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    TCM Programming Challenge #47: The European Grand Prix

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    TCM Programming Challenge #47: The European Grand Prix

    Lonesome Polecat’s Schedule

     

    WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11-17, 2024

    SOTM: Edmund Gwenn

    THE ESSENTIALS: The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

    TCM SPOTLIGHT: The Fields Family of Writers – Dorothy, Herbert, Joseph & Lew

    SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS: Nana (1926)

    TCM IMPORTS: La Gloire de Mon Pere (My Father’s Glory 1990) & Le Chateau de Ma Mere (My Mother’s Castle 1990)

    TCM UNDERGROUND: Final Justice (1984)

    NOIR ALLEY: Summer Storm (1944)

     

    CHALLENGE #1 (British SOTM) – Edmund Gwenn

    CHALLENGE #2 (Rome) – A Visit to An Italian Restaurant

    CHALLENGE #3 (French films) – Based on French Books

    CHALLENGE #4 (not aired in 10 years) – Movies that Haven’t Aired on TCM Since 1994

    CHALLENGE #5 (Stockholm Surprise) – Swedish-American Comedian Edgar Bergen

    CHALLENGE #7 (filmed in Greece) – Trouble in Crete

    CHALLENGE #8 (Iron Curtain) – Filmed on Location in Austria

    CHALLENGE #10 (Malta) – TCM Underground in Malta

     

    PREMIERES:

    1.      Almost Angels (1962)

    2.      The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

    3.      The Bride Comes Home (1935)

    4.      Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)

    5.      Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)

    6.      Damn Yankees (1958)

    7.      Family Honeymoon (1948)

    8.      Lillian Russell (1940)

    9.      Maid of Salem (1937)

    10.  Practically Yours (1944)

    11.  Song of the Open Road (1944)

    12.  Sound of Music (1965)

    13.  Summer Storm (1944)

    14.  Up in Central Park (1948)

    15.  Wabash Avenue (1950)

     

    EXEMPT PREMIERES:

    1.      Cash (1933)

    2.      Final Justice (1984)

    3.      I Was a Spy (1933)

    4.      It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

    5.      Le Chateau de Ma Mere (My Mother’s Castle 1990)

    6.      La Gloire de Mon Pere (My Father’s Glory 1990)

    7.      Nana (1926)

    8.      Peking Express (1951)

    9.      Phantom of the Opera (1943)

    10.  So You Won’t Talk (1935)

    11.  The Taming of the Shrew (1929)

    12.  Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

     

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    SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2024

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    Challenge #4: Foreign and Domestic Travel

    MOVIES THAT HAVEN’T AIRED ON TCM SINCE 1994:

    6:00am The Perfect Specimen (1937) Errol Flynn & Joan Blondell, dir Michael Curtiz WB 1h37min (p/s)

    7:45am It’s in the Air (1938) George Formby & Polly Ward, dir Anthony Kimmins ATP 1h14min (p/s)

    9:00am Beyond the Forest (1949) Bette Davis & Joseph Cotten, dir King Vidor WB 1h30min (p/s)

    10:30am Murder in Times Square (1943) Edmund Lowe & Marguerite Chapman, dir Lew Landers COL 1h5min (p/s)

    11:45am So This is Africa (1933) Bert Wheeler & Robert Woolsey, dir Edward F. Kline COL 60min (p/s)

    12:45pm New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Arthur Franz & Beverly Garland, dir William Castle COL 1h15min (p/s)

    2:00pm A Lady to Love (1930) Edward G Robinson & Vilma Banky, dir Victor Sjostrom MGM 1h30min (p/s)

    3:30pm Ask Any Girl (1959) David Niven & Shirley MacLaine, dir Charles Walters MGM 1h38min (p/s)

    5:15pm Massacre Canyon (1954) Philip Carey & Audrey Totter, dir Fred F Sears COL 1h6min (p/s)

    6:30pm Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) Doris Day & Robert Morse, dir Hy Averback MGM 89min (p/s)

     

    Challenge #3: French Kiss

    BASED ON FRENCH BOOKS

    8:00pm Phantom of the Opera (1943) Claude Rains & Nelson Eddy, dir Arthur Lubin UI 1h32min EXEMPT PREMIERE

    9:45pm Les Miserables (1935) Fredric March & Charles Laughton, dir Richard Boleslawski, Book by Victor Hugo FOX 1h48min (p/s)

    11:45pm SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS: Nana (1926) Catherine Hessling & Pierre Lestringuez, dir Jean Renoir, Book by Emil Zola 2h30min EXEMPT PREMIERE

    2:15am TCM IMPORTS: La Gloire de Mon Pere (My Father’s Glory 1990) Philippe Caubere & Nathalie Roussel, dir Yves Robert, Book by Marcel Pagnol, Gaumont 1h45min EXEMPT PREMIERE

    4:00am TCM IMPORTS: Le Chateau de Ma Mere (My Mother’s Castle 1990) Philippe Caubere & Nathalie Roussel, dir Yves Robert, Book by Marcel Pagnol, Gaumont 1h38min EXEMPT PREMIERE

     

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    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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    Challenge #2: When in Rome

    A VISIT TO AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT

    5:45am The Caddy (1953) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, dir Norman Taurog PAR 1h35min (p/s)

    7:30am You Can’t Have Everything (1937) Alice Faye & Don Ameche, dir Norman Taurog FOX 1h40min (p/s)

    9:15am Big Night (1996) Stanley Tucci & Tony Shalhoub, dir Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci, Goldwyn 1h49min (p/s)

    11:15am The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) Warren William & Allen Jenkins, dir Michael Curtiz WB 1h20min (p/s)

    12:45pm House of Strangers (1949) Edward G Robinson & Susan Hayward, dir Joseph L. Mankiewicz FOX 1h41min (p/s)

    2:30pm Moonstruck (1987) Cher & Olympia Dukakis, dir Norman Jewison MGM 1h42min (p/s)

    4:15pm So You Won’t Talk (1935) Monty Banks & Vera Pearce, dir William Beaudine WB 1h24min EXEMPT PREMIERE

    5:45pm It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) James Stewart & Donna Reed, dir Frank Capra, Liberty 2h10min EXEMPT PREMIERE

     

    100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD PREMIERE OF GERSHWIN’S “RHAPSODY IN BLUE”

    8:00pm Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Robert Alda & Alexis Smith, dir Irving Rapper WB 2h15min (p/s)

    10:15pm Sincerely Yours (1955) Liberace & Joanne Dru, dir Gordon Douglas WB 1h55min (p/s)

    12:15am Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen & Diane Keaton, dir Woody Allen UA 1h36min (p/s)

    2:00am King of Jazz (1930) Paul Whiteman & Bing Crosby, dir John Murray Anderson UI 1h39min (p/s)

    3:45am SHORT: I Won’t Play (1944) Dane Clark & Janis Paige, dir Crane Wilbur WB 18min

     

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    TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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    MIND BLOWING MID-MOVIE PLOT TWISTS

    4:15am Psycho (1960) Anthony Perkins & Janet Leigh, dir Alfred Hitchcock PAR 1h49min (p/s)

    6:15am Random Harvest (1942) Ronald Colman & Greer Garson, dir Mervyn LeRoy MGM 2h6min (p/s)

    8:30am Laura (1944) Dana Andrews & Gene Tierney, dir Otto Preminger FOX 1h28min (p/s)

     

    SPORTS AND RELIGION

    10:00am Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Robert Montgomery & Claude Rains, dir Alexander Hall COL 1h34min (p/s)

    11:45am SHORT: Day of the Fight (1951) Walter Cartier & Douglas Edwards, dir Stanley Kubrick RKO 15min (p/s)

    12:00pm Field of Dreams (1989) Kevin Costner & James Earl Jones, dir Phil Alden Robinson UI 1h47min (p/s)

    2:00pm Chariots of Fire (1981) Ben Cross & Ian Charleson, dir Hugh Hudson FOX 2h5min (p/s)

    4:15pm Angels in the Outfield (1951) Paul Douglas & Janet Leigh, dir Clarence Brown MGM 1h39min (p/s)

    6:00pm Damn Yankees (1958) Tab Hunter & Gwen Verdon, dir George Abbott & Stanley Donen WB 1h51min PREMIERE

     

    TCM SPOTLIGHT: THE FIELDS FAMILY OF WRITERS (DOROTHY, HERBERT, JOSEPH, LEW)

    Comedian Lew Fields appearing as himself–

    8:00pm Lillian Russell (1940) Alice Faye & Don Ameche, dir Irving Cummings FOX 2h7min PREMIERE

    Written by Dorothy & Herbert, lyrics by Dorothy –

    10:15pm Up in Central Park (1948) Deanna Durbin & Dick Haymes, dir William A Seiter UI 1h24min PREMIERE

    Written by Joseph & Herbert –

    11:45pm Fools for Scandal (1938) Carole Lombard & Fernand Gravey, dir Mervyn LeRoy WB 1h20min (p/s)

    Story by Dorothy & Herbert, lyrics by Dorothy –

    1:15am Joy of Living (1938) Irene Dunne & Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, dir Tay Garnett RKO 1h30min (p/s)

    Written by Joseph –

    2:45am My Sister Eileen (1942) Rosalind Russell & Janet Blair, dir Alexander Hall COL 1h36min (p/s)

    Musical book by Dorothy & Herbert –

    4:30am Annie Get Your Gun (1950) Betty Hutton & Howard Keel, dir George Sidney MGM 1h47min (p/s)

    Written by Joseph –

    6:30am The Doughgirls (1944) Ann Sheridan & Jane Wyman, dir James V Kern WB 1h42min (p/s)

     

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    WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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    VALENTINE’S DAY: WHEN LOVE BLOSSOMS OUT OF TOTAL HATRED

    8:15am The Shop Around the Corner (1940) James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan, dir Ernst Lubitsch MGM 1h39min (p/s)

    10:00am Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Kenneth Branagh & Emma Thompson, dir Kenneth Branagh, Goldwyn 1h51min (p/s)

    12:00pm I Was a Male War Bride (1949) Ann Sheridan & Cary Grant, dir Howard Hawks FOX 1h45min (p/s)

    1:45pm It Happened One Night (1934) Claudette Colbert & Clark Gable, dir Frank Capra COL 1h45min (p/s)

    3:30pm Beauty and the Beast (1946) Jean Marais & Josette Day, dir Jean Cocteau, DisCina 1h30min (p/s)

    5:00pm Wabash Avenue (1950) Betty Grable & Victor Mature, dir Henry Koster FOX 1h32min PREMIERE

    6:45pm The Taming of the Shrew (1929) Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks, dir Sam Taylor UA 1h3min PUBLIC DOMAIN PREMIERE

     

    CLAUDETTE COLBERT & FRED MACMURRAY: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

    8:00pm The Gilded Lily (1935) Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray, dir Wesley Ruggles PAR 1h20min (p/s)

    9:30pm The Bride Comes Home (1935) Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray, dir Wesley Ruggles PAR 1h23min PREMIERE

    11:00pm Maid of Salem (1937) Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray, Frank Lloyd PAR 1h26min PREMIERE

    12:30am No Time for Love (1943) Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray, dir Mitchell Leisen PAR 1h23min (p/s)

    2:00am Practically Yours (1944) Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray, dir Mitchell Leisen PAR 1h30min PREMIERE

    3:30am The Egg and I (1947) Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray, dir Chester Erksine UI 1h48min (p/s)

    4:30am Family Honeymoon (1948) Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray, Claude Binyon UI 1h30min PREMIERE

     

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    THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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    Challenge #8: Pushing past the Iron Curtain

    FILMED ON LOCATION IN AUSTRIA

    6:00am The Third Man (1949) Joseph Cotten & Orson Welles, dir Carol Reed BLF 1h30min (p/s)

    7:30am Amadeus (1984) F. Murray Abraham & Tom Hulce, dir Milos Forman AMLF 2h40min (p/s)

    10:15am The Double Man (1967) Yul Brynner & Clive Revill, dir Frankling J Schaffner WB 1h45min (p/s)

    12:00pm Almost Angels (1962) Vincent Winter & Sean Scully, dir Steve Previn, Disney 1h30min PREMIERE

    1:30pm Scorpio (1973) Burt Lancaster & Paul Scofield, dir Michael Winner UA 1h55min (p/s)

    3:30pm Ten Little Indians (1965) Hugh O’Brian & Shirley Eaton, dir George ****, 7 Arts 1h30min (p/s)

    5:00pm Sound of Music (1965) Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer, dir Robert Wise FOX 2h52min PREMIERE

     

    Challenge #1: London, Dublin, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and Belfast Calling

    BRITISH SOTM EDMUND GWENN

    8:00pm Waltzes from Vienna (1934) Edmund Gwenn & Fay Compton, dir Alfred Hitchcock, Gaumont 1h20min EXEMPT PREMIERE

    9:30pm Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Edmund Gwenn & Maureen O'Hara, dir George Seaton FOX 96min (p/s)

    11:15pm Peking Express (1951) Joseph Cotten & Edmund Gwenn, dir William Dieterle PAR 1h35min EXEMPT PREMIERE

    1:00am I Was a Spy (1933) Conrad Veidt & Edmund Gwenn, dir Victor Saville, Gaumont 1h29min EXEMPT PREMIERE

    2:30am The Trouble With Harry (1955) John Forsythe & Shirley MacLaine, dir Alfred Hitchcock, Paramount 99min (p/s)

    4:15am Cash (1933) Robert Donat & Edmund Gwenn, dir Zoltan Korda, London Films 1h13min PREMIERE

    5:30am The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) Jean Arthur & Robert Cummings, dir Sam Wood RKO 1h30min (p/s)

     

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    FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2024

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    Challenge #7: It's Greek to Me

    TROUBLE IN CRETE

    7:00am Night Ambush (1957) Dirk Bogarde & Marius Goring, dir Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, Rank 1h33min (p/s)

    8:45am The Moon-Spinners (1964) Hayley Mills & Peter McEnery, dir James Neilson, Disney 1h58min (p/s)

     

    Challenge #5: Stockholm Surprise

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SWEDISH-AMERICAN COMEDIAN EDGAR BERGEN

    10:45am You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939) WC Fields & Edgar Bergen, dir George Marshall UI 1h19min (p/s)

    12:15pm Fun and Fancy Free (1947) Dinah Shore & Edgar Bergen, dir Hamilton Luske & William Morgan, Disney 1h13min (p/s)

    1:30pm I Remember Mama (1948) Irene Dunne & Edgar Bergen, dir George Stevens RKO 2h14min (p/s)

    3:45pm Look Who’s Laughing (1941) Jim Jordan & Edgar Bergen, dir Allan Dwan RKO 1h19min (p/s)

    5:15pm Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) Edgar Bergen & Robert Cummings, dir Frank Tuttle UI 1h15min PREMIERE

    6:30pm Song of the Open Road (1944) Jane Powell & Edgar Bergen, dir S Sylvan Simon UA 1h30min PREMIERE

     

    WAR FILMS WITH REAL SERVICEMEN

    8:00pm The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Frederic March & Myrna Loy, dir William Wyler, Goldwyn 171min (p/s)

    11:00am SHORT: Diary of a Sergeant (1945) Harold Russell, dir Joseph M. Newman, US War Dept 22min

    11:30pm To Hell and Back (1955) Audie Murphy & Marshall Thompson, dir Jesse Hibbs UI 1h45min (p/s)

    1:15am Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) Eddie Bracken & Ella Raines, dir Preston Sturges PAR 1h41min (p/s)

    3:00am Back to Bataan (1945) John Wayne & Anthony Quinn, dir Edward Dmytryk RKO 1h35min (p/s)

     

    Challenge #10: Malta

    TCM UNDERGROUND IN MALTA

    4:45am Final Justice (1984) Joe Don Baker & Rossano Brazzi, dir Greydon Clark, Arista 1h30min EXEMPT PREMIERE

     

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    SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2024

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    PYGMALION STORIES

    6:15am Lady for a Day (1933) Warren William & May Robson, dir Frank Capra COL 1h36min (p/s)

    8:00am Gigi (1958) Leslie Caron & Louis Jourdan, dir Vincente Minnelli MGM 1h55min (p/s)

    10:00am Doll Face (1945) Vivian Blaine & Carmen Miranda, dir Lewis Seiler FOX 1h20min (p/s)

    11:30am Sabrina (1954) Audrey Hepburn & Humphrey Bogart, dir Billy Wilder PAR 1h53min (p/s)

    1:30pm The Toast of New Orleans (1950) Kathryn Grayson & Mario Lanza, dir Norman Taurog MGM 1h37min (p/s)

    3:15am Born Yesterday (1950) Judy Holliday & William Holden, dir George Cukor COL 1h43min (p/s)

    5:00pm My Fair Lady (1964) Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison, dir George Cukor WB 2h50min (p/s)

     

    ALLITERATIVE MOVIE TITLES

    8:00pm THE ESSENTIALS: The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) Betty Grable & Cesar Romero, dir Preston Sturges FOX 1h17min PREMIERE

    9:30pm Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) Donald O’Connor & Walter Brennan, dir Charles Lamont UI 1h26min PREMIERE

    11:00pm Hips, Hips, Hooray (1934) Bert Wheeler & Robert Woolsey, dir Mark Sandrich RKO 1h8min (p/s)

    12:15am NOIR ALLEY: Summer Storm (1944) Linda Darnell & George Sanders, dir Douglas Sirk UA 1h46min PREMIERE

    2:15am Live, Love and Learn (1937) Robert Montgomery & Rosalind Russell, dir George Fitzmaurice MGM 1h18min (p/s)

    3:45am Feudin’, Fussin’ and A-Fightin’ (1948) Donald O’Connor & Marjorie Main, dir George Sherman UI 1h18min (p/s)

    5:15am A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941) Lucille Ball & Edmond O’Brien, dir Richard Wallace RKO 1h30min (p/s)

     

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    BREAKDOWN BY DECADE –

    1920s – 2

    1930s – 23

    1940s – 38

    1950s – 20

    1960s – 8

    1970s – 2

    1980s – 5

    1990s – 4

     

     

     

     

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