TCM Schedule for Saturday, August 8, 2020 -- Summer Under The Stars: Charlie Chaplin

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Day eight of Summer Under the Stars features Charlie Chaplin. Enjoy!

(And my apologies for the lack pf trivia. I'm having hand problems and it's hard to type.)


6:00 AM -- THE ROUNDERS (1914)
In this silent short, two drunks go on a bender together.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin,
BW-11 mins,

6:15 AM -- THE KNOCKOUT (1914)
In this silent short, a young man tries to impress his girlfriend by signing on for a boxing match.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edgar Kennedy, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
BW-27 mins,

7:00 AM -- THE PILGRIM (1923)
In this silent film, an escaped convict poses as the new pastor of a small-town church.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Kitty Bradbury
BW-41 mins,

7:45 AM -- A DOG'S LIFE (1918)
In this silent film, the Little Tramp finds a stolen fortune with the help of his dog.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Syd Chaplin, Edna Purviance
BW-34 mins,

8:30 AM -- THE KID (1921)
In this silent comedy, an adoptive father schemes to keep his son.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Carl Miller
BW-53 mins,

9:30 AM -- THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
In this silent film, a lost soul in the Yukon seeks love and wealth.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Georgia Hale
BW-89 mins,

11:15 AM -- THE CIRCUS (1928)
In this silent film, the Little Tramp joins a circus to hide from the police.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Betty Morrissey
BW-72 mins,

12:45 PM -- MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947)
A man woos and murders rich widows to support his invalid wife.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan
BW-124 mins, CC,

3:00 PM -- LIMELIGHT (1952)
A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce
BW-138 mins, CC,

5:30 PM -- THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
BW-125 mins, CC,

7:40 PM -- HITLER LIVES (1945)
This short propaganda film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on. Vitaphone Release 1408A.
BW-17 mins,


TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: CHARLIE CHAPLIN



8:00 PM -- CITY LIGHTS (1931)
In this silent film, the Little Tramp tries to help a blind flower seller to see again.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee
BW-87 mins,

9:45 PM -- MODERN TIMES (1936)
The Tramp struggles to live in a modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman
BW-87 mins, CC,

11:30 PM -- A KING IN NEW YORK (1957)
A European king loses his money while stranded in the U.S.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde
BW-105 mins, CC,

1:22 AM -- NINE O'CLOCK FOLKS (1931)
In this musical short, a rural yokel holds every job in his small town. Vitaphone Release 1220.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Roy Fant,
BW-10 mins,

1:37 AM -- SYNCOPATED CITY (1934)
This short film presents musical production numbers for public services, such as construction sites and firefighting. Vitaphone Release 1734-1735.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Jimmy Lucas, Bernard Gorcey, George Watts
BW-21 mins,

2:15 AM -- PAY DAY (1922)
In this silent film, a bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Edna Purviance
BW-22 mins,

2:45 AM -- SUNNYSIDE (1919)
In this silent film, an overworked farmhand dreams of marrying the farmer's daughter.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin
BW-30 mins,

3:30 AM -- THE IDLE CLASS (1921)
In this silent short, the Little Tramp discovers he's a dead ringer for a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Mack Swain
BW-33 mins,

4:06 AM -- MATINEE IDLE (1929)
In this short film, a script begins to coincide with reality as a filmmaker rehearses a new scene with his popular but adulterous actor... or does it? Vitaphone Release 1021.
Dir: Arthur Hurley Cast: Henry Hull, James Dale,
BW-8 mins,

4:15 AM -- SHOULDER ARMS (1918)
In this silent film, a private fresh out of boot camp accepts a daring mission behind enemy lines.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin
BW-38 mins,

5:00 AM -- A DAY'S PLEASURE (1919)
In this silent short film, a man's attempts to give his family a day out are complicated by their dilapidated car.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Edna Purviance, Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan
BW-19 mins,

5:30 AM -- MABEL'S MARRIED LIFE (1914)
In this silent short comedy, a wife assists her husband with sharpening his boxing skills.
Dir: Mack Sennett Cast: Mabel Normand, Grover Ligon, Alice Davenport
BW-12 mins,

5:45 AM -- I LOVE MY WIFE BUT! (1946)
A short film about the various types of wives that one can have and how to deal with them.
Dir: David Barclay Cast: Anne O'Neal, Dorothy Short, Dave O'Brien
BW-9 mins,