TCM Schedule for Saturday, October 13 -- The Essentials: CINEMATOGRAPHY BY ROBERT KRASKER

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6:00 AM
MR. SKEFFINGTON (1944)

A flighty beauty marries a stockbroker for convenience and almost ruins both their lives.
Dir: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel.
BW-146 mins, TV-G, CC


8:30 AM
CRACK-UP (1946)

An art critic risks his reputation and his life to track down a forgery racket.
Dir: Irving Reis
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall.
BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC


10:15 AM
PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1967)

A jungle guide time travels to an era of evil brunettes with blonde slaves.
Dir: Michael Carreras
Cast: Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Michael Latimer.
C-90 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


11:47 AM
H.M.S. BOUNTY SAILS AGAIN! (1962)

A promotional short following the world tour of the "HMS Bounty", built specially by MGM for their 1962 remake "Mutiny on the Bounty."
BW-8 mins


12:00 PM
JUNGLE JIM IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND (1952)

The famed explorer leads an anthropologist to a lost civilization of giants.
Dir: Lew Landers
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Greene, Jean Willes.
BW-65 mins, TV-PG


1:15 PM
THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)

To finance her husband's career, a married woman courts an eccentric millionaire.
Dir: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor.
BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC


2:47 PM
GLIMPSES OF FLORIDA (1941)

C-9 mins


3:00 PM
SITTING PRETTY (1948)

An efficiency expert tries to prove his methods apply to child rearing.
Dir: Walter Lang
Cast: Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb.
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC


4:30 PM
GANDHI (1982)

The legendary Indian leader uses peaceful means to free his homeland from British rule.
Dir: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud.
C-191 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


7:51 PM
VIENNA: THE YEARS REMEMBERED (1968)

This promotional, short documentary provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Mayerling" (1968), as well as the actual history that inspired the film.
C-9 mins


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THE ESSENTIALS: CINEMATOGRAPHY BY ROBERT KRASKER

8:00 PM
THE THIRD MAN (1949)

A man's investigation of a friend's death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
Dir: Carol Reed
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
BW-104 mins, TV-14, CC


9:51 PM
PICTURESQUE SOUTH AFRICA (1937)

In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the history, people, and culture of South Africa.
C-9 mins


10:00 PM
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1952)

A South African minister travels to Johannesburg to find his missing son.
Dir: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson.
BW-108 mins, TV-14, CC


12:00 AM
BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945)

Two married strangers meet in a train station and fall in love.
Dir: David Lean
Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway.
BW-86 mins, TV-PG, CC


1:30 AM
WANDERING THROUGH WALES (1948)

In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the history, culture, and people of Wales
C-9 mins


1:45 AM
ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1956)

Biography of the ancient warrior who conquered the known world.
Dir: Robert Rossen
Cast: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom.
C-136 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


4:15 AM
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, TV-G, Letterbox Format