Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 15: Stage to Screen
The daytime schedule is filled with photographers (Do not miss The Cameraman, with Buster Keaton), and evening is devoted to TCM's month-long stage-to-film adaptation series.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
12:15 AM
Earrings of Madame De..., The (1954)
When a woman sells her earrings to pay a gambling debt, it leads to a string of betrayals.
Dir: Max Ophüls Cast: Charles Boyer , Danielle Darrieux , Vittorio De Sica .
BW-100 mins,
2:15 AM
French Connection, The (1971)
Two New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast: Gene Hackman , Fernando Rey , Roy Scheider .
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:15 AM
Last Detail, The (1973)
Two shore patrolmen decide to show a prisoner a good time on his way to the brig.
Dir: Hal Ashby Cast: Jack Nicholson , Otis Young , Randy Quaid .
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
Cameraman, The (1928)
In this silent film, a photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a movie queen.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Marceline Day , Harold Goodwin .
BW-76 mins,
7:30 AM
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
A baby photographer mistaken for a private eye ends up framed for murder.
Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast: Bob Hope , Dorothy Lamour , Peter Lorre .
BW-86 mins, CC,
9:05 AM
Ship That Wouldn't Die!, The (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,
9:15 AM
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
A photojournalist and his pet pigeon crash a society party and find love.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Betty Furness , Gordon Jones , E. E. Clive .
BW-60 mins,
10:16 AM
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue No. 2-11, A (1938)
Three pictorial documentaries are shown in this Vitaphone short film, focusing on plastics, greyhound racing, and perfume manufacturing. Vitaphone Release B61.
BW-8 mins,
10:30 AM
Watch the Birdie (1951)
A photographer falls for a rich girl and gets mixed up with crooks.
Dir: Jack Donohue Cast: Red Skelton , Arlene Dahl , Ann Miller .
BW-71 mins, CC,
11:45 AM
Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
A photographer tries to keep his conservative boss from learning that he's moonlighting for a girlie magazine.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley , Michele Carey , Don Porter .
C-89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1:20 PM
Film Antics (1954)
An amusing short film that looks at human and animal babies.
Dir: Dave O'Brien
BW-8 mins,
1:30 PM
I Love Melvin (1953)
A photographer's assistant promises to turn a chorus girl into a cover girl.
Dir: Don Weis Cast: Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds , Una Merkel .
C-77 mins, CC,
3:00 PM
One More Tomorrow (1946)
A playboy and a lady photographer allow social differences to come between them.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Ann Sheridan , Dennis Morgan , Jack Carson .
BW-88 mins, CC,
4:30 PM
Picture Snatcher (1933)
An ex-con brings his crooked ways to a job as a news photographer.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: James Cagney , Ralph Bellamy , Patricia Ellis .
BW-77 mins, CC,
6:00 PM
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
Rival newsreel photographers vie for scoops and a beautiful lady flyer.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable , Myrna Loy , Walter Pidgeon .
BW-107 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAGE TO SCREEN
8:00 PM
Odd Couple, The (1968)
A divorced neat freak moves in with his sloppy best friend.
Dir: Gene Saks Cast: Jack Lemmon , Walter Matthau , John Fiedler .
C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM
Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952)
A proper Englishman gets caught leading a double life.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Michael Redgrave , Edith Evans , Joan Greenwood .
C-96 mins, CC,
11:48 PM
Challenge The Wilderness (1951)
This promotional short offers a behind-the-scenes look at the feature "Westward the Women" (1951).
Dir: Jack Atlas
BW-11 mins,
12:00 AM
Harvey (1950)
A wealthy eccentric prefers the company of an invisible six-foot rabbit to his family.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Wallace Ford , William Lynn , Victoria Horne .
BW-104 mins, CC,
2:00 AM
Private Lives (1931)
A divorced couple rekindles the spark after landing in adjoining honeymoon suites with new mates.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Robert Montgomery , Reginald Denny .
BW-84 mins, CC,
3:30 AM
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur , Lionel Barrymore , James Stewart .
BW-126 mins, CC,
5:45 AM
Front Page, The (1931)
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Adolph Menjou , Pat O'Brien , Mary Brian .
BW-100 mins, CC,
longship
(40,416 posts)With Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington, Ann Miller, Mischa Auer, and a whole cast of loonies!
It's an absolutely wonderful film. Frank Capra at his best.
Ready for some good old Polly Wolly Doodle?
CBHagman
(16,984 posts)There's nothing like an ensemble cast and a bit of Capra magic.
There is a speech that Lionel Barrymore gives to Edward Arnold while they are in jail that I just loved. I'll have to see if I can find a clip of it.
Barrymore in this is almost the complete opposite of his Mr. Potter in Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
I have never seen this on stage. Has anyone? How close to the film is it?
Mike
longship
(40,416 posts)It is a wonderful film. And both films were Frank Capra, both with James Stewart and Lionel Barrymore.
I absolutely love Jean Arthur, especially in this film. And then there's the incredible ensemble cast.
It is truly a wonderful thing.
CBHagman
(16,984 posts)...at least one or two of which were shown on TV. I can't recall how the different versions stacked up, though I did enjoy the one televised stage production I saw. See link below.
[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195426/[/url]