TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April1st: Jane Powell's 80th Birthday

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009.



12:30am H-Man, The (1958)
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
Cast: Yumi Shirakawa, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Eitaro Ozawa Dir: Inoshiro Honda C-79 mins, TV-PG

1:58am Short Film: From The Vaults: Walter Pigeon Announcement (1955)
Walter Pidgeon makes an on-screen announcement at the opening of a new Metro Twin Drive-In.
Cast: Walter Pidgeon BW-2 mins

2:00am Forbidden Planet (1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox C-99 mins, TV-PG

3:45am Lost Missile, The (1958)
Scientists try to stop a mysterious missile from destroying the Earth.
Cast: Robert Loggia, Ellen Parker, Philip Pine, Larry Kerr Dir: William Berke. BW-71 mins, TV-PG

5:00am Hidden Values: The Movies of the '50s (2001)
A look at some of the movies that defined the decade and what they said about Americans and American culture.
Cast: Peter Biskind, John Carpenter, Roger Corman, Lee Grant BW-47 mins, TV-PG

6:00am Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The (1923)
In this silent film, a deformed bell-ringer gives sanctuary to a beautiful gypsy accused of witchcraft.
Cast: Lon Chaney, Ernest Torrence, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry Dir: Wallace Worsley BW-117 mins, TV-G

8:00am Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)
In this silent film, a hideously deformed man haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera.
Cast: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Snitz Edwards Dir: Rupert Julian BW-90 mins, TV-G

9:45am Tell It To The Marines (1926)
In this silent film, a tough drill sergeant and a spoiled recruit become romantic rivals.
Cast: Lon Chaney, William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Eddie Gribbon Dir: George Hill BW-103 mins, TV-G

11:30am Bundle Of Joy (1956)
A shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Cast: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan Dir: Norman Taurog C-98 mins, TV-PG

1:11pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Singing Nun, The (1966)
C-3 mins

1:15pm Singing Nun, The (1966)
Fanciful biography of the Belgian nun who briefly made the hit parade.
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead Dir: Henry Koster C-97 mins, TV-PG

2:54pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Story Of A Dress, The (1964)
BW-5 mins

3:00pm Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964)
Musical biography of the backwoods girl who struck it rich in Colorado and survived the Titanic.
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen Dir: Charles Walters C-129 mins, TV-G

5:10pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Jimmy Fund - A Visit With Debbie Reynolds (1959)
BW-3 mins

5:15pm What's The Matter With Helen? (1971)
After their sons are convicted of murder, two women relocate to Hollywood to start a talent school.
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Michael MacLiammóir Dir: Curtis Harrington C-101 mins

7:00pm Private Screenings: Jane Powell (1995)
Jane Powell takes us through her life in the movies.
Cast: Robert Osborne, Jane Powell Dir: Tony Barbon BW-45 mins, TV-G

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: JANE POWELL'S 80TH BIRTHDAY

8:00pm Royal Wedding (1951)
A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour to London for Elizabeth II's wedding.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill Dir: Stanley Donen C-93 mins, TV-G



10:00pm Two Weeks With Love (1950)
Two sisters find romance during a turn-of-the-century family vacation.
Cast: Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Louis Calhern, Ann Harding Dir: Roy Rowland C-92 mins, TV-PG

12:00am Small Town Girl (1953)
A sheriff's daughter falls for a playboy arrested for speeding.
Cast: Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S. Z. Sakall Dir: Leslie Kardos C-94 mins, TV-G

1:45am Three Daring Daughters (1948)
Three young girls try to help their widowed mother find the right husband.
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, José Iturbi, Jane Powell, Edward Arnold Dir: Fred M. Wilcox C-115 mins, TV-G



3:45am Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)
When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves.
Cast: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall Dir: Stanley Donen C-102 mins, TV-G

No, I'm not about to praise it - it's memorable mainly for the fact that MacDonald and Iturbi could have been
working on different sets for all the chemistry between them. Add the fact that Iturbi couldn't act if his life
had depended on it, and you have one of the most boring films in creation.

Now, if MacDonald's co-star had been Nelson Eddy ....

Beautiful.

Thank you.