TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 19, 2012 -- The Essentials: Cinematography by Gregg Toland

[Bolo Boffin]

6:00 AM
Charley's Aunt (1930)

Dir: Al Christie Cast: Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, Hugh Williams.
BW-86 mins, CC


7:30 AM
Soldier in the Rain (1963)

A story of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG


9:00 AM
Cat Ballou (1965)

A prim schoolteacher turns outlaw queen when the railroad steals her land.
Dir: Elliot Silverstein Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan.
C-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 AM
A Close Call For Boston Blackie (1946)

A reformed thief fights to clear himself of murder charges.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Chester Morris, Lynn Merrick, Richard Lane.
BW-60 mins, TV-PG


12:00 PM
The Perils of Pauline: The Night Attack, Into the Flames, and Confu's Sacred Secret (1933)

The tenth, eleventh, and final episodes of the Perils of Pauline serial adventure.
BW-90 mins, TV-G


1:15 PM
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

A young girl comes of age while hiding from the Nazis.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters.
BW-180 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


4:30 PM
Blackboard Jungle (1955)

An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern.
BW-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


6:15 PM
Knute Rockne All American (1940)

Biography of the famed Notre Dame coach and his fight to "win one for the Gipper."
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan.
C-98 mins, TV-G, CC


The Essentials: Cinematography by Gregg Toland
8:00 PM
Wuthering Heights (1939)

Vivian Leigh was also offered a role in the film. Both she and Olivier were eager to see it happen until they discovered the role was Heathcliff's unhappy wife, not the lead. When she refused it, Wyler told her she couldn't expect to jump into a lead role for her first movie in the States. And that's how she was available to do Scarlett.

Gregg Toland perfected his deep-focus technique in this film which would be used to such acclaim in Citizen Kane and the other films in tonight's roster.

A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven.
BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC


10:00 PM
The Long Voyage Home (1940)

A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter.
BW-106 mins, TV-G


12:00 AM
The Outlaw (1943)

Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday fight over possession of a stallion and a sultry Mexican girl.
Dir: Howard Hughes Cast: Jack Beutel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell.
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC


2:00 AM
The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)

Oklahoma farmers dispossessed during the Depression fight for better lives in California.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine.
BW-129 mins, TV-G, CC


4:15 AM
Citizen Kane (1941)

The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead.
BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC

[CBHagman]

1. The 1939 "Wuthering Heights"

I read the novel long before I saw any film adaptations, and so it's always difficult for me to see what's been altered, what's been left out.

But the William Wyler film is an artistic triumph for the cast and the cinematographer, all in glorious black and white, as they saying goes.