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TCM October 2024 at a glance - Halloween spooks abound
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STAR OF THE MONTH: BELA LUGOSI (Wednesdays)
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈdɛʒøː ˈblɒʃkoː]; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (/ləˈɡoʊsi/ lə-GOH-see; Hungarian: [ˈluɡoʃi]), was a Hungarian–American actor, best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror film classic Dracula, Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956.[
Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902. After playing in 172 productions in his native Hungary, Lugosi moved on to appear in Hungarian silent films in 1917. He had to suddenly emigrate to Germany after the failed Hungarian Communist Revolution of 1919 because of his former socialist activities (organizing a stage actors' union), leaving his first wife in the process. He acted in several films in Weimar Germany, before arriving in New Orleans as a seaman on a merchant ship, then making his way north to New York City and Ellis Island.
In 1927, he starred as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, moving with the play to the West Coast in 1928 and settling down in Hollywood.[2] He later starred in the 1931 film version of Dracula directed by Tod Browning and produced by Universal Pictures. Through the 1930s, he occupied an important niche in horror films, but his notoriety as Dracula and thick Hungarian accent greatly limited the roles offered to him, and he unsuccessfully tried for years to avoid typecasting.
He co-starred in a number of films with Boris Karloff, who was able to demand top billing. To his frustration, Lugosi, a charter member of the American Screen Actors Guild, was increasingly restricted to mad scientist roles because of his inability to speak English more clearly. He was kept employed by the studios principally so that they could put his name on the posters. Among his teamings with Karloff, he performed major roles only in The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939); even in The Raven, Karloff received top billing despite Lugosi performing the lead role.
By this time, Lugosi had been receiving regular medication for sciatic neuritis, and he became addicted to doctor-prescribed morphine and methadone. This drug dependence (and his gradually worsening alcoholism) was becoming apparent to producers, and after 1948's Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the offers dwindled to parts in low-budget films; some of these were directed by Ed Wood, including a brief appearance in Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space (released posthumously in 1957).
Lugosi married five times and had one son, Bela G. Lugosi (with his fourth wife, Lillian).
BELA LUGOSI WEDNESDAY STAR OF THE MONTH FILM SCHEDULE
Oct. 2-Dracula (1931)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Black Cat, The (1934)
Wolf Man, The (1941)
Oct. 9-Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
You'll Find Out (1940)
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Death Kiss, The (1933)
Scared to Death (1947)
Gorilla, The (1939)
Oct. 16-White Zombie (1932)
Body Snatcher, The (1945)
Devil Bat, The (1940)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Thirteenth Chair, The (1929)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Oct. 23-Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
Saint's Double Trouble, The (1940)
Broadminded (1931)
Genius at Work (1947)
Ninotchka (1939)
50 Million Frenchmen (1931)
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈdɛʒøː ˈblɒʃkoː]; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (/ləˈɡoʊsi/ lə-GOH-see; Hungarian: [ˈluɡoʃi]), was a Hungarian–American actor, best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror film classic Dracula, Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956.[
Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902. After playing in 172 productions in his native Hungary, Lugosi moved on to appear in Hungarian silent films in 1917. He had to suddenly emigrate to Germany after the failed Hungarian Communist Revolution of 1919 because of his former socialist activities (organizing a stage actors' union), leaving his first wife in the process. He acted in several films in Weimar Germany, before arriving in New Orleans as a seaman on a merchant ship, then making his way north to New York City and Ellis Island.
In 1927, he starred as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, moving with the play to the West Coast in 1928 and settling down in Hollywood.[2] He later starred in the 1931 film version of Dracula directed by Tod Browning and produced by Universal Pictures. Through the 1930s, he occupied an important niche in horror films, but his notoriety as Dracula and thick Hungarian accent greatly limited the roles offered to him, and he unsuccessfully tried for years to avoid typecasting.
He co-starred in a number of films with Boris Karloff, who was able to demand top billing. To his frustration, Lugosi, a charter member of the American Screen Actors Guild, was increasingly restricted to mad scientist roles because of his inability to speak English more clearly. He was kept employed by the studios principally so that they could put his name on the posters. Among his teamings with Karloff, he performed major roles only in The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939); even in The Raven, Karloff received top billing despite Lugosi performing the lead role.
By this time, Lugosi had been receiving regular medication for sciatic neuritis, and he became addicted to doctor-prescribed morphine and methadone. This drug dependence (and his gradually worsening alcoholism) was becoming apparent to producers, and after 1948's Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the offers dwindled to parts in low-budget films; some of these were directed by Ed Wood, including a brief appearance in Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space (released posthumously in 1957).
Lugosi married five times and had one son, Bela G. Lugosi (with his fourth wife, Lillian).
BELA LUGOSI WEDNESDAY STAR OF THE MONTH FILM SCHEDULE
Oct. 2-Dracula (1931)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Black Cat, The (1934)
Wolf Man, The (1941)
Oct. 9-Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
You'll Find Out (1940)
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Death Kiss, The (1933)
Scared to Death (1947)
Gorilla, The (1939)
Oct. 16-White Zombie (1932)
Body Snatcher, The (1945)
Devil Bat, The (1940)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Thirteenth Chair, The (1929)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Oct. 23-Corpse Vanishes, The (1942)
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
Saint's Double Trouble, The (1940)
Broadminded (1931)
Genius at Work (1947)
Ninotchka (1939)
50 Million Frenchmen (1931)
TCM Spotlight - Period Dramas (Tuesdays)
Special Theme - Creepy Cinema (Thursdays)
Special Theme - Political Films (Fridays)
TCM Series - Two for One (Saturdays) (replay)
DAILY SHOWCASES HIGHLIGHTS
2-Twins
3-Sci-Fi/Horror
4-1950s MGM Musicals
6-Director George Roy Hill
7-Mexican-American Tales
9-Prize Fighters
10-Agnes Moorehead
11-Lawyers
13-Clara Bow
14-Ricardo Montalban
16-Relationship Issues
17-Action Films
21-Romance
22-On The Water
24-Dennis Morgan
28-Having Affairs
30-Horror/Horror-Suspense
31-Halloween Horror
WEEKLY SHOWCASES
MUSICAL MATINEE Sat. Noon (ET)
5 - Gilda Live (1980)
12 - Too Many Girls (1940)
19 - Funny Face (1957)
26 - Black Orpheus (1959)
NOIR ALLEY Sat. Midnight, Sun. 10 am (ET)
5, 6 - Detour (1945)
12, 13 - The Crooked Way (1949)
19, 20 - Too Late for Tears (1949)
26, 27 - TBA
SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS Sun. Midnight (ET)
6 - The White Sister (1923)
13 - La Cigarette (1919)
La Souriante Madame Beudet (1923)
20 - The Lodger (1927)
27 - The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
TCM IMPORTS Sun. Late 2 am (ET)
6 - (P) The Ceremony (1971)
Empire of Passion (1978)
13 - Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973)
Plucking the Daisy (1956)
20 - Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
Close-Up (1990)
27 - The Lure (2015)
Sweetie (1989)
OCTOBER PREMIERES
FEATURE FILMS
Oct 3 - Invaders from Mars (1953)
Oct 4 - City Hall (1996)
Oct 6 - The Ceremony (1971)
Oct 7 - Alambrista! (1977)
Oct 11 - Wag the Dog (1997)
Oct 15 - Merchant Ivory (2024)
Oct 17 - The Lair of the White Worm (1998)
Oct 19 - Mystic Pizza (1988)
Oct 21 - Lovesick (1983)
Oct 21 - New Worlds: The Cradle of
Civilization (2021)
Oct 21 - Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Oct 21 - Broken Flowers (2005)
Oct 31 - The Black Cat (1941)
SHORTS
Serial: The Wolf Dog (1933):
Oct 5 - Ch. 1: The Call of the Wilderness (1933)
Oct 12 - Ch. 2: The Shadow of a Crime (1933)
Oct 19 - Ch. 3: The Fugitive (1933)
Oct 26 - Ch. 4: A Dead Man's Hand (1933)