TCM Schedule for Friday, July 22, 2022 -- What's On Tonight: Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Part One

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In the daylight hours, put on your traveling shoes -- TCM is sending us to New Orleans!

Then in prime time, TCM is dedicating the evening to the works of Stanley Kubrick. To be continued next Friday. Enjoy!


6:15 AM -- Sh! The Octopus (1937)
54m | Comedy | TV-G
Daffy detectives fight off a giant octopus in a haunted lighthouse.
Director: William Mcgann
Cast: Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston

The transformation scene was done in much the same way the beginning part of the transformation was done on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). The actress was made up in exaggerated highlights and shadows (including her teeth) using a single color shade of makeup. When filmed through a filter the same shade as the makeup, it's invisible to the camera. Take the filter away and the


7:15 AM -- Saratoga Trunk (1945)
2h 15m | Romance | TV-PG
A woman with a past returns to 19th-century New Orleans for revenge.
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson

Nominee for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Flora Robson

The Saratoga races have been run since 1863 and take place from July until about Labor Day. The racecourse, in New York state, was referred to in the Carly Simon song, "You're So Vain."


9:45 AM -- Jezebel (1938)
1h 44m | Drama | TV-PG
In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent

Winner of Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Bette Davis (On 19 July 2001 Steven Spielberg purchased Davis' Oscar statuette at a Christie's auction and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This was the second time in five years Spielberg did so to protect an Oscar from further commercial exploitation.), and Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Fay Bainter

Nominee for Oscars for Best Cinematography -- Ernest Haller, Best Music, Scoring -- Max Steiner, and Best Picture

The duel between Ted and Buck was against the law. Duels were outlawed in New Orleans as early as 1722 and in all of Louisiana when it became a state in 1812, but the laws were lightly enforced. Serious enforcement of the laws against dueling began in 1855, but there were occasional duels until 1889 when the last reported duel occurred.


11:30 AM -- The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
1h 37m | Musical | TV-G
A New Orleans fisherman fights snobbery to become an opera star.
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven

Nominee for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song -- Nicholas Brodszky (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyrics) for the song "Be My Love"

Although they had previously appeared together in That Midnight Kiss (1949), Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza did not get along while making this film. While shooting the love duet scene from "Madame Butterfly," Grayson recalled that Lanza kept trying to French kiss her, which was made even more unpleasant by the fact that he kept eating garlic before shooting. To counter this, Grayson had costume designer Helen Rose sew pieces of brass inside her glove. Each time Lanza attempted to French kiss her, Grayson would smack him in the face with her brass-loaded glove. One of these smacks was included in the movie.


1:15 PM -- Modern New Orleans (1940)
7m | Documentary | TV-G
This examines the modernized areas of New Orleans against the historic backdrops and traditions of the city.
Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick

On the segment of Canal Street, a Loew's cinema is prominently featured. Loew's is the company that produced this film.


1:30 PM -- New Orleans (1947)
1h 29m | Musical | TV-G
A gambling-hall owner goes straight when he discovers the market for Chicago jazz.
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord

Only time Billie Holliday performs in a feature film.


3:00 PM -- Always for Pleasure (1978)
58m | Documentary | TV-PG
A look at the spirit of New Orleans.
Director: Les Blank
Cast: Allen Toussaint, Blue Lu Barker, Kid Thomas


4:00 PM -- Hotel (1967)
2h 4m | Drama | TV-PG
A historical New Orleans hotel struggles to financially survive while the dramas of its various guests unfold.
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden

Sixteen-years after this movie about a segregated Hotel, the 1983 television series Hotel (1983) had African American actor Nathan Cook in the Richard Conte position as the hotel's chief of security, as well as actress Shari Belafonte as an employee. And the show tackled issues that were relevant to that particular era, like homophobia.


6:15 PM -- The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-14
A professional poker player, with a "can't lose" reputation, is challenged to a game by an...
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden

Very unsatisfied after viewing the first dailies directed by Sam Peckinpah , producer Martin Ransohoff decided to stop and to hire another director. Remembering it, he said that shutting down meant losing $500,000 because they had an all-star cast and no director.



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PRIMETIME THEME -- DIRECTED BY STANLEY KUBRICK, PART ONE



8:00 PM -- Killer's Kiss (1955)
1h 7m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
When he rescues a girl from her gangster lover, a prizefighter is marked for death.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane

Working with practically no budget and largely without on-location filming permits, Stanley Kubrick had to remain unnoticed while shooting in the nation's busiest city, using hand-held cameras and sometimes secretly shooting from a nearby vehicle.


9:15 PM -- Paths of Glory (1958)
1h 26m | Drama | TV-PG
A military lawyer comes to question the status quo when he defends three men accused of cowardice.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou

An early critical test of Stanley Kubrick's obsession with control on the set came during the making of this film, as recalled by Kirk Douglas: "He made the veteran actor Adolphe Menjou do the same scene 17 times. 'That was my best reading,' Menjou announced. 'I think we can break for lunch now.' It was well past the usual lunch time but Kubrick said he wanted another take. Menjou went into an absolute fury. In front of Douglas and the entire crew he blasted off on what he claimed was Kubrick's dubious parentage, and made several other unprintable references to Kubrick's relative greenness in the art of directing actors. Kubrick merely listened calmly, and, after Menjou had spluttered to an uncomplimentary conclusion, said quietly, 'All right, let's try the scene once more.' With utter docility, Menjou went back to work. Stanley instinctively knew what to do".


11:00 PM -- Lolita (1962)
2h 33m | Drama | TV-14
A professor finds himself in a struggle of temptation of desire for a young teen nymphet.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters

Nominee for an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Vladimir Nabokov

Stanley Kubrick suggested that Shelley Winters read the novel before meeting with Vladimir Nabokov to earn his approval for the role of Charlotte. At the time, she was campaigning for future president John F. Kennedy. When Kennedy noticed what she was reading on the platform, he suggested she use a brown-paper cover so as not to jeopardize his election chances.


1:45 AM -- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
1h 33m | Comedy | TV-PG
An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C Scott, Sterling Hayden

Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Peter Sellers, Best Director -- Stanley Kubrick, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern, and Best Picture

Peter Sellers was also cast as Maj. T.J. "King" Kong, but he had trouble developing a Texas accent. When Sellers broke his ankle, Stanley Kubrick decided to cast another actor who naturally fit the role. John Wayne never responded. Bonanza (1959) star Dan Blocker declined the role because of the script's progressive political content. Kubrick cast Slim Pickens because of his work on One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Pickens was not told that the movie was a comedy and was only shown the script for scenes he was in. As a result, Pickens played the role "straight".


3:30 AM -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2h 40m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins - a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

Winner of an Oscar for Best Effects, Special Visual Effects -- Stanley Kubrick

Nominee for Oscars for Best Director -- Stanley Kubrick, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen -- Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration -- Anthony Masters, Harry Lange and Ernest Archer

Stanley Kubrick worked for several months with effects technicians to come up with a convincing effect for the floating pen in the shuttle sequence. After trying many different techniques, without success, Kubrick decided to simply use a pen that was adhered (using newly invented double-sided tape) to a sheet of glass and suspended in front of the camera. In fact, the shuttle attendant can be seen to "pull" the pen off the glass when she takes hold of it.