TCM Schedule for Saturday 4/16/22 - Highlights: "The Pride of the Yankees" and "The Maltese Falcon"

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TCM Schedule Saturday 4/16/22 – Highlights - “The Pride of the Yankees” and “The Maltese Falcon”

“The Pride of the Yankees” trailer.

12:00 AM The Pride of the Yankees (1943)
Baseball legend Lou Gehrig faces a crippling disease at the height of his success.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Won Academy Award for Film Editing.

Trivia: In reality, Gary Cooper was decidedly not a fan of baseball and required extensive coaching in order to look even passable on a baseball diamond. In fact, he had never played the game before, even as a youth, and had never even seen a baseball game in person until he was hired for this film. While Spencer Tracy, Eddie Albert, Cary Grant and Brian Donlevy were all considered for the lead role, Samuel Goldwyn was determined that Gary Cooper get the part.

Trivia: While filming the movie, Teresa Wright, who played Gehrig's wife Eleanor Gehrig, wore the actual bracelet which Lou gave to Eleanor on their fourth anniversary. Eleanor brought the bracelet to the set to be used in the movie. The bracelet is made up of 17 metal medallions celebrating the seven World Championships and six All-Star game appearances Gehrig made. The bracelet is now displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Trivia: Babe Ruth missed several days of shooting and filming during the production because of his own illness.

2:15 AM Lust In The Dust (1984)
A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old West.
Dir: Paul Bartel Cast: Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


3:45 AM Female Trouble (1975)
A fictitious biography of Dawn Davenport, a headline-seeking criminal.
Dir: John Waters Cast: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


5:30 AM R.F.D. Greenwich Village (1969)
A couple tours around New York in this promotional short for corduroy clothing.
Dir: null Cast: Stanley Blacker, Evan Picone
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


5:30 AM Time Out for Trouble (1961)
The spirit of an evil mantle clock examines various household accidents in this short film.
Dir: David S. Glidden Cast: Bonnie Hammett, John Nesom, Alice Spann
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


5:30 AM The Corvair In Action! (1960)
Technicians herald the arrival of a new car that delivers the goods as no other compact car can.
Dir: null Cast: Chevrolet
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:15 AM The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
During World War II, an inept intelligence officer falls hard for a military nurse.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 AM When the Cat's Away (1935)
The house cat is out on a date and the mice and cockroaches celebrate by looting the kitchen.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: null
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: null CC:


8:10 AM Goofy Movies Number Ten (1934)
This short film, spoofing silent footage, features planes that can't fly, a bear that can't fish, and a woman who can't catch a break in life.
Dir: null Cast: Pete Smith
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:21 AM Seeing Spain (1953)
This short film highlights the local culture, history, and architecture of various cities in Spain.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fitzpatrick, Hone Glendinning
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:30 AM Land Beyond the Law (1937)
An innocent rancher gets mixed up with rustlers.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Wayne Morris
Runtime: 54 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 AM The Unknown Command (1939)
In Chapter Six of Buck Rogers, Killer Kane uses a mind-zapping ray to brainwash Prince Tallen.
Dir: Ford Beebe, Ray Trampe. Cast: null
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Let's Stalk Spinach (1951)
Popeye takes his nephews on a picnic. The kids refuse to eat the spinach sandwiches Popeye has prepared for them until he tells them a story of how spinach once saved his life.
Dir: null Cast: Jack Mercer, Jack Mercer, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 0 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC:


10:07 AM Here Come the Marines (1952)
When they're drafted, the Bowery Boys set out to solve a murder.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Hanley Stafford
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Buyer Beware (1940)
This deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
Dir: Joseph Newman Cast: Ken Christy, Jimmie Dundee, Carroll Nye
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:00 PM Mad Love (1935)
A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists.
Dir: Karl Freund Cast: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


1:15 PM Chisum (1970)
A cattle baron enlists Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid to help him fight a land war.
Dir: Andrew V. Mclaglen Cast: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

“The Maltese Falcon” trailer

3:15 PM The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Nominated for three Academy Awards: Outstanding Motion Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role (Sydney Greenstreet), Writing.

Trivia: Humphrey Bogart had to supply his own wardrobe. This was common practice at Warner Brothers as a way for the studio to save money.

Trivia: Two Maltese Falcon statues were used because Humphrey Bogart accidentally dropped the original during shooting. It is on display in the movie museum at Warner Bros. studios; its tail feathers are visibly dented from when Bogart dropped it.

“The Great Race” trailer.


5:15 PM The Great Race (1965)
Mayhem and double-crossing abound as some zany professional racers go up against each other in a 1908 cross-continental road race from New York to Paris.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood
Runtime: 157 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


8:00 PM The Honey Pot (1967)
A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:30 PM Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
A lecherous landlord tries to steal a woman from her fiance.
Dir: David Swift Cast: Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N

Sunday, April 17, 2022 -- Happy Easter!

12:30 AM Night and the City (1950)
A London hustler has ambitious plans that never work out.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:30 AM Black Narcissus (1947)
Nuns founding a convent in the Himalayas are tormented by the area's exotic beauty.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:30 AM The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Three children from a small village claim to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary.
Dir: John Brahm Cast: Gilbert Roland, Angela Clark, Frank Silvera
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

[Auggie]

1. According to John Huston ...

Warner executives wanted George Raft to play Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, but Raft rejected the role because he did not want to work with an inexperienced director (it was Huston's directorial debut). Huston said it was "much to my secret delight" that the role went to Humphrey Bogart.

IMO Raft was an overrated actor and would have ruined the film.

No link. I'm recalling an interview with Huston from a Bogart biography that aired on PBS many years ago.