TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 2nd: Orson Welles.

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008.

12:00 AM Pelican Brief, The (1993)
A law student stumbles on evidence behind the assassination of two Supreme Court justices. Cast: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard. Dir: Alan J. Pakula. C-141 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM Sophie's Choice (1982)
A concentration camp survivor resettles in New York City but can't escape her past. Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol. Dir: Alan J. Pakula. C-151 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format



5:15 AM Sydney Pollack (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. C-28 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



6:00 AM Festival of Shorts #13 (1998)
A compilation of MGM's holiday shorts including Jackie Cooper's Christmas Party, Silent Night, Loew's Christmas Greeting, Holiday Greetings 1941 and Mario Lanza Christmas Trailer. C-21 mins, TV-G, CC

6:30 AM Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
A flapper sets her hat for a man with a hard-drinking wife. Cast: Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC

8:00 AM Our Modern Maidens (1929)
In this silent film, a flapper offers herself to a diplomat to advance her fiance's career. Cast: Joan Crawford, Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-76 mins, TV-G, CC



9:30 AM Broadway Melody, The (1929)
Love and success break up a vaudeville sister act. Cast: Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC

11:12 AM Short Film: Dogway Melody, The (1930)
BW-16 mins,

11:30 AM Free And Easy (1930)
A bumbling manager turns a beauty queen into a Hollywood star. Cast: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Robert Montgomery. Dir: Edward Sedgwick. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC

1:12 PM Short Film: Govenor C.C. Young Hails Greater Talkie Season (1928) C-3 mins,

1:15 PM Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Three roommates try to land rich husbands. Cast: Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Robert Montgomery. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC

3:00 PM Gentleman's Fate (1931)
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him. Cast: John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-93 mins, TV-PG

4:45 PM Sidewalks Of New York (1931)
A society boy gets mixed up with gangsters when he falls for a girl from the slums. Cast: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Cliff Edwards. Dir: Zion Myers, Jules White. BW-74 mins, TV-G

6:15 PM Skyscraper Souls (1932)
A ruthless financier will stop at nothing to control a 100-story office building. Cast: Warren William, Maureen O'Sullivan, Verree Teasdale. Dir: Edgar Selwyn. BW-99 mins, TV-G

8:00 PM Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life. Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



10:11 PM Short Film: King And Queen Meet The Stars (2000) BW-3 mins,

10:15 PM Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family. Cast: Tim Holt, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS



12:00 AM Journey Into Fear (1942)
A munitions expert gets mixed up with gunrunners in Turkey. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Dolores del Rio. Dir: Norman Foster. BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:15 AM Touch Of Evil (1958)
A narcotics agent risks his wife's life to investigate a crooked cop. Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh. Dir: Orson Welles. BW-111 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



3:15 AM Private Screenings: Charlton Heston (1998)
The noted star of such epics as The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur discusses his career. Hosted by Robert Osborne. C-59 mins, TV-G, CC

4:15 AM Big Country, The (1958) Feuding families vie for water rights in the old West. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston. Dir: William Wyler. C-166 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

[rdmtimp]

1. According to TCM.com...

the theme is Joseph Cotton: Star of the Month, not Orson Welles (even though all the films do have a Welles connection.

[CBHagman]

2. D'oh! And I love Joe.

I called up the December schedule, which of course doesn't contain the themes, only the titles of the films, and so I missed the Cotten connection.

But I'm keen for some Joe Cotten movies. I hope they don't forget The Farmer's Daughter, for all those who have not yet had our fill of election fever.

[rdmtimp]

3. The Farmer's Daughter - 12/23 8:00 pm EST n/t

[Matilda]

4. Cotton and Welles had a long history.

They worked together in their early days as actors on radio, and had a reputation as mischief-
makers.

They used to ad-lib their way through plays and substitute dialogue that would break the other actors
up and cause havoc in the studio. They must have been good though, because they kept on working.