TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 26: TCM Memorial Tribute: Burt Reynolds
But first there's Cary Grant, lots of Cary Grant!
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
12:03 AM
CURIOUS CONTESTS ( 1950)
This short film presents a diaper derby, a fireman's ball, and a basket race.
BW- 8 mins,
12:15 AM
LOVER COME BACK ( 1961)
An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Rock Hudson , Doris Day , Tony Randall .
C- 107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:15 AM
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN ( 1936)
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper , Jean Arthur , George Bancroft .
BW- 116 mins, CC,
4:30 AM
NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK ( 1941)
A filmmaker tries to sell a script about con artists taking on the Russian millionaires of Mexico.
Dir: Edward Cline Cast: W. C. Fields , Gloria Jean , Leon Errol .
BW- 71 mins,
6:00 AM
BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER, THE ( 1947)
A teenage girl's crush on a playboy spells trouble, particularly when he falls for her older sister.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: Cary Grant , Myrna Loy , Shirley Temple .
BW- 95 mins, CC,
7:45 AM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE ( 1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Cary Grant , Priscilla Lane , Raymond Massey .
BW- 118 mins, CC,
9:49 AM
CARY GRANT: IN A TRIBUTE TO THE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ( 1940)
In this short film, Cary Grant asks moviegoers to donate to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, a hospital and recovery center for tuberculosis patients.
BW- 2 mins,
10:00 AM
SUSPICION ( 1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Joan Fontaine , Sir Cedric Hardwicke .
BW- 99 mins, CC,
12:00 PM
BRINGING UP BABY ( 1938)
A madcap heiress upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced scientist.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , Charles Ruggles .
BW- 102 mins, CC,
1:47 PM
SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE ( 1948)
In this comedic short film, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and must find a new home. Vitaphone Release 1606A.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: George O'Hanlon , Ralph Littlefield , Jane Harker .
BW- 11 mins,
2:00 PM
MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE ( 1948)
A New York businessman's dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Cary Grant , Myrna Loy , Melvyn Douglas .
BW- 94 mins, CC,
3:45 PM
TOPPER ( 1937)
A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband.
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Constance Bennett , Cary Grant , Roland Young .
BW- 97 mins, CC,
5:30 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST ( 1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint , James Mason .
C- 136 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM MEMORIAL TRIBUTE: BURT REYNOLDS
8:00 PM
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT ( 1977)
A maverick trucker tries to save a runaway bride and a shipment of contraband beer from a small-town sheriff.
Dir: Hal Needham Cast: Burt Reynolds , Sally Field , Jerry Reed .
C- 96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:42 PM
SPEED WEEK ( 1957)
This short film chronicles the automobile races staged as part of Speed Week, held annually in Nassau, Bahamas.
Dir: Howard Winner
BW- 8 mins,
10:00 PM
DELIVERANCE ( 1972)
During a hunting vacation, four men fight against a murderous clan of backwoodsmen.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Jon Voight , Burt Reynolds , Ned Beatty .
C- 109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 AM
LONGEST YARD, THE ( 1974)
A former, professional quarterback turned convict is asked to help a semiprofessional team of guards win a championship game, in exchange for early parole.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Burt Reynolds , Eddie Albert , Ed Lauter .
C- 121 mins, CC,
2:15 AM
HOOPER ( 1978)
An aging stuntman teams up with a young hotshot.
Dir: Hal Needham Cast: Burt Reynolds , Sally Field , Jan-Michael Vincent .
C- 99 mins, CC,
4:15 AM
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II ( 1980)
The Bandit gets an opportunity to return to his former glory if he can transport an elephant cross-country in three days or less.
Dir: Hal Needham Cast: Burt Reynolds , Jackie Gleason , Jerry Reed .
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format