TCM Schedule for Friday, October 28, 2016 -- What's On Tonight - Terror Classic Movies - Universal H

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In the daylight hours, TCM is featuring films starring William Gargan, a member of what was known affectionately as "the Irish Mafia", who often played characters with that background: policemen, priests, reporters and various blustering adventurers. And in prime time, TCM is celebrating the month of October with classic terror. Tonight's films are classics from Universal Pictures / Universal Studios. Enjoy!


6:15 AM -- TCM PRESENTS ELVIS MITCHELL UNDER THE INFLUENCE: JOAN ALLEN (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-27 mins, CC, Letterbox Format


6:51 AM -- WOODY HERMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA (1938)
In this short, Woody Herman and His Orchestra perform such musical numbers as "Holiday" and "The Shag." Vitaphone Release B209.
Dir: Roy Mack
BW-8 mins,


7:00 AM -- AGGIE APPLEBY, MAKER OF MEN (1933)
A socialite can't choose between the tough guy she's turned into a gentleman and the gentleman she's turned into a tough guy.
Dir: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Charles Farrell, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan
BW-73 mins,

The play was copyrighted on 3 December 1932, but had no Broadway performances.


8:15 AM -- EMERGENCY CALL (1933)
A promising surgeon discovers his hospital is run by gangsters.
Dir: Edward Cahn
Cast: Bill Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan
BW-61 mins,

Based on a story by John B. Clymer and James Ewens.


9:30 AM -- HEADLINE SHOOTER (1933)
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Dir: Otto Brower
Cast: William Gargan, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy
BW-61 mins, CC,

The earthquake footage is from the Long Beach (CA) earthquake of 1933.


10:45 AM -- BRITISH AGENT (1934)
An Englishman falls in love with a Russian spy.
Dir: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan
BW-81 mins, CC,

41 different sets were constructed for the film; there were 1500 cast members; 3000 rounds of ammunition was shot in the riot scenes.


12:15 PM -- BRIGHT LIGHTS (1935)
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
Dir: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak, Patricia Ellis
BW-82 mins, CC,

From a story by Lois Leeson.


1:45 PM -- THE HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER (1939)
A gangster's moll runs home to mother, with reporters and amateur detectives hot on her tail.
Dir: Hal Roach
Cast: Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, John Hubbard
BW-80 mins, CC,

Victor Mature's first film.


3:15 PM -- CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP (1941)
On her retirement, students wonder why their favorite teacher never married.
Dir: Tay Garnett
Cast: Martha Scott, William Gargan, Edmund Gwenn
BW-94 mins, CC,

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture -- Edward Ward

Film debut of Rosemary DeCamp.


5:00 PM -- THE MAYOR OF 44TH STREET (1942)
A dance-band manager has to cope with hooligans trying to get into the act.
Dir: Alfred E. Green
Cast: George Murphy, Anne Shirley, William Gargan
BW-85 mins, CC,

Based on an article by Luther Davis and John Cleveland. Davis later co-wrote the musical Kismet.


6:30 PM -- HARRIGAN'S KID (1943)
A disgraced jockey teaches a boy to ride and cheat.
Dir: Charles F. Reisner
Cast: Bobby Readick, Frank Craven, William Gargan
BW-80 mins, CC,

Based on a novel by Borden Chase. Before his writing career, Chase was employed as chauffeur for notorious prohibition-era gangster Frankie Yale -- until Yale was 'rubbed out' by Al Capone's mob in July 1928.



TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TERROR CLASSIC MOVIES: UNIVERSAL HORROR



8:00 PM -- DRACULA (1931)
The legendary bloodsucker stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood.
Dir: Tod Browning
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners
BW-74 mins, CC,

When Bela Lugosi died in 1956, he was buried wearing the black silk Dracula cape, as he requested.


9:30 PM -- THE MUMMY (1932)
An Egyptian mummy returns to life to stalk the reincarnation of his lost love.
Dir: Karl Freund
Cast: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners
BW-73 mins, CC,

The character name "Imhotep" was taken from an actual ancient Egyptian, but the real Imhotep was the architect who designed the pyramids and--far from being executed in disgrace--was the only Egyptian, other than the pharaohs, who was made a god after his death.


11:00 PM -- THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
A scientist's experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman.
Dir: James Whale
Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan
BW-72 mins, CC,

On the DVD short documentary, Claude Rains' daughter tells of a time when the two went to see this movie in the theater years after it was made. It was bitterly cold and his face was completely covered by a hat and scarf. When he spoke to ask for the tickets, the attendant immediately recognized his voice and wanted to let them in for free. Rains was quite upset at this and demanded that he pay full price.


12:15 AM -- THE WOLF MAN (1941)
A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf.
Dir: George Waggner
Cast: Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy
BW-70 mins, CC,

Evelyn Ankers later recalled that during the filming of the final confrontation, she was required to faint, and then to stay on the floor until the fight scene between Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains was finished. Ankers recalled that during one take, she stayed on the floor so long that the low-hanging chemical fog being used in the scene caused her to pass out. When the take was over, the film crew began rearranging the cameras and lights for the next take, not noticing that Ankers had not emerged from the floor. Finally someone on the crew realized that Ankers was missing, and she was pulled up from the fog and revived.


1:30 AM -- THE BLACK CAT (1934)
A Satanist faces off with the vengeful man whose wife and daughter he has stolen.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners
BW-65 mins, CC,

Among the unconventional elements of this film was the soundtrack. At a time (early 1930s) when movie music was usually limited to the titles and credits, Edgar G. Ulmer had an almost continuous background score throughout the entire film.


2:45 AM -- THE UNINVITED (1944)
A brother and sister buy a house with a ghostly secret.
Dir: Lewis Allen
Cast: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp
BW-99 mins, CC,

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White -- Charles Lang

With Ned Washington's romantic lyrics added to Victor Young's graceful melody, "Stella by Starlight" turned into a major hit song three years after the film's release. Noteworthy recordings arrived in 1947 from Frank Sinatra on Columbia, Dick Haymes on Decca and Dennis Day on RCA Victor. Unfortunately, Mr. Young's score failed to attain an Oscar nomination in the category of Dramatic Score of 1944.


4:30 AM -- ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933)
On a remote island, a mad scientist turns wild animals into human monsters.
Dir: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams
BW-70 mins, CC,

In response to British censors who claimed the film was "against nature", Elsa Lanchester (Mrs. Charles Laughton) is said to have stated, "Of course it's against nature. So's Mickey Mouse!"