TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 6: The Art of Casting

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I don't know why there's a daytime tribute to Joel McCrea the day after his birthday, but it's certainly a great lineup of films.

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And when you're not voting or driving people to the polls or chewing your fingernails down to the quick watching and waiting for returns, you can enjoy the following:

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

12:45 AM
SECRET BRIDE, THE ( 1935)
A district attorney secretly marries the daughter of a man he's trying to convict.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Warren William , Glenda Farrell .
BW- 64 mins,

2:00 AM
MATCH KING, THE ( 1932)
An ambitious young man corners the market on matches, then faces the destruction of his empire.
Dir: Howard Bretherton Cast: Warren William , Lily Damita , Glenda Farrell .
BW- 78 mins, CC,

3:30 AM
BIG SHAKEDOWN, THE ( 1934)
A racketeer breaks into black-market medicine.
Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Charles Farrell , Bette Davis , Ricardo Cortez .
BW- 61 mins, CC,

4:45 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,

6:00 AM
OUTRIDERS, THE ( 1950)
Rebel soldiers try to hijack a Union gold shipment.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Joel McCrea , Arlene Dahl , Barry Sullivan .
C- 93 mins, CC,

7:45 AM
FIRST TEXAN, THE ( 1956)
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, a lawyer becomes involved in the independence of Texas.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Joel McCrea , Felicia Farr , Jeff Morrow .
C- 82 mins, Letterbox Format

9:15 AM
OKLAHOMAN, THE ( 1957)
A Western doctor stands between Natives and a ruthless oil baron.
Dir: Francis D. Lyon Cast: Joel McCrea , Barbara Hale , Brad Dexter .
BW- 80 mins, Letterbox Format

10:45 AM
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY ( 1962)
Two aging gunslingers sign on to transport gold from a remote mining town.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Randolph Scott , Joel McCrea , Mariette Hartley .
C- 94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 PM
COLORADO TERRITORY ( 1949)
An outlaw just released from prison is sucked back into a life of crime in this remake of High Sierra.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Joel McCrea , Virginia Mayo , Dorothy Malone .
BW- 94 mins, CC,

2:15 PM
THROUGH THE COLORADO ROCKIES ( 1943)
This short film takes the viewer across the mountains of Colorado.
C- 10 mins,

2:30 PM
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT ( 1940)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea , Laraine Day , Herbert Marshall .
BW- 121 mins, CC,



4:45 PM
ESPIONAGE AGENT ( 1939)
American spies try to steal Nazi secrets from a moving train.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joel McCrea , Brenda Marshall , Jeffrey Lynn .
BW- 83 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
PRIMROSE PATH ( 1940)
The youngest child in a family of prostitutes tries to go straight with a working man.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: Ginger Rogers , Joel McCrea , Marjorie Rambeau .
BW- 93 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ART OF CASTING

8:00 PM
CASABLANCA ( 1942)
An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , Paul Henreid .
BW- 103 mins, CC,



10:00 PM
BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE ( 1946)
Three returning servicemen fight to adjust to life after World War II.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Myrna Loy , Fredric March , Dana Andrews .
BW- 170 mins, CC,



1:15 AM
GASLIGHT ( 1944)
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer , Ingrid Bergman , Joseph Cotten .
BW- 114 mins, CC,

3:30 AM
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,

5:44 AM
SERENE SIAM ( 1937)
This short film focuses on the people, culture, and history of Siam.
C- 9 mins,

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1. THE ART OF CASTING - TUESDAYS IN NOVEMBER

From the TCM website. Tuesdays are going to be great this month!

One of the ingredients of any great film is, of course, its onscreen talent - but it is sometimes forgotten that it was a casting director working behind the scenes who assembled those actors to begin with. This month, TCM honors the casting directors of a series of iconic films who mastered the art of choosing the right player for the right role.

Casting directors David Rubin and Juliet Taylor join TCM host Ben Mankiewicz in discussing the art of casting as reflected in 14 classic films.

David Rubin began his career in New York on the production staff of Saturday Night Live, then worked as a casting assistant or associate on such films as Ragtime (1981) and Amadeus (1984). Upon moving to Los Angeles, he teamed with famed casting director Lynn Stalmaster on The Best of Times (1986), Dragnet (1987) and many other movies and television series.

Through his own casting office, Rubin assembled casts for such films as The Addams Family (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), My Cousin Vinny (1992), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), The English Patient (1996) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). From 1998 to 2004, Rubin developed and produced films with Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella at Mirage Enterprises.

More recently, Rubin has cast such films as Hairspray (2007) and Lars and the Real Girl (2007), and such television productions as HBO's Game Change (2012) and Big Little Lies (2017), each of which brought him an Emmy award. He also has several nominations and awards from the Casting Society of America, including an honorary Career Achievement Award. He is an officer of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and serves on the Academy's Board of Governors.

Juliet Taylor also began her career in New York, working first for Broadway producer David Merrick, then for casting director Marian Dougherty. She became director of East Coast casting for Paramount Pictures in 1977, and the following year emerged as an independent casting director. By 1979, New York magazine was calling her "the most important of the casting directors."

Taylor, best known for her work with Woody Allen, has cast more than 100 films over the course of her career. Her work with Allen encompasses more than 40 movies beginning with Love and Death (1975). Other celebrated directors with whom she has worked closely include Mike Nichols, Stephen Frears and Alan Parker. Taylor also has numerous nominations and awards for her work, including a primetime Emmy Award for outstanding casting for a miniseries, HBO's Angels in America (2003).

Taylor's impressive credits include more than a dozen movies that won or were nominated for Best Picture Oscars, including: The Exorcist (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Network (1976), Terms of Endearment (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Schindler's List (1993). On two occasions, she was the casting director for three out of the five films nominated as Best Picture. In 1977, it was Annie Hall (the winner), The Turning Point and Julia; in 1988, Working Girl, Dangerous Liaisons and Mississippi Burning.

Here are the films that will be discussed in regards to the process of casting them: Casablanca (1942), Gaslight (1944), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Marty (1955), The Loved One (1965), The Graduate (1967), MASH (1970), The Last Picture Show (1971), Mean Streets (1973), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), A Soldier's Story (1984), Men Don't Leave (1990) and Secrets & Lies (1996).

by Roger Fristoe