TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 25: Slavery in Film

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Wednesday, July 25th, 2018

1:47 AM
ROUGH RIDING ( 1954)
This short film showcases various events on display at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming.
C- 9 mins,

2:00 AM
SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN ( 1963)
A Wyoming farmer fights to build a better life for his oldest son.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Henry Fonda , Maureen O'Hara , James MacArthur .
C- 118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:05 AM
COLORFUL COLORADO ( 1944)
This short film focuses on the sights and sounds of Colorado.
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick
C- 8 mins,

4:15 AM
UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, THE ( 1964)
Musical biography of the backwoods girl who struck it rich in Colorado and survived the Titanic.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Debbie Reynolds , Harve Presnell , Ed Begley .
C- 129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:30 AM
MODERN TIMES ( 1936)
The Tramp struggles to live in a modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Henry Bergman .
BW- 87 mins, CC,

8:00 AM
STRIKE ( 1925)
Russia's Czarist rulers go all out to thwart a factory workers' strike.
Dir: Sergei M. Eisenstein Cast: Grigory Alexandrov , Maxim Shtraukh , Mikhail Gomorov .
BW- 82 mins,

9:30 AM
WANDA ( 1970)
A rootless working class woman takes up with an abusive criminal.
Dir: Barbara Loden Cast: Michael Higgins , Barbara Loden , Frank Jourdano .
C- 103 mins, CC,

11:19 AM
WRONG WAY BUTCH ( 1950)
This short film provides a humorous look at what can happen when tools and machinery are misused and safety warnings are ignored.
Dir: David Barclay Cast: Dave O'Brien ,
BW- 10 mins,

11:30 AM
LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER, THE ( 1962)
A boy from the Irish slums reviews his troubled past while training for a school race.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Tom Courtenay , Michael Redgrave , Avis Bunnage .
BW- 104 mins, CC,

1:17 PM
DROP OUT, THE ( 1962)
A young man drops out of high school and struggles to find a job in this short "scare" film.
BW- 11 mins,

1:30 PM
SALT OF THE EARTH ( 1954)
The wives of striking mineworkers fight to keep the union going.
Dir: Herbert J. Biberman Cast: Will Geer , David Wolfe , David Sarvis .
C- 92 mins, CC,

3:15 PM
OUR DAILY BREAD ( 1934)
When he inherits a small farm, a Depression-weary man turns it into a collective operation.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Karen Morley , Tom Keene , Barbara Pepper .
BW- 74 mins,

4:30 PM
SWING SHIFT ( 1984)
During World War II, a women has an affair with a co-worker and must deal with the after war repercussions.
Dir: Jonathan Demme Cast: Goldie Hawn , Kurt Russell , Christine Lahti .
C- 100 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING ( 1960)
A factory worker lives for the chance to have fun on the weekends.
Dir: Karel Reisz Cast: Albert Finney , Shirley Field , Rachel Roberts .
BW- 89 mins, CC,

7:47 PM
SMART AS A FOX ( 1946)
In this short film, a fox cub experiences life in the forest. Vitaphone Release 1444A.
BW- 10 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SLAVERY IN FILM

8:00 PM
FOXES OF HARROW, THE ( 1947)
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Rex Harrison , Maureen O'Hara , Richard Haydn .
BW- 118 mins, CC,

10:15 PM
TAMANGO ( 1959)
Cast: Dorothy Dandridge , Curt Jurgens , Alex Cressan .
BW- 100 mins, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM
BAND OF ANGELS ( 1957)
A southern belle fights to survive slavery after learning her mother was black.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Clark Gable , Yvonne De Carlo , Sidney Poitier .
C- 127 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM
MANDINGO ( 1975)
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: James Mason , Susan George , Perry King .
BW- 127 mins, CC,

4:45 AM
DUKE IS TOPS, THE ( 1938)
A producer's romance with his star ends when the latter is offered a better job in New York.
Dir: William Nolte Cast: Ralph Cooper , Lena Horne , Lawrence Criner .
BW- 73 mins,