TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 3: Oscar Levant

[CBHagman]

Salyuting Oscar Levant (born December 27, 1906). See guy on the far left below.



Tuesday, December 3, 2019

2:45 AM
SEA HAWK, THE ( 1924)
In this silent film, an English noble sold into slavery escapes and turns himself into a pirate king.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Milton Sills , Enid Bennett , Lloyd Hughes .
BW- 123 mins,

5:00 AM
SEA HAWK, THE ( 1940)
A British buccaneer holds the Spanish fleet at bay with the covert approval of Elizabeth I.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Brenda Marshall , Claude Rains .
BW- 128 mins, CC,

7:15 AM
TWO-FACED WOMAN ( 1941)
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Greta Garbo , Melvyn Douglas , Constance Bennett .
BW- 90 mins, CC,

9:00 AM
SARATOGA ( 1937)
A horse breeder's daughter falls for a bookie.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Lionel Barrymore .
BW- 92 mins, CC,

10:45 AM
BRAINSTORM ( 1983)
A scientist battles the military for control of a machine that records sensory experiences-including death.
Dir: Douglas Trumbull Cast: Christopher Walken , Natalie Wood , Louise Fletcher .
C- 106 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:45 PM
KEY TO THE CITY ( 1950)
Two mayors meet and fall in love during a convention in San Francisco.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Clark Gable , Loretta Young , Frank Morgan .
BW- 101 mins, CC,

2:33 PM
OUT OF DARKNESS ( 1941)
This short film focuses on the Nazi's efforts to shut down underground newspapers.
Dir: Sammy Lee Cast: Egon Brecher , Lotte Palfi , Charles Wagenheim .
BW- 11 mins,

2:45 PM
TO BE OR NOT TO BE ( 1942)
A troupe of squabbling actors joins the Polish underground to dupe the Nazis.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Carole Lombard , Jack Benny , Robert Stack .
BW- 99 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
GIANT ( 1956)
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Rock Hudson , James Dean .
BW- 201 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: OSCAR LEVANT

8:00 PM
HUMORESQUE ( 1946)
A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy neurotic.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Joan Crawford , John Garfield , Oscar Levant .
BW- 124 mins, CC,

10:45 PM
BAND WAGON, THE ( 1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Fred Astaire , Cyd Charisse , Oscar Levant .
C- 112 mins, CC,

12:45 AM
BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE ( 1949)
A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Oscar Levant .
C- 109 mins, CC,

2:45 AM
I DON'T CARE GIRL, THE ( 1953)
This musical biopic presents the life of vaudeville headliner Eva Tanguay.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Mitzi Gaynor , David Wayne , Oscar Levant .
C- 78 mins, CC,

4:15 AM
ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS ( 1948)
A singer on a Caribbean cruise gets mixed up in a series of romantic problems.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Jack Carson , Janis Paige , Don DeFore .
C- 99 mins, CC,

[House of Roberts]

1. Romance On The High Seas is a hoot.

Doris Day's first film, it was on TCM during the Doris Day tribute after she passed. I just accidentally managed to catch it then. This time, I'm going to DVR it.