TCM Schedule for Thursday, October 17, through Saturday, October 19, 2019

TCM Schedule for Thursday, October 10, 2019 -- What's On Tonight: Ghost Stories


First, my apologies for the late posting. I'm dealing with a return of my endometrial cancer. I've started immunotherapy, and I'm exhausted. I'll keep posting as long as I can, but I can't always put in the detail that I love.

In prime time, TCM continues their usual October theme of horror classic films. Today's sub-theme is Ghost Stories. Enjoy!



7:00 AM -- STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940)
A newspaperman serves as key witness in a circumstantial murder case.
Dir: Boris Ingster Cast: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet
BW-64 mins, CGhostC,

8:15 AM -- : ()
BW-0 mins,

9:30 AM -- PARTY WIRE (1935)
When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy.
Dir: Erle C. Kenton Cast: Jean Arthur, Victor Jory, Helen Lowell
BW-69 mins,

10:45 AM -- IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK (1935)
An unhappy executive gets a job as a butler on a lark, only to fall for the family cook.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur, Leo Carillo
BW-72 mins, CC,

12:00 PM -- YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)
A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart
BW-126 mins, CC,

2:15 PM -- ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939)
A team of flyers risks their lives to deliver the mail in a mountainous South American country.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess
BW-121 mins, CC,

4:30 PM -- MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
BW-116 mins, CC,

6:30 PM -- EASY LIVING (1937)
When a working girl tries to return a lost fur coat, she gets caught up in a wealthy family's battles.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Esther Dale
BW-88 mins,


TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: GHOST STORIES


8:00 PM -- THE UNINVITED (1944)
A brother and sister buy a house with a ghostly secret.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp
BW-99 mins, CC,

10:00 PM -- : ()
BW-0 mins,

12:00 AM -- THE FOG (1980)
Dead sailors use a deadly fog to haunt a coastal town.
Dir: John Carpenter Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh
C-90 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 AM -- : ()
BW-0 mins,

3:45 AM -- KURONEKO (1968)
Dir: Kaneto Shindo Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi
BW-100 mins, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM -- THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE (1921)
In this silent film, fear of a terrible curse prompts a dying man to try atoning for his sins.
Dir: Victor Seastrom Cast: Victor Seastrom, Hilda Borgstrom, Tore Svennberg
BW-107 mins,




TCM Schedule for Friday, October 11, 2019 -- TCM Spotlight: Monster of the Month: Godzilla


In prime time, TCM continues their month-long salute to that awesome Japanese lizard, Godzilla. Enjoy!


7:18 AM -- A FAILURE AT FIFTY (1939)
In this short film, the story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Dir: Will Jason Cast: Truman Bradley, Jack Mulhall, Claire McDowell
BW-10 mins,

7:30 AM -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1930)
In this biography the simple backwoods boy rises to become one of America's most beloved presidents.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lucille La Verne, W. L. Thorne, Helen Freeman
BW-94 mins, CC,

9:15 AM -- THE RULING VOICE (1931)
A powerful gangster goes soft when he meets his grown-up daughter.
Dir: Rowland V. Lee Cast: Walter Huston, Loretta Young, Dudley Digges
BW-72 mins,

10:30 AM -- THE WOMAN FROM MONTE CARLO (1932)
A ship's captain loses course in perilous waters when he discovers his wife cheating on him.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Lil Dagover, Walter Huston, Warren William
BW-70 mins,

11:45 AM -- GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (1933)
A crooked president reforms mysteriously.
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone
BW-86 mins, CC,

1:30 PM -- ANN VICKERS (1933)
A social worker's fight for reform is compromised by her love for a corrupt judge.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel
BW-76 mins, CC,

3:00 PM -- STORM AT DAYBREAK (1933)
Fictionalized account of the events leading up to Archduke Ferdinand's assassination and the start of World War I.
Dir: Richard Boleslavsky Cast: Kay Francis, Nils Asther, Walter Huston
BW-79 mins, CC,

4:30 PM -- KEEP 'EM ROLLING (1934)
A soldier deserts when he's separated from his horse.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Walter Huston, Frances Dee, Minna Gombell
BW-69 mins, CC,

5:45 PM -- TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL (1935)
Scientists and engineers join forces to build a tunnel beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
Dir: Maurice Elvey Cast: Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans
BW-93 mins,

7:35 PM -- PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION (1943)
This short documentary takes a look at Nazi Germany's plans for geographic expansion.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: George Lynn, Lewis Stone, Frank Reicher
BW-21 mins,


TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MONSTER OF THE MONTH: GODZILLA


8:00 PM -- ALL MONSTERS ATTACK (1969)
Dir: Inoshiro Honda Cast: Kenji Sahara, Tomonori Yazaki, Machiko Naka
BW-70 mins, Letterbox Format

9:30 PM -- GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (1971)
Dir: Yoshimitsu Banno Cast: Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase
BW-85 mins, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM -- GODZILLA VS. GIGAN (1972)
Dir: Jun Fukuda Cast: Haruo Nakajima, Yukietsu Omiya, Kanta Ina
BW-89 mins, Letterbox Format

1:00 AM -- RODAN (1958)
Miners uncover the nest of a giant pterodactyl.
Dir: Inoshiro Honda Cast: Kenji Sawara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata
BW-82 mins,

2:30 AM -- SUGAR HILL (1974)
When gangsters kill her boyfriend, a woman enlists a Voodoo queen to raise an army of the dead.
Dir: Paul Maslansky Cast: Ed Geldart, Charlie Robinson, Richard Lawson
C-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM -- BLACULA (1972)
An African prince bitten by Dracula stalks the Los Angeles night in search of his lost princess.
Dir: William Crain Cast: William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas
C-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format





TCM Schedule for Saturday, October 12, 2019 -- The Essentials: Coming of Age


In the daylight hours, TCM has the usual Saturday matinee lineup of films and shorts. Then in primetime, The Essentials is back! (or should that be The Essentials are back?), with trailblazing producer, director and screenwriter Ava DuVernay, who will join primetime host Ben Mankiewicz to discuss the films she has chosen. Tonight's theme features coming of age stories. Enjoy!


6:00 AM -- IVANHOE (1952)
Sir Walter Scott's classic tale of the noble knight torn between his fair lady and a beautiful Jew.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine
C-107 mins, CC,

8:00 AM -- MGM CARTOONS: WAYWARD PUPS (1937)
Dir: Rudolf Ising
BW-8 mins, CC,

8:09 AM -- GOOFY MOVIES NUMBER FOUR (1934)
In this short film, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over footage compiled from various silent films.
BW-9 mins,

8:19 AM -- LAND OF THE TAJ MAHAL (1952)
This short film visits Bombay, India, touching on the local architecture, culture and politics of the day.
C-8 mins,

8:28 AM -- ESCAPE FROM CRIME (1942)
An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Richard Travis, Julie Bishop, Jackie C. Gleason
BW-51 mins, CC,

9:30 AM -- JUNGLE QUEEN: THE BURNING JUNGLE (1945)
BW-16 mins, CC,

10:00 AM -- POPEYE: LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE (1939)
BW-6 mins, CC,

10:07 AM -- ANGELS IN DISGUISE (1949)
The Bowery Boys go undercover to expose a gang.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell
BW-63 mins, CC,

11:11 AM -- ANGEL OF MERCY (1939)
This short film details the life of Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Oscar Apfel, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden
BW-10 mins,

11:30 AM -- THE WRONG WAY OUT (1938)
In this short film, a young couple run off to marry despite their parents refusal and fall into a life of crime.
BW-17 mins,

11:49 AM -- WRONG WAY BUTCH (1950)
This short film provides a humorous look at what can happen when tools and machinery are misused and safety warnings are ignored.
Dir: David Barclay Cast: Dave O'Brien,
BW-10 mins,

12:00 PM -- THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (1975)
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell
BW-113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM -- WHITE ZOMBIE (1932)
A zombie master menaces newlyweds on a Haitian plantation.
Dir: Victor Halperin Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn
BW-67 mins,

3:15 PM -- THE NAKED AND THE DEAD (1958)
A green lieutenant comes up against incompetent officers and a sadistic sergeant during World War II.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey
C-131 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM -- MCLINTOCK! (1963)
A cattle baron fights to tame the West and his estranged wife.
Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne
C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format


TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: COMING OF AGE


8:00 PM -- PATHER PANCHALI (1958)
A mother struggles to raise her family in an impoverished village in India.
Dir: Satyajit Ray Cast: Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Chunibala Devi
BW-126 mins,

10:15 PM -- THE RIVER (1951)
Members of an English settlement cope with the exotic lure of life in India.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields
C-99 mins, CC,

12:15 AM -- THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
A hired killer dodges police while tracking down the enemy agents who tried to frame him.
Dir: Frank Tuttle Cast: Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar
BW-81 mins, CC,

2:00 AM -- GAMBIT (1967)
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

4:00 AM -- THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975)
Two con artists set out to take over a remote Asian land with a priceless golden treasure.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer
C-129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format