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Bolo Boffin

(23,796 posts)
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 04:42 AM Dec 2012

TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 1 -- The Essentials: On The Road

6:00 AM
Movie Crazy (1932)


A stagestruck young actor accidentally receives somebody else's invitation to test in Hollywood.
Dir: Clyde Bruckman
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson.
BW-96 mins, TV-G


7:45 AM
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)


A mad doctor tries to mix human and gorilla blood with deadly results.
Dir: Robert Florey
Cast: Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Waycoff.
BW-61 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:00 AM
The Judge Steps Out (1949)


A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Dir: Boris Ingster
Cast: Alexander Knox, Ann Sothern, George Tobias.
BW-92 mins, TV-G


10:45 AM
The Durango Kid (1940)


A Western Robin Hood gets caught in the middle of a range war when he's framed for murder.
Dir: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Charles Starrett, Luana Walters, Kenneth MacDonald.
BW-61 mins


12:00 PM
The Saint Takes Over (1940)


Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector who's been framed on bribery charges.
Dir: Jack Hively
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale.
BW-70 mins, TV-G, CC


1:15 PM
Murder Ahoy (1964)


Elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes to the seas to investigate murder on a naval training ship.
Dir: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell.
BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


3:00 PM
The Ladykillers (1955)


An eccentric bandit gang moves into a little old lady's boardinghouse to plot a major heist.
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom.
C-91 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


4:45 PM
Earth Vs.The Flying Saucers (1956)


Space invaders attack the nation's capital.
Dir: Fred F.Sears
Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis.
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


6:15 PM
Annie Hall (1977)


A comedian and an aspiring singer try to overcome their neuroses and find happiness.
Dir: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts.
C-93 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


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THE ESSENTIALS: ON THE ROAD

8:00 PM
Sullivan's Travels (1941)


A filmmaker masquerades as a hobo to get in touch with the little people.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick.
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC


10:00 PM
Harry and Tonto (1974)


When his apartment house is condemned, a retired man goes searching for his place in the world.
Dir: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Josh Mostel, Ellen Burstyn, Art Carney.
C-115 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


12:00 AM
Lost in America (1985)


A discontented yuppie couple quit their jobs to rediscover America on the road.
Dir: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall.
C-91 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format


2:00 AM
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)


Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main.
C-96 mins, TV-G, CC


4:00 AM
It Happened One Night (1934)


A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir: Frank Capra
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly.
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC
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TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 1 -- The Essentials: On The Road (Original Post) Bolo Boffin Dec 2012 OP
My Lucy/Desi guilty pleasure. Graybeard Dec 2012 #1
Totally agree! narnian60 Dec 2012 #2
Watched it again for about the 20th time! narnian60 Dec 2012 #6
Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple is a joy to watch in Murder Ahoy. narnian60 Dec 2012 #3
And the NINCOMPOOP HOST kept saying "Mrs. Marple"! WinkyDink Dec 2012 #4
Whoops! narnian60 Dec 2012 #5

Graybeard

(6,996 posts)
1. My Lucy/Desi guilty pleasure.
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 07:42 AM
Dec 2012

I love The Long, Long Trailer (2AM). Lucy and Desi demanded a top-notch director and got him in Vincente Minnelli along with a cast of some of the best supporting actors in the business.

The Writer's Guild nominated the screenplay for the Best Written American Comedy award.

Great fun from start to finish.

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