TCM Schedule Sat. 10/21/23 - Frank & Dean, Lucy & Desi, Judy Garland, Albert Brooks, Three Stooges

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SPOTLIGHT: GOTHIC MOVIES
- SUPERNATURAL STORIES
Uninvited, The (1944)
Haunting, The (1963)
Woman in White, The (1948)
Sylvia and the Phantom (1946)
Saturday, October 21
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Parade Show #8 (1955) (7:30 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: The Unwelcome Guest (1945)
Teenagers on Trial (1955) (short)
Glimpses of Australia (1939) (short)
Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
Batman and Robin Ch. 14: Batman vs. Wizard (1949)
Spy Chasers (1955)
Romance Road (1937) (short)
Words and Music (1948) (Musical Matinee)
4 for Texas (1963)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Side Street (1950)
- TCM PRIMETIME
HOMES ON WHEELS
Long, Long Trailer, The (1954)
Lost in America (1985)
- NOIR ALLEY
Casque d'or (1952)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: 70's COMEDIES
In-Laws, The (1979)
Prisoner of Second Avenue, The (1974)

11:45 PM The Uninvited (1944)

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A brother and sister buy a house with a ghostly secret.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations: 1944 (17th)
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Charles Lang

Trivia: Moyna MacGill (who is Angela Lansbury's mother) has an uncredited role as the customer who enters the cigar shop while Roderick is speaking with the proprietor.

1:30 AM The Haunting (1963)

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You may not believe in ghosts...but you cannot deny terror! Hill House has a reputation for evil. The mysterious New England mansion has been the scene of grisly murders. But when four people spend the night, they find themselves trapped by The Haunting. Anthropologist Dr. John Markway, who seeks to disprove the legends; ...
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: To make Theodora appear more Bohemian, beatnik, garments designed by Mary Quant from a recent collection were used to dress Claire Bloom.

3:45 AM The Woman in White (1948)

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Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Alexis Smith received top billing in the film's main title credits, while Eleanor Parker received top billing in all of the publicity materials.


5:45 AM Sylvia and the Phantom (1946)

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On the eve of a young girl's birthday she is visited by the ghost of her grandmother's former lover.
Dir: Claude Autant-Lara Cast: Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: N


7:30 AM Short: MGM Parade Show #8 (1955)
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant perform in a clip from The Philadelphia Story. George Murphy introduces a clip from The Tender Trap.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:00 AM Cartoon: The Unwelcome Guest (1945)
Barney Bear has an encounter with a skunk while picking berries for a snack and can't get away from it.
Dir: George Gordon Cast: Paul Frees
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:09 AM Short: Teenagers on Trial (1955)
This short film focuses on the dangers and potential causes of teenage delinquency.
Dir: null Cast: Bob Hite
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


8:18 AM Short: Glimpses of Australia (1939)
This short film takes the viewer to Australia.
Dir: null Cast: Joseph Lyons, James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Hone Glendinning
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:27 AM Don't Tell the Wife (1937)

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A milquetoast banker gets caught in an investment swindle.
Dir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Lynne Overman
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N

Trivia: Lucille Ball only has a supporting role in this picture, but in just twenty years she, along with her husband Desi Arnaz would own the studio.


9:30 AM Serial: Batman and Robin: Chapter 14: Batman vs. Wizard (1949)
The Caped Crusader fights to save Commissioner Gordon from an invisible assassin.
Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennet Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:08 AM Spy Chasers (1955)
The Bowery Boys get mixed up with an exiled king and a murderous band of spies.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: Romance Road (1937)
In this short film, a RCMP sergeant must mediate a land rights dispute between an advancing railroad construction gang and French Canadian trappers in the rugged Northwest Territory of Canada. Vitaphone Release 8179-8180.
Dir: Bobby Connolly Cast: Stuart Holmes, Leyland Hodgson, Wade Lane
Runtime: 18 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:00 PM Words and Music (1948)

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Songwriters Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart search for love while rising to the top.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: June Allyson, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Richard Rodgers reportedly disliked every aspect of this film except for the casting of Janet Leigh as his wife.

2:15 PM 4 for Texas (1963)

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Double-crossing outlaws go straight and become rival saloon owners.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: After the stage wreck at around 9 minutes, Zack (Frank Sinatra) and Joe (Dean Martin) have a dialogue using a variation on the words of the song title "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", which was a mega-hit for Sinatra's daughter, Nancy Sinatra. However, the film was released in 1963, and Lee Hazlewood didn't write the song (for himself, incidentally) until two years later in 1965. Nancy had to convince him to let her record it for release in December 1965.

Trivia: Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress did nude screen tests, Hollywood's first. However, the Hays Board removed all nudity from the finished film.

Trivia: Frank Sinatra didn't believe in rehearsing or doing multiple takes, something which frustrated his director, Robert Aldrich. Aldrich intensely disliked Sinatra's non-professional attitude and tried, unsuccessfully, to have him dismissed from the film.

4:30 PM Flying Leathernecks (1951)



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As the new commanding officer of a squadron of Marine pilots, Maj. Daniel Kirby, a stern and strict leader, cannot believe the lack of discipline exhibited by the soldiers. As the men resist Kirby's harsh adherence to orders, Capt. Carl Griffin leads their cause for a more relaxed environment. But by pushing his men beyond ...
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: John Wayne and Robert Ryan managed to put aside their vast political differences while making this film, although Ryan was appalled by Wayne's support for blacklisting, extending the Korean War by launching nuclear strikes on Chinese cities, and using military force to drive the Soviets out of eastern Europe. However they later did not get along at all while filming The Longest Day (1962).

6:30 PM Side Street (1950)

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A New York City mailman is chased by both cops and crooks when he steals a shipment of dirty money.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: At around 44 minutes, Joe enters a bar under the Third Avenue El. The building number is 915, and the writing on the front window is "Clarke's Cafe". That's none other than P.J. Clarke's at 915 Third Ave., which is still there and barely changed.


8:00 PM The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

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A newlywed couple encounter many difficulties during their honeymoon trip aboard a trailer they purchased.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: After filming, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz kept the trailer used in the movie at their home. In an interview, daughter Lucie Arnaz recalls using it as the children's playhouse and how much fun they had opening and closing the door to hear the chimes.

10:00 PM Lost in America (1985)

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A successful, yuppie couple decide to leave the rat race and take off on a soul searching journey across America.
Dir: Albert Brooks Cast: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Tom Tarpey
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Trivia: Bill Murray was considered for the lead role of David Howard but due to Murray being heavily booked at the time, co-writer/director Albert Brooks decided to not delay the film a year and play the part himself.


12:00 AM Casque d'or (1952)

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The year is 1898. A beautiful woman named Marie, also known as Casque d'Or, has fallen in love with a carpenter named Manda. The problem is Marie is the girlfriend of a hoodlum in the Leca gang. So in order to have the lovely Marie, Manda faces and defies the gang and kills Leca.
Dir: Jacques Becker Cast: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Trivia: Literary critics at the time were outraged by the fact that Jacques Becker chose to emphasize atmospherics at the expense of psychology. Nevertheless, Becker's approach had a profound effect on the young film-makers that would later go on to form the French New Wave, thereby changing French cinema forever.


2:00 AM The In-Laws (1979)

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The father of the groom drags the bride's father into a series of madcap adventures.
Dir: Arthur Hiller Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Trivia: Alan Arkin relates that Marlon Brando once told him he had seen this film 20 times and even imitated Arkin's delivery of certain lines from the film. Writer Andrew Bergman contends that Brando's appreciation of his script was integral to getting Brando to star in The Freshman (1990).


4:00 AM The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1974)

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A suddenly unemployed executive and his understanding wife must adapt to their new life.
Dir: Melvin Frank Cast: Jack Lemmon, Elizabeth Wilson, Anne Bancroft
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The "Prisoner of Second Avenue" play was inspired by real life events relating to one of writer Neil Simon's relatives, his then wife's uncle. The man was a businessman who wanted to set-up his own little newspaper in a small town. The venture failed, the uncle went bankrupt and had a nervous breakdown.

[BigmanPigman]

1. The Haunting was not very good.

Since it was based on a Shirley Jackson story (The Lottery) I thought it would be good. It was better when I decided to watch the ending before watching the whole film.

"A decidedly mixed-to-negative review came from Shirley Jackson, the author of the source novel. After seeing the picture at a preview screening, she told her parents that "it is actually a very poor movie, the plot of the book changed radically, and far too much talk", although she admitted that the film contained some frightening scenes and had praise for the art direction and cinematography. After a second viewing a few weeks later, she told her friend Libbie Burke that she and her son Barry "nearly went to sleep", and that the scariest part of the day was that she had gotten a parking ticket while inside the theatre."