TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 29: In Memoriam
Tonight TCM salutes six actors who left this good Earth in 2015:
Louis Jourdan (Gigi)
Lizabeth Scott (Too Late for Tears)
Theodore Bikel (The Defiant Ones)
Coleen Gray (Kansas City Confidential)
Anita Ekberg (Back from Eternity)
Betsy Drake (Every Girl Should Be Married)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2015
1:30 AM
Stage Door (1937)
Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Dir: Gregory LaCava Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Ginger Rogers , Adolphe Menjou .
BW-92 mins, CC,
3:15 AM
Night At The Movies, A (1937)
In this comedic short, a man and wife suffer through a night together at the movies.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Robert Benchley , Flora Finch , Frank Sheridan .
BW-10 mins,
3:30 AM
Four Girls In White (1939)
Student nurses cope with life's problems.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Florence Rice , Una Merkel , Ann Rutherford .
BW-74 mins, CC,
5:00 AM
When Ladies Meet (1933)
A female novelist doesn't realize her new friend is the wife whose husband she's trying to steal.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Ann Harding , Robert Montgomery , Myrna Loy .
BW-85 mins, CC,
6:30 AM
It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)
A giant octopus attacks San Francisco.
Dir: Robert Gordon Cast: Kenneth Tobey , Faith Domergue , Donald Curtis .
BW-79 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 AM
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
A crashed spaceship unleashes a rapidly growing monster from Venus.
Dir: Nathan Juran Cast: William Hopper , Joan Taylor , Frank Puglia .
BW-83 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:34 AM
Look Back At Crossbow, A (1965)
This promotional short film for "Operation Crossbow" (1965) gives the historical background for the movie's plot through archival footage.
BW-10 mins,
9:45 AM
Valley of Gwangi, The (1969)
Cowboys discover a lost world populated by dinosaurs.
Dir: Jim O'Connolly Cast: James Franciscus , Gila Golan , Richard Carlson .
C-95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:30 AM
One Million Years B.C. (1966)
A rebellious caveman leaves his tribe in search of a better life.
Dir: Don Chaffey Cast: Raquel Welch , John Richardson , Percy Herbert .
C-100 mins, CC,
1:15 PM
Mysterious Island (1961)
Escaped Civil War POWs end up on an island populated by giant animals.
Dir: Cy Endfield Cast: Michael Craig , Joan Greenwood , Michael Callan .
C-101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:00 PM
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Space invaders attack the nation's capital.
Dir: Fred F. Sears Cast: Hugh Marlowe , Joan Taylor , Donald Curtis .
BW-83 mins, CC,
4:30 PM
7th Voyage of Sinbad, The (1958)
Sinbad hunts for a roc's egg to save his love from an evil sorcerer.
Dir: Nathan Juran Cast: Kerwin Mathews , Kathryn Grant , Richard Eyer .
C-88 mins, CC,
6:06 PM
H.M.S. Bounty Sails Again! (1962)
A promotional short following the world tour of the "HMS Bounty", built specially by MGM for their 1962 remake "Mutiny on the Bounty.
BW-8 mins,
6:15 PM
Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
The legendary hero enlists the help of the gods to steal the golden fleece.
Dir: Don Chaffey Cast: Todd Armstrong , Nancy Kovack , Gary Raymond .
C-104 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: IN MEMORIAM
8:00 PM
Gigi (1958)
A Parisian girl is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Leslie Caron , Maurice Chevalier , Louis Jourdan .
C-115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:15 PM
Too Late for Tears (1949)
A married woman's discovery of stolen money changes her character for the worse.
Dir: Byron Haskin Cast: Lizabeth Scott , Don DeFore , Dan Duryea .
BW-101 mins,
12:00 AM
Defiant Ones, The (1958)
Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Tony Curtis , Sidney Poitier , Theodore Bikel .
BW-96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1:49 AM
Million Dollar Nickel, The (1952)
This propaganda short focuses on how the war against Communism can be fought by the purchase of a stamp.
BW-9 mins,
2:00 AM
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
To commit the perfect crime, a former detective keeps his colleagues' identities secret from each other.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: John Payne , Coleen Gray , Preston Foster .
BW-99 mins, CC,
3:45 AM
Back From Eternity (1956)
When an airliner crashes in the jungle, the repaired plane can only hold five of the survivors.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Robert Ryan , Anita Ekberg , Rod Steiger .
BW-97 mins, CC,
5:30 AM
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
A young woman uses scientific research to trap a man into marriage.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Cary Grant , Franchot Tone , Diana Lynn .
BW-85 mins, CC,
