TCM Schedule for Sunday, January 1 --- ROMANTIC COMPLICATIONS

Sunday, January 1, 2012

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6:15 AM King Kong (1933)

A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.
Dir: Merian C. Cooper Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot.


8:05 AM One Reel Wonder: Donkey Baseball (1935)

Pete Smith pays tribute to America's favorite pastime which requires not just speed, knowledge, and agility but donkeys too.
Dir: John Waters


8:15 AM Swing Time (1936)

To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore.


10:00 AM One Reel Wonder: Swing High (1932)

Pete Smith introduces us to the trapeze family The Flying Codonas.
Dir: Jack Cummings


10:15 AM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains.


12:26 PM One Reel Wonder: Capital City Washington D.C., The (1940)

An installment of James A. Fitzpatrick's Travel Talks honoring Washington D.C.


12:45 PM The Searchers (1956)

An Indian-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles.


2:51 PM One Reel Wonder: The Cincinnati Kid Plays According To Hoyle (1965)


3:00 PM In Cold Blood (1967)

Two vagrants try to outrun the police after committing a savage crime in this real-life shocker.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe.


5:20 PM One Reel Wonder: A Look Into The 23rd Century (1976)

This featurette gives a behind the scenes look at the making of the sci-fi classic "Logan's Run" .
Dir: Ronald Saland


5:30 PM Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)

A blue-collar worker's encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man.
Dir: Steven Spielberg Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Terry Garr, François Truffaut.



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8:00 PM Lover Come Back (1961)

An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.


10:00 PM That Funny Feeling (1965)

A cleaning girl tries to pass off her workplace as her home, not knowing she's dating her boss.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Donald O'Connor.


11:43 PM One Reel Wonder: Gasoloons (1935)


12:00 AM The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)

In this silent film, a young prince attending college falls for a barmaid below his station.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt.


1:51 AM One Reel Wonder: John Barrymore (1962)


2:00 AM Love On The Run (1979)

A divorced man continues to search for romantic happiness.
Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade.


3:40 AM One Reel Wonder: On Location: The Great Waltz (1972)

A short promotional featurette about the making of "The Great Waltz" .


4:00 AM Holiday Camp (1947)

A vacationing family gets mixed up with cardsharps.
Cast: Diana Dors,


5:39 AM One Reel Wonder: Merida And Campeche (1945)

In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the history, land, and people of Mexico's Merida and Campeche.


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