TCM Schedule for Sunday, January 31 --- TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: IRVING BERLIN

Oops! I am so sorry for posting this so late, you guys! And I must apologize to you all for totally forgetting about Saturday's post. I lost track yesterday, and forgot. Thank you CBH for checking on me, and reminding me!!! Its hard getting old, and apparently, senile!



31 Sunday



6:15 AM 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
A Chinese showman uses his magical powers to save a Western town from itself. Cast: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell. Dir: George Pal. C-100 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 AM A Tale Of Two Cities (1958)
Charles Dickens' classic tale of lookalikes in love with the same woman in the years after the French Revolution. Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Christopher Lee. Dir: Ralph Thomas. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 AM Five Came Back (1939)
Survivors of a jungle plane crash realize that their repaired airplane can only carry five passengers. Cast: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, C. Aubrey Smith. Dir: John Farrow. BW-75 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:30 AM South Pacific (1958)
A Navy nurse must choose between love and prejudice during World War II. Cast: Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr. Dir: Joshua Logan. C-157 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 PM King Solomon's Mines (1950)
A spirited widow hires a daredevil jungle scout to find a lost treasure in diamonds. Cast: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson. Dir: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton. C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:00 PM Alfie (1966)
A British womanizer refuses to grow up until tragedy strikes. Cast: Michael Caine, Vivien Merchant, Shelley Winters. Dir: Lewis Gilbert. C-114 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM The Mating Game (1959)
A tax agent falls for a farm girl whose father he's investigating. Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas. Dir: George Marshall. C-97 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

7:40 PM Short Film: Pastoral Panoramas (1950)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the beautiful of the English countryside. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-9 mins,

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: IRVING BERLIN

8:00 PM Blue Skies (1946)
Vaudeville partners spend years vying for the same beautiful woman. Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield. Dir: Stuart Heisler. C-103 mins, TV-G

9:48 PM Short Film: Jimmy Fund - Bing Crosby (1957)
Bing Crosby urges the audience to donate to the Jimmy Fund to end childhood cancer. Cast: Bing Crosby BW-3 mins,

10:00 PM Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Fanciful musical biography of wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Cast: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Edward Arnold. Dir: George Sidney. C-107 mins, TV-G

12:00 AM Torrent (1926)
In this silent film, a Spanish country girl moves to Paris to become an opera star. Cast: Greta Garbo, Ricardo Cortez, Gertrude Olmstead. Dir: Monta Bell. BW-88 mins, TV-PG

1:32 AM Short Film: L.B.Mayer Ceremonies (1950)
Louis B. Mayer accepts an award for his contribution to the motion picture industry. This MGM promotional short highlights some of the more spectacular works that MGM has produced under Mayer's leadership. BW-15 mins,

2:00 AM Taste of Cherry (1998)
An Iranian tries to find someone to help him commit suicide. Cast: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari. Dir: Abbas Kiraosatami. C-99 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

3:45 AM Ordinary People (1980)
When a young man drowns, his family fights to recover from the trauma. Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton. Dir: Robert Redford. C-124 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

I was intrigued to see TCM is airing Taste of Cherry during its Oscar month. Very impressive.