TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 5th: Star of the Month: Fredric March

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

1:30 AM I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran faces inhuman conditions when he's sentenced to hard labor. Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:15 AM Cool Hand Luke (1967)
A free-spirited convict refuses to conform to chain-gang life. Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin. Dir: Stuart Rosenberg. C-126 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #28 (1955)
Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Two of "Captains Courageous" and interviews Robby the Robot from "Forbidden Planet." BW-26 mins, TV-G

6:00 AM All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
A French nobleman falls in love with his children's governess. Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil. Dir: Anatole Litvak. BW-143 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



8:30 AM Shining Victory (1941)
A psychiatrist sacrifices everything for his research. Cast: James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp. Dir: Irving Rapper. BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 AM In This Our Life (1942)
A neurotic southerner steals her sister's husband then vies with her for another man. Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent. Dir: John Huston. BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:45 AM Old Acquaintance (1943)
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives. Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young. Dir: Vincent Sherman. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:45 PM Winter Meeting (1948)
A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems. Cast: Bette Davis, Jim Davis, Janis Paige. Dir: Bretaigne Windust. BW-105 mins, TV-G, CC

3:30 PM Catered Affair, The (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not. Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds. Dir: Richard Brooks. BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format



5:15 PM Scapegoat, The (1959)
A man is tricked into trading places with a look-alike nobleman with murderous plans. Cast: Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Irene Worth. Dir: Robert Hamer. BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano (1984)
A documentary depicting the life and career of one of America's premiere actresses. Dir: George Marshall. C-60 mins, TV-G, CC

What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: FREDRIC MARCH



8:00 PM Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1932)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within. Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC



9:40 PM Short Film: Story Of Dr. Carver, The (1938)
BW-10 mins,

10:00 PM Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (1956)
A public relations man must cope with revelations about a wartime romance. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March. Dir: Nunnally Johnson. C-153 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 AM I Married A Witch (1942)
A 300-year-old witch wreaks havoc when she falls in love with a young politician. Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Susan Hayward. Dir: Rene Clair. BW-77 mins, TV-G

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2:06 AM Short Film: Behind The Movie Lens:On Location With The Bad Man (1937)
BW-4 mins,

2:15 AM ...Tick...Tick...Tick (1970)
A black sheriff's arrival sets off racial fireworks in a small southern town. Cast: Jim Brown, Fredric March, George Kennedy. Dir: Ralph Nelson. C-97 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM Christopher Columbus (1949)
The legendary explorer discovers the new world while searching for a route to Asia. Cast: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan. Dir: David McDonald. C-99 mins, TV-G

5:45 AM Anna Karenina (1935)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love. Cast: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone. Dir: Clarence Brown. BW-94 mins, TV-14, CC

[Matilda]

1. I love Fredric March!

I'll watch pretty much anything he's in - very fine actor, attractive, and he was an active Democrat too! (He was named to HUAC by one of the rats, but they never pinned anything on him. But he was vocal in his opposition to HUAC and the witch-hunts.)

I've been waiting years for a replay of "Death Takes a Holiday", one of my firm favourites - I taped it years ago on video, but it hasn't worn well, and I want to record it on DVD. I thought he was equally chilling and attractive in that film, which also happened to have a very good script, but it hasn't played here in about twenty years.