TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 26: Star of the Month: Lana Turner

[CBHagman]

Good news! Your Hitchcock holiday extends through Boxing Day/St. Stephen's Day. See the daytime schedule for details.

And in the evening you have a date with Star of the Month Lana Turner. May your TCM viewing be merry and bright (or dark and sinister, depending on how you like your movies).

Tuesday, December 26th, 2017

12:30 AM
DIAL M FOR MURDER ( 1954)

A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland , Grace Kelly , Robert Cummings .

C- 105 mins, CC,

2:30 AM
BIRDS, THE ( 1963)

In a California coastal area, flocks of birds unaccountably make deadly attacks on humans.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Rod Taylor , Tippi Hedren , Jessica Tandy .

C- 119 mins, CC,

4:45 AM
VERTIGO ( 1958)

A detective falls for the mysterious woman he's been hired to tail.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart , Kim Novak , Barbara Bel Geddes .

C- 128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 AM
SHADOW OF A DOUBT ( 1943)

A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Teresa Wright , Joseph Cotten , MacDonald Carey .

BW- 108 mins, CC,

9:00 AM
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN ( 1951)

A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger , Ruth Roman , Robert Walker .

BW- 101 mins, CC,

11:00 AM
TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE ( 1955)

A corpse creates a world of trouble for several passersby who each believe they may have caused the death.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Edmund Gwenn , John Forsythe , Mildred Natwick .

C- 99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:40 PM
RELEASE OF PSYCHO, THE ( 1960)

BW- 8 mins,

1:00 PM
TOPAZ ( 1969)

A French agent is sent to Cuba to spy for the CIA.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: John Forsythe , Frederick Stafford , Dany Robin .

C- 126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 PM
MARNIE ( 1964)

A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Tippi Hedren , Sean Connery , Diane Baker .

C- 130 mins, CC,

5:29 PM
ACTION ON THE BEACH ( 1964)

This behind-the-scenes short offers a look at the D-Day special effects created in filming "The Americanization of Emily" (1964).

BW- 6 mins,

5:45 PM
MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE ( 1956)

International spies kidnap a doctor's son when he stumbles on their assassination plot.

Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: James Stewart , Doris Day , Brenda de Banzie .

C- 120 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

7:47 PM
IMPORTANT NEWS ( 1936)

A small town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his front page in this short film.

Dir: Edwin Lawrence Cast: Charles Sale , James Stewart , Al Herman .

BW- 10 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: LANA TURNER

8:00 PM
MADAME X ( 1966)

A fallen woman on trial for murder is defended by the son she abandoned years earlier.

Dir: David Lowell Rich Cast: Lana Turner , John Forsythe , Ricardo Montalban .

C- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:44 PM
SEAN O'CASEY THE SPIRIT OF IRELAND ( 1965)

A promotional short about the making of "Young Cassidy" (1965) as well as the life of Sean O'Casey, whose autobiography served as the basis for the movie.

C- 8 mins,

10:00 PM
PORTRAIT IN BLACK ( 1960)

A woman and her lover kill her husband and are targeted by someone who knows of their crime.

Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Lana Turner , Anthony Quinn , Richard Basehart .

C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:05 AM
MENDELSSOHN'S WEDDING MARCH ( 1939)

This short film provides an account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."

Dir: James A. FitzPatrick Cast: E Alyn Warren , Mary Anderson , Vernon Dent .

C- 8 mins,

12:15 AM
BACHELOR IN PARADISE ( 1961)

A writer moves into a housing development to study married couples.

Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Bob Hope , Lana Turner , Janis Paige .

C- 109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM
BY LOVE POSSESSED ( 1961)

A woman's desperate search for love leads to an affair with her husband's law partner.

Dir: John Sturges Cast: Lana Turner , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , Jason Robards Jr. .

C- 116 mins, CC,

4:15 AM
BIG CUBE, THE ( 1969)

LSD almost ruins the life of a former actress and her stepdaughter.

Dir: Tito Davison Cast: Lana Turner , George Chakiris , Richard Egan .

C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

[longship]

1. Some great Hitchcocks during the day.

* Dial M for Murder -- Ray Milland and Grace Kelly. A very good U.K. based mystery.
Trailer:

* Vertigo -- Hitchcock's incredible vision. Slow paced, but relentless. Stunning cinematography.
The beautifully filmed reveal:

* Shadow of a Doubt -- Certainly one of the unsung Hitchcock gems. Wonderful cast, including the always great Joseph Cotton. A break-out for Teresa Wright.
Trailer:

* Strangers on a Train -- This is the film which launched Hitch's incredible 1950's. Absolutely stunning! Includes one of Hitch's favorite actors. That's right, Leo G. Carroll. (Really!) It's Hitchcock chillicious!
Trailer:

The rest of them are second rate. But I don't mind Topaz or The Trouble with Harry.

The Birds has altogether too many birds. The Man Who Knew Too Much has altogether too much Doris Dog (thank you Monty Python), plus that wretched fucking song! View Hitch's original version instead.