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Staph

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Tue Jan 26, 2016, 10:03 PM Jan 2016

TCM Schedule for Saturday, January 30, 2016 -- The Essentials - Psychiatric Nurses

Tonight's Essentials has an interesting theme, leading to a rather eclectic selection of films, including The Nun's Story (1959), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and The Caretakers (1963). Enjoy!



6:00 AM -- You Can't Get Away With Murder (1939)
A young tough takes the rap for a hardened gangster.
Dir: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop
BW-79 mins, CC,

The original play opened in New York on 26 March 1937.


7:30 AM -- The Iron Petticoat (1956)
Against their better judgment romance develops between an Air Force officer and a Soviet aviatrix.
Dir: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton
C-94 mins, CC,

Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn had a difficult and wary relationship during production as Hepburn became aware that the film was being changed to a typical Hope comedy leaving nearly fifty percent of her work on the film on the cutting room floor. As a result writer Ben Hecht unsuccessfully tried to have his name removed from the film.


9:14 AM -- Merry Mirthquakes (1953)
This short film features Liberace performing various musical arrangements on the piano.
BW-15 mins,


9:30 AM -- Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
A boy and his dog help a bitter blind girl adjust to life.
Dir: Will Jason
Cast: Ted Donaldson, Sharyn Moffett, John Litel
BW-59 mins,

Sixth of the eight Rusty the dog films.


10:45 AM -- Trouble Makers (1948)
The Bowery Boys pose as bellhops to solve a murder.
Dir: Reginald Le Borg
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell
BW-66 mins, CC,

The 12th of 48 Bowery Boys movies.


12:00 PM -- For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Two bounty hunters join forces to bring an outlaw to justice.
Dir: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè
BW-132 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Sergio Leone broke many 1960s Hollywood rules with this film, although he did not know any of them at the time. Among them: showing the shooter and the victim in the same shot, a horse being gunned down, marijuana use, and a rape scene.


2:21 PM -- Dirt Track Racing (1957)
A short film about Viennese dirt bike racing, following a young racer from technical training to learning how to ride to his first race in Vienna.
Dir: Heinz Scheiderbauer
BW-8 mins,


2:30 PM -- Red River (1948)
A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive.
Dir: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru
BW-133 mins, CC,

Nominated for Oscars for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story -- Borden Chase, and Best Film Editing -- Christian Nyby

Montgomery Clift was nervous about standing up to John Wayne but gained confidence when Howard Hawks told him to play his scenes like David against Goliath. He also urged the young actor to underplay in his scenes with Wayne, particularly the scene in which his character challenges Dunson for the first time. Wayne was also not sure Clift could be convincing as a rugged cowboy, but after that first confrontation scene he told Hawks his doubts were gone and "he's going to be okay."



5:00 PM -- The Great Escape (1963)
Thrown together by the Germans group of captive Allied troublemakers plot a daring escape.
Dir: John Sturges
Cast: Robert Graf, Nigel Stock, Angus Lennie
C-172 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Film Editing -- Ferris Webster

Donald Pleasence had actually been a Royal Air Force pilot in World War II, who was shot down, became a prisoner of war and was tortured by the Germans. When he kindly offered advice to the film's director John Sturges, he was politely asked to keep his "opinions" to himself. Later, when another star from the film informed John Sturges that Pleasence had actually been a RAF Officer in a World War II German POW Stalag camp, Sturges requested his technical advice and input on historical accuracy from that point forward.




TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: PSYCHIATRIC NURSES



8:00 PM -- The Nun's Story (1959)
A headstrong girl fights the strictures of the Catholic church in Europe and the Belgian Congo.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Dame Edith Evans
C-152 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominated for Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Audrey Hepburn, Best Director -- Fred Zinnemann, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Robert Anderson, Best Cinematography, Color -- Franz Planer, Best Sound -- George Groves (Warner Bros. SSD), Best Film Editing -- Walter Thompson, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture -- Franz Waxman, and Best Picture

Audrey Hepburn met the real Marie-Louise Habets - inspiration for the novel and film - while she was preparing for the role. The two actually became great friends and Habets later nursed Hepburn back to health after her near-fatal horse-riding accident on the set of The Unforgiven (1960).



10:45 PM -- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
A small-time criminal fakes insanity in hopes of doing easy time in a mental hospital.
Dir: Milos Forman
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif
C-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Won Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Jack Nicholson, Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Louise Fletcher, Best Director -- Milos Forman, Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material -- Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman, and Best Picture (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest became the first film in 41 years to sweep the major categories of best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay. The first was It Happened One Night (1934), and the feat was repeated by The Silence of the Lambs (1991).)

Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Brad Dourif, Best Cinematography -- Haskell Wexler and Bill Butler, Best Film Editing -- Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn, and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score -- Jack Nitzsche

Will Sampson, who plays Chief Bromden, was a park ranger in Oregon in a park near where the movie was filmed. He was selected for the part because he was the only Native American the Casting Department could find who matched the character's incredible size.



1:15 AM -- The Caretakers (1963)
A progressive psychiatrist clashes with the conservative head nurse at a state institution.
Dir: Hall Bartlett
Cast: Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Joan Crawford
BW-98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White -- Lucien Ballard

From The Washington Post, May 22, 1963: "So impressed were Senators Lister Hill and Thomas Kuchel with The Caretakers, a film on mental health, that they arranged a showing for senators and their staffs this afternoon in the New Senate Office building. The extra attraction: a post-screening reception in honor of stars Joan Crawford and Robert Stack, writer Henry F. Greenburg and producer Hall Bartlett."



3:00 AM -- Some Call It Loving (1973)
A wealthy musician buys a sleeping woman from a carnival but gets a surprise when she awakens.
Dir: James B. Harris
Cast: Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow
C-103 mins,

The film was so well received in Europe after numerous press and distributor screenings that director James B. Harris was invited to attend the prestigious "Directors Fortnight" at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and present the film. In Europe, "Some Call It Loving" was welcomed with open arms and hailed as an artful drama. In the United States, the critics were not as kind, labeling the film a curious oddity. The picture quickly faded from screens due to the negative word of mouth and lack of release. Since its initial release in the US, however, it has garnered a respectable cult following.


4:50 AM -- The Moviemakers - Lolly Madonna XXX Featurette (1973)
This short film offers a behind-the-scenes look into the filming of "Lolly Madonna XXX" (1973).
Dir: Ronald Saland
C-9 mins,


5:00 AM -- Perversion For Profit (1965)
This anti-porn short film shows a floodtide of filth engulfing the country in the form of newsstand obscenity.
Cast: Damian O'Flynn,
C-31 mins,


5:00 AM -- Wild at the Wheel (1970)
This short film looks at the importance of traffic rules to avoid serious automobile accidents.
Dir: Bob Ellis
C-10 mins,


5:50 AM -- Land Of The Zuider Zee (1951)
This short film takes the viewer to popular sites around Holland.
Dir: Ralph F. Donaldson
C-9 mins,


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