TCM schedule Saturday, January 13 - Raging Bull, On the Town, Knute Rockne All American, Mississippi Burning

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Saturday, January 13 at a glance

GUEST PROGRAMMER CHAD STAHELSKI
(P) Tale of Zatoichi, The (1962)
Eyes in the Night (1942)
Night Song (1947)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
On the Town (1949)
MGM Cartoons: A Rainy Day (1940)
Believe It or Not #2 (1931) (short)
Czechoslovakia on Parade (1938) (short)
Pirates of the Prairie (1942)
Buck Rogers Ch. 10: Broken Barriers (1939)
Popeye: Adventures of Popeye (1935)
Affairs of Annabel, The (1938)
Don't Talk (1942) (short)
Cabin in the Sky (1943) (Musical Matinee)
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
Up Periscope (1959)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TRUE DETECTIVES
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Boston Strangler, The (1968)
- NOIR ALLEY
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: BOXERS
Raging Bull (1980)
Set-Up, The (1949)

12:00 AM The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
Dir: Kenji Misumi Cast: Shintaro Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryuzo Shimada
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC:


2:00 AM Eyes in the Night (1942)

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Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: The first film in what was meant to be to be a mystery franchise focused on blind detective Duncan Maclain who solved murders with the help of his seeing eye dog, Friday. When the second entry, The Hidden Eye (1945), failed to elicit sufficient interest, MGM ended the series.


3:30 AM Night Song (1947)



A socialite pretends to be blind to win the love of a blind concert pianist.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Dana Andrews wore opaque contact lenses throughout filming to give him a realistic sensation of blindness.


6:00 AM On the Town (1949)

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Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton (WINNER)


8:00 AM Cartoon: A Rainy Day (1940)
Papa Bear is persuaded by Mama Bear to fix the roof but a storm makes it difficult.
Dir: Hugh Harman Cast: Frank Elmquist, Rudolf Ising, Martha Wentworth
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:08 AM Short: Believe It or Not #2 (1931)
Robert L. Ripley presents more of life's curiosities, such as a small office building designed to look like a dresser drawer.
Dir: Murray Roth Cast: Robert L Ripley
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:16 AM Short: Czechoslovakia on Parade (1938)
This focuses on the landmarks, people and customs of Czechoslovakia.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Winton Hoch, Jack Shilkret
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:26 AM Short: Pirates of the Prairie (1942)
A cowboy pretends to be a vigilante.
Dir: Howard Bretherton Cast: Tim Holt, Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, Nell O'Day
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM Serial: Buck Rogers, Chapter 10: Broken Barriers (1939)
In Chapter Ten of Buck Rogers, a spy stalks Buck and his crew.
Dir: Ford Beebe, Ray Trampe Cast: Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran
Runtime: 18 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: Adventures of Popeye (1935)
A little boy is bullied for reading Popeye books. Popeye comes to life and shows the boy how he masters bullies. Out comes the spinach and the little boy defeats all comers.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:09 AM The Affairs of Annabel (1938)



A screen queen suffers through harebrained publicity stunts schemed up by her press agent.
Dir: Ben Stoloff Cast: Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: This RKO picture was the first film where Lucille Ball's name appeared above the title. In about 19 years, she and her husband Desi Arnaz would own the studio.


11:30 AM Short: Don't Talk (1942)
This focuses on industrial sabotage during wartime.
Dir: Joseph Newman Cast: Donald Douglas, Matt Mchugh, James Millican
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Cabin in the Sky (1943)

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God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
MUSIC (Song) -- "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe," Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg

Trivia: This film is generally credited with the first appearance of the "moon walk" dance step. It is performed by Bill Bailey, brother of Pearl Bailey.

Trivia: During filming, the movie's black stars were told by the studio manager that they were not allowed to eat at the MGM commissary. When studio head Louis B. Mayer heard about this, he invited the black performers to join him instead in his private dining room. All the performers were allowed to eat in the commissary the following day.

Trivia: MGM recycled some of its tornado footage from The Wizard of Oz (1939) for a key scene.

Trivia: A scene showing Lena Horne singing "Ain't It the Truth" (written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg) while taking a bath, was cut, but later appeared in the one-reel short subject Studio Visit (1946).


2:00 PM Knights of the Round Table (1953)

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Lancelot, banished from King Arthur's court for loving Queen Guinevere, returns to defeat the evil Mordred.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations: ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Alfred Junge, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: John Jarvis
SOUND RECORDING -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director

Trivia: The first film in CinemaScope not produced by 20th Century Fox.

4:15 PM Knute Rockne--All American (1940)

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Biography of the famed Notre Dame coach and his fight to "win one for the Gipper."
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Mrs. Knute Rockne had approval over the casting and approved Pat O'Brien's make-up and acting without reservations.

Trivia: The unnamed "disease" that killed George Gipp wasn't a disease, it was actually complications from strep throat.

Trivia: James Cagney, eager to break out of gangster roles, lobbied hard for the part of Knute Rockne. But Cagney had signed a petition in support of the anti-Catholic Republican government in the Spanish Civil War. Notre Dame had control over all aspects of the filming and would not okay Cagney for the role.

6:00 PM Up Periscope (1959)

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A U.S. frogman infiltrates a Japanese-held island during World War II.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: This film inspired many comparisons to the 1943 submarine film "Destination Tokyo", and in fact uses some underwater footage from the earlier film despite being in black and white. The "Up Periscope" production did not bother to tint the black and white footage blue, but since the underwater shots were already quite dark it helped to slip them by 1950s audiences who were not that discerning.


8:00 PM Mississippi Burning (1988)

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FBI agents investigate the murders of civil rights workers in the South.
Dir: Alan Parker Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances Mcdormand
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Gene Hackman {"Anderson"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Frances McDormand {"Mrs. Pell"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Peter Biziou (WINNER)
DIRECTING -- Alan Parker
FILM EDITING -- Gerry Hambling
BEST PICTURE -- Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry, Producers
SOUND -- Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Danny Michael

Trivia: Gene Hackman decided that he would no longer make violent films after seeing a brief, violent clip of his performance in this film (taken out of context, in his eyes) at the 1989 Oscars. That stance prevented him from accepting a job as director of The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and almost cost him the Sheriff role in Unforgiven (1992), which he reluctantly accepted after Clint Eastwood convinced him. That role that earned great acclaim, and his second Oscar.

10:15 PM The Boston Strangler (1968)

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The true story of the extensive police manhunt for a serial killer in Boston who had strangled a number of young women in the early 60s.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: Shortly before filming was set to begin, the real Albert DeSalvo escaped from the mental institution where he was imprisoned. He was later captured after being on the run for thirty-three hours.

Trivia: According to TCM's Ben Mankiewicz, Tony Curtis, with his career in decline at the time, lobbied 20th Century-Fox boss Richard D. Zanuck for the DeSalvo role, but was rebuffed as Zanuck could not see past Curtis' history of playing comedies and romantic leads. So Curtis hired a makeup artist and a photographer and had several "mug shots" done and sent to Zanuck - who didn't recognize the actor at all. That effort got Curtis the job.

12:15 AM NOIR ALLEY: I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

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An ex-con dreaming of one last heist faces dissension within his gang.
Dir: Stuart Heisler Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Dennis Hopper makes an early, uncredited, appearance as the boy that Shelley Winters dances with at the house party in Los Angeles.

2:15 AM Raging Bull (1980)

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The story of Jake LaMotta, a former middleweight boxing champion, whose reputation for tenacity and success in the ring was offset by his troubled domestic life: full of rage, jealousy, and suspicion--particularly towards his wife and manager/brother--which, in the end, left him destitute, alone, and seeking redemption.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Runtime: 129 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Robert De Niro {"Jake LaMotta"} (WINNER)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Joe Pesci {"Joey LaMotta"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Cathy Moriarty {"Vicki LaMotta"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Michael Chapman
DIRECTING -- Martin Scorsese
FILM EDITING -- Thelma Schoonmaker (WINNER)
BEST PICTURE -- Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Producers
SOUND -- Donald O. Mitchell, Bill Nicholson, David J. Kimball, Les Lazarowitz

Trivia: In 1978, Martin Scorsese was at an all-time low after his last movie New York, New York (1977) had bombed at the box office, followed by a near-overdose resulting from an addiction to cocaine. Robert De Niro visited him at the hospital, and told him that he had to clean himself up and make this movie about a boxer. De Niro had asked Scorsese many times before, but he had always refused (he didn't like sports movies anyway), but due to De Niro's persistence, he eventually gave in. Scorsese believed that his American career was over anyway, so he wanted to do one final film there, and then move to Europe to make smaller movies. Many (including Scorsese) claim that De Niro saved Scorsese's life by getting him back into work, and that this movie cemented Scorsese's reputation as one of the most important American filmmakers.

Trivia: When the real Jake LaMotta saw the movie, he said it made him break down in tears and realize for the first time what a terrible person he had been. He asked the real Vicki LaMotta "Was I really like that?". Vicki replied "You were worse."

4:30 AM The Set-Up (1949)

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An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: One of the first films to be shot using the device of real time (i.e., the film lasts the same length as the events it depicts). Other notable examples of this narrative device include Rope (1948), High Noon (1952), and Nick of Time (1995).

[Auggie]

1. Raging Bull followed by The Set-Up -- awesome pairing

Scorsese reportedly screened The Set-Up (directed by Robert Wise) as he was planning Raging Bull. He got some great tips.

The Set-Up is a fine example of film noir. And Robert Ryan shines in the lead role. Set the DVR for both films.