Saturday 11-11-23: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Myrna Loy, Bruce Lee, Jeannette MacDonald, Loretta Young

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TCM PRIMETIME
SPOTLIGHT: AFTER DARK
- IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Night on Earth (1991)
La notte (1961)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Road to Paradise (1930) (6:30 am ET)
MGM Cartoons: The Pups' Picnic (1936)
Election Daze (1943) (short)
Colorful Colorado (1944) (short)
Women Men Marry, The (1937)
Buck Rogers Ch. 2: Tragedy on Saturn (1939)
Popeye: The Dance Contest (1934)
Jungle Gents (1954)
You, the People (1940) (short)
Love Me Tonight (1932) (Musical Matinee)
Steel Helmet, The (1951)
Fighter Squadron (1948)
Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
- TCM PRIMETIME
SPECIAL THEME: BRUCE LEE
(P) Fist of Fury (1972)
(P) Way of the Dragon, The (1972)
- NOIR ALLEY
Cry Terror! (1958)
- TCM LATE NIGHT
Cat O' Nine Tails (1972)
Eyes in the Night (1942

11:30 PM Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

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The film adaptation of Edward Albee's Broadway play that rips the façade of civility off the dysfunctional marriage between an alcoholic college professor and his shrew of a wife during a dinner party the two host for a young couple.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Richard Burton {"George"}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- George Segal {"Nick"}
ACTRESS -- Elizabeth Taylor {"Martha"} (WINNER)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Sandy Dennis {"Honey"} (WINNER)
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins (WINNER)
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Haskell Wexler (WINNER)
COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) -- Irene Sharaff (WINNER)
DIRECTING -- Mike Nichols
FILM EDITING -- Sam O'Steen
MUSIC (Original Music Score) -- Alex North
BEST PICTURE -- Ernest Lehman, Producer
SOUND -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director
WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) -- Ernest Lehman

Trivia: This became the first movie in Academy Awards and cinema history to be nominated for every Academy Award category in which it was eligible, including Best Adapted Screenplay (Ernest Lehman), Director (Mike Nichols), all of the acting categories (Richard Burton, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal and Sandy Dennis) and Picture of the Year (Ernest Lehman), since Cimarron (1931).

Trivia: Dame Elizabeth Taylor gained nearly thirty pounds to play the role of a middle-aged wife just for this movie. Taylor was only thirty-three when this movie was filmed in 1965, while her character Martha is supposed to be fifty-two.

2:00 AM Night on Earth (1991)
Five stories, each involving the relationship between a cab driver and his or her passenger, that take place simultaneously around the globe during the course of one night.
Dir: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


4:15 AM La notte (1961)
A successful writer and his wife face the meaninglessness of their relationship during a night of wild partying.
Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N


6:30 AM Road to Paradise (1930)

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A delinquent girl helps a criminal gang rob her look-alike.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, George Barraud
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 AM Cartoon: The Pups' Picnic (1936)
Two puppies at a picnic end up getting involved in a fox hunt.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Count Cutelli
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:09 AM Short: Election Daze (1943)
In this comedic short, two members of a children's gang run for club president.
Dir: Herbert Glazer Cast: Robert J. Anderson, Buckwheat Thomas, Buz Buckley
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:20 AM Short: Colorful Colorado (1944)
This focuses on the sights and sounds of Colorado.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Nathaniel Finston, James A. Fitzpatrick
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:29 AM Women Men Marry (1937)

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A reporter's busy schedule keeps him from realizing his wife is having an affair with his editor.
Dir: Errol Taggart Cast: George Murphy, Josephine Hutchinson, Claire Dodd
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:30 AM Serial: Buck Rogers: Chapter 2 - Tragedy on Saturn (1939)
In Chapter Two of Buck Rogers, the space hero and his crew are put on trial.
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 Dance Contest (1934)
Popeye and Olive Oyl enter a dance contest but are not doing well since Popeye is clumsy. Bluto cuts in and dances gracefully away. A gulp of spinach and Popeye's feet start a rhythmical tapping. Bluto pushes Popeye off the dance floor and the battle begins.
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 Jungle Gents (1954)

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The Bowery Boys go diamond hunting in Africa.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: You, the People (1940)
This focuses on a gangster who tries to get a cooked mayor re-elected.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: William Edmunds, Thomas E Jackson, Ken Christy
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Love Me Tonight (1932)

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A Parisian tailor falls in love with a princess.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette Macdonald, Charles Ruggles
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 PM The Steel Helmet (1951)
Americans trapped behind enemy lines fight off Communists during the Korean War.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


3:15 PM Fighter Squadron (1948)
A dedicated flyer pushes himself and those around him during a perilous World War II campaign.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, John Rodney
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 PM The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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Upon returning to small-town America, three World War II veterans have difficulty readjusting to life at home, discovering that both they and their families have irrevocably changed.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews
Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations: ACTOR -- Fredric March {"Al Stephenson"} (WINNER)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Harold Russell {"Homer Parrish" WINNER)
DIRECTING -- William Wyler (WINNER)
FILM EDITING -- Daniel Mandell (WINNER)
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Hugo Friedhofer (WINNER)
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Samuel Goldwyn Productions (WINNER)
SOUND RECORDING -- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Robert E. Sherwood (WINNER)
SPECIAL AWARD: To Harold Russell for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives. (WINNER)

Trivia: For his performance as Homer Parrish, Harold Russell became the only actor to win two Academy Awards for the same role. The Academy Board of Governors thought he was a long shot to win, so they gave him an honorary award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance." Later in the ceremony, he won for Best Supporting Actor.


8:00 PM Fist of Fury (1972)

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A young man seeks vengence for the death of his grandfather.
Dir: Lo Wei Cast: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: null Rating: TV-MA CC:

Trivia: Jackie Chan doubled for Chikara Hashimoto for the scene where Chen kicks him out of the window. He took the kick and flew several feet. Bruce Lee immediately checked to see if he was okay. Chan played a guard Lee kills in Enter the Dragon (1973).


10:00 PM The Way of the Dragon (1972)

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A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.
Dir: Bruce Lee Cast: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Trivia: The entire film was shot without sound, with the actors looping their lines in post-production. Bruce Lee dubbed almost all of the English speaking characters in this film including one line for the boss. That line is: "Take him out, but be careful with that gun in public".


12:00 AM Cry Terror! (1958)

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A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone Cast: James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:00 AM Cat O'Nine Tails (1971)

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A blind man and a reporter investigate a break-in at a center for genetic research.
Dir: Dario Argento Cast: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:00 AM Eyes in the Night (1942)
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y