TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 19th: TCM Guest Programmer Ben McKenzie

There are a great many offerings from Hal Roach Studios today as well.

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

12:00 AM Claire (1956)
A doctor's bride is haunted by guilt over the death of his first wife. Cast: George Montgomery, Angela Lansbury, Jean Willes. Dir: Frank Tuttle. BW-26 mins, , CC

12:30 AM High Air (1956)
Father and son must reconcile to deal with a tunnel disaster. Cast: William Bendix, Dennis Hopper, John Alderson. Dir: Allan Dwan. BW-26 mins, , CC

1:00 AM Skirt Shy (1929)
C-19 mins, , CC

1:30 AM Head Guy, The (1930)
C-20 mins, , CC

2:00 AM Fighting Parson, The (1930)
C-20 mins, , CC

2:30 AM Big Kick, The (1930)
C-20 mins, , CC

3:00 AM Shrimp, The (1930)
C-19 mins, , CC

3:30 AM King, The (1930)
C-20 mins, , CC

4:00 AM First Seven Years, The (1930)
C-20 mins, , CC

4:30 AM Pups is Pups (1930)
C-19 mins, , CC

5:00 AM Short Film: WHISPERING WHOOPEE (1930)
Charley hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal. Cast: Charley Chase, Thelma Todd Dir: James W. Horne BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC

5:30 AM FIFTY MILLION HUSBANDS (1930)
C-20 mins, , CC

6:00 AM Short Film: HIGH C'S (1930)
An entertainer serving in World War I puts music before military service. Cast: Charley Chase, Thelma Todd, Carlton Griffin. Dir: James W. Horne. BW-29 mins, TV-G

6:30 AM PIP FROM PITTSBURG, THE (1931)
Charley agrees to go on a blind date to a dance to help out his friend. Concerned it will be a big disaster like his last blind date Charley tries to be as off putting as possible and goes all out trying to make himself look bad. He is rude to her on the phone, refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd. Cast: Charley Chase; Thelma Todd Dir: James Parrott BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC

7:00 AM ROUGH SEAS (1931)
WWI dough boy Charley Chase attempts to return home from France on a troop transport ship with his girlfriend and pet monkey, both of whom are not allowed on board. This short makes excellent use of Chase's musical talent. Cast: Charley Chase, Thelma Todd Dir: Charles Parrott BW-27 mins, , CC

7:30 AM PANIC IS ON (1931)
Charley Chase's comedic skills as an actor are well displayed in this short with various vignettes including Charley reading a paper while collecting several over-the-shoulder readers. Charley also tries to thwart a thief trying to take money from his wealthy girfriends father. Cast: Charley Chase, Charlie Hall Dir: James Parrott BW-20 mins,

8:00 AM Short Film: TABASCO KID, THE (1932)
Charley must defend the ranch from an infamous bandit in order to impress his boss' daughter. Cast: Charley Chase, Billy Gilbert Dir: James W. Horne BW-21 mins,

8:30 AM FALLEN ARCHES (1933)
C-19 mins, , CC

9:00 AM NATURE IN THE WRONG (1933)
Charlie Chase wants to marry wealthy Muriel but her Mother won't allow it until he can prove his family history. Another suitor of Muriel's tricks him into believing he is a descendant of Tarzan and he begins to behave thusly. Cast: Charley Chase, Nora Cecil Dir: Charles Parrott BW-18 mins,

9:30 AM FOUR PARTS (1934)
C-18 mins, , CC

10:00 AM Public Ghost No. 1 (1935)
C-20 mins, , CC

10:30 AM Life Hesitates at 40 (1936)
C-15 mins, , CC

11:00 AM WHAT PRICE TAXI (1932)
C-18 mins, , CC

11:30 AM TAXI FOR TWO (1932)
C-18 mins, , CC

12:00 PM Wreckety Wrecks (1933)
C-18 mins, , CC

12:30 PM THUNDERING TAXIS (1933)
C-16 mins, , CC

1:00 PM TAXI BARRONS (1933)
C-19 mins, , CC

1:30 PM RUMMY, THE (1933)
C-17 mins, , CC

2:00 PM BIGGER AND BETTER (1930)
The boys take summer jobs in a department store so they can make money and meet girls. The jobs do not turned out as planned. Cast: Mickey Daniels; Grady Sutton; David Sharpe; Mary Kornman Dir: Edgar Kennedy C-20 mins,

2:30 PM DOCTOR'S ORDERS (1930)
The "boyfriends" stage a phone car accident so the girls will have to nurse them back to health. The girls catch on right away and give the boys a run for their money. Cast: Mickey Daniels; Grady Sutton; David Sharpe; Mary Kornman Dir: Arch Heath BW-21 mins,

3:00 PM Short Film: LOVE FEVER (1931)
Hal Roach's comedy team the Boy Friends find themselves in trouble with their girlfriends when they attempt to save an actress rehearsing her lines. Cast: The Boy Friends, Thelma Todd Dir: Robert McGowan BW-20 mins,

3:30 PM Short Film: AIR TIGHT (1931)
Hal Roach's comedic team, The Boy Friends, try their hand at flying a glider but might want to stick to driving a car instead. Cast: David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger Dir: George Stevens BW-17 mins, TV-G

4:00 PM Short Film: YOU'RE TELLING ME (1932)
Hal Roach's comedy team The Boy Friends take up a friend's invitation to stay with him in the city. Cast: Mickey Daniels, Gordon Douglas Dir: Anthony Mack, Lloyd French BW-19 mins,

4:30 PM Short Film: CATCH AS CATCH CAN (1931)
ZaSu Pitts is a hotel phone operator who finds love in a wrestler with a little matchmaking help from friend Thelma Todd. Cast: Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts, Big Boy Williams Dir: Marshall Neilan BW-20 mins, TV-G

5:00 PM Short Film: ASLEEP IN THE FEET (1933)
Comedic duo Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts try their hand at being charitable by working at a dance club to raise money for a friend. Cast: Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts Dir: Gus Meins BW-19 mins, TV-G

5:30 PM Short Film: Bargain of the Century (1933)
Hal Roach's comedic duo Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts find themselves in a jam once again when they are the cause of a police officer losing his job. Cast: Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts Dir: Charley Chase BW-19 mins, TV-G

6:00 PM Short Film: BACKS TO NATURE (1933)
In this Todd/Kelly short, Patsy and Thelma try to brave the great outdoors. Cast: Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly Dir: Gus Meins BW-19 mins,

6:30 PM TOP FLAT (1935)
In this Todd/Kelly short, Thelma tries to convince Patsy that she's struck it rich. Cast: Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly Dir: William Terhune BW-19 mins, TV-G

7:00 PM At Sea Ashore (1936)
C-20 mins, TV-G, CC

7:30 PM Hill-Tillies (1936)
C-18 mins, , CC

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER BEN MCKENZIE

8:00 PM Badlands (1973)
A young tough guy and his teen-aged girlfriend take off on a killing spree. Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates. Dir: Terrence Malick. C-94 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format



10:00 PM This Sporting Life (1963)
A rugby player finds the violence in his professional life tainting his personal relationships. Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel. Dir: Lindsay Anderson. BW-134 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



12:30 AM Duck Soup (1933)
When he's named dictator of Freedonia, a con artist declares war on the neighboring kingdom. Cast: The Marx Brothers, Louis Calhern, Margaret Dumont. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC



2:00 AM Bridge On The River Kwai, The (1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma. Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa. Dir: David Lean. C-162 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



4:45 AM Midway (1976)
Spectacular re-creation of the World War II battle that turned the tide for the U.S. in the Pacific. Cast: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum. Dir: Jack Smight. C-131 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

I don't know if I just noticed it and it's been going on for awhile, OR they really are filling in a lot more lately with these 'shorts'-type films. I really don't enjoy the shorts, and wish they would go back to regular programming, with real movies.

:hi:

It's Hal Roach Studios month, and therefore they're trotting out all the shorts.

Thanks for enlightening me! :hi: