TCM Schedule for Saturday, March 15

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6:00 AM Krakatoa, East Of Java (1969)
A salvage boat's captain gets mixed up with island convicts during a volcanic eruption. Cast: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith. Dir: Bernard L. Kowalski. C-131 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

8:12 AM Short Film: Glimpses Of Java And Ceylon (1937)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the land, people and customs of Java and Ceylon. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-9 mins,

8:30 AM Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe. Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Paul Lukas. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 AM Lawless Empire (1945)
The Durango Kid helps a small-town minister drive off land raiders. Cast: Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor. Dir: Vernon Keays. BW-58 mins, TV-G

11:15 AM The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)
A masked outlaw steals from bank robbers to help the poor. Cast: Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Jean Stevens. Dir: Derwin Abrahams. BW-58 mins, TV-G

12:23 PM Short Film: After Autumn - Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (2000)
BW-2 mins,

12:30 PM The Red Pony (1949)
A rancher's son learns a valuable lesson when he's given a pony. Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern. Dir: Lewis Milestone. C-89 mins, TV-G, CC

2:15 PM Back To Bataan (1945)
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines. Cast: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:00 PM A Walk in the Sun (1946)
A platoon of American soldiers captures an Italian farmhouse. Cast: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, John Ireland. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-116 mins, TV-14

6:00 PM The Bridges At Toko-Ri (1954)
Two jet pilots forge a lasting friendship while fighting the Korean War. Cast: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney. Dir: Mark Robson. C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:53 PM Short Film: Will Hays-Intro To Vitaphone (1926)
BW-4 mins,

8:00 PM The Music Box (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

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: CLASSIC SLAPSTICK

8:35 PM Sons of the Desert (1933)
Two friends hatch a harebrained scheme to attend a lodge convention over their wives' objections. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase. Dir: William A. Seiter. BW-65 mins, TV-G

9:45 PM Movie Crazy (1932)
A stagestruck young actor accidentally receives somebody else's invitation to test in Hollywood. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson. Dir: Clyde Bruckman. BW-96 mins, TV-G

11:30 PM The Court Jester (1956)
A traveling actor is mistaken for a medieval rebel. Cast: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone. Dir: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank. C-101 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

1:15 AM A Night In Casablanca (1946)
A hotel manager in postwar Casablanca tackles renegade Nazis. Cast: The Marx Brothers, Charles Drake, Sig Ruman. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-85 mins, TV-G

2:45 AM Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
A compilation of clips from the great comedians of the silent era. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Will Rogers. BW-79 mins, TV-G

4:15 AM The General (1927)
In this silent film, a Confederate engineer fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army. Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender. Dir: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman. BW-75 mins, TV-G

5:31 AM Short Film: Let'S Do Things (1931)
Comedic duo Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts are taken out for a night on the town by two not so sharp men. Cast: Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts Dir: Hal Roach BW-27 mins,

[CBHagman]

1. Geez, and I was just thinking about Sal Mineo.

I have a childhood memory of going out with the family to see Krakatoa, East of Java. I have no recollection of Maximilian Schell, but I remember Brian Keith and of course Sal Mineo.

And since someone has to say it, Krakatoa was west of Java.

In other news, don't miss the insanely entertaining Court Jester.

"Get it?"

"Got it."

"Good."

[Staph]

2. I'll second the "don't miss The Court Jester".

Hawkins: I've got it! I've got it! The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?

Griselda: Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!

Hawkins: They *broke* the chalice from the palace?

Griselda: And replaced it with a flagon.

Hawkins: A flagon...?

Griselda: With the figure of a dragon.

Hawkins: Flagon with a dragon.

Griselda: Right.

Hawkins: But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?

Griselda: No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!

Hawkins: The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.

Griselda: Just remember that.

:popcorn:

[Longhorn]

3. The Music Box

A must-see for any fan of Laurel and Hardy or comedy at its best! :D