TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 12th: Race & Hollywood: Arab Images in Film

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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

12:00 AM Return To Treasure Island (1954)
A student vies with crooks for buried treasure.
Dir: E. A. Dupont Cast: Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall.
C-75 mins, TV-PG,

1:30 AM Battle Cry (1955)
A group of Marines eagerly await deployment during World War II.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman.
C-148 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

4:15 AM Golden Arrow, The (1964)
An Arabian bandit discovers he's the long lost son of a Sultan.
Dir: Antonio Margheriti Cast: Tab Hunter, Rossana Podestà , Umberto Melnati.
C-91 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

6:00 AM It's Trad, Dad! (1961)
Two British teens and their friends bring "traditional" jazz to a small English town.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: Helen Shapiro, Craig Douglas, Felix Felton.
BW-78 mins, TV-G,



7:30 AM Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
A rock star's personal appearance turns a small town into a disaster area.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret.
C-112 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

9:30 AM Juke Box Rhythm (1959)
A princess visiting New York gets mixed up with rock musicians.
Dir: Arthur Dreifuss Cast: Jo Morrow, Jack Jones, Brian Donlevy.
BW-82 mins, TV-G,

11:00 AM Senior Prom (1958)
Boys from opposite sides of the tracks vie to take a pretty senior to the prom.
Dir: David Lowell Rich Cast: Jill Corey, Paul Hampton, Jimmie Komack.
BW-82 mins, TV-PG,

12:30 PM Rock Around the Clock (1956)
A music promoter decides to get into the new world of rock music.
Dir: Fred F. Sears Cast: Bill Haley and His Comets, The Platters, Ernie Freeman Combo.
BW-77 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 PM Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
The surfing gang rescues a beautiful singer from evil bikers.
Dir: William Asher Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley.
C-97 mins, TV-G, Letterbox Format



3:51 PM Teenagers On Trial (1955)
An RKO short raising concern about teenage delinquency that was becoming a problem in the 1950s. Certain problems include petty theft, larceny, car-jacking, gangs. The film suggests that the fault lies not with the kids or even with the courts, but rather with the school system and parenting.
BW-8 mins,

4:00 PM Cool Ones, The (1967)
A rock promoter creates a popular singing duo and tries to run their lives.
Dir: Gene Nelson Cast: Roddy McDowall, Debbie Watson, Gil Peterson.
C-95 mins, TV-PG,

5:46 PM Bars And Stripes (1937)
BW-11 mins,

6:00 PM Jailhouse Rock (1957)
After learning to play the guitar in prison, a young man becomes a rock 'n roll sensation.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy.
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

7:39 PM Darkness Into Light (1956)
C-20 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: RACE & HOLLYWOOD: ARAB IMAGES IN FILM

8:00 PM Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
A British military officer enlists the Arabs for desert warfare in World War I.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn.
C-227 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



12:00 AM Lion of the Desert (1981)
A Libyan resistance leader fights against Italian invaders on the eve of World War II.
Dir: Moustapha Akkad Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas.
C-173 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM Four Feathers, The (1939)
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith.
C-115 mins, TV-PG,



5:00 AM Young Winston (1972)
The young Winston Churchill overcomes a bad family life and early military mistakes to launch his political career.
Dir: Richard Attenborough Cast: Simon Ward, Peter Cellier, Ronald Hines.
C-153 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format