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Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 4: TCM Spotlight: Southern Writers
The daytime schedule serves as a birthday tribute to actor Gig Young, but the evening is set aside for film adaptations of works from Southern writers.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
12:45 AM
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
In this silent film, a scientist flees his tragic past to become a circus clown.
Dir: Victor Seastrom Cast: Lon Chaney , Norma Shearer , John Gilbert .
BW-72 mins,
2:15 AM
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
In this silent film, a circus clown falls for a young innocent in love with another.
Dir: Herbert Brenon Cast: Lon Chaney , Bernard Siegel , Loretta Young .
BW-74 mins,
3:45 AM
Circus, The (1928)
In this silent film, the Little Tramp joins a circus to hide from the police.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Merna Kennedy , Betty Morrissey .
BW-72 mins,
5:05 AM
Lambchops (1929)
In this short film, George Burns and Gracie Allen perform a comic routine along with the musical number, "Do You Believe in Me? I Do." Vitaphone Release 891.
Cast: George Burns , Gracie Allen ,
BW-8 mins,
5:15 AM
Chaplin Today: The Circus (2003)
Filmmaker Emir Kusturica shares his impressions of Charlie Chaplin's The Circus.
C-27 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
Gay Sisters, The (1942)
A New York aristocrat marries for the money to save the family mansion.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , George Brent , Geraldine Fitzgerald .
BW-110 mins, CC,
8:00 AM
Escape Me Never (1947)
A composer forsakes his innocent bride to romance his brother's fiancee.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Errol Flynn , Ida Lupino , Eleanor Parker .
BW-104 mins, CC,
10:00 AM
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
Lawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young , Lynne Roberts , Mary Anderson .
BW-68 mins,
11:15 AM
Slaughter Trail (1951)
An Indian hating bandit's reign of terror could lead to a range war.
Dir: Irving Allen Cast: Brian Donlevy , Gig Young , Virginia Grey .
C-77 mins,
12:45 PM
Holiday For Sinners (1952)
Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Gig Young , Keenan Wynn , Janice Rule .
BW-72 mins, CC,
2:00 PM
You For Me (1952)
A good-hearted nurse gets mixed up with a millionaire who could help her hospital.
Dir: Don Weis Cast: Peter Lawford , Jane Greer , Gig Young .
BW-71 mins,
3:15 PM
Arena (1953)
A rodeo star fights to mend his broken marriage.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Gig Young , Jean Hagen , Polly Bergen .
C-71 mins, CC,
4:30 PM
Girl Who Had Everything, The (1953)
A criminal lawyer's daughter falls for one of his clients.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Fernando Lamas , William Powell .
BW-70 mins, CC,
5:45 PM
Five Miles to Midnight (1963)
A woman tries to free herself from her husband by helping him fake his own death.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Sophia Loren , Anthony Perkins , Gig Young .
BW-108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
7:49 PM
Electrical Power (1939)
This short film looks at how electricity generated at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) is sent to Hollywood movies studios to make films.
BW-10 mins,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: SOUTHERN WRITERS
8:00 PM
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1939)
Mark Twain's classic troublemaker helps a runaway slave escape to the North.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Mickey Rooney , Walter Connolly , William Frawley .
BW-91 mins, CC,
9:45 PM
Gone With the Wind (Part 1) (1939)
Classic tale of Scarlett O'Hara's battle to save her beloved Tara and find love during the Civil War.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Thomas Mitchell , Barbara O'Neil , Vivien Leigh .
C-233 mins, CC,
9:45 PM
Gone With the Wind (Part 2) (1939)
Scarlett O'Hara's obsession with Ashley Wilkes threatens to destroy her happiness with Rhett Butler.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Thomas Mitchell , Barbara O'Neil , Vivien Leigh .
C-233 mins, CC,
2:00 AM
Sound and the Fury, The (1959)
Passions divide a declining Southern family.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Yul Brynner , Joanne Woodward , Margaret Leighton .
BW-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:15 AM
In This Our Life (1942)
A neurotic southerner steals her sister's husband then vies with her for another man.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Bette Davis , Olivia De Havilland , George Brent .
BW-97 mins, CC,
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