TCM Schedule for Saturday, April 2 --- THE ESSENTIALS: TOM COURTENAY

[lavenderdiva]

2 Saturday



6:00 AM Son of a Sailor (1933)
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Jean Muir, Thelma Todd. Dir: Lloyd Bacon.
BW-73 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

7:14 AM Swing Cat's Jamboree (1933)
C-9 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:30 AM On Dangerous Ground (1951)
Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond. Dir: Nicholas Ray.
BW-82 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

9:00 AM Frankenstein (1931)
Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke. Dir: James Whale.
BW-70 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

10:12 AM Believe It Or Not #12 (1931)
BW-8 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:30 AM Looking For Danger (1957)
Cast: Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Lili Kardell. Dir: Austin Jewell.
BW-62 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:41 AM Wild People (1932)
C-17 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II.
BW-100 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

1:44 PM Goofy Movies #4 (1934)
BW-9 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM The Steel Helmet (1951)
Cast: Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie. Dir: Samuel Fuller.
BW-84 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 PM On The Beach (1959)
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire. Dir: Stanley Kramer.
BW-134 mins, TV-PG,

6:00 PM Big Jake (1971)
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne. Dir: George Sherman.
C-110 mins, TV-14,


TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: TOM COURTENAY

8:00 PM The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, Alec McCowen. Dir: Tony Richardson.
BW-104 mins, TV-14,

10:00 PM Billy Liar (1963)
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Mona Washbourne, Julie Christie. Dir: John Schlesinger.
BW-99 mins, TV-PG,

11:42 PM Sean O'Casey: The Spirit Of Ireland (1965)
C-8 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM The Dresser (1983)
Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox. Dir: Peter Yates.
C-118 mins, TV-14,

2:15 AM Otley (1968)
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel. Dir: Dick Clement.
C-91 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM Private Potter (1962)
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser. Dir: Caspar Wrede.
BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:30 AM Now Playing April (2011)
BW-19 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

[Matilda]

1. A great Tom Courtenay favourite of mine

is a TV movie called "Ready When You Are, Mr McGill".

It's about a man who has been an extra for forty years, and he finally gets a line. Tom Courtenay plays the title role, and he's both funny and heartbreakingly sad.

The director is the always-wonderful Bill Nighy, and he's a superb contrast to Tom Courtenay. IMDb gives it quite a low rating and that amazes me - I think it's a beautifully directed film, and all the characters in it are absolutely real.

If it ever comes your way, somehow, I highly recommend it.

[CBHagman]

2. I looked for that on Netflix...

...and didn't see it. I'll have to keep an eye open.

[Matilda]

3. Perhaps because it was made for television?

It isn't available here through Quickflix either. My son saw it on Showtime and loved it, so when it was repeated
on Showtime Two, he recorded it on VHS, otherwise I'd never have seen it.

[CBHagman]

4. Ah. The law of availability.

I'll just have to keep an eye out; you never know where things will turn up. Maybe someday PBS will get hold of it, or someone will put it on YouTube or Netflix "Watch instantly." Who knows?

I do have to say, though, I live where it's much easier to find a copy of, say, Paul Blart: Mall Cop and the like. Not that I want to.