TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 16th: TCM Prime Time Feature: Yul Brynner

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008.

I think the expression we're looking for here is the sublime and the ridiculous. You've got bona fide real classics, rarities, and What were they thinking?! (Cue Christine Lavin.)

Have fun, gang.


12:15 AM Little Women (1933)
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas. Dir: George Cukor. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS



2:15 AM 2,000 Women (1944)
The Nazis turn a posh hotel into a POW camp for Englishwomen stranded in France. Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc. Dir: Frank Launder. BW-97 mins, TV-G

4:00 AM 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, CC, Letterbox Format



6:15 AM Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
The owners of a taxicab company become guardian angels to a beautiful blonde in trouble. Cast: William Bendix, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth. Dir: Kurt Neumann. BW-51 mins, TV-G

7:15 AM Child of Manhattan (1933)
A taxi dancer tries to pick up the pieces when her marriage to a millionaire playboy collapses. Cast: Nancy Carroll, John Boles, Buck Jones. Dir: Edward Buzzell. BW-70 mins, TV-PG

8:30 AM Lady By Choice (1934)
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother. Cast: Carole Lombard, May Robson, Walter Connolly. Dir: David Burton. BW-76 mins, TV-G

10:00 AM Lady Is Willing, The (1942)
A Broadway star has to find a husband so she can adopt an abandoned child. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon. Dir: Mitchell Leisen. BW-91 mins, TV-G

11:45 AM I Married A Witch (1942)
A 300-year-old witch wreaks havoc when she falls in love with a young politician. Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Susan Hayward. Dir: Rene Clair. BW-77 mins, TV-G



"Be a bad girl, Jennifer."

1:03 PM Short Film: Black Cats And Broomsticks (1955)
BW-8 mins,

1:15 PM More the Merrier, The (1943)
The World War II housing shortage brings three people together for an unlikely romance. Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn. Dir: George Stevens. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!




3:00 PM Johnny Allegro (1949)
A reformed hoodlum gets mixed up with counterfeiters and a deadly manhunt. Cast: George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready. Dir: Ted Tetzlaff. BW-81 mins, , CC

4:30 PM Outpost In Morocco (1949)
In the middle of a desert war, a Foreign Legionnaire falls for his Arab enemy's daughter. Cast: George Raft, Akim Tamiroff, Marie Windsor. Dir: Robert Florey. BW-91 mins, TV-PG

6:02 PM Short Film: Glimpses Of Morocco And Algiers (1951)
C-8 mins,

6:15 PM For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Teens fight to keep a wealthy businessman from shutting down their beachside hangout. Cast: James Darren, Pamela Tiffen, Bob Denver. Dir: Leslie H. Martinson. C-97 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: YUL BRYNNER

8:00 PM King and I, The (1956)
The king of Siam clashes with the British governess hired to teach his children. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno. Dir: Walter Lang. C-133 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

10:18 PM Short Film: Serene Siam (1937)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the people, culture, and history of Siam. C-9 mins,

10:30 PM Westworld (1973)
A future fantasy park turns deadly when robot workers go on a killing spree. Cast: Richard Benjamin, Yul Brynner, James Brolin. Dir: Michael Crichton. C-89 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

12:02 AM Short Film: On Location With Westworld (1973)
C-9 mins,

12:15 AM Buccaneer, The (1958)
French pirate Jean Lafitte tries to redeem his name helping the U.S. in the War of 1812. Cast: Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Claire Bloom. Dir: Anthony Quinn. C-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



2:30 AM Solomon And Sheba (1959)
Epic tale of the Biblical king's seduction by a pagan queen. Cast: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders. Dir: King Vidor. C-138 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Frontier town enlists half-black gunman to rid them of uncontrollable Confederate veteran. Cast: George Segal, Yul Brynner, Janice Rule. Dir: Richard Wilson. C-93 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

[Matilda]

1. The first time I saw Yul Brynner

was in "The King and I" over the Christmas holidays (our big summer break). We all came back to
school (all-girl) and could talk about nothing else but Yul. Too innocent to know what sex-appeal
was, but it hit us all for a loop.


There are two other interesting films there - I caught the last half-hour of Two Thousand Women one
night, and wished I hadn't missed the rest. It's never been on again, but it was quite good.

And "I Married A Witch" - that's one I've never even heard of, but I always liked Fredric March, so
if I could, I'd watch it. If anybody sees it, please tell me what it's like.

[CBHagman]

2. Very droll.

I Married a Witch is for the most part lighthearted, sexy fun, despite its occasional dark touches. It makes great use of Veronica Lake's appeal, and Cecil Kellaway, playing her father, is his usual scene-stealing self. It's nice to see Fredric March playing comedy, too.

Production details at IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034881/

TCM's take:

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=78841

One caveat: Getting serious here for a moment, overlook any and all references to the history of witchcraft in America. For example, the famous 1692 outbreak of witch-hunting hysteria at Salem, Massachusetts, though discussed and analyzed throughout the centuries, is still frequently misunderstood and misrepresented, and I Married a Witch is part of that unfortunate tradition. No one who actually professed to be a witch was executed at Salem, and those who were condemned to die were generally churchgoing sorts like 71-year-old Rebecca Nurse, one of the first victims of the hysteria.


http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm