TCM Schedule for Sunday October 18 - Lost and Found

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Tonight showcases some early silents thought lost but rediscovered. Plus: a Fatty Arbuckle double-bill.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM ANDY HARDY'S PRIVATE SECRETARY (1941)
On the verge of graduation, a high-school boy decides he needs a social secretary. Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Fay Holden . BW-101 mins, CC,

8:00 AM SILK STOCKINGS (1957)
A straitlaced Soviet agent is seduced by Paris and a high-stepping film producer. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Fred Astaire , Cyd Charisse , Janis Paige . C-118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 AM MOGULS & MOVIE STARS, A HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD: WARRIORS & PEACE MAKERS (2010)
In Episode Five of this seven-part documentary, examining the years 1941 to 1950, Hollywood responds to a country poised on the edge of war, and film auteurs such as Orson Welles emerge.
C-60 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

11:00 AM MOGULS & MOVIE STARS, A HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD: ATTACK OF THE SMALL SCREENS, THE (2010)
In Episode Six of this seven-part documentary, addressing the years 1950 to 1960, filmmakers respond to the growing threat of television by making widescreen epics and 3-D spectacles. C-60 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 PM GILDA (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she's married to his new boss. Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Rita Hayworth , Glenn Ford , George Macready . BW-110 mins, CC,

2:00 PM ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM (1946)
A young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King. Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Irene Dunne , Rex Harrison , Linda Darnell . BW-128 mins, CC,

4:15 PM LATIN LOVERS (1953)
An heiress searches for true love while vacationing in Brazil. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Lana Turner , Ricardo Montalban , John Lund . C-104 mins, CC,

6:15 PM TUNNEL OF LOVE, THE (1958)
A married couple endures endless red tape when they try to adopt a child. Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Doris Day , Richard Widmark , Gig Young . BW-98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM GRIM GAME, THE (1919)
Dir: Irvin Willat Cast: Harry Houdini , Thomas Jefferson , Ann Forrest . BW-72 mins,

9:30 PM SHERLOCK HOLMES (1916)
The legendary sleuth locks wits with Professor Moriarty to save a girl kidnapped by blackmailers. Dir: Arthur Berthelet Cast: William Gillette , Marjorie Kay , Ernest Maupain . BW-117 mins,

11:45 PM GRIM GAME, THE (1919)
Dir: Irvin Willat Cast: Harry Houdini , Thomas Jefferson , Ann Forrest . BW-72 mins,

1:15 AM ROUND-UP, THE (1920)
An overweight sheriff helps a young man falsely accused of theft. Dir: George H. Melford Cast: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle , Mabel Julienne Scott , Irving Cummings . BW-70 mins,

2:30 AM LIFE OF THE PARTY, THE (1920)
A party during a blizzard throws a mayoral candidate into compromising situations. Dir: Joseph Henabery Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle , Winifred Greenwood , Roscoe Karns . BW-50 mins,

3:45 AM NO END (1984)
A recent widow copes with her grief in Soviet-controlled Poland. Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Grazyna Szapolowska , Maria Pakulnis , Aleksander Bardini . C-109 mins,

5:30 AM MGM PARADE SHOW #16 (1955)
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald perform in a clip from "Maytime"; George Murphy introduces a clip from "I'll Cry Tomorrow." Hosted by George Murphy. BW-26 mins,

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1. OMG!!

At 9:30, TCM is showing the long lost Sherlock Holmes (1916). The film was assumed lost forever, until a negative was discovered in France in 2014. It was scheduled to be shown at a couple of film festivals, but I did not know that TCM would get access to it.

Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a Sherlock Holmes play in the 1890s (he wanted to build a new home, Undershaw), but the great English actors of the time wanted to rewrite the play for their own particular talents (one wanted to play both Holmes and Moriarty!). Eventually the play got passed to American playwright/actor/director William Gillette. Doyle insisted on only one thing: there was to be no love interest in Sherlock Holmes. Theatrical producer and go-between Charles Frohman uttered a Victorian rendition of "Trust me!" Gillette, who then read the entire Holmes collection for the first time, started outlining the piece in San Francisco while still touring in another play. On one occasion, after they had exchanged numerous telegrams about the play, Gillette telegraphed Conan Doyle: "May I marry Holmes?" Doyle responded: "You may marry him, or murder or do what you like with him."

Gillette ended up playing Holmes more that 1300 times between 1899 and 1932. The 1916 film is the only record of Gillette on film in any role. The play was also filmed in 1922, starring John Barrymore, and as a 1981 episode of the HBO series Standing Room Only, starring Frank Langella.