TCM Schedule Saturday 10/26/24: Hang 'Em High, Olympia (parts 1 and 2), I Walk Alone, Cape Fear, Tiger Bay

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TCM Schedule 10/26/24: Hang 'Em High, Olympia (parts 1 and 2), I Walk Alone, Cape Fear, Tiger Bay

The day at a glance

MAKING CHANGE - POLITICAL FILMS
Citizen Kane (1941)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce,
1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
- TCM DAYTIME
MAKING CHANGE - POLITICAL FILMS (cont.)
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938) (6:30a)
WEEKEND FEATURES
How to Vote (1936) (short)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
(P) The Wolf Dog Ch. 4: A Dead Man's Hand (1933)
Popeye: The House Builder-Upper (1938)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
Knight Is Young, The (1938) (short)
Black Orpheus (1959) (Musical Matinee)
Hang 'Em High (1968)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)
- TCM PRIMETIME
TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE - RIAN JOHNSON
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
- NOIR ALLEY
I Walk Alone (1947)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: SEASIDE TERROR
Cape Fear (1962)
Tiger Bay (1959)

Full day schedule

MAKING CHANGE - POLITICAL FILMS

10:30 PM Citizen Kane (1941)

Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay. The picture was Welles's first feature film.

Citizen Kane is frequently cited as the greatest film ever made. For 40 years (5 decennial polls: 1962, 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002), it stood at number 1 in the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial poll of critics,[6] and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 update. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories and it won for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Mankiewicz and Welles. Citizen Kane is praised for Gregg Toland's cinematography, Robert Wise's editing, Bernard Herrmann's music, and its narrative structure, all of which have been considered innovative and precedent-setting.

The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on American media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, as well as aspects of the screenwriters' own lives. Upon its release, Hearst prohibited any mention of the film in his newspapers.

After the Broadway success of Welles's Mercury Theatre and the controversial 1938 radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds" on The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Welles was courted by Hollywood. He signed a contract with RKO Pictures in 1939. Although it was unusual for an untried director, he was given freedom to develop his own story, to use his own cast and crew, and to have final cut privilege. Following two abortive attempts to get a project off the ground, he wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane, collaborating with Herman J. Mankiewicz. Principal photography took place in 1940, the same year its innovative trailer was shown, and the film was released in 1941.

Although it was a critical success, Citizen Kane failed to recoup its costs at the box office. The film faded from view after its release, but it returned to public attention when it was praised by French critics such as André Bazin and re-released in 1956. In 1958, the film was voted number 9 on the prestigious Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo. The Library of Congress selected Citizen Kane as an inductee of the 1989 inaugural group of 25 films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Roger Ebert wrote of it: "Its surface is as much fun as any movie ever made. Its depths surpass understanding. I have analyzed it a shot at a time with more than 30 groups, and together we have seen, I believe, pretty much everything that is there on the screen. The more clearly I can see its physical manifestation, the more I am stirred by its mystery."

Plot
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Orson Welles {"Charles Foster Kane"}
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields, Darrell Silvera
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Gregg Toland
DIRECTING -- Orson Welles
FILM EDITING -- Robert Wise
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) -- Bernard Herrmann
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- Mercury
SOUND RECORDING -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

Trivia: Despite all the publicity, the film was a box-office flop and was quickly consigned to the RKO vaults. At the 1941 Academy Awards, the film was booed every time one of its nine nominations was announced. It was only re-released to the public in the mid-1950s.


12:45 AM Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

A lonely widow turns to prostitution to make ends meet.
Dir: Chantal Akerman Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck
Runtime: 202 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N

Triviai: During morning shopping on Day 2, passersby were not extras but townspeople. They would notice the camera and look briefly at it. In one instance, someone spun around to see who was behind them and what was being filmed (it was "Dielman&quot .


4:15 AM Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

Documentary chronicling the 1938 Olympics, held in Germany before the onset of World War II.
Dir: Leni Riefenstahl Cast: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Trivia: The pole vault finals shown in the movie aren't the real ones. The actual finals were held in the evening, and as no fast film (highly sensitive to light) was available at the time, Leni Riefenstahl wanted to have bright spotlights installed. The idea was rejected by the Olympic Committee, as it would hinder the athletes. So Riefenstahl asked the three American and two Japanese finalists to return the next evening, and restaged the action.



6:30 AM Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)

Documentary chronicling the 1938 Olympics, held in Germany before the onset of World War II.
Dir: Leni Riefenstahl Cast: Sheigo Arai, Jack Beresford, Ralf Berzsenyi
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Trivia: The production company Olympia-Film-GmbH, owned by Leni Riefenstahl and her brother Heinz, was only a front to preserve the film's political independence in front of the International Olympic Committee. It was, in fact, entirely funded by the Third Reich. The original contract stipulated that Olympia-Film-GmbH would be dissolved once production completed and the copyrights would be the sole property of the Reich. The dissolution only took place on 9th January 1942, with Riefenstahl being awarded 20% of the film's total earnings and naming the State as the only lawful copyright owner.


8:15 AM Short: How to Vote (1936)
An assistant is called upon to give a speech on his candidate's behalf much to the chagrin of the audience.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Robert Benchley, Frank Sheridan, Jules Cowles
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:29 AM Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)

Dick Tracy takes on the Claw in this crime thriller.
Dir: John Rawlins Cast: Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Trivia: Ralph Byrd, who had previously played Dick Tracy in four serials Republic produced in the late '30s and early 40's, was hired to replace Morgan Conway because, after the two previous films (Dick Tracy (1945) and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)), exhibitors complained. To them, Byrd was Dick Tracy, and only Byrd would do. RKO accepted this and hired him to finish the series. Unfortunately for Byrd, because of this he spent his career typecast as Dick Tracy.


9:30 AM Serial: A Dead Man's Hand (1933)
Chapter 4 of The Wolf Dog 1933 serial. When a boy's guardian secretly plots to steal his inheritance, only his radio operator friend and wolf-dog companion stand between him and disaster.
Dir: Colbert Clark, Harry L. Fraser Cast: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:


10:00 AM Cartoon: The House Builder-Upper (1938)
Enacting the role of a fireman, Popeye answers an alarm at Olive's home and finds her crying because her home has been burned to the ground. Popeye and Wimpy promise to make her a new one and from then on the laughs start building.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:07 AM Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)

Hunters drive animals out of a sanctuary so they can shoot them.
Dir: Harold Schuster Cast: Gordon Scott, Vera Miles, Peter Van Eyck
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: The Knight Is Young (1938)
A woman, afraid to leave her apartment because she has not paid her rent, is rescued in this musical short film. Vitaphone Release B141-142.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: June Allyson, Hal Leroy, Earlyne Schools
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Black Orpheus (1959)

A streetcar conductor loses his true love during Brazil's carnival season.
Dir: Marcel Camus Cast: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes Deoliveira
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Oscar nominations:
(*WINNER*) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- France

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Trivia: Breno Mello was a soccer player with no acting experience at the time he was cast as Orfeu. Mello was walking on the street in Rio de Janeiro, when Marcel Camus stopped him and asked if he would like to be in a film.

2:00 PM Hang 'Em High (1968)

A cowboy drifter survives a hanging by a band of thugs and then swears vengeance.
Dir: Ted Post Cast: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: Clint Eastwood's first leading role in a Hollywood film. He was already 38 years old. Hang 'Em High is also notable for being Eastwood's first assignment as a producer. Having formed Malpaso (it means "bad step" in Spanish and Eastwood liked the irony) Productions with his friend Leonard Freeman as a loan-out company to help struggling independent filmmakers, Eastwood never dreamed it would develop into a full-scale production house.

Trivia: Inger Stevens had never heard of Clint Eastwood before she was cast. Once they met she began to like him very much and they ended up having an affair during filming. When the film was finished, Stevens told director Ted Post: "Anytime you do a picture with Clint and there's a part in it, call me."

4:00 PM While the City Sleeps (1956)

Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: According to film noir historian Eddie Muller in the commentary for this film, Dana Andrews was drunk during the entire production. (Andrews himself admitted that he was an alcoholic in the 1950s.) Ironically, his character is drunk throughout half the film.


6:00 PM All That Money Can Buy (1941)
(AKA The Devil & Daniel Webster)

A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, and then enlists the famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract. Also known as "The Devil and Daniel Webster."
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Walter Huston {"Mr. Scratch"}
(*WINNER*) MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) -- Bernard Herrmann

TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE - RIAN JOHNSON
8:00 PM Trouble in Paradise (1932)

A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The scenes in which Herbert Marshall is running up and down the stairs at Madame Colet's were done with a double who is only seen from the rear. Mr. Marshall lost a leg in WWI and although it was almost impossible to notice that he used a prosthesis, he could not perform any action that called for physical agility.


9:45 PM Jewel Robbery (1932)

A jewel thief falls for a tycoon's wife in Vienna.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: During the robbery, William Powell as The Robber insists that the jewelry store owner, Mr. Hollander, smoke one of his (The Robber's) "cigarettes". Soon, Mr. Hollander is giggling and singing. When asked what he gave him, The Robber says "A harmless smoke. He'll awake in the morning fresh and happy with a marvelous appetite." The next day, the Police President refers to it as a "drugged" cigarette. It's obvious to the audience that the "cigarette" was marijuana (or marijuana-laced) even though it is never mentioned by name.

Trivia: Kay Francis as Baroness Teri says "In the morning, a cocktail. In the afternoon, a man. In the evening, Veronal." Veronal is an old brand name of barbital pills, the first commercial barbiturate. It was prescribed as a sleep aid from 1903 until the 1950s.

NOIR ALLEY

12:00 AM I Walk Alone (1947)

Frankie Madison leaves prison expecting to receive a share of a Prohibition bootlegging business from his ex-partner. But Frankie is unprepared for how things have changed while he was behind bars.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:

Trivia: First of seven films that Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster made together.

- TCM LATE NIGHT: SEASIDE TERROR
2:00 AM Cape Fear (1962)

A released convict decides to menace and wreak havoc on the family of his defense lawyer.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: At first, Robert Mitchum didn't want to do the film but finally relented after Gregory Peck and J. Lee Thompson delivered a case of bourbon to his home. His reply was, "Okay, I've drunk your bourbon. I'm drunk. I'll do it."

4:00 AM Tiger Bay (1959)

Gregory Peck, who produced the film, didn't like the original novel's title "The Executioners". When thinking of a new title, he decided that movies named after places tended to be very successful, so he looked at a map of the U.S. until he happened upon Cape Fear in North Carolina.

A seaman kills his two-timing girlfriend in a fit of jealousy, but is witnessed in the act by a young girl. He kidnaps her for fear she'll turn him in, but oddly the two strike up a friendship until a detective comes snooping around, using the girl as bait to catch the killer before his ship sails off.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast: John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: The scene in which Gillie is reenacting the murder inside the apartment for the police was ad-libbed by Hayley Mills. Sir John Mills and Director J. Lee Thompson told her the basic plot for the scene and instructed her to just make it up.