TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 29th: Ealing Studio Classics

[CBHagman]

Here's the link to the articles on the Ealing Studio films:

http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=353622

And during the day we have an animal lover's festival of films. But don't forget your tissues. :cry:

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

1:00 AM In Old Kentucky (1935)
A drunken young veteran returns home to find the family horse-breeding business facing ruin. BW-86 mins, , CC

2:30 AM Life Begins at 40 (1935)
A small-town newspaper publisher champions a young man who may have been jailed wrongly. Cast: Will Rogers, Richard Cromwell, Rochelle Hudson. Dir: George Marshall. BW-80 mins, , CC

4:00 AM Too Busy to Work (1932)
A hobo searches the countryside for the daughter he lost when his wife left him. Cast: Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Dick Powell. Dir: John G. Blystone. BW-77 mins, , CC

5:15 AM Down to Earth (1932)
A wealthy family has to learn to live without when the Depression leaves them broke. Cast: Will Rogers, Dorothy Jordan, Irene Rich. Dir: David Butler. BW-80 mins,

6:30 AM Sounder (1972)
Black sharecroppers during the Depression fight to get their children a decent education. Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks. Dir: Martin Ritt. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:15 AM Born Free (1966)
A game warden and his wife face a wrenching decision when the lion cub they've raised becomes too big to keep. Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen. Dir: James Hill, Tom McGowan. C-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM Casey's Shadow (1978)
A young boy from a racing family tries to turn his pet horse into a champion. Cast: Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber. Dir: Martin Ritt. C-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM Yearling, The (1946)
A Florida boy's pet deer threatens the family farm. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr. Dir: Clarence Brown. C-128 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

2:15 PM Lassie Come Home (1943)
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family. Cast: Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. C-89 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

3:45 PM Never Cry Wolf (1983)
A government researcher fights to survive when he's marooned in the Canadian wilderness. Cast: Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq. Dir: Carroll Ballard. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:35 PM Short Film: Meeting The Challenge: International Velvet (1978)
C-9 mins,

5:45 PM International Velvet (1978)
In this sequel to National Velvet, a former racing champ helps turn a delinquent girl into an Olympic rider. Cast: Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins. Dir: Bryan Forbes. C-127 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: EALING GREATS

8:00 PM Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951)
An overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold. Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James. Dir: Charles Crichton. BW-81 mins, TV-G



9:30 PM Forever Ealing (2002)
A documentary that explores the history and influence of England's Ealing Studios. Dir: Andrew Snell. BW-50 mins, TV-G, CC

10:30 PM Man in the White Suit, The (1951)
A young inventor threatens the business world when he creates a cloth that can't tear or wear out. Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker. Dir: Alexander MacKendrick. BW-85 mins, TV-G

12:00 AM Ladykillers, The (1955)
An eccentric bandit gang moves into a little old lady's boardinghouse to plot a major heist. Cast: Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Katie Johnson. Dir: Alexander Mackendrick. BW-91 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format



1:45 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

3:45 AM Bells Go Down, The (1943)
London firemen fight to save the city during the Blitz. Cast: Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Mervyn Johns. Dir: Basil Dearden. BW-89 mins,



5:16 AM Short Film: Some Of The Best - 1949 (1949)
Features highlights of MGM's productions from 1924 through 1948 in honor of the studio's 25th anniversary. Hosted by Lionel Barrymore. Cast: Lionel Barrymore BW-42 mins,