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ificandream's JournalTCM Schedule Saturday 4/12/25: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Film Noir, Stanley Kramer
Day At a GlanceTCM SPOTLIGHT: PULP FICTION
- FILM NOIR
My Gun Is Quick (1957)
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1946)
Harper (1966)
Getaway, The (1972)
TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Cartoons: Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
(8:00 am ET)
Fightin' Fools (1941) (Our Gang short)
Hard Guy, The (1930) (short)
Thundering Hoofs (1942)
Galloping Ghost Ch. 10: The Vulture's Lair (1931) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: Females Is Fickle (1940)
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
Ups and Downs (1937) (short)
Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) (Musical
Matinee)
East of Eden (1955)
Wichita (1955)
12 Angry Men (1957)
- TCM PRIMETIME
ERSKINE CALDWELL ADAPTATIONS
God's Little Acre (1958)
Claudelle Inglish (1961)
- NOIR ALLEY
Steel Trap, The (1952)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: STANLEY KRAMER DRAMAS
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Defiant Ones, The (1958)
Full day's schedule
11:45 PM My Gun Is Quick (1957)
Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.
Dir: George A. White Cast: Robert Bray, Whitney Blake
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:30 AM The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:30 AM Harper (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman's missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:45 AM The Getaway (1972)
Steve McQueen stars as "Doc" McCoy - a convict who makes a deal to split his hidden loot with a corrupt politician in exchange for early release from prison--in this fast-paced tale of greed and betrayal. Once free, McCoy tries to uphold his part of the agreement, but he quickly learns there is no one he can trust as he ...
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali Macgraw, Ben Johnson
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
Instead of the forest, Grandma lives in the city in this altered version of the classic tale of Red Riding Hood.
Dir: Tex Avery (fred) Cast: Frank Graham, Sara Berner
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:10 AM Fightin' Fools (1941)
In this comedic short, two rival gangs of children duke it out.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Freddie Walburn, Robert Blake, Leonard Landy
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:20 AM The Hard Guy (1930)
An unemployed man puts a pistol in his pocket and walks out of his apartment, leaving his wife in fear in this short film. Vitaphone Release 1036.
Dir: Arthur Hurley Cast: Katharine Alexander, Pat Kearney, Spencer Tracy
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
8:30 AM Thundering Hoofs (1941)
A young man fights to keep his father from cheating the owner of a stagecoach line.
Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Lee "lasses" White
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:35 AM The Vulture's Lair (1931) (TCM Premiere)
Chapter 10 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:05 AM Females Is Fickle (1940)
Olive Oyl's pet goldfish jumps out of his bowl and falls overboard. Popeye dives after the missing pet and the chase is on! Various undersea denizens strive to thwart Popeye's efforts to catch the goldfish.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar Cast: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 AM Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
A rock thrown through his window sets a gentleman adventurer on a search for enemy agents.
Dir: Norman Lee Cast: John Lodge, Dorothy Mackaill, Victor Jory
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: N
11:30 AM Ups and Downs (1937)
In this short musical, an elevator operator and an engaged girl in love dodge the girl's fiancee and attempt to win over her father. Vitaphone Release B36-37.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: June Allyson, Hal Le Roy, Phil Silvers
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 PM The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Adventurous, young Molly Tobin moves alone to the Colorado mining camp of Leadville with a dream of becoming rich. There, she marries tall and handsome Irish prospector "Leadville" Johnny Brown, who soon discovers a gold mine almost as rich as Molly's ambition. But even with their newfound wealth, Molly is snubbed by Colorado's ...
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:30 PM East of Eden (1955)
Film adaptation of Steinbeck's classic about a 1917 California farm family and the two brothers who struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:45 PM Wichita (1955)
Wyatt Earp fights to straighten out a crooked cattle town.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 PM 12 Angry Men (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 PM God's Little Acre (1958)
A dirt-farmer lets his family fall apart while he hunts for his grandfather's buried gold.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Buddy Hackett
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 PM Claudelle Inglish (1961)
A defiant Southern girl marries a poor dirt farmer instead of the wealthy landowner her mother picked out.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Diane McBain, Arthur Kennedy, Will Hutchins
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:15 AM The Steel Trap (1952)
When he has second thoughts, an embezzler races the clock to return what he stole.
Dir: Andrew Stone Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM Inherit the Wind (1960)
True story of a Tennessee schoolteacher who went on trial in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theories.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:15 AM The Defiant Ones (1958)
Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Rosie O'Donnell speaks out in Irish TV interview
I think Rosie's exile from America is one of the very sad results of Trump's election. I hope she continues to speak out to Americans from over there. (Apologies if this has been posted already.)
Pirates to re-add Roberto Clemente sign, apologize to family
Source: ESPN.com
The Pirates announced Sunday that they will be adding the No. 21 logo back to the right field wall to honor Roberto Clemente at PNC Park after the franchise icon's family expressed their unhappiness that the sign was removed for an advertisement.
"We did not intend to disrespect the legacy of Roberto Clemente by adding the advertisement to the pad in right field," Pirates president Travis Williams said in a statement. "When we added the advertisement to the pad, it was an oversight not to keep the No. 21 logo. This is ultimately on me, not anyone else in the organization. It was an honest mistake. We will be adding the No. 21 logo back to the pad."
Williams added: "We want to make sure that the Clemente family understands that we intended no disrespect to their father. We look forward to continuing our relationship with the Clemente family and apologize to them and our fans for our honest mistake."
The sign, which had been on the right-field wall since 2022, featured Clemente's name and his No. 21 but it was replaced with an advertisement for Surfside, an alcoholic drink.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44561616/family-unhappy-pirates-removed-sign-honoring-roberto-clemente
How can a team whose legend is Roberto Clemente just call this an "oversight" or an "honest mistake"?
Kamala Harris Left 'Speechless' by Trump's Shocking Victory
Source: The Daily Beast
By Will Neal
Updated Apr. 5 2025 2:46PM EDT
Published Apr. 5 2025 11:23AM EDT
The author of a new book says former Vice President Kamala Harris was so taken aback by President Donald Trump's shocking win in November that she could barely speak. As the reality of her defeat set in, Harris repeatedly asked her aides "if they'd actually lost" and whether "they were prepared to do a recount."
Harris's running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, "had the same exact reaction" as he watched from his room at D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel, Amie Parnes, a senior correspondent for The Hill, told TMZ on Friday. "They really thought they were going to win," Parnes said. Parnes--whose book on the matchup, "Fight," was released this week--said Harris was left "without words" at her home in Washington, D.C., when the results came in November 5.
Co-authored with NBC journalist Jonathan Allen, Parnes's book reveals Harris was disappointed by a perceived lack of support from former President Barack Obama and ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "She was really looking for [Obama's] approval this time around, and was really kinda underwhelmed by his support in the very end," Parnes said. "She was really upset by the fact he took several days to get behind her."
"There were some very hurt feelings on her part," Parnes added, noting that both she and her co-author "greatly believe" the Harris-Walz campaign could have sailed to victory had there not been "so many missteps along the way."
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-left-speechless-by-trumps-shocking-victory/
She wasn't the only one who thought she was going to win. With her positiveness and his corruption, it would have seemed natural she would win.
But what missteps? It's hard to win when the other side cheats and buys votes.
Doug Emhoff publicly criticizes his law firm for coming to agreement with Trump administration
Source: CNN
By Jake Tapper, CNN
Updated 5:48 PM EDT, Sat April 5, 2025
CNN
Speaking at a charity gala dinner Thursday night in Los Angeles, former second gentleman Doug Emhoff condemned the decision by his law firm to preemptively come to an arrangement with the Trump administration to avoid an executive order targeting the firm, sources tell CNN.
Emhoff is a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, which this week agreed to a deal with President Donald Trump, which the president said includes the firm providing at least $100 million in pro bono legal services throughout his second term. Its the third example of a high-profile firm cutting a deal with the White House as Trump has targeted firms that have done work with his perceived political enemies.
Emhoff told the crowd at the Annual Dinner Gala for the legal aid group Bet Tzedek he had told the firm he wanted to fight the threat of an executive order he found unconstitutional but had been overruled, the sources said.
On Tuesday, Trump announced on Truth Social he had come to an agreement with the firm. The agreement, Trump stated, also means the firm will not engage in illegal DEI discrimination and preferences and will not deny representation to clients
because of the personal political views of individual lawyers.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/politics/doug-emhoff-criticizes-his-law-firm-for-coming-to-agreement-with-trump-administraiton/index.html
TCM Schedule for Saturday, April 5: Invaders From Mars; The Time Machine; Laurence Olivier; Peter Weir; Dance Girl Dance
Day At a GlanceTCM SPOTLIGHT: PULP FICTION
- ADVENTURE FILMS
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Lost Horizon (1937)
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Gunga Din (1939)
Killer Shrews, The (1959)
Trader Horn (1931)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Alice in Movieland (1940) (7:30 am ET) (short)
MGM Cartoons: Poor Little Me (1935)
Canoeman's Holiday (1956) (short)
All Girl Revue (1940) (short)
Fighting Frontier (1943)
Galloping Ghost Ch. 9: The Sign in the Sky
(1931) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: Shakespearian Spinach (1933)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Yours Sincerely (1933) (short)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) (Musical Matinee)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Time Machine, The (1960)
Great Race, The (1965)
- TCM PRIMETIME
DIRECTOR PETER WEIR
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Last Wave, The (1977)
- NOIR ALLEY
Narrow Margin, The (1952)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: LAURENCE OLIVIER
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Betsy, The (1978) (TCM Premiere)
Day's Schedule
9:45 PM Lost Horizon (1937)
Four fugitives from a Chinese revolution discover a lost world of peace and harmony.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:15 AM King Solomon's Mines (1937)
African explorers enlist an exiled native chief to help them find a legendary treasure.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 AM Gunga Din (1939)
Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM The Killer Shrews (1959)
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast.
Dir: Ray Kellogg Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:15 AM Trader Horn (1931)
Two white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and is now worshiped as a goddess.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke Cast: Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
7:30 AM Alice in Movieland (1940)
When a beauty queen tries to make it in Hollywood, she learns stardom comes at a price.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Jack Mower
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM Poor Little Me (1935)
Rejected by the other forest animals, a sad skunk bemoans his friendless life until he meets a rabbit with a congested nose.
Dir: Hugh Harman Cast: Dorothy Compton, Harland Evans, Martha Wentworth
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:15 AM Canoeman's Holiday (1956)
This short film takes a look at the Loon Bay Lodge in St. Stephen, Canada.
Dir: Douglas Sinclair Cast: Jean Wheelock, Harry Wismer, George Wheelock
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:25 AM All Girl Revue (1940)
Women are put in charge of all city positions for a day in this musical short. Vitaphone Release B262.
Dir: Lloyd French Cast: June Allyson, Crane Sisters, Beverly Crane
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:35 AM Fighting Frontier (1943)
A cowboy risks his life to infiltrate an outlaw band.
Dir: Lambert Hillyer Cast: Tim Holt, Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, Ann Summers
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:35 AM The Sign in the Sky (1931) (TCM Premiere)
Chapter 9 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:05 AM Shakespearian Spinach (1933)
Popeye replaces Bluto as the lead opposite Olive in a benefit performance of Romeo and Juliet. Bluto is angry and gets a job as head prop man in order to ruin their efforts. He very nearly succeeds.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Roland Crandall Cast: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 AM Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he tries to protect a beautiful heiress from an espionage organization.
Dir: James Hogan Cast: Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:30 AM Yours Sincerely (1933)
A resort owner tries to marry his daughter to a millionaire but his scheme doesn't turn out exactly as he planned.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Lanny Ross, Janet Velie, Richard Keene
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 PM Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
A ballet dancer and a burlesque queen compete for a wealthy suitor.
Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 PM Invaders from Mars (1953)
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:15 PM The Time Machine (1960)
In this adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel, a scientist in 1880s Victorian England builds a vehicle to transport him through time. He first travels to 1917 and the horror of World War I. Next, he sets his destination for 1940 and the start of World War II. From there he travels to a future London where he barely escapes ...
Dir: George Pal Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:00 PM The Great Race (1965)
Mayhem and double-crossing abound as some zany professional racers go up against each other in a 1908 cross-continental road race from New York to Paris.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 160 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 PM Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
When a group of schoolgirls mysteriously disappear, the survivors find their lives changed forever.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Martin Vaughan, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
10:00 PM The Last Wave (1977)
An examination of the relationship between white and Aboriginal Australia through the trial of five Aborigines accused of killing another. Corporate tax lawyer David Burton accepts the case just as torrential rains blanket even the most arid regions of the nation, and is instantly beset with prophetic dreams and apocalyptic ...
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
12:00 AM The Narrow Margin (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's moll on a tense train ride.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:45 AM Clash of the Titans (1981)
A Greek hero fights a series of monsters, including the dreaded gorgon, to win the woman he loves.
Dir: Desmond Davis Cast: Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
4:00 AM The Betsy (1978) (TCM Premiere)
An aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.
Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:
JD Vance Warns There's 'Very Strong Evidence' China, Russia Want Greenland
Source: Newsweek
Vice President JD Vance criticized Denmark on Friday for what he called an "underinvestment" in Greenland, saying there was "very strong evidence" that Russia and China want the island and access to its resources. Vance's remarks at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland come as President Donald Trump advocates for a United States takeover of the island.
(snip)
"Our message to Denmark is very simple," Vance said during the visit. "You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland. Denmark has not kept pace in devoting the resources necessary to keep this base, to keep our troops, and in my view to keep the people of Greenland safe from a lot of aggressive incursions from Russia, from China, and from other nations."
(snip)
"Why does Greenland matter so much?" Vance said. "We know that Russia and China and other nations are taking an extraordinary interest in Arctic passageways, Arctic naval routes, and in the minerals of the Arctic territories. We need to ensure America is leading in the Arctic."
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-warns-very-strong-evidence-china-russia-want-greenland-2052307
Nothing like a little fearmongering to show your weakness, Vance. magas are stupid enough to believe it but the smarter people of Greenland sure the hell won't.
TCM Schedule - Saturday, March 29 - Bob Newhart, Tom Jones, Catch-22, She, Tarzan and The Amazons
DAY AT A GLANCETCM SPOTLIGHT: MOVIE MIX-UPS
- TAKING ADVANTAGE
Gay Divorcee, The (1934)
Tom Jones (1963)
Stolen Life, A (1946)
Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952)
Love Crazy (1941)
Saturday, March 29
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
This Could Be the Night (1957)
MGM Cartoons: The Homeless Flea (1940)
Famous Boners (1942) (short)
Eyes Have It, The (1931) (short)
Fighting Trouble (1956)
(P) Galloping Ghost Ch. 8: The Third Degree (1931
Popeye: Never Sock a Baby (1939)
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
Flag of Humanity, The (1940) (short)
Young Girls of Rochefort, The (1967) (Musical
Matinee)
49th Parallel (1941)
Bribe, The (1949)
Verdict, The (1946)
- TCM PRIMETIME
BOB NEWHART COMEDIES
Hot Millions (1968)
(P) Catch-22 (1970)
- NOIR ALLEY
Count the Hours! (1953)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: WOMEN RULERS
She (1965)
Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
DAILY SCHEDULE
10:00 PM Tom Jones (1963)
In 18th century England, an abandoned orphan is adopted by a Squire. The young Tom Jones grows up to become a bawdy womanizer.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
12:30 AM A Stolen Life (1946)
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as the wife of the man they both love.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 AM The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
A proper Englishman gets caught leading a double life.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Edith Evans, Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:15 AM Love Crazy (1941)
A businessman concocts a series of harebrained schemes to keep his wife from divorcing him.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 AM This Could Be the Night (1957)
A schoolteacher gets a secretarial job at a gangster-run nightclub.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM The Homeless Flea (1940)
A homeless flea sets up house in the fur of an unsuspecting dog.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Pinto Colvig, Rudolf Ising
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:10 AM Famous Boners (1942)
This short film looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.
Dir: Douglas Foster Cast: Edward Mcwade, John Nesbitt, Margaret Bert
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:25 AM The Eyes Have It (1931)
In this comedic short, an eye doctor examines a "boy" who has been curiously absent from school. Vitaphone Release 1271.
Dir: Alfred J. Goulding Cast: Edgar Bergen, Christina Graver, Edwin B. Dupar
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:35 AM Fighting Trouble (1956)
The Bowery Boys try to make their name as crime photographers.
Dir: George Blair Cast: Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Adele Jergens
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:40 AM The Third Degree (1931) (TCM Premiere)
Chapter 8 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:00 AM Never Sock a Baby (1939)
Swee'Pea leaves home after Popeye spanks him. When he gets involved in some hair-raising situations, he is forced to call Popeye for help. The startled gob dashes to the rescue.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, William Henning Cast: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:10 AM Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
Schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers matches wits with the police to solve the murder of a society bride in Central Park
Dir: Edward Killy Cast: James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
11:25 AM The Flag of Humanity (1940)
This focuses on how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Carlyle Moore Jr., Jack Rice, Robert Strange
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 PM The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
A lighthearted homage to Hollywood musicals that centers around beautiful girls and the men who vie for their affections.
Dir: Jacques Demy Cast: Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N
2:15 PM 49th Parallel (1941)
The crew of a stranded German U-boat tries to evade capture in Canada during World War II.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Laurence Olivier
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
4:30 PM The Bribe (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 PM The Verdict (1946)
A retired Scotland Yard chief tries to prove his friend is innocent of murder.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 PM Hot Millions (1968)
A computer whiz and his pregnant girlfriend set out to rob a massive corporation.
Dir: Eric Till Cast: Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 PM Catch-22 (1970)
A military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane during World War II so that he can be excused from flying missions.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC:
12:15 AM Count the Hours! (1953)
A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM She (1965)
Explorers uncover a lost kingdom ruled by an immortal queen.
Dir: Robert Day Cast: Ursula Andress, John Richardson, Peter Cushing
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Archaeologists trick Boy into helping them find a hidden valley ruled by women.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM APRIL 2025 AT A GLANCE - Star of the Month, Spotlights: Pulp Fiction, Marjorie Main, Asta, Joan Blondell
TCM - April 2025 At a Glance
Star of the Month - Red Skelton (Mondays)
Richard Bernard Skelton (July 18, 1913 September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, and also appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.
Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills from the age of 10, when he became part of a traveling medicine show. He then spent time on a showboat, worked the burlesque circuit, and then entered into vaudeville in 1934. The "Doughnut Dunkers" pantomime sketch, which he wrote together with his wife, launched a career for him in vaudeville, radio, and films. His radio career began in 1937 with a guest appearance on The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, which led to his becoming the host of Avalon Time in 1938. He became the host of The Raleigh Cigarette Program in 1941, on which many of his comedy characters were created, and he had a regularly scheduled radio program until 1957. Skelton made his film debut in 1938 alongside Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Alfred Santell's Having Wonderful Time, and would appear in numerous musical and comedy films throughout the 1940s and 1950s, with starring roles in 19 films, including Ship Ahoy (1941), I Dood It (1943), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), and The Clown (1953).
Skelton was eager to work in television, even when the medium was in its infancy. The Red Skelton Show made its television premiere on September 30, 1951, on NBC. By 1954, Skelton's program moved to CBS, where it was expanded to one hour and renamed The Red Skelton Hour in 1962. Despite high ratings, the show was canceled by CBS in 1970, as the network believed that more youth-oriented programs were needed to attract younger viewers and their spending power. Skelton moved his program to NBC, where he completed his last year with a regularly scheduled television show in 1971. He spent his time after that making as many as 125 personal appearances a year and working on his paintings.
Skelton's paintings of clowns remained a hobby until 1964, when his wife Georgia persuaded him to show them at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas while he was performing there. Sales of his originals were successful, and he also sold prints and lithographs, earning $2.5 million yearly on lithograph sales. At the time of his death, his art dealer said he thought that Skelton had earned more money through his paintings than from his television performances.
Skelton believed that his life's work was to make people laugh; he wanted to be known as a clown because he defined it as being able to do everything. He had a 70-year-long career as a performer and entertained three generations of Americans. His widow donated many of his personal and professional effects to Vincennes University, including prints of his artwork. They are part of the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy at Vincennes, Indiana.
TCM Spotlight - Pulp Fiction (Fridays)
Special Theme - Acts of Faith (Wednesdays)
Special Theme - Merchant Ivory (17, 24)
APRIL DAILY SHOWCASE HIGHLIGHTS
1-Birthday - Debbie Reynolds
2-Tear Jerkers
6-Carl Reiner
7-National Poetry Month
8-Classic Horror; Film Noir
9-Greer Garson
10-Marjorie Main
11-Asta
14-At The Beach
15-Crime Dramas
16-Birthday - Peter Ustinov
17-Birthday - William Holden
19-Robin Hood Tales
20-Easter
22-Joan Blondell
23-Set In Los Angeles
24-Birthday - Shirley MacLaine
25-On An Island
26-Paul Newman As Harper
28-Birthday - Lionel Barrymore
30-Courtroom Dramas
WEEKLY SHOWCASES -
MUSICAL MATINEE Sat. Noon (ET)
5 - Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
12 - The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
19 - Lovely to Look At (1952)
26 - The Boy Friend (1971)
NOIR ALLEY Sat. Midnight, Sun. 10 am (ET)
5, 6 - The Narrow Margin (1952)
12, 13 - The Steel Trap (1952)
19, 20 - The Set-Up (1949
26, 27 - The Prowler (1951)
SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS Sun. Midnight (ET)
6 - (P) The New Klondike (1926)
13 - Die Austernprinzessin (1919)
20 - Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
27 - The Temptress (1926)
TCM IMPORTS Sun. evening 2 am (ET)
6 - Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Le bonheur (1965)
13 - The Children Are Watching Us (1944)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
20 - Late Spring (1949)
Early Summer (1951)
27 - Children of Paradise (1945)
APRIL PREMIERES - FEATURE FILMS
Apr 4 - Vanity Fair (1932)
Apr 5 - The Betsy (1978)
Apr 6 - The New Klondike (1926)
Apr 10 - The Gentle Rain (1965)
Apr 15 - Road to Nashville (1967)
Apr 17 - The Life and Passion of Christ (1907)
Apr 17 - Slaves of New York (1989)
Apr 23 - Smog (1962)
Apr 24 - The White Countess (2005)
Apr 27 - Film Geek (2023)
Apr 29 - A Shining Season (1979)
APRIL PREMIERES - SHORTS
The Galloping Ghost 1931 Serial:
Apr 5 - Ch. 9: The Sign in the Sky (1931)
Apr 12 - Ch. 10: The Vulture's Lair (1931)
Apr 19 - Ch. 11: The Radio Patrol (1931)
Apr 26 - Ch. 12: The Ghost Comes Back (1931)
TCM Schedule Sat. 3/22/25 - On The Waterfront, Baseball, To Sir With Love, A King In New York, Brigadoon, What's Up Doc?
Day At a GlanceTCM SPOTLIGHT: MOVIE MIX-UPS
- IN HOT WATER
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Wrong Man, The (1956)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Saturday, March 22
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Parade Show #24 (1955) (7:30 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: The Milky Way (1940)
Desert Regatta (1932) (short)
23 -- Skidoo (1930) (short)
Spy Chasers (1955)
Galloping Ghost Ch. 7: When the Lights Went Out
(1931) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: It's the Natural Thing to Do (1939)
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
Double Exposure (1935) (short)
Brigadoon (1954) (Musical Matinee)
On the Waterfront (1954)
King in New York, A (1957)
Adam's Rib (1949)
- TCM PRIMETIME
BASEBALL
Bad News Bears, The (1976)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
- NOIR ALLEY
Clash by Night (1952)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: TEACHERS
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Corn Is Green, The (1945)
Full Day Schedule
10:00 PM Some Like It Hot (1959)
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians, accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day gangster murders, they disguise themselves as women and join up with a travelling all-womens' band to escape the mobsters after them.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:15 AM The Wrong Man (1956)
Based on the true story of a musician wrongly accused of robbing an insurance company and the grave effect his predicament has on his family.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:15 AM What's Up, Doc? (1972)
The accidental mix up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM My Favorite Wife (1940)
A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's remarriage.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:30 AM The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story. It's a dull assignment until Tracy's ex-husband shows up, with a thirst for alcohol and a not-quite extinguished torch for his lovely one-time wife.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:30 AM MGM Parade Show #24 (1955)
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney perform in a clip from "Strike Up the Band;" John Gilbert and Renee Adoree perform in a clip from "The Big Parade." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: George Murphy, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:00 AM The Milky Way (1940)
Three kittens aren't given any milk as punishment for misbehaving so they sail to the Milky Way using a hot air balloon.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Geneva Hall, Jeanne Dunne, Bernice Hansen
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:10 AM Desert Regatta (1932)
In this short film, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.
Dir: Jules White Cast: Pete Smith, Pete Smith
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:20 AM 23 -- Skidoo (1930)
In this comedic short, the owner of a beer garden has difficulty hiring waiters and gets in trouble with his wife. Vitaphone Release 1017.
Dir: Arthur Hurley Cast: Gloria Shea, Weber And Fields, Helen Goodhue
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:30 AM Spy Chasers (1955)
The Bowery Boys get mixed up with an exiled king and a murderous band of spies.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:35 AM When the Lights Went Out (1931)(TCM Premiere)
Chapter 7 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:55 AM It's the Natural Thing to Do (1939)
Persuaded by Olive Oyl that the public might like them in a different role, Popeye and Bluto attempt to be sophisticated men-about-town. Their best intentions wind up causing their most rambunctious fight in a long while. Olive discards her veneer of gentility and joins in the fray.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson Cast: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:05 AM Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
A schoolteacher jumps into detective mode when a fellow airplane passenger gets sick and dies.
Dir: Lloyd Corrigan Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:25 AM Double Exposure (1935)
An aspiring photographer gets more than he bargained for when he snaps a picture of a stranger in this short film. Vitaphone Release 1891-1892.
Dir: Lloyd French Cast: John Berkes, Bob Hope, Jules Epailly
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:00 PM Brigadoon (1954)
Two New Yorkers on a hunting trip to Scotland stumble upon the legendary and magical village of Brigadoon, which appears once every hundred years. They are enchanted and charmed by this wonderful world and one of them falls for a beautiful woman who lives in it.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:00 PM On the Waterfront (1954)
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims. Based on a series of Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper articles.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 PM A King in New York (1957)
A European king loses his money while stranded in the U.S.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Adam's Rib (1949)
A happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:00 PM The Bad News Bears (1976)
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 PM Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 AM Clash by Night (1952)
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband's best friend.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:00 AM To Sir, with Love (1967)
A new teacher changes the lives of a rowdy class of youngsters and gains their respect and admiration.
Dir: James Clavell Cast: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM The Corn Is Green (1945)
A dedicated teacher sacrifices everything to send a young miner to Oxford.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce, Rhys Williams
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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