TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 18: TCM Memorial Tribute: Andy Griffith

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

12:00 AM
Smilin' Through (1932)
A young woman falls in love with the son of an old family enemy.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Fredric March , Leslie Howard .
BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:45 AM
Outward Bound (1930)
Passengers on a fog-shrouded ship learn that they are lost souls on the way to heaven or hell.
Dir: Robert Milton Cast: Leslie Howard , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Helen Chandler .
BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

3:15 AM
Captured! (1933)
While in a POW camp, a man discovers his best friend was his wife's lover.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Leslie Howard , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Paul Lukas .
BW-69 mins, TV-G,

4:30 AM
Beast With Five Fingers, The (1946)
After a famous pianist's murder, his hand returns to wreak vengeance.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Robert Alda , Andrea King , Peter Lorre .
BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC,



6:00 AM
Brats (1930)
Two fathers try to spend a quiet night despite their raucous offspring.
BW-21 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:30 AM
Swiss Miss (1938)
When they're swindled, two salesmen have to work off their debts in a Swiss hotel.
Dir: John G. Blystone Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Della Lind .
BW-73 mins, TV-G,

8:00 AM
Chump at Oxford, A (1940)
When they accidentally capture a bank robber, two street cleaners are given a scholarship to Oxford.
Dir: Alf Goulding Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , James Finlayson .
BW-63 mins, TV-G, CC,

9:30 AM
Captain Caution (1940)
When a ship's captain dies at war, his daughter takes command.
Dir: Richard Wallace Cast: Victor Mature , Louise Platt , Leo Carrillo .
BW-86 mins, TV-G,

11:00 AM
One Million B.C. (1940)
An exiled caveman finds love when he joins another tribe.
Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Victor Mature , Carole Landis , Lon Chaney Jr. .
BW-80 mins, TV-G,

12:30 PM
Saps at Sea (1940)
Two factory workers accidentally set sail with an escaped killer.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , James Finlayson .
BW-57 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:30 PM
All-American Co-Ed (1941)
A college boy dresses as a girl to infiltrate a women's college.
Dir: LeRoy Prinz Cast: Frances Langford , Johnny Downs , Marjorie Woodworth .
BW-49 mins, TV-G,

2:30 PM
Miss Polly (1941)
A small-town matchmaker takes on the local blue noses.
Dir: Fred Guiol Cast: ZaSu Pitts , Slim Summerville , Kathleen Howard .
BW-44 mins, TV-G,



3:30 PM
Road Show (1941)
A playboy on the run hooks up with a sideshow's beautiful owner.
Dir: Hal Roach Cast: Adolphe Menjou , Carole Landis , John Hubbard .
BW-87 mins, TV-G,

5:00 PM
Tanks a Million (1941)
A military man promoted to sergeant because of his photographic memory fights to prove his worth.
Dir: Fred Guiol Cast: William Tracy , James Gleason , Noah Beery Jr. .
BW-50 mins, TV-G,

6:00 PM
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
The owners of a taxicab company become guardian angels to a beautiful blonde in trouble.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: William Bendix , Joe Sawyer , Marjorie Woodworth .
BW-51 mins, TV-G,

7:00 PM
Dudes Are Pretty People (1942)
A cowpoke falls hard for a pretty tourist.
Dir: Hal Roach Jr. Cast: Jimmy Rogers , Noah Beery Jr. , Marjorie Woodworth .
BW-46 mins, TV-G,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM MEMORIAL TRIBUTE: ANDY GRIFFITH

8:00 PM
Face In The Crowd, A (1957)
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Andy Griffith , Patricia Neal , Anthony Franciosa .
BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



10:15 PM
No Time For Sergeants (1958)
A hillbilly draftee turns the Air Force upside down.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Andy Griffith , Myron McCormick , Nick Adams .
BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 AM
Hearts Of The West (1975)
An aspiring western novelist in thirties Hollywood becomes a low-budget cowboy star.
Dir: Howard Zieff Cast: Jeff Bridges , Andy Griffith , Donald Pleasence .
C-102 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format



2:15 AM
Onionhead (1958)
An irresponsible student enlists in the Navy expecting to sit out World War II.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Andy Griffith , Felicia Farr , Walter Matthau .
BW-111 mins, TV-PG,

4:15 AM
Made in Heaven (1952)
A prize is awarded to any married couple who can prove at a public trial that their union has been happy and argument-free for a full year.
C-90 mins, TV-G,

[BrendaBrick]

1. I saw 'A Face in the Crowd' last night

for the 1st time. Excellent movie!!! Griffith had quite a range to be able to pull that one off. It was one of those movies...especially the powerful last scene that kind of lingered...you know?

In an attempt to find that last scene on youtube, I ran across this one instead - which is even more apropos now then it was in 1957, as the poster 'TheVideoMizer' alludes to:

"Meet Lonesome Rhodes: This is a great movie with Andy Griffith. This is a comment from the movie I thought might have meaning to some people. Power in the media...."

Edited to add this clip which is the same drivel being touted today by most Republicans and the one-note Tea Party mentality:

Kudos to Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau for superb acting as well! I didn't realize that Elia Kazan was responsible for bringing Marlon Brando & James Dean to the forefront. Additionally, it's easy to see why this is rated as 4 stars...though quite sad in a way that most movies in this day and age are rarely so gritty and honest.

As an interesting side note, wiki has this:

"The film launched Griffith into stardom, but earned mixed reviews upon its original release. Later decades have seen reappraisals of the movie, and in 2008 A Face in the Crowd was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".