Saturday, April 27, 2013

TCM for May 2013



After a slow start, TCM blossoms with some rare and intriguing May flowers. There's the silent serial Judex which is a must for film historians. There's some Ozu, Godard and Truffaut for cineastes and a screening of Coppola's seldom seen bit of American art house The Rain People on the 21st. Plenty of lighter moments too, including a Harold Lloyd Festival and the cheese-ball classic A Summer Place. The month ends with a bang when lovers of big hair, and other big anatomical parts, will will want to catch the campy 1980s hit Night of the Comet.

My recommendations below. All times Eastern.

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JUDEX
5/5

12:30 AM
The third episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-37 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
The prologue to the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-36 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
The first episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
The second episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-16 mins, TV-G

2:45 AM
A spinster attached to her father makes a change in her life with the help of her sister.
BW-108 mins, TV-G,

5/6

11:00 AM
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
BW-88 mins, TV-PG, CC,

THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI

12:30 PM
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC


11:45 PM

An all-star cast, including Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, introduces clips from MGM's greatest musicals.
C-135 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


5/8

9:45 PM
When she's forced to hire a driver, a southern matron questions her assumptions about race.
C-99 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

1:15 AM
A group of elderly people are rejuvenated by aliens after swimming in a pool.
C-117 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5/9

6:00 AM
When a widow's family moves to the big city, two of her sons become romantic rivals, with deadly results.
BW-176 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

9:00 AM
French adapation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, about Tom Ripley, a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser.
C-117 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format





9:30 PM
An adulterous couple discovers that their children are sexually involved.
C-130 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

5/11

4:00 PM
Evil spirits abduct a suburban family's daughter causing chaos and havoc.
C-115 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM
During a deadly endurance race, a driver faces the trauma of a past accident.
C-109 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

8:00 PM
A Welsh mining family faces the struggles of life together.
BW-119 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:15 PM
A girl in the slums tries to find her way with the help of her devoted mother and alcoholic father.
BW-129 mins, TV-G, CC,


5/12

12:30 AM
The sixth episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-23 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
The fourth episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
The seventh episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-30 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
The fifth episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

2:30 AM
A family chooses a match for their 28-year-old daughter, but she has her own plans.
BW-125 mins, TV-G,


5/13

12:30 AM
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation.
C-125 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

THE 400 BLOWS

2:45 AM
A 12-year-old boy turns to crime to escape family problems.
BW-100 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM
BW-104 mins, TV-MA,


5/14

3:15 AM
Gunmen hold a New York subway train and its passengers for ransom.
C-104 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

5/15
8:00 PM
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
C-99 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
A psychiatrist tries to help the man she loves solve a murder buried in his subconscious.
BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC,

12:00 AM
Towards the end of WWII, Italian underground workers stand up to the Nazis.
BW-103 mins, TV-PG,



PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

2:00 AM
A traveling salesman's music-inspired dreams lead to tragedy.
C-108 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format


5/19

12:00 AM
The eighth episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-24 mins, TV-G,

12:00 AM
The tenth episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.

BW-9 mins, TV-G,
12:00 AM
The eleventh episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

12:00 AM
The ninth episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-24 mins, TV-G,

12:00 AM
The epilogue to the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex.
BW-5 mins, TV-G,

12:00 AM
The twelfth episode of the French silent serial about dashing pulp avenger, Judex
BW-13 mins, TV-G,






2:30 AM
BW-129 mins, TV-G,

4:45 AM
A widow tries to get her daughter to safety in World War II Italy.
BW-96 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format


5/20

3:30 AM
A mad scientist invents an army of bikini-clad robots programmed to seek out wealthy men.
C-89 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM
The foppish mad scientist plots a scheme to take over the world by killing off the military leaders of every country.
C-82 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


5/21

10:30 PM
An ex-con takes on the mob to avenge his brother's death.
C-103 mins, TV-14, CC,

12:30 AM
A police detective clashes with his brother, a monsignor, during a murder investigation.
C-108 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

2:30 AM
An astronaut takes a one-way voyage to the moon.
C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


THE RAIN PEOPLE

4:15 AM
A housewife who feels trapped leaves home and takes up with a hitchhiker.
C-101 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


5/23

Harold Lloyd Festival
8:00 PM
In this silent film, a small-town boy out to impress his girlfriend scales a skyscraper in the big city.
BW-74 mins, TV-G,


9:30 PM
A rare Harold Lloyd comedic short.
Cast:  Harold Lloyd ,
BW-10 mins, TV-G,

9:30 PM
A rare Harold Lloyd comedic short.
BW-10 mins, TV-G,

9:30 PM
A rare Harold Lloyd comedic short.
Dir: Hal Mohr Cast:  Harold Lloyd ,
BW-9 mins, TV-G,

9:30 PM
In this silent short, boy saves a man from drowning, only to discover that it is the wrong man.
BW-10 mins, TV-G,

9:30 PM
While delivering a message, a messenger finds himself in a girl's seminary.
BW-10 mins, TV-G,

9:30 PM
A rare Harold Lloyd comedic short.
BW-11 mins, TV-G,

9:30 PM
In order to claim his inheritance, a man must first come up with a wife and child.
BW-9 mins, TV-G,


THE FRESHMAN


11:00 PM
In this silent film, a naive college boy tries to join the football team after making a fool out of himself.
BW-76 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
A rare Harold Lloyd film in which Lloysd literally demolishes a department store in helping the unlucky customers.
BW-10 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but end up demolishing their garden.
BW-9 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
A bumbling U.S. soldier attempts to aid a put-upon Russian woman.
BW-10 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
A bookkeeper escapes the office to enjoy the spring weather.
BW-9 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
A rare Harold Lloyd comedic short.
BW-10 mins, TV-G,

12:30 AM
A rare Harold Lloyd comedic short.
BW-10 mins, TV-G,


1:45 AM
In this silent film, the weakling in a family of he-men tries to prove his mettle.
BW-82 mins, TV-G,

3:15 AM
After a wild bachelor party, a boy finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures.
BW-19 mins, TV-G,

3:45 AM
In this silent film, a young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
BW-22 mins, TV-G,

4:15 AM
In this silent film, a young man deals with escorting a child on a train trip.
Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast:  Harold Lloyd ,
BW-36 mins, TV-G,

5:00 AM
In this silent film, a newlywed husband has in-law problems.
BW-60 mins, TV-G,





INSIDE DAISY CLOVER

5/24

8:00 PM
A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
C-129 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM
An Englishman in Hollywood moves into the funeral business.
BW-121 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 AM
A comic tries to escape his mob connections.
BW-93 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

2:15 AM
A car crash causes a rich man to reconsider the life he leads.
C-126 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:30 AM
A married man tries to figure out how to share in his rich girlfriend's fortune.
C-88 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


5/25

4:30 AM
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC,


5/27

8:00 PM
A Depression-era drifter takes up street fighting to make his fortune.
C-93 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


10:00 PM
When mobsters kill the witness he was assigned to protect, a dedicated policeman investigates the case on his own.
C-114 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



PALE RIDER

12:00 AM
A mysterious avenger helps the innocent citizens of a corrupt gold-mining town.
C-116 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
C-105 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.
C-112 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

5/31

5:00 PM
A young businessman catches his boss keeping a mistress in the company apartment.
C-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:00 PM
Jane Fonda recalls her father Henry's career as a star of stage and screen.
BW-46 mins, TV-G, CC,

8:00 PM
A playboy squanders his wealth and must seek out a new source to maintain his idle rich lifestyle, namely marrying a rich woman and ... murdering her.
C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
In the days after Pearl Harbor, Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion.
C-119 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

NIGHT OF THE COMET
4:15 AM
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two teen girls to fight the evil types who survive... and still find time to go to the mall.
C-95 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

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