TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 8: TCM Spotlight: The Roaring '20s
Mercifully, TCM has reserved today's roster of movies on hauntings for daylight hours, but then leaves the nighttime to the mob! So you're going to be in suspense no matter which way you turn. But enjoy Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag in Some Like It Hot.
Also, now that I'm reexamining the schedule for prime time, there seems to be a gap in programming. No clue what's going to turn up there.
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
12:00 AM
JOHN LOVES MARY ( 1949)
A World War II veteran's marriage of convenience threatens his real wedding plans.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Ronald Reagan , Jack Carson , Wayne Morris .
BW- 96 mins, CC,
1:45 AM
HASTY HEART, THE ( 1950)
Doctors try to get a flinty Scots soldier to open up to his comrades before telling him he's dying.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ronald Reagan , Patricia Neal , Richard Todd .
BW- 102 mins, CC,
3:30 AM
GROUP, THE ( 1966)
Eight friends from a women's college fight for happiness during the Great Depression.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Candice Bergen , Joan Hackett , Elizabeth Hartman .
C- 152 mins, CC,
6:15 AM
WOMAN IN WHITE, THE ( 1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith , Eleanor Parker , Sydney Greenstreet .
BW- 109 mins, CC,
8:15 AM
TWO ON A GUILLOTINE ( 1965)
A magician's estranged daughter must stay in his mansion for seven nights alone to inherit his fortune.
Dir: William Conrad Cast: Connie Stevens , Dean Jones , Cesar Romero .
BW- 107 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:15 AM
TERROR, THE ( 1963)
A lost soldier discovers a mysterious beauty haunting a half-deserted castle.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Boris Karloff , Jack Nicholson , Sandra Knight .
C- 79 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:45 AM
HAUNTING, THE ( 1963)
A team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris , Claire Bloom , Richard Johnson .
BW- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1:45 PM
BEFORE DAWN ( 1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Stuart Erwin , Dorothy Wilson , Warner Oland .
BW- 61 mins, CC,
2:45 PM
THAT'S THE SPIRIT ( 1933)
In this musical short film, two night watchmen hear music performed in a haunted pawn shop. Vitaphone Release 1491.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Mantan Moreland , Cora La Redd , F. E. Miller .
BW- 11 mins,
3:00 PM
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL ( 1958)
A millionaire offers total strangers a fortune to spend the night in a haunted house.
Dir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price , Carol Ohmart , Richard Long .
BW- 75 mins, CC,
4:30 PM
TORMENTED ( 1960)
A composer is haunted by the ghost of the former lover he let die.
Dir: Bert I. Gordon Cast: Richard Carlson , Susan Gordon , Lugene Sanders .
BW- 75 mins, CC,
5:49 PM
WHO'S SUPERSTITIOUS? ( 1943)
This short film examines the origins of several superstitions, including crossing one's fingers when lying and why opening an umbrella inside a building is bad luck.
Dir: Sammy Lee Cast: Tom Neal Jr. , Emmett Vogan , Dave O'Brien .
BW- 10 mins,
6:00 PM
POLTERGEIST ( 1982)
Evil spirits abduct a suburban family's daughter, causing chaos and havoc.
Dir: Tobe Hooper Cast: Jobeth Williams , Craig T. Nelson , Beatrice Straight .
C- 114 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: The Roaring '20s
8:00 PM
SOME LIKE IT HOT ( 1959)
Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe , Tony Curtis , Jack Lemmon .
BW- 122 mins, CC,
12:02 AM
SWING BANDITRY ( 1936)
In this comedic short, a group of musicians takes desperate measures to appear on a radio program.
Dir: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Virginia Dale , Franklin Pangborn , Maurice Cass .
BW- 11 mins,
12:15 AM
SCARFACE ( 1932)
A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Paul Muni , Ann Dvorak , Karen Morley .
BW- 94 mins, CC,
2:00 AM
AL CAPONE ( 1959)
Chicago's most notorious gangster rules the city ruthlessly.
Dir: Richard Wilson Cast: Rod Steiger , Fay Spain , James Gregory .
BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM
DOORWAY TO HELL, THE ( 1930)
Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Lew Ayres , Charles Judels , Dorothy Mathews .
BW- 78 mins, CC,
5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #29 ( 1955)
Walter Pidgeon introduces Part Three of "Captains Courageous" and a clip from "Tribute to a Badman."
BW- 25 mins, CC,