TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 4: Star of the Month: Character Actors
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Character actors! Yay! The classics are made by great scripts and terrific ensemble casts, including all those well-loved character actors of yesteryear.
On edit: Here's the Star of the Month write-up the late Robert Osborne completed. Someone dropped the ball on proofreading, but the column itself is not to be missed:
[url]http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1302451%7C0/Character-Actors-Tues-Thurs-in-April.html[/url]
And then there are all the literary adaptations. See the daytime schedule for that feature.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017
12:30 AM
NETWORK (1976)
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into 'the mad prophet of the airwaves.'
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Faye Dunaway , William Holden , Peter Finch .
BW-121 mins, CC,
2:45 AM
ARRANGEMENT, THE (1969)
A car crash causes a rich man to reconsider the life he leads.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Kirk Douglas , Faye Dunaway , Deborah Kerr .
C-126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:00 AM
CHAMP, THE (1979)
A washed-up prizefighter fights to keep his son.
Dir: Franco Zeffirelli Cast: Jon Voight , Faye Dunaway , Ricky Schroder .
C-123 mins, CC,
7:15 AM
ANNA KARENINA (1935)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo , Fredric March , Freddie Bartholomew .
BW-93 mins, CC,
9:00 AM
TREASURE ISLAND (1934)
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young boy out to foil pirates and find a buried treasure.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Wallace Beery , Jackie Cooper , Lionel Barrymore .
BW-103 mins, CC,
11:00 AM
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (1934)
A young orphan goes to stay with elderly relatives in the country.
Dir: George Nicholls Jr. Cast: Anne Shirley , Tom Brown , O. P. Heggie .
BW-78 mins, CC,
12:30 PM
BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, THE (1958)
In this adaptation of the Dostoevsky classic, four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Yul Brynner , Maria Schell , Claire Bloom .
C-146 mins, CC,
3:06 PM
BEN-HUR: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH GLENN H. RANDALL & YAKIMA CANUTT (1959)
This promotional short offers a behind-the-scenes look of the making of "Ben-Hur" (1959), focusing on how Glen Randall and Yakima Canutt worked together to film the legendary chariot race.
BW-7 mins,
3:15 PM
BILLY BUDD (1962)
Adaptation of Herman Melville's classic tale of a ship's captain caught between an innocent young sailor and an evil officer.
Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Terence Stamp , Peter Ustinov , Robert Ryan .
BW-123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:30 PM
GOOD EARTH, THE (1937)
Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Paul Muni , Luise Rainer , Walter Connolly .
BW-138 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: CHARACTER ACTORS
8:00 PM
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933)
Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Warren William , Joan Blondell , Aline MacMahon .
BW-98 mins, CC,
9:50 PM
HOW TO BE A DETECTIVE (1936)
Robert Benchley attempts to teach the audience what it takes to be a successful detective in this short film.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Robert Benchley , Arthur Hoyt , Dewey Robinson .
BW-9 mins,
10:00 PM
HOLIDAY (1938)
An unhappy heiress falls in love with her stodgy sister's freethinking fiance.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , Doris Nolan .
BW-96 mins, CC,
11:49 PM
QUAINT ST. AUGUSTINE (1939)
This short film takes the viewer to one of the oldest settlements in the United States.
C-9 mins,
12:00 AM
FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (1939)
To annoy his family, a millionaire hires an out-of-work girl to pose as a gold digger.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Ginger Rogers , Walter Connolly , Verree Teasdale .
BW-83 mins, CC,
1:36 AM
WHAT'S YOUR I.Q.? (1940)
This short film tests the I.Q. of the audience by posing several questions.
BW-9 mins,
1:45 AM
TURNABOUT (1940)
Battling spouses accidentally switch bodies.
Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Adolphe Menjou , Carole Landis , John Hubbard .
BW-84 mins, CC,
3:18 AM
GOOFY MOVIES NUMBER FOUR (1934)
In this short film, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over footage compiled from various silent films.
BW-9 mins,
3:30 AM
JOURNAL OF A CRIME (1934)
Before she can confess to shooting her husband's mistress, a woman succumbs to amnesia.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Ruth Chatterton , Adolphe Menjou , Claire Dodd .
BW-65 mins, CC,
4:45 AM
EASY TO LOVE (1934)
When she thinks her husband has been unfaithful, a woman claims to be having an affair of her own.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Genevieve Tobin , Adolphe Menjou , Mary Astor .
BW-61 mins, CC,