TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 29: Classic Disaster Films
In the daytime there's a TCM birthday tribute to Bob Hope.
Born today as well: Annette Bening, Helmut Berger, Danny Elfman, Rupert Everett, Beatrice Lillie, Josef von Sternberg, and various others from the film world.
And that Cagney interview early on Thursday morning has piqued my curiosity. Look at the date -- 1931!
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
12:00 AM
Pale Rider (1985)
A mysterious avenger helps the innocent citizens of a corrupt gold-mining town.
Dir: Clint Eastwood Cast: Clint Eastwood , Michael Moriarty , Carrie Snodgress .
C-116 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Richard Roundtree , Moses Gunn , Drew Bundini Brown .
C-105 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
3:50 AM
Soul In Cinema: Shaft On Location (1971)
A short behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of "Shaft" (1971), focusing on Gordon Parks' directing and Isaac Hayes' score.
Dir: Hugh A. Robertson
C-11 mins,
4:00 AM
Shaft in Africa (1973)
Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.
Dir: John Guillermin Cast: Richard Roundtree , Frank Finlay , Vonetta McGee .
C-112 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
Seven Little Foys, The (1955)
The famed vaudevillian puts his children in the act to keep the family together when his wife dies.
Dir: Melville Shavelson Cast: Bob Hope , Milly Vitale , George Tobias .
C-93 mins, TV-G,
7:34 AM
Foy Family In "Chips Of The Old Block", The (1928)
BW-8 mins,
7:45 AM
Iron Petticoat, The (1956)
Against their better judgment, a romance develops between an Air Force officer and a Soviet aviatrix.
Dir: Ralph Thomas Cast: Bob Hope , Katharine Hepburn , Noelle Middleton .
C-94 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
9:30 AM
Bachelor In Paradise (1961)
A writer moves into a housing development to study married couples.
Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Bob Hope , Lana Turner , Janis Paige .
C-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
11:30 AM
Road To Hong Kong, The (1962)
A pair of con men get mixed up in international intrigue and the space race.
Dir: Norman Panama Cast: Bing Crosby , Bob Hope , Joan Collins .
BW-91 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
1:03 PM
Hong Kong " The Hub Of The Orient" (1937)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the history, people and customs of Hong Kong.
C-8 mins,
1:15 PM
Call Me Bwana (1963)
A wisecracking fraud fights off enemy agents to retrieve a space capsule that crashed in Africa.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Bob Hope , Anita Ekberg , Edie Adams .
C-102 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format
3:00 PM
Global Affair, A (1964)
A U.N. official tries to locate the mother of an abandoned baby.
Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Bob Hope , Lilo Pulver , Michele Mercier .
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC,
4:30 PM
I'll Take Sweden (1965)
A widower takes a job in Stockholm to get his daughter away from her boyfriend.
Dir: Frederick De Cordova Cast: Bob Hope , Tuesday Weld , Frankie Avalon .
C-97 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
6:15 PM
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
A real estate agent tries to keep a runaway movie star hidden from the press--and his wife.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Bob Hope , Elke Sommer , Phyllis Diller .
BW-99 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: CLASSIC DISASTER FILMS
8:00 PM
Titanic (1953)
An unhappily married couple realize their problems seem minor when the ship hits an iceberg.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Clifton Webb , Barbara Stanwyck , Robert Wagner .
BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC,
9:42 PM
Chicago The Beautiful (1948)
In this Traveltalk short, we learn about the history, culture, and people of Chicago.
C-10 mins,
10:00 PM
In Old Chicago (1938)
Two Irish brothers become political and romantic rivals.
Dir: Henry King Cast: Tyrone Power , Alice Faye , Don Ameche .
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC,
12:00 AM
Hurricane, The (1937)
A Polynesian escapes prison to return home during a raging storm.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Dorothy Lamour , Jon Hall , Mary Astor .
BW-104 mins, TV-G, CC,
1:51 AM
Cavalcade Of San Francisco (1940)
A Technicolor travelogue short celebrating the past and present of San Francisco.
C-9 mins,
2:00 AM
San Francisco (1936)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Clark Gable , Jeanette MacDonald , Spencer Tracy .
BW-115 mins, TV-G, CC,
4:00 AM
Crowded Sky, The (1960)
A passenger jet and a private plane head for a collision.
Dir: Joseph Pevney Cast: Dana Andrews , Rhonda Fleming , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. .
C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
5:51 AM
Intimate Interviews: James Cagney (1931)
James Cagney discusses his career both past and present, as well as the roles he would like to play in the future.
Dir: Grace Elliott
BW-8 mins,