TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 13: Lionel Rogosin

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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

12:00 AM
Man From Colorado, The (1948)
A Civil War veteran becomes a judge so he can take out his bitterness on the world.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Glenn Ford , William Holden , Ellen Drew .
C-98 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:00 AM
Tall In The Saddle (1944)
A woman-hating cowboy signs on with a lady rancher.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: John Wayne , Ella Raines , Ward Bond .
BW-87 mins, TV-PG,

3:45 AM
Oklahoma Territory (1960)
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Bill Williams , Gloria Talbott , Ted de Corsia .
BW-67 mins, TV-PG,

5:00 AM
Law West of Tombstone, The (1938)
A cowardly judge enlists a hot young gunman to help him fight outlaws.
Dir: Glenn Tryon Cast: Harry Carey , Tim Holt , Evelyn Brent .
BW-73 mins, TV-G,



6:15 AM
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)
A fading southern belle tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Vivien Leigh , Marlon Brando , Kim Hunter .
BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC,

8:30 AM
Baby Doll (1956)
A child bride holds her husband at bay while flirting with a sexy Italian farmer.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Karl Malden , Carroll Baker , Eli Wallach .
BW-115 mins, TV-14, CC,

10:30 AM
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
A dowager tries to buy a lobotomy to silence the woman who witnessed her son's murder.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Katharine Hepburn , Montgomery Clift .
BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 PM
Fugitive Kind, The (1960)
A drifter ignites passions among the women of a Mississippi town.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Marlon Brando , Anna Magnani , Joanne Woodward .
BW-121 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



2:45 PM
Sweet Bird Of Youth (1962)
A young gigolo returns to his southern hometown in search of the lost love of his youth.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Paul Newman , Geraldine Page , Shirley Knight .
C-120 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 PM
Night Of The Iguana, The (1964)
A defrocked priest surrenders to the sins of the flesh in a Mexican hotel.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Richard Burton , Ava Gardner , Deborah Kerr .
BW-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

7:15 PM
Now Playing March (2013) (2013)
BW-18 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: LIONEL ROGOSIN

8:00 PM
On the Bowery (1957)
The story of a young man attempting to escape from the Bowery, New York City's skid row.
Dir: Lionel Rogosin Cast: Ray Salyer , Gorman Hendricks , Frank Matthews .
BW-65 mins, TV-MA,



9:15 PM
Come Back, Africa (1959)
A documentary that chronicles the life of a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
Dir: Lionel Rogosin Cast: Zacharia [Mgabi] , Vinah [Mgabi] , Arnold .
BW-86 mins, TV-MA,



11:00 PM
American in Sophiatown, An (2007)
Interwoven with clips from the original film "Come Back Africa", independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin tells the story of how he penetrated Sophiatown, Johannesburg during the iron rule of the apartheid regime.
Dir: Earl Lloyd Ross
BW-54 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM
Black Roots (1970)
Documentary that gathers a number of African American folk and blues musicians in a room, where they share stories and songs about the black experience in America.
Dir: Lionel Rogosin Cast: Frederick D. Kirkpatrick , Gary Davis , Jim Collier .
BW-63 mins, TV-14,

1:15 AM
Good Times, Wonderful Times (1966)
Anti-war documentary composed of rare, undiscovered archival footage detailing the atrocities of war from around the world.
Dir: Lionel Rogosin
BW-70 mins, TV-MA,

2:45 AM
On the Bowery (1957)
The story of a young man attempting to escape from the Bowery, New York City's skid row.
Dir: Lionel Rogosin Cast: Ray Salyer , Gorman Hendricks , Frank Matthews .
BW-65 mins, TV-MA,

4:00 AM
Come Back, Africa (1959)
A documentary that chronicles the life of a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
Dir: Lionel Rogosin Cast: Zacharia [Mgabi] , Vinah [Mgabi] , Arnold .
BW-86 mins, TV-MA,

[Staph]

1. Wow -- I've never heard of Lionel Rogosin.

According to IMDB:

Lionel Rogosin

Date of Birth
22 January 1924, New York City, New York, USA

Date of Death
8 December 2000, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)

Mini Biography
Father of producer/director/artist Michael Rogosin and producer/director Daniel Rogosin. Rogosin was a political filmmaker of cutting-edge documentaries, once said by John Cassavetes to be "probably the greatest documentary filmmaker of all time." His film "On the Bowery" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary and his second film "Come Back, Africa" launched the career of Miriam Makeba and gave voice to the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.