TCM schedule for 10-7-23: Hope, Crosby & Lamour, Spencer Tracy, Margaret O'Brien

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10-7 At A Glance
SPOTLIGHT: GOTHIC MOVIES
- BEST SELLING LITERATURE
Dragonwyck (1946)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945)
Tell-Tale Heart, The (1941)
Saturday, October 7
- TCM DAYTIME
SPOTLIGHT: GOTHIC MOVIES (cont.)
Secret Garden, The (1949) (6:15 am ET)
WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Cartoons: One Mother's Family (1939)
Men in Fright (1938) (short)
Cavalcade of San Francisco (1940) (short)
Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939)
Batman and Robin Ch. 12: Robin Rides the Wind
(1949)
Popeye: Strong to the Finich (1933)
Hot Shots (1956)
Buried Loot (1935) (short)
Road to Morocco (1942) (Musical Matinee)
Mortal Storm, The (1940)
36 Hours (1964)
Home from the Hill (1960)
- TCM PRIMETIME
JOSEPHINE HULL DOUBLE FEATURE
Harvey (1950)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- NOIR ALLEY
Deception (1946)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: TEEN FILMS
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
(P) Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)

11:45 PM Dragonwyck (1946)

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A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:

Trivia: Filmed between February and May 1945, but not released until a year later, in April 1946. The end title still carries a "For Victory" War Bond promotional message, even though, by the time it was publicly shown, WWII had been over for several months.


1:45 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

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A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Due to the Hays Code, much of the film had to be watered down from the 1931 version. The character of Ivy Peterson had to be changed from a prostitute to a barmaid.


3:45 AM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

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A man remains young and handsome while his portrait shows the ravages of age and sin.
Dir: Albert Lewin Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Angela Lansbury {"Sibyl Vane"}
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt, John Bonar
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Harry Stradling (WINNER)

Trivia: Ivan Le Lorraine Albright's famous painting of the decayed Dorian Gray, which took approximately one year to complete, is now owned by the Art Institute of Chicago, where it has been on display for many years. Albright's twin brother Malvin, better known as a sculptor, was also commissioned to create a painting of the young Dorian for this movie, although his work went unused. The March 27, 1944, issue of Life Magazine included a story and photos of the brothers working on their paintings for this movie. Henrique Medina created the initial portrait of young Dorian that sets the story in motion.


5:45 AM The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)

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A man commits a murder and is tormented by the victim's beating heart.
Dir: Jules Dassin. Cast: Joseph Schildkraut, Roman Bohnen
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


6:15 AM The Secret Garden (1949)

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An orphaned girl changes the lives of those she encounters at a remote estate.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: The movie inspired the short-lived The Secret Garden (1952), with Brian Roper reprising his role as Dickon. The series, which was broadcast live, is believed to be lost.

8:00 AM Cartoon: One Mother's Family (1939)
A hen takes her chicks for a walk and has a difficult time keeping them all out of harm's way.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Marion Darlington, Dorothy Lloyd, Elmore Vincent
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:10 AM Short: Men in Fright (1938)
In this comedic short, a gang of children visit their friend in the hospital, but chaos ensues when someone turns on the laughing gas...
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Ray Turner, Margaret Bert, Leonard Landy
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:21 AM Short: Cavalcade of San Francisco (1940)
This celebrates the past and present of San Francisco.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, C Bakaleinikoff, Robert Carney, Nathaniel Finston
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:31 AM Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939)
Scotland Yard and Captain Drummond attempt to track down the murderer of a scientist who had invented a "death-ray" device.
Dir: James P. Hogan Cast: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM Serial: Batman and Robin: Chapter 12: Robin Rides the Wind (1949)
Batman and Robin get blueprints for a device that will neutralize the Wizard's remote control machine.
Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennet Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams
Runtime: 17 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: Strong to the Finich (1933)
Popeye proceeds to teach the children at Olive Oyl's Health Farm a thing or two about the merits of spinach.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: William Costello, Bonnie Poe, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:08 AM Hot Shots (1956)

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The Bowery Boys get jobs as sitters for a temperamental child star.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Robert Shayne
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: Buried Loot (1935)
A man confesses to embezzlement only after burying the money he stole.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Robert Livingston, Shirley Ross, Brooks Benedict
Runtime: 18 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:00 PM Road to Morocco (1942)

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Two castaways get mixed up in an Arabian nightmare when they're caught between a bandit chief and a beautiful princess.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
SOUND RECORDING -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Frank Butler, Don Hartman

Trivia: The scene where the camel spits in Turkey's (Bob Hope's) face wasn't planned. The camel did it of its own accord while the cameras were rolling, and Hope's recoil and Bing Crosby's reaction were so funny that it was left in the final cut of the film.

Trivia: In an interview Dorothy Lamour commented that the "boys" ad-libbed their lines so much she often didn't know when to say her lines since they didn't give her her cue.

Trivia: Paramount shot two endings for the film. The one not used had Bob Hope and Bing Crosby enlisting in the Marines and ended with the line "See you on the road to Tokyo."


1:30 PM The Mortal Storm (1940)

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The Third Reich's rise tears apart a German family.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Adolf Hitler banned this film from release in Germany because of its strong anti-Nazi sentiments. In addition, all MGM films from that point until the end of the war were also banned in Germany because the studio made this one.

3:15 PM 36 Hours (1964)

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Nazis kidnap a key American intelligence officer and try to convince him that World War II is over.
Dir: George Seaton Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

James Doohan: The soon-to-be "Montgomery Scott" of Star Trek (1966) is uncredited as a British orderly in the opening scenes. Doohan served in Canadian forces during the Normandy Invasion (which the film is about) where he lost part of a finger. Future Imperfect (1990) and Stratagem (2004) were inspired by this film.


5:15 PM Home from the Hill (1960)

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A Southern landowner's family is torn apart by the revelation that he has an illegitimate son.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard
Runtime: 150 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: First suggested as a vehicle for Bette Davis and Clark Gable. Ultimately the idea of casting Gable was abandoned as the actor was no longer under contract to MGM and refused to ever work there again because of the poor treatment he had received there when he was let go a few years earlier.


8:00 PM Harvey (1950)

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When a man whose constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall rabbit that only he can see, is committed to a mental hospital, a wondrously funny turn of events occurs.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: James Stewart, Wallace Ford, Victoria Horne
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- James Stewart {"Elwood P. Dowd"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Josephine Hull {"Veta Louise Simmons"} (WINNER)


10:00 PM Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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The Brewster sisters are spinster pillars of Brooklyn society, except for their secret penchant for poisoning old male callers with their homemade elderberry wine, to end the men's loneliness!
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: According to "Dear Boris" biographer Cynthia Lindsay, Josephine Hull and Jean Adair went to their graves believing that Boris Karloff had been so saintly as to agree to let them go to Hollywood to make this film while he stayed on Broadway doing the play. Nothing could have been further from the truth: Karloff was very angry and disappointed that he was the only cast member not allowed out of his contract to do the film.


NOIR ALLEY: 12:15 AM Deception (1946)

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A woman tries to protect her refugee husband from her rich and powerful ex-lover.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Paul Henreid could not play the cello. While he was able to fake it in the long shots, to achieve the illusion in close up, he wore a special jacket with no sleeves and holes for two real cellists to insert their arms - one to bow, and one to accurately finger the music - while seated behind him, out of shot.


2:30 AM Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

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Teenagers struggling with independence, sexuality, money, maturity and high school.
Dir: Amy Heckerling Cast: Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:15 AM Seven Minutes In Heaven (1986)

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When her father goes out of town, beautiful A-student Natalie lets best friends Jeff and Polly move in. Separately and together, the trio of young teens learn much about life, love, and growing up.
Dir: Linda Feferman Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Byron Thames, Maddie Corman
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: