TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 27: The Golden Years

[CBHagman]

Tuesday, December 27th, 2016

12:00 AM
ON THE BEACH (1959)

After a nuclear war, U.S. sailors stationed in Australia deal with the end of civilization.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Fred Astaire .
BW-134 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM
FIVE (1951)

The five survivors of a nuclear war struggle to build new lives.
Dir: Arch Oboler Cast: William Phipps , Susan Douglas , James Anderson .
BW-91 mins, CC,

4:15 AM
NO BLADE OF GRASS (1970)

A family tries to escape an environmental holocaust.
Dir: Cornel Wilde Cast: Nigel Davenport , Jean Wallace , John Hamill .
C-97 mins, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM
ACROSS THE PACIFIC (1942)

An American agent tries to keep Axis spies from blowing up the Panama Canal.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , Sydney Greenstreet .
C-96 mins, CC,

7:45 AM
THAT WAY WITH WOMEN (1947)

An elderly millionaire makes a hobby of playing cupid.
Dir: Frederick de Cordova Cast: Dane Clark , Martha Vickers , Sydney Greenstreet .
BW-84 mins,

9:15 AM
CONSPIRATORS, THE (1944)

A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Hedy Lamarr , Paul Henreid , Sydney Greenstreet .
BW-101 mins, CC,

11:00 AM
WOMAN IN WHITE, THE (1948)

Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith , Eleanor Parker , Sydney Greenstreet .
BW-109 mins, CC,

1:00 PM
PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (1944)

Devil's Island escapees join up with the Allies during World War II.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Claude Rains , Michèle Morgan .
BW-109 mins, CC,

3:00 PM
BACKGROUND TO DANGER (1943)

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: George Raft , Brenda Marshall , Sydney Greenstreet .
BW-80 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
CASABLANCA (1942)

An American saloon owner in North Africa is drawn into World War II when his lost love turns up.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , Paul Henreid .
BW-103 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)

Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , Gladys George .
BW-100 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE GOLDEN YEARS

8:00 PM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)

A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Cary Grant , Priscilla Lane , Raymond Massey .
BW-118 mins, CC,

10:15 PM
GREY GARDENS (1976)

Documentary of a reclusive mother and her daughter who created their on own world in their mansion known as "Grey Gardens."
Dir: Ellen Hovde Cast: Brooks Hyers , Jerry Torre , Lois Wright .
C-95 mins,

12:05 AM
REDD FOXX BECOMES A MOVIE STAR, THE (1976)

This promotional short film looks at Redd Foxx's first leading role in a motion picture, "Norman... Is That You?" (1976).
Dir: Elliot Geisinger
C-8 mins,

12:15 AM
WHALES OF AUGUST, THE (1987)

Elderly sisters try to mend their differences during a summer on the Maine coast.
Dir: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Bette Davis , Lillian Gish , Vincent Price .
C-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:04 AM
LOOK AT THE WORLD OF "SOYLENT GREEN", A (1973)

This short film gives a behind-the-scenes look at the science fiction film "Soylent Green" (1973).
C-10 mins,

2:15 AM
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (1972)

A stodgy young man gets caught up in his free-living aunt's shady schemes.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Maggie Smith , Alec McCowen , Lou Gossett .
C-109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM
BUNNY O'HARE (1971)

A penniless widow blackmails a robber into teaching her the trade.
Dir: Gerd Oswald Cast: Bette Davis , Ernest Borgnine , Jack Cassidy .
C-93 mins,

[longship]

1. "On the Beach" a guilty pleasure.

Ava Gardner is wonderful as Moira. Fred Astaire is surprising in a dramatic role (his first?). Gregory Peck, as always, is very good. The supporting cast delivers, too. Look for the actor who played Crocodile Dundee's mate, John Meillon. And filmed in Australia, of course.

Stanley Kramer delivers here, although the book's author, Neville Shute, hated the film.

"There is still time, brother."

Here are the beginning credits.