*TCM 8:00 PM -- The Misfits (1961)

[elleng]

2h 4m | Drama | TV-PG
A sensitive divorcee gets mixed up with modern cowboys roping mustangs in the desert.
Director: John Huston
Cast: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift

Clark Gable was leery of the film's New York actors - Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach and Kevin McCarthy - who were known for their "Method acting." They, in turn, weren't sure what to expect from a legendary movie star like Gable. Frank Taylor's wife, Nan, broke the ice for them by throwing a dinner party for the cast shortly before location shooting started. The New York actors arrived first and made some disparaging comments about their leading man. Then Gable and his wife arrived, deliberately late (the actor was noted for his punctuality). After making a grand entrance, he held court, but also impressed the rest of the cast with his appreciation of the script. He also expressed interest in Clift's working methods. When Clift asked him how he approached a role, Gable replied, "I bring to it everything I have been, everything I am, and everything I hope to be." That won the Method actors over.

[wryter2000]

1. It's so depressing

Seeing it once was enough for me. I believe after Monroe made this movie with Clift she remarked something like "he's more fucked up than I am."

[elleng]

3. Yes, it is depressing.

[mnhtnbb]

4. I had to turn it off.

Some of Monroe's scenes were very disturbing. Camera focus on her derriere. Slapping her butt. Jiggling boobs and butt. Tie straps falling off her shoulders. It was really crass.

[elleng]

2. AND 10:15 PM -- The Tall Men (1955)

10:15 PM -- The Tall Men (1955)
2h 2m | Adaptation
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan

In 1954 this was announced as a starring vehicle for Clark Gable and John Wayne, but Wayne withdrew. They were also both announced for Hatari! (1962), but Gable died while the movie was in pre-production.