TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 12th: Star of the Month: Donna Reed

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

12:15 AM Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
A Native's adopted son falls for the British officer's daughter he's assigned to protect during the French and Indian War. Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means. Dir: Michael Mann. C-112 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



2:30 AM Geronimo (1962)
A defiant Apache warrior tries to unite his tribe against the U.S. Army. Cast: Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Ross Martin. Dir: Arnold Laven. C-103 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format



4:15 AM Mohawk (1956)
When a Boston artist is commissioned to paint landscapes, he gets caught up in a land war between settlers and the Mohawks. Cast: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand. Dir: Kurt Neumann. C-79 mins, TV-G

5:35 AM Short Film: History Brought To Life (1950)
BW-9 mins,

5:45 AM Chuka (1967)
A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories. Cast: Rod Taylor, Ernest Borgnine, John Mills. Dir: Gordon Douglas. C-105 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format



7:45 AM Strawberry Blonde, The (1941)
A man's infatuation with a gold-digging beauty continues after his marriage. Cast: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC



9:30 AM Best Foot Forward (1943)
A movie star wreaks havoc when she accepts an invitation to a military academy dance. Cast: Lucille Ball, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven. Dir: Edward Buzzell. C-94 mins, TV-G, CC

11:15 AM Romance On The High Seas (1948)
A singer on a Caribbean cruise gets mixed up in a series of romantic problems. Cast: Doris Day, Jack Carson, Janis Paige. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:00 PM Grounds For Marriage (1950)
An opera singer and her ex-husband find that their romance refuses to die with their marriage. Cast: Van Johnson, Kathryn Grayson, Barry Sullivan. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. C-90 mins, TV-G, CC

2:30 PM Just This Once (1952)
A playboy hands control of his dwindling fortune to a pretty girl. Cast: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Richard Anderson. Dir: Don Weis. BW-90 mins, TV-G

4:15 PM Village of Daughters (1962)
A traveling salesman stumbles into the job of matchmaker in a small Italian village. Cast: Eric Sykes, Scilla Gabel, Gregoire Aslan. Dir: George Pollock. BW-86 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM Happy Road, The (1957)
Two single parents join forces when their children run away from a French boarding school. Cast: Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave. Dir: Gene Kelly. BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:51 PM Short Film: Glimpses Of Old England (1949)
C-9 mins,



What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: DONNA REED


8:00 PM Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945)
A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin. Cast: Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed. Dir: Albert Lewin. BW-110 mins, TV-G, CC



10:00 PM Last Time I Saw Paris, The (1954)
A writer recalls his turbulent marriage to an expatriate heiress. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Donna Reed. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-116 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM Green Dolphin Street (1947)
In 19th-century New Zealand, two sisters compete for the same man against a backdrop of political unrest and natural disaster. Cast: Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed. Dir: Victor Saville. BW-141 mins, TV-G, CC



2:30 AM Man From Down Under, The (1943)
A World War I veteran sneaks two orphans back to his native Australia. Cast: Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes, Donna Reed. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-103 mins, TV-PG

4:18 AM Short Film: Sydney "Pride Of Australia" (1938)
C-9 mins,



(I don't know if it has anything to do with the movie, but it was the right year!

4:30 AM Mokey (1942)
A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild. Cast: Dan Dailey, Donna Reed, Robert Blake. Dir: Wells Root. BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC

[Matilda]

1. Yep, that's Australia for you - celebrate Australia's founding and fly the British flag.

Of course they'd have flown the British flag at the landing of the First Fleet at Farm Cover, which this poster
depicts, but it's a sad fat that after 222 years, we're still a British colony!

To the left and a bit further round the foreshores is where the Opera House now stands (I think the artists has
taken some liberties and drawn Farm Cove closer to the Bridge than it really is, because there's not much room
for Bennelong Point, the Opera House site).

And if you look behind the Bridge on the right, past the red fireworks and go on up the hill - that's where I
work.

Now you know.

[CBHagman]

2. Thanks for the tour!

Now we all know where to find you when the rest of the Classic Film Group finally goes to Australia. ;-)

Seriously, though, I wanted to do some sort of image, and I couldn't find anything that matched the film exactly (and don't get me started on my attempts with The Man from Down Under. So I went with the poster.