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In honor of the Clios (given for achievement in advertising) prime time features films dealing with advertising/marketing/PR.
(all times Eastern)
6:15 AM Miranda (1948) A doctor on fishing holiday catches a mermaid by mistake. Cast: Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones. Dir: Ken Annakin. BW-77 mins, TV-G
7:45 AM Magic Box, The (1951) A successful photographer becomes obsessed with inventing a motion picture projector. Cast: Robert Donat, Margaret Johnson, Maria Schell. Dir: John Boulting. C-108 mins, TV-G, CC
9:45 AM Castle in the Air (1952) The new owner of a Scottish castle discovers his home is haunted. Cast: David Tomlinson, Helen Cherry, Margaret Rutherford. Dir: Henry Cass. BW-78 mins, TV-G
11:15 AM Runaway Bus, The (1954) A London motor coach gets lost in the fog with a cache of stolen gold aboard. Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris. Dir: Val Guest. BW-74 mins, TV-G
12:30 PM Trouble in Store (1955) A stock boy in a London department store aspires to better things. Cast: Norman Wisdom, Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford. Dir: John Paddy Carstairs. BW-86 mins, TV-G
2:00 PM Just My Luck (1957) A jeweler's assistant tries to pick a series of winning horses so he can afford to improve his love life. Cast: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Jill Dixon. Dir: John Paddy Carstairs. BW-86 mins, TV-G
3:30 PM Alligator Named Daisy, An (1957) Confusion over an alligator suitcase results in an aspiring songwriter's getting stuck with somebody's pet alligator. Cast: Donald Sinden, Diana Dors, Stanley Holloway. Dir: J. Lee-Thompson. C-88 mins, TV-PG
5:00 PM I'm All Right Jack (1960) A veteran starting out in business gets caught between management and labor. Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers. Dir: John Boulting. BW-105 mins, TV-14, CC
6:45 PM Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Wrongly accused of treason, a Civil War veteran tries to clear his name. Cast: George Montgomery, Angela Stevens, Douglas Kennedy. Dir: Sidney Salkow. C-76 mins, TV-G, CC
8:00 PM Hucksters, The (1947) A war veteran fights for honesty in the advertising game. Cast: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC
10:15 PM Callaway Went Thataway (1951) A real cowboy signs on to impersonate a faded western star for public appearances. Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Fred MacMurray, Howard Keel. Dir: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC
11:50 PM Short Film: Mgm Jubilee Overture (1954) C-10 mins,
12:00 AM It's Always Fair Weather (1955) World War II buddies get mixed up with gangsters and an egotistical TV star when they hold a 10-year reunion. Cast: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse. Dir: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. C-102 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM Face In The Crowd, A (1957) A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star. Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau. Dir: Elia Kazan. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
4:15 AM Network (1976) Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into 'the mad prophet of the airwaves.' Cast: William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch. Dir: Sidney Lumet. BW-121 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
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