TCM Schedule for Saturday, September 14, 2013 -- The Essentials: To The Lifeboats

[Bolo Boffin]

6:00 AM
KID GALAHAD (1937)
A mob-connected trainer grooms a bellhop for the boxing ring.
Dir: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart.
BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC

7:42 AM
LEST WE FORGET (1937)
This short film honors the late Will Rogers, with clips from his films and stars paying tribute.
Dir: Henry Hathaway
BW-10 mins

8:00 AM
THE SEA WOLF (1941)
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
Dir: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield.
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC

9:30 AM
THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED (1957)
A seismologist discovers a new element that could destroy the world.
Dir: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Tris Coffin.
BW-64 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

10:45 AM
SKY MURDER (1940)
Detective Nick Carter tries to prove a beautiful immigrant innocent of murder.
Dir: George B. Seitz
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Karen Verne.
BW-72 mins, TV-PG

12:00 PM
FLIPPER'S NEW ADVENTURE (1964)
The heroic dolphin helps capture a group of escaped convicts.
Dir: Leon Benson
Cast: Luke Halpin, Pamela Franklin, Helen Cherry.
C-98 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

1:45 PM
CORONER CREEK (1948)
A gunman sets out to avenge his fiancée’s murder.
Dir: Ray Enright
Cast: Randolph Scott, Marguerite Chapman, George Macready.
C-90 mins, TV-PG

3:20 PM
FISHING FEATS (1951)
Several fishing adventures are presented in this short film.
Dir: Charles T. Trego
BW-10 mins

3:30 PM
DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS (1954)
A Greek slave who keeps Christ's robe after the crucifixion is sentenced to be one Caligula's gladiators.
Dir: Delmer Daves
Cast: Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie.
C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 PM
ROUGH RIDING (1954)
This short film showcases various events on display at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming.
C-9 mins

5:30 PM
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965)
The survivors of a desert plane crash fight to get back in the air.
Dir: Robert Aldrich
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch.
C-142 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

TONIGHT ON TCM
THE ESSENTIALS: TO THE LIFEBOATS

8:00 PM
LIFEBOAT (1944)
Survivors of a torpedoed boat take in a German Naval officer from the sub that sank them.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak.
BW-97 mins, TV-14, CC

9:47 PM
THE SHIP THAT DIED (1938)
This short film looks at the mystery of the Mary Celeste, a ship that was discovered abandoned for no discernible reason.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Edward Kilroy, Claude King, Rhea Mitchell.
BW-10 mins

10:00 PM
ABANDON SHIP! (1957)
After a luxury liner sinks, the officer in charge of an over-crowded lifeboat has to decide who can stay on board.
Dir: Richard Sale
Cast: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan.
BW-97 mins, TV-PG

11:50 PM
THE SHIP THAT WOULDN'T DIE! (1945)
This short film focuses on the U.S.S. Franklin, a ship that suffered heavy damages and a massive toll on servicemen before returning to the U.S.
BW-7 mins

12:00 AM
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

1:52 AM
THE MOONSHINE WAR (FEATURETTE) (1970)
Humorous promotional short offering a behind-the-scenes look at the production of "The Moonshine War" (1970).
BW-7 mins

2:00 AM
DIRTY MARY, CRAZY LARRY (1974)
Three bandits attempt to evade the police in this high speed chase flick.
C-93 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 AM
CORVETTE SUMMER (1978)
A high school student takes off in search of his stolen, rebuilt Corvette.
Dir: Matthew Robbins
Cast: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche.
BW-105 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM
THE CHEVY THAT WANTED TO BE A CADILLAC (1965)
After witnessing a politician being driven around in a new Cadillac, a Chevy attempts to fool the world into thinking it's a Cadillac in this Christian metaphor.
C-18 mins, TV-G

5:50 AM
TO YOUR HEALTH (1956)
A disturbing animated short that details the effects of alcohol on the body and mind.
C-10 mins, TV-G

[CBHagman]

1. "Lifeboat" is one I still haven't seen.

As Hitchcock films go, it has one of the most unusual premises I've encountered, and it strikes me as possibly pushing more phobia buttons even than his norm.

[Graybeard]

2. This publicity photo breaks Hitch's rule.

Lifeboat (8PM)
In this pic the camera is outside of the lifeboat. I seem to remember that Hitchcock insisted that every shot in the movie be taken with the point of view of the camera being in the boat with the survivors.

He said that he always thought of the camera as being the audience and he didn't want them floating out on the waves looking in.

I can't wait to watch the film again tonight to see if my memory is correct on this.