TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 1: Slapstick Comedies

Tuesday, April 1st, 2014

12:30 AM
Raintree County (1957)
In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Montgomery Clift , Elizabeth Taylor , Eva Marie Saint .
C-173 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM
North By Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint , James Mason .
C-136 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
Safety Last! (1923)
In this silent film, a small-town boy out to impress his girlfriend scales a skyscraper in the big city.
Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast: Harold Lloyd , Mildred Davis , Bill Strother .
BW-74 mins,



7:16 AM
Peg O' The Mounted (1924)
A pint-sized Mountie cleans up the West in this silent short film.
Dir: Alfred J. Goulding Cast: Bert Sterling , Jack Earle ,
BW-12 mins,

7:30 AM
At The Circus (1939)
The Marx Bros. team up to keep a circus from going bankrupt.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-87 mins, CC,

9:00 AM
Abbott And Costello In Hollywood (1945)
A pair of wacky lackeys try to take Tinseltown by storm.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , Frances Rafferty .
BW-83 mins, CC,

10:30 AM
Nitwits, The (1935)
Two cigar-stand attendants get mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Bert Wheeler , Robert Woolsey , Fred Keating .
BW-82 mins,



12:00 PM
Yellow Cab Man, The (1950)
An inventor's unbreakable glass attracts the attention of businessmen and gangsters.
Dir: Jack Donohue Cast: Red Skelton , Gloria De Haven , Walter Slezak .
BW-84 mins, CC

1:30 PM
Pink Panther, The (1964)
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess' diamond.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: David Niven , Peter Sellers , Capucine .
C-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM
Twelve Chairs, The (1970)
A fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Ron Moody , Frank Langella , Dom DeLuise .
C-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 PM
Great Race, The (1965)
A bumbling villain plots to win an early 20th-century auto race.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Jack Lemmon , Tony Curtis , Natalie Wood .
C-160 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SLAPSTICK COMEDIES

8:00 PM
Disorderly Orderly, The (1964)
An inefficient hospital orderly wreaks havoc when he tries to help the patients.
Dir: Frank Tashlin Cast: Jerry Lewis , Glenda Farrell , Susan Oliver .
C-89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:45 PM
Sleeper (1973)
After awaking from cryogenic suspension, a '70s man gets mixed up with a future revolution.
Dir: Woody Allen Cast: Woody Allen , Diane Keaton , John Beck .
C-87 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM
Way Out West (1937)
A pair of tenderfeet try to get the deed to a gold mine to its rightful owner.
Dir: James W. Horne Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Sharon Lynne .
BW-64 mins, CC,



12:30 AM
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
In this silent film, a student tries to win a rival captain's daughter after taking over his father's riverboat.
Dir: Charles F. Reisner Cast: Buster Keaton , Ernest Torrence , Tom Lewis .
BW-69 mins,



1:45 AM
Kid, The (1921)
In this silent comedy, an adoptive father schemes to keep his son.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Jackie Coogan , Edna Purviance , Carl Miller .
BW-53 mins,

2:45 AM
Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze, The (1963)
Three servants help their master duplicate his great grandfather's global tour without spending a dime.
Dir: Norman Maurer Cast: Moe Howard , Larry Fine , Joe De Rita .
BW-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM
Long, Long Trailer, The (1954)
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball , Desi Arnaz , Marjorie Main .
C-96 mins, CC,