TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 2nd: TCM Prime Time Feature: Fall Classics

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It's All Souls Day, AKA Dia de los muertos.



Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

12:05 AM D.W. Griffith with Biograph (1909)
C-123 mins, TV-G

2:10 AM Films of Georges Melies, The (1896)
C-109 mins,

4:00 AM Silent Shakespeare (1908)
A collection of seven silent shorts based on the plays of William Shakespeare, including King John (1899), King Lear (1910) and Richard III (1911). BW-88 mins, TV-G

5:30 AM Ramona (1910)
In this silent short, a rancher's daughter runs off with a Native. Cast: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Francis J. Grandon. Dir: D.W. Griffith. C-17 mins, TV-PG

6:00 AM Jim Thorpe--All American (1951)
The famous Native American athlete fights prejudice in his pursuit of sports stardom. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Phyllis Thaxter, Charles Bickford. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:47 AM Short Film: American Spoken Here (1940)
BW-11 mins,

8:00 AM Vengeance Valley (1951)
An honest rancher tries to block his evil brother's plots while keeping them from their father. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-83 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:30 AM From Here To Eternity (1953)
Enlisted men in Hawaii fight for love and honor on the eve of World War II. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC



11:30 AM Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Dramatization of the legendary battle between Wyatt Earp and the Clanton Gang. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Jo Van Fleet. Dir: John Sturges. C-123 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 PM Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
A crooked press agent stoops to new depths to help an egotistical columnist break up his sister's romance. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner. Dir: Alexander Mackendrick. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962)
True story of Robert Stroud, the prison lifer who became an expert on birds. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, Thelma Ritter. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-149 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



6:00 PM Seven Days In May (1964)
An American military officer discovers his superiors are planning a military coup. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: FALL CLASSICS

8:00 PM Winning Team, The (1952)
Baseball great Grover Cleveland Alexander fights his way back from a blinding injury. Cast: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC

10:00 PM It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
A disgraced ball player turns a Brooklyn team into champions. Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Sara Allgood. Dir: Ray McCarey. BW-80 mins,

11:24 PM Short Film: Mighty Manhattan, New York'S Wonder City (1949)
This Fitzpatrick travel short visits Manhattan, exploring its history, culture, architecture, and people. The short also pays special visits to come of Manhattan's more famous neighborhoods and landmarks. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-20 mins,



11:45 PM Eight Men Out (1988)
Gamblers tempt members of the Chicago White Sox to throw the World Series. Cast: John Cusack, John Mahoney, D.B. Sweeney. Dir: John Sayles. C-120 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



2:00 AM Elmer The Great (1933)
A country hick bats his way to baseball stardom. Cast: Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-72 mins, TV-G, CC



3:15 AM Alibi Ike (1935)
A brash baseball star gets mixed up with gamblers and a pretty young girl. Cast: Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Donnelly. Dir: Ray Enright. BW-72 mins, TV-G, CC

4:30 AM Babe Ruth Story, The (1948)
A childlike oaf becomes the greatest star in baseball. Cast: William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford. Dir: Roy Del Ruth. BW-106 mins, TV-G