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TCM movies in 2007 Note: all times EST, subtract 3 hours for Pacific
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                                          NOVEMBER 2007

1 Thursday  
6:00 am  Smart Blonde (1936)  
  An ambitious reporter forces her policeman boyfriend to let her help with a murder case.
  Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Wini Shaw. Dir: Frank McDonald. BW-59 mins, TV-G      
7:00 am  Adventurous Blonde, The (1937)  
  Reporter Torchy Blane walks out on her own wedding to solve the case of a murdered actor.
  Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel. Dir: Frank McDonald. BW-61 mins, TV-PG      
8:00 am  Blondes At Work (1938)  
  Even a jail term for contempt can't keep reporter Torchy Blane from investigating the case of a murdered dept owner.
  Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Carole Landis. Dir: Frank McDonald. BW-64 mins 
9:15 AM Torchy Blane In Panama (1938)  
  An ambitious newspaper woman traces bank robbers to an ocean liner.
 Cast: Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy. Dir: William Clemens. BW-59 mins, TV-G  
10:15 AM Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)  
  Female reporter Torchy Blane tries to crack a counterfeiting case. Cast:
 Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-63 mins, TV-G  
11:30 AM Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1938)  
  A daring lady reporter sets out to catch a blackmailer. Cast:
 Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-58 mins, TV-G  
12:30 PM Torchy Runs For Mayor (1939)  
  After digging up the dirt on local politicians, a newswoman decides to run for office.
 Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Dir: Ray McCarey. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
1:45 PM Torchy Plays With Dynamite (1939)  
  A female reporter gets herself arrested so she can interview a gangster's moll.
 Cast: Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins, Eddie Marr. Dir: Noel Smith. BW-59 mins, TV-G  
3:00 PM Topper (1937)  
  A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-98 mins, TV-G  
4:45 PM Topper Takes a Trip (1939)  
  A glamorous ghost helps a henpecked husband save his wife from gold-digging friends.
 Cast: Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-80 mins, TV-G  
6:15 PM Topper Returns (1941)  
  A beautiful ghost enlists a henpecked husband to track down her killer.
 Cast: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Billie Burke. Dir: Roy Del Ruth. BW-88 mins, TV-G  
7:45 PM Short Film: Ghost Wanted (1940)  
  C-8 mins  
8:00 PM Beauty And The Beast (1946)  
  A mysterious monster forces a young innocent to share his life in an enchanted castle.
 Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parely. Dir: Jean Cocteau. BW-94 mins, TV-G  
10:00 PM Funny Girl (1968)  
  Comedienne Fanny Brice fights to prove that she can be the greatest star and find romance even though she isn't pretty.
 Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford. Dir: William Wyler. C-153 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
12:45 AM Enchanted Cottage, The (1945)  
  A scarred veteran and a homely woman are transformed by love.
 Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall. Dir: John Cromwell. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:30 AM Face In The Crowd, A (1957)  
  A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
 Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau. Dir: Elia Kazan. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
4:45 AM Private Screenings: Patricia Neal (2004)  
  Patricia Neal discusses her career with TCM host Robert Osborne. BW-40 mins, TV-PG, CC  
5:37 AM Short Film: Plan For Destruction (1943)  
  BW-22 mins  

2 Friday  
6:00 AM Adventures of Rusty (1945)  
  A lonely boy tries to rehabilitate a police dog trained by the Nazis.
 Cast: Ted Donaldson, Margaret Lindsay, Conrad Nagel. Dir: Paul Burnford. BW-67 mins, TV-G  
7:15 AM For the Love of Rusty (1947)  
  A dog helps a boy and his father sort out their differences.
 Cast: Ted Donaldson, Tom Powers, Ann Doran. Dir: John Sturges. BW-69 mins, TV-G  
8:30 AM Son of Rusty, The (1947)  
  When they are separated, a boy and his dog fight to find each other.
 Cast: Ted Donaldson, Stephen Dunne, Ann Doran. Dir: Lew Landers. BW-69 mins,  
9:45 AM Rusty Leads the Way (1948)  
  A boy and his dog help a bitter blind girl adjust to life.
 Cast: Ted Donaldson, Sharyn Moffett, John Litel. Dir: Will Jason. BW-59 mins  
11:00 AM My Dog Rusty (1948)  
  A faithful dog helps his master's father win a mayoral race.
 Cast: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran. Dir: Lew Landers. BW-67 mins  
12:15 PM Rusty Saves a Life (1949)  
  A faithful dog rescues his master from a life of delinquency.
 Cast: Ted Donaldson, Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne. Dir: Seymour Friedman. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
1:30 PM Rusty's Birthday (1949)  
  A lost dog tries to find his way back to his beloved master.
 Cast: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran. Dir: Seymour Friedman. BW-61 mins,  
2:45 PM Nancy Drew--Detective (1938)  
  A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman's disappearance.
 Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson. Dir: William Clemens. BW-66 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:00 PM Nancy Drew--Reporter (1939)  
  A teen-aged sleuth sets out to prove a young girl innocent of murder charges.
 Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas. Dir: William Clemens. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
5:15 PM Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter (1939)  
  A teen-aged sleuth tries to clear one of her father's friends of a murder charge.
 Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas. Dir: William Clemens. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
6:30 PM Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase (1939)  
  A teen-aged sleuth helps two old ladies deal with the "haunting" of their mansion.
 Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel. Dir: William Clemens. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
7:31 PM Short Film: Alice In Movieland (1940)  
  When a beauty queen tries to make it in Hollywood, she learns stardom comes at a price.
 Cast: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant Dir: Jean Negulesco BW-22 mins,  
8:00 PM Trouble in Store (1955)  
  A stock boy in a London department store aspires to better things.
 Cast: Norman Wisdom, Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford. Dir: John Paddy Carstairs. BW-86 mins,  
9:30 PM Secret Of Santa Vittoria, The (1969)  
  During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
 Cast: Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi. Dir: Stanley Kramer. C-140 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
12:00 AM Divorce, Italian Style (1962)  
  A Sicilian nobleman plots to dump his wife for a younger woman--even if it means murder.
 Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli. Dir: Pietro Germi. BW-101 mins, TV-14, Letterbox  
1:48 AM Short Film: Italy'S In Season (1967)  
  C-7 mins  
2:00 AM Get Carter (1971)  
  A small-time gangster searches for the truth behind his brother's death.
 Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland. Dir: Mike Hodges. C-112 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox
4:00 AM Point Blank (1967)  
  A gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty.
 Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn. Dir: John Boorman. C-92 mins, TV-14, Letterbox 
5:33 AM Short Film: Rock, The (1967)  
  C-9 mins  

3 Saturday  
6:00 AM Test Pilot (1938)  
  An irresponsible test pilot's wife and best friend try to get him to grow up. 
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:00 AM Our Man in Havana (1960)  
  A salesman in Cuba takes up spying to support his spendthrift daughter. 
Cast: Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Noel Coward. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox  
10:00 AM Narrow Margin, The (1952)  
  A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's moll on a tense train ride.
 Cast: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White. Dir: Richard Fleischer. BW-72 mins, TV-PG, CC  
11:15 AM Detour (1945)  
  A hitchhiker takes on a dead man's identity only to face blackmail by an unscrupulous woman. 
 Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake. Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer. BW-68 mins, TV-PG  
12:30 PM Decision at Sundown (1957)  
  A gunman seeks revenge on the man he believes stole his wife.
 Cast: Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele. Dir: Budd Boetticher. C-77 mins, PG, Letterbox
2:00 PM Prisoner Of Zenda, The (1952)  
  An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
 Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-100 mins, PG, CC, DVS  
4:00 PM Spielberg on Spielberg (2007)  
  TCM original featuring interviews with Steven Spielberg, the most popular & influential director of his time.
 Dir: Richard Schickel. BW-86 mins, TV-MA, CC  
5:30 PM Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)  
  A blue-collar worker's encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man.
 Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr. Dir: Steven Spielberg. C-137 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox  
8:00 PM African Queen, The (1951)  
  A grizzled skipper and a spirited missionary take on the Germans in Africa during World War I. 
 Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley. Dir: John Huston. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:00 PM Gone With the Wind (1939)  
  Classic tale of Scarlett O'Hara's battle to save her beloved Tara and find love during the Civil War.
 Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland. Dir: Victor Fleming. C-233 mins, PG, CC, DVS
2:00 AM 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
4:15 AM 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  

4 Sunday  
6:00 AM Jezebel (1938)  
  A tempestuous Southern belle's willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her.
 Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Fay Bainter. Dir: William Wyler. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
7:48 AM Short Film: Famous Movie Dogs (1940)  
  BW-10 mins  
8:00 AM Mask Of Dimitrios, The (1944)  
  A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.
 Cast: Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott. Dir: Jean Negulesco. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC  
9:37 AM Short Film: Voice That Thrilled The World, The (1943)  
  BW-18 mins  
10:00 AM Maltese Falcon, The (1941)  
  Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
 Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet. Dir: John Huston. BW-101 mins, PG, CC, DVS
12:00 PM Rebecca (1940)  
  A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband's glamorous first wife, her look-alike.
 Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-130 mins, PG, CC
2:15 PM Night to Remember, A (1958)  
  The crew and passengers of the Titanic fight to survive when the legendary ship strikes an iceberg.
 Cast: Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, Anthony Bushell. Dir: Roy Ward Baker. BW-123 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox  
4:30 PM Heaven Can Wait (1978)  
  When a football player dies early, he gets a second chance in the body of a crooked industrialist.
 Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason. Dir: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry. C-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox  
6:15 PM Benji (1974)  
  A stray dog sets out to rescue two kidnapped children. The star was himself adopted as a stray.
 Cast: Patsy Garrett, Allen Fiuzat, Edgar Buchanan. Dir: Joe Camp. C-86 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:00 PM Letter, The (1940)  
  A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
 Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson. Dir: William Wyler. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC  
9:51 PM Short Film: Midsummer Night'S Dream- A Dream Comes True (1935)  
  BW-7 mins  
10:00 PM Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1935)  
  Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with fairies.
 Cast: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney. Dir: Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle. BW-143 mins, PG, CC  
12:30 AM That Hamilton Woman (1941)  
  Naval hero Lord Nelson defies convention to court a married woman of common birth.
 Cast: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Sara Allgood. Dir: Alexander Korda. BW-125 mins, TV-G  
3:00 AM Hamlet (1948)  
  The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
 Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Jean Simmons. Dir: Laurence Olivier. BW-154 mins, TV-14  
5:35 AM Short Film: This Theatre And You (1949)  
  BW-8 mins  

5 Monday  
6:00 AM The Whistler (1944)  
  A grieving widower hires an assassin to kill him only to have his late wife turn up alive.
 Cast: Richard Dix, J. Carroll Naish, Gloria Stuart. Dir: William Castle. BW-60 mins, TV-PG  
7:15 AM Power of the Whistler, The (1945)  
  A young woman seeks an amnesiac's true identity in the clues in his pockets.
 Cast: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell. Dir: Lew Landers. BW-66 mins  
8:30 AM Voice of the Whistler (1945)  
  A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.
 Cast: Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, Rhys Williams. Dir: William Castle. BW-60 mins,  
9:45 AM Mysterious Intruder, The (1946)  
  A detective discovers the woman he's been hired to track down is the key to an unusual inheritance.
 Cast: Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale. Dir: William Castle. BW-62 mins,  
11:00 AM Secret of the Whistler, The (1946)  
  An artist plots murder when his rich wife when she catches him in an affair with one of his models.
 Cast: Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane. Dir: George Sherman. BW-64 mins,  
12:15 PM Return of the Whistler, The (1948)  
  When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down.
 Cast: Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane. Dir: D. Ross Lederman. BW-63 mins,  
1:30 PM Blazing Guns (1943)  
  Ex-cons get together to clean up a lawless town in the old West.
 Cast: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Kay Forrester. Dir: Robert Tansey. BW-54 mins, TV-G  
2:45 PM Law Rides Again, The (1943)  
  Western lawmen use an outlaw to bring down a crooked Indian agent.
 Cast: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Jack LaRue. Dir: Alan James. BW-56 mins, TV-G  
4:00 PM Wild Horse Stampede (1943)  
  Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians.
 Cast: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson. Dir: Alan James. BW-59 mins, TV-PG  
5:15 PM Arizona Whirlwind (1944)  
  A band of crime-busting cowboys take on diamond smugglers.
 Cast: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele. Dir: Robert Tansey. BW-59 mins, TV-G  
6:30 PM Death Valley Rangers (1943)  
  Government agents are called in to stop a series of gold shipment robberies.
 Cast: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele. Dir: Robert Tansey. BW-59 mins  
8:00 PM Night Of The Hunter, The (1955)  
  A bogus preacher marries an outlaw's widow in search of the man's hidden loot.
 Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish. Dir: Charles Laughton. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox  
10:00 PM Out of the Past (1947)  
  A private eye becomes the dupe of a homicidal moll.
 Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas. Dir: Jacques Tourneur. BW-97 mins, PG, CC, DVS  
12:00 AM Place in the Sun, A (1951)  
  An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
 Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. Dir: George Stevens. BW-122 mins, PG, CC
2:15 AM That Touch of Mink (1962)  
  Attraction develops between a suave businessman and a young woman determined to protect her innocence.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young. Dir: Delbert Mann. C-99 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
4:00 AM Lover Come Back (1961)  
  An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
 Cast: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall. Dir: Delbert Mann. C-107 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox

6 Tuesday  
6:00 AM To Trap a Spy (1964)  
  Secret agents for UNCLE try to stop the assassination of an African leader touring the U.S.
 Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Luciana Paluzzi.s Dir: Don Medford. C-93 mins, TV-PG  
7:45 AM One Of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)  
  An enemy agent appeals to an aging British statesman with promises of a youth potion.
 Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Vera Miles. Dir: E. Darrell Hallenbeck. C-92 mins, TV-PG  
9:30 AM One Spy Too Many (1966)  
  U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin try to keep a madman from conquering the world.
 Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Rip Torn. Dir: Joseph Sargent. C-101 mins, TV-PG  
11:15 AM Spy With My Face, The (1966)  
  Enemy agents turn one of their own into a dead ringer for Man from U.N.C.L.E. Napoleon Solo.
 Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Senta Berger. Dir: John Newland. C-86 mins, TV-PG  
12:45 PM Karate Killers, The (1967)  
  The men from U.N.C.L.E. fight off karate-chopping henchmen to track down a secret formula.
 Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Joan Crawford. Dir: Barry Shear. C-93 mins, TV-PG  
2:30 PM Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)  
  Secret agents fight to keep a criminal mastermind from altering the course of the Gulf Stream.
 Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Jack Palance. Dir: Joseph Sargent. C-93 mins, TV-PG  
4:15 PM Helicopter Spies, The (1968)  
  Two government agents try to stop a band of would-be sorcerers from using a deadly weapon.
 Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Bradford Dillman. Dir: Boris Segal. C-95 mins, TV-PG  
6:00 PM How To Steal The World (1968)  
  Secret agent Napoleon Solo fights to stop a top-secret plot to conquer the world.
 Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Eleanor Parker. Dir: Sutton Roley. C-90 mins, TV-PG  
8:00 PM Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming (1966)  
  When a Russian sub runs aground in New England, it creates a local Cold War panic.
 Cast: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin. Dir: Norman Jewison. C-126 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox 
10:15 PM On Golden Pond (1981)  
  During a summer holiday, an elderly couple comes to grips with aging and their troubled relationship with their adult daughter.
 Cast: Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda. Dir: Mark Rydell. C-109 mins, TV-14, Letterbox 
12:15 AM Captains Courageous (1937)  
  A spoiled rich boy is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat, where hard work and responsibility help him become a man.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-117 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
2:15 AM Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)  
  A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre. Dir: Frank Capra. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
4:30 AM Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004)  
  Docu that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through clips and interviews. BW-87 mins, TV-MA, CC

7 Wednesday  
6:00 AM West Of Zanzibar (1928)  
  In this silent film, a mad African dictator plots revenge on the trader who stole his wife.
 Cast: Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-65 mins, TV-G  
7:15 AM Crime Doctor (1943)  
  A blow on the head forces a renowned psychologist to remember he was once a criminal.
 Cast: Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel. Dir: Michael Gordon. BW-66 mins,  
8:30 AM Crime Doctor's Strangest Case, The (1943)  
  A criminal psychologist searches for clues in an elderly crime victim's dreams.
 Cast: Warner Baxter, Lynn Merrick, Gloria Dickson. Dir: Eugene Forde. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
9:45 AM Crime Doctor's Courage, The (1945)  
  A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.
 Cast: Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Jerome Cowan. Dir: George Sherman. BW-70 mins, TV-G  
11:00 AM Crime Doctor's Warning, The (1945)  
  A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.
 Cast: Warner Baxter, John Litel, Dusty Anderson. Dir: William Castle. BW-70 mins,  
12:15 PM Crime Doctor's Manhunt (1946)  
  A criminal psychologist investigates the murder of a veteran with amnesia.
 Cast: Warner Baxter, Ellen Drew, William Frawley. Dir: William Castle. BW-61 mins,  
1:30 PM Just Before Dawn (1946)  
  A criminal psychologist is tricked into injecting a diabetic with poison instead of insulin.
 Cast: Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Mona Barrie. Dir: William Castle. BW-66 mins, TV-G  
2:45 PM Millerson Case, The (1947)  
  While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
 Cast: Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders, Clem Vebans. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-72 mins,  
4:15 PM I Love a Mystery (1945)  
  A detective tries to protect a man who has predicted his murder will take place in three days.
 Cast: Jim Bannon, Nina Foch, George Macready. Dir: Henry Levin. BW-69 mins,  
5:30 PM Devil's Mask, The (1946)  
  A detective tries to identify a shrunken head found in a crashed cargo plane.
 Cast: Jim Bannon, Barton Yarborough, Anita Louise. Dir: Henry Levin. BW-66 mins,  
6:45 PM Unknown, The (1946)  
  A woman with amnesia hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inheritance.
 Cast: Karen Morley, Jim Bannon, Jeff Donnell. Dir: Henry Levin. BW-71 mins,  
8:00 PM Ace In the Hole (1951)  
  A small-town reporter milks a local disaster to get back into the big time.
 Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-111 mins, TV-14, CC  
10:00 PM This Sporting Life (1963)  
  A rugby player finds the violence in his professional life tainting his personal relationships.
 Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel. Dir: Lindsay Anderson. BW-134 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format  
12:30 AM Manhattan (1979)  
  A TV comedy writer falls for his best friend's girl.
 Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep. Dir: Woody Allen. BW-96 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format  
2:15 AM 400 Blows, The (1959)  
  A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems.
 Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy. Dir: Francois Truffaut. BW-100 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format  
4:00 AM Blackboard Jungle (1955)  
  An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
 Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Sidney Poitier. Dir: Richard Brooks. BW-101 mins, PG-14, CC, Letterbox, DVS

8 Thursday  
6:00 AM Bishop Murder Case, The (1930)  
  Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a series of murders inspired by Mother Goose rhymes.
 Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young. Dir: Nick Grinde. BW-87 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:45 AM Kennel Murder Case, The (1933)  
  Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
 Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-73 mins, TV-G, CC  
9:00 AM Dragon Murder Case, The (1934)  
  Society sleuth Philo Vance looks into a murder near a mysterious "dragon pool"
 Cast: Warren William, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette. Dir: H. Bruce Humberstone. BW-67 mins, TV-PG  
10:15 AM Casino Murder Case, The (1935)  
  Society sleuth Philo Vance takes on a series of murders at an aging dowager's mansion.
 Cast: Paul Lukas, Rosalind Russell, Alison Skipworth. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:00 PM Garden Murder Case, The (1936)  
  Society sleuth Philo Vance suspects dirty doings behind a mysterious series of suicides.
 Cast: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Nat Pendleton. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-61 mins, TV-G, CC  
1:15 PM Calling Philo Vance (1939)  
  Society sleuth Philo Vance tangles with foreign agents when he investigates the murder of an aircraft manufacturer.
 Cast: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill. Dir: William Clemens. BW-62 mins, G, CC
2:30 PM Penrod and Sam (1931)  
  Booth Tarkington's tale of two mischievous boys in turn-of-the-century Indiana.
 Cast: Leon Janney, Matt Moore, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: William Beaudine. BW-71 mins, TV-G  
3:45 PM Penrod And Sam (1937)  
  A club for junior-league detectives gets caught up in a bank robbery.
 Cast: Billy Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington. Dir: William McGann. BW-64 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:00 PM Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)  
  A young boy's lookalike lands him in hot water.
 Cast: Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch, Frank Craven. Dir: William McGann. BW-63 mins, TV-G  
6:15 PM Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)  
  A missing boy's lookalike takes his place and raises havoc.
 Cast: Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch, Dick Purcell. Dir: Lewis Seiler. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
7:30 PM Festival of Shorts #53 (2007)  
  Features Double Exposure (1935) a Warner Comedy short starring Bob Hope. BW-22 mins, CC  
8:00 PM I Could Go On Singing (1963)  
  An American singing star in London tries to reclaim the son she gave up for adoption.
 Cast: Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Aline MacMahon. Dir: Ronald Neame. C-99 mins, TV-G, Letterbox 
10:00 PM Hard Way, The (1942)  
  An ambitious woman doesn't care who she hurts in her drive to make her sister a star.
 Cast: Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson. Dir: Vincent Sherman. BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:00 AM Escape (1940)  
  A Nazi officer's mistress helps an American free his mother from a concentration camp.
 Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-98 mins, TV-G  
2:00 AM Woman's Face, A (1941)  
  Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.
 Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt. Dir: George Cukor. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, CC  
4:00 AM Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002 documentary)  
  TCM original that examines Crawford's life and unparalleled movie career.
 Narrated by Angelica Huston. BW-87 mins, TV-14, CC  

9 Friday  
6:00 AM Brothers In The Saddle (1949)  
  When he thinks his brother has let him down, a cowboy goes bad.
 Cast: Tim Holt, Steve Brodie, Richard Martin. Dir: Lesley Selander. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
7:15 AM Masked Raiders (1949)  
  Two marhsals take on a Wild West Robin Hood.
 Cast: Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Marjorie Lord. Dir: Herman Schlom. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
8:30 AM Mysterious Desperado, The (1949)  
  A cowboy is accused of his father's murder.
 Cast: Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Edward Norris. Dir: Lesley Selander. BW-61 mins, TV-G  
9:45 AM Gunplay (1951)  
  Two cowboys hunt down the killers of a young boy's parents.
 Cast: Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Harper Carter. Dir: Lesley Selander. BW-61 mins, TV-G  
11:00 AM Pistol Harvest (1952)  
  A shipping magnate uses murder to escape an old debt.
 Cast: Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Robert Clarke. Dir: Lesley Selander. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
12:15 PM Overland Telegraph (1951)  
  A cowboy tries to prevent the sabotage of a transcontinental telegraph.
 Cast: Tim Holt, Gail Davis, Hugh Beaumont. Dir: Lesley Selander. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
1:15 PM Trail Guide (1952)  
  Two cowhands sign on to protect a wagon train.
 Cast: Tim Holt, Linda Douglas, Frank Wilcox. Dir: Lesley Selander. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
2:30 PM Road Agent (1952)  
  Cowboys fight bandits trying to take over the trails.
 Cast: Tim Holt, Noreen Nash, Mauritz Hugo. Dir: Lesley Selander. BW-60 mins, TV-G, CC  
3:45 PM Whistling In The Dark (1941)  
  A radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
 Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Conrad Veidt. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon. BW-78 mins, TV-G  
5:15 PM Whistling In Dixie (1942)  
  A radio detective's southern honeymoon is cut short by the discovery of a murder.
 Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon. BW-74 mins, TV-G  
6:30 PM Whistling In Brooklyn (1943)  
  A radio sleuth infiltrates the Brooklyn Dodgers to solve a murder.
 Cast: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, "Rags" Ragland. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon. BW-87 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM I Remember Mama (1948)  
  Norwegian immigrants face the trials of family life in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
 Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka. Dir: George Stevens. BW-134 mins, G, CC, DVS
10:30 PM Night at the Opera, A (1935)  
  3 zanies turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege's romance with the leading lady
 Cast: The Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle. Dir: Sam Wood. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
12:15 AM Boys' Town (1938)  
  True story of Father Flanagan's fight to build a home for orphaned boys.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull. Dir: Norman Taurog. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
2:00 AM Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)  
  A teenage boy goes into debt to court a Manhattan socialite.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC  
3:45 AM Child Is Waiting, A (1963)  
  An emotionally fragile woman takes a job teaching mentally handicapped children.
 Cast: Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Gena Rowlands. Dir: John Cassavetes. BW-104 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox

10 Saturday  
6:00 AM Four Daughters (1938)  
  A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician.
 Cast: Claude Rains, John Garfield, Priscilla Lane. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:30 AM Mr. Skeffington (1944)  
  A flighty beauty marries a stockbroker for convenience and almost ruins both their lives.
 Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel. Dir: Vincent Sherman. BW-146 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
10:00 AM Killer's Kiss (1955)  
  When he rescues a girl from her gangster lover, a prizefighter is marked for death.
 Cast: Frank Silvera, Irene Kane, Jamie Smith. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. BW-67 mins, TV-PG  
11:15 AM Hitch-Hiker (1953)  
  A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip.
 Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman. Dir: Ida Lupino. BW-71 mins, TV-PG  
12:30 PM Dark Command (1940)  
  A Western sheriff takes on a Civil War renegade.
 Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon. Dir: Raoul Walsh. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:15 PM Spoilers, The (1942)  
  An Alaskan prospector fights a crooked federal agent for a beautiful saloon singer.
 Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Randolph Scott. Dir: Ray Enright. BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC  
3:45 PM Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)  
  Officers on a WWII submarine clash during a perilous Pacific tour.
 Cast: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Don Rickles. Dir: Robert Wise. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox
5:30 PM Train, The (1965)  
  French resistance fighters try to stop the Nazis from taking a trainload of art treasures to Germany.
 Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-133 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox
8:00 PM Battle Of Algiers, The (1965)  
  Algiers revolts against the French Foreign Legion.
 Cast: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi. Dir: Gillo Pontecorvo. BW-121 mins, TV-14, Letterbox
10:15 PM Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)  
  The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
 Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa. Dir: David Lean. BW-162 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox
1:00 AM Devil Doll, The (1936)  
  A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
 Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC
2:30 AM Shampoo (1975)  
  A hairdresser expresses his fear of commitment by seducing his female clients.
 Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn. Dir: Hal Ashby. C-110 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox
4:30 AM Stand by Me (1986)  
  Four friends share a rite of passage on a long walk to view a dead body. Story by Stephen King.
 Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman. Dir: Rob Reiner. C-89 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox

11 Sunday  
6:00 AM Romeo And Juliet (1936)  
  Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families.
 Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore. Dir: George Cukor. BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
8:15 AM My Favorite Wife (1940)  
  A shipwrecked woman thought dead is rescued just in time for her husband's re-marriage.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott. Dir: Garson Kanin. BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC  
10:00 AM Swing Time (1936)  
  To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner.
 Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. Dir: George Stevens. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
12:00 PM Sleeper (1973)  
  After awaking from cryogenic suspension, a '70s man gets mixed up with a future revolution.
 Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck. Dir: Woody Allen. C-87 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox 
1:30 PM Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)  
  A composer gives up his dreams to change lives as a high school music teacher.
 Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headley, Olympia Dukakis. Dir: Stephen Herek. C-143 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox
4:00 PM Spellbound (1945)  
  A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious.
 Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC
6:00 PM To Catch a Thief (1955)  
  A retired cat burglar fights to clear himself of a series of Riviera robberies committed in his style.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-106 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox
8:00 PM What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)  
  Woody Allen dubbed in comic dialogue for this outrageous spoof of secret-agent thrillers.
 Cast: Voices of Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Mickey Rose. Dir: Woody Allen. C-80 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox
9:30 PM Closely Watched Trains (1967)  
  A bumbling railroad dispatcher joins the resistance in World War II to impress the girls.
 Cast: Vaclav Neckar, Josef Somr, Jitka Bendova. Dir: Jiri Menzel. BW-93 mins, TV-14  
11:15 PM Point Blank (1967)  
  A gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty.
 Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn. Dir: John Boorman. C-92 mins, TV-14, Letterbox 
1:00 AM Blow-Up (1966)  
  A photographer discovers a murder in the background of a candid photo.
 Cast: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles. Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni. C-111 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox
3:00 AM Great Flamarion, The (1945)  
  A vaudevillian is tricked into murder by a bored wife.
 Cast: Mary Beth Hughes, Dan Duryea, Stephen Barclay. Dir: Anthony Mann. BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC  
4:30 AM Blue Gardenia, The (1953)  
  A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can't remember the details of the encounter.
 Cast: Anne Baxter, Raymond Burr, Richard Conte. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-88 mins, TV-PG  

12 Monday  
6:00 AM Dick Tracy (1945)  
  Dick is faced with a series of murders in which the victims all come from different social and economic backgrounds.
 Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki. Dir: William A. Berke. BW-61 mins, TV-PG  
7:15 AM Dick Tracy Vs. Cueball (1946)  
  A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
 Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Dick Wessel. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-62 mins, TV-PG  
8:30 AM Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)  
  Dick Tracy takes on "The Claw" in this crime thriller
 Cast: Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher. Dir: John Rawlins. BW-60 mins, TV-PG  
9:45 AM Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)  
  Dick Tracy tracks down a bank robber using nerve gas.
 Cast: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne. Dir: John Rawlins. BW-65 mins, TV-PG  
11:00 AM Saint In New York, The (1938)  
  The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York's mob kingpins.
 Cast: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Jonathan Hale. Dir: Ben Holmes. BW-72 mins, TV-G  
12:15 PM Saint Strikes Back, The (1939)  
  The Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father.
 Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: John Farrow. BW-64 mins, TV-G  
1:30 PM Saint In London, The (1939)  
  The Saint's investigation of a counterfeiting ring uncovers a nest of spies.
 Cast: George Sanders, David Burns, Sally Gray. Dir: John Paddy Carstairs. BW-72 mins, TV-G, CC  
3:00 PM Saint's Double Trouble, The (1940)  
  Reformed jewel thief Simon Templer lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
 Cast: George Sanders, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Jack Hively. BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:15 PM Saint Takes Over, The (1940)  
  Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector whose been framed on bribery charges.
 Cast: George Sanders, Jonathan Hale, Wendy Barrie. Dir: Jack Hively. BW-70 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:30 PM Saint In Palm Springs, The (1941)  
  Reformed jewel thief Simon Templer's efforts to deliver a fortune in rare stamps are complicated by murder.
 Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale. Dir: Jack Hively. BW-66 mins, TV-G  
6:45 PM Saint Meets The Tiger, The (1943)  
  The Saint infiltrates a small English village run by smugglers.
 Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Clifford Evans. Dir: Paul L. Stein. BW-69 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM 12 Angry Men (1957)  
  A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
 Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall. Dir: Sidney Lumet. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox 
9:45 PM City For Conquest (1940)  
  A truck driver risks his eyesight when he boxes to pay for his brother's education.
 Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Anatole Litvak. BW-104 mins, TV-G  
11:45 PM None but the Lonely Heart (1944)  
  A young ne'er-do-well tries to get his life on track to help his ailing mother.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald. Dir: Clifford Odets. BW-113 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:45 AM Inherit The Wind (1960)  
  In the twenties, a schoolteacher creates a national furor when he breaks the law against teaching evolution.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly. Dir: Stanley Kramer. BW-128 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
4:00 AM The Time Machine (1960)  
  A turn-of-the-century inventor sends himself into the future to save humanity.
 Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young. Dir: George Pal. C-103 mins, G, CC, Letterbox, DVS

13 Tuesday  
6:00 AM Lassie Come Home (1943)  
  A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
 Cast: Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. C-89 mins, G, CC, DVS
7:45 AM Son Of Lassie (1945)  
  The beloved collie goes to war to help the resistance in occupied Norway.
 Cast: Peter Lawford, June Lockhart, Donald Crisp. Dir: S. Sylvan Simon. C-100 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
9:30 AM Courage Of Lassie (1946)  
  A young girl tries to rehabilitate the famous collie after his return from combat service in World War 2.
 Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
11:15 AM Hills Of Home (1948)  
  Lassie helps a Scottish doctor deal with his patients' problems.
 Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Janet Leigh. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. C-97 mins, TV-G, CC  
1:00 PM Challenge To Lassie (1949)  
  A faithful dog changes the lives of all who know her after her master dies.
 Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-76 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS 
2:30 PM Sun Comes Up, The (1949)  
  Lassie helps an embittered woman find happiness with an orphaned boy.
 Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Claude Jarman, Jr., Lloyd Nolan. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-93 mins, TV-G  
4:30 PM Arsene Lupin (1932)  
  A gentleman thief risks his life in an attempt to steal the Mona Lisa.
 Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:15 PM Arsene Lupin Returns (1938)  
  A reformed jewel thief helps detectives track down a criminal.
 Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Warren William, Virginia Bruce. Dir: George Fitzmaurice. BW-81 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)  
  Three teens get into the drug business when they discover heroin in a stolen briefcase.
 Cast: Yale Wexler, Jonathan Haze, Abby Dalton. Dir: Irvin Kershner. BW-83 mins, TV-PG  
9:30 PM Murder by Contract (1958)  
  A ruthless contract killer balks when he discovers his next hit is a woman.
 Cast: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi. Dir: Irving Lerner. BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox
11:00 PM Lineup, The (1958)  
  A pair of hit men track down a heroin shipment while the police get closer.
 Cast: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson. Dir: Don Siegel. BW-87 mins, TV-14, CC  
12:30 AM Armored Car Robbery (1950)  
  A police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters.
 Cast: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman. Dir: Richard Fleischer BW-68 mins, TV-PG  
1:45 AM Follow Me Quietly (1949)  
  Police track a mysterious killer nicknamed "The Judge."
 Cast: William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey. Dir: Richard Fleischer. BW-59 mins, TV-14, CC
2:45 AM Kiss Me Deadly (1955)  
  Detective Mike Hammer fights to solve the murder of a beautiful hitchhiker with a mysterious connection to the Mob.
 Cast: Ralph Meeker, Cloris Leachman, Albert Dekker. Dir: Robert Aldrich. BW-106 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
4:45 AM Man in the Vault (1956)  
  Bank robbers force a locksmith to help them with a big heist.
 Cast: William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg. Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen. BW-73 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox  

14 Wednesday  
6:00 AM Lone Wolf Spy Hunt, The (1939)  
  A spy forces a reformed jewel thief to crack the safe where plans for an anti-aircraft gun are stored.
 Cast: Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth. Dir: Peter Godfrey. BW-71 mins, TV-G  
7:15 AM Lone Wolf Keeps a Date, The (1940)  
  A reformed thief tracks down a missing stamp collection and a kidnapped businessman.
 Cast: Warren William, Frances Robinson, Eric Blore. Dir: Sidney Salkow. BW-65 mins,  
8:30 AM Lone Wolf Meets a Lady, The (1940)  
  A reformed jewel thief tries to clear a society beauty of murder charges.
 Cast: Warren William, Eric Blore, Jean Muir. Dir: Sidney Salkow. BW-71 mins, TV-G  
9:45 AM Lone Wolf Strikes, The (1940)  
  A reformed jewel thief helps an heiress retrieve a stolen necklace.
 Cast: Warren William, Joan Perry, Eric Blore. Dir: Sidney Salkow. BW-67 mins, TV-G  
11:00 AM Lone Wolf Takes a Chance, The (1941)  
  A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
 Cast: Warren William, Eric Blore, June Storey. Dir: Sidney Salkow. BW-75 mins, TV-G  
12:30 PM Lone Wolf in London, The (1947)  
  A reformed thief gets mixed up in blackmail and the theft of diamonds held at Scotland Yard.
 Cast: Gerald Mohr, Nancy Saunders, Eric Blore. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
1:45 PM Lone Wolf and His Lady, The (1949)  
  A reformed thief tracks a stolen jewel to clear his name.
 Cast: Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray. Dir: John Hoffman. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
3:00 PM Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939)  
  A case of measles gets a working class family mixed up with a blustering businessman's clan.
 Cast: Edith Fellows, Clarence Kolb, Dorothy Peterson. Dir: Charles Barton. BW-58 mins,  
4:00 PM Five Little Peppers at Home (1940)  
  Five siblings enlist a crusty old businessman to help save their mother from bankruptcy.
 Cast: Edith Fellows, Dorothy Ann Seese, Clarence Kolb. Dir: Charles Barton. BW-67 mins,  
5:15 PM Out West With the Peppers (1940)  
  A working class family moves West in search of better fortune.
 Cast: Edith Fellows, Dorothy Ann Seese, Dorothy Peterson. Dir: Charles Barton. BW-62 mins,  
6:30 PM Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940)  
  Five siblings face boarding school when their working mother can't hold a job and care for them.
 Cast: Edith Fellows, Dorothy Ann Seese, Dorothy Peterson. Dir: Charles Barton. BW-64 mins,  
8:00 PM Blues In The Night (1941)  
  The members of a traveling jazz band try to keep their leader from drinking himself to death.
 Cast: Priscilla Lane, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan. Dir: Anatole Litvak. BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC  
9:30 PM Way Out West (1938)  
  A pair of tenderfeet try to get the deed to a gold mine to its rightful owner.
 Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynne. Dir: James W. Horne. BW-64 mins, TV-G  
10:45 PM Circus, The (1928)  
  In this silent film, the Little Tramp joins a circus to hide from the police.
 Cast: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia. Dir: Charles Chaplin. BW-69 mins, TV-G  
12:00 AM I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)  
  A World War I veteran faces inhuman conditions when he's sentenced to hard labor.
 Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:45 AM He Ran All the Way (1951)  
  A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
 Cast: John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford. Dir: John Berry. BW-78 mins, TV-PG  
3:15 AM Desperate Hours, The (1955)  
  Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
 Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: William Wyler. BW-113 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #33 (1955)  
  Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Two of "The Pirate" and a clip from "Gaby." BW-26 mins, TV-G  

15 Thursday  
6:00 AM East Side Kids (1940)  
  A street tough searches for evidence to get his brother out of prison.
 Cast: Leon Ames, Joyce Moore, Dennis Bryan. Dir: Robert Hill. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
7:15 AM Boys of the City (1940)  
  The Bowery Boys are sent to the country end up caught in a haunted house.
 Cast: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Dave O'Brien. Dir: Joseph Lewis. BW-62 mins, TV-PG  
8:30 AM That Gang of Mine (1940)  
  A street tough tries to land a job as a jockey.
 Cast: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Clarence Muse. Dir: Joseph H. Lewis. BW-62 mins, TV-G  
9:45 AM Pride of the Bowery (1941)  
  In search of a boxing camp, a street tough mistakenly signs on with a conservation group.
 Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines. Dir: Joseph Lewis. BW-57 mins, TV-G  
11:00 AM Flying Wild (1941)  
  When he gets a job at an aviation plant, a street tough stumbles onto an enemy spy ring.
 Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines. Dir: William West. BW-61 mins, TV-G  
12:15 PM Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)  
  An East Side Kid is saved from a life of crime when he becomes a Golden Gloves champ.
 Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey. Dir: Wallace Fox. BW-62 mins, TV-G  
1:30 PM Spooks Run Wild (1941)  
  A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.
 Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bela Lugosi, Angelo Rossitto. Dir: Phil Rosen. BW-63 mins, TV-PG  
2:45 PM Mr. Wise Guy (1942)  
  A group of delinquents tries to clear a man framed for a gangster's murder.
 Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall. Dir: William Nigh. BW-70 mins, TV-PG  
4:00 PM Let's Get Tough! (1942)  
  Too young to enlist, a gang of street kids try to solve the murder of an Allied agent.
 Cast: Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan. Dir: Wallace Fox. BW-62 mins, TV-G  
5:15 PM Smart Alecks (1942)  
  An attempt to raise funds for new baseball uniforms gets a group of boys mixed up in crime.
 Cast: Leo Gorcey, David Gorcey, Huntz Hall. Dir: Wallace Fox. BW-66 mins, TV-G  
6:30 PM Kid Dynamite (1943)  
  A boxer is kidnapped by gamblers to keep him out of a big fight so it's the Boys to the rescue.
 Cast: Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan. Dir: Wallace Fox. BW-66 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Ninotchka (1939)  
  A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
 Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. BW-111 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
10:00 PM Notorious (1946)  
  A U.S. agent recruits a German expatriate to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring in Brazil.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC  
12:00 AM His Girl Friday (1940)  
  An unscrupulous editor plots to keep his star reporter-and ex-wife-from re-marrying.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC  
1:45 AM Houseboat (1958)  
  An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer. Dir: Melville Shavelson. C-110 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
3:45 AM Bringing Up Baby (1938)  
  A madcap heiress and her pet leopard upset the staid existence of a straitlaced scientist.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charlie Ruggles. Dir: Howard Hawks. BW-102 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
5:30 AM Festival of Shorts #53 (2007)  
  Features Double Exposure (1935) a Warner Comedy short starring Bob Hope. BW-22 min, CC  

16 Friday  
6:00 AM Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)  
  Sherlock Holmes fights to keep a new bombsite design from the Nazis.
 Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill. Dir: Roy William Neill. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
7:15 AM Woman in Green, The (1945)  
  Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
 Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke. Dir: Roy William Neill. BW-67 mins, TV-G  
8:30 AM Sherlock Holmes in Terror by Night (1946)  
  Sherlock Holmes signs on to protect a priceless diamond from jewel thieves.
 Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray. Dir: Roy William Neill. BW-63 mins, TV-G  
9:45 AM Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill (1946)  
  Sherlock Holmes sets out to find why people are killing each other over a seemingly inexpensive music box.
 Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison. Dir: Roy William Neill. BW-71 mins, TV-G  
11:00 AM Thin Man, The (1934)  
  A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor & almost get killed for their efforts.
 Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
12:45 PM After The Thin Man (1936)  
  Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora's cousin of a murder charge.
 Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:45 PM Another Thin Man (1939)  
  Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
 Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, C. Aubrey Smith. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II. BW-103 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:30 PM Shadow Of The Thin Man (1941)  
  High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
 Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:15 PM Thin Man Goes Home, The (1945)  
  On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
 Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson. Dir: Richard Thorpe. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:00 PM Asphalt Jungle, The (1950)  
  A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist.
 Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Marilyn Monroe. Dir: John Huston. BW-112 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
10:00 PM King Kong (1933)  
  A film crew discovers the "8th wonder of the world," a giant ape, and brings him back to New York, where he escapes.
 Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot. Dir: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
12:00 AM Dodsworth (1936)  
  A husband whose wife left him looks for new love in Europe.
 Cast: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas. Dir: William Wyler. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC  
2:00 AM Brief Encounter (1945)  
  Two married strangers meet in a train station and fall in love.
 Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway. Dir: David Lean. BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC  
3:30 AM In Which We Serve (1942)  
  Survivors of a bombed British destroyer think back on the paths that led them to war.
 Cast: Noel Coward, John Mills, Celia Johnson. Dir: Noel Coward, David Lean. BW-115 mins, TV-PG  
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #33 (1955)  
  Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Two of "The Pirate" and a clip from "Gaby." BW-26 mins, TV-G  

17 Saturday  
6:00 AM Northwest Passage (1940)  
  True story of Rogers' Rangers and their fight to open up new frontiers for Colonial America.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan. Dir: King Vidor. C-127 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:15 AM Red Dust (1932)  
  A plantation overseer in Indochina is torn between a married woman and a lady of the evening.
 Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor. Dir: Victor Fleming. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC  
10:00 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  
11:15 AM Destination Murder (1950)  
  A woman infiltrates the mob to find her father's killer.
 Cast: Joyce MacKenzie, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker. Dir: Edward L. Cahn. BW-73 mins, TV-PG, CC  
12:30 PM Geronimo (1962)  
  A defiant Apache warrior tries to unite his tribe against the U.S. Army.
 Cast: Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Ross Martin. Dir: Arnold Laven. C-103 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
2:30 PM Requiem For A Heavyweight (1962)  
  A washed-up prizefighter tries to free himself from his ruthless promoters to build a new life.
 Cast: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney. Dir: Ralph Nelson. BW-85 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
4:00 PM Fail Safe (1964)  
  A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III - target: Moscow.
 Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman. Dir: Sidney Lumet. BW-112 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format  
6:00 PM Flying Tigers (1942)  
  American flyers help the Chinese fight off Japanese invaders.
 Cast: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee. Dir: David Miller. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC  
8:00 PM Kes (1969)  
  A young man finds escape from his working-class life training a pet falcon.
 Cast: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie. Dir: Kenneth Loach. C-111 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
10:00 PM Born Yesterday (1950)  
  A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend.
 Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden. Dir: George Cukor. BW-102 mins, TV-PG  
12:00 AM Withnail and I (1987)  
  Two unemployed actors escape the horrors of London for a drunken vacation.
 Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths. C-79 mins  
2:00 AM I'm All Right Jack (1960)  
  A veteran starting out in business gets caught between management and labor.
 Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers. Dir: John Boulting. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC  
4:00 AM World Of Henry Orient, The (1964)  
  Two poor little rich girls dog the steps of a womanizing pianist.
 Cast: Peter Sellers, Angela Lansbury, Paula Prentiss. Dir: George Roy Hill. C-107 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  

18 Sunday  
6:00 AM Ring of Fear (1954)  
  Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
 Cast: Mickey Spillane, Clyde Beatty, Pat O'Brien. Dir: James Edward Grant. C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
8:00 AM Clash By Night (1952)  
  An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband's best friend.
 Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe. Dir: Fritz Lang. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
10:00 AM Flower Drum Song (1961)  
  A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride.
 Cast: Benson Fong, Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta. Dir: Henry Koster. C-131 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
12:15 PM The Black Hole (1979)  
  Researchers discover a lost space ship on the edge of a black hole.
 Cast: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine. Dir: Gary Nelson. C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
2:00 PM Bells Of St. Mary's (1945)  
  A liberal priest tries to soften the strict nun running a boys' school.
 Cast: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-126 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:15 PM Story Of Seabiscuit (1949)  
  Fictionalized account of the legendary racehorse's training and triumphs.
 Cast: Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister. Dir: David Butler. C-93 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:00 PM Miracle Worker, The (1962)  
  True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate.
 Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson. Dir: Arthur Penn. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
8:00 PM Awful Truth, The (1937)  
  A divorced couple keeps getting mixed up in each other's love lives.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:00 PM Philadelphia Story, The (1940)  
  Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Dir: George Cukor. BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
12:00 AM Casablanca (1942)  
  An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
 Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
2:00 AM North By Northwest (1959)  
  A man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase from men in black.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-136 min, PG, CC, Letterbox, DVS
4:30 AM Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest (2000)  
  A documentary about the making of North by Northwest, hosted by Eva Marie Saint. C-40 mins, TV-PG, CC  
5:30 AM Festival of Shorts #53 (2007)  
  Features Double Exposure (1935) a Warner Comedy short starring Bob Hope. BW-22 mins, CC  

19 Monday  
6:00 AM Gay Falcon, The (1942)  
  A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
 Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Gladys Cooper. Dir: Irving Reis. BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:15 AM Date With The Falcon, A (1941)  
  The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds.
 Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason. Dir: Irving Reis. BW-63 mins, TV-G  
8:30 AM Falcon Takes Over, The (1942)  
  A society sleuth and a lady reporter try to track down a murderous thug's lost girlfriend.
 Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, Ward Bond. Dir: Irving Reis. BW-63 mins, TV-G  
9:45 AM Falcon's Brother, The (1942)  
  A gentlemanly detective calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
 Cast: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph. Dir: Stanley Logan. BW-63 mins, TV-G  
11:00 AM Falcon Strikes Back, The (1943)  
  A society sleuth is framed for murder by criminals running a war-bond racket.
 Cast: Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Edgar Kennedy. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-66 mins, TV-G  
12:15 PM Falcon In Danger, The (1943)  
  A society sleuth tracks a lost plane carrying $100,000.
 Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard. Dir: William Clemens. BW-70 mins, TV-G  
1:30 PM Falcon And The Co-Eds, The (1944)  
  A society sleuth investigates murder at a girls' school.
 Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell. Dir: William Clemens. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
2:45 PM Falcon Out West, The (1944)  
  A society sleuth turns cowboy to investigate a Texas murder.
 Cast: Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale. Dir: William Clemens. BW-64 mins,  
4:00 PM Falcon In Mexico, The (1944)  
  A society sleuth travels South of the border to investigate an art dealer's murder.
 Cast: Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha MacVicar. Dir: William Berke. BW-70 mins, TV-G  
5:15 PM Falcon In Hollywood, The (1944)  
  A society sleuth tours the movie capital, where he uncovers an actor's murder.
 Cast: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Sheldon Leonard. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-67 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:30 PM Falcon In San Francisco, The (1945)  
  A society sleuth enlists a little girl's help in nabbing a mob of silk smugglers.
 Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Sharyn Moffett. Dir: Joseph H. Lewis. BW-66 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Great Waltz, The (1938)  
  Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
 Cast: Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet, Miliza Korjus. Dir: Julien Duvivier. BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC  
10:00 PM Song Of Love (1947)  
  True story of Clara Schumann's battle to save husband Robert's health and resist the romantic overtures of Johannes Brahms.
 Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker. Dir: Clarence Brown. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:15 AM Interrupted Melody (1955)  
  True story of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrence and her battle against polio.
 Cast: Eleanor Parker, Glenn Ford, Roger Moore. Dir: Curtis Bernhardt. C-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
2:15 AM Maytime (1937)  
  An opera star's manager tries to stop her romance with a penniless singer.
 Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-132 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:30 AM Topaze (1933)  
  A simple schoolteacher gets caught up in a wealthy baron's crooked schemes.
 Cast: John Barrymore, Myrna Loy, Reginald Mason. Dir: Harry D'Abbadie D'Arrast. BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC  

20 Tuesday  
6:00 AM MGM STORY,THE (1950)  
  A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
 Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary BW-57 mins, TV-G  
7:00 AM Flipper (1963)  
  A fisherman in the Florida Keys opposes his son's friendship with a dolphin.
 Cast: Chuck Connors, Luke Halpin, Kathleen Maguire. Dir: James B. Clark. C-90 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
8:45 AM Flipper's New Adventure (1964)  
  The heroic dolphin helps capture a group of escaped convicts.
 Cast: Luke Halpin, Pamela Franklin, Brian Kelly. Dir: Leon Benson. C-98 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
10:30 AM Look Who's Laughing (1941)  
  A radio star plans to build an airplane plant in a sleepy small town.
 Cast: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Lucille Ball. Dir: Allan Dwan. BW-79 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:00 PM Here We Go Again (1942)  
  While on their second honeymoon, Fibber McGee and Molly get mixed up with con men.
 Cast: Jim and Marian Jordan, Edgar Bergen. Dir: Allan Dwan. BW-77 mins, TV-G  
1:30 PM Seven Days' Leave (1942)  
  A serviceman has one week to wed an heiress and inherit $100,000.
 Cast: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary. Dir: Tim Whelan. C-87 mins, TV-G  
3:00 PM Great Gildersleeve (1942)  
  A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
 Cast: Hal Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates. Dir: Gordon M. Douglas. BW-62 mins, TV-G  
4:15 PM Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)  
  A small-town politician is the jury hold-out in a sensational murder case.
 Cast: Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-63 mins, TV-G  
5:30 PM Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)  
  On a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.
 Cast: Harold Peary, Billie Burke, Claire Carleton. Dir: Gordon M. Douglas. BW-65 mins, TV-G  
6:45 PM Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)  
  Two ghosts help a small-town eccentric run for mayor.
 Cast: Harold Peary, Marion Martin, Frank Reicher. Dir: Gordon Douglas. BW-64 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)  
  An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top.
 Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
10:15 PM It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)  
  A group of greedy clowns tears up the countryside in search of buried treasure.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar. Dir: Stanley Kramer. C-182 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
1:30 AM Birdman Of Alcatraz (1962)  
  True story of Robert Stroud, the prison lifer who became an expert on birds.
 Cast: Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, Thelma Ritter. Dir: John Frankenheimer. BW-149 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
4:00 AM Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)  
  A neurotic invalid accidentally overhears a phone conversation plotting her own murder.
 Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey. Dir: Anatole Litvak. BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC  

21 Wednesday  
6:00 AM Cuban Love Song, The (1931)  
  An ex-marine returns to Cuba to find the child he fathered on leave.
 Cast: Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Velez, Jimmy Durante. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-86 mins, TV-G  
7:30 AM Half-Naked Truth, The (1933)  
  A carnival pitch man turns a sideshow dancer into an overnight sensation.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy, Eugene Pallette. Dir: Gregory La Cava. BW-77 mins, TV-G  
9:00 AM Girl From Mexico, The (1939)  
  An ad man tours Mexico trying to cast a new radio show.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Donald Woods, Leon Errol. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-72 mins, TV-G  
10:15 AM Mexican Spitfire (1940)  
  A businessman's aunt enlists his ex-wife to break up his marriage to a temperamental Latina.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
11:30 AM Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)  
  To punish her inattentive husband, a Latin bombshell pretends to want a divorce.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-76 mins, TV-G  
1:00 PM Mexican Spitfire's Baby, The (1941)  
  An advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a beautiful woman.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Buddy Rogers. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-70 mins, TV-G  
2:15 PM Mexican Spitfire At Sea (1942)  
  An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-73 mins, TV-G  
3:30 PM Mexican Spitfire Sees A Ghost (1942)  
  An advertising executive and his temperamental wife investigate a haunted house.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Buddy Rogers. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-70 mins, TV-G  
4:45 PM Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)  
  A temperamental Latina and her family get caught in the search for a rare art treasure.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Walter Reed. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-64 mins, TV-G  
6:00 PM Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)  
  A husband mistakenly believes his hot Latin wife is pregnant.
 Cast: Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Walter Reed. Dir: Leslie Goodwins. BW-63 mins, TV-G  
7:30 PM MGM Parade Show #33 (1955)  
  Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Two of "The Pirate" and a clip from "Gaby." BW-26 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Singin' In The Rain (1952)  
  A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
 Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor. Dir: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. C-103 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
10:00 PM Band Wagon, The (1953)  
  A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
 Cast: Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-112 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:00 AM Cyrano De Bergerac (1950)  
  A swordsman and poet helps another man woo the woman he loves.
 Cast: Jose Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince. Dir: Michael Gordon. BW-113 mins, TV-G  
2:00 AM Lassie Come Home (1943)  
  A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
 Cast: Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. C-89 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
3:45 AM Benji (1974)  
  A stray dog sets out to rescue two kidnapped children.
 Cast: Patsy Garrett, Allen Fiuzat, Edgar Buchanan. Dir: Joe Camp. C-86 mins, TV-G, CC  

22 Thursday  
6:00 AM Festival of Shorts #53 (2007)  
  Features Double Exposure (1935) a Warner Comedy short starring Bob Hope. BW-22 mins, , CC  
6:30 AM Private Screenings: Child Stars (2006)  
  Robert Osborne sits down with former child stars Margaret O'Brien, Jane Withers, Dickie Moore and Darryl Hickman
 for an interview on their lives and careers. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
8:00 AM Family Affair, A (1936)  
  In the first Hardy Family film, a small-town judge fights for re-election while dealing with family problems.
 Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Mickey Rooney. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-69 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
9:15 AM You're Only Young Once (1938)  
  Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC  
10:45 AM Judge Hardy's Children (1938)  
  A small-town judge's Washington trip lands his son in hot water with a diplomat's daughter.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Ann Rutherford. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-77 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:15 PM Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)  
  A small-town boy tries to juggle two girlfriends at once.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:00 PM Out West With The Hardys (1938)  
  A small-town judge takes his family on a western vacation so he can help a friend negotiate water rights.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Virginia Weidler. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC  
3:30 PM Hardys Ride High, The (1939)  
  A small-town family inherits a fortune but has trouble adjusting to society life.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:00 PM Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)  
  A teenage boy falls in love with his drama teacher.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:30 PM Judge Hardy And Son (1939)  
  A small-town judge tries to save an elderly couple from eviction while coping with his wife's illness.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:00 PM Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952)  
  A circus ringmaster and an egotistical trapeze artist vie for the love of a pretty acrobat.
 Cast: Betty Hutton, Charlton Heston, James Stewart. Dir: Cecil B. DeMille. C-152 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:45 PM Happy Time, The (1952)  
  A Quebec patriarch fights to keep his wayward son from leading his grandson astray.
 Cast: Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Bobby Driscoll. Dir: Richard Fleischer. BW-94 mins, TV-G  
12:30 AM Crowd, The (1928)  
  In this silent film, an office worker deals with the simple joys and tragedies of married life.
 Cast: James Murray, Eleanor Boardman, Bert Roach. Dir: King Vidor. BW-93 mins, TV-G  
2:15 AM Westward The Women (1951)  
  A frontiersman leads a wagon train full of mail-order brides.
 Cast: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, John McIntire. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-117 mins, TV-PG  
4:30 AM Comanche Station (1960)  
  After saving a woman kidnapped by Indians, a cowboy has to fight to get her back to civilization.
 Cast: Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins. Dir: Budd Boetticher. C-73 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  

23 Friday  
6:00 AM Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)  
  A teenage boy goes into debt to court a Manhattan socialite.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:45 AM Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)  
  On the verge of graduation, a high-school boy decides he needs a social secretary.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Kathryn Grayson. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC  
9:30 AM Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941)  
  A small-town boy tries life in the big city before going to college.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-101 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
11:15 AM Courtship Of Andy Hardy, The (1942)  
  A teenager dates a girl whose parents' divorce is being decided by his father.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Donna Reed. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-95 mins, TV-G, CC  
1:00 PM Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)  
  A new college student lets romance get in the way of his studies.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Esther Williams. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:45 PM Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)  
  A college boy has to cope with a pair of beautiful twins.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Bonita Granville. Dir: George B. Seitz. BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:45 PM Love Laughs At Andy Hardy (1946)  
  A small-town boy returns to college after the war only to find his sweetheart engaged to another.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Bonita Granville. Dir: Willis Goldbeck. BW-93 mins, TV-G  
6:30 PM Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)  
  In a sequel to the popular film series, Andy Hardy returns to Carvel to negotiate a land deal.
 Cast: Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker. Dir: Howard W. Koch. BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:00 PM Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)  
  An experienced gunman and a peace-loving tenderfoot clash with a Western bully.
 Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin. Dir: John Ford. BW-123 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
10:15 PM Best Years Of Our Lives, The (1946)  
  Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II.
 Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy. Dir: William Wyler. BW-170 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:15 AM Stalag 17 (1953)  
  A cynical serviceman in a World War II POW camp has to prove he's not an informer.
 Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Peter Graves. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC  
3:30 AM Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)  
  Childhood friends on opposite sides of the law fight over the future of a street gang.
 Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #33 (1955)  
  Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Two of "The Pirate" and a clip from "Gaby." BW-26 mins, TV-G  

24 Saturday  
6:00 AM Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)  
  Classic adventure about the sadistic Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition.
 Cast: Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone. Dir: Frank Lloyd. BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
8:30 AM He Walked By Night (1948)  
  After killing a cop, a burglar fights to evade the police.
 Cast: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts. Dir: Alfred Werker. BW-79 mins, TV-14  
10:00 AM Desperate (1947)  
  An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
 Cast: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr. Dir: Anthony Mann. BW-73 mins, TV-PG, CC  
11:15 AM Railroaded! (1947)  
  A two-bit hood sets out to rob his boss's illegal gambling operation.
 Cast: John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont. Dir: Anthony Mann. BW-72 mins, TV-14, CC  
12:30 PM Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943)  
  A loner gets caught up in a posse's drive to find and hang three suspected rustlers.
 Cast: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn. Dir: William A. Wellman. BW-76 mins, TV-14  
2:00 PM Raintree County (1957)  
  In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black.
 Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. C-188 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
5:15 PM Elmer Gantry (1960)  
  A young drifter finds success as a traveling preacher until his past catches up with him.
 Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-147 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
8:00 PM From Here To Eternity (1953)  
  Enlisted men in Hawaii fight for love and honor on the eve of World War II.
 Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra. Dir: Fred Zinnemann. BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:15 PM Take The Money And Run (1969)  
  An incompetent criminal becomes the subject of a documentary.
 Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire. Dir: Woody Allen. C-85 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
12:00 AM Movers and Shakers (1985)  
  A Hollywood studio head promises a dying friend to turn a notorious sex manual into a movie.
 Cast: Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Tyne Daly. Dir: William Asher. C-80 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format  
1:30 AM Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)  
  A blue-collar worker's encounter with a UFO leaves him a changed man.
 Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr. Dir: Steven Spielberg. C-137 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format  
4:00 AM Spielberg on Spielberg (2007)  
  A TCM original documentary featuring exclusive interviews with Steven Spielberg, arguably
 the most popular and influential director of his time. Dir: Richard Schickel. BW-86 mins, TV-MA, CC  

25 Sunday  
6:00 AM Mystery Street (1950)  
  Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim's bones to go on.
 Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Elsa Lanchester. Dir: John Sturges. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC  
8:00 AM Latin Lovers (1953)  
  An heiress searches for true love while vacationing in Brazil.
 Cast: Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalban, Jean Hagen. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. C-104 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:00 AM Americanization of Emily, The (1964)  
  A British war widow falls for an opportunistic American sailor during World War II.
 Cast: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas. Dir: Arthur Hiller. BW-115 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
12:00 PM To Sir, With Love (1967)  
  A substitute teacher changes the lives of the slum children in his class.
 Cast: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson. Dir: James Clavell. C-105 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
2:00 PM Patch Of Blue, A (1965)  
  A blind white girl falls in love with a black man.
 Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman. Dir: Guy Green. BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
4:00 PM How To Murder Your Wife (1965)  
  After marrying while drunk, a cartoonist puts his murderous fantasies into his work.
 Cast: Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas. Dir: Richard Quine. C-118 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format  
6:00 PM That Touch of Mink (1962)  
  Attraction develops between a suave businessman and a young woman determined to protect her innocence.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young. Dir: Delbert Mann. C-99 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
8:00 PM Green For Danger (1946)  
  A police inspector investigates an operating room death that may be murder.
 Cast: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Alastair Sim. Dir: Sidney Gilliat. BW-91 mins,  
10:00 PM Edge of the World, The (1937)  
  A fisherman fights to prevent changing times from destroying his family.
 Cast: John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry. Dir: Michael Powell. BW-72 mins, TV-PG  
11:30 PM Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943)  
  An aging military man looks back on the loves and friends who shaped his life.
 Cast: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook. Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. C-163 mins, TV-G  
2:30 AM Age Of Consent (1969)  
  An artist runs off to the South Pacific and falls for a young girl there.
 Cast: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack McGowran. Dir: Michael Powell. C-98 mins,  
4:15 AM Seventh Veil, The (1945)  
  A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
 Cast: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom. Dir: Compton Bennett. BW-94 mins, TV-PG  

26 Monday  
6:00 AM Maisie (1939)  
  A Brooklyn showgirl tries to clear a ranch foreman of murder charges.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-75 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:30 AM Congo Maisie (1940)  
  Brooklyn showgirl Maisie gets stranded in the African jungle with a romantic doctor.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson. Dir: H.C. Potter. BW-71 mins, TV-G  
8:45 AM Gold Rush Maisie (1940)  
  A Brooklyn showgirl helps a poor family strike it rich.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, Lee Bowman, Virginia Weidler. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-82 mins, TV-G  
10:15 AM Maisie Was A Lady (1941)  
  A Brooklyn showgirl signs on as maid for a family of wealthy eccentrics.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-79 mins, TV-G, CC  
11:45 AM Ringside Maisie (1941)  
  A Brooklyn showgirl sets pulses racing at a boxers' training camp.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-95 mins, TV-G  
1:30 PM Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)  
  A Brooklyn showgirl launches a stage act with a hick comic.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, Red Skelton, Leo Gorcey. Dir: Roy Del Ruth. BW-86 mins, TV-G  
3:00 PM Swing Shift Maisie (1943)  
  A brassy showgirl signs on to help the war effort as a factory worker.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, James Craig, Jean Rogers. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-86 mins, TV-G  
4:30 PM Maisie Goes To Reno (1944)  
  On a trip to Reno, a Brooklyn showgirl tries to stop a soldier and his wife from divorcing.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, John Hodiak, Ava Gardner. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-90 mins, TV-G  
6:15 PM Up Goes Maisie (1946)  
  A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks out to steal his ideas.
 Cast: Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Hillary Brooke. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-89 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Catered Affair, The (1956)  
  A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
 Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds. Dir: Richard Brooks. BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
10:00 PM Women, The (1939)  
  A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
 Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell. Dir: George Cukor. BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
12:30 AM Boy With Green Hair, The (1948)  
  An orphaned boy mystically acquires green hair and a mission to end war.
 Cast: Dean Stockwell, Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan. Dir: Joseph Losey. C-82 mins, TV-G  
2:00 AM Devil Is A Sissy, The (1936)  
  A British boy in New York tries to join a tenement gang.
 Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-92 mins, TV-G  
3:45 AM Boys' Town (1938)  
  True story of Father Flanagan's fight to build a home for orphaned boys.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull. Dir: Norman Taurog. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
5:30 AM Festival of Shorts #53 (2007)  
  Features Double Exposure (1935) a Warner Comedy short starring Bob Hope. BW-22 mins, CC  

27 Tuesday  
6:00 AM Festival of Shorts #53 (2007)  
  Features Double Exposure (1935) a Warner Comedy short starring Bob Hope. BW-22 mins, CC  
6:30 AM Four Daughters (1938)  
  A small-town family's peaceful life is shattered when one daughter falls for a rebellious musician.
 Cast: Claude Rains, John Garfield, Priscilla Lane. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:15 AM Four Wives (1939)  
  Three married women play matchmaker for their widowed sister.
 Cast: Claude Rains, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC  
10:15 AM Four Mothers (1941)  
  Four married sisters face financial problems as motherhood approaches.
 Cast: Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane. Dir: William Keighley. BW-85 mins, TV-G  
11:45 AM Case of the Howling Dog, The (1934)  
  Perry Mason gets caught between feuding neighbors who claim to be married to the same woman.
 Cast: Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins. Dir: Alan Crosland. BW-74 mins, TV-PG  
1:15 PM Case of the Curious Bride, The (1935)  
  Perry Mason helps a young woman whose supposedly dead husband suddenly returns to life.
 Cast: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Errol Flynn. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC  
2:45 PM Case of the Lucky Legs, The (1935)  
  Perry Mason tries to stay on the wagon while investigating the murder of a crooked beauty contest promoter.
 Cast: Warren William, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:15 PM Case of the Velvet Claws, The (1936)  
  Perry Mason's honeymoon with Della Street is interrupted by the murder of a scandal-sheet publisher.
 Cast: Warren William, Claire Dodd, Winifred Shaw. Dir: William Clemens. BW-63 mins, TV-G, CC  
5:30 PM Case of the Black Cat, The (1936)  
  Perry Mason looks into a trio of murders heralded by the shriek of a cat.
 Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Jane Bryan, Harry Davenport. Dir: William C. McGann. BW-66 mins, TV-PG  
6:45 PM Case of the Stuttering Bishop, The (1937)  
  Perry Mason tries to find out if a long-lost heiress is the real thing.
 Cast: Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Craig Stevens. Dir: William Clemens. BW-71 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Place in the Sun, A (1951)  
  An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
 Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. Dir: George Stevens. BW-122 mins, TV-PG, CC  
10:15 PM Hustler, The (1961)  
  A pool shark falls into the clutches of a crooked gambler.
 Cast: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott. Dir: Robert Rossen. BW-135 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format  
12:45 AM Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)  
  Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
 Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. C-113 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
2:45 AM Freaks (1932)  
  A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband.
 Cast: Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles. Dir: Tod Browning. BW-62 mins, TV-PG, CC  
4:00 AM Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane, The (1976)  
  A thirteen-year-old girl turns to murder after her father dies.
 Cast: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith. Dir: Nicolas Gessner. C-92 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format  

28 Wednesday  
6:00 AM Young Dr. Kildare (1938)  
  A medical school graduate must choose between a small-town practice and a big-city internship.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Nat Pendleton. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-82 mins, TV-G, CC  
7:30 AM Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)  
  A young doctor treats a gangster and falls for the man's kid sister.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lana Turner. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-87 mins, TV-G  
9:00 AM Secret Of Dr. Kildare, The (1939)  
  A young doctor tries to help a woman suffering from psychosomatic blindness.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-85 mins, TV-G  
10:30 AM Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)  
  A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-79 mins, TV-G, CC  
12:00 PM Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)  
  A young doctor's marriage could be called off when the bride's brother is diagnosed with epilepsy.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Young. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-75 mins, TV-G, CC  
1:30 PM Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)  
  A young doctor uses pioneering methods to treat a mental patient.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-77 mins, TV-G, CC  
3:00 PM Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)  
  A young doctor's wedding turns into a tragic event.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Red Skelton. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-83 mins, TV-G, CC  
4:30 PM People Vs. Dr. Kildare, The (1941)  
  An ice skater sues a young doctor for malpractice.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Bonita Granville. Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. BW-78 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:00 PM Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)  
  A young doctor with a broken heart succumbs to the lure of a socialite.
 Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Ayars. Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC  
8:00 PM Odd Man Out (1947)  
  A wounded IRA man faces betrayal on all sides when the British put a price on his head.
 Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack. Dir: Carol Reed. BW-116 mins, TV-PG  
10:00 PM Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961)  
  A factory worker lives for the chance to have fun on the weekends.
 Cast: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts. Dir: Karel Reisz. BW-89 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format  
11:45 PM Wrong Box, The (1966)  
  Two elderly brothers plot to kill each other for a fortune.
 Cast: Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Michael Caine. Dir: Bryan Forbes. C-106 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
1:45 AM Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming, The (1966)  
  When a Russian sub runs aground in New England, it creates a local panic.
 Cast: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin. Dir: Norman Jewison. C-126 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
4:00 AM Private Screenings: Norman Jewison (2007)  
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5:00 AM Hot Water (1924)  
  In this silent film, a newlywed husband has in-law problems.
 Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Josephine Crowell. Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor. BW-60 mins, TV-G  

29 Thursday  
6:00 AM Durango Kid, The (1940)  
  A Western Robin Hood gets caught in the middle of a range war when he's framed for murder.
 Cast: Charles Starrett, Luana Walters, Kenneth MacDonald. Dir: Lambert Hillyer. BW-61 mins,  
7:15 AM Return of the Durango Kid, The (1945)  
  A masked outlaw steals from bank robbers to help the poor.
 Cast: Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Jean Stevens. Dir: Derwin Abrahams. BW-58 mins,  
8:15 AM Both Barrels Blazing (1945)  
  The Durango Kid tries to track down stolen money after the bandits are killed.
 Cast: Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor. Dir: Derwin Abrahams. BW-57 mins,  
9:15 AM Blazing the Western Trail (1945)  
  The Durango Kid tries to save a beautiful young woman's stagecoach line from an unscrupulous rival.
 Cast: Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Carole Mathews. Dir: Vernon Keays. BW-60 mins,  
10:30 AM Lawless Empire (1945)  
  The Durango Kid helps a small-town minister drive off land raiders.
 Cast: Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor. Dir: Vernon Keays. BW-58 mins,  
11:45 AM Father Of The Bride (1950)  
  A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
1:30 PM Father's Little Dividend (1951)  
  In this sequel to Father of the Bride, a doting father faces a series of comic trials when his daughter has her first child.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC  
3:00 PM Fast Company (1938)  
  Married book-dealers Joel and Gerda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
 Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Louis Calhern. Dir: Edward Buzzell. BW-75 mins, TV-PG  
4:30 PM Fast And Loose (1939)  
  Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane investigate the killing of a noted collector.
 Cast: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Reginald Owen. Dir: Edwin L. Marin. BW-80 mins, TV-G, CC  
6:00 PM Fast And Furious (1939)  
  Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane get mixed up with murder during a beauty pageant.
 Cast: Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey. Dir: Busby Berkeley. BW-73 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Inherit The Wind (1960)  
  In the twenties, a schoolteacher creates a national furor when he breaks the law against teaching evolution.
 Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly. Dir: Stanley Kramer. BW-128 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
10:15 PM Face In The Crowd, A (1957)  
  A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
 Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau. Dir: Elia Kazan. BW-126 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format  
12:30 AM Juliet of the Spirits (1965)  
  An aging housewife seeks direction when she catches her husband in an affair.
 Cast: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Valentina Coretese. Dir: Federico Fellini. C-137 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format  
3:00 AM Hot Rods To Hell (1967)  
  A family traveling through the desert is set up by a teen gang.
 Cast: Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, Mimsy Farmer. Dir: John Brahm. C-100 mins, TV-PG  
4:45 AM Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)  
  Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed searches for a talent contest's mysterious winner.
 Cast: Alan Freed, Jimmy Clanton, Chuck Berry. Dir: Paul Landres. BW-74 mins, TV-G  

30 Friday  
6:00 AM Murder She Said (1961)  
  When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
 Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Hickson. Dir: George Pollock. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS  
7:30 AM Murder At The Gallop (1963)  
  Elderly sleuth Miss Marple suspects foul play when an old friend is supposedly scared to death by a cat.
 Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson. Dir: George Pollock. BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
9:00 AM Murder Most Foul (1964)  
  Elderly sleuth Miss Marple joins a small-town theatre to investigate a murder.
 Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Francesca Annis. Dir: George Pollock. BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
10:45 AM Murder Ahoy (1964)  
  Elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes to the seas to investigate murder on a naval training ship.
 Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson. Dir: George Pollock. BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format  
12:30 PM Meet Boston Blackie (1941)  
  A reformed thief uncovers a spy ring while investigating a murder at sea.
 Cast: Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane. Dir: Robert Florey. BW-60 mins, TV-G  
1:30 PM Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)  
  A reformed thief cracks a ring of art thieves to clear himself of murder charges.
 Cast: Chester Morris, Harriet Hilliard, Richard Lane. Dir: Edward Dmytryk. BW-65 mins, TV-G  
2:45 PM Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)  
  When he's framed for robbery, a reformed thief takes off to find the real culprit.
 Cast: Chester Morris, George E. Stone, Constance Worth. Dir: Michael Gordon. BW-68 mins, TV-G  
4:00 PM One Mysterious Night (1944)  
  A reformed thief helps the police recover an Egyptian diamond.
 Cast: Chester Morris, Janis Carter, William Wright. Dir: Budd Boetticher. BW-62 mins, TV-G  
5:15 PM Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)  
  A reformed thief brings a magic show to a woman's prison and gets mixed up in an escape.
 Cast: Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling. Dir: D. Ross Lederman. BW-70 mins, TV-G  
6:30 PM Trapped By Boston Blackie (1948)  
  When the pearl necklace he's been hired to guard goes missing, a reformed thief is the prime suspect.
 Cast: Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane. Dir: Seymour Friedman. BW-67 mins, TV-G  
8:00 PM Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)  
  A New York businessman's dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack.
 Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas. Dir: H.C. Potter. BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS  
10:00 PM Anna Karenina (1935)  
  Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
 Cast: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone. Dir: Clarence Brown. BW-93 mins, TV-14, CC  
11:45 PM Enchanted April (1935)  
  Two women rent an Italian villa to escape from their unfulfilling marriages.
 Cast: Ann Harding, Frank Morgan, Katherine Alexander. Dir: Harry Beaumont. BW-66 mins, TV-PG, CC  
1:00 AM Madame Bovary (1949)  
  A romantic country girl sacrifices her marriage when she thinks she's found true love.
 Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, James Mason. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC  
3:00 AM Camille (1936)  
  In this classic 19th-century romance, a kept woman runs off with a young admirer in search of love and happiness.
 Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore. Dir: George Cukor. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS  
5:00 AM Garbo (2005)  
  Documentary that explores the life and career of screen legend Greta Garbo. BW-86 mins, PG, CC  
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Roger Corman Profile

Roger Corman is known primarily for his low budget, highly profitable films, but also for providing in-house training to young filmmakers who went on to become masters of the Hollywood cinema. Working outside the studio system, Corman has established a record as one of the most commercially successful filmmakers in Hollywood history, with over 200 films to his credit, 90% of which have turned a profit.

After graduating from Stanford in 1947, Corman broke into the film business, first as a messenger boy and later as a story analyst and screenwriter. After his first script ("Highway Dragnet" 1954) was altered by a studio, he decided to make his own movies, beginning with "Monster from the Ocean Floor" in 1954. American Releasing Corporation, which later became known as American International Pictures, distributed Corman's second film, "The Fast and the Furious" (1954), as part of an unusual deal: ARP advanced the filmmaker cash to make additional movies. Corman later employed this arrangement with other distributors such as Allied Artists.

By 1955, when he made his directorial debut, the Corman formula was in place: quirky characters; offbeat plots laced with social commentary; clever use of special effects, sets and cinematography; employment of fresh talent; and above all, miniscule budgets (under $100,000) and breakneck shooting schedules (5-10 days). Corman titles from the 1950s and 60s include such genre films as "Swamp Women" (1956), "Machine Gun Kelly" (1958), "Little Shop of Horrors" (1961), "The Wild Angels" (1966) and "The Trip" (1967). His films based on the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe ("The Pit and the Pendulum" 1961, "Tales of Terror" 1962, "The Raven" 1963, "Masque of the Red Death" 1964) were typically shot in three weeks on only slighly higher budgets, yet have become classics of the horror genre.

Dissatisfied with increasing studio and AIP interference in both the content and budgets of his films, Corman decided to start his own company in order to exert total control over his product. In 1970 he formed New World Pictures, which produced and distributed, not only exploitation movies such as Death Race 2000 (1975), but also sophisticated European art films by celebrated directors such as Truffaut, Bergman and Fellini. Corman once again demonstrated his Midas touch; New World became the largest independent production and distribution company in the US and in January 1983 he sold it for $16.5 million.

In 1983 Corman founded Concorde/New Horizons, a production company which continues to be both prolific (over 20 films annually) and commercially prodigious (1987 gross earnings: $94 million). Taking full advantage of "ancillary" markets (videocassete, pay TV and foreign sales), Corman continues his lucrative practice of releasing successful, cut-rate exploitation films such as "Not of this Earth" (1988), "Nightfall" (1988) and "The Lawless Land" (1989)

Corman's legendary success is attributed to the fact that he operates outside the usual Hollywood constraints. He does not shrink from hiring unconventional actors such as pornography film stars like Traci Lords; he was one of the first producers to recognize the financial advantages of shooting in Europe; and he has even used sets discarded from other lavish, expensive movies for his own films.

In addition to his successful business innovations, Corman is recognized for his sponsorship of new talent. His ability to locate, and then provide a training ground for young filmmakers has produced an impressive roster of directors and performers. Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, John Sayles, Robert Towne, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Dennis Hopper and Charles Bronson are but a few of the names associated with Corman films early in their careers. When Ron Howard directed his first film (for Corman), "Grand Theft Auto," Corman joked that if he did a good job, he'd never have to work for him again.

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William Castle Profile

It should come as no surprise to fans of “The King of the Gimmick” that William Castle was not his real name. Born William Schloss in New York City on April 24, 1914, the future director of such B-movie cult classics as The Tingler (1959), House on Haunted Hill (1959) and 13 Ghosts (1960) was a shy, awkward boy whose parents sent him to camp to make a man of him. Teased for his lack of athletic ability, he found salvation in the discovery of a freakish anatomical elasticity. Being double jointed and able to wrap his legs around his neck made “Slush” a hit when he appeared as “The Spider Boy” at the camp’s annual circus.

The Depression found William Schloss shouldering a series of odd jobs, from washing dishes at the Horn & Hardart Automat to appearing as Simple Simon in Bloomingdale’s front window “Living Nursery Book.” Occasional theatre work lifted his spirits. As William Castle, he made his Broadway debut in 1922 in The Torch Bearers. Passing himself off as the nephew of Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn, Castle bluffed himself into the ensemble of Jules Leventhal’s revival of An American Tragedy in 1931. In 1941, he charmed his way into the office of Orson Welles, then vacating his Connecticut theater in Stony Creek to prepare for filming Citizen Kane (1941). Assuming the posture of a well-heeled producer, Castle got Welles to not only offer a lease on the theater but to seal the deal with one of his cherished Churchill cigars.

In Stony Creek, Castle got the most out of his Berlin-born leading lady Ellen Schwanneke. When The Third Reich invited the Mädchen in Uniform (1931) star to return to Germany, Castle capitalized on her refusal by billing Schwanneke as “The Girl Who Said No to Hitler” and vandalizing his own theater with swastikas to generate publicity. The gambit paid off and the success of the play (which he had written in forty-eight hours and passed off as the work of a German playwright to skirt labor restrictions on using foreign talent) got Castle an invitation to meet Columbia Pictures studio boss Harry Cohn. Castle met with “King” Cohn only once before he was put to work absorbing the mechanics of Columbia’s A and B-picture mills. A chance meeting with director George Stevens got Castle his first Hollywood job, as a dialogue director on the set of Penny Serenade (1941). Three years of frenzied activity followed, as Castle toiled as a dialogue director, assistant editor and bit player in dozens of Columbia productions.

Castle’s debut as a director was the “Boston Blackie” mystery The Chance of a Lifetime (1943) with Chester Morris. Castle hated the script and the critics hated Castle, with The Hollywood Reporter branding him “unfit to handle a motion picture.” Despite the vote of no confidence, Castle plunged back into work, racking up an impressive resume of forty-plus films before he broke out on his own. (Castle had also endured amoebic dysentery and a thirty-five pound weight loss while associate producing and shooting second unit footage in Mexico for Orson Welles’ The Lady from Shanghai in 1947.) The American success of the French psychological thriller Les Diaboliques (1955) sparked in Castle a long dormant desire to make scary movies. With scenarist Robb White, he adapted the novel The Marble Forest (the work of several writers published under the collective nom-de-plume “Theo Durrant”), which they gave the vaguely French titled Macabre (1958).

Seeing the finished product (self-produced for $86,000 and shot in a week), Castle knew he was no Henri-Georges Clouzot and decided a gimmick was needed to sell the film. For $5,000, he purchased an insurance policy from Lloyds of London guaranteeing a $1,000 payout to the beneficiaries of anyone felled by fright while watching Macabre. Castle sold the package to Allied Artists for twice his shooting budget and a percentage of the substantial profits. For their follow-up, Castle and White co-opted Macabre’s triple dog dare to ticket buyers with a terror tale in which millionaire Vincent Price offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who could survive a night in House on Haunted Hill (1959). Castle arranged to have a plastic skeleton flown over the heads of moviegoers during a key point in the film as part of a gimmick he called “Emergo.” While Columbia had turned down Macabre, the success of House on Haunted Hill prompted the studio to invite him back.

Arguably Castle’s signature film, The Tingler (1959) imagines a creature born of human fear that can be released only by screaming. In addition to the novelty of color film used for sequences involving blood, Castle dreamed up “Percepto,” a device installed below theater seats that simulated the vibrations of The Tingler as Vincent Price implored customers to “Scream...scream for your lives!” For 13 Ghosts (1960), he provided patrons with “Ghost Viewer” glasses enabling them to see the eponymous spooks hidden in the film by dint of the optical process “Illusion-O.” Borrowing a trick from Alfred Hitchcock, Castle introduced Homicidal (1961) in an onscreen appearance, announcing a “Fright Break” for those who found the suspense too much to bear. Castle pulled a similar stunt in the gothic Mr. Sardonicus (1961), in which the denouement was stalled to allow audiences to vote on the fate of its disfigured title character.

Through the 1960s, Castle’s promotional campaigns were often more satisfying than his features. The gimmick of Strait-Jacket (1964) was the sight of aging Hollywood icon Joan Crawford as an axe-wielding, head-chopping hellion. In 1968, Castle produced Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, whose success was for him tempered by the subsequent deaths of composer Krzysztof Komeda and Polanski’s wife Sharon Tate. Castle himself suffered a spell of uremic poisoning and later a nervous breakdown. His output slowed during the next decade. He produced the short-lived anthology TV series Ghost Story (which underwent a mid-season title change to Circle of Fear) and Jeannot Szwarc’s Bug (1975) before his death by heart attack on May 31, 1977. His 1976 autobiography, Step Right Up, I’m Gonna Scare the Pants Off America, was reprinted in 1991 with an affectionate foreword by John Waters, who eulogized Castle as “a famous showman in today’s lackluster showbiz environment.”

by Richard Harland Smith

Sources:
Step Right Up, I’m Gonna Scare the Pants Off America: Memoirs of a B-Movie Mogul by William Castle
Horror Film Directors, 1931-1990 by Dennis Fischer
The Horror People by John Brosnan
The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz

Tod Browning Profile

Among the most underrated directors of the silent and early sound eras, Tod Browning stretched the boundaries of the cinematic imagination and paved the way for the contemporary horror film. Best known for his groundbreaking Dracula (1931), he specialized in a unique brand of grotesque melodrama that was not easily categorized, experimenting with the crime thriller (The Unholy Three, 1925), pseudo-supernatural whodunit (The Thirteenth Chair, 1929), revenge tale (Freaks, 1932), science fiction film (The Devil-Doll, 1936) and some films so strange they defy classification (The Unknown, 1927).

Among Browning's most outlandish stories was that of his own life. In interviews and press releases, he wove a dramatic tale of a boy who ran away to join the circus at age sixteen, and who toured the world as a celebrated comedian and musical performer, the headlining act of a variety of famed music hall troupes. For good measure, he added that he also worked as a horseracing jockey in Kentucky during the off-seasons.

But this story, like those of his films, was a colorful exaggeration of real life. Born Charles Albert Browning in Louisville, Kentucky in 1882, Tod was given a conservative, religious upbringing with a strong work ethic. From his youth, however, he yearned to escape this life of responsibility and respectability, to pursue dreams and ambitions fueled by turn-of-the-century dime novels, traveling circuses and music hall performances. As for jockeying, the closest the lanky six-foot Kentuckian came to working with horses was as a clerk in a harness company. When he was in his twenties, Browning found work in a traveling musical comedy troupe and eventually landed in Hollywood as a supporting comic actor, first at the Biograph Studios in 1913, then at the Mutual Film Corp., where he had a recurring role as "Mr. Hadley, The Boss" in a popular series of comedies about Bill the Office Boy.

Browning's biggest professional break came in 1925, when MGM producer Irving Thalberg signed him to direct a film, and allowed him near-complete freedom in selecting the property. His choice, an adaptation of Clarence Robbins's almost comically far-fetched novel The Unholy Three, seemed preposterous. But in the leading role Browning cast Lon Chaney, who had been a supporting player in two of the director's previous films. Browning's confident direction and Chaney's command of the screen transformed the ridiculous into the sublime and The Unholy Three became a critical and popular success.

With every subsequent film, Browning tested the limits of plausibility with outrageous tales of lust and revenge, set in African swamps (West of Zanzibar, 1928), among European gypsy camps (The Mystic, 1925), the wharves of London (The Blackbird, 1926), the jungles of Indochina (Where East Is East, 1929) and the American criminal underworld (The Big City, 1928). Throughout his career, Browning returned to the lowbrow amusements of his youth, with films centered around the circuses, sideshows, music halls and phony psychics that had fascinated him as a boy.

To illustrate the twisted obsessions of his characters, Browning encouraged Chaney to exploit every thespian technique at his disposal, from physical contortion (as Alonzo the Armless in The Unknown or "Dead Legs" Flint in West of Zanzibar) to dramatic makeup (the scar-faced, milky-eyed Singapore Joe in The Road to Mandalay, 1926 or the razor-toothed vampire of London After Midnight, 1927) to an excessive performance style. In ordinary films, these techniques would overwhelm the narrative, but they are the perfect complement to Browning's diabolical stories.

Of working with Chaney, Browning once said, "I'm particularly lucky in carrying out my ideas by having an artist like Lon to take on guises and disguises of the most grotesque nature. The more grotesque, the better Lon likes them."
In Browning's universe, the larger-than-life villains - as personified by Chaney, Lugosi and Barrymore - were usually more charismatic and interesting than the so-called heroes. From this unconventional formula emerged a new breed of film in which audiences reveled in the sadistic impulses of the morally ambiguous hero. Although he may not have recognized it as such at the time, Browning was giving birth to the modern day horror film.

His 1931 Dracula was among the first major American films to posit a supernatural premise. Prior to this, ghoulish creatures were revealed (at the dramatic climax) to be human creations, which was the case with Browning's legendary vampire film London After Midnight, a film that unfortunately no longer exists. The success of Dracula paved the way for Frankenstein and opened the floodgates of unnatural movie monsters.

During the 1930s, Browning's career fell into a slump. His brand of filmmaking did not adapt well to the rigidly organized factory-style system that was adopted by the major studios. At the same time, the influence of the Production Code Authority was intensifying, and Browning's films encountered much resistance both within the studio and with censors. After the release of his controversial Freaks, Browning's creative freedom was greatly restricted.

In 1939 he directed Miracles for Sale, a mystery thriller about a magician detective who exposes psychic fraud in the course of solving a bewitching murder. MGM's legal department forbade Browning to reveal the workings of any magic tricks - for fear of offending any professional magicians associations. This proved the final straw for Browning who, at 59, retired from filmmaking.
Browning lived quietly in his Malibu home with wife Alice (his wife since 1917). Suffering from heart disease and cancer of the larynx, he died in 1962, leaving no children.

by Bret Wood

Jacques Tourneur Profile

Director Jacques Tourneur was born in Paris in 1904 to a renowned filmmaker father, Maurice Tourneur. When Jacques was nine he traveled to America with his father, who successfully transitioned from directing silents in his native France to a career as a well-regarded Hollywood auteur especially known for his impressive set design and lighting.

Tourneur, Jr. began his film career modestly, as an office boy at MGM in 1924. He also acted and served as a script clerk for some of his father's films. After returning to France to work for a time, Tourneur's first film in Hollywood was MGM's A Tale of Two Cities (1935) where he served as a second -unit director and met the producer Val Lewton who would prove so influential in his later career. In 1936 he began directing short subject films for the studio and eventually progressed to a string of distinctive B-movie horror films for RKO.

A gifted director in his own right, Jacques Tourneur was known, like his father, for his subtlety and attention to a sustained mood and for his success with themes of mystery and fantasy. Jacques Tourneur was especially adept at creating a foreboding mood in a string of atmospheric, low-key films as famous for what they did not show as for what they did. Cat People (1942) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943), that he made alongside the head of RKO's horror unit Lewton, are key examples of his distinctive style. But Tourneur excelled at other genres as well, as demonstrated in his mastery of film noir in the 1947 classic Out of the Past, starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer, and also evident by his skills directing swashbucklers (The Flame and the Arrow, 1950) and sword-and-sandal fare (The Giant of Marathon, 1959).

by Felicia Feaster

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David Niven was one of the first Hollywood stars to join the war effort, joining the British commando service in 1940. His first feature movie after the war was Stairway To Heaven (1946), about WW2 pilots and others arriving in Heaven.

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