The highlight of the month is a Charlie Chaplin festival on the 16th, with commentary from The Dardenne Brothers, Jim Jarmusch and Bernardo Bertolucci. Watch for the camp classic Reefer Madness on the 19th and a public service short on the 20th about why you should give your wife tranquilizers. Also of note is Dick Cavett's TV interview with Kate Hepburn on the 2nd. I remember this from its original airing in the 1970s and the feisty Miss Hepburn pulled no punches.
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Below are my recommendations, all times Eastern.
4/2
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger , Ruth Roman , Robert Walker .
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC,
10:00 PM
A free-spirited convict refuses to conform to chain-gang life.
Dir: Stuart Rosenberg Cast: Paul Newman , George Kennedy , J. D. Cannon .
C-126 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
12:15 AM
A recent college graduate has an affair with his neighbor's wife, then falls for their daughter.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Anne Bancroft , Dustin Hoffman , Katharine Ross .
C-106 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
2:15 AM
An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Sidney Poitier , Katharine Hepburn .
C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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| Katherine Hepburn and Dick Cavett |
4:15 AM
Katharine Hepburn appears on The Dick Cavett Show in an interview that originally aired September 14, 1973.
C-68 mins, TV-14, CC,
5:30 AM
Katharine Hepburn appears on The Dick Cavett Show in an interview that originally aired October 2, 1973.
C-70 mins, TV-14, CC,
4/3
2:00 PM
Motorcycle-riding delinquents take over a small town.
Dir: Laslo Benedek Cast: Marlon Brando , Mary Murphy , Robert Keith .
BW-79 mins, TV-14, CC,
3:30 PM
A young stevedore takes on the mobster who rules the docks.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Marlon Brando , Karl Malden , Lee J. Cobb .
BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
5:30 PM
A big-city gambler bets that he can seduce a Salvation Army girl.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Marlon Brando , Jean Simmons , Frank Sinatra .
C-149 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
Shakespeare's tale of the warrior king who learns the meaning of heroism during a daring invasion of France.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier , Michael Warre , Robert Newton .
BW-137 mins, TV-PG,
10:30 PM
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier , Eileen Herlie , Basil Sydney .
BW-154 mins, TV-14, CC,
1:15 AM
A hunchbacked madman plots to make himself king of England.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Ralph Richardson .
C-158 mins, TV-PG,
4:00 AM
A famed general convinces himself that his wife is unfaithful.
Dir: Stuart Burge Cast: Laurence Olivier , Frank Finlay , Maggie Smith .
C-166 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
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| Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Perkins in "Goodbye Again" |
4/4
6:00 PM
A 40-year-old woman swaps her sophisticated lover for a young law student.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Ingrid Bergman , Yves Montand , Anthony Perkins .
BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
A dedicated teacher sacrifices everything to send a young miner to Oxford.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis , Nigel Bruce , Rhys Williams .
BW-114 mins, TV-G, CC,
10:00 PM
A Welsch mining family faces the struggles of life together.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Walter Pidgeon , Maureen O'Hara , Anna Lee .
BW-119 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4/6
5:45 PM
Two bounty hunters join forces to bring an outlaw to justice.
Dir: Sergio Leone Cast: Clint Eastwood , Lee Van Cleef , Gian Maria Volontè .
BW-132 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
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
4:45 AM
This anti-porn documentary shows a floodtide of filth engulfing the country in the form of newsstand obscenity
C-31 mins, TV-MA,
4:45 AM
A disturbing animated short that details the effects of alcohol on the body and mind.
C-10 mins,
4:45 AM
Short film that details "internal forces" that damage a nation, such as drugs, gambling, and unwed pregnant women.
BW-26 mins, TV-PG,
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| Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray in "Double Indemnity" |
4/7
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Fred MacMurray , Barbara Stanwyck , Edward G. Robinson .
BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC,
5:30 PM
A young lawyer from the wrong side of town tries to break into society.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Paul Newman , Barbara Rush , Alexis Smith .
BW-137 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ingrid Bergman , Gregory Peck , Michael Chekhov .
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC,
10:00 PM
A cruel man's wife and lover plot to kill him.
Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot Cast: Paul Meurisse , Vera Clouzot , Simone Signoret .
BW-117 mins, TV-MA,
4/9
12:00 PM
An arrogant stock-car racer ignores his family.
Dir: Leonard Horn Cast: Robert Blake , Charlotte Rampling , Patrick O'Neal .
C-89 mins, TV-14,
1:30 PM
An academic couple reveal their deepest secret to a pair of newcomers during an all-night booze fest.
Dir: Mike Nichols Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton , George Segal .
BW-131 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
3:45 PM
A novice schoolteacher faces delinquent students and apathetic administrators in a tough inner city high school.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Sandy Dennis , Patrick Bedford , Eileen Heckart .
C-124 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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| Jean Renoir's "Woman on the Beach" |
4/10
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
A coast guardsman begins to think his mistress's blind husband can really see.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Joan Bennett , Robert Ryan , Charles Bickford .
BW-71 mins, TV-G, CC,
10:30 PM
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Laurence Olivier , Diane Lane , Thelonious Bernard .
C-110 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
4/12
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
A bored boy enters a fantasy world where letters and numbers are at war.
Dir: Chuck Jones Cast: Mel Blanc , Daws Butler , Candy Candido .
C-89 mins, TV-G, CC,
6:15 PM
A World War I U-boat takes a wrong turn and discovers a lost world of dinosaurs and cavemen.
Dir: Kevin Connor Cast: Doug McClure , John McEnery , Susan Penhaligon .
C-91 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
4/14
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
A substitute teacher changes the lives of the slum children in his class.
Dir: James Clavell Cast: Sidney Poitier , Christian Roberts , Judy Geeson .
C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
3:30 PM
A young woman tries to recover her sanity in a corrupt mental institution.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: Olivia deHavilland , Mark Stevens , Leo Genn .
BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC,
5:30 PM
Sexual repression drives a small-town Kansas girl mad during the roaring twenties.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Natalie Wood , Warren Beatty , Pat Hingle .
C-124 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
Three prospectors fight off bandits and each other after striking-it-rich in the Mexican mountains.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Walter Huston , Tim Holt .
BW-126 mins, TV-PG, CC,
10:15 PM
A husband whose wife left him looks for new love in Europe.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Walter Huston , Ruth Chatterton , Paul Lukas .
BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC,
2:00 AM
The story of an androgynous jewel thief, based on a novel by Japan's master of suspense, Edogawa Rampo.
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku Cast: Akihiro Maruyama , Isao Kimura , Junya Usami .
C-101 mins, Letterbox Format
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| Chaplin Festival! |
4/16
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
In this silent film, an overworked farmhand dreams of marrying the farmer's daughter.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Edna Purviance , Albert Austin .
BW-29 mins, TV-G,
8:00 AM
In this silent film, a lost soul in the Yukon seeks love and wealth.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Mack Swain , Tom Murray , Georgia Hale .
BW-72 mins, TV-G,
9:15 AM
In this silent film, the Little Tramp joins a circus to hide from the police.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Merna Kennedy , Betty Morrissey .
BW-72 mins, TV-G,
10:30 AM
The Tramp struggles to live in a modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Henry Bergman .
BW-87 mins, TV-G,
12:00 PM
Filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Darenne share their impression of Charlie Chaplin's classic Modern Times.
C-26 mins, TV-G, CC,
12:30 PM
A Jewish barber takes the place of a war-hungry dictator.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Jack Oakie .
BW-125 mins, TV-PG, CC,
2:45 PM
A European king loses his money while stranded in the U.S.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Dawn Addams , Maxine Audley .
BW-105 mins, TV-PG,
4:30 PM
Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch discusses his impressions of Charlie Chaplin's A King in New York.
C-27 mins, TV-G, CC,
5:00 PM
A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Claire Bloom , Nigel Bruce .
BW-138 mins, TV-G, CC,
7:30 PM
Director Bernardo Bertolucci shares his impressions of Charlie Chaplin's classic Limelight.
Dir: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin , Claire Bloom , Sydney Chaplin .
C-27 mins, TV-G, CC,
8:00 PM
The son of a ruined millionaire and a horsewoman becomes a clown and restores their fortune.
Dir: Pierre Etaix Cast: Pierre Etaix , Philippe Dionnet , Luce Klein .
BW-92 mins,
9:45 PM
A young woman waits and waits for her delayed husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Dir: Pierre Etaix Cast: Lucien Fregis , Laurence Lignigres , Pierre Etaix .
BW-15 mins,
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| Oh No! It's Reefer Madness! |
4/19
6:00 AM
6:00 AM
Drug dealers lure a pair of young innocents into marijuana addiction.
Dir: Louis Gasnier Cast: Dorothy Short , Kenneth Craig , Lillian Miles .
BW-65 mins, TV-14,
4:00 AM
A young single mother and her co-worker try to unionize the milll where they work.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Sally Field , Beau Bridges , Ron Leibman .
C-115 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
4/20
1:45 PM
True story of folk singer Woody Guthrie, who rose to the top while fighting for the rights of migrant farm workers.
Dir: Hal Ashby Cast: David Carradine , Ronny Cox , Melinda Dillon .
C-148 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
5:45 AM
The modern miracle of tranquilizers helps working men and their wives deal with life's little problems.
C-13 mins, TV-G,
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| Milos Forman's "Loves of a Blond" |
4/21
2:15 AM
A young woman in a small Czech town sleeps with a musician. When she doesn't hear from him, she packs up and arrives on his doorstep in the big city.
Dir: Milo¿ Forman Cast: Hana Brejchová , VladimÃr Pucholt , VladimÃr Men¿Ãk .
BW-90 mins,
4/23
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
An experienced cavalry officer tries to keep his new, by-the-books commander from triggering an Indian war.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Henry Fonda , Shirley Temple .
BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC,
10:00 PM
A scientist's experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Claude Rains , Gloria Stuart , William Harrigan .
BW-72 mins, TV-PG, CC,
4/25
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Cowboys compete in a grueling horse-riding marathon.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Gene Hackman , Candice Bergen , James Coburn .
C-131 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format
4/27
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Elizabeth Taylor , Rock Hudson , James Dean .
BW-201 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
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| Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds in "The Tender Trap" |
4/28
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
A swinging bachelor finds love when he meets a girl immune to his line.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Frank Sinatra , Debbie Reynolds , David Wayne .
C-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
2:15 AM
A medieval knight challenges Death to a chess game to save himself and his friends.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Max von Sydow , Bengt Ekerot , Gunnar Björnstrand .
BW-97 mins, TV-PG,
4:00 AM
A devout coward vows to assassinate Napoleon in the name of love.
Dir: Woody Allen Cast: Woody Allen , Diane Keaton , Georges Adet .
C-85 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
4/30
2:45 AM
2:45 AM
A femme fatale lures an unemployed man into helping her with a criminal scheme.
Dir: Richard Wallace Cast: Glenn Ford , Janis Carter , Barry Sullivan .
BW-82 mins, TV-PG,
4:15 AM
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, TV-PG, CC,
2 comments:
Recommend Double Indemnity, A Little Romance, The Land that Time Forgot, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Gold Rush, Invisible Man, Seventh Seal, and Gilda. Gilda is awesome, and Double Indemnity is one of the greatest Hollywood ever produced.
Faves:
1. GILDA!!!!
2. Double Indemnity
3. Woman on the Beach
4. Goodbye Again
5. All the Shakespeare movies, except I love the Kenneth Branagh versions!
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