TCM Schedule for Saturday, March 30, 2013 -- The Essentials: Con Artists

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6:00 AM
ELEPHANT BOY (1937)

A boy promises to lead trackers to an elusive heard of wild elephants.
Dir: Robert Flaherty
Cast: Sabu, W. E. Holloway, Walter Hudd.
BW-82 mins, TV-G


7:30 AM
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)

To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster.
Dir: James Whale
Cast: Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson.
BW-75 mins, TV-PG, CC

8:46 AM
MOVIE MEMORIES #2 (1934)

A short history of Hollywood's humble beginnings and early stars.
BW-8 mins


9:00 AM
GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS! (1956)

Nuclear tests awaken a prehistoric monster.
Dir: Ishiro Honda
Cast: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi.
BW-80 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:23 AM -- THE COLE CASE (1931): BW-21 mins


10:45 AM
THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS (1936)

Perry Mason's honeymoon with Della Street is interrupted by the murder of a scandal-sheet publisher.
Dir: William Clemens
Cast: Warren William, Claire Dodd, Winifred Shaw.
BW-63 mins, TV-G, CC


12:00 PM
TORCHY PLAYS WITH DYNAMITE (1939)

A female reporter gets herself arrested so she can interview a gangster's moll.
Dir: Noel Smith
Cast: Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins, Tom Kennedy.
BW-59 mins, TV-G, CC


1:15 PM
DRUM BEAT (1954)

While negotiating a peace treaty with North California Indians, a presidential emissary has to fight off a renegade.
Dir: Delmer Daves
Cast: Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan.
C-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


3:15 PM
SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER (1977)

When a witch turns a young prince into a baboon, Sinbad fights to save him.
Dir: Sam Wanamaker
Cast: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Jane Seymour.
C-113 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


5:15 PM
THE GREAT RACE (1965)

A bumbling villain plots to win an early 20th-century auto race.
Dir: Blake Edwards
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood.
C-160 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


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THE ESSENTIALS: CON ARTISTS

8:00 PM
THE LADY EVE (1941)

A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn.
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:45 PM
I LOVE YOU AGAIN (1940)

A solid married man discovers he's forgotten a past existence as a con artist.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh.
BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC


11:30 PM
MR. LUCKY (1943)

A gambling-ship owner is out to fleece a beautiful society woman, but falls in love.
Dir: H. C. Potter
Cast: Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford.
BW-100 mins, TV-G, CC


1:15 AM
THE STING (1973)

Two con men hit the big time to take on a gangster in '30s Chicago.
Dir: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw.
C-129 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


3:30 AM
THE FORTUNE (1975)

A married man tries to figure out how to share in his rich girlfriend's fortune.
Dir: Mike Nichols
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Stockard Channing.
C-88 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM
TCM PRESENTS ELVIS MITCHELL UNDER THE INFLUENCE: ED NORTON (2008)

Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-26 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:28 AM
THE LION ROARS AGAIN (1975)

An MGM promotional featurette advertising its resurgence into the movie industry in the mid-1970s. Showcased movies include "Logan's Run" (1976), "The Sunshine Boys" (1975), and "The Wind and the Lion" (1975).
C-17 mins


5:45 AM
GODSPELL (1973)

Contemporary hippies relive the story of Christ's ministry and crucifixion.
Dir: David Greene
Cast: Victor Garber, David Haskell, Lynne Thigpen.
C-102 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format