TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 18, 2013 -- The Essentials: Elsa Lanchester

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6:00 AM
THE GEORGE RAFT STORY (1961)

A fictionalized movie biography of former top Hollywood film star George Raft.
Dir: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Ray Danton, Jayne Mansfield, Julie London.
BW-106 mins, TV-PG


7:45 AM
THE BOB MATHIAS STORY (1954)

The story of the first man to win two Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon.
Dir: Francis D. Lyon
Cast: Bob Mathias, Ward Bond, Melba Mathias.
BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC


9:15 AM
I MET MY LOVE AGAIN (1938)

The marriage plans of two college sweethearts go amiss when the girlfriend meets a writer and runs off to marry him.
Dir: Arthur Ripley
Cast: Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda, Louise Platt.
BW-77 mins, TV-G


10:45 AM
THE FALCON STRIKES BACK (1943)

A society sleuth is framed for murder by criminals running a war-bond racket.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph.
BW-66 mins, TV-G


12:00 PM
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962)

Two aging gunslingers sign on to transport gold from a remote mining town.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley.
C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


2:00 PM
PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (1951)

A Spanish temptress falls for a haunted ship's captain.
Dir: Albert Lewin
Cast: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick.
C-124 mins, TV-14


4:15 PM
THE VIRGIN QUEEN (1955)

Sir Walter Raleigh wins favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
Dir: Henry Koster
Cast: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins.
C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON (1957)

A marine and a nun are shipwrecked on a Pacific Island.
Dir: John Huston
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Akira Ohno.
C-106 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


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THE ESSENTIALS: ELSA LANCHESTER

8:00 PM
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)

To save his wife, Baron Frankenstein must build a mate for his monster.
Dir: James Whale
Cast: Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson.
BW-75 mins, TV-PG, CC


9:30 PM
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (1933)

The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages.
Dir: Alexander Korda
Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie.
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC


11:15 PM
MURDER BY DEATH (1976)

A criminal madman invites the world's greatest detectives for a night of dinner and murder.
Dir: Robert Moore
Cast: Peter Falk, Truman Capote, Alec Guinness.
BW-95 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


1:15 AM
PASSPORT TO DESTINY (1944)

A British war widow travels to Berlin to assassinate Hitler.
Dir: Ray McCarey
Cast: Elsa Lanchester, Gordon Oliver, Lenore Aubert.
BW-63 mins, TV-PG, CC


2:30 AM
BELOW THE BELT (1980)

A waitress aims for the big time when she takes up pro wrestling.
Dir: Robert Fowler
Cast: Regina Baff, John C. Becher, Mildred Burke.
C-95 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format


4:15 AM
...ALL THE MARBLES (1981)

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
Dir: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Peter Falk, Vicki Frederick, Burt Young.
C-113 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format