TCM kicks off 2015 with lots of cool stuff, including a Marx Brothers marathon on New Year's Day. My picks below. All times Eastern. Full schedule HERE
1/1 Thursday
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| The password is Swordfish |
8:00 PM
In an effort to beef up his school's football team, a college president mistakenly recruits two loonies.
Dir: Norman McLeod Cast: Groucho Marx , Harpo Marx , Chico Marx .
BW-67 mins, CC,
9:15 PM
Three zanies turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege's romance with the leading lady.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-91 mins, CC,
11:00 PM
A group of zanies tries to save a pretty girl's sanitarium.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Groucho [Marx] , Chico [Marx] , Harpo [Marx] .
BW-109 mins, CC,
1:00 AM
Three zany producers try to extend their hotel credit until they can get a play mounted.
Dir: William A. Seiter Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-79 mins, CC,
2:30 AM
The Marx Bros. team up to keep a circus from going bankrupt.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-87 mins, CC,
4:00 AM
Three zanies tackle outlaws and Indians when they head westward.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW-80 mins, CC,
5:30 AM
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-29 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1/2 Friday
8:00 PM
A divorced neat freak moves in with his sloppy best friend.
Dir: Gene Saks Cast: Jack Lemmon , Walter Matthau , John Fiedler .
C-105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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| Jack Lemmon at his best in The Out-of-Towners |
10:00 PM
A man's New York job interview turns into a non-stop nightmare.
Dir: Arthur Hiller Cast: Jack Lemmon , Sandy Dennis , Milt Kamen .
C-97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1/3 Saturday
3:30 AM
Set in the future, Manhattan becomes a prison and an ex-bank robber is in charge of rescuing the president.
Dir: John Carpenter Cast: Kurt Russell , Lee Van Cleef , Ernest Borgnine .
C-99 mins, Letterbox Format
5:15 AM
Vintage training short film used by police to show tear gas techniques
C-27 mins,
5:15 AM
Military tests demonstrate the dangers of poor home maintenance in the event of a nuclear attack in this short film.
C-12 mins,
1/4 Sunday
2:00 AM
In 19th-Century Paris, four men with very different intentions court a sideshow performer.
Dir: Marcel Carne Cast: Arletty , Jean-Louis Barrault , Marcel Herrand .
BW-190 mins,
1/5 Tuesday
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| Lots of wonderful Capra-corn on the 5th. |
8:00 PM
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Gary Cooper , Jean Arthur , George Bancroft .
BW-116 mins, CC,
10:00 PM
The World War II housing shortage brings three people together for an unlikely romance.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Jean Arthur , Joel McCrea , Charles Coburn .
BW-104 mins, CC,
12:00 AM
A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur , Lionel Barrymore , James Stewart .
BW-126 mins, CC,
2:15 AM
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur , James Stewart , Claude Rains .
BW-130 mins, CC,
1/7 Wednesday
8:00 PM
In this adaptation of the Dostoevsky classic, four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Yul Brynner , Maria Schell , Claire Bloom .
C-146 mins, CC,
10:45 PM
A young student murders for money then tries to escape his guilt and a brilliant detective.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Peter Lorre , Edward Arnold , Marian Marsh .
BW-88 mins, CC,
12:30 AM
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Dir: Robert Siodmak Cast: Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Melvyn Douglas .
BW-110 mins, CC,
2:30 AM
A former mental patient's romantic involvements lead to tragedy.
Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Masayuki Mori , Toshiro Mifune , Setsuko Hara .
BW-167 mins,
1/9 Friday
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| The one and only Elke in The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz |
6:30 AM
A German Olympic hopeful plots to polevault to freedom over the Berlin Wall.
Dir: George Marshall Cast: Elke Sommer , Bob Crane , Werner Klemperer .
C-113 mins, Letterbox Format
1:45 PM
Inmates at an innovative drug treatment center fight to kick heroin.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Chuck Connors , Stella Stevens , Alex Cord .
C-104 mins,
5:45 PM
A young drifter's romance with an older woman is threatened by his possessive mother.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Eva Marie Saint , Warren Beatty , Karl Malden .
BW-110 mins, CC,
8:00 PM
A criminal madman invites the world's greatest detectives for a night of dinner and murder.
Dir: Robert Moore Cast: Peter Falk , Truman Capote , Alec Guinness .
BW-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:45 PM
A private dick tackles two tough cases while trying to clear himself of a murder charge.
Dir: Robert Moore Cast: Peter Falk , Ann-Margret , Eileen Brennan .
C-92 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:30 PM
A New York hotel room is the setting for three stories of romantic squabbles.
Dir: Arthur Hiller Cast: Walter Matthau , Lee Grant , Barbara Harris .
C-114 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1:30 AM
Four sets of guests at a posh hotel face personal crises.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Alan Alda , Michael Caine , Bill Cosby .
C-103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1/10 Saturday
6:00 PM
A young man comes of age when he stows away in his grandfather's stolen car.
Dir: Mark Rydell Cast: Steve McQueen , Sharon Farrell , Will Geer .
C-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
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| Lots of Fritz Lang on the 10th |
In this silent film, a city of the future is threatened with destruction when a wealthy corporate leader enlists a mad scientist to put down labor reformers.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Brigitte Helm , Alfred Abel , Rudolf Klein-Rogge .
BW-149 mins,
10:45 PM
When hidden microfilm comes into his possession, an innocent man is drawn into espionage.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Ray Milland , Marjorie Reynolds , Carl Esmond .
BW-87 mins, CC,
12:30 AM
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can't remember the details of the encounter.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter , Richard Conte , Ann Sothern .
BW-88 mins, CC,
1/11 Sunday
2:00 AM
A young businessman and a hitchhiker develop a deadly rivalry during a boating weekend.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: Leon Niemczyk , Jolanta Umecka , Zygmunt Malanowicz .
BW-94 mins,
3:45 AM
French adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, about Tom Ripley, a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser.
Dir: René Clément Cast: Alain Delon , Marie Laforêt , Maurice Ronet .
C-117 mins,
1/14 Wednesday
7:45 AM
A millionaire tries to prove that his pet chimp is as smart as the local teens.
Dir: William Asher Cast: Frankie Avalon , Annette Funicello , Martha Hyer .
C-100 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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| Herman's Hermits double feature on the 14th |
9:30 AM
Herman's Hermits travel to England for a high-stakes greyhound race.
Dir: Saul Swimmer Cast: Peter Noone , Karl Green , Keith Hopwood .
C-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:15 AM
Rocket scientists consider naming a space ship after Herman's Hermits.
Dir: Arthur Lubin Cast: Peter Noone , Karl Green , Keith Hopwood .
C-86 mins, Letterbox Format
12:45 PM
A music publisher courts a student songwriter at a ski resort.
Dir: Sidney Miller Cast: Mary Ann Mobley , Chad Everett , Joan O'Brien .
C-87 mins, Letterbox Format
2:15 PM
Two college guys take a ski trip to meet girls.
Dir: Alan Rafkin Cast: Frankie Avalon , Dwayne Hickman , Deborah Walley .
C-91 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 PM
A wealthy playboy gives up partying to help a Nevada farm girl make her ranch a success.
Dir: Alvin Ganzer Cast: Connie Francis , Harve Presnell , Herman's Hermits .
C-97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:45 PM
Television producers discover country/western music at a small-town college.
Dir: Gene Nelson Cast: Peter Breck , Ruta Lee , Joby Baker .
BW-92 mins,
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| It's all done with mirrors in Lady From Shanghai |
8:00 PM
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Rita Hayworth , Orson Welles , Everett Sloane .
BW-87 mins, CC,
9:45 PM
A black woman uses her late husband's life insurance to build a better world for her children.
Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier , Claudia McNeil , Ruby Dee .
BW-128 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1/16 Friday
3:15 PM
A space visitor's touch turns an unhappy heiress into a vengeful giant.
Dir: Nathan Hertz Cast: Allison Hayes , William Hudson , Yvette Vickers .
BW-66 mins, CC,
4:30 PM
A scientist's experimental space craft puts him in the path of an intergalactic invasion.
Dir: Nathan Juran Cast: Edward Judd , Lionel Jeffries , Martha Hyer .
C-103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:30 PM
A crashed spaceship unleashes a rapidly growing monster from Venus.
Dir: Nathan Juran Cast: William Hopper , Joan Taylor , Frank Puglia .
BW-83 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM
A dancer discovers her runaway boyfriend has sublet her apartment to an aspiring actor.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Richard Dreyfuss , Marsha Mason , Quinn Cummings .
C-111 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1/18 Sunday
3:00 PM
A misfit fights for happiness in the world of swinging London.
Dir: Silvio Narizzano Cast: James Mason , Alan Bates , Lynn Redgrave .
BW-99 mins, CC,
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| To Kill a Mockingbird on the 18th |
8:00 PM
A young girl grows up fast when her lawyer father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Gregory Peck , Frank Overton , John Megna .
BW-129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1/19 Monday
6:00 AM
Only a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: David Brian , Claude Jarman Jr. , Juano Hernandez .
BW-87 mins, CC,
8:00 AM
A black sheriff's arrival sets off racial fireworks in a small southern town.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Jim Brown , George Kennedy , Fredric March .
C-97 mins, Letterbox Format
10:00 AM
A black family tries to build a new life by passing as white.
Dir: Alfred L. Werker Cast: Beatrice Pearson , Mel Ferrer , Susan Douglas .
BW-99 mins, CC,
12:00 PM
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster.
Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer .
BW-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 PM
A white divorcee's marriage to a black man could cost her custody of her daughter.
Dir: Larry Peerce Cast: Barbara Barrie , Bernie Hamilton , Richard Mulligan .
BW-92 mins,
3:45 PM
A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography.
Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Kyle Johnson , Alex Clarke , Estelle Evans .
C-107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
5:45 PM
A green officer is assigned to lead an all-black unit in the Civil War.
Dir: Edward Zwick Cast: Matthew Broderick , Cary Elwes , Morgan Freeman .
C-122 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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| The Defiant Ones kicks off a Sidney Poitier Fest on the 19th |
8:00 PM
Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Tony Curtis , Sidney Poitier , Theodore Bikel .
BW-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 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, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 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, CC, Letterbox Format
1/24 Saturday
4:30 AM
A cocaine dealer tries to pull off one big score so he can get out of crime.
Dir: Gordon Parks Jr. Cast: Ron O'Neal , Carl Lee , Sheila Frazier .
C-93 mins, Letterbox Format
1/25 Sunday
6:30 AM
A college professor fights censorship and an amorous football player who's after his wife.
Dir: Elliott Nugent Cast: Henry Fonda , Olivia de Havilland , Joan Leslie .
BW-101 mins, CC,
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| Ozu's brilliant Tokyo Story on the 25th |
3:00 AM
An aging couple visits their children in Tokyo only to find heartache and rejection.
Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Cast: Chishu Ryu , Chiyeko Higashiyama , Setsuko Hara .
BW-136 mins,
1/26 Monday
8:00 AM
When a woman sells her earrings to pay a gambling debt, it leads to a string of betrayals.
Dir: Max Ophüls Cast: Charles Boyer , Danielle Darrieux , Vittorio De Sica .
BW-100 mins,
9:45 AM
A little brat turns Paris upside down during a two-day visit with her uncle.
Dir: Louis Malle Cast: Catherine Demongeot , Philippe Noiret , Hubert Deschamps .
C-89 mins,
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| Cathy takes a part-time job in Belle de Jour, part of a Buñuel Festival on the 25th |
8:00 PM
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.
Dir: Luis Buñuel Cast: Catherine Deneuve , Jean Sorel , Geneviève Page .
C-100 mins, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM
A group of friends fail repeatedly in their efforts to share a dinner.
Dir: Luis Buñuel Cast: Fernando Rey , Delphine Seyrig , Stephane Audran .
C-102 mins,
12:00 AM
A chambermaid takes a job in the country with a strange family.
Dir: Luis Buñuel Cast: Jeanne Moreau , Georges Géret , Michel Piccoli .
BW-98 mins, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM
When she inherits a fortune, a young nun tries to help the poor.
Dir: Luis Buñuel Cast: Silvia Pinal , Francisco Rabal , Fernando Rey .
BW-91 mins, Letterbox Format
3:45 AM
High society guests find themselves unable to leave the dining room after a posh dinner party.
Dir: Luis Buñuel Cast: Silvia Pinal , Enrique Rambal , Jacqueline Andere .
BW-92 mins,
1/30 Friday
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| The underrated Prisoner of Second Avenue on the 30th. |
10:00 PM
A suddenly unemployed executive and his understanding wife must adapt to their new life.
Dir: Melvin Frank Cast: Jack Lemmon , Elizabeth Wilson , Anne Bancroft .
BW-98 mins, Letterbox Format
1/31 Saturday
12:15 PM
An ambitious Southern boy tries to set himself up as a street preacher.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Brad Dourif , Ned Beatty , Harry Dean Stanton .
C-106 mins, Letterbox
5:15 AM
In this educational short film, a group of young children understand why rules are important.
Dir: William H. Murray
C-11 mins,
5:15 AM
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,
5:15 AM
Children wearing monkey masks pay the price for bad bicycle safety habits in this instructional short.
Dir: Dale Jennings Cast: Lucie Hagens , Dan Whitehead , Shirley Hulett .
C-15 mins,
1 comment:
Saw a Neil Simon day, I used to like his stuff, but it can get old.
I love every Marx Bros movie I've seen except Room Service.
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