TCM Schedule for Saturday, January 11: The Essentials: Frank Capra

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Saturday, January 11th, 2014

1:03 AM
Gadgets Galore (1955)
This short film highlights the impact of the automobile on the United States.
Dir: Robert Youngson
BW-11 mins,

1:15 AM
Forbidden Planet (1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Anne Francis , Leslie Nielsen .
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM
Solaris (1972)
An alien intelligence infiltrates a space mission.
Dir: Andrey Tarkovskiy Cast: Donatas Banionis , N. Grinko , Natalia Bondarchuk .
C-167 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

5:48 AM
Portrait Of An Actor (1971)
This promotional short film for "The Last Run" (1971) offers a look at the life of actor George C. Scott.
Dir: Chuck Workman
C-10 mins,

6:00 AM
Lust For Life (1956)
Passionate biography of painter Vincent van Gogh, whose genius drove him mad.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas , Anthony Quinn , James Donald .
C-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

8:15 AM
Naked Maja, The (1959)
Romantic biography of the Spanish painter Goya and his relationship with the Duchess of Alba.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Ava Gardner , Anthony Franciosa , Amedeo Nazzari .
C-113 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

10:15 AM
Carson on TCM: Mary Tyler Moore (11/3/78) (2013)
TCM presents an interview from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, with Mary Tyler Moore from 11/3/78.
C-10 mins, TV-PG, CC,

10:30 AM
Penguin Pool Murder, The (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Edna May Oliver , James Gleason , Robert Armstrong .
BW-65 mins, TV-G, CC,



11:45 AM
Prince And The Pauper, The (1937)
Rousing adaptation of the Mark Twain tale of a 16th-century prince who trades places with a lookalike peasant.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Errol Flynn , Claude Rains , Henry Stephenson .
BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:00 PM
Valley Of The Kings (1954)
Archaeologists clash with graverobbers during the search for a priceless Egyptian treasure.
Dir: Robert Pirosh Cast: Robert Taylor , Eleanor Parker , Carlos Thompson
C-86 mins, TV-PG, CC,

3:30 PM
Zorba The Greek (1964)
An amoral Greek peasant teaches a British student the meaning of life.
Dir: Michael Cacoyannis Cast: Anthony Quinn , Alan Bates , Irene Papas .
BW-142 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



6:00 PM
Walk, Don't Run (1966)
Set during the Tokyo Olympics, one of three unlikely housemates plays matchmaker with the other two.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Cary Grant , Samantha Eggar , Jim Hutton .
C-114 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: FRANK CAPRA

8:00 PM
It Happened One Night (1934)
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Clark Gable , Claudette Colbert , Walter Connolly .
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC,



10:00 PM
Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Cary Grant , Priscilla Lane , Raymond Massey .
BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC,



12:15 AM
Lady For A Day (1933)
A gangster helps an old apple-vendor pose as a society woman to fool her visiting daughter.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Warren William , May Robson , Guy Kibbee .
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:00 AM
Wild and Wicked, The (1956)
Dir: W. Merle Connell Cast: Joy Reynolds , Geri Moffatt , Marko Perri .
BW-58 mins, TV-14,

3:00 AM
Chained for Life (1951)
A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her.
Dir: Harry L. Fraser Cast: Violet Hilton , Daisy Hilton , Mario Laval .
BW-70 mins, TV-14,

4:15 AM
Child Bride (1938)
Dir: Harry J. Revier Cast: Shirley Mills , Bob Bollinger , Warner Richmond .
BW-63 mins, TV-14,

5:30 AM
Right Or Wrong? (1951)
A young boy is arrested for breaking a winodw, and must decide between turning in his accomplices or taking the blame himself.
C-11 mins, TV-G,

5:48 AM
People Of Russia (1942)
This short film takes a look at the people of The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR).
BW-10 mins,