TCM Schedule for Saturday, October 19, 2013 -- The Essentials: Tod Browning

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6:00 AM
THE MASK OF FU MANCHU (1932)
A Chinese warlord threatens explorers in search of the key to global power.
Dir: Charles Brabin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley.
BW-68 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:15 AM
UNDERWATER! (1955)
Divers race the clock to find a Caribbean treasure before modern-day pirates can catch up to them.
Dir: John Sturges
Cast: Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Richard Egan.
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:00 AM
DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (1954)
A mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend.
Dir: Richard Quine
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy.
BW-83 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:30 AM
THE DEVIL'S OWN (1966)
Following a horrifying experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well.
Dir: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen.
C-91 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

12:15 PM
THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (1966)
A small town noble uses zombies to work his tin mine and kill his enemies.
Dir: John Gilling
Cast: Andre Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams.
C-90 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

1:48 PM
THE BIG SUR (1965)
This promotional short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "The Sandpiper" (1965).
C-9 mins

2:00 PM
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems.
Dir: Richard Brooks
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives.
C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC

4:00 PM
THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
Oklahoma farmers dispossessed during the Depression fight for better lives in California.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine.
BW-129 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:15 PM
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
A mad United States General orders an air strike against Russia.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden.
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

TONIGHT ON TCM
THE ESSENTIALS: TOD BROWNING

8:00 PM
FREAKS (1932)
A lady trapeze artist violates the code of the side show when she plots to murder her midget husband.
Dir: Tod Browning
Cast: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova.
BW-62 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:15 PM
MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.
Dir: Tod Browning
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allen, Lionel Atwill.
BW-61 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:30 PM
THE DEVIL DOLL (1936)
A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
Dir: Tod Browning
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton.
BW-78 mins, TV-PG, CC

12:00 AM
MIRACLES FOR SALE (1939)
A magician turns detective to investigate murder and a phony seance.
Dir: Tod Browning
Cast: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven.
BW-71 mins, TV-G

1:15 AM
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927)
In this silent film, vampires are suspected in an unsolved murder.
Dir: Tod Browning
Cast: Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall.
BW-47 mins, TV-PG

2:15 AM
INCUBUS (1965)
An evil spirit plots to snare the soul of a courageous and good man.
Dir: Leslie Stevens
Cast: William Shatner, Milos Milos, Allyson Ames.
BW-74 mins, TV-14

3:37 AM
THE SUN... THE SAND... THE HILL. (1965)
This promotional short presents a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "The Hill" (1965).
Dir: Roland Saland
BW-7 mins

3:45 AM
THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960)
A city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who appear to be in a hypnotic trance.
Dir: George Blair
Cast: Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson.
BW-78 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM
GOOD TABLE MANNERS (1956)
A young loner is visited by his "future self" for a lesson in good table manners.
BW-10 mins, TV-G

ROSIE (1960)
A failed pilot to a TV sitcom about an eerie-looking talking dog that befriends a boy.
BW-19 mins, TV-G

TO YOUR HEALTH (1956)
A disturbing animated short that details the effects of alcohol on the body and mind.
C-10 mins, TV-G