WB, 75 min. 9:00 am *I Married an Angel* (1942) dir. W. S. Van Dyke II, starring Jeanette MacDonald, MGM, 85 min. 10:30 am *Top Hat* (1935) dir. Mark Sandrich, starring Fred Astaire, RKO, 101 min. 12:15 pm *Thank Your Lucky Stars* (1943) dir. David Butler, starring Humphrey Bogart, WB, 143 min. 2:40 pm *Roar of the Dragon* (1932) dir. Wesley Ruggles, starring Richard Dix, RKO, 76 min. 4:00 pm *The Front Page* (1931) dir. Lewis Milestone, starring Adolph Menjou, PD, 100 min. 5:45 pm *Lost Horizon* (1937) dir. Frank Capra, starring Ronald Colman, Columbia, 133 min. *Primetime* *13 Dry Years* 8:00 pm *The Roaring Twenties* (1939) dir. Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, WB, 106 min. 9:50 pm *The Public Enemy* (1931) dir. William A. Wellman, starring James Cagney, WB, 83 min 11:15 pm *City Streets* (1931) dir. Rouben Mamoulian, starring Gary Cooper, Columbia, 83 min 12:40 am *The Little Giant* (1933) dir. Roy Del Ruth, starring Edward G. Robinson, WB, 76 min *Underground* 2:00 am *Throne of Blood* (1957) dir. Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshir? Mifune, Toho, 110 min 3:55 am *Lady L* (1966) dir. Peter Ustinov, starring Sophia Loren, MGM, 124 min. *Saturday* *Location! Location!* 6:00 am *The Saint in London* (1939) dir. John Paddy Carstairs, starring George Sanders, RKO, 72 min. 7:15 am *The Lone Wolf in London* (1947) dir. Leslie Goodwins, starring Gerald Mohr, Columbia, 67 min. 8:25 am *Whispering Smith Hits London* (1951) dir. Francis Searle, starring Richard Carlson, RKO, 77 min. 9:45 am *The Dark Eyes of London* (1940) dir. Walter Summers, starring Bela Lugosi, PD, 76 min. *Rudy Vallee* 11:05 am *The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer* (1947) dir. Irving Reis, starring Cary Grant, RKO, 95 min. 12:45 pm *Gold Diggers in Paris* (1938) dir. Ray Enright, starring Rosemary Lane, WB, 100 min. 2:30 pm *My Dear Secretary* (1949) dir. Charles Martin, starring Kirk Douglas, PD, 94 min. 4:10 pm *I Remember Mama* (1948) dir. George Stevens, starring Irene Dunne, RKO, 137 min 6:30 pm *The Palm Beach Story* (1942) dir. Preston Sturges, starring Claudette Colbert Paramount, 88 min., p/s *Essentials* 8:00 pm *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940) dir. John Ford, starring Henry Fonda, Fox, 129 min. Premiere *Lee Patrick* 10:15 pm *Visit to a Small Planet* (1960) dir. Norman Taurog, starring Jerry Lewis, Paramount, 85 min. Premiere 11:45 pm *Now, Voyager* (1942) dir. Irving Rapper, starring Bette Davis, WB, 118 min. 1:45 am *7 Faces of Dr. Lao* (1964) dir. George Pal, starring Tony Randall, MGM, 100 min. 3:30 am *Smiling Ghost* (1941) dir. Lewis Seiler, starring Wayne Morris, WB, 71 min. 4:45 am *Fisherman's Wharf* (1939) dir. Bernard Vorhaus, starring Bobby Breen, RKO, 72 min.

helenbaby's schedule: *Week of Sept. 20-26, 2009* *Sunday Daytime Theme--Blue Hawaii* 6:00 AM Honolulu (1939) d. Edward Buzzell Starring Eleanor Powell/Robert Young 83 m MGM 7:30 AM Blue Hawaii (1961) d. Norman Taurog Starring Elvis Presley 101 m Paramount p/s 9:15 AM Ride the Wild Surf (1964) d. Don Taylor Starring Fabian Forte/Tab Hunter 101 m Columbia 11:00 AM Hawaii (1966) d. George Roy Hill Starring Max Von Sydow 186 m Mirsich p/s 2:05 PM Traveltalks-Honolulu Paradise of the Pacific (1935) 9 m 2:15 PM The Castaway Cowboy (1974) d. Vincent McEveety Starring James Garner 91 m Disney 3:50 PM Short-Harry Owens & His Royal Hawaiians (1944) 10 m 4:00 PM Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) d. Paul Windkos Starring Deborah Walley 101 m Columbia 6:00 PM Endless Summer (1966) d. Bruce Brown Documentary 95 m Bruce Brown Films p/s 7:30 PM MGM Parade *Nightime Theme--They Say You Want a Revolution* 8:00 PM The Devil's Disciple (1959) d. Guy Hamilton Starring Kirk Douglas 85 m Hill-Hecht-Lancaster/UA p/s 9:30 PM The Comedians (1967) d. Peter Glenville Starring Richard Burton 156 m MGM Silent Sunday Night 12:00 AM The Eagle (1925) d. Clarence Brown Starring Rudolph Valentino 77 m Art Finance/UA TCM Premiere 1:20 AM 1925 MGM Studio Tour 32 m TCM Imports--3 Films of Jean Gabin 2:00 AM French Can Can (1955) d. Jean Renoir 93 m 3:45 AM Touchez Par au Grisbi (1954) d. Jacques Becker 94 m 5:15 AM Traveltalks-Paris on Parade (1938) 9 m 5:30 AM Zouzou (1931) d. Marc Allegret 92 m *Monday Daytime Theme-Lock Me Up & Throw Away the Key* 7:00 AM James Cagney: Top of the World (1992) d. Carl Lindahl Host MIchael J Fox 47 m Communicreations/Turner Pictures 8:00 AM Hell's Highway (1932) d. Rowland Brown Starring Richard Dix 62 m Radio Pictures p/s 9:15 AM Each Dawn I Die (1939) d. William Keighley Starring James Cagney 92 m WB 10:45 AM Caged (1950) d. John Cromwell Starring Eleanor Parker 96 m WB 12:30 PM I Am A Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) d. Mervyn Leroy Starring Paul Muni 93 m WB 2:15 PM Castle on the Hudson (1940) d. Anatole Litvak Starring John Garfield 77 m WB/Anatole Litvak Prod 4:00 PM The Big House (1930) d. George Hll Starring Wallace Beery/Chester Morris 86 m MGM/Cosmopolitan 5:30 PM Dynamite (1929) d. Cecil B. DeMille Starring Charles Bickford 129 m MGM 7:40 PM Short: Tell Tale Heart J. Schildkraut (1941) 20 m *Nighttime Theme--Dean Stockwell* 8:00 PM Private Screenings: Dean Stockwell 9:00 PM Anchors Aweigh (1945) d. George Sidney 140 m MGM 11:30 PM Song of the Thin Man (1947) d. Edward Buzzell 86 m MGM 1:00 AM Kim (1950) d. Victor Saville 113 m MGM 2:50 AM Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) d. Sidney Lumet 184 m Landau Films p/s Programming note The Cagney doc is P/S and produced by Turner *Tuesday Daytime Theme--The Softer Side of Manly Men* 6:00 AM Love Crazy (1941) d. Jack Conway Starring Wm Powell/Myrna Loy 99 m MGM 7:45 AM Lady for A Day (1933) d. Frank Capra Starring Warren William 96 m Columbia 9:30 AM Ace of Aces (1933) d. J. Walter Ruben Starring Richard Dix 76 m RKO 10:45 AM Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) d. Roy Rowland Starring E.G. Robinson 105 m 12:15 PM She Couldn't Say No (1954) d. Lloyd Bacon Starring Robert Mitchum 89 m RKO 1:45 PM Three Godfathers (1949) d. John Ford Starring John Wayne 105 m Argosy/MGM 3:30 PM Boom Town (1940) d. Jack Conway Starring Clark Gable/Spencer Tracy 118 m MGM 5:30 PM Green Dolphin Street (1947) d. Victor Saville Starring Van Heflin/Lana Turner 140 m MGM *Director's Showcase--William Wyler* 8:00 PM Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Starring Fredric March 178 m RKO/Goldwyn 10:30 PM The Heiress (1949) Starring Olivia de Havilland 115 m Paramount p/s 12:30 AM The Little Foxes (1941) Starring Bette Davis 116 m RKO/Goldwyn 2:30 AM These Three (1936) Starring Merle Oberron/Miriam Hopkins 93 m Goldwyn/UA 4:15 AM Tom Brown of Culver (1932) Starring Tom Brown 82 m Universal TCM Premeire *Wednesday Happy Birthday to Me!!* *Daytime Theme--Some of my favorites from childhood* 6:00 AM 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) d. Nathan Juran Starring Kerwin Mathews 87 m Morningside/Col p/s 7:30 AM Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) d. William Asher Starring Frankie Avalon 98 m AIP p/s 9:15 AM Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) d. Richard Thorpe Starring Jim Hutton 90 m MGM/Euterpe 10:45 AM The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) d. Frank Tashlin Starring Doris Day 110 m MGM 12:45 PM Spencer's Mountain (1963) d. Delmar Daves Starring Henry Fonda 119 m Warner 2:45 PM The Trouble With Angels (1966) d. Ida Lupino Starring Hayley Mills/Roz Russell 112 m Columbia 4:45 PM Help! (1965) d. Richard Lester Starring The Beatles 90 m Subafilms TCM Premiere 6:15 PM Flipper's New Adventure (1964) d. Leon Benson Starring Luke Halpin/Flipper 103 m Ivan Tors Prod. p/s *Star of the Month--Fredric March* 8:00 PM The Sign of the Cross (1932) d. Cecil B. DeMille 124 m Paramount p/s 10:15 PM Anna Karenina (1935) d. Clarence Brown 95 m MGM 12:00 AM One Foot in Heaven (1941) d. Irving Rapper 108 m Warner 2:00 AM Tomorrow, the World! (1944) d. Leslie Fenton 95 m Lester Cowan Prod/UA p/s 3:45 AM The Middle of the Night (1959) d. Delbert Mann 118 m Sudan Prod/Columbia 5:45 AM Inherit the Wind (1960) d. Stanley Kramer 127 m UA *Thursday Daytime Theme--Queens of MGM (All MGM Films)* 8:00 AM As You Desire Me (1932) d. George Fitzmaurice Starring Greta Garbo 70 m 9:15 AM Riptide (1934) d. Edmund Goulding Starring Norma Shearer 92 m 10:45 AM Ziegfeld Girl (1941) d. Robert Z. Leonard Starring Lana Turner/Judy Garland/Hedy Lamarr 131 m 1:00 PM Valley of Decision (1945) d. Tay Garnett Starring Greer Garson 119 m 3:00 PM Little Women (1949) d.Mervyn Leroy Starring June Allyson/E. Taylor/M. O'Brien 121 m 5:00 PM The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953) d. Don Weis Starring Debbie Reynolds 74 m 6:15 PM The Girl From Missouri (1934) d. Jack Conway Starring Jean Harlow 95 m *Nighttime Theme--Lucky 13* 8:00 PM Mr. Lucky (1943) d. H C Potter Starring Cary Grant 100 m RKO 9:45 PM Short-Passing Parade/Who's Superstitious? 11 m 10:00 PM Vice Versa (1948) d. Peter Ustinov Starring Roger Livesey 111m George Brown Prod. p/s 11:45 PM Short-Carey Wilson's More on Nostradamus 11 m 12:00 AM Thirteen Women (1932) d. George Archainbaud Starring Irene Dunne 73 m RKO 1:15 AM The Woman on Pier 13 (1950) d. Robert Stevenson Starring Laraine Day 73 m RKO 3:00 AM Nights of Cabiria (1957) d. Ferderico Fellini starring Giulietta Masina 117 m deLaurentis prod p/s 5:00 AM Zotz! (1952) d. William Castle Starring Tom Poston 87 m Columbia Programming Notes Lucky in Title Vice Versa--A Mystic Stone causes a father/son switch 13 in title new title of I Married a Communist--This is a loose interpretation Cabiria--Unlucky in love Zotz!--a magic coin *Friday All Day Theme--They Tried to Make Me Go to Rehab--Booze & Drugs in Movies* 6:30 AM Heroes for Sale (1933) d. William Wellman Starring Richard Barthlemess 73 m 1st Natl/WB 7:45 AM Three on a Match (1932) d. Mervyn Leroy Starring Ann Dvorak 64 m 1st Natl/WB 9:00 AM The Wet Parade (1932) d. Victor Fleming Starring Robert Young 120 m MGM 11:00 AM Smash Up, Story of a Woman (1947) d. Stuart Heisler Starring Susan Hayward 103 m Univeral p/s 12:45 PM Thunder Road (1958) d. Arthur Ripley Starring Robert Mitchum 92 m DRM Prod/UA 2:00 PM Monkey on My Back (1957) d. Andre de Toth Starring Cameron Mitchell 93 m Ed. Small Prod/UA 3:45 PM Madame X (1966) d. David Lowell Rich Starring Lana Turner 99 m Universal p/s 6:30 PM Cat Ballou (1965) d. Eliot Silverstein Starring Lee Marvin 96 m 8:00 PM A Hatful of Rain (1957) d. Fred Zinnemann Starring Don Murray 109 m Fox TCM Premiere 10:00 PM The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) d. Otto Preminger Starring Frank Sinatra 119 m Carlyle/UA p/s 12:00 AM A Star is Born (1937) d. William Wellman Starring Janet Gaynor/Fredric March 111 m Selznick/UA p/s *TCM Underground* 2:00 AM Valley of the Dolls (1967) d. Mark Robson Starring Patti Duke/Sharon Tate/Barbara Parkins 123 m Fox p/s 4:15 AM High School Confidential! (1958) d. Jack Arnold Starring Russ Tamblyn 85 m MGM/Albert Zugsmith Prod *Saturday Helen's Picks* 5:45 AM Henry Aldrich for President (1941) d. Hugh Bennett Starring Jimmy Lydon 74 m TCM Premiere 7:00 AM Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) d. Hugh Bennett Starring Jimmy Lydon 71 m TCM Premiere 8:15 AM The Prince & The Pauper (1937) d. William Keighley Starring Errol Flynn/Mauch Twins 120 m Warner 10:15 AM Around the World in 80 Days (1956) d. Michael Anderson Starring David Niven 167 m Todd/UA p/s 1:00 PM Westward the Women (1951) d. William Wellman Starring Robert Taylor 118 MGM 3:00 PM All This and Heaven, Too (1942) d. Anatole Litvak Starring Bette Davis 143 m WB 5:30 PM Battleground (1949) d. William Wellman Starring Van Johnson 118 m MGM 7:30 PM Short-Starlit at the Lido (1935) 20 m *The Essentials* 8:00 PM Dodsworth (1936) d. William Wyler Starring Walter Huston 101 m Goldwyn/UA p/s 9:45 PM Traveltalks-Looking at London (1946) 10 m Nightime Theme--Walter Huston Films 10:00 PM The Devil & Daniel Webster (1941) d. William Dieterle 85 m RKO 11:30 PM Rain (1932) d. Lewis Milestone 93 m Milestone/UA p/s 1:15 AM The Beast of the City (1932) d. Charles Brabin 87 m Cosmopolitan/MGM 2:45 AM Ann Vickers (1933) d. John Cromwell 72 m RKO 4:15 AM Always In My Heart (1942) d. Jo Graham 92 m WB

Here's a recap of the rules of this Challenge: *PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS* *1. YOUR WEEK* Because TCM announces its schedule about three months in advance, you can select any week September 2009 to September 2010. Your week starts at 6am ET on Sunday and ends on the following Sunday at 5:59 am ET. This means that your first film programmed begins right at 6 AM Sunday. Your final film can run slightly over, but should end fairly close to 5:59 AM ET the following Sunday. *2. YOUR DAY* Each day usually begins at 6am ET but can start later if needed. *3. STAR OF THE MONTH* One night a block of at least four films must be devoted to a Star Of The Month. Be sure the person you select has enough movies to schedule over a four week period. *4. SPECIAL CHALLENGE: LUCKY 13* There are two special challenges in this edition. In the first, in honor of this being Challenge #13, use one night of programming (at least four films) to interpret ... the Number 13. Some ideas to get you started: -Movies about bad luck, omens, superstitions, the occult (13 as a bad-luck sign) -Movies that include bar mitzvahs (they happen at age 13) -Movies about rugby (13 members on a team) -Movies that include the Last Supper (13 at the table) Find many more examples of the use of the number 13 in our culture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number), and think of your own! Your TCM take on the Number 13 should include at least four movies and start in prime time. The first one should start at 8 PM, any night you have room in the schedule. Be as creative as you can in the interpretation of this! *5. SPECIAL CHALLENGE #2: LOCATION! LOCATION!* The second of the special challenges in this edition was inspired by recent tributes on TCM to New York and Los Angeles-set films. As a New Yorker, I know how much I love seeing movies set/filmed in my town. Your challenge: program at least four films in a single block all set in or filmed in the same city or state --- anywhere EXCEPT New York City and L.A. Here's the chance to give your hometown or favorite vacation spot the TCM spotlight that shined on New York and L.A.! This block of films can be programmed at any time in the day or night. Four is the minimum number, you can do as many as you want. *6. OTHER THEMES* All other evenings are themes of your choosing. Daytime themes are encouraged. Once you've chosen your week, check what stars were born then. Maybe it's the anniversary of a historical event, or the anniversary of a classic film's release. You're the programmer, do what you want! Keep in mind that a good TCM schedule has diversity, so try and include different types of movies in the course of the week. *7. PROGRAM TIMES* Feature films generally start on the top, quarter, bottom, three-quarters of the hour. Primetime features start at 8pm ET. Please allow enough time on your evening schedule to allow for intros and outtros for each film. *8. INTERSTITIALS AND SHORTS* Try not to leave more than 15 minute gaps between the end of one film and the beginning of the next, lest your audience grow bored. You are not required to but feel free to include short films, featurettes, trailers, etc. in your schedule. *9. REGULAR TCM PROGRAMMING BLOCKS* Please program the regular TCM features in your schedule. "Silent Sunday Nights" begins around midnight Sunday and is followed by "TCM Imports." "TCM Underground" starts about 2am ET on Friday. Those start times can be flexible. Saturday's "The Essentials" must start at 8pm ET. You can also program a celebrity Guest Programmer evening, or a Private Screening, or any of the other occasional TCM features, but you aren't required to. *10. PROGRAMMING NOTES* Please include some notes on your schedule. We are interested to know why you picked a selection and your inspirations. These are always fun to read, and they really allow us a peek at what makes you love movies. *11. TCM PREMIERES* This challenge will allow for 8 premieres. A premiere is classified as any movie not available through the core libraries which has also not been previously shown on TCM. Movies for "Silent Sunday Nights", "Underground" and "Imports" are not counted against the 8. This time , I'm also saying that you can program any silent film made before 1930 without counting it as a Premieres, regardless of where you place it in the schedule. *12. FILMS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN* You may also use films in the Public Domain without counting against your premieres regardless of the studio that released them. Because Wikipedia's Public Domain entry is riddled with inaccuracies, for the purposes of determining what is and isn't in the public domain we will be using the movies and shorts included in the Prelinger Archives, which is devoted to presenting these films free on the internet. (As a bonus, you can watch all of them online to see if they fit your needs). The link is listed with the libraries below. Please mark these films "p/d" on your schedule. *13. THE FILM LIBRARIES FOR THIS CHALLENGE* The film libraries (with hyperlinks) for use in this Challenge are - Warner Bros (pre-1948 only): http://www.imdb.com/company/co0026840/ MGM (pre-1986): http://www.imdb.com/company/co0020206/ RKO (all): http://www.imdb.com/company/co0041421/ Columbia Pictures (all) http://www.imdb.com/company/co0071509/ United Artists (after 1950): http://www.imdb.com/company/co0026841/ Samuel Goldwyn (all): http://www.imdb.com/company/co0016710/ J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors gb: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0027356/ Walt Disney (Live Action only): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_live_action_films Public Domain list: http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films *14. PREVIOUSLY SCREENED FILMS* As always, you are free to program any film that has already been presented on TCM regardless of library affiliation. This should be designated with a "p/s" symbol (designating "previously scheduled"). The way to see if a movie has been previously screened is to go to the homepage and search the "Site." If TCM has played the film before, you will find programming listings, notes, or stories. DON'T search "Database" -- that includes all movies. Search "Site." *15. RUNNING TIMES* You can find running times for your film selections by using IMDB.com or right here on the TCM website. If using TCM.com, go to the homepage and search "Database" for the film title you need. *16. HOW TO FORMAT* Format your listing by showing the time it shows, name of the film, year it was produced, star or person of interest, studio, running time, premiere or previously scheduled. Example: 3 PM: *The Letter* (1940), dir. by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis, WB, 95 min LINKS TO PREVIOUS CHALLENGES: Here are links to previous Challenges and schedules: Challenge #12 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=139071&start=150&tstart=0 Challenge #11 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=8155190 Challenge #10 ( http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=127551&start=30&tstart=495&messageID=8088572#8088572 ) Challenge #9 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=8046284#8046284) Challenge #8 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=8013984#8013984) Challenge #7 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7973260#7973260) Challenge #6 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7934043#7934043) Challenge #5 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7877675#7877675) Challenge #4 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7847611#7847611) Challenge #3 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7827881#7827881) Challenge #2 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7794350#7794350) or the original from the immortal Path40a Challenge #1 (http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/message.jspa?messageID=7781430#7781430) *VOTING FOR THE WINNER:* At the conclusion of the contest a separate thread will be opened for voting. Any member of the TCM.com community may vote, whether you have entered a Challenge or not. You must have registered as a member of TCM.com by midnight April 30, 2009 to vote. In the event of a tie, the moderator will cast the deciding vote. Have fun!

And now, it's time for the vote! Following this, I will post a recap of the rules, followed by the schedules and programming notes of everyone who has entered. I did my best to duplicate the style of your original posts (although Plain Text is my arch enemy, so who knows what will happen). Entrants: please take a moment to be sure that your schedule is up in its entirety. As we all know, a single indention at the beginning of a line can wipe out an entire section of text, and copying and pasting sometimes creates indentations. If I made an error, let me know right away so that it can be fixed. Also, please refrain from posting "smileys" in your notes. There was a section of the competition thread that many could not open (including me), and smileys may have been the culprit. lzcutter was kind enough to copypaste me the schedule found on that page. If I omitted anyone or anything because I couldn't access the page, my apologies, and I will correct it immediately. And now, the vote! Please select the TCM Challenge Schedule you think is best! Anyone who was registered as a member of TCM.com by April 30, 2009, may vote, whether you entered the contest or not. You may cast your vote by posting in this thread or by sending me your vote via Private Message. Please adhere to "one person, one vote." In the event that anyone has more than one onscreen identity, I respectfully request that you cast only one vote. This is on the honor system, of course, as I have no way of knowing with certainty. Play fair and nice, everyone! Although a couple of schedules didn't adhere to the exact letter of the rules, I did not disqualify anyone, particularly because we encouraged newcomers so strongly to enter. You should, however, take this into consideration in voting for the winner. One schedule didn't program Sunday to Sunday, and one schedule didn't mark premieres, previously screened films, etc. The voting thread will be open until Wednesday, June 10. All votes must be cast by midnight ET. And remember...there are small prizes! Congratulations to everyone again on a terrific job, and good luck!

I love playing this game so much I will take any excuse to extend it, filmlover. Now get on the horn and get these mystery recalcitrant West Coast TCMers to post their entries! They have 2 hours and 33 minutes! (and with that, Chip is off to bed. G'night gang!

Indeed, filmlover, I said midnight ET (Eastern time) in the original rules, as below: "This Challenge will run one month, from May 1 to May 31, 2009. All schedules must be posted by midnight May 31, 2009, ET. I threw in an extra two days to give you five full weekends to work." That said, in the spirit of fun, we will extend the hours allowed for new entries to 3 AM ET (midnight on the West Coast). Don't expect me to chime in at 3 AM (my time) on the closing bell...I plan to be fast asleep. But any Left Coast (or anywhere) procrastinators have been handed a 3 hour reprieve from filmlover.

_And_ pencils down, because time is up! The deadline has been reached for new entries to the TCM Programming Challenge #13: Lucky 13! The TCM Programming Challenge Voting Thread will open Monday afternoon and will be open for ten days, so you'll have plenty of time to review the entries and vote. You can cast your vote in a post in that thread, or you can Private Message me if you want your vote to be secret. The Voting Thread will repeat this Challenge's rules at the beginning, followed by each schedule and programming notes, to make it easy to review without going through all of the posts in this thread. Any member of the TCM boards can vote, as long as you were signed up by April 30, 2009. I had hoped to encourage new players, and I'm thrilled that we have several first-time game-mates. It gets easier the second time you play, and I hope you've had fun and that you'll all join the next Challenge as well. Every single schedule submitted has some real high points, and there isn't one that I personally wouldn't enjoy watching on TCM. As lzcutter said earlier, everyone is to be congratulated for completing a schedule. This is definitely a contest that is anybody's game. Good luck to all! Check in Monday afternoon for the Voting Thread.

With 25 minutes til the final bell, FredMill is in the game!

hehe, how do you really feel, Fred? I really liked it, but I admit it wasn't exactly action-packed. I have a fondness for some of those "slower" English movies, though.

With one of the most formidable opponents in the Challenge game sidelined by a knee injury --- well, Mom's knee surgery anyway --- this scrimmage could be taken by anyone!

Two hours to go...is anyone polishing up a final draft? Soon it really WILL be the eleventh hour!

I'm watching *The Winslow Boy* now, and it is terrific. TCM should keep it in mind for Father's Day next year.

countessdelave makes a good point, CineMaven -- can you identify which are premieres and which are p/s (previously screened)? And you'll all be happy to know that my dear Economy Candy will allow you to order old-timey movie snacks on the web: http://www.economycandy.com/

Another terrific schedule! You guys are going to have a tough time choosing for which to vote!

Just seven hours to go, folks --- I hope we get another schedule or two in under the wire!

Norma, an inspired schedule and one that shows a lot of work. Well done, except.... By the rules of the Challenge, you need to schedule Sunday 6 AM Eastern to the following Sunday, 5:59 AM or so. You have all day today to shift your wonderfully thought out schedule to the Sunday-to-Sunday standard. You have some terrific creative ideas!

Fedya, there is a store in my neighborhood called Economy Candy that has all of the classic candies of yesteryear (and from around the world). I will go there today and stock up on all the brands you mentioned and spend the evening "checking your notes." Another terrific entry! Remember, everyone has until Sunday midnight! Good luck all...