TCM schedule for Saturday 11.19.22 - Judy Garland, John Wayne, Jane Fonda, Paul Newman

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TCM schedule for Saturday, 11.19.22 - Judy Garland, John Wayne, Jane Fonda, Paul Newman

12:00 AM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor

Trivia: This film was a box-office smash, grossing more money than any prior MGM release in 20 years with the exception of David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind (1939).

Trivia: Following Margaret O'Brien's rapid ascent to stardom, her mother believed they were entitled to a significant raise, and she used this film as leverage, realizing how integral the role of Tootie was to the story. MGM raised the ante by announcing the casting of Sharon McManus in O'Brien's place. McManus was the daughter of a studio electrician and the brass went so far as to fit her with costumes, assuming this would pressure O'Brien's mother into accepting their terms. But she held fast, and MGM was ultimately forced to concede to her demands for the salary increase. Once production was underway, O'Brien was filming a scene when McManus' father, who was employed on the film, intentionally dropped a heavy lighting instrument from the catwalk to the sound stage floor, narrowly missing the pint-sized star. He was taken away and briefly admitted to a mental institution for his deed.

Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 AM Blue Steel (1989)
A policewoman becomes embroiled in a romance with a psychotic murderer.
Dir: Kathryn Bigelow Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Philip Bosco
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC: N


4:00 AM Road Games (1981)
A truck driver's attempt to find a vanished hitchhiker leads police to suspect him of her murder.
Dir: Richard Franklin Cast: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


5:45 AM Short: The Corvair In Action! (1960)
Technicians herald the arrival of a new car that delivers the goods as no other compact car can.
Dir: null Cast: Chevrolet
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy (1962)
Classic clips reveal the genius of the silent screen comic noted for his daredevil stunts.
Dir: null Cast: Del Harris, Jack Hayes, Harold Lloyd
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:00 AM Cartoon: The Little Mole (1941)
A young, nearly blind mole discovers a new but dangerous world when he gets eyeglasses.
Dir: Hugh Harman Cast: null
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:11 AM Short: Handlebars (1933)
This provides a humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.
Dir: Jules White Cast: Pete Smith, Bess Flowers, Bill Elliott
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:21 AM Short: Victoria and Vancouver Gateways to Canada (1936)
This focuses on the history, customs, and landscapes of Victoria and Vancouver.
Dir: Benjamin D. Sharpe Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Winton Hoch
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:30 AM Short: Cowboy Cavalier (1948)
A ranch's foreman tries to protect the land from a blackmailer.
Dir: Derwin M. Abrahams Cast: Jimmy Wakely, "cannonball" Taylor, Jan Bryant
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM Doom's Brink (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: 17 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 AM Cartoon: Popeye's 20th Anniversary (1954) (TCM PREMIERE)

Various Hollywood types give Popeye an anniversary dinner to celebrate his 20 years of eating spinach.
Dir: null Cast: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Additional Voice Actor
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:08 AM On Dress Parade (1939)

A group of delinquents get shipped to military school.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: Jack Pot (1940)
This short film focuses on illegal gambling and bookmaking.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Joseph Crehan, Paul Phillips, Mike Lally
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM I'll See You In My Dreams (1951)

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Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy

Trivia: This biopic of lyricist Gus Kahn is told from the point of view of his widow Grace who was still alive at the time of filming. Kahn himself had died 10 years earlier.

Trivia: One of Gus Kahn's most popular songs, "Love Me Or Leave Me," would become the title of one of Doris Day's biggest hit movies four years later in 1955. James Cagney was her co-star. An uncredited Herb Alpert played a nightclub horn player in that film.

Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 PM Mad Love (1935)

A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists.
Dir: Karl Freund Cast: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive

Trivia: The Hays Office cautioned the studio about showing scenes of the dead, injured or dying after the train wreck. Some countries banned the film altogether, while others cut the scenes of torture, guillotining and strangulation. The original one-sheet movie poster proclaimed that this was "SUITABLE ONLY FOR ADULTS."

Trivia: Edward Brophy, who plays convicted killer Rollo, had supporting roles and character parts in dozens of well-known films, Brophy also was the voice of Timothy, the circus mouse who befriended and mentored the flying baby elephant in Walt Disney's "Dumbo."

Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:15 PM Air Force (1943)
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy

Trivia: If the dog, played by canine actor Rommie, looks a bit like Toto from The Wizard of Oz (1939), it's because the dog who played Toto, a Cairn Terrier named Terry, is Rommie's mother.

Runtime: 124 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:30 PM Rio Bravo (1959)

A sheriff enlists a drunk, a kid and an old man to help him fight off a ruthless cattle baron.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson

Trivia: The last movie in which John Wayne wore the hat he had worn since Stagecoach (1939).

Trivia: Howard Hawks always wanted someone who would connect with teenagers to play Colorado. Reportedly, his first choice was Elvis Presley, who was enthusiastic about the opportunity. Unfortunately, Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, wanted too much money and top billing. Neither Hawks nor John Wayne would have any of it. Hawks did not originally want to cast Ricky Nelson, whom he considered to be both too young and too lightweight, and deliberately gave him the fewest possible number of lines for a third-billed star. However, he later admitted that having Nelson's name on the poster had probably added $2 million to the film's box office performance.

Runtime: 141 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

TCM Primetime - FILMS THAT SHAPED OUR CULTURE

8:00 PM The Boys in the Band (1970)



The film centers on eight New York City gay men who've gathered together for a birthday party--only to spend the evening humorously savaging each other and their way of life.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast: Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Frederick Combs

Trivia: The film stars all of the same actors from the original play. Producer/author Mart Crowley insisted that the entire original cast of the off-Broadway production be used in the film.

Trivia: One filming location was Julius' Bar, a working business that bills itself as New York City's oldest gay bar. It has been in operation as a bar at 159 West 10th Street since 1864, it was a popular speakeasy during the 1920s, and it started to cater predominantly to gay male customers by the 1950s. In 1966 (three years before the more famous protests at the Stonewall Inn, which is around the corner), Julius' was the site of a Mattachine Society protest against the New York State Liquor Authority's discriminatory regulations prohibiting businesses from serving alcoholic beverages to LGBTQ customers (which made it essentially illegal to run or visit a gay bar).

Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


10:15 PM The China Syndrome (1979)



A TV reporter investigates the goings on in a shoddy nuclear power plant and ends up against more than she bargained for.
Dir: James Bridges Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Lewis Arquette

Trivia: When the film was first released on March 16, 1979, nuclear power executives lambasted the picture as being "sheer fiction" and a "character assassination of an entire industry". Twelve days later, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred near Harrisburg, Pa.

Trivia: This is one of only a few American movies where no music is played over the end credits.

Trivia: When Fonda broke her ankle on the set, she could no longer take ballet classes, as she had for years. So she took up aerobics instead -- which led to her famous home exercise video franchise.

Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


12:30 AM NOIR ALLEY: The Unfaithful (1947)

While her husband is away, a woman gets mixed up in murder.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:30 AM Absence Of Malice (1981)

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An ambitious reporter unwittingly slanders a businessman under federal investigation.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban

Trivia: Offices of the real life Miami Herald became those of the film's fictitious "Miami Standard." Part of the Knight-Ridder chain at the time of production, the Herald shared production facilities with a Cox paper, the Miami News. At the time, The Herald had more than 1 million readers throughout Florida and in the major cities of the Caribbean, Central and South America. The film company's primary location was the main newsroom and attendant executive offices, utilized between midnight and dawn in order to minimize disturbance to the newspaper.

Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:30 AM Five Star Final (1931)

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An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H. B. Warner

Trivia: "The Evening Gazette" is based on the real-life New York Evening Graphic, the most sensational of all the "Front Page"-era tabloid papers (critics called it the Porno-Graphic). The paper, owned by Bernarr Macfadden, published from 1924-32. At the time this film was made, the Graphic had been losing circulation, because its new editor had been trying to make it a more respectable paper, just like in the film. The paper was best known for its "composographs," composite photographs used to create an otherwise unobtainable illustration. Louis Weitzenkorn, who wrote the original play, had been a reporter and editor on the Evening Graphic.

Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: