Lots of watchable stuff today: Shakespeare, drama classics, real rarities. Great variety in casts and directors, too.
Note the presence of
Lilith in the psychiatric line-up -- make of that what you will,
Cheers fans.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008.
12:38am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: There'Ll Always Be An England (2000) BW-20 mins
1:00am Romeo And Juliet (1968) William Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families. Cast: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, Michael York. Dir: Franco Zefferelli. C-138 mins, TV-14
3:30am King Lear (1971) An aging king mistakenly exiles the one daughter who loves him and divides his kingdom between the other two.
Cast: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Ian Hogg. Dir: Peter Brook. BW-138 mins, TV-PG
5:49am Short Film: From The Vaults: Midsummer Night'S Dream- A Dream Comes True (1935) BW-7 mins
6:00am Festival of Shorts #7 (1998)
Two shorts from the beloved Dogville Comedies titled Hot Dog(1930) and College Hounds(1930). BW-33 mins, TV-G
6:30am Keep 'Em Rolling (1934) A soldier deserts when he's separated from his horse. Cast: Walter Huston, Frances Dee, Minna Gombell. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-69 mins, TV-G
7:45am Ice Follies Of 1939, The (1939) An ice-skating team breaks up when both partners fall for the same girl. Cast: Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres. Dir: Reinhold Schunzel. BW-82 mins, TV-G
9:15am Summer Holiday (1948) Musical remake of Ah, Wilderness!, about a small-town boy's struggles with growing up. Cast: Walter Huston, Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian. C-93 mins, TV-G
11:00am Three Strangers (1946) Three people who share a sweepstakes ticket travel a tangled road to collect their winnings. Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Geraldine Fitzgerald. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-93 mins, TV-PG
12:45pm Brief Encounter (1945) Two married strangers meet in a train station and fall in love. Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway. Dir: David Lean. BW-86 mins, TV-PG
2:15pm 12 Angry Men (1957) A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty. Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall. Dir: Sidney Lumet. BW-96 mins, TV-PG
4:00pm Man Of The West (1958) A reformed outlaw is among the hostages when his former colleagues rob a train. Cast: Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb, Julie London. Dir: Anthony Mann. C-99 mins, TV-PG
5:45pm Rio Grande (1950) A cavalry unit located on the Mexican border must control Indian uprisings. Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson. Dir: John Ford. BW-105 mins, TV-PG
7:43pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Further Prophecies Of Nostradamus (1942) BW-11 mins
What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: PSYCH 101
8:00pm High Wall (1947) Psychiatry provides the key to proving a veteran flyer innocent of his wife's murder. Cast: Robert Taylor, Herbert Marshall, Audrey Totter. Dir: Curtis Bernhardt. BW-100 mins, TV-PG
9:50pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Glimpses Of Argentina (1951)
C-8 mins
10:00pm Cobweb, The (1955) Inmates and staff at a posh asylum clash over love and lunacy. Cast: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Gloria Grahame. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-124 mins, TV-PG
12:18am Short Film: From The Vaults: Rowan And Martin At The Movies (1969) C-11 mins
12:30am Lilith (1964) A young psychiatrist finds himself drawn to a beautiful young mental patient. Cast: Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda. Dir: Robert Rossen. BW-114 mins, TV-PG
2:30am Caretakers, The (1963) A progressive psychiatrist clashes with the conservative head nurse at a state institution. Cast: Polly Bergen, Robert Stack, Joan Crawford. Dir: Hall Bartlett. BW-98 mins, TV-PG
4:15am Maniac (1963) A beautiful woman seduces a drifter so he can help free her murderous husband from an insane asylum. Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston. Dir: Michael Carreras. BW-86 mins, TV-14