TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 6: 100th Anniv. of the American Society of Cinematographers

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

DVR alert: Today TCM's screening multiple rarities as well as not-to-be-missed favorites.

12:06 AM
PRIVATE LESSONS ( 1934)
In this musical short, a shoes salesman is hired by a dancer to give private lessons. Vitaphone Release 1642-1643.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Hal LeRoy , Dorothy Dare , Dawn O'Day .
BW- 22 mins,

12:30 AM
FASHIONS OF 1934 ( 1934)
A con artist and his beautiful assistant take on the fashion world.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: William Powell , Bette Davis , Frank McHugh .
BW- 78 mins, CC,

1:53 AM
HARRY GRIBBON IN "ART TROUBLE" ( 1934)
In this short film, two house painters impersonate two art students and go to Paris. Vitaphone Release 1674-1675.
Dir: Ralph Staub Cast: Shemp Howard , Leni Stengel , Hope Landin .
BW- 21 mins,

2:15 AM
JIMMY THE GENT ( 1934)
An unscrupulous detective makes a killing locating missing heirs.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney , Bette Davis , Allen Jenkins .
BW- 68 mins, CC,

3:30 AM
SPECIAL AGENT ( 1935)
A government agent poses as a newspaperman to get the goods on a mobster.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Bette Davis , George Brent , Ricardo Cortez .
BW- 76 mins, CC,

5:00 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: Michael Woulfe , Janet Leigh , Army Archerd .
C- 51 mins, CC,

6:00 AM
MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE ( 1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten , Dolores Costello , Anne Baxter .
BW- 88 mins, CC,

7:42 AM
LOVE-TAILS OF MOROCCO ( 1931)
This Dogville short spoofs Foreign Legion movies, starring an all-canine cast.
Dir: Zion Myers
BW- 16 mins,

8:00 AM
CASABLANCA ( 1942)
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , Paul Henreid .
BW- 103 mins, CC,

9:44 AM
GLIMPSES OF MOROCCO AND ALGIERS ( 1951)
This short film visits the city of Algiers in Algeria, and the cities of Casablanca, Rabat, and Marrakesh in Morocco.
C- 8 mins,

10:00 AM
ON THE WATERFRONT ( 1954)
A young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando , Karl Malden , Lee J. Cobb .
BW- 108 mins, CC,

12:00 PM
NORTH BY NORTHWEST ( 1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint , James Mason .
C- 136 mins, CC,

2:30 PM
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE ( 1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Dir: David Lean Cast: William Holden , Alec Guinness , Jack Hawkins .
C- 162 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM
SEARCHERS, THE ( 1956)
An Indian-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Jeffrey Hunter , Vera Miles .
C- 119 mins, CC,

7:31 PM
WELLS FARGO DAYS ( 1944)
In this short western, a gunman attempts to avoid trouble in a new town. Vitaphone Release 1226A.
Dir: Mack V. Wright Cast: Bob Card , Blackjack Ward , Lew Meehan .
C- 20 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPECIAL THEME: THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS

8:00 PM
IMAGE MAKERS: THE ADVENTURES OF AMERICA'S PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPHERS ( 2019)
Dir: Daniel Raim
BW- 91 mins, CC,

9:45 PM
GRAPES OF WRATH, THE ( 1940)
Oklahoma farmers dispossessed during the Depression fight for better lives in California.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda , Jane Darwell , John Carradine .
BW- 129 mins, CC,

12:00 AM
IMAGE MAKERS: THE ADVENTURES OF AMERICA'S PIONEER CINEMATOGRAPHERS ( 2019)
Dir: Daniel Raim
BW- 91 mins, CC,

1:45 AM
SUNRISE ( 1927)
In this silent film, a farmer's affair with a city woman almost destroys his life.
Dir: F. W. Murnau Cast: George O'Brien , Janet Gaynor , Margaret Livingston .
BW- 94 mins, CC,

3:30 AM
METROPOLIS ( 1926)
In this silent film, a city of the future is threatened with destruction when a wealthy corporate leader enlists a mad scientist to put down labor reformers.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Brigitte Helm , Gustav Fröhlich , Alfred Abel .
BW- 148 mins,