TCM schedule Saturday 10/12: Michael Douglas interview, political films, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Auntie Mame

TCM schedule Saturday 10/12: Michael Douglas interview, political films, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Auntie Mame

The day at a glance

MAKING CHANGE - POLITICAL FILMS
Murder of Fred Hampton, The (1971)
JFK (1991)
Z (1969)
- TCM DAYTIME: MAKING CHANGE - POLITICAL FILMS (cont.)
Night and Fog (1955) (7:15 am ET)
- WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Cartoons: Henpecked Hoboes (1946)
Big Blue Goose (1956) (short)
How to Read (1938) (short)
Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942)
The Wolf Dog Ch. 2: The Shadow of a Crime
(1933) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: Let's Celebrake (1938)
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
Wrong Way Out, The (1938) (short)
Too Many Girls (1940) (Musical Matinee)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
- TCM PRIMETIME: TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE - OLIVIA WILDE
Auntie Mame (1958)
Grey Gardens (1976)
- NOIR ALLEY
Crooked Way, The (1949)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: KIRK DOUGLAS, MICHAEL DOUGLAS
Big Sky, The (1952)
Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival:
Michael Douglas, Ben Mankiewicz. (2018)

The day's schedule

MAKING CHANGE - POLITICAL FILMS

12:00 AM The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)





The Murder of Fred Hampton is a 1971 American documentary film about the short life and death of Fred Hampton, a young African-American civil rights activist in Chicago and leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party. During the film's production, Hampton was fatally shot on December 4, 1969, in a pre-dawn raid at his apartment by the Chicago Police Department. The raid was revealed to have been organized in cooperation with the FBI.

When they learned of Hampton's death, filmmakers Howard Alk and Mike Gray, director and producer, respectively, went to his apartment, which was still unsecured. They took film footage of the crime scene. They later used this to challenge news reports and police testimony about the events. They also conducted investigative reporting into Hampton's death, with related material included in the film. Their conclusion is expressed in the title.

In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"
Dir: Mike Gray Cast: Howard Alk, Howard Alk, Mike Gray
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


1:45 AM JFK (1991)





JFK is a 1991 American epic political thriller film written and directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, who came to believe there was a conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy and that Lee Harvey Oswald was a scapegoat.

The film's screenplay was adapted by Stone and Zachary Sklar from the books On the Trail of the Assassins by Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs. Stone described this account as a "counter-myth" to the Warren Commission's "fictional myth". JFK's embrace of conspiracy theories made it controversial.[2] Many major American newspapers ran editorials accusing Stone of spreading untruths, including the claim that Kennedy was killed as part of a coup d'état to install Lyndon B. Johnson in his place.

Despite the controversy, JFK received critical praise for its performances, directing, score, editing, and cinematography. It gradually picked up momentum at the box office after a slow start, grossing over $205 million worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 1991 worldwide. It also remains Oliver Stone's highest-grossing film to date. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. It was the first of three films Stone made about American presidents, followed by Nixon (1995) and W. (2008).
Dir: Oliver Stone Cast: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 189 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N

Oscar nominations (two wins):
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Tommy Lee Jones {"Clay Shaw"}
(*WINNER*) CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Robert Richardson
DIRECTING -- Oliver Stone
(*WINNER*) FILM EDITING -- Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia
MUSIC (Original Score) -- John Williams
BEST PICTURE -- A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
SOUND -- Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker, Tod A. Maitland
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) -- Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar

Trivia: On-location filming in Dallas was used in the film. Included: The murder of Oswald by Jack Ruby was filmed on location in the actual basement garage of Dallas City Hall, where the real-life shooting took place and Oswald's arrest was also filmed in the real Texas Theatre where it happened. In that instance, money from the producers helped to restore the theater and keep it in business.

5:00 AM Z (1969)





Z is a 1969 political thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jorge Semprún, adapted from the 1967 novel by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963. With its dark view of Greek politics and its downbeat ending, the film captures the director's outrage about the junta that then ruled Greece. The title refers to a popular Greek protest slogan (Greek: Ζει, IPA: [ˈzi]) meaning "he lives," in reference to Lambrakis.

A French and Algerian co-production, the film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant as the investigating magistrate, an analogue of Christos Sartzetakis, who would become the Greek president from 1985 to 1990. International stars Yves Montand and Irene Papas also appear, but despite their star billing, they have very little screen time. Jacques Perrin, who also produced the film, plays a key role as a photojournalist. Other actors in the film include Pierre Dux, Charles Denner, François Périer, Georges Géret and Bernard Fresson. The musical score was composed by Mikis Theodorakis.

Z was the first film and one of only a handful to be nominated by the Academy Awards for both Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. It won the latter as well as the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film. At the 27th Golden Globe Awards, its producers refused the award to protest the film's exclusion from the Best Motion Picture – Drama category.

Dir: Costa-Gavras Cast: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: N

Oscar nominations (two wins):
DIRECTING -- Costa-Gavras
(*WINNER*) FILM EDITING -- Françoise Bonnot
(*WINNER*) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- Algeria
BEST PICTURE -- Jacques Perrin and Hamed Rachedi, Producers
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Jorge Semprun, Costa-Gavras

Trivia: The actor playing the doctor got cold feet during his explanation of the X-rays of Z's cranium. A real doctor, acting as an extra, volunteered to fill in and finished the scene - his only acting performance on film.

7:15 AM Short: Night and Fog (1955)
Documentary cameras contrast the horrors of Auschwitz with the peaceful countryside surrounding it.
Dir: Alain Resnais Cast: Michel Bouquet, Jean Cayrol, Jasmine Chasney
Runtime: 31 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

- WEEKEND FEATURES
8:00 AM Cartoon: Henpecked Hoboes (1946)
George and Junior are two hungry hoboes looking for a chicken dinner but they run into difficulties trying to catch a hen.
Dir: Tex Avery (fred) Cast: Tex Avery, Dick Nelson
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:08 AM Short: Big Blue Goose (1956)
In this short film, naturalist Van Campen Heilner travels to the Louisiana bayou country.
Dir: Van Campen Heilner Cast: Pervis Hebert, Raquel Romero Heilner, Harry Wismer
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:17 AM Short: How to Read (1938)
This makes light of the proper reading technique.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Robert Benchley, Mahlon Hamilton, Hal K. Dawson
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:27 AM (1942) Seven Miles From Alcatraz



Escaped convicts land at a lighthouse being used by Nazi spies.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: James Craig, Bonita Granville, Frank Jenks
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The name on the crate the escapees were clinging to in San Francisco Bay is "H. Schlom". Herman Schlom is the film's producer.

9:30 AM Serial: The Wolf Dog, Chapter 2: The Shadow of a Crime (1933)
When a boy's guardian secretly plots to steal his inheritance, only his radio operator friend and wolf-dog companion stand between him and disaster.
Dir: Colbert Clark, Harry L. Fraser Cast: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:


10:00 AM Cartoon: Let's Celebrake (1938)
Popeye, Bluto, Olive and her Grandma are in a dance contest. Popeye is teamed with Grandma and when she begins to tire he feeds her some of his invigorating spinach.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Everett Clark
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:08 AM Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)




A dying tribe kidnaps the jungle king's wife to help replenish their numbers.
Dir: Lee Sholem Cast: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Robert Alda
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: The Wrong Way Out (1938)
A young couple run off to marry despite their parents refusal and fall into a life of crime.
Dir: Gustav Machatý Cast: Kenneth Howell, Linda Perry, William Bailey
Runtime: 17 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:00 PM Too Many Girls (1940)







Too Many Girls is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by George Abbott, who had also directed the hit Broadway musical on which it was based, which ran for 249 performances. The film's screenplay is by John Twist, and it stars Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken, Frances Langford, Desi Arnaz and Hal Le Roy.

Too Many Girls was released by RKO Pictures on October 8, 1940, to mixed critical reception. In the decades since its release, it has become primarily known for being the film on which Ball and Arnaz met; they eloped shortly after the film's release.

Dir: George Abbott Cast: Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Film debuts of Desi Arnaz, Van Johnson, and Janet Lavis.

Trivia: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz first met on the set of this movie. They married on November 30, 1940, six months later and a month after the film's release.

1:45 PM For a Few Dollars More (1965)







Two rival bounty hunters form a shaky alliance to capture a wanted bandit.
Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: "Monco" is officially not the same character as "Joe" in A Fistful of Dollars (1964). This was the finding of an Italian court that adjudicated the lawsuit brought by Jolly Films, producer of A Fistful of Dollars. After the release of that movie, writer and director Sergio Leone had a falling out with the producers and made this movie with a different producer, Alberto Grimaldi. Jolly Films sued, claiming ownership of the "Joe" character, but lost when the court decided that the western gunfighter's persona, characterized by the costume and mannerisms, belonged to the public domain's folklore.

4:15 PM Lord of the Flies (1963)







Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Dir: Peter Brook Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: Eleven-year-old Hugh Edwards, who plays Piggy in the film, landed his role by writing a letter to the director which read, "Dear Sir, I am fat and wear spectacles."

6:00 PM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)





A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations (no wins):
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph Ruttenberg
FILM EDITING -- Harold F. Kress
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) -- Franz Waxman

Trivia: Much of the film had to be watered down from the 1931 version due to the Hays Code. The character of Ivy Peterson had to be changed from a prostitute to a barmaid.

Trivia: Spencer Tracy originally wanted a realistic approach, whereby Dr. Jekyll would commit violent deeds in a neighborhood where he was unknown after drinking alcohol or taking drugs. He was disappointed that the producers, having bought the screenplay of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), insisted on virtually remaking the earlier film.

Trivia: Spencer Tracy turned up at Clark Gable and Carole Lombard's second wedding anniversary party wearing his make up as Mr. Hyde.

- TCM PRIMETIME: TCM SERIES: TWO FOR ONE - OLIVIA WILDE
8:00 PM Auntie Mame (1958)





An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton Dacosta Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne
Runtime: 143 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations (no wins):
ACTRESS -- Rosalind Russell {"Auntie Mame Dennis"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Peggy Cass {"Agnes Gooch"}
ART DIRECTION -- Art Direction: Malcolm Bert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Harry Stradling, Sr.
FILM EDITING -- William Ziegler
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Warner Bros.

Trivia: Rosalind Russell broke her ankle in the first take of the scene where she comes flying down the stairs in the gown with the capri pants and shooting had to be delayed until she recovered.

10:45 PM Grey Gardens (1976)





The true story of Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie who lived in a world of their own in a decaying mansion in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York.
Dir: Ellen Hovde Cast: Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The film was something of an accident, in the sense that Albert Maysles and David Maysles came across Edith Bouvier Beale and Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale when involved in another project--a movie about (Jacqueline Kennedy's sister) Lee Radziwill's childhood. As part of research, the Maysles brothers were introduced to the Beales, and were captivated by their world. Deciding not to make the Radzwill film, they turned instead to the Beales, and a year after first meeting the two women, began filming.

12:30 AM The Crooked Way (1949)





A war hero's amnesia keeps him from dealing with his criminal past.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

In one scene, John Payne hitches a ride in a mortuary van from a place called "Green Acres". It's coincidental that the movie's cast includes Frank Cady and Percy Helton, who both appeared on the TV series of the same name, Green Acres (1965).

- TCM LATE NIGHT: KIRK DOUGLAS, MICHAEL DOUGLAS
2:30 AM The Big Sky (1952)





Trappers lead an expedition against river pirates and Indians along the Missouri River.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations (no wins):
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Arthur Hunnicutt {"Zeb Callaway"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Russell Harlan

Trivia: Howard Hawks recycled his protagonists singing "Whiskey Leave Me Alone" ten years later when he made "Hatari" with John Wayne in 1962.


5:00 AM Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival: Michael Douglas (2018)
Michael Douglas discusses his career in front of a live audience.
Dir: null Cast: Michael Douglas, Ben Mankiewicz
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y