TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 27: MPTF (Motion Picture and Television Fund)

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

12:45 AM
TENDER IS THE NIGHT ( 1962)

A psychiatrist marries a wealthy patient and succumbs to the lure of easy living.
Dir: Henry King Cast: Jennifer Jones , Jason Robards Jr. , Joan Fontaine .
BW- 147 mins,

3:19 AM
PARIS ON PARADE ( 1938)

This short film takes the viewer to the Paris International Exposition of 1937.
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick
C- 9 mins,

3:30 AM
LAST TIME I SAW PARIS, THE ( 1954)

A writer recalls his turbulent marriage to an expatriate heiress.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Van Johnson , Walter Pidgeon .
C- 116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #1 ( 1955)

Judy Garland sings "You Made Me Love You" in a clip from "Broadway Melody of 1938"; Cyd Charisse introduces a clip from "It's Always Fair Weather." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW- 26 mins,

6:00 AM
SUBMARINE D-1 ( 1937)

Recruits on a new submarine fall for the same girl.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Pat O'Brien , George Brent , Wayne Morris .
BW- 94 mins,

7:45 AM
LARCENY, INC. ( 1942)

An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Jane Wyman , Broderick Crawford .
BW- 95 mins, CC,

9:30 AM
TIME OF YOUR LIFE, THE ( 1948)

A philosophical drunk encourages his friends to live their dreams to the hilt.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: James Cagney , William Bendix , Wayne Morris .
BW- 105 mins,

11:30 AM
NIGHT UNTO NIGHT ( 1949)

A terminally ill scientist seeks comfort from a mentally disturbed widow.
Dir: Don Siegel Cast: Ronald Reagan , Viveca Lindfors , Broderick Crawford .
BW- 84 mins, CC,

1:00 PM
KISS IN THE DARK, A ( 1949)

A concert pianist inherits an apartment house full of loony tenants.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: David Niven , Jane Wyman , Victor Moore .
BW- 88 mins, CC,

2:45 PM
STOP, YOU'RE KILLING ME ( 1952)

The surprise appearance of four corpses interferes with a beer baron's plans to crash high society.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Broderick Crawford , Claire Trevor , Virginia Gibson .
BW- 86 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
LONE STAR ( 1952)

A frontiersman helps out with Texas's fight for independence from Mexico.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Clark Gable , Ava Gardner , Broderick Crawford .
BW- 95 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
FASTEST GUN ALIVE, THE ( 1956)

A reformed gunslinger's past keeps catching up with him.
Dir: Russell Rouse Cast: Glenn Ford , Jeanne Crain , Broderick Crawford .
BW- 89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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8:00 PM
HEIDI ( 1937)

An orphaned girl tends goats for her grandfather until she's sold to serve as a disabled girl's companion.
Dir: Allan Dwan Cast: Shirley Temple , Jean Hersholt , Arthur Treacher .
BW- 88 mins, CC,

9:45 PM
SEALED CARGO ( 1951)

A fisherman tangles with Nazi smugglers off the Canadian coast.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Dana Andrews , Carla Balenda , Claude Rains .
BW- 89 mins, CC,

11:30 PM
MCQ ( 1974)

A police lieutenant tackles corruption when his best friend is killed.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: John Wayne , Eddie Albert , Diana Muldaur .
C- 111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

1:30 AM
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO ( 1965)

Illicit lovers fight to stay together during the turbulent years of the Russian Revolution.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Geraldine Chaplin , Julie Christie , Tom Courtenay .
C- 200 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:00 AM
HOLLYWOOD: THE DREAM FACTORY ( 1972)

Dick Cavett narrates this documentary about the MGM auction and the studio's glorious history.
C- 51 mins, CC,

[longship]

1. "Larceny, Inc." is a minor crime comedy gem

Anthony Quinn plays an iconic heavy. Look for a very young Jackie Gleason, a scene as a soda jerk.

It's a fun flick with a rather ridiculous plot that ends up just working.