TCM Schedule for Saturday, January 14 - Three TCM film premieres

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Tonight, the channel features three first-time film premieres. There are two Bob Hope films "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1946) and "Caught in the Draft" (1941), plus another, "Night Shift" (1982), directed by Ron Howard and starring his "Happy Days" co-star Henry Winkler with Shelley Long and Michael Keaton.


(Friday) 11:45 PM Blondes at Work (1938)



Even a jail term for contempt can't keep reporter Torchy Blane from investigating the case of a murdered department store owner.
Dir: Frank Mcdonald Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton Maclane, Tom Kennedy
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

1:00 AM Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)




An ambitious newspaper woman traces bank robbers to an ocean liner.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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2:15 AM Super Fly (1972)

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Charismatic, big-time Harlem cocaine dealer Youngblood Priest drives expensive cars and plans one last big score to escape his life of violence. When corrupt cops working for the Mob learn of his plan, they try to make Priest a partner rather than arrest him. Now, can Priest outwit the street, the mob, and the cops to win ...
Dir: Gordon Parks Jr. Cast: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Trivia: One of only a few films where the soundtrack grossed more than the film itself. All of the music in the film was done by Curtis Mayfield.

4:15 AM Dolemite (1975)
A pimp is ready for revenge after he is released from a 20-year sentence that was set up by the police.
Dir: D'urville Martin Cast: Rudy Ray Moore, D'urville Martin, Jerry Jones
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


6:00 AM My Dream Is Yours (1949)
A talent scout turns a young unknown into a radio singing star.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 AM Cartoon: Drag-A-Long Droopy (1954)
Droopy is a shepherd but his sheep graze in cattle country which brings in the angry cattle owner.
Dir: Tex Avery Cast: Bill Thompson, Tex Avery
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:09 AM Short: How to Sub-Let (1939)
In this short film, Robert Benchley tries to demonstrate the proper method of sub-letting an apartment.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Esther Dale, Hal K. Dawson, Marie Blake
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:17 AM Short: Oriental Paradise (1936)
This takes the viewer to Japan and focuses on flower arranging, a temple deer park, and Mount Fuji.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Rosario Bourdon, Wilfrid M. Cline
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:25 AM The Marshal of Mesa City (1939)
A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
Dir: David Howard Cast: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Leon Ames
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:30 AM Serial: The Batman (Chapter 3): Slaves of the Rising Sun (1943)



Batman investigates a fake fortuneteller working with Japanese spies.
Dir: Lambert Hillyer. Cast: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish
Runtime: 18 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: Nurse to Meet Ya (1955) (TCM Premiere)
Olive Oyl's would-be suitors, Popeye and Bluto, try to win her by amusing the baby she's minding.
Dir: Izzy Sparber Cast: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:08 AM The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)



A society sleuth is framed for murder by criminals running a war-bond racket.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: The Wrong Way Out (1938)
A young couple run off to marry despite their parents refusal and fall into a life of crime.
Dir: Gustav Machatý Cast: Kenneth Howell, Linda Perry, William Bailey
Runtime: 17 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:00 PM The Red Shoes (1948)



Tale of a famous ballerina who must choose between art and love.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: The title ballet sequence took six weeks to shoot and employed over 120 paintings by Hein Heckroth. The dancing newspaper was achieved through careful cutting and use of wires.

Trivia: This is one of director Martin Scorsese's favorite films and he owns a large collection of memorabilia related to it, including a pair of the red slippers signed by Moira Shearer, a copy of the screenplay signed by directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, an original set of storyboards (which were a gift from Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts), and several movie posters from around the world. Scorsese's collection of memorabilia can be viewed on the Criterion Collection's DVD/Blu-ray release of the movie.

2:30 PM The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
A boxer facing a murder charge finds refuge in a children's home.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Loretta Young, Aline Macmahon
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:15 PM White Heat (1949)



A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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Trivia: If the surprise expressed by James Cagney's fellow inmates during "the telephone game" scene in the prison dining room appears real, it's because it was. Director Raoul Walsh didn't tell the rest of the cast what was about to happen, so Cagney's outburst caught them by surprise. In fact, Walsh himself didn't know what Cagney had planned; the scene as written wasn't working, and Cagney had an idea. He told Walsh to put the two biggest extras playing cons in the mess-hall next to him on the bench (he used their shoulders to boost himself onto the table) and to keep the cameras rolling no matter what happened.

Trivia: James Cagney's character of Cody Jarrett was based on New York murderer Francis Crowley, who engaged in a pitched battle with police in the spring of 1931 at the age of 18. Murdered on 1/21/32, his last words were, "Send my love to my mother."

Trivia: The sound effect used for the tracking devices on the police cars is the same one used for the sonic ray gun in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956).

6:15 PM Ride the High Country (1962)



Employed to guard a gold shipment from the lawless Sierra mining town of Course Gold, Gil Westrum hires his longtime friend Steve Judd and Heck Longtree to ride shotgun. The two, however, have less honorable plans for the gold. But both sets of plans are thrown into disarray when the men encounter Elsa Knudsen fleeing her ...
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Randolph Scott, Joel Mccrea, Mariette Hartley
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) (TCM Premiere)



A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


10:00 PM Caught in the Draft (1941) (TCM Premiere)



A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: National Guardsmen trained the actors to be soldiers for the movie.

Trivia: When Bob Hope is going through pictures of girls, he tears one up crying "Brenda and Covina!" These were the names of two characters on his radio show who were famous for being unattractive and unable to get dates. In the same speech he mentions "a redhead named Lucille." When Hope falls in the mud and says "Mammy!" he is imitating Al Jolson.

Trivia: When Bob is seen wearing a towel, his agent comments that Miss Fairbanks (Dorothy Lamour) should see him in "that sarong." Wearing sarongs was a trademark of Lamour's.

12:00 AM Thunder Road (1958)

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business.
Dir: Arthur Ripley Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The role of Robin was offered to Elvis Presley, who was very interested, but the idea was nixed by Presley's manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker, who demanded more money for Presley's services than the producers were willing to spend.

Trivia: All of the "moon runner" cars in the film had actually been used by moonshiners in the Asheville, NC, area, where the film was shot. The moonshiners sold the cars to the film company in order to buy newer and faster cars.

2:00 AM Night Shift (1982) (TCM Premiere)



A mild-mannered morgue attendant is assigned to the night shift, and his new coworker, along with his prostitute neighbor, convince him to run a prostitution ring out of the morgue.

Dir: Ron Howard Cast: Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC:

4:00 AM Night School (1981)
A police investigator attempts to solve the murders of two women from a local night school.
Dir: Ken Hughes Cast: Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

TCM At a Glance:
Saturday, January 14
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
MGM Cartoons: Drag-A-Long Droopy (1954)
How to Sub-Let (1939)
Oriental Paradise (1936)
Marshal of Mesa City, The (1939)
Batman Ch. 4: Slaves of the Rising Sun (1943)
(P) Popeye: Nurse to Meet Ya (1955)
Falcon Strikes Back, The (1943)
Wrong Way Out, The (1938)
Red Shoes, The (1948) (Musical Matinee)
Life of Jimmy Dolan, The (1933)
White Heat (1949)
Ride the High Country (1962)
- TCM PRIMETIME
BOB HOPE
(P) Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
(P) Caught in the Draft (1941)
- NOIR ALLEY
Thunder Road (1958)
- TCM LATE NIGHT
(P) Night Shift (1982)
Night School (1981)