TCM Schedule for Thursday, January 25, 2024: Alcohol & Alcoholics /The Power of Film (Heroes & Villains)
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7:00 AM | Night into Morning (1951)
After a fire kills his family, a college professor sinks into alcoholism.
Dir: Fletcher Markle | Cast: Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Reagan
8:45 AM | Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
A husband and wife fight to conquer alcoholism.
Dir: Blake Edwards | Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford
10:45 AM | A Star Is Born (1954)
A falling star marries the newcomer he's helping reach the top.
Dir: George Cukor | Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson
1:45 PM | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
As the family of a wealthy Southern patriarch informs his children that he is dying of cancer, lies and secrets surface that threaten to rip the family apart.
Dir: Richard Brooks | Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives
3:45 PM | Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
A recovering alcoholic film director tries for a comeback in Rome.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli | Cast: Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse
5:45 PM | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The film adaptation of Edward Albee's Broadway play that rips the façade of civility off the dysfunctional marriage between an alcoholic college professor and his shrew of a wife during a dinner party the two host for a young couple.
Dir: Mike Nichols | Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal
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8:00 PM | The Power of Film, Episode 4: Heroes and Villains (2023)
Memorable films tend to be a compensation for what we don’t see much of in the real world— justice, commitment, and altruism. Film drama frequently treats the central characters as if they were heroes or villains, but often the two are very much alike.
Dir: Laura Gabbert | Cast: Howard Suber | Runtime: 40 mins | Genre: Documentary
9:00 PM | Shane (1953)
A mysterious drifter helps farmers fight off a vicious gunman. Violence ensues.
Dir: George Stevens | Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
11:15 PM | The Power of Film, Episode 4: Heroes and Villains (2023)
12:15 AM | Psycho (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother. Mayhem ensues.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock | Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam
2:30 AM | King Kong (1933)
A film crew captures a giant ape and displays him on Broadway. Havoc ensues.
Dir: Merian C. Cooper | Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
4:15 AM | Mildred Pierce (1945)
A woman's ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life. Turmoil ensues.
Dir: Michael Curtiz | Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott