TCM Schedule for Saturday, January 8

[lavenderdiva]

8 Saturday



6:00 AM Humoresque (1946)
A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy neurotic. Cast: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:07 AM Short Film: Smart As A Fox (1946)
BW-10 mins,

8:30 AM The Glass Key (1942)
A hired gun and his gangster boss fall out over a woman. Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy. Dir: Stuart Heisler. BW-85 mins, TV-14, CC

10:30 AM Spy Chasers (1955)
The Bowery Boys get mixed up with an exiled king and a murderous band of spies. Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Sig Ruman. Dir: Edward Bernds. BW-61 mins, TV-G

11:42 AM Short Film: Spotlight (2000)
BW-14 mins,

12:00 PM Another Thin Man (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, C. Aubrey Smith. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II. BW-103 mins, TV-G, CC

1:46 PM Short Film: William Powell (1962)
BW-4 mins,

2:00 PM Them! (1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants. Cast: James Arness, James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:36 PM Short Film: Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
BW-20 mins,

4:00 PM Kissin' Cousins (1964)
A singing military officer gets mixed up with his look-alike hillbilly cousin. Cast: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Yvonne Craig. Dir: Gene Nelson. C-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:50 PM Short Film: Glimpses Of Florida (1941)
C-9 mins,

6:00 PM Clambake (1967)
A playboy switches places with a water-skiing instructor to find a woman who isn't just after his money. Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby. Dir: Arthur H. Nadel. C-99 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

7:51 PM Short Film: Glimpses Of Morocco And Algiers (1951)
C-8 mins,

8:00 PM Road to Morocco (1942)
Two castaways get mixed up in an Arabian nightmare when they're caught between a bandit chief and a beautiful princess. Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour. Dir: David Butler. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC

9:30 PM The Prince And The Showgirl (1957)
An American showgirl in London creates an international incident when she falls for a European prince. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike. Dir: Laurence Olivier. C-117 mins, TV-G

11:30 PM The Swan (1956)
On the eve of her marriage to a prince, a noblewoman falls for her brother's tutor. Cast: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan. Dir: Charles Vidor. C-108 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 AM Mrs. Brown (1997)
Queen Victoria risks scandal because of her loyalty to a Scottish groundskeeper who saved her life. Cast: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Gerald Butler. Dir: John Madden. C-105 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM The Student Prince (1954)
A prince falls in love with a barmaid during his last fling before assuming the crown. Cast: Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-107 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

5:18 AM Short Film: Mgm Jubilee Overture (1954)
C-10 mins,

5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #30 (1955)
Walter Pidgeon discusses Greta Garbo's early career; Irene Papas introduces behind-the-scenes footage from "Tribute to a Badman." BW-25 mins, TV-G

[CBHagman]

1. I detect a few themes!

First theme: Elvis's 76th birthday.


Kissin' Cousins


Second theme: royalty in love with commoners.


Mrs. Brown

If you can't find something to watch on TCM today, well, I suppose there's always The New York Times crossword.

[lavenderdiva]

2. Thanks for figuring that out CBH!

I would not have gotten that-

Love 'The Swan' and 'Mrs. Brown' in the evening-

[CBHagman]

3. And check out "The Prince and the Showgirl"

...for your one and only chance to hear Laurence Olivier utter a phrase in Hungarian.