TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 23: Star of the Month: John Garfield
TCM is offering a daytime tribute to Sir Dirk Bogarde (March 28, 1921–May 8, 1999). Here's his obituary from The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/may/10/features
If Bogarde could have written his own epitaph he might well have chosen the line from a Judy Garland song he was fond of citing as a personal philosophy: 'It's all in the game and the way you play it.' The game being his life, which he conducted according to a code that was admirable and, at times, uncomfortable, for himself and for those he loved and worked with.
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It was a blend of honour and honesty which, he conceded, might seem old-fashioned. It informed everything he did in a diverse career from matinee idol in the 1950s, to acclaimed international actor in the 1960s and 1970s, to best-selling author, memoirist and broadcaster.
The evening, of course, belongs to actor John Garfield, who left us far too soon. I was racking my brain to think of which of his films TCM had left off the schedule previous weeks, and of course they were the war dramas. Garfield himself was not eligible for the service, and much has been written about his heart problems, abetted by the strains of the red-baiting environment of postwar America, but he was also one of the creative forces behind the founding of the Hollywood Canteen.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
12:45 am
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
2h 26m | Drama | TV-PG
Four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father.
Director:
Richard Brooks
Cast:
Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom
3:30 am
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
3h 2m | Drama | TV-14
When a widow's family moves to the big city, two of her sons become romantic rivals, with ...
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Cast:
Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
6:45 am
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
1h 25m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A wife-killer marries an innocent barmaid and plots her death.
Director:
Lewis Gilbert
Cast:
Margaret Lockwood, Dirk Bogarde, Kay Walsh
8:15 am
Libel (1959)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-PG
A former POW is accused of being an impostor.
Director:
Anthony Asquith
Cast:
Dirk Bogarde, Olivia De Havilland, Paul Massie
10:00 am
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
1h 39m | Romance | TV-PG
A priest and a prostitute fall in love during the Spanish Civil War.
Director:
Nunnally Johnson
Cast:
Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten
11:45 am
Victim (1961)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-PG
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Director:
Basil Dearden
Cast:
Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price
1:45 pm
The Password Is Courage (1962)
1h 56m | War | TV-PG
A British officer leads an attempt to escape from a German POW camp.
Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Cast:
Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch
3:45 pm
Our Mother's House (1967)
1h 45m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
Afraid of being separated, a family of children keep their mother's death a secret.
Director:
Jack Clayton
Cast:
Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Franklin
5:45 pm
Death in Venice (1971)
2h 10m | Drama | TV-PG
An aging author on vacation becomes obsessed with a young aristocrat.
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Cast:
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: JOHN GARFIELD
8:00 pm
Pride of the Marines (1945)
1h 59m | War | TV-G
A blinded Marine tries to adjust to civilian life.
Director:
Delmer Daves
Cast:
John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark
10:15 pm
Destination Tokyo (1943)
2h 15m | War | TV-PG
A U.S. sub braves enemy waters during World War II.
Director:
Delmer Daves
Cast:
Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale
12:45 am
Air Force (1943)
2h 4m | War | TV-G
A bomber crew sees World War II action over the Pacific.
Director:
Howard Hawks
Cast:
John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy
3:00 am
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
1h 34m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake.
Director:
Richard Wallace
Cast:
John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak
4:45 am
Dangerously They Live (1942)
1h 11m | Drama | TV-G
A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.
Director:
Robert Florey
Cast:
John Garfield, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey
6:15 am
Flowing Gold (1940)
1h 22m | Western | TV-G
A fugitive from justice tries to get work in a western oil field.
Director:
Alfred E. Green
Cast:
John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O'Brien