TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 14: Robert Osborne's Picks (and Lillian Gish's Birthday)
What is it with TCM's decision to skip the stars in cast lists? Late recognition? A desire to mess with viewers' minds?
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
1:45 AM
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
A prison warden's wife is seduced into helping a notorious killer escape.
Dir: Gillian Armstrong Cast: Terry O'Quinn , Les Rubie , Fred Booker .
C-112 mins, CC,
3:45 AM
Cookie (1989)
A paroled mobster hires his illegitimate daughter to work as his chauffeur.
Dir: Susan Seidelman Cast: Peter Falk , Joy Behar , Frank Vitolo .
C-93 mins, CC,
5:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #16 (1955)
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald perform in a clip from "Maytime"; George Murphy introduces a clip from "I'll Cry Tomorrow." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-26 mins,
6:00 AM
Intolerance (1916)
In this silent film, four stories from different eras intertwine to depict man's inhumanity to man.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Elmo Lincoln , Jack Cosgrove , Max Davidson .
BW-198 mins,
9:30 AM
La Boheme (1926)
In this silent film, a starving artist falls in love with a sickly seamstress in 19th-century Paris.
BW-94 mins,
11:15 AM
Broken Blossoms (1919)
In this silent film, an Asian man in London falls in love with an abused child.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Edward Peil , Norman Selby , Ernest Butterworth .
BW-89 mins,
12:50 PM
Roy Smeck The Wizard Of The String In "His Pastimes" (1926)
Roy Smeck plays guitar, ukulele, harmonica, and banjo in this short film, part of the first program of shorts that accompanied "Don Juan" (1926). Vitaphone Release 302.
BW-8 mins,
1:00 PM
Scarlet Letter, The (1926)
In this silent film version of the classic tale, a single mother in Puritan New England bears her shame alone rather than expose the child's father.
Dir: Victor Seastrom Cast: Karl Dane , Joyce Coad , James A. Marcus .
BW-98 mins,
2:40 PM
Behind The Lines (1926)
Elsie Janis, accompanied by the 107th Regiment, entertains troops from the back of a truck with several song and dance numbers in this short film that originally accompanied "The Better 'Ole" (1926). Vitaphone Release 339.
BW-7 mins,
3:00 PM
Way Down East (1920)
A country girl tries to return home after being abandoned by her wealthy seducer.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lowell Sherman , Patricia Fruen , Norma Shearer .
BW-142 mins,
5:30 PM
White Sister, The (1923)
Thinking her lover was killed in the war, a young woman becomes a nun.
Dir: Henry King Cast: J. Barney Sherry , Carloni Talli , Duncan Mansfield .
BW-135 mins,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ROBERT OSBORNE'S PICKS
8:00 PM
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
A beautiful neurotic will stop at nothing to hold on to her husband's love.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Gene Lockhart , Paul Everton , Harry Depp .
C-110 mins, CC,
10:00 PM
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947)
A spirited widow rents a haunted cottage and builds an emotional bond with the resident ghost.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: George Sanders , Anna Lee , Isobel Elsom .
BW-104 mins, CC,
12:00 AM
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Carl Duering , Paul Farrell , Clive Francis .
BW-136 mins, CC,
2:30 AM
Time After Time (1979)
When Jack the Ripper steals his time machine, author H.G. Wells travels to modern-day San Francisco to track him down.
Dir: Nicholas Meyer Cast: Andonia Katsaros , Wayne Storm , Shelley Hack .
C-112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:30 AM
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
The daughter of Jack the Ripper continues his grisly legacy.
Dir: Peter Sasdy Cast: Angharad Rees , Jane Merrow , Ann Way .
BW-85 mins, CC,
