LonesomePolecat

MR SATURDAY NIGHT (1992)

YOU CAN'T BUY LUCK

Ira Gershwin -- "Embraceable You" -- Judy in GIRL CRAZY next another song used in more than 1 film

I am a Disney fan so other than that in general they went downhill after the 60s — let’s just say “The Look of Love” next another love song (since it’s Valentine’s)

THE KING’S SPEECH AND THEN THERE WERE NONE/TEN LITTLE INDIANS AN IDEAL HUSBAND

Another great schedule, Stevo! Love a foreign film actress as SOTM and the long night of Takashi Shimura, Montana, hope springs eternal, famous families, BLAZING SADDLES for Hedy Lamarr's birthday, Jerome Kern, and the wonderful guest programmer idea that brings selections of other deaf characters. (Here's a visual in case, like me, you guys thought "what kid in Out of the Past?" Didn't realize that was his character name!)

“I just can’t do enough for you baby” from CALL ME MISTER next another song with “baby” in the title

“Elegance” from HELLO DOLLY (a remake of THE MATCHMAKER) next another song that starts with E

(All I’m saying is I think Cole Porter could have written Fred a better song. By all means give Fred the last word, by all means write him a new number since the original show doesn’t have one there, but I know Cole can write better songs than that — Fred dancing at the end is completely wonderful, it’s the literal song I don’t like)

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE THE CUTTING EDGE (appropriate Winter Olympics romcom!)

(Fred having the final number is completely appropriate, I just think that particular number doesn’t fit that movie, and isn’t climactic enough to be the big finish—Fred is definitely not the problem!) Newman movie song — if I can pick a song without words, the ENTIRE soundtrack to THE STING , the most famous being “The Entertainer” next a movie that you love the whole soundtrack (words or instrumental)

“The Ritz Roll Rock” from SILK STOCKINGS (number doesn’t fit the rest of the movie— weird choice for a finale) next another song that starts with R

All the movies and series about Queen Victoria ALL ABOUT EVE AUNTIE MAME and MAME (Assuming we are including what we call Queen Bees)

"Living Together, Growing Together" from LOST HORIZON next another song from a musical remake

Great schedule there, Bunny! Loaded with tributes to people I love. Such a fan of Rhubarb the Cat being a guest programmer! Love the arbor day, Richter day, Babe Ruth— lots to love here!

Edward Arnold as Duncan MacLain in EYES IN THE NIGHT and THE HIDDEN EYE Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride in the MA AND PA KETTLE films

HEIDI THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN

"Swanee" which Judy sang in A STAR IS BORN next Since Judy lost that year, let's have another song in what you think should have been an Oscar winning performance (nominated or not)

“Once Upon a December” from ANASTASIA next another song with a month in the title

There appear to be lots of silent versions of Shakespeare such as HAMLET — 1908, 1911, 1921, etc

Well, Napoleon is often on lists of Great Dictators, so I'm not the first to label him that way. But in any case, it’s just a Chaplin reference not to be taken too seriously. I had understood from what I had read that NAPOLEON (1927) was about his rise and fall, since he ends up in prison sometime in part 3. But that is based on my reading of the synopsis of the film -- it's not like I have time to watch a movie this long! If I totally misunderstood, then I'll banish myself to Elba! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoléon_(1927_film)#Part_Three

“On the Swing Shift” from STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM next another song about work

ANNE OF AVONLEA THE BELLS OF ST MARY’S THAT HAGEN GIRL The HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL films ZOOTOPIA (beginning) A WALK TO REMEMBER

Lonesome Polecat’s Schedule for TCM Programming Challenge #46 “The Four Seasons” WEEK OF OCTOBER 1-7, 2023 SOTM: Edward Arnold TCM SPOTLIGHT: The Centennial of the Walt Disney Company ESSENTIALS: Playtime (1967) SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS: Spring Fever (1927) TCM IMPORTS: Autumn Sonata (1978) NOIR ALLEY: Inspector Maigret (1958) & The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) TCM UNDERGROUND: This Island Earth (1955) CHALLENGE #1 - Spring: Classic Movie Spring Playlist (songs about Spring) CHALLENGE #2 - Fall: The Fall of Great Dictators CHALLENGE #3 - Professions: Lady Magazine Editors CHALLENGE #4 – Noir Guest Programmer: Ann Newton from Shadow of a Doubt PREMIERES: 1. Belles on Their Toes (1952) 2. Dark World (1935) 3. Endgame (2000) 4. The Halfway House (1944) 5. Inspector Maigret (1958) 6. Iron Man (1931) 7. Mary Poppins (1964) 8. Standing Room Only (1944) 9. Summer Storm (1944) 10. Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941) 11. What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) 12. Winterset (1936) EXEMPT PREMIERES: 1. Cattle Stampede (1943) 2. Christmas Holiday (1944) 3. Dishonored Lady (1947) 4. The Girl in the Kremlin (1957) 5. The Girl Said No (1937) 6. Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) 7. The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) 8. This Island Earth (1955) 9. Winter Soldier (1972) ------------SUNDAY OCTOBER 1, 2023------------------ ART DIRECTION BY HENRY BUMPSTEAD 6:00am Vertigo (1958) James Stewart & Kim Novak, dir Alfred Hitchcock PAR 2h8min (p/s) 8:15am To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Gregory Peck & Mary Badham, dir Robert Mulligan 2h9min (p/s) 10:30am The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) William Holden & Grace Kelly, dir Mark Robson PAR 1h42min (p/s) 12:15pm The Sting (1973) Robert Redford & Paul Newman, dir George Roy Hill UI 2h9min (p/s) 2:30pm The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) James Stewart & Doris Day, dir Alfred Hitchcock PAR 2h (p/s) 4:30pm Top o’ the Morning (1949) Bing Crosby & Barry Fitzgerald, dir David Miller PAR 1h40min (p/s) 6:15pm What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) George Peppard & Mary Tyler Moore, dir George Seaton UI 1h34min PREMIERE THE FOUR SEASONS 8:00pm The Four Seasons (1981) Alan Alda & Carol Burnett, dir Alan Alda UI 1h47min (p/s) 10:00pm Summer Storm (1944) George Sanders & Linda Darnell, dir Douglas Sirk UA 1h45min PREMIERE 11:45pm SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS: Spring Fever (1927) Joan Crawford & William Haines, dir Edward Sedgwick MGM 1h15min 1:00am TCM IMPORTS: Autumn Sonata (1978) Ingrid Bergman & Liv Ullmann, dir Ingmar Bergman, Persona 1h39min 2:45am Winterset (1936) Burgess Meredith & Margo, dir Alfred Santell RKO 1h15min PREMIERE -----------------MONDAY OCTOBER 2, 2023--------------------- A TRIP TO KANSAS 4:00am The Wizard of Oz (1939) Judy Garland & Ray Bolger, dir Victor Fleming MGM 1h42min (p/s) 5:45am Wichita (1955) Joel McCrea & Vera Miles, dir Jacques Tourneur AA 1h21min (p/s) 7:15am Paper Moon (1973) Ryan O’Neal & Tatum O’Neal, dir Peter Bogdanovich PAR 1h42min (p/s) 9:00am The Rainmaker (1956) Burt Lancaster & Katharine Hepburn, dir Joseph Anthony PAR 2h (p/s) 11:00am Carnival of Souls (1962) Candace Hilligoss & Sidney Berger, dir Herk Harvey, Harcourt 1h15min (p/s) 12:15pm Dodge City (1939) Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland, dir Michael Curtiz WB 1h44min (p/s) 2:00pm Picnic (1955) William Holden & Kim Novak, dir Joshua Logan COL 1h55min (p/s) 4:00pm Superman (1978) Christopher Reeve & Margot Kidder, dir Richard Donner WB 2h23min (p/s) 6:30pm The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) Don Knotts & Joan Stanley, dir Alan Rafkin UI 1h30min (p/s) STAR OF THE MONTH: EDWARD ARNOLD 8:00pm Belles on Their Toes (1952) Edward Arnold & Myrna Loy, dir Henry Levin FOX 1h29min PREMIERE 9:30pm Eyes in the Night (1942) Edward Arnold & Ann Harding, dir Fred Zinnemann MGM 1h20min (p/s) 11:00pm Standing Room Only (1944) Fred MacMurray & Edward Arnold, dir Sidney Lanfield PAR 1h23min PREMIERE 12:30am You Can’t Take It With You (1938) Edward Arnold & Lionel Barrymore, dir Frank Capra COL 2h6min (p/s) 2:45am Easy Living (1937) Edward Arnold & Jean Arthur, dir Mitchell Leisen PAR 1h28min (p/s) 4:15am Johnny Eager (1941) Robert Taylor & Edward Arnold, dir Mervyn LeRoy MGM 1h45min (p/s) -----------------TUESDAY OCTOBER 3, 2023--------------------- Challenge #1: Spring CLASSIC MOVIE SPRING PLAYLIST “Spring, Spring, Spring” (Gene DePaul & Johnny Mercer) 6:00am Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) Howard Keel & Jane Powell, dir Stanley Donen MGM 1h42min (p/s) “It Might as Well Be Spring” (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein) 7:45am State Fair (1945) Jeanne Crain & Dana Andrews, dir Walter Lang FOX 1h40min (p/s) “Spring Love is In the Air” (Cole Porter) 9:30am Rosalie (1937) Eleanor Powell & Nelson Eddy, dir WS Van Dyke MGM 2h (p/s) “Younger than Springtime” (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein) 11:30am South Pacific (1958) Rossano Brazzi & Mitzi Gaynor, dir Joshua Logan FOX 2h37min (p/s) “It’s Anybody’s Spring” (Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke) 2:15pm Road to Utopia (1945) Bing Crosby & Bob Hope, dir Hal Walker PAR 1h30min (p/s) “Springtime for Hitler” (Mel Brooks) 3:45pm The Producers (1967) Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder, dir Mel Brooks, Embassy 1h28min (p/s) “The Flowers that Move in Spring” (WS Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan) 5:15pm The Girl Said No (1937) Irene Hervey & Robert Armstrong, dir Andrew L Stone, Grand National 1h15min EXEMPT PREMIERE “Spring Will Be a Little Late This year” (Frank Loesser) 6:30pm Christmas Holiday (1944) Deanna Durbin & Gene Kelly, dir Robert Siodmak UI 1h30min EXEMPT PREMIERE Challenge #3: The Four Seasons -- Professions LADY MAGAZINE EDITORS 8:00pm Dishonored Lady (1947) Hedy Lamarr & Dennis O’Keefe, dir Robert Stevenson UA 1h25min EXEMPT PREMIERE 9:30pm Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) Myrna Loy & Melvyn Douglas, dir Robert Z Leonard MGM 1h36min (p/s) 11:15pm Man Wanted (1932) Kay Francis & David Manners, dir William Dieterle WB 1h2min (p/s) 12:30am June Bride (1948) Bette Davis & Robert Montgomery, dir Bretaigne Windust WB 1h36min (p/s) 2:15am Lady in the Dark (1944) Ginger Rogers & Rat Milland, dir Mitchell Leisen PAR 1h40min (p/s) 4:00am Top Secret Affair (1957) Susan Hayward & Kirk Douglas, dir HC Potter WB 1h40min (p/s) 5:45am A Woman Rebels (1936) Katharine Hepburn & Herbert Marshall, dir Mark Sandrich RKO 1h28min (p/s) ----------------WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2023-------------------- THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE… ALMOST 7:15am The Avengers (1942) Ralph Richardson & Deborah Kerr, dir Harold French GFD 1h27min (p/s) 8:45am Iron Man (1931) Lew Ayres & Jean Harlow, dir Tod Browning UI 1h13min PREMIERE 10:00am Winter Soldier (1972) dir Winterfilm Collective PD 1h36min PUBLIC DOMAIN EXEMPT PREMIERE 11:45am Dark World (1935) Leon Quartermaine & Googie Withers, dir Bernard Vorhaus FOX 1h13min PREMIERE 1:00pm Black Widow (1954) Van Heflin & Ginger Rogers, dir Nunnally Johnson FOX 1h35min (p/s) 2:45pm Homecoming (1948) Clark Gable & Lana Turner, dir Mervyn LeRoy MGM 1h53min (p/s) 4:45pm The Falcon Takes Over (1942) George Sanders & Lynn Bari, dir Irving Reis RKO 1h5min (p/s) 6:00pm SHORT: Black Panthers (1968) dir Agnes Varda, Cine-Tamaris 30min 6:30pm Endgame (2000) Michael Gambon & David Thewlis, by Samuel Beckett, dir Conor McPherson BBC 1h24min PREMIERE OLYMPIC MEDALISTS WHO BECAME ACTORS Nat Pendleton – 1920; 1 silver in wrestling 8:00pm Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941) Nat Pendleton & Frank Faylen, dir Jean Yarbrough, Monogram 1h10min PREMIERE Johnny Weissmuller – 1924, 1928; 6 golds, 1 bronze in swimming 9:15pm Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O’Sullivan, dir WS Van Dyke MGM 1h40min (p/s) Sonja Henie – 1928, 1932, 1936; 3 golds in figure skating 11:00pm Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Sonja Henie & John Payne, dir H Bruce Humberstone FOX 1h26min (p/s) Buster Crabbe – 1928, 1932; 1 gold, 1 bronze in swimming 12:30am Cattle Stampede (1943) Buster Crabbe & Al St John, dir Sam Newfield PRC 58min PUBLIC DOMAIN PREMIERE Harold Sakata – 1948; 1 silver in weightlifting 1:30am Goldfinger (1964) Sean Connery & Harold Sakata, dir Guy Hamilton UA 1h50min (p/s) Bruce Bennett (as Herman Brix) – 1928; 1 silver in shotput 3:30am The Man I Love (1946) Ida Lupino & Bruce Bennett, dir Raoul Walsh WB 1h36min (p/s) ---------------THURSDAY OCTOBER 5, 2023------------------- HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY TO GLYNIS JOHNS 5:15am Miranda (1948) Glynis Johns & Googie Withers, dir Ken Annakin, Gainsborough 1h20min (p/s) 6:45am The Card (1952) Alec Guinness & Glynis Johns, dir Ronald Neame GFD 1h25min (p/s) 8:15am The Court Jester (1955) Danny Kaye & Glynis Johns, dir Norman Panama & Melvin Frank, PAR 1h41min (p/s) 10:00am No Highway in the Sky (1951) James Stewart & Glynis Johns, dir Henry Koster FOX 1h38min 11:45am Dear Brigitte (1965) James Stewart & Glynis Johns, dir Henry Koster FOX 1h40min (p/s) 1:30am Sabotage Agent (1943) Robert Donat & Glynis Johns, dir Harold S. Bucquet MGM 1h43min (p/s) 3:15pm Papa’s Delicate Condition (1963) Jackie Gleason & Glynis Johns, dir George Marshall PAR 1h38min (p/s) 5:00pm The Beachcomber (1954) Glynis Johns & Robert Newton, dir Muriel Box GFD 1h22min (p/s) 6:30pm The Halfway House (1944) Mervyn Johns & Glynis Johns, dir Basil Dearden, Ealing 1h18min PREMIERE TCM SPOTLIGHT: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY (Walt Disney Company founded October 16, 1923) TONIGHT - DISNEY MOVIES SET IN THE U.K. 8:00pm Mary Poppins (1964) Julie Andrews & Glynis Johns, dir Robert Stevenson, Disney 2h19min PREMIERE 10:30pm Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953) Richard Todd & Glynis Johns, dir Harold French, Disney 1h21min (p/s) 12:00am The Sword and the Rose (1953) Richard Todd & Glynis Johns, dir Ken Annakin, Disney 1h32min (p/s) 1:45am Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) Sean Connery & Janet Munro, dir Robert Stevenson, Disney 1h33min (p/s) 3:30am Greyfriar’s Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961) Donald Crisp & Laurence Naismith, dir Don Chaffey, Disney 1h27min (p/s) 5:00am The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) Peter McEnery & Susan Hampshire, dir Michael O’Herlihy, Disney 1h50min (p/s) 7:00am The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) Richard Todd & Joan Rice, dir Ken Annakin, Disney 1h24min (p/s) 8:30am SHORT: A Knight for a Day (1946) Philo Colvig & Billy Bletcher, dir Jack Hannah DISNEY 7min ---------------FRIDAY OCTOBER 6, 2023--------------------- Challenge #2: Fall THE FALL OF GREAT DICTATORS 8:45am Quo Vadis (1951) Robert Taylor & Peter Ustinov, dir Mervyn LeRoy MGM 2h51min 11:45am Napoleon (1927) Albert Dieudonne & Alexandre Koubitzky, dir Abel Gance, Cine France 4h35min (p/s) 4:30pm The Girl in the Kremlin (1957) Lex Barker & Zsa Zsa Gabor, dir Russell Birdwell UI 1h21min EXEMPT PREMIERE 6:00pm Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) Alec Guinness & Simon Ward, dir Ennio De Concini, West Film 1h48min EXEMPT PREMIERE Challenge #4: Noir Guest Programmer ANN NEWTON FROM SHADOW OF A DOUBT “A smart little girl named Anne who reads all the time? Sounds familiar!” 8:00pm Anne of Green Gables (1943) Anne Shirley & Helen Westley, dir George Nichols, Jr RKO 1h18min (p/s) “Ann knows the feeling of an unexpected uncle showing up” 9:30pm Unexpected Uncle (1941) Anne Shirley & Charles Coburn, dir Peter Godfrey RKO 1h7min “Ann’s favorite book” 10:45pm Ivanhoe (1952) Robert Taylor & Elizabeth Taylor, dir Richard Thorpe MGM 1h46min (p/s) “A librarian, Ann Newton’s hero, and filmed in Santa Rosa, Ann’s home town!” 12:45am Storm Center (1956) Bette Davis & Brian Keith, dir Daniel Taradash COL 1h25min (p/s) -------------------SATURDAY OCTOBER 7, 2023------------------ JUMPING HORSES 2:15am A Day at the Races (1937) The Marx Brothers & Margaret Dumont, dir Sam Wood MGM 1h51min (p/s) 4:15am National Velvet (1944) Elizabeth Taylor & Mickey Rooney, dir Clarence Brown MGM 2h (p/s) 6:15am The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) Dean Jones & Diane Baker, dir Norman Tokar, Disney 1h53min (p/s) 8:15am Going Places (1938) Dick Powell & Louis Armstrong, dir Ray Enright WB 1h24min (p/s) 9:45am Down Argentine Way (1940) Betty Grable & Don Ameche, dir Irving Cummings FOX 1h29min (p/s) MOVING DEAD BODIES AROUND 11:15am The Trouble With Harry (1955) John Forsythe & Edmund Gwenn, dir Alfred Hitchcock PAR 1h39min 1:00pm Native Son (1951) Richard Wright & Jean Wallace, dir Pierre Chenal SACI 1h30min (p/s) 2:30pm Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone (1950) Marjorie Main & James Whitmore, dir Norman Taurog MGM 1h9min (p/s) 3:45pm Diabolique (1955) Vera Clouzot & Simone Signoret, dir Henri-Georges Clouzot, Cinedis 1h57min 5:45pm Habeas Corpus (1928) Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, dir James Parrott MGM 20min (p/s) 6:15pm Clue (1985) Tim Curry & Madeline Kahn, dir Jonathan Lynn PAR 1h34min (p/a) WAIT! WE’RE NOT READY TO OPEN! 8:00pm THE ESSENTIALS: Playtime (1967) Jacques Tati & Barbara Dennek, dir Jacques Tati, Specta 2h35min (p/s) 10:45pm The Band Wagon (1953) Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse, dir Vincente Minnelli MGM 1h52min (p/s) NOIR ALLEY: INSPECTOR MAIGRET 12:45am The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) Charles Laughton & Franchot Tone, dir Burgess Meredith PD 1h37min PUBLIC DOMAIN EXEMPT PREMIERE 2:30am Inspector Maigret (1958) Jean Gabin & Anne Giardot, dir Jean Delannoy, Intermodia 1h59min PREMIERE TCM UNDERGROUND 4:30pm This Island Earth (1955) Rex Reason & Jeff Morrow, dir Joseph M Newman UI 1h26min EXEMPT PREMIERE ****************************************************** Breakdown by Decade: 1920s – 3 1930s – 14 1940s – 28 1950s – 30 1960s – 14 1970s – 6 1980s – 2 1990s – 0 2000s – 1

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD — Scout has to wear her ham costume home from the school play