TCM Schedule for Saturday 6/3/23 - Tony Curtis, Goldie Hawn, ABBA(!)

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SPECIAL THEME: SUMMER CAMP
- EARLY TONGUE IN CHEEK HUMOR
Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Auntie Mame (1958)
Women, The (1939)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Cartoons: Homeless Flea (1940) (8 am ET)
One Against the World (1939) (doc.)
Zeeland "The Hidden Paradise" (1935) (doc.)
Big Noise, The (1936)
Batman Ch. 14: The Executioner Strikes (1943)
(P) Popeye: Hill-Billing and Cooing (1956)
Calling Philo Vance (1939)
Main Street Today (1944) (doc.)
ABBA: The Movie (1977) (Musical Matinee)
Hoosiers (1986)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TONY CURTIS
(P) Black Shield of Falworth, The (1954)
(P) Great Imposter, The (1960)
- NOIR ALLEY
Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: GOLDIE HAWN
Swing Shift (1984)
Protocol (1984)

11:30 PM The Importance Of Being Earnest (1952)
A proper Englishman gets caught leading a double life.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Edith Evans, Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:15 AM Pillow Talk (1959)

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A man and woman carry their feud over the telephone line they share into their real lives.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar wins:
WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- Story by Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin

Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Doris Day {"Jan Morrow"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Thelma Ritter {"Alma"}
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Richard H. Riedel; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Frank DeVol


Trivia: Rock Hudson turned down the film three times, believing the script to be "too risqué".

3:15 AM Auntie Mame (1958)

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An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton Dacosta Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:

ACTRESS -- Rosalind Russell {"Auntie Mame Dennis"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Peggy Cass {"Agnes Gooch"}
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Malcolm Bert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Harry Stradling, Sr.
FILM EDITING -- William Ziegler
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Warner Bros.

Trivia: Rosalind Russell broke her ankle in the first take of the scene where she comes flying down the stairs in the gown with the capri pants and shooting had to be delayed until she recovered.

Trivia: Rosalind Russell was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress, but lost to Susan Hayward for I Want to Live! (1958). After the awards ceremony, Russell reportedly said, "Well, I have to admit that nobody deserved it more than Hayward. If it had to be somebody else, I'm glad it was Susie."

5:45 AM The Women (1939)

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It's all about men! In the eternal battle between the sexes, one side holds an overwhelming advantage: Armed with razor-sharp wit and wielding gossip as a weapon, victory can only go to The Women. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell enter the skirmish as Mary Haines, Crystal Allen and Sylvia Fowler - whose ...
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: There are more than 130 roles in this movie, all played by women. Phyllis Povah, Marjorie Main, Mary Cecil and Marjorie Wood originated their roles in the play, which opened September 7, 1937, and had 666 performances at New York City's Ethel Barrymore Theatre--a Broadway run which, unusually but quite proudly, is displayed in the movie's opening credits. No doubles were used in the fight sequence where Rosalind Russell bites Paulette Goddard. Despite the permanent scar resulting from the bite, the actresses remained friends.


8:00 AM Cartoon: The Homeless Flea (1940)
A homeless flea sets up house in the fur of an unsuspecting dog.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: null
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:09 AM Short: One Against the World (1939)
This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Claire McDowell, Barbara Bedford, Harold Goodwin
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:21 AM Short: Zeeland "The Hidden Paradise" (1935)
This focuses on the customs and culture of the Dutch province, Zeeland.
Dir: Ruth Fitzpatrick Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Ray Fernstrom, James A. Fitzpatrick
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:29 AM The Big Noise (1936)
A meek businessman turns hero when he refuses to pay the mob for protection.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Guy Kibbee, Warren Hull, Alma Lloyd
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The voice of the parrot is uncredited, but it appears to be like Mel Blanc, who was about to become the principal voice artist for Warner Bros.' cartoons.


9:30 AM Serial: Batman: Episode 14: The Executioner Strikes (1943)
Dir: Lambert Hillyer Cast: null
Runtime: 15 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: Hill-Billing and Cooing (1956) (TCM Premiere)
Olive and Popeye are driving through a small mountain town when a buxom local belle spies our hero. She decides he's the man for her and all seems lost for the hapless gob. Olive gulps Popeye's spinach just in time to prevent the marriage of her sailor man.
Dir: null Cast: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: N


10:08 AM Calling Philo Vance (1939)
Society sleuth Philo Vance tangles with foreign agents when he investigates the murder of an aircraft manufacturer.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: N


11:30 AM Short: Main Street Today (1944)
This short film promotes the U.S. war effort at home in a small town.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Ray Teal, William Tannen, Mary Currier
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM ABBA - the Movie (1977)

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While the Swedish pop group ABBA tours Australia, hapless radio DJ Ashley Wallace attempts to land an interview with the massively successful act. Featuring numerous performances by the Scandinavian quartet.
Dir: null Cast: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Agnetha Fältskog, the group's blond female vocalist, was frequently filmed above the neck in close-ups due to disguise the fact that she was pregnant at the time.

Trivia: There is a brief scene lasting only some seconds where a photographer asks for a smile. ABBA are surrounded by various International stars that happened to be in Perth at that time and were performing in Australia. They include Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers, The Dubliners, Alice Cooper, Stéphane Grappelli and British actor Robin Nedwell. The scene was shot at the Parmelia Hotel in Perth.

1:45 PM Hoosiers (1986)

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A basketball coach gets one last chance at redemption at a rural Indiana high school.
Dir: David Anspaugh Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Dennis Hopper {"Shooter"}
MUSIC (Original Score) -- Jerry Goldsmith

Trivia: For the scene where Dennis Hopper stumbles onto the court drunk during the sectional game, Hopper wanted a 10-second notice before the director called action. He spun around for 10 seconds, allowing him to stagger onto the court and appear drunk. He remembered James Dean in Giant (1956) asking George Stevens for 30 seconds so he could spin around to better feel the inebriation.

Trivia: Gene Hackman and David Anspaugh clashed throughout most of the production. "Gene had me on the verge of a nervous breakdown," Anspaugh told Vulture. "He gave me my first anxiety attack: One morning I woke up and I couldn't walk; the room was spinning. I thought every day on the film was going to be my last because Gene's agent was trying to get me fired." According to Anspaugh, the only thing that saved his job was the dailies.

4:00 PM Angels in the Outfield (1951)

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The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Several famous names had uncredited parts in the film. The uncredited angel was voiced by actor James Whitmore. The uncredited hat check girl was played by Barbara Billingsley, future TV mother as June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver (1957) and the jive-talking passenger and interpreter in Airplane! (1980). The uncredited radio announcer is Peter Graves, future Mission: Impossible (1966) and also the pilot from Airplane! (1980).

Trivia: Bing Crosby appeared in the film because, at the time, he was a partial owner (approximately 15%) of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Trivia: Donna Corcoran, who played Bridget, was the sister of Disney child star Kevin Corcoran. It was her film debut.

Trivia: Baseball Hall of Famer Pie Traynor, Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman from 1920-1937, has a cameo toward the end of the film. The ballplayer-turned manager-turned sports announcer plays a Pirates coach and also served as the film's technical sports advisor.

6:00 PM Strangers on a Train (1951)

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A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Robert Burks

Trivia: The final scene of the so-called "American" version of this movie had Barbara and Anne Morton waiting for Guy to call on the telephone. Sir Alfred Hitchcock wanted the phone in the foreground to dominate the shot, emphasizing the importance of the call, but the limited depth-of-field of contemporary movie camera lenses made it difficult to get both phone and women in focus. So Hitchcock had an oversized phone constructed and placed in the foreground. Anne reaches for the big phone, but actually answers a regular one. Hitchcock explained that "I did that on one take, by moving in on Anne so that the big phone went out of the frame as she reached for it. Then a grip put a normal-sized phone on the table, where she picked it up."

Trivia: The stunt where the man crawled under the carousel was not done with trick photography. Sir Alfred Hitchcock claimed that this was the most dangerous stunt ever performed under his direction, and he would never allow it to be done again.

TCM Primetime -- TONY CURTIS

8:00 PM The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

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A disgraced knight becomes a swashbuckler and fights for the hand of the daughter of the king.
Dir: null Cast: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: null CC: Y

Trivia: This was Universal-International's first feature in CinemaScope. Whilst it was released in the widescreen format, it was not filmed in the new anamorphic process, but in standard 1:37 Academy ratio and then matted to 1:2.35 CinemaScope.

10:00 PM The Great Impostor (1960)

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Based on the true story of a man who had a penchant for taking on false identities.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Tony Curtis, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: null CC: Y

Trivia: Tony Curtis as Demara is shown boarding HMCS Cayuga (a Tribal Class destroyer) which was the actual ship the real Demara sailed in.

NOIR ALLEY: 12:00 AM Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)

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Police patrolmen are stalked by a vengeful mobster who escaped from prison.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

TCM LATENIGHT: GOLDIE HAWN

2:00 AM Swing Shift (1984)

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After her husband leaves for Pearl Harbor in World War II, a woman takes a job in an aircraft factory.
Dir: Jonathan Demme Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Christine Lahti {"Hazel Zanussi"}

4:00 AM Protocol (1984)

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A woman lands a menial government job in Washington, but soon finds herself embroiled in some major dealing with Middle-Eastern leaders.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell fell in love and moved in together after working on this project.

Trivia: During the operation scene when Sunny Davis (Goldie Hawn) is having a bullet removed - the chief surgeon (wearing a surgical mask and eye glasses) appears to be and is voiced by co-writer of the film, Buck Henry. A brief but distinct close-up of an assistant masked surgeon would appear to be and is voiced by Chevy Chase (Goldie Hawn's romantic co-star in two previous films - Foul Play (1978) and Seems Like Old Times (1980).)

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