TCM schedule Saturday 11/4/23: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Bruce Lee, Buck Rogers

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- A LOOK IN THE MIRROR
Lady from Shanghai, The (1948)
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
Paris, Texas (1984)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
MGM Cartoons: Sheep Wrecked (1958)
Party Fever (1938) (short)
Alluring Alaska (1941) (short)
Mama Loves Papa (1945)
Buck Rogers Ch. 1: Tomorrow's World (1939)
Popeye: The Two-Alarm Fire (1934)
High Society (1955)
That Goes Double (1932) (short)
Show Boat (1951) (Musical Matinee)
I See A Dark Stranger (1946)
Fountainhead, The (1949)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
- TCM PRIMETIME
SPECIAL THEME: BRUCE LEE
(P) Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
(P) Big Boss, The (1971)
- NOIR ALLEY
(P) Abandoned (1949)
- TCM LATE NIGHT
Killing Fields, The (1984)
Sweet Revenge (1976)

11:30 PM The Lady from Shanghai (1948)

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A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: According to Orson Welles, this film grew out of an act of pure desperation. Welles, whose Mercury Theatre company produced a musical version of "Around the World in 80 Days," was in desperate need of money just before the Boston preview. Mere hours before the show was due to open, the costumes had been impounded and unless Welles could come up with $55,000 to pay outstanding debts, the performance would have to be canceled. Stumbling upon a copy of "If I Die Before I Wake," the novel upon which this film is based, Welles phoned Harry Cohn, instructing him to buy the rights to the novel and offering to write, direct and star in the film so long as Cohn would send $55,000 to Boston within two hours. The money arrived, and the production went on as planned.


1:15 AM BUtterfield 8 (1960)



A beautiful New York model and socialite moonlights as a call-girl, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Prior to the advent of digital technology, telephone exchanges were named instead of being numbered. Thus, BUtterfield 8 (BU8 or 288) was the name of the exchange that provided service to ritzy precincts of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Oscar nominations:
ACTRESS -- Elizabeth Taylor {"Gloria Wandrous"} (WINNER)
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten


3:15 AM Paris, Texas (1984)
An amnesiac tries to find the family he lost.
Dir: Wim Wenders Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell
Runtime: 145 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


6:00 AM Marriage on the Rocks (1965)

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A couple divorces by mistake during a madcap Mexican vacation.
Dir: Jack Donohue Cast: Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, Dean Martin
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Someone in Mexico took exception to the idea of their country being a place for quickie divorces or marriages, and convinced the government to block Frank Sinatra (for a time) from entering Mexico, even though he owned property there.


8:00 AM Cartoon: Sheep Wrecked (1958)
Sheepherder Droopy protects his flock from a Southern wolf.
Dir: Michael Lah Cast: William H. Thompson (Bill), Daws Butler
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:08 AM Short: Party Fever (1938)
In this comedic short, a group of children compete to become mayor for a day.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Harold Switzer, Darla Hood, Sidney Kibrick
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:18 AM Short: Alluring Alaska (1941)
This short film takes the viewer to Alaska.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Robert Carney, James A. Fitzpatrick, Jack Shilkret
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:28 AM Mama Loves Papa (1945)
A wimp named playground commissioner takes on corrupt city officials.
Dir: Frank Strayer Cast: Leon Errol, Elisabeth Risdon, Edwin Maxwell
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:30 AM Serial: Buck Rogers, Chapter 1: Tomorrow's World (1939)
In Chapter One of Buck Rogers, a flyer and his best friend awaken from suspended animation.
Dir: Ford Beebe, Ray Trampe Cast: Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: The Two-Alarm Fire (1934)
Bluto and Popeye, rival volunteer firemen, answer an alarm at Olive Oyl's house. Olive is trapped on the roof. Bluto knocks Popeye down to save Olive. Popeye fortifies himself with spinach and rescues both Olive and Bluto from the roof. Once he realizes Bluto is all right, Popeye proceeds to teach him a lesson.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky Cast: William Costello, William Pennell, Mae Questel
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:08 AM High Society (1955)
When one of them is mistaken for a society heir, the Bowery Boys move up in the world.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM That Goes Double (1932)
Complications ensue when a singer discovers he has a double in this musical film. Vitaphone Release 1495-1496.
Dir: Joseph Henabery Cast: David Burns, Charlotte Wynters, Donald Macbride
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Show Boat (1951)

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Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River."
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Charles Rosher
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger

Trivia: Director George Sidney had to leave for a few days because of illness, so uncredited associate producer Roger Edens directed the fog-enshrouded "departure" sequence, including William Warfield's performance of "Ol' Man River." That scene has been praised even by critics who hate this version of "Show Boat."


2:00 PM I See A Dark Stranger (1946)
An Irish woman who hates the English turns Nazi spy.
Dir: Frank Launder Cast: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 PM The Fountainhead (1949)

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An idealistic architect battles corrupt business interests and his love for a married woman.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:15 PM Blood on the Moon (1948)
A gunslinger hired to drive off a rancher falls in love with the man's daughter.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 PM Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
The Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.
Dir: Leonard Ho Cast: Bruce Lee, James B. Nicholson, Raymond Chow
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


10:00 PM The Big Boss (1971)
A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.
Dir: Lo Wei Cast: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


12:00 AM NOIR ALLEY: Abandoned (1949)
When a newspaper crime reporter helps a woman try to find her sister's illegitimate baby, they discover a baby-adoption racket.
Dir: Joe Newman Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:


1:45 AM The Killing Fields (1984)

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An American journalist is engulfed in the horror of Cambodia, and his native adviser disappears and is thought to be dead.
Dir: Roland Joffe Cast: John Malkovich, Haing S Ngor, Monirak Sisowath
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Sam Waterston {"Sydney Schanberg"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Haing S. Ngor {"Dith Pran"} (WINNER)
CINEMATOGRAPHY -- Chris Menges (WINNER)
DIRECTING -- Roland Joffé
FILM EDITING -- Jim Clark (WINNER)
BEST PICTURE -- David Puttnam, Producer
WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) -- Bruce Robinson

Trivia: In real life, Haing S. Ngor's wife died under the Khmer Rouge regime, haemorrhaging during childbirth (the baby also died). She knew that she couldn't contact her husband as doctors were all being murdered by the regime so by keeping her silence and dying of internal bleeding, she effectively saved his life.

4:15 AM Sweet Revenge (1976)
Vurrla Kowsky is a car thief who uses disguises and dreams of driving a sports car herself someday. When the law catches up with her, the public defender who takes her case finds himself falling in love with her in spite of his better judgment.
Dir: Jerry Schatzberg Cast: Stockard Channing, Franklyn Ajaye, Richard Doughty, Norman Matlock
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y