TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 4: AAFCA Presents: The Black Experience on Film
Tonight's installment in a special September series by the African-American Film Critics Association and TCM includes Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust and a silent feature by Oscar Micheaux, Within Our Gates. You can learn more about the series and roster of films here:
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1427466%7C0/The-Black-Experience-on-Film-Tues-Thurs-in-Sept.html
And during the day TCM invites you to check in for a stay at cinematic hotels!
Tuesday, September 4th, 2018
12:42 AM
SEE HOLLAND BEFORE IT GETS TOO BIG ( 1969)
This scenic short film showcases the landscape and culture of Holland. Vitaphone Release 3430A.
Dir: Norman Weissman
C- 11 mins,
1:00 AM
UP IN THE AIR ( 2009)
Dir: Jason Reitman Cast: George Clooney , Vera Farmiga , Anna Kendrick .
BW- 109 mins, CC,
3:00 AM
ROGER & ME ( 1989)
Dir: Michael Moore Cast: Michael Moore , Roger Smith , Ronald Reagan .
BW- 91 mins,
4:45 AM
DEATH OF A SALESMAN ( 1985)
An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.
Dir: Volker Schlöndorff Cast: Dustin Hoffman , Kate Reid , John Malkovich .
C- 136 mins, CC,
7:15 AM
ROOM SERVICE ( 1938)
Three zany producers try to extend their hotel credit until they can get a play mounted.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW- 79 mins, CC,
8:45 AM
GRAND HOTEL ( 1932)
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through scandal and heartache.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Greta Garbo , John Barrymore , Joan Crawford .
BW- 113 mins, CC,
10:50 AM
WOODY HERMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA ( 1938)
In this short, Woody Herman and His Orchestra perform such musical numbers as "Holiday" and "The Shag." Vitaphone Release B209.
Dir: Roy Mack
BW- 8 mins,
11:00 AM
HOLIDAY INN ( 1942)
When he loses in love, a song-and-dance man retires from show business to run a country inn.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Bing Crosby , Fred Astaire , Marjorie Reynolds .
BW- 101 mins, CC,
12:45 PM
HOTEL RESERVE ( 1946)
An Austrian refugee tries to figure out which guest at a French resort is a spy.
Dir: Victor Hanbury Cast: James Mason , Lucie Mannheim , Raymond Lovell .
BW- 79 mins, CC,
2:15 PM
HONEYMOON HOTEL ( 1964)
Two bachelors on the prowl accidentally book a vacation at a resort for newlyweds.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Robert Goulet , Nancy Kwan , Robert Morse .
C- 89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:48 PM
GLIMPSES OF WESTERN GERMANY ( 1954)
A short tour of still WWII-ravaged Western Germany, visiting Hamburg, Bremen, Munich, and Heidelberg.
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick
C- 8 mins,
4:00 PM
HOTEL BERLIN ( 1945)
During World War II's final days, people with a variety of problems converge on a Berlin hotel.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey .
BW- 98 mins, CC,
5:45 PM
WEEKEND AT THE WALDORF ( 1945)
In this remake of Grand Hotel, guests at a New York hotel fight to survive personal tragedy.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Ginger Rogers , Lana Turner , Walter Pidgeon .
BW- 130 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: AAFCA PRESENTS: THE BLACK EXPERIENCE ON FILM
8:00 PM
WITHIN OUR GATES ( 1920)
In this silent film, a black schoolteacher finds the battle against racism is everywhere when she goes North to raise money for better schools.
Dir: Oscar Micheaux Cast: Evelyn Preer , Flo Clements , James D. Ruffin .
BW- 70 mins,
9:30 PM
IMITATION OF LIFE ( 1934)
A widow and her housekeeper go into business together but almost lose their daughters.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Claudette Colbert , Warren William , Rochelle Hudson .
BW- 111 mins, CC,
11:30 PM
PINKY ( 1949)
A light-skinned black woman returns home after passing for white in nursing school.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Jeanne Crain , Ethel Barrymore , Ethel Waters .
BW- 102 mins, CC,
1:30 AM
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST ( 1991)
Three generations of Gullah women reunite in 1902 before the family emigrates to the North.
Dir: Julie Dash Cast: Cora Lee Day , Alva Rogers , Barbara O .
C- 112 mins,
3:30 AM
FEW GOOD MEN, A ( 1992)
When a Marine dies on a US Navy base, two fellow Marines stand trial for murder.
Dir: Rob Reiner Cast: Tom Cruise , Jack Nicholson , Demi Moore .
C- 138 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
