TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 13 ---

[lavenderdiva]

13 Saturday



6:00 AM Action In The North Atlantic (1943)
A Merchant Marine crew fights off enemy attacks at the start of World War II. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. BW-127 mins, TV-G, CC

8:10 AM Short Film: First Aid (1943)
BW-10 mins,

8:30 AM The Prowler (1951)
A policeman's obsession with a married woman leads to murder. Cast: Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell. Dir: Joseph Losey. BW-93 mins, TV-14

10:07 AM Short Film: Facing Your Danger (1946)
Conquering the Colorado River is no easy task but the men in this exciting short make it look so easy! Cast: Knox Manning Dir: Edwin E. Olsen C-10 mins,

10:30 AM Clipped Wings (1953)
The Bowery Boys join the air force and almost turn it into a fly-by-night organization. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Renie Riano. Dir: Edward Bernds. BW-64 mins,

11:38 AM Short Film: Maid In Hollywood (1934)
Like a true friend, Patsy helps Thelma land a screen test but this time her help isn't needed. Cast: Patsy Kelly, Thelma Todd Dir: Gus Meins BW-20 mins,

12:00 PM The Birth of Hollywood (2010)
C-60 mins, TV-14, CC

1:00 PM The Jungle Book (1942)
A boy raised by wolves adjusts to life among humans. Cast: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, Rosemary De Camp. Dir: Zoltan Korda. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC

3:00 PM The Blob (1958)
A misunderstood teen fights to save his town from a gelatinous monster from outer space. Cast: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corseaut, Earl Rowe. Dir: Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr. C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:35 PM Short Film: Around The World In California (1947)
C-9 mins,

4:45 PM Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
A Victorian gentleman bets that he can beat the world's record for circling the globe. Cast: David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Cantinflas. Dir: Michael Anderson. C-182 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

7:51 PM Short Film: Around The World, Under The Sea (Long Vers.) (1966)
C-8 mins,

8:00 PM The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II. Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy. Dir: William Wyler. BW-170 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:00 PM Mrs. Miniver (1942)
A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II. Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright. Dir: William Wyler. BW-134 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

1:19 AM Short Film: Glimpses Of Old England (1949)
C-9 mins,

1:30 AM The Little Foxes (1941)
An ambitious woman takes on her corrupt brothers and honest husband in her drive for wealth. Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright. Dir: William Wyler. BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:30 AM Enchantment (1948)
When a well-off family takes in a young orphan, her presence ignites romance and jealousy. Cast: David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes. Dir: Irving Reis. BW-101 mins, TV-G

5:15 AM Casanova Brown (1944)
A couple on the verge of divorce learns the wife is pregnant. Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Frank Morgan. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-91 mins, TV-G

[lavenderdiva]

1. Somebody help me out here

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems TCM has changed the way they post their complete daily schedule. I cannot find where they tell what the 'emphasis' of each evening's programming is. It used to be listed in the center of the schedule, before the night's movie line-up. Now they've got a relatively large advertisement in the schedule, and no 'emphasis' listing. In looking at other people's TCM Schedule postings this week, everybody else has the 'emphasis' noted in their post's headline. Where are you guys finding this info? Please share....

[CBHagman]

2. You're right. They've changed everything.

:grr: Now you have to click on "This Month" and/or a theme to get the line-up. For example, if you click "The Essentials," you get a listing for months of movie titles in that particular feature, including for tonight (It's The Best Years of Our Lives, pictured).

However, this all leaves us searching for themes, rather than finding them easily. I'd like to complain to TCM. It's a much less user-friendly format, as you have to wait for the Spotlight, Essentials, and other theme sites to load.

[lavenderdiva]

3. I just went over to the TCM website to check it out

and found 'The Essentials' which are on Saturdays. It's way too much trouble. And it only gives me the movie they are highlighting for the Essentials, not the Theme of the evening's programming. What I found before, when they would include the theme in the regular programming schedule, was that somehow, by the named theme, the evening's films were linked by the theme, whatever it was. Now, I don't have any idea what the theme is. I join you in not liking this new-fangled way of listing their schedule.

What I do notice, and maybe it was there all along and I didn't see it, is that in the Full Schedule line-up, the evening's films are distinguished by a different color background than the daytime listings. I am wondering what the different colors mean? Is it just for 'pretty' to denote the evening's line-up, or does it really mean something?

I've posted on the TCM forum about this change, asking where did the 'What's On Tonight' feature go, and that I'm not happy with the changes. I wonder if I'll see any feedback-


:hi:

[Staph]

4. The change in format must have happened

overnight Friday into Saturday. I was copying the schedule for this coming week Friday evening, and it was in the usual format, with the evening's theme highlighted just before the 8:00 pm film.

I'm with the rest of you -- this makes it harder to read and understand. Bad job, TCM, no soup for you!