TCM Schedule for Sunday April 28, 2024 - Directed by Joseph Sargent

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Plus: a trio of Charlie Chaplin shorts and a pair from the always provocative Michael Haneke.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Carnival in Paris (1937)
21m | Comedy | TV-G
In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.
Director: William J. Thiele. Cast: Henry Brandon, Harry Burns, Eric Mayne

6:30 AM Gay Purr-ee (1962)
1h 26m | Musical | TV-G
Animated musical in which a French country cat becomes entranced with Parisian city life.
Director: Abe Levitow. Cast: Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons

8:00 AM Made in Paris (1966)
1h 43m | Comedy | TV-PG
A young fashion designer is transformed by her first trip to Paris.
Director: Boris Sagal. Cast: Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams

10:00 AM The Big Knife (1955)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-PG
An unscrupulous movie producer blackmails an unhappy star into signing a new contract.
Director: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey

12:15 PM Kiss Me Kate (1953)
1h 51m | Musical | TV-G
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew".
Director: George Sidney. Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller

2:15 PM Pat and Mike (1952)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A promoter falls for a gym teacher he bills as the world's top woman athlete.
Director: George Cukor. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray

4:00 PM The Americanization of Emily (1964)
1h 57m | War | TV-PG
A British war widow falls for an opportunistic American sailor during World War II.
Director: Arthur Hiller. Cast: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas

6:00 PM Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
1h 48m | Comedy | TV-PG
An aging couple's liberal principles are tested when their daughter announces her engagement to a black doctor.
Director: Stanley Kramer. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn

8:00 PM The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
1h 44m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-MA
Gunmen hold a New York subway train and its passengers for ransom.
Director: Joseph Sargent. Cast: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam

10:00 PM White Lightning (1973)
1h 41m | Adventure | TV-MA
A convicted moonshiner helps police track down the bayou villains who killed his brother.
Director: Joseph Sargent. Cast: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Matt Clark

12:00 AM Sunnyside (1919)
27m | Silent | TV-G
An overworked farmhand dreams of marrying the farmer's daughter.
Director: Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin

12:45 AM A Dog's Life (1918)
32m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, the Little Tramp finds a stolen fortune with the help of his dog.
Director: Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin

1:30 AM The Knockout (1914)
26m | Silent | TV-G
A man must fight a champion boxer.
Director: Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy

2:00 AM The Seventh Continent (1989)
1h 51m | Drama
Drama about everyday life in an average middle-class family.
Director: Michael Haneke. Cast: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer

4:00 AM Benny's Video (1992)
1h 45m | Crime | TV-MA
With videotapes serving as his surrogate parents, a misguided teenager gains his the attention he desires through the act of murder.
Director: Michael Haneke. Cast: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Muhe

[Auggie]

1. Good stuff on today

After years of slighting Kiss Me Kate I recently sat down to watch it ... and was blown away by how awesome it was. The other sleeper hit, another recent viewing, is The Americanization of Emily. James Garner, in his autobiography, considered it to be among his best films.