TCM Schedule for Saturday, October 14, 2017 -- The Essentials - Rita Hayworth

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Tonight's Essentials feature films starring the beautiful actress/dancer Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino. Enjoy!



6:30 AM -- SUSPENSE (1946)
The new manager of an ice show plots to steal the owners business and his wife.
Dir: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville
BW-101 mins,

Final film of Eugene Pallette.


8:15 AM -- TOP SECRET AFFAIR (1957)
A female publishing magnate tries to keep a general she hates from securing a prestigious appointment.
Dir: H. C. Potter
Cast: Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart
BW-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Under the title "Melville Goodwin, USA", the film was to star Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall - both of whom had already filmed costume and makeup tests - but Bogart's terminal illness forced his withdrawal from the project. He was replaced by Kirk Douglas. Bacall withdrew shortly afterward, opting instead to remain at home with her dying husband, and was replaced by Susan Hayward.


10:00 AM -- PAY OR DIE! (1960)
A policeman attempts to crack down on organized crime "protection" rackets.
Dir: Richard Wilson
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin
BW-111 mins, Letterbox Format

Remake of The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino (1912). Pay or die is also the biography of Lieutenant Frank Petrosino.


12:00 PM -- POINT BLANK (1967)
A gangster plots an elaborate revenge on the wife and partner who did him dirty.
Dir: John Boorman
Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

This was the first major picture to film on location at Alcatraz Island after the closure of the federal prison in 1963.


2:00 PM -- ANY WEDNESDAY (1966)
A young businessman catches his boss keeping a mistress in the company apartment.
Dir: Robert Ellis Miller
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jason Robards Jr., Dean Jones
C-109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Originally announced to star Frank Sinatra and Sandy Dennis.


4:00 PM -- STEELYARD BLUES (1973)
A group of dropouts race to raise money to escape society.
Dir: Alan Myerson
Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Peter Boyle
C-93 mins, CC,

Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland previously appeared in Klute (1971) also playing a strange couple. Both films were produced by Warner Bros.


5:45 PM -- THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
A television newswoman stumbles onto deadly secrets at a nuclear power plant.
Dir: James Bridges
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas
C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Jack Lemmon, Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Jane Fonda, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen -- Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration -- George Jenkins and Arthur Jeph Parker

When the film was first released on 16 March 1979, nuclear power executives soon lambasted the picture as being "sheer fiction" and a "character assassination of an entire industry". Then twelve days after its launch, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was commented how the events had left nuclear executives embarrassed with egg on their faces.



TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE ESSENTIALS: RITA HAYWORTH



8:00 PM -- GILDA (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame in South America, but she's married to his new boss.
Dir: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
BW-110 mins, CC,

In the years since the film's release, many have noticed the strong indication in the final lines and situations of a homosexual undercurrent existing between Johnny and Ballin. Upon hearing of the interpretation, Charles Vidor reportedly said, "Really? I never had any idea those boys were supposed to be like that!" Glenn Ford has also acknowledged the gay subtext, "But it never occurred to us at the time we were filming."


10:15 PM -- BLOOD AND SAND (1941)
A married matador's rise to stardom is complicated by an affair with a beautiful aristocrat.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth
C-125 mins, CC,

Won an Oscar for Best Cinematography, Color -- Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color -- Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little

Rita Hayworth's first Technicolor film.


12:30 AM -- MISS SADIE THOMPSON (1953)
A moralist sets out to reform the legendary South Seas floozy.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray
C-90 mins, CC,

Nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song -- Lester Lee (music) and Ned Washington (lyrics) for the song "Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)"

Rita Hayworth was the third actress to play Sadie Thompson on screen, joining Gloria Swanson and Joan Crawford.


2:15 AM -- BLACULA (1972)
An African prince bitten by Dracula stalks the Los Angeles night in search of his lost princess.
Dir: William Crain
Cast: William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas
C-93 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

While the film was in its production stages, William Marshall worked with the producers to make sure his character had some dignity. His character's name was changed from Andrew Brown to Mamuwalde and received a background story about his being an African prince who had been turned into a vampire.


4:00 AM -- SCREAM, BLACULA SCREAM (1973)
A vengeful Voodoo priestess brings the dreaded African vampire back to life.
Dir: Bob Kelljan
Cast: William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier
C-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Before this picture came out employees of AIP were asked to submit titles for a contest.


5:45 AM -- WHEN YOU GROW UP (1973)
In this short film, children learn about the world of fun that awaits them when they grow up and go to work.
Dir: Jerry Kurtz
C-11 mins,