TCM Schedule for Sat. 10/14/23 - Marilyn Monroe, Charles Boyer, Elizabeth Taylor, Ann-Margret

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(Original "Asphalt Jungle" without then-unknown Marilyn Monroe's name on it. More details in listing for film at 8 p.m.)

Saturday, October 14 at a glance

SPOTLIGHT: GOTHIC MOVIES
- UNGENTLEMANLY CALLERS
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
Suspicion (1941)
Man in Grey, The (1943)
- TCM DAYTIME
SPOTLIGHT: GOTHIC MOVIES (cont.)
Gaslight (1940)
WEEKEND FEATURES
MGM Cartoons: Who Killed Who? (1943)
Practical Jokers (1938) (short)
Colorful Holland (1950) (short)
Expensive Husbands (1937)
Batman and Robin Ch. 13:
The Wizard's Challenge (1949)
Popeye: Shiver Me Timbers! (1934)
Paris Playboys (1954)
Maid for a Day (1936) (short)
Bathing Beauty (1944) (Musical Matinee)
Lassie Come Home (1943)
Westward the Women (1951)
Once A Thief (1965)
- TCM PRIMETIME
DOUBLE CROSSED
Asphalt Jungle, The (1950)
Fish Called Wanda, A (1988)
- NOIR ALLEY
Big Caper, The (1957)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: WATER RIGHTS
Milagro Beanfield War, The (1988)
Stampede (1949)

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12:00 AM Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

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A new bride becomes obsessed with the one room her husband keeps locked.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: The grove of trees through which Celia (Joan Bennett) runs when she flees the house is the same grove through which the Wolf Man ran in The Wolf Man (1941), also made by Universal. In particular, the tree, against which she leans, is the same one under which the Wolf Man was beaten.


2:00 AM Suspicion (1941)

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A young woman marries a charming man after a brief romance but then comes to believe that he is only after her money and will do anything to get it.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations: ACTRESS -- Joan Fontaine {"Lina McLaidlaw"} (WINNER)
MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) -- Franz Waxman
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE -- RKO Radio

Trivia: In interviews, Sir Alfred Hitchcock said that an RKO executive ordered that all scenes in which Cary Grant appeared menacing be excised from the movie. When the cutting was completed, the movie ran only fifty-five minutes. The scenes were later restored, Hitchcock said, because he shot each piece of film so that there was only one way to edit them together properly. This is a technique called 'in-camera editing', a trick Hitchcock had already employed a year before during filming of Rebecca (1940), to prevent producer David O. Selznick from interfering with the final cut of the movie.


3:45 AM The Man in Grey (1943)

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A brutish, hedonistic Marquis marries a pretty young Clarissa to act as a 'brood sow,' and then begins an affair with her friend who plots to take her place.
Dir: Leslie Arliss Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: James Mason was originally cast as Rokeby, but he took over the villain's part of the Marquis of Rohan, replacing Eric Portman. Stewart Granger inherited the role of Rokeby.


6:00 AM Gaslight (1940)

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A turn-of-the-century bride moves into the house where her aunt was murdered and begins to fear she's going mad.
Dir: Thorold Dickinson Cast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR -- Charles Boyer {"Gregory Anton"}
ACTRESS -- Ingrid Bergman {"Paula Alquist"} (WINNER)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Angela Lansbury {"Nancy Oliver"}
ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky (WINNER)
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph Ruttenberg
BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
WRITING (Screenplay) -- John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston

Trivia: Director George Cukor suggested that Ingrid Bergman study the patients at a mental hospital to learn about nervous breakdowns. She did, focusing on one woman in particular, whose habits and physical quirks became part of the character.

Trivia: Charles Boyer's wife, Pat Paterson, was pregnant with what would be the couple's only child. Boyer and Paterson had been trying to have a baby for many years, and Boyer was exceptionally nervous while making this movie. He rushed between takes to call and check on his wife's health as the expected birth date grew nearer. The baby was expected to come after Boyer had finished working on this movie, but he arrived early while Boyer was on set. Boyer broke down in tears when he was notified, and he informed the rest of the cast and crew of his son's birth. Production was halted for the day and the cast and crew opened up bottles of champagne to celebrate the birth.

Trivia: Dame Angela Lansbury was only eighteen when she made this, her theatrical movie debut. She had been working at Bullocks Department Store in Los Angeles, California, and when she told her boss that she was leaving, he offered to match the pay at her new job. Expecting it to be in the region of her Bullocks salary of the equivalent of twenty-seven dollars a week, he was somewhat taken aback when she told him she would be earning five hundred dollars a week.


8:00 AM Short: Who Killed Who? (1943)
A detective tries to investigate a murder at a haunted house.
Dir: Tex Avery (fred) Cast: Tex Avery (fred), Robert Emmett O'Connor
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:09 AM Short: Practical Jokers (1938)
In this comedic short, a practical joker gets his comeuppance from his friends.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Leonard Landy, Sidney Kibrick, Eugene Lee
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:18 AM Short: Colorful Holland (1950)
This short film takes the viewer to four villages in the Netherlands.
Dir: Ralph F. Donaldson Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Keith Covey, James A. Fitzpatrick
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:27 AM Expensive Husbands (1937)



A rising film star pays a steep price when she marries a prince for publicity.
Dir: Bobby Connolly Cast: Patric Knowles, Beverly Roberts, Allyn Joslyn
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: Fritz Feld is made up to resemble Erich von Stroheim, and his character behaves in a martinet manner often employed by Stroheim.


9:30 AM Serial: Batman and Robin: Chapter 13 - The Wizard's Challenge (1949)
An invisible criminal mastermind sets a bomb to kill the Dynamic Duo.
Dir: Spencer Gordon Bennet Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N


10:00 AM Cartoon: Shiver Me Timbers! (1934)
Popeye is attracted to an old weather-beaten ship bearing a sign that says Ghost Ship - Beware. He explores it with Olive Oyl and Wimpy as his unwilling companions.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky Cast: William Costello, Lou Fleischer, Charles Lawrence
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:08 AM Paris Playboys (1954)
When one of the Bowery Boys impersonates a missing French professor, the group ends up battling spies.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Short: Maid for a Day (1936)
A fading Broadway entertainer takes a job as a maid.
Dir: Joseph Henabery Cast: Ray Foster, Marvin Jensen, Peter Lind Hayes
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Bathing Beauty (1944)

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A songwriter enrolls in an all-girl school to court a pretty gym teacher.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: While filming at Lakeside Pool on a cold January day, the swimmers went on strike unless director George Sidney stripped naked and went into the water.


2:00 PM Lassie Come Home (1943)

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A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Dir: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Oscar nominations: CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Leonard Smith

Trivia: Dame Elizabeth Taylor replaced Maria Flynn in the role of Priscilla. Some sources say Flynn was afraid of the dog on the set; others say that she grew taller than Roddy McDowall or that the strong Technicolor lighting caused her eyes to water. In any case, production was halted. Producer Samuel Marx was walking the 600 block of North Foothill Road in Beverly Hills doing his nightly patrol as an air raid warden when he met Francis Taylor, who patrolled the 700 block. Knowing he and Sara Taylor wanted to get their daughter into the movies, he asked him to bring Elizabeth to the studio. There she was introduced to Lassie and the production resumed.


3:45 PM Westward the Women (1951)

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A frontiersman leads a wagon train full of mail-order brides.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: Denise Darcel's French-language dialog includes a few words which prove that no one in the 1950s version of the Hays Office understood French. Some of the terms she used while angry at "Buck Wyatt" would never have gotten past the censors in English.

6:00 PM Once a Thief (1965)

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A young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: First production to use the new, more sensitive Eastman 4-X film, which eliminated the need for a lot of expensive lighting equipment, especially in nighttime scenes.

Trivia: Production was temporarily delayed as reported in the 18 November 1964 edition of Daily Variety, when Ann-Margret accidentally struck director Ralph Nelson in the head with an ashtray she was supposed to throw at Alain Delon. The wound reportedly required nineteen stitches to close.


8:00 PM The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

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Recently paroled master criminal Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider gathers several crooks together in Cincinnati for a heist. The robbery is pulled off successfully until an alert night watchman shoots the team's safe-cracker.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Oscar nominations: ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Sam Jaffe {"Dr. Erwin Riedenschneider"}
CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Harold Rosson
DIRECTING -- John Huston
WRITING (Screenplay) -- Ben Maddow, John Huston

Trivia: The poster showing Marilyn Monroe in a purple dress was created much later after she became a household name. Monroe was basically unknown when the film was made in 1950 and only had a very small role. She wasn't named on the original posters at all.


10:00 PM A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

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Four crooks pull off a daring heist, then plot to doublecross each other.
Dir: Charles Crichton Cast: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Kevin Kline {"Otto"}
DIRECTING -- Charles Crichton
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) -- Screenplay by John Cleese; Story by John Cleese, Charles Crichton

Trivia: Michael Palin's father stuttered, so Palin used a lot of his real-life experience when playing Ken Pile, including the fact that Ken's stutter is less pronounced around people he trusts (George Thomason and Wanda Gershwitz) and worse around people with whom he is uncomfortable (Otto West).

NOIR ALLEY: 12:00 AM The Big Caper (1957)

A con artist moves into a small town to spearhead a payroll robbery.
Dir: Robert Stevens Cast: Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:


2:00 AM The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)

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A New Mexican town rallies behind a farmer who unintentionally irrigates his land with the water supply of a rich entrepreneur.
Dir: Robert Redford Cast: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

Oscar nomination:
MUSIC (Original Score) -- Dave Grusin (WINNER)

Trivia: At one of the local Milagro stores where lawyer Charlie Bloom is dropping off his newspapers, a woman is shopping for Newman's Own salad dressing. The store owner tells her, that's no good, buy something else - an obvious in-joke in which director Robert Redford tweaks his longtime friend and two-time co-star Paul Newman.

4:15 AM Stampede (1949)

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Sheriff Johnny Mack Brown attempts to reconcile two feuding cattle barons and catch the culprit who is cheating the local settlers out of their water rights.
Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, Johnny Mack Brown
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

Trivia: When the company went on location in northern California, co-star Gale Storm had to bring along her three sons because her husband was away on a business trip. According to the publicity materials for this film, Allied Artists became the first studio in Hollywood to have a babysitter on its payroll.