TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 27th: Star of the Month: Robert Taylor

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010


12:01 AM Short Film: Will Rogers Memorial Hosp. (Cary Grant) (1940)
Cary Grant asking moviegoers to donate to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, a hospital and recovery center for tuberculosis patients. Cast: Cary Grant BW-2 mins,

12:10 AM Short Film: Katherine Hepburn Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,

12:15 AM Woman Of The Year (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter. Dir: George Stevens. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



2:15 AM Swing Time (1936)
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. Dir: George Stevens. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



4:00 AM George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
Biography of the Academy Award winning director including dramatic color footage of WWII. BW-112 mins, TV-G

6:00 AM East Side, West Side (1949)
A chic New York couple is torn apart by a seductive model. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Ava Gardner. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC

8:00 AM Gilda (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she's married to his new boss. Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready. Dir: Charles Vidor. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 AM Once A Thief (1965)
A young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme. Cast: Ann-Margret, Alain Delon, Jack Palance. Dir: Ralph Nelson. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:48 AM 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,

12:00 PM Cass Timberlane (1947)
An aging judge creates a scandal when he marries a younger woman from the wrong side of the tracks. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott. Dir: George Sidney. BW-119 mins, TV-PG, CC

2:00 PM Death Of A Scoundrel (1956)
A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest. Cast: George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor. Dir: Charles Martin. BW-120 mins, TV-PG

4:00 PM Cobweb, The (1955)
Inmates and staff at a posh asylum clash over love and lunacy. Cast: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Gloria Grahame. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-124 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: ROBERT TAYLOR

6:15 PM Three Comrades (1938)
Three life-long friends share their love for a dying woman against the turbulent backdrop of Germany between the wars. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Robert Taylor, Robert Young. Dir: Frank Borzage. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC



8:00 PM Savage Pampas (1967)
An army captain tries to tame the Argentine frontier by importing women. Cast: Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Ty Hardin. Dir: Hugo Fregonese. C-110 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
An American engineer fights to build the first railroad through East Africa. Cast: Robert Taylor, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-91 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

11:45 PM Last Hunt, The (1956)
Two frontiersmen clash over the slaughter of a buffalo herd. Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 AM Law And Jake Wade, The (1958)
An outlaw forces his reformed buddy to lead him to buried loot. Cast: Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens. Dir: John Sturges. C-87 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM Power And The Prize, The (1956)
An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee. Cast: Robert Taylor, Elisabeth Mueller, Mary Astor. Dir: Henry Koster. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM Tip On A Dead Jockey (1957)
A grounded flier gets mixed up with smugglers in Madrid. Cast: Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Jack Lord. Dir: Richard Thorpe. BW-99 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

[Matilda]

1. I do recommend "Three Comrades" to anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

And if you have, it's worth another look.

I really loved this film, although it's by no means a comfortable film to watch. Made in 1938, when not everybody
was truly aware of what was happening in Nazi Germany (and many who did know didn't want to believe it), it follows
the lives of four friends in post-Weimar Germany. It explores politics without taking an overt stand for or
against anything, although the subtext is there - I wonder how many viewers in 1938 really understood it?

It features three good, and I think sometimes undervalued actors, in Franchot Tone, Robert Young and Robert Taylor,
with the wonderful Margaret Sullavan as the wife of Robert Taylor. I won't give anything away, except to say that
there are no happy endings in this film, but a great deal to inspire.

[proudohioan]

2. I have set a reminder for that one...

Thanks for the tip. I have never seen the film, and it does sound good.