TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 28th: Tribute to the Library of Congress Film Archive

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

1:45 AM Way West, The (1967)
A senator hires a veteran scout to accompany a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon.
Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen Cast: Kirk Douglas , Robert Mitchum , Richard Widmark .
BW-122 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
Years after a murder drove them apart, an heiress tries to win back her lost love.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Van Heflin , Lizabeth Scott .
BW-116 mins, TV-PG, CC,

6:00 AM Heroes of Telemark, The (1965)
Norwegian resistance fighters try to stop Nazi experiments in nuclear warfare.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Kirk Douglas , Richard Harris , Ulla Jacobsson .
C-130 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



8:15 AM Cast A Giant Shadow (1966)
True story of U.S. officer Mickey Marcus, who joined the Israeli fight against the Arabs.
Dir: Melville Shavelson Cast: Kirk Douglas , Senta Berger , Angie Dickinson .
C-138 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:45 AM Thieves Fall Out (1941)
A young man tries to rescue his grandmother from kidnappers.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Eddie Albert , Joan Leslie , Jane Darwell .
BW-72 mins, TV-PG,

12:00 PM Woman Of The Year (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn , Fay Bainter .
BW-114 mins, TV-PG, CC,



2:00 PM I Take This Woman (1940)
A tenement doctor's marriage to a European refugee threatens his practice.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Spencer Tracy , Hedy Lamarr , Verree Teasdale .
BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC,

3:45 PM Northwest Passage (1940)
True story of Rogers' Rangers and their fight to open up new frontiers for Colonial America.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Spencer Tracy , Robert Young , Walter Brennan .
C-127 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:00 PM Great Lie, The (1941)
Believing her husband to be dead, a flyer's wife bargains with his former love to adopt the woman's baby.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Bette Davis , George Brent , Mary Astor .
BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TRIBUTE TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FILM ARCHIVE

8:00 PM Constant Nymph, The (1943)
A composer finds inspiration in his wife's romantic cousin.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Charles Boyer , Joan Fontaine , Alexis Smith .
BW-112 mins, CC,



10:00 PM Baby Face (1933)
A beautiful schemer sleeps her way to the top of a banking empire.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , George Brent , Donald Cook .
BW-76 mins, TV-PG, CC,



11:30 PM Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
Once-married attorneys face off during a heated divorce case.
Dir: William Nigh Cast: Neil Hamilton , Miriam Jordan , Henry Armetta .
BW-66 mins, CC,

12:45 AM All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
Young German soldiers try to adjust to the horrors of World War I.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Louis Wolheim , Lew Ayres , John Wray .
BW-133 mins, TV-PG,



3:15 AM Will Rogers Winging Around Europe (1927)
BW-11 mins,

3:30 AM British Agent (1934)
An Englishman falls in love with a Russian spy.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Leslie Howard , Kay Francis , William Gargan .
BW-81 mins, TV-G,

5:00 AM Will Rogers Exploring England (1927)
BW-11 mins,

5:15 AM Sparrows (1926)
In this silent film, the oldest of a band of orphans watches over them while they are being used as slaves.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Mary Pickford , Gustav von Seyffertitz , Roy Stewart .
BW-95 mins, TV-PG,

[Matilda]

1. I'm late on this one,

but I've never seen "Sparrows", and I'd love to. We're starved of silents here.

TCM's Star of the Month here was Greta Garbo, and I so hoped they'd screen at least one of her silents, but they didn't. Just kept recycling five of her talkies - probably about all she did. Pity.

[CBHagman]

2. Any silent film festivals and the like down your way?

I didn't see Sparrows but would like to. TCM does make a point of featuring silents regularly.

Back in my university days, I used to check out the silent films at the theater in the student union building. Sometimes the movies would be accompanied by live music, but on at least one occasion I saw something without a soundtrack -- so different from seeing things on TV, where there was always a soundtrack.

Here in the D.C. area, I've seen maybe one silent movie in the theater (at the National Gallery). A friend of mine in L.A. found a silent theater in no time, but that's L.A.

Do you have any silent movie theaters/festivals your way?

[Matilda]

3. Apologies for the delay -

We just had a long weekend, and went to stay with friends in the Southern Highlands.

We do have a silent film festival; it's been running for about five years now, but while the first one was shown in my local cinema complex, it's been a moveable feast since then. It plays all over Sydney, and they do seem to replay the same films a lot, so I don't feel it's worth my while making a long trip. If it comes back our way, or if they play something I really want to see, I'd go.