TCM's tribute to Academy Award winner Luise Rainer, whose 101st birthday we celebrate today:
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=355214Wednesday, January 12th, 201112:00 AM Busy Bodies (1933)
C-19 mins, TV-G, CC
12:30 AM Midnight Patrol (1933)
C-20 mins, TV-G, CC
12:56 AM Short Film: Govenor C.C. Young Hails Greater Talkie Season (1928)
C-3 mins,
1:00 AM Short Film: Me and My Pal (1933)
A groom and his best man get preoccupied with a jigsaw puzzle on their way to the wedding. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson. Dir: Lloyd French, Charley Rogers. BW-20 mins, TV-G, CC
1:30 AM Twice Two (1933)
C-20 mins, TV-G, CC
2:00 AM Short Film: Towed in a Hole (1932)
Comic legends Laurel and Hardy decide to go into the fishing business for themselves. Trouble ensues when they must fix up dilapidated boat bought from a junk yard. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy Dir: George Marshall BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC
2:30 AM Short Film: Their First Mistake (1932)
After adopting a baby to save his marriage, a man discovers his wife has left him. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch. Dir: George Marshall. BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC
3:00 AM Short Film: Scram! (1932)
Two vagrants ordered out of town take up with a drunken tycoon. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Cramer. Dir: Ray McCarey. BW-20 mins, TV-G, CC
3:30 AM Short Film: County Hospital (1932)
A hospital visitor wreaks havoc during a routine visit. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert. Dir: James Parrott. BW-19 mins, TV-G, CC
4:00 AM Short Film: Chimp, The (1932)
A jealous husband thinks two tenants sneaking a pet chimp into their apartment are carrying on with his wife. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert. Dir: James Parrott. BW-25 mins, TV-G, CC
4:30 AM Music Box, The (1932)
Two men running a moving company have to get a large piano up a daunting flight of stairs. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert. Dir: James Parrott. BW-29 mins, TV-G, CC
5:00 AM Short Film: Helpmates (1932)
A married man has to get his house back in order before his wife returns. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns. Dir: James Parrott. BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC
5:30 AM Short Film: Beau Hunks (1931)
After being dumped by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver makes Laurel join the Foreign Legion with him. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy BW-37 mins, TV-G, CC
6:15 AM Short Film: One Good Turn (1931)
Two vagrants try to repay the kindly old lady who helped them. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Carr. Dir: James W. Horne. BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC
6:45 AM Short Film: Our Wife (1931)
A man tries to help his best friend elope. Dir: James W. Horne. BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC
7:15 AM Short Film: Laughing Gravy (1931)
Roommates try to hide a dog from their grouchy landlord. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall. Dir: James W. Home. BW-31 mins, TV-G, CC
8:00 AM Short Film: Chickens Come Home (1931)
A man risks his marriage to help his best friend deal with blackmailers. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd Dir: James W. Horne BW-30 mins, TV-G, CC
8:30 AM Short Film: Be Big! (1931)
Two married men feign illness so they can ditch their wives and attend a lodge party. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin. Dir: James Parrott. BW-28 mins, TV-G, CC
9:00 AM Short Film: Another Fine Mess (1930)
Two vagabonds move into a deserted mansion and pretend to be its owners. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd. Dir: James Parrott. BW-28 mins, TV-G, CC
9:30 AM Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, The (1930)
A fishing trip leads Laurel and Hardy to a mansion where a murder has been committed. Cast: Frank Austin, Stanley Blystone, Robert 'Bobby' Burns. Dir: James Parrott. BW-30 mins, TV-G, CC
10:00 AM Short Film: Hog Wild (1930)
Two friends try to install a radio antenna, with disastrous results. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Fay Holderness. Dir: James Parrott. BW-19 mins, TV-G, CC
10:30 AM Below Zero (1930)
C-11 mins, TV-G, CC
11:00 AM Short Film: Brats (1930)
Two fathers try to spend a quiet night despite their raucous offspring. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy. Dir: James Parrott. BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC
11:30 AM Short Film: Blotto (1930)
Stan steals his wife's secret bottle of liquor so he can have a wild night out at the Rainbow club with Ollie. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy BW-26 mins, TV-G, CC
12:00 PM Short Film: Night Owls (1930)
Two vagrants try to help a police officer save his reputation. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy. Dir: James Parrott. BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC
12:30 PM Hoose-Gow, The (1929)
C-20 mins, TV-G, CC
1:00 PM They Go Boom (1929)
C-20 mins, TV-G, CC
1:30 PM Perfect Day (1929)
C-19 mins, TV-G, CC
2:00 PM Men O' War (1929)
C-20 mins, TV-G, CC
2:30 PM Berth Marks (1929)
C-19 mins, TV-G, CC
3:00 PM Unaccustomed As We Are (1929)
C-21 mins, TV-G, CC
3:30 PM Come Clean (1931)
C-20 mins, TV-G, CC
4:00 PM Any Old Port ! (1932)
C-21 mins, TV-G, CC
4:30 PM Short Film: Pardon Us (1931)
Selling homemade beer lands a two friends in prison together. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe. Dir: James Parrott. BW-55 mins, TV-G
5:30 PM Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Two World War I veterans try help a comrade's orphaned daughter find her family. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Don Dillaway. Dir: George Marshall, Ray McCarey. BW-66 mins, TV-G
6:45 PM Short Film: Bohemian Girl, The (1936)
Two pickpockets raise a stolen child, not realizing she's royalty. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd. Dir: James W. Horne, Charles Rogers. BW-71 mins, TV-G
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: HAPPY 101ST BIRTHDAY, LUISE RAINER!8:00 PM Luise Rainer - Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011)
C-29 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format
8:30 PM Good Earth, The (1937)
Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements. Cast: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly. Dir: Sidney Franklin. BW-138 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wkMSc5DjQ18/S-qoR5v7F2I/AAAAAAAAMlA/yfgDcj5-Fvk/s1600/rainer,+luise+%26+muni,+paul_good+earth,+the_bw01.jpg11:00 PM Luise Rainer - Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011)
C-29 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format
11:30 PM Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. C-185 mins, TV-G, CC
2:45 AM Great Waltz, The (1938)
Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer. Cast: Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet, Miliza Korjus. Dir: Julien Duvivier. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC
4:30 AM Dramatic School (1938)
A young actress struggles to make a hit on stage and in married life. Cast: Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner. Dir: Robert B. Sinclair. BW-80 mins, TV-G