TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 22nd (Guest Programmer John Sayles)

My computer's in the shop. :cry: We haven't been separated for three years. :cry:

So here's tomorrow's schedule, a tad late. Several four-star films on board today. Mystery, boxing, war, love and marriage, cross-dressing, greed -- take your pick.

And let's not forget John Sayles, whose directing career has included everything from Bruce Springsteen videos to the classic Matewan. I'm interested in what this guy has to say...

12:30am Killer of Sheep (1977)
A black slaughterhouse worker copes with the stress of raising a family with little money.
Cast: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy. Dir: Charles Burnett. BW-80 mins, TV-MA

2:10am Horse, The (1973)
A young boy comes of age dealing with a horse's violent death.
Dir: Charles Burnett. C-14 mins, TV-14

2:30am My Brother's Wedding (1983)
Estranged brothers reconcile when one agrees to be the other's best man.
Cast: Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannoon-Burnett. Dir: Charles Burnett. C-81 mins, TV-14

4:00am When It Rains (1995)
A musician tries to help a friend pay the rent.
Cast: Ayuko Babu. Dir: Charles Burnett. C-13 mins, TV-PG

4:30am Several Friends (1969)
An African-American family copes with employment issues in South Los Angeles.
Dir: Charles Burnett. C-22 mins, TV-MA

5:00am MGM Parade Show #2 (1955)
Judy Garland and Bert Lahr perform in a clip from "The Wizard of Oz"; Gene Kelly introduces a clip from "It's Always Fair Weather." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-25 mins, TV-G

5:30am Festival of Shorts #18 (1999)
TCM offers two 10-minute shorts Nostradamas (1938), produced as an "MGM Historical Mystery" and More About Nostradamas (1940), part of the "MGM Miniature" series.
BW-23 mins

6:00am Blind Date (1934)
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
Cast: Ann Sothern, Neil Hamilton, Paul Kelly. Dir: Roy William Neill. BW-72 mins, TV-G

7:30am 39 Steps, The (1935)
A man falsely suspected of killing a spy races across Scotland handcuffed to the beautiful blonde who turned him in.
Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Godfrey Tearle. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-86 mins, TV-G

9:00am Body And Soul (1947)
A young boxer slugs his way out of the slums only to fall prey to organized crime.
Cast: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Anne Revere. Dir: Robert Rossen. BW-106 mins.

11:00am Some Like It Hot (1959)
Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band.
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-121 mins, TV-PG

1:03pm Short Film: From The Vaults: Gangster Film Festival (2000) C-2 mins

1:15pm Major Dundee (1965)
Cavalry misfits cross the Mexican border to destroy an Indian outpost.
Cast: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, James Coburn. Dir: Sam Peckinpah. C-136 mins, TV-PG

3:30pm Rainmaker, The (1956)
A fake rainmaker melts the heart of a Kansas spinster while trying to save the town's crops.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey. Dir: Joseph Anthony. C-121 mins, TV-G

5:39pm Short Film: From The Vaults: John Wayne Bio (1962)
BW-4 mins

5:45pm Quiet Man, The (1952)
An Irish ex-boxer retires to Ireland and searches for the proper wife.
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: John Ford. C-129 mins, TV-PG

What's On Tonight: TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER: JOHN SAYLES

8:00pm Park Row (1952)
A crusading newspaperman fights to save his paper from a hostile takeover.
Cast: Gene Evans, Mary Welch, Bela Kovacs. Dir: Samuel Fuller.
BW-83 mins, TV-PG

9:30pm Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) Three prospectors fight off bandits and each other after striking-it-rich in the Mexican mountains.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt. Dir: John Huston. BW-126 mins, TV-PG

11:45pm Two Women (1960)
A widow tries to get her daughter to safety in World War II Italy. Cast: Sophia Loren, Eleanora Brown, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Dir: Vittorio De Sica. BW-93 mins, TV-14

1:30am Paisan (1946) Short vignettes reveal the personal effects of the Allied invasion of Italy.
Cast: Dots Johnson, Maria Michi, Harriet Medin. Dir: Roberto Rossellini. BW-112 mins, TV-PG

3:30am Red Shoes, The (1948)
A young ballerina is torn between her art and her romance with a young composer. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer. Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. C-134 mins.

is one of his favorites. He says he likes the part where Anton Walbrook, playing Boris Lermontov, dismisses everyone with 'Good Morning', in a very staccato voice.

I saw 'Some Like It Hot' recently, and it was such a treat! So many great performances all around; a real delight!