TCM Schedule for Wednesday, July 24: AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

12:00 AM
HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN (1944)
A serviceman and a starlet find love at the star-staffed serviceman's center.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Andrews Sisters , Jack Benny , Joe E. Brown .
BW-124 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:15 AM
PIRATES OF TRIPOLI (1955)
A pirate tries to help a deposed Arabian princess reclaim her throne.
Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Paul Henreid , Patricia Medina , Paul Newland .
C-71 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM
LAST OF THE BUCCANEERS (1950)
When one of his lieutenant's attacks an American ship, Jean Lafitte has to elude the U.S. Navy.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Paul Henreid , Jack Oakie , Karin Booth .
C-79 mins, TV-G,

5:00 AM
FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE (1962)
Members of an Argentinian family fight on opposite sides during World War II.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Glenn Ford , Ingrid Thulin , Charles Boyer .
C-153 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

7:45 AM
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)
An American reporter covering the war in Europe gets mixed up in the assassination of a Dutch diplomat.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Joel McCrea , Laraine Day , Herbert Marshall .
BW-120 mins, TV-PG, CC,

10:00 AM
ACTION OF THE TIGER (1957)
An adventurer helps rescue political prisoners from Albania.
Dir: Terrence Young Cast: Van Johnson , Martine Carol , Herbert Lom .
C-93 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

11:45 AM
BIG JIM MCLAIN (1952)
A U.S. agent takes on communists in Hawaii.
Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: John Wayne , Nancy Olson , James Arness .
BW-90 mins, TV-PG, CC,

1:30 PM
MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
A Korean War hero doesn't realize he's been programmed to kill by the enemy.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Frank Sinatra , Laurence Harvey , Janet Leigh .
BW-127 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

3:45 PM
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964)
An American military officer discovers his superiors are planning a military coup.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas , Fredric March .
BW-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 PM
ODESSA FILE, THE (1974)
A journalist discovers a strange link between his family and a cabal of fugitive Nazis.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Jon Voight , Maximilian Schell , Maria Schell .
C-129 mins, TV-14, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO MEL BROOKS



8:00 PM
AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO MEL BROOKS (2013)
BW-0 mins, TV-14,

9:30 PM
TWELVE CHAIRS, THE (1970)
A fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Ron Moody , Frank Langella , Dom DeLuise .
C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC,



11:15 PM
CARSON ON TCM: MEL BROOKS (9/21/83) (2012)
TCM presents a classic interview from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
C-12 mins, TV-PG,

11:30 PM
EXCAVATING THE 2000 YEAR OLD MAN (2012)
A documentary that explores the origin and influence of "The 2000 Year Old Man," the classic comedy routine created by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner.
Cast: Steve Allen , Woody Allen , George Burns .
C-44 mins, TV-PG, CC,

12:30 AM
AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO MEL BROOKS (2013)
BW-0 mins, TV-14,

2:00 AM
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Gene Wilder , Peter Boyle , Marty Feldman .
BW-105 mins, TV-14,



4:00 AM
PRODUCERS, THE (1967)
A Broadway producer decides to get rich by creating the biggest flop of his career.
Dir: Mel Brooks Cast: Zero Mostel , Gene Wilder , Dick Shawn .
C-90 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format



5:30 AM
DICK CAVETT SHOW, THE: MEL BROOKS (2006)
In this TCM world premiere interview, comedian Mel Brooks discusses his life and career with Dick Cavett.
C-58 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format

[Auggie]

1. Never saw The Twelve Chairs ...

the DVR will be smokin' tonight.

Mrs Auggie and I have a tradition of watching Young Frakenstein on Halloween night.