TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 2, 2013 -- The Essentials: Small Town Poverty

[Bolo Boffin]

6:15 AM
VILLAGE OF DAUGHTERS (1962)
A traveling salesman stumbles into the job of matchmaker in a small Italian village.
Dir: George Pollock
Cast: Eric Sykes, Scilla Gabel, Gregoire Aslan.
BW-86 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format

7:49 AM
MASTER WILL SHAKESPEARE (1936)
This short film provides a brief biography of the Bard.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Charles Coleman, Lionel Belmore, Ralph Bushman.
BW-11 mins

8:00 AM
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (1967)
A fortune hunter agrees to wed a temperamental woman so his friend can court her sister.
Dir: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack.
C-122 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 AM
CARSON ON TCM: ELIZABETH TAYLOR (2/21/92) (2013)
TCM presents an interview from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, with Elizabeth Taylor from 2/21/92.
C-10 mins, TV-PG, CC

10:30 AM
MAISIE (1939)
A Brooklyn showgirl tries to clear a ranch foreman of murder charges.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey.
BW-75 mins, TV-G, CC

11:46 AM
HOW TO RAISE A BABY (1938)
This comedic short makes light of raising and taking care of a baby.
Dir: Roy Rowland
Cast: Robert Benchley, Rollie Jones, Paul Clark.
BW-9 mins

12:00 PM
WHAT NEXT, CORPORAL HARGROVE? (1945)
A bumbling soldier and his scheming friend take France by storm.
Dir: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Jean Porter.
BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:49 PM
MODERN TOKYO (1935)
This short film focuses on the influences of Western culture in Tokyo, Japan.
C-9 mins

2:00 PM
TOKYO JOE (1949)
An American in post-war Japan gets caught up in the black market.
Dir: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marley.
BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC

3:36 PM
JUST WHAT I NEEDED (1955)
This short film provides a humorous look at "unwanted" gifts.
Dir: Dave O'Brien
Cast: Leon Tyler, Dave O'Brien
BW-9 mins

3:45 PM
PORK CHOP HILL (1959)
Americans take a vital hill in Korea but have trouble holding it.
Dir: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn.
BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 PM
KELLY'S HEROES (1970)
An American platoon tries to recover buried treasure behind enemy lines.
Dir: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles.
C-143 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

TONIGHT ON TCM
THE ESSENTIALS: SMALL TOWN POVERTY

8:00 PM
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
A Welsch mining family faces the struggles of life together.
Dir: John Ford
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee.
BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC

10:15 PM
GOD'S LITTLE ACRE (1958)
A dirt-farmer lets his family fall apart while he hunts for his grandfather's buried gold.
Dir: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Buddy Hackett.
BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 AM
SILKWOOD (1983)
A laborer at a nuclear power plant risks her life to report unsafe practices.
Dir: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher.
C-131 mins, TV-MA, CC

2:30 AM
FREE RADICALS: A HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM (2010)
A documentary focusing on the history of experimental film.
Dir: Pip Chodorov
Cast: Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, Hans Richter.
C-83 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

2:33 AM
THE METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STORY (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman
C-57 mins, TV-G, CC

4:00 AM
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1944)
Dir: Maya Deren
Cast: Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren
BW-14 mins

DIAGONAL SYMPHONY (1919)
Dir: Viking Eggeling
BW-5 mins

GHOSTS BEFORE BREAKFAST (1928)
Dir: Hans Richter
BW-7 mins

ORCHARD STREET (1955)
BW-12 mins

LITTLE STABS AT HAPPINESS (1963)
Dir: Ken Jacobs
BW-15 mins

CASSIS (1966)
Dir: Jonas Mekas
BW-5 mins

NOTES ON THE CIRCUS (1966)
Dir: Jonas Mekas
BW-12 mins

RHYTHMUS 21 (1921)
Dir: Hans Richter
BW-3 mins

SCIENCE FRICTION (1959)
Dir: Stan Vanderbeek
BW-10 mins, TV-14

SYMMETRICKS (1972)
Dir: Wade Shaw
BW-6 mins

INFLATION (1942)
In this wartime short film, the Devil assists Hitler in causing mischief with the U.S. economy.
Dir: Cy Endfield
Cast: Edward Arnold, Esther Williams, Barbara Bedford.
BW-17 mins

[CBHagman]

1. I wonder how many people remember that "How Green Was My Valley"

was a John Ford film.

[Graybeard]

3. John Ford: Best Director Oscar.

How Green Was my Valley won five Academy Awards
that year.

Best Picture
Director - John Ford
Supporting Actor - Donald Crisp
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
.

[Graybeard]

2. Shot entirely on studio back-lots.

As a kid seeing 'How Green Was My Valley' it never occurred to me that it wasn't taking place in a Welsh mining town. When I learned how it was actually made it is this film that opened my eyes to the magic of movie making back in the Golden Era of the Big Studios.

Shot at the 20th Century Fox ranch in Malibu and the studio lots in Hollywood this is a perfect example of the fabulous set building and Art Direction (it won the Oscar) that made these films so memorable.
.

[CBHagman]

4. Back lots?

I had no idea that a film with so many poetic images was entirely created Stateside.

By the way, I had been thinking Maureen O'Hara (Angharad) alone survived of the primary cast, but it turns out Ann E. Todd (Ceinwein) is still alive at this writing. Anna Lee (Bronwyn) lived until 2004.




Maureen O'Hara



Ann E. Todd



Anna Lee