TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 30th: Star of the Month Joseph Cotten

Make sure you eat dinner early, before Soylent Green comes on. Yum, yum!

And we have a Harvey Lembeck watch in effect until at least 6:00 this evening. Follow your leader!

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008.

1:00 AM Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
A mathematics genius fights schizophrenia. Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris. Dir: Ron Howard. C-135 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



3:30 AM Journey, The (1959)
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Jr. Dir: Anatole Litvak. C-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:37 AM Short Film: Jimmy Fund - Deborah Kerr (1956)
Deborah Kerr urges the audience to donate to the Jimmy Fund to eradicate childhood cancer. Cast: Deborah Kerr BW-3 mins,

6:00 AM Festival of Shorts #13 (1998)
A compilation of MGM's holiday shorts including Jackie Cooper's Christmas Party, Silent Night, Loew's Christmas Greeting, Holiday Greetings 1941 and Mario Lanza Christmas Trailer. C-21 mins, TV-G, CC

6:30 AM Pajama Party (1964)
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl. Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Elsa Lanchester. Dir: Don Weis. C-85 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

8:15 AM Winter A-Go-Go (1965)
A teenaged ski bum tries to turn the lodge he's inherited into a hit music club. Cast: James Stacy, William Wellman, Jr., Beverly Adams. Dir: Richard Benedict. C-88 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

9:45 AM For Those Who Think Young (1964)
Teens fight to keep a wealthy businessman from shutting down their beachside hangout. Cast: James Darren, Pamela Tiffen, Bob Denver. Dir: Leslie H. Martinson. C-97 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

11:30 AM It's A Bikini World (1967)
When a female scientist turns down a playboy's pass, he poses as his own brother to win her heart. Cast: Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk, Bobby Pickett. Dir: Stephanie Rothman. C-85 mins, , Letterbox Format

1:00 PM Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
Three young surfers travel to Hawaii in search of love and the perfect wave. Cast: Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Tab Hunter. Dir: William Castle, Don Taylor. C-102 mins, TV-G

2:45 PM Don't Make Waves (1967)
A swimming-pool salesman gets mixed up with beauty queens and bodybuilders when he falls in love. Cast: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate. Dir: Alexander Mackendrick. C-97 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM Beach Party (1963)
An anthropologist studies the dating habits of the teens hanging out on a nearby beach. Cast: Robert Cummings, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello. Dir: William Asher. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



6:15 PM Muscle Beach Party (1964)
The beach gang goes head-to-head with the bodybuilders of a new gym that's interfering with their strip on the sand. Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi. Dir: William Asher. C-95 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format



What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: JOSEPH COTTEN



8:00 PM From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket. Cast: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Henry Daniell. Dir: Byron Haskin. C-100 mins, TV-G, CC

10:00 PM Soylent Green (1973)
A future cop uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food. Cast: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young. Dir: Richard Fleischer. C-97 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



11:45 PM Oscar, The (1966)
An unscrupulous actor fights his way to the top, destroying everyone in his path. Cast: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Tony Bennett. Dir: Russell Rouse. C-119 mins, TV-PG, CC

2:00 AM Heaven's Gate (1981)
A Wyoming sheriff tries to protect immigrant farmers from ruthless ranchers. Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt. Dir: Michael Cimino. C-219 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format