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Staph

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Fri Mar 11, 2016, 12:59 AM Mar 2016

TCM Schedule for Saturday, March 12, 2016 -- What's On Tonight: Directed by George Roy Hill

Robert Osborne and Sally Field's version of The Essentials has been delayed, due to a "production delay". In the mean time, Ben Mankiewicz is filling in during the month of March, tonight with a nice selection of films directed by George Roy Hill, including his Oscar-winning work in The Sting (1973). Enjoy!



6:15 AM -- Behave Yourself! (1951)
A young couple's dog gets them mixed up in a string of murders.
Dir: George Beck
Cast: Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest
BW-81 mins, CC,

Classic pin-up artist, Alberto Vargas, painted the film's original poster.


7:45 AM -- My Pal, Wolf (1944)
A little girl fights to keep her dog over her nanny's objections.
Dir: Alfred Werker
Cast: Sharyn Moffett, Jill Esmond, Una O'Connor
BW-75 mins, CC,

Based on a story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. Among many other works, he wrote the screenplay for A Guy Named Joe (1943) with Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, remade as Always (1989) wth Richard Dreyfess and Holly Hunter.


9:15 AM -- Rusty's Birthday (1949)
A lost dog tries to find his way back to his beloved master.
Dir: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran
BW-61 mins, CC,

The last of the eight Rusty films. I wonder what series TCM will begin in this slot next Saturday?


10:30 AM -- Hold That Baby! (1949)
The Bowery Boys discover a lost baby they think is heir to a fortune.
Dir: Reginald Le Borg
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell
BW-64 mins, CC,

The 14th of 48 Bowery Boys movies. We'll be watching this series until 2017!


12:00 PM -- Lord of the Flies (1963)
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Dir: Peter Brook
Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
BW-91 mins, CC,

In 1996, 35 years after the film was made, the BBC created a documentary about the making of the film called "Time Flies", which reunited the main cast and crew on the beaches of the Caribbean where it was filmed; an article written by one of the actors, Tom Gaman, mentioned that of the boys, only the one who played Ralph (James Aubrey), pursued an acting career. Others went on to have very different ones: Gaman became a freelance forester in Inverness, California; Hugh Edwards (Piggy) became an engineer for a Russian firm; Tom Chapin became a gold mine geologist in Nevada and the twins David Surtees and Simon Surtees (Samaneric) remained together, living with their families in the UK and working as a guidance counselor and political administrator respectively. (NOTE: Contrary to Mr. Gaman's article, another of the boys besides James Aubrey, Nicholas Hammond, who played Robert, had a quite extensive film AND TV career, playing, among other roles, one of the children in The Sound of Music (1965) and the title role in TV's The Amazing Spider-Man (1977).)


2:00 PM -- The Longest Day (1962)
The Allied forces launch the D-Day invasion of German-occupied France.
Dir: Andrew Marton
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda
BW-178 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Won Oscars for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White -- Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz, and Best Effects, Special Effects -- R.A. MacDonald (visual) and Jacques Maumont (audible)

Nominated for Oscars for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White -- Ted Haworth, Léon Barsacq, Vincent Korda and Gabriel Béchir, Best Film Editing -- Samuel E. Beetley, and Best Picture

To create a more sympathetic stance to each of the different parties, Darryl F. Zanuck had Englishman Ken Annakin direct the British segments, the American parts were handled by American action specialist Andrew Marton and German Bernhard Wicki took care of the scenes with the German army officers.

To give an idea of the scale of this film, producer Darryl F. Zanuck effectively commanded more "troops" than any of the generals during the actual campaign.



5:15 PM -- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
A team of Allied saboteurs fight their way behind enemy lines to destroy a pair of Nazi guns.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn
C-157 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Won an Oscar for Best Effects, Special Effects -- Bill Warrington (visual) and Chris Greenham (audible)

Nominated for Oscars for Best Director -- J. Lee Thompson, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Carl Foreman, Best Sound -- John Cox (Shepperton SSD), Best Film Editing -- Alan Osbiston, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture -- Dimitri Tiomkin, and Best Picture

The plot went through so many twists that Gregory Peck finally submitted his own version to Carl Foreman: "David Niven really loves Anthony Quayle and Gregory Peck loves Anthony Quinn. Tony Quayle breaks a leg and is sent off to hospital. Tony Quinn falls in love with Irene Papas, and Niven and Peck catch each other on the rebound and live happily ever after."




TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: DIRECTED BY GEORGE ROY HILL



8:00 PM -- The Sting (1973)
Two con men hit the big time to take on a gangster in '30s Chicago.
Dir: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
C-129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Won Oscars for Best Director -- George Roy Hill, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced -- David S. Ward, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration -- Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne, Best Costume Design -- Edith Head, Best Film Editing -- William Reynolds, Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation -- Marvin Hamlisch, and Best Picture (Producer Julia Phillips became the first female producer to win the Best Picture category.)

Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Robert Redford, Best Cinematography -- Robert Surtees, and Best Sound -- Ronald Pierce and Robert R. Bertrand

The movie was filmed on the backlot of Universal studios and the diner in which Hooker meets Lonnegan is the same diner interior used in Back to the Future (1985) in which Marty McFly first meets his father and calls Doc Brown.



10:30 PM -- Toys In The Attic (1963)
Man finds trouble when he brings young bride back to his New Orleans home.
Dir: George Roy Hill
Cast: Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux
BW-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White -- Bill Thomas

1n 1960, female cast members announced were Katharine Hepburn and Vivien Leigh (parts later taken by Wendy Hiller and Geraldine Page), with Olivia DeHavilland in role eventually played by Gene Tierney. That cast would have been amazing!



12:15 AM -- A Little Romance (1979)
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Dir: George Roy Hill
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Broderick Crawford
C-110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Won an Oscar for Best Music, Original Score -- Georges Delerue

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Allan Burns

Laurence Olivier wanted to do his own stunts despite his age and health. Director George Roy Hill had a specially designed bicycle manufactured for Olivier. The bike had a motor that drove it, making the cyclist look like they were still pedaling it. But Olivier wouldn't stand for this, and when Hill was away, got on the real bike and rode down a hill all on his own, proving his cyclist competency.



3:15 AM -- The Decline of Western Civilization Part II Metal Years (1988)
The L.A. punk scene is taken over by glam metal.
Dir: Penelope Spheeris
Cast: Steven Tyler, John Osbourne, Alice Cooper
C-93 mins, CC,

In a 1999 interview, director Penelope Spheeris confessed that Ozzy Osbourne's orange juice pouring scene was faked, as some viewers suspected. The particular scene of the orange juice missing the glass was filmed at a different time and inserted into the clip.


4:00 AM -- Keep Off The Grass (1969)
The dangers of marijuana are outlined in this educational short film.
Dir: Ib Melchior
Cast: J. Edward McKinley,
C-21 mins,


4:00 AM -- Narcotics Pit of Despair (Part 1) (1967)
In this short film drug dealer seduces a high-school student into drug addiction.
Dir: Mel Marshall
Cast: Kevin Tighe, Gerald LeRoy, Julie Conners
C-29 mins,


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David Niven -- The Guns of Navarone. longship Mar 2016 #1

longship

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1. David Niven -- The Guns of Navarone.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 01:14 PM
Mar 2016

Peck is always good, but it is Niven who brings this one home, with some help from Quinn and Pappas.

A very good film even if it is a bit muddled.

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