TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 9th: TCM Birthday Tribute: Edna May Oliver

[CBHagman]

"Who?" you ask. Oh, come on! You've seen Edna May Oliver in something -- the 1940 Pride and Prejudice, or Drums Along the Mohawk, perhaps.

Happy birthday, EMO! :party:



Tuesday, November 9th, 2010.

12:15 AM Birth Of A Nation, The (1915)
In this silent film, families from the North and the South fight to survive the Civil War and its aftermath. Cast: Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish. Dir: D.W. Griffith. BW-190 mins, TV-PG

3:30 AM Within Our Gates (1920)
In this silent film, a black schoolteacher finds the battle against racism is everywhere when she goes North to raise money for better schools. Cast: Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin. Dir: Oscar Micheaux. BW-78 mins, TV-14

5:00 AM Blot, The (1921)
Families from opposite ends of the economic scale are drawn together. Cast: Phillip Hubbard, Margaret McWade, Claire Windsor. Dir: Lois Weber. BW-91 mins, TV-G

6:30 AM Half Shot At Sunrise (1930)
Two servicemen dodge military police during an unauthorized leave in Paris. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edna May Oliver. Dir: Paul Sloane. BW-78 mins, TV-G

8:00 AM Cracked Nuts (1931)
Friendly idiots become rivals in a mythical kingdom's revolution. Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ben Turpin. Dir: Edward Cline. BW-65 mins, TV-G

9:15 AM Laugh And Get Rich (1931)
A man drives his family wild with get-rich-quick schemes. Cast: Hugh Herbert, Edna May Oliver, Dorothy Lee. Dir: Gregory La Cava. BW-72 mins, TV-G

10:30 AM Conquerors, The (1932)
Newlyweds go West and build a banking empire in Nebraska. Cast: Richard Dix, Ann Harding, Edna May Oliver. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-86 mins, TV-G

12:00 PM Penguin Pool Murder, The (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Mae Clarke. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-65 mins, TV-G, CC



1:15 PM Meet the Baron (1933)
A bumbler passes himself off as a legendary story teller. Cast: Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: Walter Lang. BW-67 mins, , CC

2:30 PM Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
A schoolteacher matches wits with a police detective when they both try to solve a pretty music teacher's murder. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-72 mins, TV-G

3:45 PM We're Rich Again (1934)
A society couple gone broke tries to land a wealthy husband for their daughter. Cast: Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, Marian Nixon. Dir: William A. Seiter. BW-71 mins, TV-G, CC

5:00 PM Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
A schoolteacher jumps into detective mode when a fellow airplane passenger gets sick and dies. Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane. Dir: Lloyd Corrigan. BW-74 mins, TV-G, CC

6:15 PM No More Ladies (1935)
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous. Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Charlie Ruggles. Dir: Edward H. Griffith. BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC



7:43 PM Short Film: On The Trail Of The Iguana (1964)
C-14 mins,

8:00 PM Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
A mad United States General orders an air strike against Russia. Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

9:51 PM Short Film: Man Who Makes The Difference, The (1968)
A behind the cameras featurette showcasing the action film "Ice Station Zebra" (1968) and the talents of John Stevens, renowned second unit/stunt photographer, who filmed the racing sequences in "Grand Prix" (1966). C-7 mins,

10:00 PM Local Hero (1983)
An American executive gets involved with the inhabitants of a Scottish village he's scouting for a new refinery. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson. Dir: Bill Forsyth. C-111 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format



12:00 AM Parallax View, The (1974)
A reporter uncovers the deadly conspiracy behind a political assassination. Cast: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronym, Paula Prentiss. Dir: Alan J. Pakula. C-102 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
An ambitious young man sets out to kill everyone who stands between him and a fortune. Cast: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood. Dir: Robert Hamer. BW-106 mins, TV-PG

4:00 AM Long Memory, The (1952)
After doing time for a crime he didn't commit, a man must choose between revenge and building a new life. Cast: John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars. Dir: Robert Hamer. BW-93 mins,