TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 5, 2022 - Greta Garbo, Charles Laughton, "An American In Paris"

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TCM Schedule for November 5, 2022 - Greta Garbo, Charles Laughton, "An American In Paris"

11:30 PM (Friday) Land of the Pharaohs (1955)


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A scheming seductress plots to make herself queen of Egypt.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


1:30 AM Short: Cairo "City of Contrast" (1938)
This focuses on the landmarks, people and culture of Cairo, Egypt.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Hone Glendinning
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


2:00 AM Heathers (1988)
A teenage girl and her outcast boyfriend resort to murder as revenge against their high school's popular crowd.
Dir: Michael Lehmann Cast: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC:


4:00 AM The Chocolate War (1988)
Story of the repercussions endured by a nonconformist at a Catholic boys school in New England.
Dir: Keith Gordon Cast: Doug Hutchison, Brent Fraser, Adam Baldwin
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


5:45 AM When You Grow Up (1973)
In this short film, children learn about the world of fun that awaits them when they grow up and go to work.
Dir: Jerry Kurtz Cast: Robert Babcock, Linda Gries, Ingvar Grimsgaard
Runtime: 11 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Ninotchka (1939)

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A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 AM Cartoon: Garden Gopher (1950)
A stubborn gopher gives Spike a difficult time when he tries to bury a bone.
Dir: Tex Avery (fred) Cast: Non-speaking Role, Additional Voice Actor
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:08 AM Short: The Incredible Stranger (1942)
Set in 1893, focuses on a stranger that arrives in a small town and keeps a promise he made to his wife.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: John Nesbitt, Paul Guilfoyle, Dorothy Vaughan
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:20 AM Short: Glimpses of Old England (1949)
This short film focuses on the sights and culture that define "Old England."
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Nathaniel Finston, James A. Fitzpatrick
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:30 AM Brand of Fear (1949)
Two cowboys try to help the new schoolteacher when she's accosted by bandits.
Dir: Oliver Drake Cast: Jimmy Wakely, "Cannonball" Taylor, Tom London
Runtime: 56 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM Flaming Waters (1935)
Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend and help discover hidden treasure.
Dir: Edward Kull, Wilbur McGaugh Cast: Ula Holt, Edward Kull, Merrill McCormick
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 AM Cartoon (Popeye): Fright to the Finish (1954)

Olive Oyl gets frightened from reading Halloween ghost stories to Bluto and Popeye. Popeye tries to reassure her but the jealous Bluto decides to scare her and prove Popeye wrong. Popeye defeats the ghost and wins Olive again.
Dir: null Cast: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Mae Questel
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:08 AM Looking for Danger (1957)
The Bowery Boys' leader recalls his days as a World War II spy in Arabia.
Dir: Austen Jewell Cast: Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Lili Kardell
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: Roast-Beef and Movies (1934)
A group of bumbling, incompetent Hollywood hopefuls try to sell a picture to a fictional film studio in this short film.
Dir: Sam Baerwitz Cast: Bobby Callahan, Lee Phelps, James Burrows
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:00 PM An American in Paris (1951)

When ex-GI Jerry Mulligan remains in Paris to pursue life as an artist, he is discovered by a wealthy patroness interested in more than his art. But Mulligan falls in love with a French shop girl who is engaged to his best friend.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:00 PM The Canterville Ghost (1944)

A ghost who died a coward tries to inspire U.S. G.I.s to become heroes.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:45 PM The Young Philadelphians (1959)
A young lawyer from the wrong side of town tries to break into society.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:15 PM Point Blank (1967)
A professional thief seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife and a fellow mobster who double-crossed him.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


FILMS THAT SHAPED OUR CULTURE


PRE-CODE CLASSIC: 8:00 PM I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

A World War I veteran faces inhuman conditions when he's sentenced to hard labor.
Dir: Mervyn Le Roy Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


PRE-CODE CLASSIC: 10:00 PM Imitation of Life (1934)

A widow and her housekeeper go into business together but almost lose their daughters.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


NOIR ALLEY: 12:00 AM City of Fear (1959)
An escaped convict heads for Los Angeles not realizing he's stolen a deadly radioactive mineral.
Dir: Irving Lerner Cast: Vince Edwards, John Archer, Steven Ritch
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:00 AM Stand by Me (1986)

Four boys set out on a search for a missing teenager and have the adventure of their lives.
Dir: Rob Reiner Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


3:45 AM The Window (1949)
A boy who always lies witnesses a murder but can't get anyone but the killer to believe him.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:15 AM Short: Hollywood Party (1937)
In this short film, Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Joan Bennett, Clark Gable.
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N