TCM Schedule for Saturday, October 16 --- THE ESSENTIALS: MARLENE DIETRICH

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16 Saturday



6:30 AM Rachel And The Stranger (1948)
A mail-order bride finds herself attracted to a handsome drifter. Cast: Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum. Dir: Norman Foster. BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:00 AM The Key (1958)
The key to a woman's apartment may hold bad luck for her lovers. Cast: William Holden, Trevor Howard, Sophia Loren. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-126 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

10:07 AM Short Film: Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow (1956)
BW-15 mins,

10:30 AM No Holds Barred (1952)
The Bowery Boys enter the wrestling world when one of them develops superhuman powers. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Marjorie Reynolds. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-66 mins,

11:42 AM Short Film: I Won't Play (1944)
BW-18 mins, TV-PG

12:00 PM High Sierra (1941)
An aging ex-con sets out to pull one more big heist. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC

1:51 PM Short Film: Historic Maryland (1941)
C-8 mins,

2:00 PM Giant (1956)
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times. Cast: James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson. Dir: George Stevens. C-201 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM Nevada Smith (1966)
A part-Indian cowboy avenges his parents' murder. Cast: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith. Dir: Henry Hathaway. C-131 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

7:48 PM Short Film: In The Valley Of The Rhine (1953)
This travel talk tours the Rhine River in Western Europe, stopping at various cities and attractions, including still-war-ravaged Cologne, the fertile wine country, and its proud musical heritage. This remains an interesting travel short in a recovering region, less than a decade after WWII. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-8 mins,


What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: MARLENE DIETRICH

8:00 PM A Foreign Affair (1948)
A prim Congresswoman gets caught up in the romantic decadence of post-war Germany. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur, John Lund. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-112 mins, TV-PG

10:03 PM Short Film: Merry Wives Of Windsor (1953)
The MGM Symphony Orchestra performs the Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor. C-9 mins,

10:15 PM Knight Without Armour (1937)
A British spy tries to get a countess out of the new Soviet Union. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh. Dir: Jacques Feyder. BW-107 mins, TV-G

12:15 AM Morocco (1930)T
A sultry cabaret singer falls hard for a Foreign Legionnaire. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou. Dir: Josef von Sternberg. BW-92 mins, TV-14, CC

2:00 AM Rancho Notorious (1952)
A cowboy infiltrates a bandit hideout in search of his girlfriend's killer. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer. Dir: Fritz Lang. C-89 mins, TV-G, CC

3:41 AM Short Film: Marlene Dietrich Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,

3:45 AM The Blue Angel (1930)
A stodgy professor falls from grace when he's seduced by a nightclub singer. Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron. Dir: Josef von Sternberg. BW-107 mins, TV-PG

5:33 AM Short Film: Angel Of Mercy (1939)
BW-10 mins,

5:49 AM Short Film: Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
Two young girls take a tour of Hollywood to see the private lives of celebrities. Cast: Sally Payne, Joyce Compton Dir: George Sidney BW-10 mins,