TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 4: Movie Duels

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Don't miss the birthday tribute to Buster Keaton that makes up today's daytime schedule before you settling in for swashbuckling adventure all evening long.

Wednesday, October 4th, 2017

12:30 AM
WOLF MAN, THE ( 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,

2:00 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,

3:30 AM
BLACK CAT, THE ( 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,

4:45 AM
INVISIBLE MAN, THE ( 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,

6:00 AM
CONEY ISLAND ( 1917)

In this silent short, a vacationing man tries to evade his wife until another man goes after her.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Buster Keaton ,
BW- 26 mins,

6:30 AM
PASSIONATE PLUMBER, THE ( 1932)

A woman hires a plumber to make her lover jealous.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Jimmy Durante , Polly Moran .
BW- 74 mins,

8:00 AM
BELL BOY, THE ( 1918)

The bellhops at the Elk's Head Hotel wreak havoc with their clowning.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Buster Keaton ,
BW- 21 mins,

8:30 AM
GOOD NIGHT, NURSE ( 1918)

A woman commits her hard-drinking husband to a sanitarium that would drive any man to drink.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Cast: Buster Keaton , Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle , Al "Fuzzy" St. John .
BW- 19 mins,

9:00 AM
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK ( 1931)

A society boy gets mixed up with gangsters when he falls for a girl from the slums.
Dir: Jules White Cast: Buster Keaton , Anita Page , Cliff Edwards .
BW- 74 mins, CC,

10:30 AM
SPITE MARRIAGE ( 1929)

In this silent film, an actress marries a tailor's assistant to get back at a faithless suitor.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Dorothy Sebastian , Edward Earle .
BW- 76 mins,

12:00 PM
PARLOR, BEDROOM AND BATH ( 1931)

A henpecked husband gets in hot water when he becomes a landlord.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Charlotte Greenwood , Reginald Denny .
BW- 73 mins,

1:30 PM
CHARACTER STUDIES ( 1923)

Stage star Carter DeHaven "transforms" himself into a series of screen stars.
Cast: Buster Keaton , Harold Lloyd , Jackie Coogan .
BW- 6 mins, CC,

1:45 PM
DOUGHBOYS ( 1930)

A young eccentric joins the Army and tries to outwit his temperamental sergeant.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Sally Eilers , Cliff Edwards .
BW- 80 mins, CC,

3:15 PM
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,

4:30 PM
BUSTER KEATON: SO FUNNY IT HURT! ( 2004)

Documentary that focuses on comedian Buster Keaton's years at MGM.
Dir: Christopher Bird
C- 38 mins, CC,

5:15 PM
STEAMBOAT BILL JR. ( 1928)

In this silent film, a student tries to win a rival captain's daughter after taking over his father's riverboat.
Dir: Charles F. Reisner Cast: Buster Keaton , Ernest Torrence , Tom Lewis .
BW- 69 mins,

6:30 PM
GENERAL, THE ( 1927)

In this silent film, a Confederate engineer fights to save his train and his girlfriend from the Union army.
Dir: Buster Keaton Cast: Marion Mack , Glen Cavender , Jim Farley .
BW- 75 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MOVIE DUELS

8:00 PM
SCARAMOUCHE ( 1952)

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Stewart Granger , Eleanor Parker , Janet Leigh .
C- 115 mins, CC,

10:15 PM
BARRY LYNDON ( 1975)

An Irish rogue cheats his way to the top of 18th-century British society.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Ryan O'Neal , Marisa Berenson , Patrick Magee .
C- 185 mins, CC,

1:30 AM
FLESH AND THE DEVIL ( 1926)

In this silent film, a femme fatale comes between childhood friends.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: John Gilbert , Greta Garbo , Lars Hanson .
BW- 115 mins,

3:30 AM
THREE MUSKETEERS, THE ( 1973)

A country boy joins the famed musketeers and fights to protect the queen's name.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: Richard Chamberlain , Oliver Reed , Raquel Welch .
C- 107 mins, CC,

5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #2 ( 1955)

Judy Garland and Bert Lahr perform in a clip from "The Wizard of Oz"; Gene Kelly introduces a clip from "It's Always Fair Weather." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW- 25 mins,