TCM Schedule for Fri., Oct. 18, 2024 - Laurel & Hardy/Political Films (The Birth of a Nation, Lincoln, Malcolm X, more)

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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy!

Busy Bodies and The Music Box are among the best comedic shorts ever -- definitive slapstick efforts by the best film comedy team of all time. There's a lot to like today on TCM.




Evening co-hosts, political films:

8:00 PM - The Birth of a Nation (1915) with Jamelle Bouie. Bouie is an American columnist for The New York Times. He was formerly chief political correspondent for Slate. David Uberti, writing in the Columbia Journalism Review in 2019, called Bouie "one of the defining commentators on politics and race in the Trump era." Prior to joining Slate, Bouie was awarded a writing fellowship for The American Prospect in 2010. He was awarded a Knobler Fellowship at the Nation Institute by The Nation in 2012.

11:30 PM - Lincoln (2012) with Robert Gates. Gates is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and was retained by President Barack Obama.

2:15 AM - Malcolm X (1992) - No host, but I'm going to plug it anyway. Spike Lee's brilliant biopic.


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6:45 AM | A Chump at Oxford (1940)
When they accidentally capture a bank robber, two street cleaners are given a scholarship to Oxford.
Dir: Alfred Goulding | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey

8:00 AM | The Flying Deuces (1939)
Two bumblers join the Foreign Legion to forget a beautiful woman.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker

9:15 AM | Block-Heads (1938)
Chaos erupts when a man tries to help an old war buddy.
Dir: John G. Blystone | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis

10:15 AM | Way Out West (1937)
A pair of tenderfeet try to get the deed to a gold mine to its rightful owner.
Dir: James W. Horne | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynne

11:30 AM | Our Relations (1936)
Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins.
Dir: Harry Lachman | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Alan Hale

12:45 PM | Thicker Than Water (1935)
Short: Ollie's in the hospital. Only a generous blood transfusion can help him bounce back.
Dir: James W. Horne | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Daphne Pollard

1:15 PM | Them Thar Hills (1934)
Short: Stan and Ollie accidentally get high on moonshine while seeking healing waters.
Dir: Charles Rogers | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch

1:45 PM | Oliver the Eighth (1934)
Short: Stan and Ollie attempt to woo a rich widow, only to discover she has more than marriage on her mind.
Dir: Lloyd French | Cast: Mae Busch, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

2:15 PM | Sons of the Desert (1933)
Two friends hatch a harebrained scheme to attend a lodge convention over their wives' objections.
Dir: William A. Seiter | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase

3:30 PM | Dirty Work (1933)
Short: Two chimney sweeps are summoned to the house of a slightly mad professor in this comedic short.
Dir: Lloyd French | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

4:00 PM | Busy Bodies (1933)
Short: A day at the sawmill following two very inept workers.
Dir: Lloyd French | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dick Gilbert

4:30 PM | Me and My Pal (1933)
Short: A groom and his best man get preoccupied with a jigsaw puzzle on their way to the wedding.
Dir: Charley Rogers | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson

5:00 PM | Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Two World War I veterans try help a comrade's orphaned daughter find her family.
Dir: George Marshall | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy

6:15 PM | Scram! (1932)
Short: Two vagrants ordered out of town take up with a drunken tycoon.
Dir: Ray McCarey | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Cramer

6:45 PM | County Hospital (1932)
Short: A visitor to a hospital wreaks havoc during a routine visit.
Dir: James Parrott | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert

7:15 PM | The Music Box (1932)
Short: Movers struggle to get a large piano up a steep flight of stairs.
Dir: James Parrot | Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Lilyan Irene


--- PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, SATURDAY MORNING ---

8:00 PM | The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The story of two families, one Northern, one Southern, and their connection during the Civil War.
Dir: George Andre Beranger | Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper

11:30 PM | Lincoln (2012)
President Lincoln struggles with the challenges of emancipating American slaves.
Dir: Steven Spielberg | Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn

2:15 AM | Malcolm X (1992)
Biographical drama on the life of Malcolm X.
Dir: Spike Lee | Cast: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo

6:00 AM | Primary (1960)
Documentary: The Wisconsin Primary of 1960 sets John Kennedy on the road to the White House.
Dir: Robert Drew | Cast: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Hubert H Humphrey, Robert Drew