TCM Schedule for Friday, September 28, 2018 -- What's On Tonight -- Arthur Kennedy

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In the daylight hours, TCM is full of murder! Then in prime time, TCM is featuring character actor Arthur Kennedy, with three films and two Oscar-nominated performances Though it's not his birthday, I really appreciate TCM's commitment to showcasing good actors. Enjoy!



6:30 AM -- NINE LIVES ARE NOT ENOUGH (1941)
A reporter tries to solve a series of boardinghouse murders.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, James Gleason
BW-63 mins, CC,

Crazy Credits: The title "Nine Lives Are Not Enough" is the jumbo headline on the bundle of newspapers being opened. Then, the cast credits are boxed "adverts" on the inside pages of the paper.


7:45 AM -- GAMBLING ON THE HIGH SEAS (1940)
A reporter tries to nail a gambling-ship owner for murder.
Dir: George Amy
Cast: Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland
BW-55 mins, CC,

Remake of Special Agent (1935), starring Bette Davis, George Brent and Ricardo Cortez.


8:45 AM -- CAST A DARK SHADOW (1955)
A wife-killer marries an innocent barmaid and plots her death.
Dir: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Dirk Bogarde, Kay Walsh
BW-83 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

When Edward tells Freda that she should have checked up on him with "Somerset House", he is referring to the British Inland Revenue (now known as the HM Revenue and Customs since 2005) headquartered in the building by that name. It is similar to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the United States.


10:15 AM -- THE NAKED CITY (1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
BW-96 mins, CC,

Winner of Oscars for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White -- William H. Daniels, and Best Film Editing -- Paul Weatherwax

Nominee for an Oscar for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story -- Malvin Wald

Most of the street scenes were shot on location in New York without the public's knowledge. Photographer William H. Daniels and his uncredited assistant Roy Tripp filmed people on the streets using a hidden camera from the back of an old moving van. Occasionally, a fake newsstand with a hidden camera inside was also set up on the sidewalk to secretly film the actors. Director Jules Dassin hired a juggler to distract the crowds, and also hired a man to occasionally climb up on a light post and give a patriotic speech, while waving an American flag to get the crowd's attention.


12:00 PM -- THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973)
A game of murder among wealthy vacationers turns into the real thing.
Dir: Herbert Ross
Cast: James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon
C-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Many of the actors are playing other famous people in Hollywood. For example, James Mason's character is based on an Orson Welles persona. Richard Benjamin is playing Anthony Perkins. Raquel Welch was told by the film's writers, Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim that she was playing Ann-Margret - when, in fact, she was actually playing herself.


2:15 PM -- UNDERCURRENT (1946)
A sheltered woman realizes that either her husband or his mysterious brother is a psychopath.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum
BW-116 mins, CC,

Katharine Hepburn and Robert Mitchum didn't get along. One day she told him, "You know you can't act, and if you hadn't been good looking you would never have got a picture at all. I'm tired of working with people like you who have nothing to offer."


4:15 PM -- PURPLE NOON (1961)
French adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, about Tom Ripley, a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser.
Dir: René Clément
Cast: Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt, Maurice Ronet
C-117 mins,

John Malkovich remarked in an interview with the BBC that he came close to directing The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and that he was in negotiations to obtain the rights to direct a remake of the first "Talented Mr Ripley" adaptation, "Plein Soleil." Malkovich later played Tom Ripley in Ripley's Game (2002).


6:15 PM -- SUSPICION (1941)
A wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
BW-99 mins, CC,

Winner of an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Joan Fontaine

Nominee for Oscars for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture -- Franz Waxman, and Best Picture

In interviews, Alfred Hitchcock said that an RKO executive ordered that all scenes in which Cary Grant appeared menacing be excised from the film. When the cutting was completed, the film ran only fifty-five minutes. The scenes were later restored, Hitchcock said, because he shot each piece of film so that there was only one way to edit them together properly.



TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ARTHUR KENNEDY



8:00 PM -- BRIGHT VICTORY (1951)
A blinded veteran struggles to adjust to peacetime life.
Dir: Mark Robson
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julia Adams
BW-97 mins, CC,

Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Arthur Kennedy, and Best Sound, Recording -- Leslie I. Carey (U-I)

Ten blind WWII veterans at the hospital appeared as extras and were advisers for this film.


10:00 PM -- THE NAKED DAWN (1955)
A farmer and his wife are corrupted by the arrival of a charming bandit.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Betta St. John, Eugene Iglesias
C-82 mins, CC,

François Truffaut cited this film as an inspiration for Jules and Jim. In fact, he even mentions Jules and Jim in his review of this film. Truffaut's film came out six years later.


11:27 PM -- MOTORING IN MEXICO (1943)
This short film takes the viewer along the Pacific International Highway in Mexico.
C-9 mins,


11:45 PM -- TRIAL (1955)
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters.
Dir: Mark Robson
Cast: Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy
BW-109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominee for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Arthur Kennedy

According to contemporary newspaper articles, the rally scene was shot at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles over three days and used 2,000 extras - 750 of which were students from the nearby University of Southern California.


1:39 AM -- ONE FOR THE BOOK (1940)
In this fantastic short, famous literary figures step out of the pages of books after dark. Vitaphone Release B224-225.
Dir: Roy Mack
Cast: Betty Hutton, Hal Sherman, Miriam Grahame
BW-19 mins,

The soundtrack includes Minstrel Parade with music by David Mendoza, Bandana Days with music by Eubie Blake and lyrics by Noble Sissle, I'm Just Wild About Harry with music by Eubie Blake and lyrics by Noble Sissle, Love Will Find a Way with music by Eubie Blake and lyrics by Noble Sissle, Old Man Mose Ain't Dead with music by Saul Chaplin and lyrics by Sammy Cahn, The Glad Girl with music by J. Bodewalt Lampe, and Mr. End Man with music by Saul Chaplin and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.


2:00 AM -- ALONE IN THE DARK (1982)
Four escaped lunatics invade a doctor's home.
Dir: Jack Sholder
Cast: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Erland Van Lidth De Jeude
C-93 mins, CC,

Matthew Broderick was auditioned for the role of Bunky's boyfriend, however Jack Sholder thought Broderick was too talented for the small part.


3:45 AM -- EYE OF THE DEVIL (1966)
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence
BW-96 mins, CC,

This was the official film debut of Sharon Tate; in the opening credits, it says "and introducing Sharon Tate".


5:30 AM -- MGM PARADE SHOW #13 (1955)
George Murphy introduces clips featuring Susan Hayward and Fernand Gravet from "The Great Waltz" and "I'll Cry Tomorrow."
BW-30 mins,