Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008.
The talented Shirley MacLaine is up for anything today -- Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon
or Jack Nicholson. Watch and marvel. :popcorn:
12:00am Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
In this silent film, a student tries to win a rival captain's daughter after taking over his father's riverboat.
Cast: Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron. Dir: Charles Reisner. BW-69 mins, TV-G
1:30am Sophie's Choice (1982)
A concentration camp survivor resettles in New York City but can't escape her past.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol. Dir: Alan J. Pakula. C-151 mins, TV-MA
4:15am Wedding Night, The (1935)
A married author falls for the beautiful farm girl whose inspiration has saved him from writer's block.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: King Vidor. BW-83 mins, TV-G
5:39am Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Hit And Run Driver (1935)
BW-20 mins
6:00am Men Who Made the Movies, The: King Vidor (1973)
Film clips and an exclusive interview capture the career of the top action director.
Cast: King Vidor, Jennifer Jones, Gary Cooper. Dir: Richard Schickel. BW-55 mins, TV-PG
7:00am Men Who Made the Movies, The: Howard Hawks (1973)
Film clips and an exclusive interview capture the career of Hollywood's most efficient director of Westerns and screwball comedies.
Cast: Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Cary Grant. Dir: Richard Schickel. BW-55 mins, TV-PG
8:00am Men Who Made the Movies, The: Raoul Walsh (1973)
Film clips and an exclusive interview capture the career of the director who helped shape the Western and gangster film.
Cast: Raoul Walsh, James Cagney, Virginia Mayo. Dir: Richard Schickel. BW-55 mins, TV-PG
9:00am Men Who Made the Movies, The: Sam Fuller (2002)
Film clips and an exclusive interview capture the genius of Sam Fuller, one of Hollywoods most rebellious and original directors.
Dir: Richard Schickel. BW-55 mins, TV-14
10:00am Men Who Made the Movies, The: William Wellman (2006)
Film clips and an exclusive interview capture the career of Hollywood's larger-than-life director William Wellman.
C-58 mins, TV-14
11:00am Sunrise (1927)
In this silent film, a farmer's affair with a city woman almost destroys his life.
Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Bodil Rosing. Dir: F.W. Murnau. BW-94 mins, TV-PG
12:45pm Detour (1945)
A hitchhiker takes on a dead man's identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman.
Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake. Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer. BW-68 mins, TV-PG
2:00pm Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987)
A French boarding school harbors Jewish children during the Nazi occupation.
Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Francine Racette. Dir: Louis Malle. C-105 mins, TV-14
4:00pm Touch Of Evil (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife's life to investigate a crooked cop.
Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-111 mins, TV-14
6:00pm 3:10 To Yuma (1957)
A sheriff must run the gauntlet to get his prisoner out of town.
Cast: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr. Dir: Delmer Daves. BW-92 mins, TV-PG
What's On Tonight: TCM AFTERNOON MOVIE: TELLURIDE TRIBUTE 7:33pm Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Wells Fargo Days (1944)
C-20 mins
8:00pm Terms of Endearment (1983)
A mother-daughter relationship survives years of rivalry and romantic problems.
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson. Dir: James L. Brooks. C-132 mins, TV-MA
10:15pm Irma La Douce (1963)
A Parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a free-living prostitute.
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Lou Jacobi. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-143 mins, TV-14
12:45am Apartment, The (1960)
An aspiring executive lets his bosses use his apartment for assignations, only to fall for the big chief's mistress.
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-125 mins, TV-PG
3:00am Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine (2003)
Shirley MacLaine discusses her life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne.
BW-53 mins, TV-14
4:00am Trouble With Harry, The (1955)
A corpse creates a world of trouble for several passersby who each believe they may have caused the death.
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-99 mins, TV-PG