TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 3: The Story of Film

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Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013

12:30 AM
Squaw Man, The (1914)
In this silent film, a wrongly accused man escapes to the West and takes an Indian bride.
Dir: Oscar C. Apfel Cast: Dustin Farnum , Monroe Salisbury , Winifred Kingston .
BW-74 mins, TV-PG,

2:00 AM
Birth Of A Nation, The (1915)
In this silent film, families from the North and the South fight to survive the Civil War and its aftermath.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lillian Gish , Mae Marsh , Henry B. Walthall .
BW-190 mins, TV-PG,

5:15 AM
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
In this silent film, two sisters, one of them blind, fight to find each other during the French Revolution.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lillian Gish , Dorothy Gish , Joseph Schildkraut .



BW-151 mins, TV-PG,

7:51 AM
Tal Henry And His North Carolinians (1929)
Tal Henry and His North Carolinians perform three popular songs.
Cast: Tal Henry and his North Carolinians ,
BW-9 mins,

8:00 AM
Passionate Plumber, The (1932)
A woman hires a plumber to make her lover jealous.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton , Jimmy Durante , Polly Moran .
BW-74 mins, TV-G,

9:30 AM
Juarez (1939)
True story of Mexico's Abraham Lincoln and his fight against Napoleon's empire.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis , Paul Muni , Brian Aherne .
BW-121 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:34 AM
Weather Wizards (1939)
This short film focuses on how scientists predict changing weather to assist in giving several days' warning to farmers.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Bert Moorhouse , Ruth Robinson , John Dilson .
BW-9 mins,

11:45 AM
Isle Of Missing Men (1942)
Convicts on a prison island plot their escape.
Dir: Richard Oswald Cast: John Howard , Helen Gilbert , Gilbert Roland .
BW-66 mins, TV-PG,

1:00 PM
Captain Kidd (1945)
An infamous pirate tries to double cross the King of England.
Dir: Rowland V. Lee Cast: Charles Laughton , Randolph Scott , Barbara Britton .
BW-81 mins, TV-G,

2:30 PM
Ten Tall Men (1951)
A Foreign Legion sergeant leads ten volunteers against a mighty Arab army.
Dir: Willis Goldbeck Cast: Burt Lancaster , Jody Lawrence , Gilbert Roland .
C-97 mins, TV-G,

4:15 PM
Around The World In 80 Days (1956)
A Victorian gentleman bets that he can beat the world's record for circling the globe.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Cantinflas , Finlay Currie , Robert Morley .
C-182 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

7:15 PM
MGM Parade Show #22 (1955)
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald perform in a clip from "Maytime"; Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz introduce a clip from "Forever Darling." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-26 mins, TV-G,

7:53 PM
Eric Von Stroheim Bio (1962)
BW-4 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE STORY OF FILM

8:00 PM
Intolerance (1916)
In this silent film, four stories from different eras intertwine to depict man's inhumanity to man.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lillian Gish , Lillian Langdon , Olga Grey .
BW-198 mins, TV-14,



11:30 PM
Way Down East (1920)
A country girl tries to return home after being abandoned by her wealthy seducer.
Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast: Lillian Gish , Richard Barthelmess , Lowell Sherman .
BW-145 mins, TV-G,



2:00 AM
Haxan (1922)
Scenes trace the history of witchcraft from the middle ages to the early 20th century.
Dir: Benjamin Christensen Cast: Benjamin Christensen ,
BW-107 mins, TV-14,



4:00 AM
Story of Film: An Odyssey, The: 1895-1918 - The World Discovers A New Art Form (2011)
The first episode in this 15-part history of cinema reveals how this art form was born.
C-64 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format

5:15 AM
Phantom Carriage, The (1922)
In this silent film, fear of a terrible curse prompts a dying man to try atoning for his sins.
BW-107 mins, TV-PG,