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Happy birthday to Anthony Quinn, born on this day in 1915 in Chihuahua, Mexico. TCM is showing a day full of his films, including Lust For Life (1956), for which Quinn won his second Oscar. This evening, TCM is honoring the late Sidney Lumet with three of his best, including three films for which he was nominated for Oscars (12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and Network (1976)). Enjoy!
6:30 AM -- Now Playing May (2011)
18 min, TV-PG, CC
7:00 AM -- Bullets for O'Hara (1941)
A gangster's wife helps the FBI nail her husband.
Cast: Roger Pryor, Anthony Quinn, Joan Perry.
Dir: William K. Howard.
50 min, TV-PG, CC
Remake of Public Enemy's Wife (1936), starring Pat O'Brien and Margaret Lindsey.
8:00 AM -- Knockout (1941)
A prizefighter's swelled head endangers his marriage.
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Virginia Field, Anthony Quinn.
Dir: William Clemens.
73 min, TV-G
Film debut of character actor David Clarke.
9:16 AM -- So You Want To Be A Gambler (1948)
A humorous look at the pitfalls of gambling.
Cast: George O'Hanlon, Art Gilmore
Dir: Richard L. Bare
11 min
One of the 60 So You... shorts made between 1942 and 1956.
9:30 AM -- The Black Swan (1942)
When he's named governor of Jamaica, a former pirate sets out to clean up the Caribbean.
Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn.
Dir: Henry King.
C-85 min, TV-PG, CC
Won an Oscar for Best Cinematography, Color -- Leon Shamroy
Nominated for Oscars for Best Effects, Special Effects -- Fred Sersen (photographic), Roger Heman Sr. (sound) and George Leverett (sound), and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture -- Alfred Newman
Although it is supposed to be based on Rafael Sabatini's novel "The Black Swan", in fact the story is completely original, and the only character retained from the original novel is the historical personage Henry Morgan.
11:00 AM -- Road to Morocco (1942)
Two castaways get mixed up in an Arabian nightmare when they're caught between a bandit chief and a beautiful princess.
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour.
Dir: David Butler.
82 min, TV-G, CC
Nominated for Oscars for Best Sound, Recording -- Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD), and Best Writing, Original Screenplay -- Frank Butler and Don Hartman
Paramount shot two endings for the film. The one not used had Bob Hope and Bing Crosby enlisting in the Marines and ended with the line "See you on the road to Tokyo."
12:30 PM -- Back to Bataan (1945)
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
Cast: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk.
95 min, TV-PG, CC
The character Andres Bonifacio played by Anthony Quinn is supposed to be the grandson of Andres Bonifacio, a leader of the Philippine revolt against Spain in the late 19th century. The real Andres Bonifacio's only child died of smallpox, so he had no grandchildren.
2:15 PM -- La Strada (1954)
A traveling strongman buys a peasant girl to be his wife and co-star.
Cast: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart.
Dir: Federico Fellini.
108 min, TV-PG
Won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Original -- Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli
Anthony Quinn said in an interview a few years before his death that he originally accepted a deal that would have paid him a percentage of the profits this film generated instead of an upfront salary. When his agent found out about it, the agent changed the deal and insisted an upfront salary and no percentage. Quinn said that decision cost him several million dollars.
4:15 PM -- Lust for Life (1956)
Passionate biography of painter Vincent van Gogh, whose genius drove him mad.
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli.
C-122 min, TV-PG, CC
Won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Anthony Quinn
Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Kirk Douglas, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color -- Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason, and Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted -- Norman Corwin
Parts of the film were shot in Auvers-sur-Oise, where Vincent van Gogh lived and died. Kirk Douglas had his hair cut specially in the style of the artist and had it dyed to a similar reddish tint. This was enough to make some of the older inhabitants of the town believe that Van Gogh had returned.
6:30 PM -- Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
A washed-up prizefighter tries to free himself from his ruthless promoters to build a new life.
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney.
Dir: Ralph Nelson.
85 min, TV-PG, CC
Anthony Quinn did this film when Lawrence of Arabia (1962) went on a two month hiatus between October and December of 1961. The film was released before "Lawrence" came out.
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM MEMORIAL TRIBUTE: SIDNEY LUMET
8:00 PM -- 12 Angry Men (1957)
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall.
Dir: Sidney Lumet.
96 min, TV-PG, CC
Nominated for Oscars for Best Director -- Sidney Lumet, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Reginald Rose, and Best Picture
At the beginning of the film, the cameras are all positioned above eye level and mounted with wide-angle lenses to give the appearance of greater distance between the subjects. As the film progresses the cameras slip down to eye level. By the end of the film, nearly all of it is shot below eye level, in close-up and with telephoto lenses to increase the encroaching sense of claustrophobia.
9:44 PM -- History Brought To Life (1950)
This short turns the spotlight on studio research departments.
Narrator: Cecil B. DeMille
9 min
Features The Ten Commandments (1923), Cleopatra (1934), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Conquest (1937), The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Edison, the Man (1940), Wilson (1944), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Sitting Pretty (1948), Hamlet (1948), Adventures of Don Juan (1948), and Samson and Delilah (1949).
10:00 PM -- Private Screenings: Sidney Lumet (2005)
Director Sidney Lumet discusses his career with host Robert Osborne.
C-55 min, TV-PG, CC
11:00 PM -- The Hill (1965)
Prisoners fight to survive the grueling conditions in a North African military stockade.
Cast: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Michael Redgrave.
Dir: Sidney Lumet.
123 min, TV-14, CC
In Robert Kahn's book, The Ultimate Insider's Guide to Cinema's Hidden Gems, and in the 3 August 2001 New York Times article, "Watching Movies With: Woody Allen," Allen said he regarded Sidney Lumet's "The Hill", along with "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)", "White Heat", "The Informer", "Double Indemnity (1944)", and "Shane (1953)", as being among the best American movies.
1:15 AM -- Network (1976)
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into 'the mad prophet of the airwaves.'
Cast: William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch.
Dir: Sidney Lumet.
121 min, TV-MA, CC
Won Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Peter Finch (Nomination and award were posthumous. Finch became the first posthumous winner in an acting category. His widow Eletha Finch and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky accepted the award on his behalf.), Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Faye Dunaway, Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Beatrice Straight, and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen -- Paddy Chayefsky
Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- William Holden, Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Ned Beatty, Best Cinematography -- Owen Roizman, Best Director -- Sidney Lumet, Best Film Editing -- Alan Heim, and Best Picture
Network becomes the second film to win three awards for acting, following A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
3:30 AM -- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning.
Dir: Sidney Lumet.
125 min
Won an Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay -- Frank Pierson (Frank Pierson was not present at the awards ceremony. Presenter Gore Vidal accepted the award on his behalf.)
Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Al Pacino, Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Chris Sarandon, Best Director -- Sidney Lumet, Best Film Editing -- Dede Allen, and Best Picture
In the 1972 "Life" magazine article that inspired the film, P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore describe robber John Wojtowicz as "a dark, thin fellow with the broken-faced good looks of an Al Pacino or a Dustin Hoffman". Al Pacino, of course, played the role based on Wojtowicz, and when he nearly quit the film early on, the role was offered to Dustin Hoffman.
5:38 AM -- 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984)
This promotional short for 2010 (1984).
Cast: Bob Balaban, Elya Baskin, Albert Brenner.
Dir: Les Mayfield
20 min
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