TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 6th: Star of the Month: Kirk Douglas

[CBHagman]

I think it's something of a shame that A Letter to Three Wives is airing at a rather ungodly time of night. I've always found that one watchable -- for Paul Douglas and Thelma Ritter's performances in particular, though Kirk Douglas seems to be having fun as one of the three husbands targeted by a predatory female.

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

1:30 AM Election (1999)
A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.
Dir: George Parra Cast: Matthew Broderick , Reese Witherspoon , Chris Klein .
C-103 mins,



3:30 AM 8 1/2 (1963)
A world-famous film director juggles his romantic relationships while trying to come up with an idea for his next picture.
Dir: Federico Fellini Cast: Marcello Mastroianni , Claudia Cardinale , Anouk Aimée .
BW-138 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM Walking Dead, The (1936)
A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Boris Karloff , Ricardo Cortez , Edmund Gwenn .
BW-65 mins, TV-PG, CC,



7:15 AM I Married A Witch (1942)
A 300-year-old witch wreaks havoc when she falls in love with a young politician.
Dir: René Clair Cast: Fredric March , Veronica Lake , Robert Benchley .
BW-77 mins, TV-G,



8:45 AM Thing From Another World, The (1951)
The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous monster from outer space.
Dir: Christian Nyby Cast: Margaret Sheridan , Kenneth Tobey , Robert Cornthwaite .
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC,

10:15 AM Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, The (1953)
Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.
Dir: Eugene Lourié Cast: Paul Christian , Paula Raymond , Cecil Kellaway .
BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:45 AM Them! (1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Whitmore , Edmund Gwenn , Joan Weldon .
BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC,

1:30 PM Forbidden Planet (1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Anne Francis , Leslie Nielsen .
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 PM Black Scorpion, The (1957)
Giant prehistoric scorpions terrorize the Mexican countryside.
Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: Richard Denning , Mara Corday , Carlos Rivas .
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC,

4:45 PM Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
A space visitor's touch turns an unhappy heiress into a vengeful giant.
Dir: Nathan Hertz Cast: Allison Hayes , William Hudson , Yvette Vickers .
BW-66 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:30 PM Blob, The (1958)
A misunderstood teen fights to save his town from a gelatinous monster from outer space.
Dir: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Cast: Steven McQueen , Aneta Corseaut , Earl Rowe .
C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: KIRK DOUGLAS

8:00 PM Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Van Heflin , Lizabeth Scott .
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC,



10:00 PM Out of the Past (1947)
A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Robert Mitchum , Jane Greer , Kirk Douglas .
BW-97 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:45 PM I Walk Alone (1948)
An ex-convict discovers the world of crime has changed drastically since he went up the river.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Burt Lancaster , Lizabeth Scott , Kirk Douglas .
BW-97 mins, CC,

1:30 AM Letter to Three Wives, A (1948)
A small-town seductress notifies her three best friends that she has run off with one of their husbands.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Jeanne Crain , Linda Darnell , Ann Sothern .
BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



3:30 AM Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
Repressed passions and shameful secrets destroy a New England family.
Dir: Dudley Nichols Cast: Rosalind Russell , Michael Redgrave , Raymond Massey .
BW-159 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[Staph]

1. I wish TCM would do a fillm festival

for Thelma Ritter. I just love her snarky, wise and wise-cracking characters. She steals every scene!

[CBHagman]

2. You won't get any argument from me.

Just thinking about her delivering that line in All About Eve about "everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end" makes me grin.