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rdmtimp

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Fri Feb 14, 2014, 11:16 PM Feb 2014

TCM Schedule for Monday February 17 - 31 Days of Oscar: 1962 Best Scoring of Music

After a group of Best Sound nominees in daytime, it's the 1962 nominees for Best Scoring of Music: Adaptation or Treatment.

(all times Eastern)


7:48 AM JAMMIN' THE BLUES (1944)
In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s get together for a rare filming of a jam session. BW-10 mins,

8:00 AM GAMBIT (1966)
A man dreams of the perfect robbery but can't seem to pull it off. Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Shirley MacLaine , Michael Caine , Herbert Lom . C-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM THIS ABOVE ALL (1942)
A woman defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier. Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Tyrone Power , Joan Fontaine , Thomas Mitchell . BW-111 mins, CC,

12:00 PM YOUNG LIONS, THE (1958)
A Jewish soldier faces anti-Semitism when he enlists to fight World War II. Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Marlon Brando , Montgomery Clift , Dean Martin . BW-167 mins, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959)
A professor and his colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center. Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Pat Boone , James Mason , Arlene Dahl . C-129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:13 PM STRAUSS FANTASY (1954)
In this short film, Johnny Green leads the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a medley of waltzes and other familiar pieces by three members of the Strauss family. C-10 mins, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM HINDENBURG, THE (1975)
Sabotage causes the airship Hindenburg to crash on arrival at New York in this disaster film. Dir: Robert Wise Cast: George C. Scott , Anne Bancroft , William Atherton . BW-125 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:39 PM GUN IN HIS HAND, A (1945)
In this short film, a man joins the police force with the intention of getting away with crimes. Dir: Joseph Losey Cast: William Tannen , Harry Wilson , Anthony Caruso . BW-19 mins,

8:00 PM GIGOT (1962)
A mute janitor takes in a prostitute and her young daughter. Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Jackie Gleason , Katherine Kath , Gabrielle Dorziat . BW-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM MUSIC MAN, THE (1962)
A con artist hawks musical instruments and band uniforms to small-town America. Dir: Morton DaCosta Cast: Robert Preston , Shirley Jones , Buddy Hackett . C-151 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 AM GYPSY (1962)
A domineering mother pushes her two daughters to burlesque stardom. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Rosalind Russell , Natalie Wood , Karl Malden . C-143 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 AM BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO (1962)
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Doris Day , Stephen Boyd , Jimmy Durante . C-128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, THE (1962)
Fanciful biography of the German fairy-tale collectors, with reenactments of three of their stories. Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Laurence Harvey , Karl Boehm , Claire Bloom . C-136 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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TCM Schedule for Monday February 17 - 31 Days of Oscar: 1962 Best Scoring of Music (Original Post) rdmtimp Feb 2014 OP
I saw Jackie Gleason in Gigot when I was a kid when it played in theaters in 1962 aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #1

aint_no_life_nowhere

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1. I saw Jackie Gleason in Gigot when I was a kid when it played in theaters in 1962
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 04:16 PM
Feb 2014

Jackie Gleason turns in a remarkable performance without ever uttering a word, as he plays a mute. Even more remarkable is the fact that Gleason not only wrote the original story for the film but also wrote the complete musical score.

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