TCM Schedule for Friday, March 9 -- What's On Tonight -- Yves Montand

[Staph]

It's a day full of sisters, and an evening for all of us sisters to enjoy the beautiful Yves Montand, aka Sex on a Stick. An interesting Montand quote -- "I think a man can have two, maybe three affairs, while he is married. But three is the absolute maximum. After that, you're cheating." Enjoy!



6:00 AM -- A Family Affair (1936)
In the first Hardy Family film, a small-town judge fights for re-election while dealing with family problems.
Dir: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden
69 min, TV-G, CC

The first of sixteen Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney.


7:15 AM -- The Sisters (1938)
Three western girls make unhappy marriages at the turn of the century.
Dir: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Anita Louise
99 min, TV-PG, CC

Originally the film credits were to read "Errol Flynn in The Sisters", but Bette Davis demanded equal billing alongside Errol Flynn. She also pointed out that the original credits had an unwelcome sexual connotation.


9:00 AM -- The Gay Sisters (1942)
A New York aristocrat marries for the money to save the family mansion.
Dir: Irving Rapper
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald
110 min, TV-PG, CC

Similarities between the film's "Gaylord" family and the real "Vanderbilt" family, and the "Barclay Square" project in the film and New York's "Rockefeller Center" was noted by Variety's reviewer.


11:00 AM -- Two Girls And A Sailor (1944)
Singing sisters create a World War II canteen and become rivals for the same man.
Dir: Richard Thorpe
Cast: June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson
124 min, TV-G, CC

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay -- Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman

First of six movies that paired June Allyson and Van Johnson.


1:15 PM -- Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
C- 113 min, TV-G, CC

Nominated for Oscars for Best Cinematography, Color -- George J. Folsey, Best Music, Original Song -- Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin for the song "The Trolley Song", Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture -- George Stoll, and Best Writing, Screenplay -- Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe

Director Vincente Minnelli worked hard to make the movie as accurate to the times as possible. Not only did its novelist, Sally Benson, give explicit directions as to the decor of her home down to the last detail, but the movie's costume designer took inspiration for many of the movies costumes right out of the Sears & Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, and Marshall Fields catalogs from the time period.


3:15 PM -- Twice Blessed (1945)
Twin sisters set a parent trap to reunite their divorced mother and father.
Dir: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Lee Wilde
76 min, TV-G

Twins Lee and Lyn Wilde had short careers, and eventually married brothers.


4:45 PM -- Wallflower (1948)
Two sisters compete for the same man.
Dir: Frederick de Cordova
Cast: Robert Hutton, Joyce Reynolds, Janis Paige
78 min, TV-PG

Director Freddie ended his 50 year career as the producer of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.


6:12 PM -- One Reel Wonder: Jimmy Fund - A Visit With Debbie Reynolds (1959)
The New England Variety Club and the Boston Red Sox present this in-theater appeal for contributions to Boston's Jimmy Fund, for child cancer treatment and research.
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Todd Fisher
3 min,

Filmed in Boston.


6:15 PM -- Two Weeks With Love (1950)
Two sisters find romance during a turn-of-the-century family vacation.
Dir: Roy Rowland
Cast: Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Louis Calhern
C- 92 min, TV-PG, CC

The main hotel set had been used some months previously in Annie Get Your Gun. Clinton Sundberg appeared as the hotel manager in both films. In the same "waste not, want not" tradition, some of the "Annie" costumes were also reused.


7:49 PM -- One Reel Wonder: I Love Children, But! (1952)
Children are a gift but in this short one may hope they come with a return slip!
Dir: David Barclay
Cast: Don Brodie, Dave O'Brien,
8 min,

Narrated by the Pete Smith of Pete Smith Specialities.



TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: YVES MONTAND


8:00 PM -- Goodbye Again (1961)
A 40-year-old woman swaps her sophisticated lover for a young law student.
Dir: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins
120 min, TV-PG, CC

Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Perkins and Jean-Pierre Cassel again appeared together in the same film, Murder on the Orient Express (1974 -- with Albert Finney as Poirot).


10:15 PM -- Let's Make Love (1960)
A millionaire uses a fake name to infiltrate a musical making fun of him.
Dir: George Cukor
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall
C- 119 min, TV-PG, CC

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture -- Lionel Newman and Earle Hagen

Arthur Miller revised the script so that more emphasis was given to his wife, Marilyn Monroe. Gregory Peck, originally cast opposite Monroe, left the project, unhappy about the way his role had been diminished. He said the script was "now about as funny as pushing grandma down the stairs in a wheelchair." In addition he did not want to work with Monroe after hearing about her reputation for being late every day. Rock Hudson was considered an ideal replacement based on his ability to play comedy, but Universal would not release him. That pleased Monroe, who wanted Montand for the part.


12:30 AM -- The Devil by the Tail (1969)
A run-down hotel's staff sabotages the road to force people to book rooms.
Dir: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Yves Montand, Maria Schell, Jean Rochefort
C- 95 min, TV-PG

Originally titled Le diable par la queue.


2:15 AM -- The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Scientists and psychics team to crack the secrets of a murderously haunted house.
Dir: John Hough
Cast: Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill
C- 94 min, TV-14, CC

Writer Richard Matheson wanted Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor to star in this film.


4:00 AM -- The Haunting (1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir: Robert Wise
Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
112 min, TV-PG, CC

Claire Bloom was intrigued to the play the role of a woman who was attracted to another woman. She said she got along with everyone on the set, except for Julie Harris, who tried everything to avoid her and not talk to her. At the end of the shoot, Harris went over to Bloom's house with a present and explained that the reason she had kept to herself was to stay in character, because Harris' role in the film was that of an outsider that none of the others understand or will listen to. Bloom was happy to hear the real reason behind Harris' behavior, since Bloom stated that she really liked Harris and could not understand what she herself had done wrong to be treated like that by her co-star.