TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 29: Women Make Film

[CBHagman]

There's a birthday tribute to Academy Award-winning actress Greer Garson, who started life in London but eventually wound up in Texas. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/68970%7C63414/Greer-Garson/

And tonight's the final installment of TCM's Women Make Film series. Among the filmmakers featured: Ava DuVernay. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/898142%7C0/Ava-Duvernay/



Tuesday, September 29, 2020

1:15 AM
TITICUT FOLLIES ( 1967)
Dir: Frederick Wiseman
BW- 84 mins,

3:00 AM
SIGN OF THE RAM, THE ( 1948)
An invalid matriarch manipulates her entire family.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Susan Peters , Alexander Knox , Phyllis Thaxter .
BW- 84 mins, CC,

4:32 AM
SOMEWHAT SECRET ( 1939)
In this short film, the student body at a girls finishing school struggle to satisfy their craving for swing music when it is banned by an oppressive dean.
Dir: Sammy Lee Cast: Phillip Terry , Mitzie Uehlien , Mary Howard .
BW- 21 mins,

5:00 AM
PRIVATE SCREENINGS: LIZA MINNELLI ( 2010)
The actress discusses her life and career with host Robert Osborne.
Dir: Sean Cameron
C- 45 mins, CC,

6:00 AM
BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST ( 1941)
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Felix Bressart .
C- 99 mins, CC,

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8:00 AM
MRS. PARKINGTON ( 1944)
A lady's maid marries a man whose prospects push her into high society.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Edward Arnold .
BW- 124 mins, CC,

10:19 AM
ROMANCE OF RADIUM ( 1937)
This short film tells the story of the discovery of radium and how it is used in medicine.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: André Cheron , Emmett Vogan , Margaret Bert .
BW- 10 mins,

10:30 AM
MADAME CURIE ( 1943)
The famed female scientist fights to keep her marriage together while conducting early experiments with radioactivity.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Henry Travers .
BW- 124 mins, CC,

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12:44 PM
IN THE VALLEY OF THE RHINE ( 1953)
This short film tours the Rhine River in Western Europe, stopping at various cities and attractions.
C- 8 mins,

1:00 PM
VALLEY OF DECISION, THE ( 1945)
An Irish housemaid's romance with the boss's son is complicated by labor disputes in the Pittsburgh mills.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Greer Garson , Gregory Peck , Donald Crisp .
BW- 118 mins, CC,

3:15 PM
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE ( 1940)
Jane Austen's comic classic about five sisters out to nab husbands in 19th-century England.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson , Laurence Olivier , Mary Boland .
BW- 118 mins, CC,

5:30 PM
MRS. MINIVER ( 1942)
A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Teresa Wright .
BW- 134 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: WOMEN MAKE FILM

8:00 PM
WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA: WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA 05 ( 2019)
Dir: Mark Cousins
BW- 61 mins, CC,

9:15 PM
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ( 2012)
When her husband is sent to prison, a medical student drops out to protect his needs.
Dir: Ava Duvernay Cast: Emayatzy Corinealdi , Lorraine Toussaint , David Oyelowo .
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:15 PM
WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA: WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA 05 ( 2019)
Dir: Mark Cousins
BW- 61 mins, CC,

12:30 AM
BEAU TRAVAIL ( 1999)
An ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his experiences in the Gulf of Djibouti.
Dir: Claire Denis Cast: Denis Lavant , Michel Subor , Gregoire Colin .
C- 89 mins, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM
OROKBEFOGADAS ( 1975)
Dir: Márta Mészáros Cast: Kati Berek , Laszlo Szabo , Gyongyver Vigh .
BW- 88 mins, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN ( 2011)
BW- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

[mitch96]

1. Lots of Greer Garson this week... nt