TCM Schedule for Saturday, September 21, 2013 - The Essentials: Screenplay by Robert Riskin

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6:00 AM
FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (1964)
A scientist's experimental space craft puts him in the path of an intergalactic invasion.
Dir: Nathan Juran
Cast: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer.
C-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:45 AM
THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES (1936)
An ordinary man discovers he can make anything happen just by saying it.
Dir: Lothar Mendes
Cast: Roland Young, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman.
BW-83 mins, TV-G

9:15 AM
VALLEY OF THE DRAGONS (1961)
A comet transports two enemies to a jungle on the moon.
Dir: Edward Bernds
Cast: Cesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley.
BW-82 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

10:45 AM
DETECTIVE KITTY O'DAY (1944)
An amateur sleuth drives her boyfriend and the police crazy when she butts into a murder investigation.
Dir: William Beaudine
Cast: Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan.
BW-61 mins, TV-G

12:00 PM
NAMU, THE KILLER WHALE (1966)
A marine biologist nurses a wounded orca and fights to protect it from local fishermen.
Dir: Laslo Benedek
Cast: Robert Lansing, John Anderson, Robin Mattson.
C-89 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

1:45 PM
WALK EAST ON BEACON! (1952)
A federal agent tries to track down the Communist spies behind a security leak.
Dir: Alfred Werker
Cast: George Murphy, Finlay Currie, Virginia Gilmore.
BW-98 mins, TV-PG

3:30 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

5:45 PM
DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)
An English teacher inspires his students to seize the day with sometimes disastrous results.
Dir: Peter Weir
Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke.
C-129 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

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THE ESSENTIALS: SCREENPLAY BY ROBERT RISKIN

8:00 PM
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour.
Dir: Frank Capra
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly.
BW-105 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:00 PM
THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (1935)
A gangster hides from the law by trading places with a mild-mannered double.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl.
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC

11:50 PM
LEST WE FORGET (1937)
This short film honors the late Will Rogers, with clips from his films and stars paying tribute.
Dir: Henry Hathaway
BW-10 mins

12:00 AM
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life.
Dir: Frank Capra
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft.
BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC

2:00 AM
BORDER RADIO (1987)
Two musicians try to find their bandleader, who's disappeared after stealing their fee from a crooked club owner.
Dir: Allison Anders
Cast: Chris D, John Doe, Luanna Anders.
C-83 mins, TV-MA

3:30 AM
DOOR-TO-DOOR MANIAC (1961)
A deranged bandit holds a bank president's wife hostage.
Dir: Bill Karn
Cast: Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forester.
BW-74 mins, TV-PG

4:45 AM
SIX MURDEROUS BELIEFS (1956)
Short safety film that details six commonly held beliefs that can lead to death.
BW-12 mins, TV-PG

HER NAME WAS ELLIE, HIS NAME WAS LYLE (1967)
A relationship is threatened when a young man discovers he has caught syphilis from his waitress.
Dir: Lothar Wolff
Cast: John Pleshette, Amy Taubin, Lynne Lipton.
BW-29 mins, TV-14

ROSIE (1960)
A failed pilot to a TV sitcom about an eerie-looking talking dog that befriends a boy.
BW-19 mins, TV-G

GOOD EATING HABITS (1951)
In this educational short film, tips on proper nourishment are given.
BW-10 mins, TV-G