TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 21 --- WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: SIMONE SIMON

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21 Saturday



6:00 AM Bombardier (1943)
Military officers compete for the same woman while training pilots for war.
Dir: Richard Wallace Cast: Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley.
BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC,

7:47 AM Trifles Of Importance (1940)
John Nesbitt Passing Parade short showing how small, seemingly trivial things such as a number, doodling, or a suit of clothes can tell an interesting story.
Dir: Basil Wrangell
BW-11 mins,

8:00 AM The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The famed sleuth tries to stop Professor Moriarty from stealing the Crown Jewels.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino.
BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:30 AM Son Of Kong (1933)
Producer Carl Denham returns to Skull Island in search of more monsters.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher.
BW-70 mins, TV-PG,

10:41 AM The Operation (1930)
Cast: Edgar Bergen,
BW-9 mins,

11:00 AM Bodies Without Minds (1939)
In Chapter Nine of Buck Rogers, Buddy tries to rescue a brainwashed Buck.
BW-20 mins, TV-G,

11:30 AM Broken Barriers (1939)
In Chapter Ten of Buck Rogers, a spy stalks Buck and his crew.
BW-18 mins, TV-G,

11:55 AM John Barrymore (1962)
BW-3 mins,

12:00 PM Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
The jungle king braves a lost prehistoric world to obtain malaria serum for the Allies.
Dir: William Thiele Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield.
BW-70 mins,

1:21 PM Egypt Speaks (1951)
C-8 mins,

1:30 PM Valley Of The Kings (1954)
Archaeologists clash with graverobbers during the search for a priceless Egyptian treasure.
Dir: Robert Pirosh Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Carlos Thompson.
C-86 mins, TV-PG, CC,

3:00 PM The Monster that Challenged the World (1957)
An earthquake unleashes a horde of giant prehistoric monsters.
Dir: Arnold Laven Cast: Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried.
BW-85 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM Junior Bonner (1972)
An aging rodeo rider tries to deal with his dysfunctional family.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino.
C-100 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
A bogus preacher marries an outlaw's widow in search of the man's hidden loot.
Dir: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: SIMONE SIMON

8:00 PM Cat People (1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph.
BW-73 mins, TV-PG, CC,

9:30 PM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
A lonely child creates an imaginary playmate with surprisingly dangerous results.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph.
BW-70 mins, TV-PG, CC,

10:50 PM Where Is Jane Doe? (1956)
BW-8 mins,

11:00 PM Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
A young woman sublets a Marine's apartment not knowing he's handed out keys to several of his friends.
Dir: Joe May Cast: Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry.
BW-75 mins,

12:30 AM The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
A farmer sells his soul for seven years of good crops.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell.
BW-106 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:30 AM House of Pleasure (1954)
Three stories explore the intersection of pleasure, purity and sex.
Dir: Max Ophüls Cast: Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Jean Galland.
BW-98 mins, TV-14,

4:15 AM Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
A German officer tries to force a French laundress to become his mistress.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Simone Simon, John Emery, Kurt Kreuger.
BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC,

5:30 AM Now Playing May (2011)
BW-18 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:50 AM How To Vote (1936)
Robert Benchley, campaign assistant, is called upon to give a speech on his candidate's behalf. Slowly everyone realizes he is less than qualified to speak in public much less assist a public servant.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Robert Benchley,
BW-10 mins,

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1. Here comes Mr. Scratch...

...played by the incomparable Walter Huston.



The Devil and Daniel Webster

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