TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 1

[lavenderdiva]

4:00am Garbo (2005)
Documentary that explores the life and career of screen legend Greta Garbo.
BW-86 mins, TV-PG

5:30am From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket.
Cast: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Henry Daniell. Dir: Byron Haskin. C-100 mins, TV-G

7:17am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Nostradamus Iv (1944)
BW-11 mins

7:30am Raw Deal (1948)
When the gangster for whom he took the rap welches, a convict breaks out of prison to get revenge.
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr. Dir: Anthony Mann. BW-79 mins, TV-PG

9:00am Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
A newspaperman serves as key witness in a circumstantial murder case.
Cast: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet. Dir: Boris Ingster. BW-64 mins, TV-14

10:15am The Tattooed Stranger (1950)
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
Cast: John Miles, Patricia White, Walter Kinsella. Dir: Edward Montagne. BW-64 mins, TV-PG

11:20am Short Film: Content (Short, Trailer, etc.): Open House: 1959 Mgm Studio Tour (1959)
BW-9 mins

11:30am God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
A flyer dismissed as too old fights to prove himself against the Japanese.
Cast: Dennis Morgan, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale. Dir: Robert Florey. BW-88 mins, TV-PG

1:00pm Village Of The Damned (1960)
After a mysterious blackout, the inhabitants of a British village give birth to emotionless, super-powered offspring.
Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn. Dir: Wolf Rilla. BW-77 mins, TV-14

2:30pm Guys And Dolls (1955)
A big-city gambler bets that he can seduce a Salvation Army girl.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. C-149 mins, TV-G

5:11pm Short Film: Content (Short, Trailer, etc.): Open House: 1959 Mgm Studio Tour (1959)
BW-9 mins

5:15pm Radio Days (1987)
A young boy's coming of age is mirrored by his favorite radio shows and the lives of their stars.
Cast: Mia Farrow, Seth Green, Michael Tucker. Dir: Woody Allen. C-88 mins, TV-14

6:47pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Passenger, The: Professional Reporter (1975)
C-4 mins

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: TRIPLE THREATS

7:00pm Take The Money And Run (1969)
An incompetent criminal becomes the subject of a documentary.
Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire. Dir: Woody Allen. C-85 mins, TV-14

8:45pm Heaven Can Wait (1978)
When a football player dies early, he gets a second chance in the body of a crooked industrialist.
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason. Dir: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry. C-101 mins, TV-14

10:30pm Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-120 mins, TV-PG

12:45am Hamlet (1948)
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Jean Simmons. Dir: Laurence Olivier. BW-154 mins, TV-14

3:30am The Gold Rush (1925)
In this silent film, a lost soul in the Yukon seeks love and wealth.
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-69 mins, TV-G

[Matilda]

1. "Radio Days"

doesn't qualify as a true classic perhaps, having been made in 1987, but
it captures the style and feeling of the 1940s beautifully.

I've only seen it twice, and each time I missed the beginning - it only
comes around occasionally, and it's not listed on Quickflix, so next time
it's on I must try to see it right through.

Television didn't really come to Australia until the late 1950s, so in
my early childhood, radio played a big role - we all listened to the
serials and radio plays at night, and it was wonderful for developing
the power of imagination. I can relate quite easily to the importance
of radio in the life of young Joe and his family.

It has a wonderfully soft, grainy look (reminds me a bit of Cinema
Paradiso in its look and feeling), and Woody Allen recreates the era so
well that you don't feel as if it's a modern film at all, but really a
glimpse into an earlier time.

[Longhorn]

2. I listen to classic radio all the time

either on satellite radio when I'm driving or online when I'm going to sleep. It's amazing to me how much more sophisticated the writing is! They are also more free with their stories because we don't have to see it. For example, on an episode of Jack Benny, he was playing football with the neighborhood boys and gets knocked out. One of the boys says that Jack's helmet fell off and isn't it a strange one -- small and brown. Of course, after a second, we catch on that it's Jack's toupee! It wouldn't have been nearly as funny if they had to show it. :D

[Longhorn]

3. Hey, Sparkly! There's a silent movie for you tonight! n/t