TCM Schedule for Monday December 30 - TCM Spotlight: In Memoriam

[rdmtimp]

After a daytime birthday tribute to Russ Tamblyn, TCM salutes several notables who left us in 2013 (Deanna Durbin, Annette Funicello, Peter Falk, Jonathan Winters, Karen Black, Julie Harris).

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM TAKE THE HIGH GROUND ! (1953)
A tough drill sergeant prepares green recruits for service in the Korean War. Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Maurice Jara , Robert Arthur , William Hairston . C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:43 AM WIFE'S LIFE, A (1950)
A comedic short in which a housewife let's her husband know what she has "done with her day." Dir: Dave O'Brien Cast: Dave O'Brien , Dorothy Short , BW-8 mins,

8:00 AM SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)
When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves. Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Howard Keel , Jeff Richards , Russ Tamblyn . C-102 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM FASTEST GUN ALIVE, THE (1956)
A reformed gunslinger's past keeps catching up with him. Dir: Russell Rouse Cast: Glenn Ford , Jeanne Crain , Broderick Crawford . BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 AM YOUNG GUNS, THE (1956)
A disaffected youth falls in with the wrong crowd back in 1897. Dir: Albert Band Cast: Russ Tamblyn , Gloria Talbott , Perry Lopez . BW-84 mins, TV-PG,

1:00 PM DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER (1957)
Navy office workers scheme to build a recreation hall on a remote Pacific island. Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Glenn Ford , Gia Scala , Earl Holliman . C-107 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

2:45 PM TOM THUMB (1958)
A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks. Dir: George Pal Cast: Russ Tamblyn , Alan Young , June Thorburn . C-92 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

4:30 PM FOLLOW THE BOYS (1963)
Four Navy wives create mayhem as they follow their men around the Riviera. Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Connie Francis , Paula Prentiss , Dany Robin . C-95 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

6:15 PM SON OF A GUNFIGHTER (1966)
A young man stalks his mother's killers. Dir: Paul Landres Cast: Russ Tamblyn , Kieron Moore , James Philbrook . C-92 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

7:51 PM WHY IS IT? (1948)
This short film posits the age old question, "Why is it?" Dir: Dave O'Brien Cast: Dave O'Brien , Dorothy Short , Don Brodie . C-8 mins,

8:00 PM IT STARTED WITH EVE (1941)
To please his dying father, a man hires a hatcheck girl to pose as his fiancée. Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Deanna Durbin , Charles Laughton , Robert Cummings . BW-90 mins, TV-G,

9:45 PM BIKINI BEACH (1964)
A millionaire tries to prove that his pet chimp is as smart as the local teens. Dir: William Asher Cast: Frankie Avalon , Annette Funicello , Martha Hyer . C-100 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

11:30 PM CHEAP DETECTIVE, THE (1978)
A private dick tackles two tough cases while trying to clear himself of a murder charge. Dir: Robert Moore Cast: Peter Falk , Ann-Margret , Eileen Brennan . C-92 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:15 AM LOVED ONE, THE (1965)
An Englishman in Hollywood moves into the funeral business. Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Robert Morse , Jonathan Winters , Anjanette Comer . BW-121 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
A classical pianist who's dropped out of society returns to the family he deserted. Dir: Bob Rafelson Cast: Jack Nicholson , Karen Black , Lois Smith . C-98 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM EAST OF EDEN (1955)
Two brothers compete for their father's approval and a woman's love. Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Julie Harris , James Dean , Raymond Massey . C-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

[CBHagman]

1. Don't forget Tamblyn's costars Matt Mattox and Virginia Gibson...

...of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Here's Mr. Mattox doing his thing with the axe.



And here's Ms. Gibson leading "June Bride," beautifully.

We lost both of them this past year.