TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 15: Stage to Screen

[CBHagman]

The daytime schedule is filled with photographers (Do not miss The Cameraman, with Buster Keaton), and evening is devoted to TCM's month-long stage-to-film adaptation series.

Wednesday, June 15th, 2016

12:15 AM
Earrings of Madame De..., The (1954)
When a woman sells her earrings to pay a gambling debt, it leads to a string of betrayals.
Dir: Max Ophüls Cast: Charles Boyer , Danielle Darrieux , Vittorio De Sica .
BW-100 mins,

2:15 AM
French Connection, The (1971)
Two New York narcotics cops set out to bust a French drug smuggling ring.
Dir: William Friedkin Cast: Gene Hackman , Fernando Rey , Roy Scheider .
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM
Last Detail, The (1973)
Two shore patrolmen decide to show a prisoner a good time on his way to the brig.
Dir: Hal Ashby Cast: Jack Nicholson , Otis Young , Randy Quaid .
C-104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
Cameraman, The (1928)
In this silent film, a photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a movie queen.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Marceline Day , Harold Goodwin .
BW-76 mins,

7:30 AM
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
A baby photographer mistaken for a private eye ends up framed for murder.
Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast: Bob Hope , Dorothy Lamour , Peter Lorre .
BW-86 mins, CC,

9:05 AM
Ship That Wouldn't Die!, The (1945)
This short film focuses on the U.S.S. Franklin, a ship that suffered heavy damages and a massive toll on servicemen before returning to the U.S.
BW-7 mins,

9:15 AM
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
A photojournalist and his pet pigeon crash a society party and find love.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Betty Furness , Gordon Jones , E. E. Clive .
BW-60 mins,

10:16 AM
Vitaphone Pictorial Revue No. 2-11, A (1938)
Three pictorial documentaries are shown in this Vitaphone short film, focusing on plastics, greyhound racing, and perfume manufacturing. Vitaphone Release B61.
BW-8 mins,

10:30 AM
Watch the Birdie (1951)
A photographer falls for a rich girl and gets mixed up with crooks.
Dir: Jack Donohue Cast: Red Skelton , Arlene Dahl , Ann Miller .
BW-71 mins, CC,

11:45 AM
Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
A photographer tries to keep his conservative boss from learning that he's moonlighting for a girlie magazine.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley , Michele Carey , Don Porter .
C-89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:20 PM
Film Antics (1954)
An amusing short film that looks at human and animal babies.
Dir: Dave O'Brien
BW-8 mins,

1:30 PM
I Love Melvin (1953)
A photographer's assistant promises to turn a chorus girl into a cover girl.
Dir: Don Weis Cast: Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds , Una Merkel .
C-77 mins, CC,

3:00 PM
One More Tomorrow (1946)
A playboy and a lady photographer allow social differences to come between them.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Ann Sheridan , Dennis Morgan , Jack Carson .
BW-88 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
Picture Snatcher (1933)
An ex-con brings his crooked ways to a job as a news photographer.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: James Cagney , Ralph Bellamy , Patricia Ellis .
BW-77 mins, CC,

6:00 PM
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
Rival newsreel photographers vie for scoops and a beautiful lady flyer.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable , Myrna Loy , Walter Pidgeon .
BW-107 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAGE TO SCREEN

8:00 PM
Odd Couple, The (1968)
A divorced neat freak moves in with his sloppy best friend.
Dir: Gene Saks Cast: Jack Lemmon , Walter Matthau , John Fiedler .
C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952)
A proper Englishman gets caught leading a double life.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Michael Redgrave , Edith Evans , Joan Greenwood .
C-96 mins, CC,

11:48 PM
Challenge The Wilderness (1951)
This promotional short offers a behind-the-scenes look at the feature "Westward the Women" (1951).
Dir: Jack Atlas
BW-11 mins,

12:00 AM
Harvey (1950)
A wealthy eccentric prefers the company of an invisible six-foot rabbit to his family.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Wallace Ford , William Lynn , Victoria Horne .
BW-104 mins, CC,

2:00 AM
Private Lives (1931)
A divorced couple rekindles the spark after landing in adjoining honeymoon suites with new mates.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Robert Montgomery , Reginald Denny .
BW-84 mins, CC,

3:30 AM
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur , Lionel Barrymore , James Stewart .
BW-126 mins, CC,

5:45 AM
Front Page, The (1931)
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Adolph Menjou , Pat O'Brien , Mary Brian .
BW-100 mins, CC,

[longship]

1. OMG! "You Can't Take It with You"

With Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington, Ann Miller, Mischa Auer, and a whole cast of loonies!

It's an absolutely wonderful film. Frank Capra at his best.

Ready for some good old Polly Wolly Doodle?

[CBHagman]

2. Oh, yeah, and a lot more.

There's nothing like an ensemble cast and a bit of Capra magic.

[bbmykel]

3. Agree!

There is a speech that Lionel Barrymore gives to Edward Arnold while they are in jail that I just loved. I'll have to see if I can find a clip of it.

Barrymore in this is almost the complete opposite of his Mr. Potter in Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".

I have never seen this on stage. Has anyone? How close to the film is it?

Mike

[longship]

4. The anti-Potter!

It is a wonderful film. And both films were Frank Capra, both with James Stewart and Lionel Barrymore.

I absolutely love Jean Arthur, especially in this film. And then there's the incredible ensemble cast.

It is truly a wonderful thing.

[CBHagman]

5. There have been a number of stage productions...

...at least one or two of which were shown on TV. I can't recall how the different versions stacked up, though I did enjoy the one televised stage production I saw. See link below.

[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195426/[/url]