TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 5: Sophia Loren

[CBHagman]

What's on TCM in the daytime is an absolute crime. No, really, it's crime, crime, crime, all the time.

But just hang on, because at evening TCM leaves the mean streets for the Mediterranean and the magnificent Sophia Loren. Among the highlights: her Academy Award-winning turn in Two Women.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

12:00 AM
SISTER KENNY ( 1946)
True story of the Australian nurse who fought to gain acceptance for her polio-treatment methods.
Dir: Dudley Nichols Cast: Rosalind Russell , Alexander Knox , Dean Jagger .
BW- 116 mins, CC,

2:15 AM
BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST ( 1941)
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Felix Bressart .
C- 99 mins, CC,

3:57 AM
COME BACK, MISS PIPPS ( 1941)
A gang of children help to save their favorite teacher from losing her job in this short film.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Robert Blake , Leon Tyler , Teresa Mae Glass .
BW- 11 mins,

4:15 AM
HER TWELVE MEN ( 1954)
A dedicated teacher turns around the troublesome students at a boys' school.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson , Robert Ryan , Barry Sullivan .
BW- 91 mins, CC,

5:49 AM
HOW TO VOTE ( 1936)
In this short film, an assistant is called upon to give a speech on his candidate's behalf... much to the chagrin of the audience.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Robert Benchley , Jules Cowles , Frank Sheridan .
BW- 10 mins,

6:00 AM
SO YOU WANT TO BE A DETECTIVE ( 1948)
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Vitaphone Release 1636A.
Dir: Richard Bare Cast: George O'Hanlon , George Magrill , Charles Horvath .
BW- 11 mins,

6:15 AM
DANGEROUS PROFESSION, A ( 1950)
A bail bondsman is asked to raise money to free his girlfriend's husband.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: George Raft , Ella Raines , Pat O'Brien .
BW- 79 mins, CC,

7:35 AM
LAW AND THE LAB, THE ( 1956)
This short film focuses on the job of a lab technician and forensic detail.
Dir: Frances Dinsmoor
BW- 8 mins,

7:45 AM
FOLLOW ME QUIETLY ( 1949)
Police track a mysterious killer nicknamed "The Judge."
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: William Lundigan , Dorothy Patrick , Jeff Corey .
BW- 60 mins, CC,

8:50 AM
WHERE IS JANE DOE? ( 1956)
In this short film, New York City police detectives investigate the case of a missing girl.
Dir: Larry O'Reilly Cast: Alexander Lockwood ,
BW- 8 mins,

9:00 AM
TATTOOED STRANGER, THE ( 1950)
Detectives investigate the Central Park murder of a young woman with a Marine Corps tattoo.
Dir: Edward J. Montagne Cast: John Miles , Patricia White , Walter Kinsella .
BW- 64 mins, CC,

10:15 AM
MYSTERY STREET ( 1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim's bones to go on.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban , Sally Forrest , Bruce Bennett .
BW- 93 mins, CC,

12:00 PM
CRIME WAVE ( 1954)
A reformed parolee is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Dir: Andre DeToth Cast: Sterling Hayden , Gene Nelson , Phyllis Kirk .
BW- 74 mins, CC,

1:15 PM
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS ( 1956)
Reporters compete to catch a serial killer.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Dana Andrews , Rhonda Fleming , George Sanders .
BW- 100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 PM
SCENE OF THE CRIME ( 1949)
A detective tries to solve a policeman's murder.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Van Johnson , Arlene Dahl , Gloria De Haven .
BW- 94 mins, CC,

4:45 PM
NAKED CITY, THE ( 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,

6:30 PM
BIG COMBO, THE ( 1955)
A police detective tries to convict a mob boss by going to the man's girlfriend.
Dir: Joseph Lewis Cast: Cornel Wilde , Richard Conte , Brian Donlevy .
BW- 84 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SOPHIA LOREN

8:00 PM
MARRIAGE - ITALIAN STYLE ( 1964)
A businessman's discarded mistress refuses to tell him which of her three sons is his.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Sophia Loren , Marcello Mastroianni , Aldo Puglisi .
C- 102 mins, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
HUMAN VOICE ( 2014)
An aging beauty tries desperately to win back a lover drawn to a younger woman.
Dir: Edoardo Ponti Cast: Sophia Loren , Enrico Lo Verso , Alessandra Bonarotta .
C- 26 mins, Letterbox Format

10:45 PM
LIVE FROM THE TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: SOPHIA LOREN ( 2016)
Sophia Loren discusses her career with her son Edoardo Ponti and a live audience.
Dir: Sean Cameron
C- 66 mins, CC,

12:00 AM
TWO WOMEN ( 1960)
A widow tries to get her daughter to safety in World War II Italy.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Sophia Loren , Jean-Paul Belmondo , Eleonora Brown .
BW- 101 mins, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
LADY L ( 1965)
A beautiful laundress rises through European society.
Dir: Peter Ustinov Cast: Sophia Loren , Paul Newman , David Niven .
C- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
BRASS TARGET ( 1978)
Gold thieves plot to assassinate General Patton in the days following World War II.
Dir: John Hough Cast: Sophia Loren , John Cassavetes , George Kennedy .
C- 111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format