TCM Schedule Saturday 6/17 - How the West Was Won, Time After Time, Earth Girls Are Easy

At a Glance June 17

SPECIAL THEME: SUMMER CAMP
- OVER THE TOP PRODUCTIONS
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
The Apple (1980)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Parade Show #5 (1955) (7:15 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: Early Bird and the Worm (1936)
Microscopic Mysteries (1932) (short)
Zion Canyon of Colour (1934) (short)
Central Park (1932)
Batman and Robin Ch. 1: Batman Takes Over (1949)
(P) Popeye: Out to Punch (1956)
Garden Murder Case, The (1936)
Trial by Trigger (1944) (short)
Reveille with Beverly (1943) (Musical Matinee)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Badlands (1973)
- TCM PRIMETIME
CRIMES IN TIME
Time After Time (1979)
Repeat Performance (1947)
- NOIR ALLEY
Flaxy Martin (1949)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: STRONG FATHERS
Great Santini, The (1979)
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

11:30 PM Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

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A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.
Dir: Julien Temple Cast: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Trivia: Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis were married during the production of this movie.

Trivia: Michael McKean was originally cast as Dr. Ted Gallagher, and Charles Rocket was originally cast as Woody before they swapped roles.

1:15 AM The Apple (1980)



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In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs.
Dir: Menahem Golan Cast: Catherine Mary Stewart, George Gilmour, Grace Kennedy
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-14 CC: N


2:45 AM Queen of Outer Space (1958)



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While on a space mission to Venus, explorers discover a society of Amazons.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Lisa Davis
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: In an interview, director Edward Bernds said that Zsa Zsa Gabor got very "testy" with the actresses playing the Venusian girls. They were mostly beauty contest winners, and were many years - and in some cases a few decades - younger than her. When she noticed that the crew was paying more attention to the tall, leggy, mini-skirted "Venusians" than they were to her, she became very difficult to work with. He said that Gabor gave producer Ben Schwalb such a hard time on the picture that Schwalb eventually wound up in the hospital with ulcers.

Trivia: Costumes worn by the ship's officers and Motiya and other props, such as some weapons and the belt radio with the retractable microphone, were re-used or copied from Forbidden Planet (1956). Much footage of the models, sets, and special effects are taken from World Without End (1956).

4:15 AM Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963)



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When two legendary Greek heroes are marooned, they're pushed into conflict with the famed Biblical strongman.
Dir: Pietro Francisci Cast: Kirk Morris, Richard Lloyd, Liana Orfei
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:45 AM Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)



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Residents of California's San Fernando Valley are under attack by flying saucers from outer space. The aliens, led by Eros and his assistant, Tanna, intend to conquer the planet by resurrecting corpses in a Hollywood cemetery. The living dead, a cape-wearing ghoul, a vampire and a slow-footed cop who was killed for his ...
Dir: Edward D. Wood Jr. Cast: Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Final film of Bela Lugosi, who died before the film was finished. Lugosi was doubled by Tom Mason, Wood's wife's chiropractor, who was significantly taller than Lugosi, and played the part with a cape covering his face.

Trivia: The actor playing the detective who points his gun at himself several times did it deliberately. The actor wanted to see if Edward D. Wood Jr. would notice. He didn't.

Trivia: According to Maila Nurmi (aka Vampira), she would put on her vampire makeup and costume at home and then take a bus to the Quality Studios soundstage where her scenes were filmed. Nurmi was paid $200 for her appearance in the film.

7:15 AM Short: MGM Parade Show #5 (1955)
Tony Martin performs in a clip from "Till the Clouds Roll By"; John Hodiak introduces a clip from "Trial." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: Tony Martin, George Murphy, John Hodiak
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:00 AM Short: Early Bird and the Worm (1936)
A young bird tries to get the jump on his worm neighbor by getting up early but the worm proves to be too elusive.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Marion Darlington, Charles Mack, George Moran
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:11 AM Short: Microscopic Mysteries (1932)
This short film takes a look at insect life through a microscopic lens.
Dir: Hugo Lund Cast: Pete Smith, Dr. William Axt, Pete Smith
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:21 AM Short: Zion Canyon of Colour (1934)
This takes the viewer to Zion National Park, focusing on the forces that formed one of America's largest canyons.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Wilfred M Cline, James A. Fitzpatrick
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:30 AM Central Park (1932)
Small-town kids out to make it in the big city inadvertently get mixed up with gangsters.
Dir: John G. Adolfi Cast: Joan Blondell, Wallace Ford, Guy Kibbee
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:30 AM Serial: Batman and Robin, Episode 1: Batman Takes Over (1949)



Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennet. Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams
Runtime: 27 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Trivia: If Robert Lowery's Batman costume seems a bit ill-fitting, it's because it was tailored for Kirk Alyn, a bigger man. Alyn starred as Superman in Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950). Lowery had a terrible time trying to see out of the poorly designed Batman mask.

Trivia: In Chapter 1 police are summoned to a robbery on Ellsworth Ave. This is a nod to Whitney Ellsworth, an editor at DC comics. He was DC's "movie contact" and a consultant on all of its comic book-inspired serials.

Trivia: Vicki Vale was created in 1948, the year before the film. Artist Bob Kane based her on Marilyn Monroe, who he met at a Hollywood party. Vicki was a common character in the Batman comics until 1963, when the editors "cleaned house" on Batman's list of regular costars. She made a print comeback in 1977, and has sporadically waxed and waned in importance in that medium, as well as animated cartoons. Kim Basinger also played her in the film "Batman" (1989).

10:00 AM Out to Punch (1956) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye and Bluto are training arduously for their championship bout. Bluto keeps sabotaging Popeye's equipment and pours concrete in Popeye's path on his way to the ring. Unable to move his legs, all seems lost for our hero until he pulls out his spinach and becomes the new champ.
Dir: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson Cast: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: N


10:08 AM The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Society sleuth Philo Vance suspects dirty doings behind a mysterious series of suicides.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: Trial by Trigger (1944)
A logger must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by an unscrupulous logging company owner.
Dir: William McGann Cast: Jack Tornek, Tex Phelps, Tom Wilson
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Reveille with Beverly (1943)
A tap-dancing lady disc jockey finds herself torn between a wealthy man and his former chauffeur.
Dir: Charles Barton Cast: Bob Crosby, Freddie Slack, Ella Mae Morse
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:30 PM How the West Was Won (1962)



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Panoramic Western following the daughter of a pioneering family from her youth in 1830 to old age.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Spencer Tracy, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar wins:
FILM EDITING -- Harold F. Kress
SOUND -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director
WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) -- James R. Webb

Oscar nominations:
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: George W. Davis, William Ferrari, Addison Hehr; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Don Greenwood, Jr., Jack Mills
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
COSTUME DESIGN (Color) -- Walter Plunkett
MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original) -- Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
BEST PICTURE -- Bernard Smith, Producer

Trivia: The film features more than 12,000 extras, including several Indian tribes.

Trivia: During filming in June 1961, Karl Malden had to be rushed to hospital to have an emergency appendectomy.

Trivia: Cinerama was so expansive that it couldn't really be configured for close-ups. The nearest it could manage was to place a key actor in the central frame and try to get in as close as possible. This proved to be very intimidating for a lot of actors as the camera (an enormous piece of apparatus under a black hood with three lenses) would be literally in their face--18 inches away, to be precise.

4:30 PM Kansas City Confidential (1952)



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To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues' identities secret from each other.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:15 PM Badlands (1973)
A teenager from a dead-end town decides to join a charming older boy on his shooting spree through Montana's badlands.
Dir: Terrence Malick Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


8:00 PM Time After Time (1979)



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When Jack the Ripper steals his time machine, author H.G. Wells travels to modern-day San Francisco to track him down.
Dir: Nicholas Meyer Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Trivia: The scenic elevator in the Hyatt Regency Hotel is the same elevator used in The Towering Inferno (1974) and High Anxiety (1977).

Trivia: McDowell and Steenburgen met on set and married the following year. They were together for a decade and had two children.

Trivia: The tune played by Jack the Ripper's pocket watch is based on Chants d'Auvergne, "The Spinner".

Trivia: This was one of the last films scored by veteran composer Miklós Rózsa, who received the 1979 Saturn Award for Best Music.

10:00 PM Repeat Performance (1947)
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


NOIR ALLEY: 12:00 AM Flaxy Martin (1949)





Messing with a mobster's girlfriend gets a lawyer framed for murder.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:00 AM The Great Santini (1979)

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A Marine has problems adjusting to domestic life during peacetime.
Dir: Lewis John Carlino Cast: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Robert Duvall {"Bull Meechum"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Michael O'Keefe {"Ben Meechum"}

Trivia: According to Pat Conroy, Lieutenant Colonel "Bull" Meecham is based entirely on his own father, Donald Conroy, a Marine fighter pilot who referred to himself in the third person as "The Great Santini." After the novel was published, Donald Conroy would often accompany his son to book signings, and would autograph his son's novels with, "Donald Conroy - The Great Santini."

4:00 AM I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
When his mother dies, a grieving son is torn between his demanding father and his need to live his own life.
Dir: Gilbert Cates Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Melvyn Douglas {"Tom Garrison"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Gene Hackman {"Gene Garrison"}
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Robert Anderson

Trivia: Richard Widmark was playwright Robert Anderson's first choice for the son role in both the theatrical and film versions of the play. One proposal had Fredric March as the father, another had it as a TV special with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as the parents.