TCM Schedule Saturday, Dec. 2: Bing and Bob, Marilyn Monroe, Reginald Owen, Dick Van Dyke, Lana Turner

TCM Schedule Saturday, Dec. 2: Bing and Bob, Marilyn Monroe, Reginald Owen, Dick Van Dyke, Lana Turner



STAR OF THE MONTH: CARY GRANT
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Mr. Lucky (1943
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
MGM Cartoons: Garden Gopher (1950)
Aladdin's Lantern (1938) (short)
Beautiful Budapest (1938) (short)
Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
Buck Rogers Ch. 5: The Phantom Plane (1939)
Popeye: Be Kind to 'Aminals' (1935)
Hold That Baby! (1949)
King for a Day (1934) (short)
Ladies of the Chorus (Musical Matinee)
Road to Utopia (1946)
Lili (1953)
Christmas Carol, A (1938)
Fitzwilly (1967)
- TCM PRIMETIME
DIRECTOR DOUGLAS SIRK
Imitation of Life (1959)
All I Desire (1953)
- NOIR ALLEY
(P) Black Angel (1946) - TCM LATE NIGHT
All-American Boy, The (1973)
Main Event, The (1979)

12:00 AM The Philadelphia Story (1940)

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Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story. It's a dull assignment until Tracy's ex-husband shows up, with a thirst for alcohol and a not-quite extinguished torch for his lovely one-time wife.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- James Stewart {"Mike Connor"} (WINNER)
ACTRESS -- Katharine Hepburn {"Tracy Lord"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Ruth Hussey {"Liz Imbrie"}
DIRECTING -- George Cukor
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Donald Ogden Stewart (WINNER)

Trivia: The film was shot in eight weeks, and required no retakes. During the scene where James Stewart hiccups when drunk, you can see Cary Grant looking down and grinning. Since the hiccup wasn't scripted, Grant was on the verge of breaking out laughing and had to compose himself quickly. Stewart (apparently spontaneously) thought of hiccuping in the drunk scene, without telling Grant. When he began hiccuping, Grant turned to Stewart, saying, "Excuse me." The scene required only one take.


2:00 AM Bringing Up Baby (1938)



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A straight-laced paleontologist loses a dinosaur bone to a dog belonging to a free-spirited heiress. In the course of retrieving the bone he falls for the heiress and many subsequent mishaps ensue.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant frequently socialized off the set, double-dating with their respective steadies at the time, Howard Hughes and Phyllis Brooks. They loved working on the film so much that they frequently arrived early. Since Howard Hawks was usually late, they spent their time working out new bits of comic business.

Trivia: Christopher Reeve based his performance as Clark Kent in Superman (1978) and its three sequels on Cary Grant's character David Huxley from this film.

Trivia: The scene in which Susan's dress is ripped was inspired by something that happened to Cary Grant. He was at the Roxy Theater one night and his pants zipper was down when it caught on the back of a woman's dress. Grant impulsively followed her. When he told this story to Howard Hawks, Hawks loved it and put it into the film.


4:00 AM Mr. Lucky (1943)



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A gambling-ship owner is out to fleece a beautiful society woman, but falls in love.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Before Las Vegas became easily accessible, the state of Maryland was a haven for people who wanted to get married with a minimum of restrictions. Many couples in movies went there to get married quickly. In addition to this film, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn eloped to Maryland in Woman of the Year (1942), and Rock Hudson and Doris Day woke up in a motel in Maryland legally (to their surprise) married in Lover Come Back (1961).


6:00 AM Thrill of a Romance (1945)



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A soldier returning from World War II finds love with a lady swimmer.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia; Producer Joe Pasternak often took license in merging fact with fiction in his casting. For example, Jose Iturbi played himself as a single man in Three Daring Daughters (1948) after playing himself as a married man with myriad children just two years earlier in Holiday in Mexico (1946). In a similar vein, in Thrill of a Romance (1945), Tommy Dorsey introduces his daughter, Susan Dorsey, who takes the stage to perform the "Hungarian Rhapsody" on piano (which transforms into "The Guy With the Slide Trombone&quot . In fact, Dorsey did not have a daughter named Susan. She was a fictional character portrayed by teen actress Helene Stanley, who frequently appeared in Disney films of the period.


8:00 AM Cartoon: Garden Gopher (1950)
A stubborn gopher gives Spike a difficult time when he tries to bury a bone.
Dir: Tex Avery (fred) Cast: Sara Berner, Tex Avery, William Hanna
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:07 AM Short: Aladdin's Lantern (1938)
In this film, a gang of children decide to put on a show based on the story of Aladdin.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Gloria Brown, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Henry Lee
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:18 AM Short: Beautiful Budapest (1938)
This short documentary focuses on the landmarks, people and culture of Budapest.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Winton Hoch, Jack Shilkret
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:27 AM Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
When an electric shock turns one of them into a psychic, the Bowery Boys invade Las Vegas.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mary Castle
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM Serial: Buck Rogers, Chapter Five: The Phantom Plane (1939)
In Chapter Five of Buck Rogers, Killer Kane's men ambush Buck and his crew.
Dir: Ford Beebe, Ray Trampe Cast: Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: Be Kind to 'Aminals' (1935)
Popeye and Olive see Bluto driving a wagon hitting his weak-looking horse because he cannot pull the wagon. They ask Bluto to stop and when he doesn't, Popeye goes to the rescue of the poor animal.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky Cast: Floyd Buckley, Mae Questel, Gus Wickie
Runtime: 4 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:07 AM Hold That Baby! (1949)
The Bowery Boys discover a lost baby they think is heir to a fortune.
Dir: Reginald Le Borg Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: King for a Day (1934)
A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Bill Robinson, Ernest Whitman, Dusty Fletcher
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 PM Ladies of the Chorus (1949)



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A one-time burlesque star tries to shield her daughter so she can marry a nice young man.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Adele Jergens, Rand Brooks
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: When the film was re-released in November 1952, Columbia redesigned the opening title credits with the name of Marilyn Monroe over the title, and the name of Adele Jergens, who originally had top billing, moved to the head of the supporting cast; this is the version that was shown on Turner Classic Movies.


1:15 PM Road to Utopia (1946)



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Two song-and-dance men on the run masquerade as killers during the Alaskan gold rush.
Dir: Hal Walker Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations: 1946 (19th)
WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Trivia: Bob Hope recalled that during the scene where he and Bing Crosby were bedding down beside their cabin in the Klondike, they were to be joined by a bear. They were told that the bear was tame and its trainer would always be nearby. Against their better judgment they went along with it. However, when the cameras started filming, the bear ambled over to Hope and, instead of lying down next to him like it was supposed to, the animal sniffed him and started growling. Hope and Crosby immediately stopped the scene and refused to work with the bear any longer, despite the trainer's protestations that it was tame and harmless. The next day the bear attacked its trainer and tore his arm off.

3:00 PM Lili (1953)



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A French orphan gets a job with a carnival puppet show.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean Pierre Aumont
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Leslie Caron {"Lili Daurier"}
ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Robert Planck
DIRECTING -- Charles Walters
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Bronislau Kaper (WINNER)
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Helen Deutsch

Trivia: This film was based on The Saturday Evening Post's Paul Gallico's short story "The Man Who Hated People," published in the 28 October 1950 edition, which was inspired by the children's puppet show "Kukla, Fran and Ollie." Due to the success of the film, Gallico expanded the story into a novella.

Trivia: The earliest known appearance of the "smiley" emoticon, , was in an ad for this film in the New York Herald Tribune on 10 March 1953, page 20, columns 4-6. The film opened nationwide, and this ad possibly ran in many newspapers. It read: Today You'll laugh You'll cry You'll love 'Lili'" This should not be confused with the graphical yellow "smiley face," which was first drawn by Harvey Ball some 10 years later.


4:30 PM A Christmas Carol (1938)



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In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: This was the only film in which Gene Lockhart appeared with his wife Kathleen Lockhart and their daughter June Lockhart.

Trivia: June Lockhart's film debut.

Trivia: Although he seemed much older, Reginald Owen was only 4 years older than Gene Lockhart.

6:00 PM Fitzwilly (1967)



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When an aging philanthropist goes broke, her butler robs from the rich so she can give to the poor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Edith Evans
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Trivia: The copy machine Juliet wants to return is a Xerox 813, the world's first "desktop" plain paper copier. It weighed 200 pounds and was introduced in 1963.

Trivia: First credited movie appearance of Barbara Feldon and the final film appearance of Billy Halop.

8:00 PM Imitation of Life (1959)



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A successful actress with a distant only daughter sets up housekeeping with a black housekeeper whose own daughter has disowned any connection to her race.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Susan Kohner {"Sarah Jane (age 18)"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Juanita Moore {"Annie Johnson"}

Trivia: This film, which focuses on the relationship struggles of mothers and daughters, was Lana Turner's first since a very public scandal involving Turner and her daughter Cheryl Crane. The previous year, the fourteen year old Crane had fatally stabbed Turner's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato. Stompanato, part of Mickey Cohen's infamous gang, had been beating Turner, and the court ruled that Crane's actions were justifiable homicide. Nonetheless, the killing and subsequent scandal created a rift between Turner and her daughter, and seriously threatened to end Turner's film career. However, Turner channeled the pain from her experience into this film. It proved financially and critically successful, and served as a comeback vehicle for the actress.


10:15 PM All I Desire (1953)



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An actress who has been estranged from her family, returns to her hometown to see her daughter in a school play.
Dir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 AM NOIR ALLEY: Black Angel (1946)



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When Kirk Bennett is convicted of a singer's murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent...aided by the victim's ex-husband.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:

Trivia: When Mr. Marko is talking on the telephone with George Mitchell, the columnist, he hangs up the phone while he is still talking to him. Mr. Marko says the words "Be seeing you" as he is placing the receiver in the cradle.


1:45 AM The All-American Boy (1973)





Vic "Bomber" Bealer is a handsome, manipulative boxer who aspires to something greater than the small-town life he knows in Texas. But even when opportunities present themselves, Bealer is too restless and indecisive to take advantage. Despite being on the cusp of making the Olympic boxing team, his life is in total disarray ...
Dir: Charles Eastman Cast: Jon Voight, Nancie Phillips, Art Metrano
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:00 AM The Main Event (1979)



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Hillary Kramer, a wealthy perfume executive, awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and escaped to South America. While going through what's left of her remaining assets, she finds Kid Natural, a boxer she purchased as a tax write off years earlier. She decides to take Kid, who hasn't been in ...
Dir: Howard Zieff Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Producer Jon Peters, who was Barbra Streisand's boyfriend at the time, has since said, "I talked Barbra into doing that ("The Main Event&quot . It was time for us to do another film and I felt a comedy was the best way to go."

Trivia: Diana Ross was the original intended star. According to a Barbra Streisand biography, Ross left the project after her brief affair with Ryan O'Neal turned sour.