[January 2021]

January 27 Daytime 100th Birthday Tribute Donna Reed

Shadow of the Thin Man (William Powell, Myrna Loy) (MGM, 1941)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury) (MGM, 1945)
Faithful in My Fashion (Donna Reed, Tom Drake) (MGM, 1946)
Green Dolphin Street (Lana Turner, Van Heflin) (MGM, 1947)
Trouble Along the Way (John Wayne, Donna Reed) (Warner Bros., 1953)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson) (MGM, 1954)
Ransom! (Glenn Ford, Donna Reed) (MGM, 1956)

[January 2021]

That would be great. I sort of feel like maybe the number of Fox films airing on TCM has maybe decreased slightly after the Disney takeover. But that's an opinion based on feel, not any actual data.

 

[January 2021]

January 26 Daytime begins with amnesia movies

Journal of a Crime (Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou) (Warner Bros., 1934)
Two O'Clock Courage (Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford) (RKO, 1945)
The Crooked Way (John Payne, Sonny Tufts) (United Artists, 1949)
Hysteria (Robert Webber, Anthony Newlands) (MGM, 1965)

Then the rest of the day is the final day of the Studio System Theme. As I hoped, the rest of the day is Universal, then primetime is Paramount.

Universal:

Dracula (Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler) (1931)
Buck Privates (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) (1941)
It Started with Eve (Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton) (1941)
All That Heaven Allows (Jane Wyman, Agnes Morrehead) (1955)
Six Bridges to Cross (Tony Curtis, George Nader) (1955)

Paramount:

Morocco (Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper) (1930)
I'm No Angel (Cary Grant, Mae West) (1933)
Road to Utopia (Bing Crosby, Bob Hope) (1946)
The Blue Dahlia (Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake) (1946)
The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens) (1963)

 

[January 2021]

I would like to take credit for the moon gag, but that was completely accidental. Subconscious, maybe.

[January 2021]

January 25 Primetime Yvonne DeCarlo

I think TopBilled already went over these, but for the sake of being complete:

Criss Cross (Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo) (Universal, 1949)
Tonight's the Night (David Niven, Yvonne DeCarlo) (Dist. in the US by Allied Artists, 1954)
Death of a Scoundrel (George Sanders, Yvonne DeCarlo) (RKO, 1956)
Band of Angels (Clark Gable, Yvonne DeCarlo) (Warner Bros., 1957)
Munster, Go Home! (Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo) (Universal, 1966)

[January 2021]

The Fox movie might be prohibitive for TCM to air more than once a blue moon. I don't know about the status of the other.

[January 2021]

January 25 Daytime Adaptations of Somerset Maugham Novels

Strictly Unconventional (Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh) (MGM, 1930)
Rain (Joan Crawford, Walter Huston) (United Artists, 1932)
Our Betters (Constance Bennett, Violet Kemble Cooper) (RKO, 1933)
The Painted Veil (Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall) (MGM, 1934)
The Right to Live (Joan Hutchinson, George Brent) (Warner Bros., 1935)
Isle of Fury (Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay) (Warner Bros., 1936)
The Letter (Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall) (Warner Bros., 1940)
Of Human Bondage (Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker) (Warner Bros., 1946)
Trio (James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison) (Dist. in the US by Paramount, 1950)

[January 2021]

January 24 Primetime One Big Misunderstanding. It starts off with Send Me No Flowers, which also airs on New Year's Day, making it the fourth film to air more than once this month (outside of Noir Alley).

Also showing:

Sunday in New York (Cliff Robertson, Rod Taylor) (MGM, 1963)

Then Silent Sundays:

Rosita (Mary Pickford, Holbrook Blinn) (United Artists, 1923)

And for TCM Imports, two more Almodovar films: Kika (1993) and The Flower of My Secret (1995)

[January 2021]

January 24 Daytime. Another theme-free Sunday. 

Grand Hotel (Greta Garbo, John Barrymore) (MGM, 1932)
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (Edward G. Robinson, Margaret  O'Brien (MGM, 1945)

Then a rerun of the previous night's Noir Alley.

Then:

The Philadelphia Story (Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn) (MGM, 1940)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (Cary Grant, Myrna Loy) (RKO, 1948)
West Side Story (Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer) (United Artists, 1961)
What's Up, Doc? (Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal) (Warner Bros., 1972)

[January 2021]

January 23 Primetime Robert Mitchum Double Feature

Out of the Past (Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer) (RKO, 1947)

The other movie is Night of the Hunter, which airs earlier in the month. So far as I make my way through the month, this and Critic's Choice are the only two non-Noir Alley movies to air more than once in January.

And speaking of Noir Alley:

Born to Kill (Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney) (RKO, 1947)

Then two late night films linked by having very similar titles. One of them is It Should Happen to You, which I'm pretty sure also aired during the Columbia spotlight of the Studio System theme. So, that would be third non-Noir Alley movie to get a second airing this month. The other is:

It Could Happen to You (Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda) (Tri-Star, 1994)

 

 

[January 2021]

January 23 Daytime

It's Saturday again! They seem to be done with Bulldog Drummond, but Popeye is back, and there are animated shorts , musical shorts, comedy shorts, travelogues and another episode of a Tarzan serial that's been running all month. A little family fare but mostly more serious movies. Here are all the features:

Fugitive in the Sky (Jean Muir, Warren Hull) (Warner Bros., 1936)
Black Legion (Humphrey Bogart, Erin O'Brien-Moore) (Warner Bros., 1937)
Red River (John Wayne, Montgomery Clift) (United Artists, 1948)
East Side, West Side (Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason) (MGM, 1949)
Desperate Search (Howard Keel, Jane Greer) (MGM, 1952)
Take the High Ground! (Richard Widmark, Karl Malden) (MGM, 1953)
The Best Man (Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson) (United Artists, 1964)

[January 2021]

January 22 Primetime 1979 Family Dramas

The Champ (Jon Voight, Faye Dunnaway) (MGM, 1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer (Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep) (Columbia, 1979)
The Great Santini (Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner) (Orion, 1979)

Then it's TCM Underground

Bobbie Jo & the Outlaw (Marjoe Gortner, Lynda Carter) (AIP, 1976)
Stunts (Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis) (New Line, 1977)

 

[January 2021]

Daytime January 22 Femme Fatales

The Unsuspected (Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield) (Warner Bros., 1947)
Lady in the Lake (Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter) (MGM, 1947)
High Wall (Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter) (MGM, 1947)
Any Number Can Play (Clark Gable, Alexis Smith) (MGM, 1949)
Tension (Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter) (MGM, 1949)
The Narrow Margin (Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor) (RKO, 1952)
The Sellout (Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak) (MGM, 1952)
The Unholy Wife (Diana Dors, Rod Steiger) (Universal, 1957)

[January 2021]

Primetime January 21 Star of the Month Miriam Hopkins. 

The Richest Girl in the World (Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea) (RKO, 1934)
Splendor (Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea) (United Artists, 1935)
These Three (Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon) (United Artists, 1936)
Woman Chases Man (Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea) (United Artists, 1937)
Virginia City (Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins) (Warner Bros., 1940)

And then before beginning the next morning's theme, we transit from the last movie above into another Errol Flynn movie:

Rocky Mountain (Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore) (Warner Bros., 1950)

 

[January 2021]

Daytime January 21 "Everyone's a Critic". Movies about critics, or at least about putting on a show.

Speak Easily (Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante) (MGM, 1932)
Sing and Like It (Zasu Pitts, Pert Kelton) (RKO, 1934)
The Goldwyn Follies (Adolphe Menju, The Ritz Brothers) (United Artists, 1938)
No Time for Comedy (Rosalind Russell, James Stewart) (Warner Bros., 1940)
Never a Dull Moment (Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray) (RKO, 1950)
Torch Song (Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding) (MGM, 1953)

There's also a rerun of Critic's Choice. Other than the Noir Alley offerings, I think it's the first movie to air a second time this month.

[January 2021]

It appears the entire January 20 daytime schedule hasn't been posted yet.

So, on to January 20 primetime, another night of Whodunit Wednesdays? Looks like all these may have female investigators.

Penguin Pool Murder (Edna May Oliver, Robert Armstrong) (RKO, 1932)
Murder on the Blackboard (Edna May Oliver, James Gleason) (RKO, 1934)
The Lady Vanishes (Margaret Lockwood, Paul Lukas) (Dist. in the US by Gaumont British Picture Corp. of  America, 1938)
When Were You Born? (Margaret Lindsay, Anna May Wong) (Warner Bros., 1938)
Murder She Said (Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy) (MGM, 1961)
Murder at the Gallop (Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley) (MGM, 1963)
Murder Ahoy (Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries) (MGM, 1964)
Murder Most Foul (Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody) (MGM, 1964)

 

 

[January 2021]

Early morning January 19 is an Alice White triple feature.

Broadway Babies (Alice White, Marion Byron) (Warner Bros., 1929)
Showgirl in Hollywood (Alice White, Jack Mulhall) (Warner Bros., 1930)
Employees' Entrance (Loretta Young, Warren William) (Warner Bros., 1933)

And then the rest of the day and night for the Studio System Theme, devoted, of course, to MGM (hope that means the final day of the theme will be devoted to Paramount and Universal!)

Red Dust (Clark Gable, Jean Harlow) (1932)
Smilin' Through (Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard) (1932)
Camille (Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor) (1937)
The Women (Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford) (1939)
Love Crazy (William Powell, Myrna Loy) (1941)
National Velvet (Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor) (1944)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Lana Turner, John Garfield) (1946)
Adam's Rib (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn) (1949)
Summer Stock (Judy Garland, Gene Kelly) (1950)

[January 2021]

January 18 must be MLK Day. Daytime devoted to  Sidney Poitier. Primetime is "Documenting the Black Experience", all documentaries.

Jazz on a Summer's Day (Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson) (Galaxy Attractions, 1960)
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (John F. Kennedy, George Wallace) (Direct Cinema, Ltd., 1963)
No Maps on My Taps (Howard "Sandman" Sims, Lionel Hampton) (no production info on imdb, 1979)
Say Amen, Somebody: the Good News Musical (Willie May Ford Smith, Thomas A. Dorsey) (United Artists Classics, 1983)
Freedom on My Mind (Ronnie Washington) (no production info on imdb, 1994)

[January 2021]

Daytime January 18 Sidney Poitier

Edge of the City (John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier) (MGM, 1957)
Something of Value (Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier) (MGM, 1957)
A Raisin in the Sun (Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil) (Columbia, 1961)
Lilies of the Field (Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala) (United Artists, 1963)
A Patch of Blue (Sidney Poitier, Shelly Winters) (MGM, 1965)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn) (Columbia, 1967)
A Warm December (Sidney Poitier, Ester Anderson) (National General, 1973)

[January 2021]

January 17 Primetime "Subway Stories" Double Feature. Subway crime stories is more like it!

The Incident (Tony Musante, Martin Sheen) (20th Century Fox, 1967)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw) (United Artists, 1974)

Then it's Silent Sundays:

The Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin) (Universal, 1925)

Then it's two more Almodovar films for TCM Imports: Matador (1986) and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

 

 

[January 2021]

January 17 Daytime

Another themeless Sunday.

Footlight Parade (James Cagney, Joan Blondell) (Warner Bros., 1933)
Madame Bovary (Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin) (MGM, 1949)

Then a rerun of last night's Noir Alley.

Then:

The Little Foxes (Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall) (RKO, 1941)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando) (Warner Bros., 1951)
Pillow Talk (Doris Day, Tony Randall) (Universal, 1959)
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward) (Warner Bros., 1966)

[January 2021]

January 16 Primetime

A double feature of adaptations of Alan Le May novels.

Along Came Jones (Gary Cooper, Loretta Young) (RKO, 1945)
The Searchers (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter) (Warner Bros., 1956)

Then it's Noir Alley.

Witness to Murder (Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders) (United Artists, 1954)

The a couple of movies late night with "Falcon" in the title, although only one of them is about "The" Falcon.

The Falcon's Brother (George Sanders, Tom Conway) (RKO, 1942)
The Falcon and the Snowman (Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn) (Orion, 1985)

[January 2021]

January 16 Daytime

Another Saturday! We're all over the map with shorts, cartoons, Bulldog Drummond, travelogues, serial chapters, family-friendly films and at least a couple of all-time classics. Here all the features that are airing:

Tarzan & the Green Goddess (Bruce Bennett, Ula Holt) (Principal Distributing, 1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (John Howard, Heather Angel) (Paramount, 1939)
Action in the North Atlantic (Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey) (Warner Bros., 1943)
Rachel & the Stranger (Loretta Young, William Holden) (RKO, 1948)
Rear Window (James Stewart, Grace Kelly) (Paramount, 1954)
In the Heat of the Night (Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger) (United Artists, 1967)
 

 

 

[January 2021]

Primetime January 15 International Intrigue

The Third Man (Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli) (Dist. in the US by Selznick Releasing Co., 1950)
The Man Who Knew too Much (James Stewart, Doris Day)(Paramount, 1956)
Charade (Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn) (Universal, 1963)

TCM Underground:

Pipe Dreams (Gladys Knight, Barry Hankerson) (1976) (There's no production company info on imdb)
Remember My Name (Geraldine Chaplin, Moses Gunn) (Columbia, 1978)
 

[January 2021]

Daytime January 15. The morning movies all feature Ann Miller.

Too Many Girls (Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson) (RKO, 1940)
Easter Parade (Fred Astaire, Judy Garland) (MGM, 1948)
Two Tickets to Broadway (Tony Martin, Janet Leigh) (RKO, 1951)
Kiss Me Kate (Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson) (MGM, 1953)

And then the afternoon movies all feature Polly Bergen.

Escape from Fort Bravo (William Holden, Eleanor Parker) (MGM, 1953)
Cry of the Hunted (Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan) (MGM, 1953)
Kisses for My President (Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen) (Warner Bros., 1964)