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Fan programmer week kicks off with 3 fan choices, including the TCM premiere of a little-seen 1980 backstage movie with Frank Langella and Tom Hulce. Plus, an encore of what Robert Osborne has called his favorite "Private Screenings" interview with Betty Hutton.
(all times Eastern)
6:15 AM Bewitched (1945) A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality. Cast: Phyllis Thaxter, Edmund Gwenn, Addison Richards. Dir: Arch Oboler. BW-65 mins, TV-PG, CC
7:30 AM Danger Signal (1945) A man suspected of murder charms a secretary into helping him. Cast: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Dick Erdman. Dir: Robert Florey. BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC
9:00 AM Escape (1940) A Nazi officer's mistress helps an American free his mother from a concentration camp. Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-98 mins, TV-G
10:45 AM Gaslight (1940) A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she's going mad. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell. Dir: Thorold Dickinson. BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC
12:15 PM Lovely To Look At (1952) All-star remake of Roberta, with three Broadway producers inheriting a Parisian fashion house. Cast: Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC\
2:00 PM Kiss Me Kate (1953) Feuding co-stars reunite for a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller. Dir: George Sidney. C-110 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
4:00 PM Rose Marie (1954) A trapper's daughter is torn between the Mountie who wants to civilize her and a dashing prospector. Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-104 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 PM Show Boat (1929) First screen version of the classic musical about romance among the musical performers on a Mississippi showboat. Cast: Laura LaPlante, Joseph Schildkraut, Alma Rubens. Dir: Harry Pollard. BW-118 mins, TV-G
8:00 PM Letter, The (1940) Fan Programmer: Theresa Brown A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence. Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson. Dir: William Wyler. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:00 PM Grand Illusion (1937) Fan Programmer: Lani Golstab French POWs fight to escape their German captors during World War I. Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Jean Gabin. Dir: Jean Renoir. BW-113 mins, TV-PG
12:00 AM Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980) Fan Programmer: Peter Bosch A small-town star helps a young apprentice land the girl of his dreams. Cast: Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce. Dir: Michael Pressman. C-106 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM Private Screenings: Betty Hutton (2000) Singer-comedian Betty Hutton shares stories from her career as one of Hollywood's top stars. C-56 mins, TV-G, CC
3:00 AM Private Screenings: Jane Fonda (2007) Actress Jane Fonda discusses her life and career with host Robert Osborne. C-56 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM Date With Judy, A (1948) A teenager thinks her grandfather is involved with a fiery Latin singer. Cast: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-113 mins, TV-G, CC
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