TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 16: TCM Special Theme: Directed by Elia Kazan
Experiments go awry all day long on TCM, and then there's trouble of a different featured in films directed by Elia Kazan.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
12:49 AM
SPREADIN' THE JAM ( 1945)
In this musical short, a young woman who is unable to pay her rent gets some unexpected help from her fellow tenants.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Helen Boyce , Ben Lessy , Les Brown .
BW- 10 mins,
1:00 AM
TWO SISTERS FROM BOSTON ( 1946)
Two girls with Broadway aspirations find work in a Bowery saloon.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Kathryn Grayson , June Allyson , Lauritz Melchior .
BW- 112 mins, CC,
3:00 AM
IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN ( 1947)
A returning GI and his friends try to make it in the music business.
Dir: Richard Whorf Cast: Frank Sinatra , Kathryn Grayson , Peter Lawford .
BW- 103 mins, CC,
5:00 AM
MCGUERINS FROM BROOKLYN, THE ( 1942)
Two cab drivers try to make a beat up cab into their ticket to success.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: William Bendix , Grace Bradley , Arline Judge .
BW- 46 mins,
6:00 AM
BODY DISAPPEARS, THE ( 1941)
A scientist's invisibility formula gets him in trouble with the police.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Jeffrey Lynn , Jane Wyman , Edward Everett Horton .
BW- 72 mins, CC,
7:15 AM
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE ( 1932)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a scientist who unleashes the beast within.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fredric March , Miriam Hopkins , Rose Hobart .
BW- 96 mins, CC,
9:00 AM
HANDS OF A STRANGER ( 1962)
An experimental hand transplant leaves a pianist driven to kill.
Dir: Newt Arnold Cast: Paul Lukather , Joan Harvey , James Stapleton .
BW- 85 mins, CC,
10:30 AM
BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE, THE ( 1962)
A scientist keeps his wife's severed head alive until he can find a new body for her.
Dir: Joseph Green Cast: Virginia Leith , Herb Evers , Adele Lamont .
BW- 82 mins, Letterbox Format
12:00 PM
INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN ( 1956)
Scientific experiments accidentally revive an executed criminal and make him impervious to harm, prompting him to seek revenge on his former partners.
Dir: Jack Pollexfen Cast: Lon Chaney [Jr.] , Casey Adams , Marian Carr .
BW- 71 mins,
1:15 PM
MONKEY BUSINESS ( 1952)
A scientist's search for the fountain of youth makes him and his wife regress to childhood.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant , Ginger Rogers , Charles Coburn .
BW- 97 mins, CC,
3:00 PM
KILLER SHREWS, THE ( 1959)
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast.
Dir: Ray Kellogg Cast: James Best , Ingrid Goude , Ken Curtis .
BW- 68 mins, CC,
4:15 PM
NIGHT OF THE LEPUS ( 1972)
Husband-and-wife scientists unwittingly unleash a horde of giant man-eating rabbits.
Dir: William F. Claxton Cast: Stuart Whitman , Janet Leigh , Rory Calhoun .
C- 88 mins, CC,
5:46 PM
LAW AND THE LAB, THE ( 1956)
This short film focuses on the job of a lab technician and forensic detail.
Dir: Frances Dinsmoor
BW- 8 mins,
6:00 PM
HAUNTING, THE ( 1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris , Claire Bloom , Richard Johnson .
BW- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPECIAL THEME: DIRECTED BY ELIA KAZAN
8:00 PM
EAST OF EDEN ( 1955)
Two brothers compete for their father's approval and a woman's love.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Julie Harris , James Dean , Raymond Massey .
C- 118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:15 PM
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS ( 1961)
Sexual repression drives a small-town Kansas girl mad during the roaring twenties.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Natalie Wood , Warren Beatty , Pat Hingle .
C- 124 mins, CC,
12:30 AM
BABY DOLL ( 1956)
A child bride holds her husband at bay while flirting with a sexy Italian farmer.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Karl Malden , Carroll Baker , Eli Wallach .
BW- 115 mins, CC,
2:30 AM
ARRANGEMENT, THE ( 1969)
A car crash causes a rich man to reconsider the life he leads.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Kirk Douglas , Faye Dunaway , Deborah Kerr .
C- 126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:45 AM
I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS ( 1968)
A henpecked L.A. lawyer escapes into the world of hippies and free love.
Dir: Hy Averback Cast: Peter Sellers , Jo Van Fleet , Leigh Taylor-Young .
C- 94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format