TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 27 --- The Essentials: A Star is Born

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27 Saturday



6:30 AM Across The Wide Missouri (1951)
An explorer leads the way west for 19th-century settlers along the American frontier. Cast: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak. Dir: William A. Wellman. C-78 mins, TV-G, CC

8:04 AM Short Film: Goofy Movies #6 (1934)
BW-8 mins,

8:15 AM Limelight (1952)
A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-138 mins, TV-G, CC

10:30 AM Paris Playboys (1954)
When one of the Bowery Boys impersonates a missing French professor, the group ends up battling spies. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Steven Geray. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-62 mins,

11:34 AM Short Film: Paris On Parade (1938)
C-9 mins,

12:00 PM Brother, Can You Spare a Dream? (2010)
C-60 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

1:00 PM Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)
A South African minister travels to Johannesburg to find his missing son. Cast: Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson. Dir: Zoltan Korda. BW-108 mins, TV-14

3:00 PM The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad (1973)
Sinbad battles a fiendish magician and his many monsters. Cast: John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker. Dir: Gordon Hessler. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM The Great Race (1965)
A bumbling villain plots to win an early 20th-century auto race. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood. Dir: Blake Edwards. C-160 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:55 PM Short Film: Judy Garland Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,

8:00 PM A Star Is Born (1954)
A falling star marries the newcomer he's helping reach the top. Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson. Dir: George Cukor. C-176 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:03 PM Short Film: The Man That Got Away (Alternate Take) (1954)
An alternate version of Judy Garland singing "The Man That Got Away," in its original, unedited form from "A Star Is Born" (1954). Cast: Judy Garland C-5 mins, , Letterbox Format

11:15 PM Funny Girl (1968)
Comedienne Fanny Brice fights to prove that she can be the greatest star and find romance even though she isn't pretty. Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford. Dir: William Wyler. C-157 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM Gypsy (1962)
A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom. Cast: Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-143 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM Love Me Or Leave Me (1955)
True story of torch singer Ruth Etting's struggle to escape the gangster who made her a star. Cast: Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell. Dir: Charles Vidor. C-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

[CBHagman]

1. Ooh, alternative take on "The Man That Got Away."

The first thing I think of when I hear they're showing the George Cukor version of A Star Is Born is that wonderful scene where James Mason watches Judy Garland performing (or rehearsing, I think) "The Man That Got Away." So meaningful on various levels.

On edit: The shot below is not from that sequence, but I include it anyway because it's one I've never used before.