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How It's Made (2001 -- )

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Evening at Pops (1970-2004)

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) -- Don't dare to turn your back on her.                                      Alien (1979) -- Ripley fighting Xenomorph (while in her underwear, no less)      

                                                                                                               

              

Kisses for My President (1964) -- Polly Bergen as leader of the free world

 

The Best of Everything (1959) -- supporting role for Crawford, but holy Toledo is she a powerhouse character in this film

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The Big Valley (1965-1969)

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The Young Ones (1982-1984)

[Double Feature]

Bachelor Mother (1939)

next: Bachelor Flat (1961)

 

[The first actor/actress that comes to mind..]

Robert Mitchum

next: a knitter 

[The First Film That Comes to Mind...]

The Meaning of Life (1983)

next: a raucous cocktail party

[TCM PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE - #46 "The Four Seasons"]

TCM PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE #46 — PROGRAMMING NOTES
SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2023 through SATURDAY 29 APRIL 2023

STAR OF THE MONTH — Michael Redgrave 

TCM SPOTLIGHT: THE PLAY’S THE THING — Film Adaptations of Plays

SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS (Sunday @ midnight) — Springtime (1914), The Springtime of Life (1912)

TCM IMPORTS (Monday @ 2a) — Springtime in Vienna (1936)

TCM UNDERGROUND (Saturday @ 2a) —  Rubber (2010), The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

THE ESSENTIALS (Saturday @ 8p) — Greed (1924)

NOIR ALLEY (Saturday @ midnight) — Scandal Sheet (1952)

CHALLENGE 1: THE FOUR SEASONS, SPRING — Springtime and Ladies of Spring: April, May & June

CHALLENGE 2: THE FOUR SEASONS, FALL — Autumn

CHALLENGE 3: THE FOUR SEASONS, PROFESSIONS — Dentists

CHALLENGE 4: THE FOUR SEASONS, NEPOTISM — Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer

CHALLENGE 5: GUEST PROGRAMMER — Rhubarb
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Premieres:                                                                                       
All in a Night’s Work (1961)                                                        
Autumn of Route 66 (2013, documentary) EXEMPT                 
Deluge (1933)                                                              
Lady in Distress [A Window in London] (1939)                                    
The Last Man Alive (1971)                                                                  
Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)                                                                
Rhubarb (1951)
Rubber (2010) EXEMPT
Springtime (1914) EXEMPT
Springtime in Paris [Printemps à Paris] (1957) EXEMPT
Springtime in Texas (1945) EXEMPT
Springtime in Vienna (1936) EXEMPT
The Springtime of Life [I lifvets vår] (1912) EXEMPT
The Stars Look Down (1940)
Stolen Life (1939)
The Tempest (2010)
A Wedding (1978)
White Lies (1934)
The White Squaw (1956)

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
105 Films by Decade:
1900-1910:  0          1961-1970: 18
1911-1920:  4          1971-1980: 12
1921-1930: 19        1981-1990:  2
1931-1940: 27        1991-2000:  0
1941-1950:  7          2001-2010:  2
1951-1960: 13        2011-2022:  1
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🎬  STAR OF THE MONTH — Michael Redgrave (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985)

🎬  TCM SPOTLIGHT: THE PLAY’S THE THING — Film Adaptations of Plays
This week marks both the birth and death of William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616). I envision a month of films spotlighting a different playwright each week. Imagine the possibilities.

🎬  SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS – continuation of Challenge 1 (see below)

🎬  TCM IMPORTS – continuation of Challenge 1 (see below)

🎬  TCM UNDERGROUND
What do a tire and a Coke bottle have in common? A wild ride? Yep.

🎬  THE ESSENTIALS
Greed (1924) is Erich von Stroheim’s masterpiece psychological thriller based on Frank Norris’ book, McTeague (1899). I used to teach the book to college sophomores and screened the film during finals week. There was always a full house. (see Challenge 3 below)

🎬  NOIR ALLEY
Scandal Sheet (1952) kicks off a block of films featuring sleazy publications and yellow journalism. Oh, and by the way, Happy Birthday, William Randolph Hearst (29 April 1863 – 14 August 1951).

🎬  CHALLENGE NO. 1: THE FOUR SEASONS, SPRING — SPRINGTIME
The first challenge, movies with Springtime in their titles, begins on Monday evening in primetime and runs straight through SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS and TCM IMPORTS, combining the three. As a little bonus, I included Ladies of Spring: April, May & June, highlighting films featuring April Kent, May Wynn, and June Vincent.

🎬  CHALLENGE 2: THE FOUR SEASONS, FALL — Autumn
This group of films with Autumn in their titles includes an excellent documentary about historic Route 66. You might have seen other films that trace the grand American highway, but you’ve never seen it from this perspective. Highly recommended. 

🎬  CHALLENGE 3: THE FOUR SEASONS, PROFESSIONS — Dentists
Open wide! These dentists range from silly to sadistic. This group of films leads right through THE ESSENTIALS with perhaps the worst dentist of all time.

🎬  CHALLENGE 4: THE FOUR SEASONS, NEPOTISM — Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer producer Irving Thalberg and actress Norma Shearer were married in 1927 and remained so until his death in the fall of 1936. All the films in this group starring Shearer, The First Lady of the Screen, were produced by Thalberg, The Boy Wonder. 

🎬  CHALLENGE 5: GUEST PROGRAMMER — Rhubarb
Join guest programmer, Rhubarb, as he showcases films in which ginger cats play major roles. And yes, he includes the film Rhubarb (1951) in which he stars because that’s exactly the type of thing a cat would do.

🎬  Birthday Tributes and National Days
Carol Burnett           (26 April 1933 – )
Sandy Dennis            (27 April 1937 – 2 March 1992)
Carolyn Jones           (28 April 1930 – 3 August 1983)
Shirley MacLaine    (24 April 1934 – )
Ann-Margret             (28 April 1941 – )
Al Pacino                      (25 April 1940 – )
Charles Richter        (26 April 1900 – 30 September 1985)
Shirley Temple          (23 April 1928 – 10 February 2014)

National Telephone Day and National Lingerie Day
Yep, it’s true. These national days of celebration actually fall on the same day. Is it any wonder then that all of the ladies in this group of films can work that telephone? From Judy Holliday doing a little modeling on the side at the Bonjour Tristesse Brassiere Company, to Elizabeth Taylor rocking a slip like no one else can, these gals have this day squarely in hand.

Richter Scale Day
Is it coincidence that on the first and last days of the filming of Earthquake (1974), the set was actually rocked by quakes? 

Babe Ruth Day
Celebrating the Sultan of Swat

Is Anybody Out There?
Seems like the end of life as we know it has been on folks’ minds lately…..

Arbor Day
Secretary of the Nebraska Territory, J. Sterling Morton, was responsible for Arbor Day, which began in 1872. Records from the first celebration in April of that year estimate that over one million trees were planted in the territory. 

[TCM PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE - #46 "The Four Seasons"]

 

TCM PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE #46 -- SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2023 through SATURDAY 29 APRIL 2023

SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2023
The Story of…
06:00am    The Story of Doctor Carver (1938). Jesse Graves, Ben Hall, John Lester Johnson; dir Fred Zinneman.  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 10min. P/S

06:15am    The Story of Dr. Jenner (1939). John Nesbitt, Matthew Boulton, Helen Brown; dir Henry K. Dunn.  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 11min. P/S

06:30am    The Story of Alfred Nobel (1939). John Nesbitt, Gene Coogan, Lalo Encinas; dir Joseph M. Newman.  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 11min. P/S

06:45am    Story of a Dog (1945). Knox Manning; dir Saul Elkins. Warner Bros., United States Coast Guard, 10min.  P/S

Happy Birthday, Shirley Temple!
07:00am    Little Miss Marker (1934). Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford; dir Alexander Hall. Paramount  Pictures, 80min. P/S

08:30am    The Little Colonel (1935). Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable; dir David Butler. Fox Film Corporation, 81min. P/S

10:00am    Curly Top (1935). Shirley Temple, John Boles, Rochelle Hudson; dir Irving Cummings. Fox Film Corporation, 75min. P/S

11:15am    Poor Little Rich Girl (1936). Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart; dir Irving Cummings. Twentieth Century Fox, 79min. P/S

12:45pm    Captain January (1936). Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville; dir David Butler. Twentieth Century Fox, 77min. P/S

02:15pm    Heidi (1937). Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher; dir Allan Dwan. Twentieth Century Fox, 88min. P/S

03:45pm    Honeymoon (1947). Shirley Temple, Franchot Tone, Guy Madison; dir William Keighley. RKO Radio Pictures; William Keighley Productions, 74min. P/S

05:00pm    That Hagen Girl (1947). Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun; dir Peter Godfrey. Warner Bros., 83min. P/S

06:30pm    Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949). Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake; dir Elliott Nugent. Twentieth Century Fox, 83min. P/S

CHALLENGE 1: THE FOUR SEASONS, SPRING — Springtime
08:00pm    Springtime in the Rockies (1942). Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, John Payne; Irving Cummings. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 90min. P/S

09:30        Springtime in Texas (1945). Jimmy Wakely, Dennis Moore, Lee White; dir Oliver Drake. Monogram Pictures, 55min. EXEMPT PREMIERE

10:30pm    Springtime in Paris [Printemps à Paris] (1957). Christine Carère, Philippe Nicaud, Jean Tissier; dir Jean-Claude Roy. Gimeno-Phillips Films [fr], 85min. EXEMPT PREMIERE

SILENT SUNDAY NIGHT
12:00am    Springtime (1914). Florence Nash, Adele Ray, William H. Tooker; Life Photo Film Corporation, 50min. EXEMPT PREMIERE

01:00am    The Springtime of Life [I lifvets vår] (1912). Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller, Georg af Klercker; dir Paul Garbagni. Pathé Frères Filial [se] 54min. EXEMPT PREMIERE

TCM IMPORTS
02:00am    Springtime in Vienna (1936). Magda Schneider, Wolf Albach-Retty, Lizzi Holzschuh; dir Victor Janson. Mondial-Film [at], 82min. EXEMPT PREMIERE

Ladies of Spring: April, May & June
03:30am    The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent; dir Jack Arnold. Universal International Pictures, 81min. P/S

05:00am    The White Squaw (1956). David Brian, May Wynn, William Bishop; dir Ray Nazarro. Columbia Pictures, 75min. PREMIERE

MONDAY 24 APRIL 2023
06:15am    Mary Ryan, Detective (1949). Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent; dir Abby Berlin. Columbia Pictures, 68min. PREMIERE

Happy Birthday, Shirley MacLaine!
07:30am    All in a Night’s Work (1961). Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertston; dir Joseph Anthony. Wallis-Hazen, 94min. PREMIERE

09:15am    What a Way to Go! (1964). Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum; dir J. Lee Thompson. Apjac-Orchard Productions, 111min. P/S

11:15am    Gambit (1966). Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom; dir Ronald Neame. Universal Pictures, 109min. P/S

01:15pm    The Trouble with Harry (1955). Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick; dir Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, 99min. P/S

CHALLENGE 2: THE FOUR SEASONS, FALL — Autumn
03:00pm    Autumn of Route 66 (2013, documentary). Jonathan Lee Smith; dir Ester Brym. Ester Brym [et al], 66min. EXEMPT PREMIERE

04:15pm    Autumn Leaves (1956). Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles; dir Robert Aldrich. William Goetz Productions, 107min. P/S

06:15pm    Autumn Sonata [Höstsonaten] (1978). Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman; dir Ingmar Bergman. Filmédis [fr]; Incorporated Television Company [gb]; Personafilm [de]; Suede Film, 99min. P/S

CHALLENGE 4: THE FOUR SEASONS, NEPOTISM — Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer
08:00pm    The Divorcee (1930). Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel; dir Robert Z. Leonard. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 84min. P/S

09:30pm    Private Lives (1931). Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny; dir Sidney Franklin. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 84min. P/S

11:00pm    Riptide (1934). Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Herbert Marshall; dir Edmund Goulding. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 92min. P/S

12:45am    The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934). Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton; dir Sidney Franklin. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 109min. P/S

02:45am    Romeo and Juliet (1936). Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore; dir George Cukor. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 125min. P/S

05:00am    Their Own Desire (1929). Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone; dir E. Mason Hopper. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 65min. P/S

TUESDAY 25 APRIL 2023
National Telephone Day and National Lingerie Day
06:15am    Bells are Ringing (1960). Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Martin Freed; dir Vincent Minnelli. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 126min. P/S

08:30am    Pillow Talk (1959). Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall; dir Michael Gordon. Arwin Productions, 102min. P/S

10:15am    BUtterfield 8 (1960). Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher; dir Daniel Mann. Afton-Linebrook, 109min. P/S    

12:15pm    Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards; dir Anatole Litvak. Hal Wallis Productions, 89min. P/S

Happy Birthday, Al Pacino!
01:45pm    The Panic in Needle Park (1971). Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint; dir Jerry Schatzberg. Didion-Dunne; Gadd Productions Corporation, 110min. P/S

03:45pm    Serpico (1973). Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe; dir Sidney Lumet. Artists Entertainment Complex; Produzioni De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company [it], 130min. P/S

06:00pm    And Justice for All [...and justice for all.] (1979). Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe; dir Norman Jewison. Columbia Pictures, 119min. P/S

STAR OF THE MONTH — Michael Redgrave
08:00pm    The Lady Vanishes (1938). Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas; dir Alfred Hitchcock. Gainsborough Pictures [gb], 96min. P/S

09:45pm    Lady in Distress [A Window in London] (1939). Michael Redgrave, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas; dir Herbert Mason. Greenspan & Selig Enterprises Ltd. [gb], 77min. PREMIERE

11:15pm    Stolen Life (1939). Elizabeth Bergner, Michael Redgrave, Wilfrid Lawson; dir Paul Czinner. Orion Productions, 90min. PREMIERE

12:45am    The Stars Look Down (1940). Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Emlyn Williams; dir Carol Reed. Grafton Films [gb], 110min. PREMIERE

Highs and Lows
02:45am    Swing High, Swing Low (1937). Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Charles Butterworth; dir Mitchell Leisen. Paramount Pictures, 82min. P/S

04:15am    High Society (1956). Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra; dir Charles Walters. Bing Crosby Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Sol C. Siegel Productions, 111min. P/S

WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL 2023
Happy Birthday, Carol Burnett!
06:15am    Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963). Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Martin Balsam; dir Daniel Mann. Amro-Claude-Mea, 103min. P/S

08:00am    The Four Seasons (1981). Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou; dir Alan Alda. Universal Pictures, 107min. P/S

10:00am    A Wedding (1978). Carol Burnett, Paul Dooley, Amy Stryker; dir Robert Altman. Lion’s Gate Films; Major Studio Partners, 125min. PREMIERE

Richter Scale Day (Happy Birthday, Charles Richter!)
12:15pm    Earthquake (1974). Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy; dir Mark Robson. The Filmakers Group; Universal Pictures, 160min. P/S

02:30pm    Deluge (1933). Peggy Shannon, Lois Wilson, Sidney Blackmer; dir Felix E. Feist. K.B.S. Productions Inc., 70min. PREMIERE

03:45pm    San Francisco (1936). Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy; dir W.S. Van Dyke. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 115min. P/S

05:45pm    The Sisters (1938). Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Anita Louise; dir Anatole Litvak. Warner Bros., 99min. P/S

07:30pm    The Play House (1921). Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Monte Collins; dir Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton. Joseph M. Schenck Productions, 20min. P/S

TCM SPOTLIGHT: THE PLAY’S THE THING — Film Adaptations of Plays
08:00pm    King Lear (1970). Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack; dir Peter Brook. Athéna Films; Filmways Pictures; Filmways; Laterna Film [dk]; Royal Shakespeare Company [gb], 137min. P/S

10:30pm    Henry V (1989). Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Simon Shepherd; dir Kenneth Branagh. British Broadcasting Corporation [gb]; Curzon Film Distributors [gb]; Renaissance Films [gb],137min. P/S

01:00am    The Tempest (2010). Roger Allam, Jason Baughan, Jessie Buckley; dir Jeremy Herrin, Ian Russell. Shakespeare’s Globe, 169min. PREMIERE

04:00am    Romeo and Juliet (1968). Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery; dir Franco Zeffirelli. BHE Films; Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica [it]; Verona Produzione [it], 149min. P/S

THURSDAY 27 APRIL 2023
Happy Babe Ruth Day!
06:30am    Home Run on the Keys (1937). Babe Ruth, Zez Confrey, Byron Gay; dir Roy Mack. Warner Bros., 9min. P/S

06:45am    Headin’ Home (1920). Babe Ruth, Ruth Taylor, William Sheer; dir Lawrence C. Windom. Kessel & Baumann; Yankee Photo Corporation, 71min. P/S

08:00am    The Bad News Bears (1976). Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, Vic Morrow; dir Michael Ritchie. Paramount Pictures, 102min. P/S

 

Happy Birthday, Sandy Dennis!
09:45am    The Fox (1967). Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Keir Dullea; dir Mark Rydell. Motion Pictures International, 110min. P/S

11:45am    Up the Down Staircase (1967). Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart; dir Robert Mulligan. Park Place Production, 124min. P/S

02:00pm    Sweet November (1968). Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, Theodore Bikel; dir Robert Ellis Miller. Gina Production, 114min. P/S

04:00pm    The Out of Towners (1970). Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron; dir Arthur Hiller. Jalem Productions, 101min. P/S

05:45pm    The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975). Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks; Melvin Frank. Warner Bros., 98min. P/S

07:30pm    The Prisoner of Swing (1938). Hal Le Roy, Eddie Foy, Jr., June Allyson; dir Roy Mack. Warner Bros., 22min. P/S

CHALLENGE 5: GUEST PROGRAMMER — Rhubarb
08:00pm    Rhubarb (1951). Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart; dir Arthur Lubin. Perlberg-Seaton Productions, 94min. PREMIERE

09:45pm    Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961). Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal; dir Blake Edwards. Jurow-Shepherd, 115min. P/S

11:45pm    Harry and Tonto (1974). Art Carney, René Enríquez, Herbert Berghof; dir Paul Mazursky. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 115min. P/S

01:45am    True Grit (1979). John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby; dir Henry Hathaway. Wallis-Hazen, 128min. P/S

Happy Birthday, Carolyn Jones!
04:00am    Heaven with a Gun (1969). Glenn Ford, Carolyn Jones, Barbara Hershey; dir Lee H. Katzin. King Brothers Productions, 101min. P/S

05:45am    Hollywood Hobbies (1939). Joyce Compton, Sally Payne, William Benedict; dir George Sidney. Louis Lewyn Productions, 10min. P/S

FRIDAY 28 APRIL 2023
Happy Birthday, Ann-Margret!
06:00am    Kitten with a Whip (1964). Ann-Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown; dir Douglas Heyes. Universal Pictures, 83min. P/S

07:45am    The Pleasure Seekers (1964). Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley; dir Jean Negulesco. Twentieth Century Film Corporation, 107min. P/S

09:45am    Made in Paris (1966). Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna; dir Boris Sagal. Euterpe, 103min. P/S

Happy Birthday, Lionel Barrymore!

11:30am    Mata Hari (1931). Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore; dir George Fitzmaurice. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 89min. P/S

01:00pm    Grand Hotel (1932). Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford; dir Edmund Goulding. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 112min. P/S

03:00pm    The Gorgeous Hussy (1936). Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore; dir Clarence Brown. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 103min. P/S

04:45pm    A Yank at Oxford (1938). Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O’Sullivan; dir Jack Conway. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios [gb], 102min. P/S

06:30pm    Young Dr. Kildare (1938). Lionel Barrymore, Lew Ayres, Lynne Carver; dir Harold S. Bucquet. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 82min. P/S

Is Anybody Out There?
08:00pm    The Omega Man (1971). Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash; dir Boris Sagal. Walter Seltzer Productions, 98min. P/S

08:15pm    The Last Man Alive (1971). Charlton Heston, Boris Sagal, Ashley Montagu. Warner Bros., 10min. PREMIERE

08:30pm    The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959). Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer; dir Ranald MacDougall. HarBel Productions; Sol C. Siegel Productions, 95min. PS

10:15pm    The Cassandra Crossing (1976). Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen; dir George P. Cosmatos. Associated General Films [gb]; Compagnia Cinematografica Champion [it]; ITC Films; International Cine Productions [de], 129min. P/S

12:30am    The Last Man on Earth (1964). Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli; dir UbaldoRagona, Sidney Salkow. Associated Producers; Produzioni La Regina, 86min. P/S

TCM UNDERGROUND
02:00am    Rubber (2010). Stephen Spinella, Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser; dir Quentin Dupieux. Realitism Films, 82min. EXEMPT PREMIERE

03:30am    The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980). Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau; dir Jamie Uys. C.A.T. Films; Mimosa Films, 109min. P/S

05:30am    The Music Box (1932). Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy; dir James Parrott. Hal Roach Studios, 29min. P/S

SATURDAY 29 APRIL 2023
Happy Arbor Day!
06:00am    The Learning Tree (1969). Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans; dir Gordon Parks. Winger, 107min. P/S

08:15am    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945). Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn; dir Elia Kazan. Twentieth Century Fox, 129min. P/S

10:15am    Timber Stampede (1939). George O’Brien, Chill Wills, Marjorie Reynolds; dir David Howard. RKO Radio Pictures, 59min. P/S

11:15am    King of the Lumberjacks (1940). John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields; dir William Clemens. Warner Bros., 58min. P/S

12:15pm    The Big Trees (1952). Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore; dir Felix E. Feist. Warner Bros., 89min. P/S

01:45pm    Guns of the Timberland (1960). Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland; dir Robert D. Webb. Jaguar Productions, 91min. P/S

CHALLENGE 3: THE FOUR SEASONS, PROFESSIONS — Dentists
03:30pm    The Dentist (1932). W.C. Fields, Marjorie Kane, Arnold Gray; dir Leslie Pearce. Mack Sennett Comedies, 21min. P/S

04:00pm    Cactus Flower (1969). Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman Goldie Hawn; dir Gene Saks.Frankovich Productions, 104min. P/S

05:45pm    Marathon Man (1976). Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider; dir Schlesinger. Robert Evans Company, 125min. P/S
    

THE ESSENTIALS
08:00pm    Greed (1924). Zasu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt; dir Erich von Stroheim. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, 239min. P/S

NOIR ALLEY
12:00am    Scandal Sheet (1952). Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek; dir Phil Karlson. Edward Small Productions, 82min. P/S

01:30am    The Underworld Story (1950). Dan Durea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm; dir Cy Endfield. FilmCraft Productions, 91min. P/S

03:15am    Five Star Final (1931). Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner; dir Marvyn LeRoy. First National Pictures, 89min. P/S

04:45am    White Lies (1934). Victor Jory, Walter Connolly, Fay Wray; dir Leo Bulgakov. Columbia Pictures, 63min. PREMIERE

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Pepe le Pew in A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)

[TCM PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE - #46 "The Four Seasons"]

"Able was I ere I saw Elba." (I couldn't resist.) 

[ClassiCategories]

Dead Poets Society (1989)

[James Bond Trivia]

You got it once again, Peebs. Good show! 

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Kansas -- 29 January 1861

Also from 29 January:

Paddy Chayefsky                                    Dorothy Malone

W. C. Fields                                                 Victor Mature

John Forsythe                                           John Raitt

Heather Graham                                     Katherine Ross

Ann Jillian                                                    Tom Selleck

Ernst Lubitsch                                           Oprah Winfrey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ClassiCategories]

Gretchen Hartman and Alan Hale -- several movie shorts before 1920

Dixie Carter and Hal Holbrook -- The Killing of Randy Webster (1981, TV), That Evening Sun (2009); several television shows, most notably Designing Women (1986-1993)

Delta Burke and Gerald McRaney -- Hansel & Gretel (2002), Going for Broke (2003, TV); a few television shows, most notably Designing Women  and Simon & Simon (1981-1989)

[ClassiCategories]

Joan Collins and Anthony Newley -- Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)

Stefanie Powers and Gary Lockwood -- Manhunter (1974, TV)

Victoria Young and Brian Keith -- several episodes on television shows

[ClassiCategories]

Betsy Drake and Cary Grant -- Every Girl Should Be Married (1948), Room for One More (1952)

Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence -- Ocean's Eleven (2001); she had a bit part

Jean Smart and Richard Gilliland -- Audrey's Rain (2003, TV), Kim Possible: A Stitch in Time (2003, TV, voice), Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013, TV), and TV programs 

June Allyson and Dick Powell -- Meet the People (1944), The Reformer and the Redhead (1950), Right Cross (1950)

Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid -- Flesh and Bone (1993)

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks -- several, beginning with Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Ruby Keeler and Al Jolson -- Go into Your Dance (1935), and a few shorts

 

[James Bond Trivia]

Thanks, Cinemaman!

I know of two Bond girls who guested on Agatha Christie's Marple (2004-2013). One was an A-Bond girl, the other a B-Bond girl. So to speak. Let's name them....

[James Bond Trivia]

I know of three USA-made films, but then I also came up with others for films made abroad. Are there others from Dalton that I don't remember or know of? 

Made in USA                                                                                                                                       Made elsewhere

The Lion in Winter (1968) -- as Philip II, set in 1183                                                     Cromwell (1970, UK) -- as Prince Rupert, set in the 1640s

Agatha (1979) -- as Archie Christie, set in 1926                                                            Wuthering Heights (1970, Italy) -- as Heathcliff, set in the early 19th century

American Outlaws (2001) -- as Allan Pinkerton, set in 1865                                   Mary, Queen of Scots (1971, Portugal) -- as Lord Darnley, set in the 16th century

                                                                                                                                                                    The King's **** (1990, France) -- as King Amadeo, set in the 17th century

 

 

 

 

[ClassiCategories]

grandfather lives with daughter and granddaughter -- Wallace Ford as Ole Pa in A Patch of Blue (1965)

 

 

 

[James Bond Trivia]

Good job, Peebs! Pretty amazing story, no? I recently mentioned that I am not in favor of a woman as the new 007 after Craig, as has been proposed by some. Can you imagine if the very first Bond had been a woman? With no offense intended to Hayward, I don't think casting her as Bond would have spawned a franchise. 

Thanks a lot, Peebs. It's your thread. 

[The first actor/actress that comes to mind..]

Bea Arthur -- U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reservists

 

Next: served in the United States Air Force 

[The First Film That Comes to Mind...]

Jagged Edge (1985)

Next: she's going to college 

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