TCM Schedule for Saturday, July 21, 2018 -- What's On Tonight: Leonard Bernstein Centennial

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In the daylight hours, TCM has more Saturday matinee programming. Then in prime time, it's night two of the Leonard Bernstein birthday bash. Enjoy!



6:00 AM -- THE SINGING MARINE (1937)
A young Marine develops an inflated ego after winning a talent contest.
Dir: Ray Enright
Cast: Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon
BW-105 mins, CC,

Later spoofed in the cartoon A Star Is Hatched (1938).


8:00 AM -- THE BANDIT TRAIL (1941)
A cowboy turns bad for revenge, but cant stomach his new evil ways.
Dir: Edward Killy
Cast: Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo
BW-60 mins,

Glen Strange, a frequent cast member of Tim Holt westerns, played outlaw boss 'Idaho'. He was comfortable playing in westerns because at various points is his life he'd been a rancher, a deputy sheriff, and a rodeo performer. Glenn Strange is also well known for his roles in House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - playing the Frankenstein monster.


8:00 AM -- BELIEVE IT OR NOT #2 (1931)
In this short film, Robert L. Ripley presents more of life's curiosities, such as a small office building designed to look like a dresser drawer. Vitaphone Release 1294.
BW-7 mins,


8:00 AM -- MGM CARTOONS: OLD SMOKEY (1938)
Engine Co. No. 1 is replacing faithful fire horse Old Smokey with a new engine.
Dir: Hugh Harman
Cast: Billy Bletcher, Martha Wentworth
BW-8 mins,

This film short is available as an extra on the Warner DVD of A Day At the Races (1937).


8:00 AM -- FAMOUS MOVIE DOGS (1940)
Well known canine performers of the 1930s, including Asta from the Thin Man series, vie for a part in an upcoming movie in this short film. Vitaphone Release 9686.
Dir: Del Frazier
Cast: Henry East,
C-10 mins,

The dogs include Von, Asta, Corky, Rex the Dog, Peggy and Whiskers.


9:30 AM -- TAILSPIN TOMMY IN THE GREAT AIR MYSTERY: FLYING DEATH (1935)
A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves.
Director: Ray Taylor
Stars: Clark Williams, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr.
BW-20 mins,

Part six.


10:00 AM -- POPEYE: BEWARE OF BARNACLE BILL (1935)
Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because she's in love with Barnacle Bill (an unusually large Bluto).
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky (uncredited)
Cast: William Costello, William Pennell, Mae Questel
BW-7 mins,

The title refers to the 19th century drinking song "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" that is also sung and acted out in the cartoon.


10:00 AM -- TARZAN AND THE LOST SAFARI (1957)
The jungle king saves five survivors of an airplane crash.
Dir: Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Gordon Scott, Robert Beatty, Yolande Donlan
C-81 mins, CC,

The first Tarzan film to be shot in color.


11:45 AM -- HOLLYWOOD: STYLE CENTER OF THE WORLD (1940)
This short film focuses on the influence Hollywood has on fashion.
Dir: Oliver Garver
Cast: Ann Morriss, Naomi Childers, May McAvoy
BW-11 mins,

This promotional documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' 2002 DVD (re-released in 2005) for The Women (1939).


12:00 PM -- ARSENE LUPIN (1932)
A gentleman thief risks his life in an attempt to steal the Mona Lisa.
Dir: Jack Conway
Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley
BW-84 mins, CC,

John Gilbert was initially slated to play the title role.


1:30 PM -- NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
C-136 mins, CC,

Nominee for Oscars for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen -- Ernest Lehman, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color -- William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace and Frank R. McKelvy, and Best Film Editing -- George Tomasini

While filming Vertigo (1958), Alfred Hitchcock described some of the plot of this project to frequent Hitchcock leading man and "Vertigo" star James Stewart, who naturally assumed that Hitchcock meant to cast him in the Roger Thornhill role, and was eager to play it. Actually, Hitchcock wanted Cary Grant to play the role. By the time Hitchcock realized the misunderstanding, Stewart was so anxious to play Thornhill that rejecting him would have caused a great deal of disappointment. So Hitchcock delayed production on this film until Stewart was already safely committed to filming Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder (1959) before "officially" offering him the North by Northwest (1959) role. Stewart had no choice; he had to turn down the offer, allowing Hitchcock to cast Grant, the actor he had wanted all along.


4:00 PM -- FAIL-SAFE (1964)
A failure in the U.S. defense system threatens to start World War III.
Dir: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau
BW-112 mins, CC,

Columbia Pictures produced both this movie and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Director Stanley Kubrick insisted his movie be released first, and it was, in January 1964. When Fail-Safe (1964) was released, it garnered excellent reviews but audiences found it unintentionally funny because of "Strangelove", and stayed away. Henry Fonda later said he would never have made this movie if he had seen "Strangelove" first, because he would have laughed, too.


6:00 PM -- BRAINSTORM (1983)
A scientist battles the military for control of a machine that records sensory experiences-including death.
Dir: Douglas Trumbull
Cast: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher
C-106 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

When Natalie Wood died near the end of principal photography, studio executives tried to kill the film and claim the insurance, saying that director Douglas Trumbull could not complete the film. However, Trumbull's contract gave that decision to him, and he insisted on completing it, using a stand-in and changing camera angles for the few remaining shots of Wood's character. The resulting hostility between Trumbull and the studio executives meant that this would be Trumbull's last Hollywood film. He has since devoted his efforts to effects work for IMAX films, theme park rides and the like.



TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: LEONARD BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL



8:00 PM -- NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS: WHAT DOES MUSIC MEAN? (1958)
BW-59 mins,

Music includes Don Quixote (excerpt) with music by Richard Strauss, William Tell Overture (excerpt) with music by Gioachino Rossini, Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts) with music by Modest Mussorgsky, Blue Danube Waltz (excerpt) with music by Johann Strauss, Tales from the Vienna Woods (excerpt) with music by Johann Strauss, Symphony No. 4 (excerpt) with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, La Valse with music by Maurice Ravel, "Waldstein Sonata' (excerpt) with music by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Theme from 'Dragnet' with music by Walter Schumann and Miklós Rózsa.


9:15 PM -- NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS: HUMOR IN MUSIC (1959)
BW-59 mins,

Opening dialogue (from the Library of Congress - they have a lot of the scripts from these concerts): "On our last program, which was about Classical Music, if you remember, we were playing part of a symphony by Hadyn, and learning something about the way that he got humor into his music -- which was part of that 18th century elegance and fun that we were talking about. Since that program we've had so many letters and requests for more about the subject of humor in music I've decided to spend a whole program on it. What makes music funny?"


10:15 PM -- NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS: WHAT IS A MODE? (1966)
BW-53 mins,

The first Leonard Bernstein Young People's Concert to be telecast in color.


11:30 PM -- NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS: TOAST TO VIENNA IN 3/4 TIME, A (1967)
BW-50 mins,

Soloists include Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry.


12:30 AM -- DARK PASSAGE (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett
BW-106 mins, CC,

Humphrey Bogart's complete uncovered face is not seen clearly until 62 minutes into the movie, when his character finally removes his bandages and looks into a mirror. All previous scenes with the character are either shown from his point of view or have his face obscured with shadows or bandages.


2:30 AM -- NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS: QUIZ CONCERT: HOW MUSICAL ARE YOU? (1968)
BW-51 mins,

Music includes Overture to 'The Marriage of Figaro' with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 1 (Classical) (First Movement) with music by Sergei Prokofiev, and Capriccio Espagnol (final section) with music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.


3:30 AM -- THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (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,

Nominee for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Lee J. Cobb

This film is supposedly one of the reasons Marilyn Monroe ran away from Fox, because she wanted to star in something serious. They lured her back to the studio with Bus Stop (1956).