Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 26: Star of the Month: Jennifer Jones
This Tuesday TCM will be spacing out before focusing one more evening on the career of actress Jennifer Jones.
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
1:02 AM
I NEVER FORGET A FACE ( 1956)
This short film takes a look at various "famous faces" through history, from political figures to inventors. Vitaphone Release 2603A.
BW- 11 mins,
1:15 AM
LADYKILLERS, THE ( 1956)
An eccentric bandit gang moves into a little old lady's boardinghouse to plot a major heist.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick Cast: Alec Guinness , Cecil Parker , Herbert Lom .
C- 91 mins, CC,
3:00 AM
TWIST OF FATE ( 1954)
An actress living on the Riviera discovers her fiance is a criminal.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Ginger Rogers , Lilly Kann , Stanley Baker .
C- 89 mins,
4:31 AM
CAVE EXPLORERS ( 1957)
In this short film, a group of Austrian speleologists explore a newly-discovered cave.
Dir: Heinz Scheiderbauer
BW- 8 mins,
4:45 AM
SHOT IN THE DARK, A ( 1964)
Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Peter Sellers , Elke Sommer , George Sanders .
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:45 AM
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON ( 1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Joseph Cotten , George Sanders , Debra Paget .
C- 100 mins, CC,
8:30 AM
WORLD WITHOUT END ( 1955)
Astronauts returning from a voyage are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Hugh Marlowe , Nancy Gates , Nelson Leigh .
C- 80 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 AM
COSMIC MONSTER, THE ( 1958)
A scientist's experiments open the doorway to a strange and deadly world.
Dir: Gilbert Gunn Cast: Forrest Tucker , Gaby Andre , Martin Benson .
BW- 72 mins, CC,
11:15 AM
GREEN SLIME, THE ( 1969)
A mysterious fungus invades a space station and turns the inhabitants into monsters.
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku Cast: Robert Horton , Richard Jaeckel , Luciana Paluzzi .
C- 90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1:00 PM
FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH ( 1968)
Subway excavations unearth a deadly force from beyond space and time.
Dir: Roy Ward Baker Cast: James Donald , Andrew Keir , Barbara Shelley .
C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:45 PM
FORBIDDEN PLANET ( 1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Anne Francis , Leslie Nielsen .
C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:30 PM
QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE ( 1958)
A space mission to Venus discovers a society of Amazons.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Zsa Zsa Gabor , Eric Fleming , Lisa Davis .
C- 80 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 PM
2010 ( 1984)
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a U.S.-Soviet crew investigates a mysterious monolith orbiting Jupiter.
Dir: Peter Hyams Cast: Roy Scheider , Helen Mirren , Keir Dullea .
C- 116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: JENNIFER JONES
8:00 PM
BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET, THE ( 1957)
Poet Elizabeth Barrett defies her tyrannical father for the love of Robert Browning.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Jennifer Jones , John Gielgud , Bill Travers .
C- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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10:00 PM
FAREWELL TO ARMS, A ( 1957)
The story of an affair between an English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Rock Hudson , Jennifer Jones , Vittorio De Sica .
C- 152 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:45 AM
TENDER IS THE NIGHT ( 1962)
A psychiatrist marries a wealthy patient and succumbs to the lure of easy living.
Dir: Henry King Cast: Jennifer Jones , Jason Robards Jr. , Joan Fontaine .
BW- 147 mins,
3:19 AM
PARIS ON PARADE ( 1938)
This short film takes the viewer to the Paris International Exposition of 1937.
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick
C- 9 mins,
3:30 AM
LAST TIME I SAW PARIS, THE ( 1954)
A writer recalls his turbulent marriage to an expatriate heiress.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Van Johnson , Walter Pidgeon .
C- 116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #1 ( 1955)
Judy Garland sings "You Made Me Love You" in a clip from "Broadway Melody of 1938"; Cyd Charisse introduces a clip from "It's Always Fair Weather." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW- 26 mins,
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(40,416 posts)It also features one of my favorite character actors, the Latvian-born Elya Baskin, who apparently only ever plays Russians.
Here he is as Dobrynin in Thirteen Days: