TCM Schedule for Saturday, October 24 --- THE ESSENTIALS: BASED ON SOMERSET MAUGHAM

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24 Saturday



6:00 AM The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
A mad scientist kills brides and uses their glands to keep his wife alive. Cast: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Elizabeth Russell. Dir: Wallace Fox. BW-63 mins, TV-PG

7:04 AM Short Film: Black Cats And Broomsticks (1955)
BW-8 mins,

7:30 AM Mark Of The Vampire (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder. Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-61 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:32 AM Short Film: Who'S Superstitious? (1943)
BW-10 mins,

8:50 AM Short Film: Believe It Or Not #12 (1931)
BW-9 mins,

9:00 AM Brothers United (1937)
In the final chapter of Dick Tracy, criminals try to turn the famed detective evil. Cast: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette. Dir: Alan James, Ray Taylor. BW-17 mins, TV-G

9:30 AM The Twonky (1953)
A college professor's television set tries to take over his life. Cast: Hans Conried, Janet Warren, Billy Lynn. Dir: Arch Oboler. BW-73 mins, TV-PG

10:48 AM Short Film: Sports Slants #3 (1931)
BW-10 mins,

11:00 AM Son Of Kong (1933)
Producer Carl Denham returns to Skull Island in search of more monsters. Cast: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher. Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack. BW-70 mins, TV-PG

12:21 PM Short Film: On Location: The Great Waltz (1972)
A short promotional featurette about the making of "The Great Waltz" (1972). C-7 mins,

12:30 PM The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
A World War I U-boat takes a wrong turn and discovers a lost world of dinosaurs and cavemen. Cast: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon. Dir: Kevin Connor. C-91 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 PM Poltergeist (1982)
Evil spirits abduct a suburban family's daughter causing chaos and havoc. Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne. Dir: Tobe Hooper. C-115 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 PM The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959)
Sherlock Holmes investigates the haunting of an isolated British estate by a murderous canine. Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell. Dir: Terence Fisher. C-87 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM Short Film: King And Queen Meet The Stars (2000)
BW-3 mins,

6:00 PM They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
A small-town sheriff attempts to clear a Doberman of murder charges. Cast: James Garner, Katharine Ross, June Allyson. Dir: James Goldstone. C-98 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

7:46 PM Short Film: Larry Clinton And Orchestra W/ Carol Bruce (1938)
In this short, Larry Clinton and his orchestra bring in two guest performers. Cast: Larry Clinton, Carol Bruce Dir: Lloyd French BW-10 mins,

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: BASED ON SOMERSET MAUGHAM

8:00 PM The Letter (1940)
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

9:46 PM Short Film: So You Think You Need Glasses (1942)
Joe McDoakes is having trouble reading the cards at a bridge game, and finally decides he must goe to the eye doctor. Also includes a mildy humorous overview of major eye disorders. Cast: George O'Hanlon BW-11 mins,

10:00 PM Quartet (1948)
W. Somerset Maugham introduces four of his most famous short stories. Cast: W. Somerset Maugham, Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling. Dir: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart. BW-120 mins, TV-PG

12:15 AM The Painted Veil (1934)
A wife strays, then fights to redeem herself to her husband. Cast: Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent. Dir: Richard Boleslawski. BW-85 mins, TV-G, CC

1:45 AM Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
A moralist sets out to reform the legendary South Seas floozy. Cast: Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray. Dir: Curtis Bernhardt. C-90 mins, TV-14, CC

3:30 AM Beachcomber (1954)
A female missionary teams with a drunken beachcomber to save a South Seas island during an epidemic. Cast: Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Pleasence. Dir: Muriel Box. BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC

5:00 AM Niagara Falls (1941)
A pair of dunces mistake squabbling strangers for fellow newlyweds. Cast: Tom Brown, Marjorie Woodworth, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-43 mins, TV-G

5:44 AM Short Film: Mighty Niagara (1943)
C-9 mins,