TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 19th: TCM Guest Programmer: Bob Newhart

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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

12:00 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

2:15 AM Strange One, The (1957)
A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets. Cast: Ben Gazzara, George Peppard, Pat Hingle. Dir: Jack Garfein. BW-100 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM Goddess, The (1958)
Booze, pills and loneliness mark a young actress' rise to stardom. Cast: Kim Stanley, Stephen Hill, Lloyd Bridges. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:15 AM Fred Astaire Songbook, The (1991)
A loving tribute to Astaire the singer. Dir: Carol Burnett, David Heeley. C-64 mins, TV-G

7:30 AM Band Wagon, The (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. Cast: Fred Astaire, Jack
Buchanan, Cyd Charisse. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-112 mins, TV-G, CC



9:30 AM Jeanne Eagels (1957)
The famed actress fights drug addiction to build a career and find love. Cast: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: George Sidney. BW-109 mins, TV-PG

11:30 AM Time To Sing, A (1968)
A singer hides his love of music to please his restrictive guardian. Cast: Hank Williams, Jr., Ed Begley, Shelley Fabares. Dir: Arthur Dreifuss. C-91 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

1:08 PM Short Film: Background Beat, The (1965)
A short doc by director Ralph Nelson exploring how he uses music and scoring in his pictures. Includes examples from "Once A Thief" (1965). BW-7 mins,

1:15 PM Hold On! (1966)
Rocket scientists consider naming a space ship after Herman's Hermits. Cast: Peter Noone, Herman's Hermits, Shelley Fabares. Dir: Arthur Lubin. C-86 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

2:45 PM Spinout (1966)
A singing race-car driver has to choose among three amorous females. Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain. Dir: Norman Taurog. C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM Girl Happy (1965)
A rock singer is hired to chaperone a gangster's daughter in Fort Lauderdale. Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Gary Crosby. Dir: Boris Sagal. C-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
Three young surfers travel to Hawaii in search of love and the perfect wave. Cast: Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Tab Hunter. Dir: William Castle, Don Taylor. C-102 mins, TV-G

What's On Tonight: TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER: BOB NEWHART



8:00 PM Inherit The Wind (1960)
In the twenties, a schoolteacher creates a national furor when he breaks the law against teaching evolution. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly. Dir: Stanley Kramer. BW-128 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format



10:15 PM Block-Heads (1938)
Chaos erupts when a man tries to help an old war buddy. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Minna Gombell. Dir: John G. Blystone. BW-57 mins, TV-G



11:15 PM Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star. Cast: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:15 AM Hot Millions (1968)
A computer whiz and his pregnant girlfriend set out to rob a massive corporation. Cast: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Bob Newhart. Dir: Eric Till. C-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 AM Private Screenings: Tony Curtis (1999)
TCM host Robert Osborne interviews Tony Curtis on his life and career. Curtis appears in interviews and film clips. BW-54 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:15 AM Some Like It Hot (1959)
Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-121 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format