Classic Films
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We are up to F, which is entirely fitting, because one of the featured films is Four Weddings and a Funeral, which begins with the F-word, and I don't mean "funeral."
In any event, there's impressive variety in the schedule today. Enjoy!
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
12:00 am
The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
1h 28m | Musical | TV-PG
A young boy dreams that his piano teacher is a super-villain out to rule the world.
Director:
Roy Rowland
Cast:
Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried
1:45 am
Flower Drum Song (1961)
2h 13m | Comedy | TV-G
A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride.
Director:
Henry Koster
Cast:
Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Juanita Hall
4:15 am
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
1h 29m | Comedy | TV-G
A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.
Director:
Thornton Freeland
Cast:
Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien
6:00 am
For Me and My Gal (1942)
1h 44m | Romance | TV-G
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly star in the classic musical directed by Busby Berkeley--For Me...
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Cast:
Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly
7:45 am
Forbidden Planet (1956)
1h 38m | Fantasy | TV-PG
A futuristic version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Director:
Fred McLeod Wilcox
Cast:
Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
9:30 am
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
1h 59m | Mystery | TV-PG
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Du...
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast:
Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall
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11:45 am
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
2h 5m | Comedy | TV-PG
A crooked lawyer trumps up an insurance case for a cameraman injured at a pro football game...
Director:
Billy Wilder
Cast:
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich
2:00 pm
42nd Street (1933)
1h 25m | Musical | TV-G
When revered Broadway director Julian Marsh falls on hard times with both his health and...
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Cast:
Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent
3:45 pm
Four Days in November (1964)
2h 3m | Documentary | TV-PG
The nation responds with shock and sorrow when President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
Director:
Mel Stuart
Cast:
Richard Basehart, Elmer Bernstein, British Broadcasting Corp....
6:00 pm
The Four Feathers (1939)
2h 10m | Romance | TV-PG
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Director:
Zoltan Korda
Cast:
John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith
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8:00 pm
The 400 Blows (1959)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-14
A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems.
Director:
François Truffaut
Cast:
Jean-Pierre Leaud, Guy Decomble, Claire Maurier
10:00 pm
Four Weddings and A Funeral (1994)
1h 56m | Comedy | TV-MA
Charles, a noncommittal Englishman, meets Carrie, the American girl of his dreams, at a mutual friend's wedding...
Director:
Mike Newell
Cast:
Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, James Fleet
12:15 am
From Here to Eternity (1953)
1h 58m | Romance | TV-PG
Enlisted men in Hawaii fight for love and honor on the eve of World War II.
Director:
Fred Zinnemann
Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr
2:30 am
Funny Girl (1968)
2h 35m | Comedy | TV-PG
Comedienne Fanny Brice fights to prove that she can be the greatest star and find romance ...
Director:
William Wyler
Cast:
Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
5:15 am
Fury (1936)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-G
An innocent man escapes a lynch mob then returns for revenge.
Director:
Fritz Lang
Cast:
Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel
oldtime dfl_er
(6,982 posts)Such a brilliant movie! It's the movie that made me love movies.