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Bolo Boffin

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Thu Oct 17, 2013, 06:53 PM Oct 2013

TCM Schedule for Sunday, October 20, 2013 -- Tonight on TCM: Rock Hudson & Doris Day

6:00 AM
THE STORK CLUB (1945)

A hat-check girl gets rich quick when she saves a millionaire's life.
Dir: Hal Walker
Cast: Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore.
BW-98 mins, TV-G, CC

7:39 AM
VINCENT LOPEZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1939)
This musical short showcases the talent of Vincent Lopez and his orchestra performing with Betty Hutton.
BW-10 mins


8:00 AM
THE SINGING NUN (1966)

Fanciful biography of the Belgian nun who briefly made the hit parade.
Dir: Henry Koster
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson.
C-97 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

9:40 AM
ONE FOR THE BOOK (1940)
In this fantastic short, famous literary figures step out of the pages of books after dark.
BW-19 mins


10:00 AM
'TIL WE MEET AGAIN (1940)

A dying woman shares a shipboard romance with a criminal on his way to the gallows.
Dir: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien.
BW-100 mins, TV-PG, CC

11:40 AM
TRIFLES OF IMPORTANCE (1940)
This short film presents how small, seemingly trivial things such as a number, doodling, or a suit of clothes can tell an interesting story.
BW-11 mins


12:00 PM
KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN (1940)

Biography of the famed Notre Dame coach and his fight to "win one for the Gipper."
Dir: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan.
C-98 mins, TV-G, CC

1:42 PM
SO YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR HAIR (1946)
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes searches for any cure that will halt his disappearing hairline.
Dir: Richard Bare
Cast: George O'Hanlon, Buster Brodie, Leo White.
BW-11 mins


2:00 PM
JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)

After learning to play the guitar in prison, a young man becomes a rock 'n roll sensation.
Dir: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy.
BW-97 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

3:40 PM
DECADE FOR DECISION (1957)
Short "call to arms" featurette made after the Russians launched the first orbiting satellite, Sputnik.
BW-15 mins


4:00 PM
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Dir: William Wyler
Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven.
BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC

6:00 PM
COME SEPTEMBER (1961)

A womanizing tycoon ends up chaperoning a group of American girls who have rented his Italian villa.
Dir: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee.
C-113 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

TONIGHT ON TCM
ROCK HUDSON & DORIS DAY

8:00 PM
LOVER COME BACK (1961)

An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann
Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-107 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

10:00 PM
SEND ME NO FLOWERS (1964)

When he mistakenly thinks he's dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife's next husband.
Dir: Norman Jewison
Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.
C-100 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format

11:43 PM
EVERY GIRL'S DREAM (1966)
Nancy Bernard, the 1966 Maid of Cotton, is given a studio tour for MGM in this short film.
C-9 mins


12:00 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

2:00 AM
KWAIDAN (1965)

Four stories mix love and the supernatural in exotic settings.
Dir: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe.
C-161 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #23 (1955)
Gene Kelly and Jerry the Mouse perform in a clip from "Anchors Aweigh"; George Murphy, Dore Schary and Richard Brooks show a short film about the making of "The Last Hunt." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-26 mins, TV-G

5:15 AM
SOME OF THE BEST: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF MOTION PICTURE LEADERSHIP (1949)
This promotional short features highlights of MGM's productions from 1924 through 1948 in honor of the studio's 25th anniversary.
C-42 mins, TV-G, CC
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