TCM Schedule Saturday, 7/29/23 - Key Largo, Double Indemnity, Naughty Marietta

SATURDAY, JULY 29 AT A GLANCE
STAR OF THE MONTH: 1970s STARS
- 70s GRIT
Mean Streets (1973)
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
- GREAT ENSEMBLES
Thief Who Came to Dinner, The (1973)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) (6:45 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: Little Gravel Voice (1942)
Storm (1943) (short)
Day on Treasure Island, A (1939) (short)
Vacation in Reno (1946)
Batman and Robin Ch. 6: Target - Robin! (1949)
Popeye: Wild Elephinks (1933)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
I Won't Play (1944) (short)
Naughty Marietta (1935) (Musical Matinee)
Key Largo (1948)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Omega Man, The (1971)
- TCM PRIMETIME
NOIR INSPIRATION
Double Indemnity (1944)
Body Heat (1981)
- NOIR ALLEY
Desperate (1947)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: AL PACINO
(P) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Bobby Deerfield (1977)


10:15 PM Mean Streets (1973)
A young hood in New York's Little Italy contends with saving the neck of his hotheaded best friend from the local loan shark and struggles with the religious guilt prompted by his lifestyle.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


12:30 AM Freebie and the Bean (1974)



Freebie and the Bean are San Francisco police partners who are doing everything in their power to get a mobster named Red Meyers put away.
Dir: Richard Rush Cast: Alan Arkin, James Caan, Loretta Swit
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Trivia: There's a scene where T.E. Lawrence and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is discussed. Coincidentally, Peter O'Toole was such a fan of this movie, that he agreed to read the script for The Stunt Man (1980) when presented at a party by director Richard Rush. O'Toole wound up being Oscar-nominated for his performance in that film.


2:30 AM The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
Webster is a computer expert who moonlights as a jewel thief, inviting himself to upscale parties to find good locations to rob. During one of these soirees, he meets Laura, a beautiful society matron who decides to join Webster in his life of crime. The two become romantically involved, but their life together is complicated ...
Dir: Bud Yorkin Cast: Richard O'Brien, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Walter Hill's screenplay, based on the novel by Terrence Lore Smith, shifts the plot locale from Chicago to Houston and completely leaves out the relationship development between Webster/Dave and Dave/Jackie (called Lina in the book) and the gradual physical change in Webster (in the book, he starts out as balding with a broken nose and scars from college football, but has hair grafts, dental work, rhinoplasty and scar removal, whereas in the film he is "pretty" from start to finish).

4:30 AM McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)



An itinerant gambler and a madame become business partners in this off-beat western set in a small mining town in the Pacific Northwest.
Dir: Robert Altman Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Julie Christie {"Mrs. Constance Miller"}

Trivia: For a distinctive look, Robert Altman and Vilmos Zsigmond chose to "flash" (pre-fog) the film negative before its eventual exposure, as well as use a number of filters on the cameras, rather than manipulate the film in post-production; in this way the studio could not force him to change the film's look to something less distinctive. However, this was not done for the final 20 minutes of the picture, as Altman wanted the danger to McCabe to be as realistic as possible. Note the change when McCabe wakes up, grabs a shotgun, and starts off to the church.

6:45 AM Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Dick Cavett narrates this documentary about the MGM auction and the studio's glorious history.
Dir: Mark Woods Cast: Cyd Charisse, Angela Lansbury, Joan Leslie
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 AM Short: Little Gravel Voice (1942)
The ear-splitting brays of a little burro prevent any other young animals from befriending him.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Rudolf Ising
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:10 AM Short: Storm (1943)
This short film takes a look at how the U.S. weather bureau tries to warn farmers about potentially hazardous storms.
Dir: Paul Burnford Cast: John Nesbitt, Dorothy Baldwin, Paul Burnford
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:18 AM Short: A Day on Treasure Island (1939)
This Traveltalks short visits the Golden Gate International Exposition, the World's Fair of the West.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Bakaleinikoff, Robert Carney
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:29 AM Short: Vacation in Reno (1946)
Newlyweds try to survive their first fight.
Dir: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys, Wally Brown
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM Serial: Batman and Robin, Chapter 6: Target - Robin! (1949)
Batman and Robin fight to escape a criminal mastermind's deadly gas trap.
Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennet. Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: Wild Elephinks (1933)
Floating on a raft, Popeye and Olive Oyl land on a jungle island. A huge elephant grabs Popeye and a hairy gorilla runs off with Olive Oyl. Popeye uses his left hook on the elephant and rushes off to save Olive Oyl.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Williard Bowsky Cast: William Costello, Charles Lawrence, William Pennell
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:08 AM Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: I Won't Play (1944)
In this short film, a Marine boasts his skill as an entertainer, much to the disbelief of his friends. Vitaphone Release 1286A.
Dir: Crane Wilbur Cast: William Benedict, William Haade, Robert Shayne
Runtime: 18 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Naughty Marietta (1935)



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A French princess in Colonial America gets involved with an Indian scout.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Jeanette Macdonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar wins:
SOUND RECORDING -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Oscar nominations: OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Trivia: Jeanette MacDonald very much wanted Allan Jones to star in this film as her leading man. He was unable to work on the film due to his role in The Marx Brothers's A Night at the Opera (1935). This scheduling conflict set the stage for Nelson Eddy to act alongside MacDonald, in what would become the first of eight film pairings featuring the two stars.

Trivia: The song, "Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life" is famously sung by Madeline Kahn as the Bride of Frankenstein in Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein (1974). Elsa Lanchester, who appears in "Naughty Marietta" as the governor's wife, played the The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) the same year "Naughty Marietta" was made.

Trivia: Frank Morgan was required to shave his mustache, which he hadn't done for 17 years.

2:00 PM Key Largo (1948)



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A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar wins:
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Claire Trevor {"Gaye"}

Trivia: Although they played on-screen enemies, off-screen Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson treated each other with great respect. Bogart insisted Robinson be treated like a major star, and he would not come to the set until Robinson was ready. Often, he would go to Robinson's trailer to personally escort him to the set.

Trivia: The real Key Largo hosts a Humphrey Bogart film festival each year to honor this film.


4:00 PM Foreign Correspondent (1940)



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An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Albert Basserman {"Van Meer"}
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Alexander Golitzen
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Rudolph Maté
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Walter Wanger (production company)
SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by Paul Eagler; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison

Trivia: Shooting was completed on May 29, 1940, after which director Alfred Hitchcock made a visit to England. He returned on July 3 with the word that the Germans were expected to start bombing at any time. Ben Hecht was hurriedly called in and wrote the tacked-on final scene set at a London radio station. It was filmed on July 5, and the real-life bombing started on July 10, 1940.


6:15 PM The Omega Man (1971)



A scientist who believes he is the only human to survive a worldwide bacteriological war unharmed attempts to save humanity by developing a curative serum from his own blood in this frightening vision of a post-apocalyptic near future.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: The writers came up with the idea to make Neville's love interest an African-American woman. Even though an interracial relationship was still considered controversial in the seventies, the writers figured that in a world where humanity had almost become extinct, the few survivors would no longer care about such issues.


8:00 PM Double Indemnity (1944)



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An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Fred Macmurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Barbara Stanwyck {"Phyllis Dietrichson"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- John Seitz
DIRECTING -- Billy Wilder
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Miklos Rozsa
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Paramount
SOUND RECORDING -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler

Trivia: The blonde wig that Barbara Stanwyck is wearing throughout the movie was the idea of Billy Wilder. A month into shooting Wilder suddenly realized how bad it looked, but by then it was too late to re-shoot the earlier scenes. To rationalize this mistake, in later interviews Wilder claimed that the bad-looking wig was intentional.

10:00 PM Body Heat (1981)



A femme fatale seduces a Florida lawyer and convinces him to kill her husband.
Dir: Lawrence Kasdan Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

NOIR ALLEY: 12:00 AM Desperate (1947)

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An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


1:45 AM Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)



Story of wheeling and dealing in the real-estate business.
Dir: James Foley Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-14 CC:

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Al Pacino {"Ricky Roma"}

Trivia: The single largest cost on the movie was for the rain effects throughout the first half of the film.

3:30 AM Bobby Deerfield (1977)



An emotionally distant champion race-car driver finds love with a terminally ill woman.
Dir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Alane Persson, Brigitte Huet, Maurice Baquet
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y