TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 7th: TCM Prime Time Feature: Leslie Howard

[CBHagman]

Bikers, birthday boy James Garner, and Leslie Howard.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009.

1:00 AM Easy Rider (1969)
A cross-country trip to sell drugs puts two hippie bikers on a collision course with small-town prejudices. Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. Dir: Dennis Hopper. C-96 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 AM Mad Max (1979)
A post-apocalyptic cop seeks revenge when his family is murdered. Cast: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Steve Bisley. Dir: George Miller. C-93 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM Bed Sitting Room, The (1969)
A pregnant woman searches for love amidst the ruins of nuclear war. Cast: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook. Dir: Richard Lester. C-91 mins, TV-PG

4:35 AM Short Film: Searchers For A Special City (1966)
BW-9 mins,

6:15 AM Mister Buddwing (1966)
A man suffering from amnesia confronts a series of women in his search for his memory. Cast: James Garner, Jean Simmons, Angela Lansbury. Dir: Delbert Mann. BW-99 mins, TV-14, CC

8:00 AM Children's Hour, The (1961)
A malicious student tries to destroy the teachers at a girls' school. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner. Dir: William Wyler. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

9:53 AM Short Film: Action On The Beach (1964)
BW-6 mins,

10:00 AM Americanization of Emily, The (1964)
A British war widow falls for an opportunistic American sailor during World War II. Cast: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas. Dir: Arthur Hiller. BW-115 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM 36 Hours (1965)
Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over. Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint. Dir: George Seaton. BW-115 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM Duel At Diablo (1966)
Racial tensions flair when a black officer joins a Cavalry troop fighting the Indians. Cast: James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson. Dir: Ralph Nelson. C-105 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM Grand Prix (1966)
Auto racers find danger and romance at the legendary European road race. Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand. Dir: John Frankenheimer. C-176 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM Private Screenings: James Garner (2001)
James Garner appears with Robert Osborne to discuss his extensive film career. Cast: James Garner, Robert Osborne. BW-54 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: LESLIE HOWARD

8:00 PM Petrified Forest, The (1936)
An escaped convict holds the customers at a remote desert cantina hostage. Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC

9:30 PM Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
A married violinist deserts his family when he falls for his accompanist. Cast: Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best. Dir: Gregory Ratoff. BW-70 mins, TV-14, CC

11:00 PM Pygmalion (1938)
A linguistics professor bets he can turn a flower girl into a lady by teaching her to speak properly. Cast: Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard, Wilfrid Lawson. Dir: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard. BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC

12:45 AM 49th Parallel (1941)
The crew of a stranded German U-boat tries to evade capture in Canada during World War II. Cast: Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Laurence Olivier. Dir: Michael Powell. BW-122 mins, TV-14

3:00 AM Animal Kingdom, The (1932)
An intellectual publisher can't choose between his society wife and his free thinking former love. Cast: Leslie Howard, Ann Harding, Myrna Loy. Dir: Edward H. Griffith. BW-85 mins, TV-G

4:30 AM Secrets (1933)
A New England society girl braves the West to help her husband build his fortune. Cast: Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard, C. Aubrey Smith. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-84 mins,

[Matilda]

1. "Pygmalion" - Shaw as it was writ.

We all probably grew up with the dash and colour of "My Fair Lady", and "Pygmalion" seems quiet and a little grey
by comparison, but this is how Shaw wrote it, and it's a delight to view. Leslie Howard was always wonderful to
watch, and he's matched to the hilt by Wendy Hiller, a very fine actress. I haven't seen this for ages, so I've
put it on my Quickflix list.

I've never seen "Secrets", nor any of Mary Pickford's talkies, except for "Taming of the Shrew" (once), but I looked
it up on IMDb, and was amazed to see that she had made a total of 249 films. In her first year, 1909, she made
fifty-one! They really churned them out back then - it makes you realise what a totally different filming technique
they had, and what a huge change it was to making talking pictures. Just thought I'd throw that in.