TCM Schedule for Friday, March 28----Eight is Enough!

[Bjornsdotter]

28 Friday


6:30 AM---- Ladies They Talk About (1933)
A lady bank robber becomes the cell block boss after she's sent to prison. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Lyle Talbot, Preston Foster. Dir: Howard Bretherton, William Keighley. BW-69 mins, TV-G


7:45 AM---- Gaslight (1940)
A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she's going mad. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell. Dir: Thorold Dickinson. BW-84 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:15 AM---- Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-116 mins, TV-PG


11:15 AM---- Woman's Secret, A (1949)
A retired singer takes on a protegee only to be betrayed by her. Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Gloria Grahame, Melvyn Douglas. Dir: Nicholas Ray. BW-85 mins, TV-G


12:45 PM---- Toys In The Attic (1963)
Man finds trouble when he brings young bride back to his New Orleans home. Cast: Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux. Dir: George Roy Hill. BW-91 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


2:23 PM---- Short Film: Sky Divers, The (1969)
C-15 mins,


2:45 PM---- Naked Kiss, The (1964)
After killing her pimp, a prostitute runs away to small-town America in a futile search for normality. Cast: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante. Dir: Samuel Fuller. BW-91 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format


4:23 PM---- Short Film: Action On The Beach (1964)
BW-6 mins,


4:30 PM---- Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
A distraught mother searches for her seemingly non-existant daughter, bringing her sanity into question. Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier. Dir: Otto Preminder. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:30 PM ---- Spider Baby (1968)
Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family. Cast: Lon Chaney, Jr., Quinn K. Redeker, Sid Haig. Dir: Jack Hill. BW-84 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


8:00 PM---- It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)
A giant octopus attacks San Francisco. Cast: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis. Dir: Robert Gordon. BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


9:30 PM---- Wake Of The Red Witch (1949)
A captain fights a Dutch shipping magnate for a treasure and the heart of a beautiful woman. Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young. Dir: Edward Ludwig. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC


11:30 PM---- Below The Sea (1933)
Criminals threaten a wealthy woman's underwater expedition. Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Esther Howard. Dir: Albert S. Rogell. BW-74 mins, TV-G


1:00 AM---- Sh! The Octopus (1937)
Daffy detectives fight off a giant octopus in a haunted lighthouse. Cast: Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston. Dir: William McGann. BW-54 mins, TV-G


2:00 AM---- Blood On Satan's Claw, The (1970)
When farmers unearth a strange skeleton, their children convert to Satanism. Cast: Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews. Dir: Piers Haggard. BW-96 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format


3:45 AM---- Brotherhood of Satan, The (1971)
A vacationing family is trapped in the desert by aging devil worshippers. Cast: Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman. Dir: Bernard McEveety. C-93 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


5:30 AM---- MGM Parade Show #3 (1955)
George Murphy introduces clips from "A Free Soul" with Clark Gable and "Trial." BW-26 mins, TV-G


Enjoy!

[Matilda]

1. "Gaslight".

I saw this version only last week on TCM here; until then I didn't know there were two productions.

While I've long enjoyed the Boyer/Bergman version, this British film was equally watchable. I have
to say, I preferred Boyer's cold and emotionless performance over Walbrook's slightly hysterical
killer, but although I love Ingrid Bergman, I think she's outdone by Diana Wynyard in this version.
I could never escape the niggling feeling that Bergman's heroine was just a bit wet, but Wynyard
manages to be vulnerable and fragile without being the least bit stupid. The film is worth watching
for her alone, but she's backed up by a fine cast of British character actors.

Don't expect quite the same story as the later Hollywood version though - this film follows a
slightly different story-line, and according to IMDb, is closer to the original stage melodrama.