TCM Schedule for Saturday, March 23: Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Buena Vista Social Club, Bringing Up Baby

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TCM Schedule for Saturday, March 23: Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Buena Vista Social Club, Bringing Up Baby



AT A GLANCE
- 1970's TV MOVIES
Duel (1971)
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The (1974)
- TCM LATE NIGHT
Queen Christina (1933)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Night Watch (1973)
MGM Cartoons: The Impossible Possum (1954)
Believe It or Not #5 (1932) (short)
Glimpses of California (1946) (short)
Western Heritage (1948)
Day Is Done (1955)
Popeye: Brotherly Love (1936)
Captain's Kid, The (1936)
Men of the Sky (1942) (short)
(P) Buena Vista Social Club (1998) (Musical Matinee)
International Velvet (1979)
Courage of Lassie (1946)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- TCM PRIMETIME
FISH OUT OF WATER
Brannigan (1975)
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
- NOIR ALLEY
Where Danger Lives (1950)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: SIDNEY POITIER
Raisin in the Sun, A (1961)
Edge of the City (1957)

FULL SCHEDULE

1970's TV MOVIES
12:00 AM Duel (1971)

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A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
Dir: Steven Spielberg Cast: Dennis Weaver, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC: N

Emmy nominations: - 1972 Nominee Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television - Jack A. Marta
- 1972 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing - Jerry Christian (sound editor) James Troutman (sound editor) Ronald LaVine (sound editor) Sid Lubow (sound editor) Richard Raderman (sound editor) Dale Johnston (sound editor) Sam Caylor (sound editor) John Stacy (sound editor) Jack Kirschner (sound editor)

Trivia: According to Richard Matheson, he was inspired to write the original short story "Duel" after an encounter with a tailgating truck driver on November 22, 1963, the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Trivia: When Carey Loftin, playing the truck driver, asked Steven Spielberg what his motivation was for tormenting the car's driver, Spielberg told him, "You're a dirty, rotten, no-good son of a bitch." Loftin replied, "Kid, you hired the right man."

2:00 AM The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

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Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Dir: John Korty Cast: Cicely Tyson, Odetta, Josephine Premice
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Emmy nominations: - 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy Outstanding Special - Comedy or Drama - Robert W. Christiansen (producer)Rick Rosenberg (producer)
Cicely Tyson 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy - Best Lead Actress in a Drama
- 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy
Cicely Tyson, Actress of the Year - Special
- 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy - Best Directing in Drama - A Single Program - Comedy or Drama
- 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy - Best Writing in Drama - Adaptation Tracy Keenan Wynn
- 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design, Bruce Walkup (costume design)Sandra Stewart (costume design)
- 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Makeup - Stan Winston (makeup), Rick Baker (makeup)
- 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts - Lynda Gurasich (hairstylist)
- 1974 (*WINNER*) Primetime Emmy Best Music Composition - For a Special Program - Fred Karlin
- 1974 Nominee Primetime Emmy - Best Song or Theme
Fred Karlin For the song "The Love That Lights Our Way".
- 1974 Nominee Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Film or Tape Sound Mixing Charles T. Knight (sound mixer), Don Minkler (sound mixer)
- 1974 Nominee Primetime Emmy - Best Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television - Sidney Levin (editor)
- 1974 Nominee Primetime Emmy - Best Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, for a Series, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program - Michael D. Haller (art director)

Trivia: Cicely Tyson was 50 years old when she portrayed Jane Pittman from ages 23 to 110. The application of makeup to Cicely Tyson took some six hours; and an additional one hour was required to carefully remove it. Although the basic clay sculpture over the life mask of the actress gave them some idea of what the completed makeup would look like, the final result was far more spectacular on the human face, where it was transformed into life by Tyson's performance enhancing the makeup.

4:00 AM Queen Christina (1933)

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Greta Garbo stars as the 17th century Swedish queen fiercely devoted to her country who fights at the head of her army like a man but who loves like a woman - Queen Christina. Crowned queen when she was five years old, the beautiful Christina leads a sexually ambiguous life as she fights to defend her Protestant country ...
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 by Walter Wanger and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It stars Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in their fourth and last film together.

The film portrays the life of Queen Christina of Sweden, who became monarch at the age of six in 1632 and grew to be a powerful and influential leader. As well as coping with the demands of ruling Sweden during the Thirty Years' War, Christina is expected to marry a suitable royal figure and produce an heir. When she falls in love with a visiting Spanish envoy, whom she is forbidden to marry because he is a Roman Catholic, she must choose between love and her royal duty.

The film was a major commercial and critical success in the United States and worldwide.

The film was released in December 1933. It was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and written by H. M. Harwood and Salka Viertel, with dialogue by S. N. Behrman, based on a story by Viertel and Margaret P. Levino. The leading roles are played by Greta Garbo as Christina and John Gilbert as Don Antonio, an emissary from Spain. Laurence Olivier originally was cast as Antonio, but was fired during rehearsals.[2] It was billed as Garbo's return to cinema after an eighteen-month hiatus. While on holiday in Sweden, the actress read a treatment by Viertel about the life of Christina and became interested in the story.[3] At the time of shooting the film, Garbo was 28, the same age as her character.

Garbo herself insisted on having Gilbert as her co-star.[3] It was the fourth and last time that they were in a film together, and it was Gilbert's penultimate film. He had been a huge star in the silent era, but the enmity of studio head Louis B. Mayer cast a pall over his career, and he died in January 1936 from heart attacks exacerbated by alcoholism.

The film is remembered for two iconic moments.[7][8] The first is a scene in which, having spent two nights with Antonio in her room at the inn, Christina spends over three minutes walking around and examining and caressing various objects to imprint the space on her memory. The second, and arguably the most famous image in the film, is the closing shot, in which Christina stands as a silent figurehead at the bow of the ship bound for Spain, the wind blowing through her hair, while the camera moves into a tight close-up on her face. Prior to shooting the final scene, Mamoulian suggested that Garbo should think about nothing and avoid blinking her eyes so her face could be a "blank sheet of paper" and every member of the audience could write the ending of the film themselves.

The film premiered in New York City on December 26, 1933, and opened in the rest of the world throughout 1934.[10] It was nominated for the Mussolini Cup award at the Venice Film Festival in 1934, but lost to Man of Aran.

Queen Christina turned out to be a success with the critics, gathering many positive reviews. Critic Mordaunt Hall, writing for The New York Times, gave the film a positive review and liked the screenplay, calling the dialogue "a bright and smooth piece of writing" and referred to Mamoulian's direction as "entrancing". Positive opinions came also from Modern Screen's Walter Ramsey, who proclaimed it a "triumph for Garbo", and a reviewer for Photoplay, who acclaimed Garbo's "glorious reappearance".

Motion Picture Daily called the film "creaky in spots", but reported that Garbo "does beautifully" and that the film was "well above the average in content and value." The New York Daily News wrote: "The picture moves a little slowly, but with grace, from one lovely setting to another. It is a picture that must not be missed, because Garbo is at her best in some of its scenes."

Trivia: Greta Garbo initially requested that Laurence Olivier play the male lead, Don Antonio, since she was impressed by his performance in Westward Passage (1932). In July 1933, the press announced that Olivier would take the part. However, when they did rehearsals in August, Garbo and Olivier had no chemistry. Garbo found herself unable to relax with him; in fact, every time he touched her, she froze. Olivier was released, although MGM Studios honored his negotiated salary of $1,500 a week for four weeks minimum. When they brought in John Gilbert, the results were magical. Even though his career was failing, Garbo requested that he be cast in the role instead. It was only due to Garbo's star power that Louis B. Mayer would hire him as he hated Gilbert.

6:00 AM Night Watch (1973)

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Ellen Wheeler is an unhappy housewife who settles her fraying nerves with alcohol while staring out her window. When she witnesses what she thinks is a murder through a neighbor's window, she calls the police, who find nothing when they investigate. With her neglectful husband skeptical and unsupportive, Ellen turns to ...
Dir: Brian G. Hutton Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: During the production of this movie, Laurence Harvey was hit in the face in a fight with his wife, Paulene Stone. He sustained a black eye, which he was afraid would prevent him from completing the movie leading to a breach of contract suit. Concurrently, Dame Elizabeth Taylor had to take time off for illness, resulting in the production being stopped, saving Harvey from what he expected.

8:00 AM Cartoon: The Impossible Possum (1954)
Barney Bear tries to catch a possum for dinner but the possum has many tricks up his sleeve.
Dir: Dick Lundy Cast: Paul Frees
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:08 AM Short: Believe It or Not #5 (1932)
This short entry in the "Believe it or Not" series presents such oddities as a shrunken head, an iron execution chamber, and entertaining tombstone descriptions. Vitaphone Release 1336.
Dir: Murray Roth Cast: Robert L Ripley, Roy Mack
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:16 AM Short: Glimpses of California (1946)
This short film takes the viewer to sunny California, with a focus on the greater L.A. area.
Dir: James A. Fitzpatrick Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick (narrator)
Runtime: 9 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:26 AM Western Heritage (1948)



An outlaw leader uses a forged Spanish land grant to claim land from the local ranchers.
Dir: Wallace A. Grissell Cast: Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM Short: Day Is Done (1955)
During the Korean War, a sergeant tries to use a Chinese bugle to inspire his men, in this episode of the Screen Directors Playhouse television series.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Rory Calhoun, Bobby Driscoll, Richard Crane
Runtime: 26 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: Popeye - Brotherly Love (1936)

Popeye tries hard to live up to the doctrine of brotherly love, as preached by Olive Oyl, but a gang of roughnecks makes it difficult for him to adhere to Olive's policy.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel. Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:08 AM The Captain's Kid (1936)
A sea captain has to live up to his tall tales when he's attacked by gangsters.
Dir: Nick Grinde Cast: May Robson, Sybil Jason, Guy Kibbee
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N


11:30 AM Short: Men of the Sky (1942)
This short film, produced in cooperation with the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII, focuses on a group of fledgling pilots receiving their wings. Vitaphone Release 1017-1018A.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Tod Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Don Defore
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Buena Vista Social Club (1998)

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Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travels to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
Dir: Wim Wenders Cast: Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations: DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- Wim Wenders, Ulrich Felsberg

Buena Vista Social Club was a musical ensemble primarily made up of Cuban musicians, formed in 1996. The project was organized by World Circuit executive Nick Gold, produced by American guitarist Ry Cooder and directed by Juan de Marcos González. They named the group after the members' club of the same name in the Buenavista quarter of Havana, a popular music venue in the 1940s. To showcase the popular styles of the time, such as son, bolero and danzón, they recruited a dozen veteran musicians, some of whom had been retired for many years.

The group's eponymous studio album was recorded in March 1996 and released in September 1997, quickly becoming an international success, which prompted the ensemble to perform with a full line-up in Amsterdam and New York in 1998. German director Wim Wenders captured the performance on film for a documentary—also called Buena Vista Social Club—that included interviews with the musicians conducted in Havana. Wenders' film was released in June 1999 to critical acclaim, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary feature and winning numerous accolades including Best Documentary at the European Film Awards. This was followed up by a second documentary Buena Vista Social Club: Adios in 2017.

The success of both the album and film sparked a revival of interest in traditional Cuban music and Latin American music in general. Some of the Cuban performers later released well-received solo albums and recorded collaborations with stars from different musical genres. The "Buena Vista Social Club" name became an umbrella term to describe these performances and releases, and has been likened to a brand label that encapsulates Cuba's "musical golden age" between the 1930s and 1950s. The new success was fleeting for the most recognizable artists in the ensemble: Compay Segundo, Rubén González, and Ibrahim Ferrer, who died aged 95, 84, and 78 respectively; Compay Segundo and González in 2003, then Ferrer in 2005.

Several surviving members of the Buena Vista Social Club, such as tresero Eliades Ochoa, veteran singer Omara Portuondo, trumpeter Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, laúd player Barbarito Torres and trombonist and conductor Jesús "Aguaje" Ramos currently tour worldwide, with new members such as singer Carlos Calunga and pianist Rolando Luna,[1] as part of a 13-member band called Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club.

Trivia: In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

2:00 PM International Velvet (1979)

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In this sequel to National Velvet, a former racing champ helps turn a delinquent girl into an Olympic rider.
Dir: Bryan Forbes Cast: Tatum O'Neal, Anthony Hopkins, Nanette Newman
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The producers wanted Dame Elizabeth Taylor to reprise her role as Velvet Brown. Actresses Julie Andrews, Jean Simmons, Claire Bloom and Glenda Jackson were under consideration as replacements. The role ultimately went to Nanette Newman, wife of director Bryan Forbes.


4:15 PM Courage of Lassie (1946)

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A young girl tries to rehabilitate the famous collie after his return from combat service in World War II.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Although the title of this movie suggests it, there is no mention of the character Lassie anywhere in the movie. Pal, the dog who had played Lassie on screen in previous films, is named Bill (and later Duke) in the story.

6:00 PM Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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A straight-laced paleontologist loses a dinosaur bone to a dog belonging to a free-spirited heiress. In the course of retrieving the bone he falls for the heiress and many subsequent mishaps ensue.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of a paleontologist in a number of predicaments involving a scatterbrained heiress and a leopard named Baby. The screenplay was adapted by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde from a short story by Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10, 1937.

The script was written specifically for Hepburn, and tailored to her personality. Filming began in September 1937 and wrapped in January 1938, over schedule and over budget. Production was frequently delayed by Hepburn and Grant's uncontrollable laughing fits. Hepburn struggled with her comedic performance and was coached by another cast member, vaudeville veteran Walter Catlett. A tame leopard was used during the shooting; its trainer stood off-screen with a whip for all of its scenes.

Bringing Up Baby was a Box-office bomb upon its release, although it eventually made a small profit after its re-release in the early 1940s. Shortly after the film's premiere, Hepburn was one of a group of actors labeled as "box office poison" by the Independent Theatre Owners of America. Her career would not recover until The Philadelphia Story two years later. The film's reputation began to grow during the 1950s when it was shown on television.

Since then, the film has gained acclaim from both critics and audiences for its zany antics and pratfalls, absurd situations and misunderstandings, perfect sense of comic timing, completely screwball cast, series of lunatic and hare-brained misadventures, disasters, light-hearted surprises and romantic comedy.

Trivia: Throughout filming, RKO executives complained that the film was destined for commercial failure. They asked Howard Hawks to insert more romance and less slapstick and told him to take away Cary Grant's glasses, but he ignored them.

Trivia: Christopher Reeve based his performance as Clark Kent in Superman (1978) and its three sequels on Cary Grant's character David Huxley from this film.

- FISH OUT OF WATER
8:00 PM Brannigan (1975)

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A Chicago police detective has to bring a crook home from London.
Dir: Douglas Hickox Cast: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: During his stay in London, John Wayne met Katharine Hepburn for the first time. Also in London for a film shoot, Love Among the Ruins (1975) with Sir Laurence Olivier, Hepburn made a point of introducing herself to Wayne, a man she admired greatly despite their obvious political differences. The meeting led to their only movie pairing, in Rooster Cogburn (1975).

10:00 PM Coogan's Bluff (1968)

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An Arizona deputy sheriff is sent to New York City to extradite an escaped killer he tracked down.
Dir: Donald Siegel Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Trivia: When Coogan (Clint Eastwood) is searching the New York City nightclub, the large screen plays a scene from Tarantula (1955), a "B" science fiction movie which was Eastwood's fourth movie.

Trivia: This movie was the inspiration for the television series McCloud (1970) starring Dennis Weaver. Herman Miller had written the story for this movie and then later changed a few details to create McCloud.

- NOIR ALLEY
12:00 AM Where Danger Lives (1950)

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A psychopath draws her doctor into her murderous schemes.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: After Robert Mitchum's marijuana bust, RKO Radio Pictures gave him work starring in several low-budget film noirs until the bad PR blew over. It did not seem to negatively affect his image and might have helped it.

- TCM LATE NIGHT: SIDNEY POITIER

Sidney Poitier KBE (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ PWAH-tyay;[1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.[2] He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he ranked among one of the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars".[3][4] Poitier was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.[5][6][7]

Poitier's family lived in the Bahamas, then still a Crown colony, but he was born in Miami, Florida, while they were visiting, which automatically granted him U.S. citizenship. He grew up in the Bahamas, but moved to Miami at age 15, and to New York City when he was 16. He joined the American Negro Theatre, landing his breakthrough film role as a high school student in the film Blackboard Jungle (1955). Poitier gained stardom for his leading roles in films such as The Defiant Ones (1958) for which he made history becoming the first African American to receive an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. Additionally Poitier won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance. In 1964, he won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actor[8][note 1] for Lilies of the Field (1963).[9][10]

Poitier also received acclaim for Porgy and Bess (1959), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), and A Patch of Blue (1965), because of his strong roles as epic African American male characters. He continued to break ground in three successful 1967 films which dealt with issues of race and race relations: To Sir, with Love; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and In the Heat of the Night, the latter of which earned him Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. In a poll the next year he was voted the US's top box-office star.[11] Poitier also directed various films, including A Warm December (1973), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), and Stir Crazy (1980). He later starred in Shoot to Kill (1988) and Sneakers (1992).

Poitier was granted an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1974.[12][13] He received numerous honors including the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1982, the Kennedy Center Honor in 1995, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2002.[14] In 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.[15] In 2016, he was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for outstanding lifetime achievement in film.[13] From 1997 to 2007, he was the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan.

1:45 AM A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

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The Younger family strives to get out of their ghetto neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. When the patriarch of the family passes away and each family member is handed a slice of the insurance payoff, their escape finally seems possible.
Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The play was originally brought to Sidney Poitier's attention by an old friend, Philip Rose, who would also produce the movie. The play was inspired by playwright Lorraine Hansberry's family's purchase of a house in an all-white Chicago neighborhood. (The community's reaction resulted in Hansberry vs. Lee, one of the most important housing cases to ever reach the Supreme Court.) Poitier was overwhelmed by the power of the material and was happy to play in it. It's been said that "A Raisin In The Sun" would never have been done if Poitier had not agreed to appear in it.


4:00 AM Edge of the City (1957)

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An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee, who play husband and wife in this film, played husband and wife again in the classic A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and Buck and the Preacher (1972).