TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 21: Ouch! A Salute to Slapstick

[CBHagman]

Wednesday, September 21st, 2016

1:45 AM
HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL (1959)

Three janitors stumble onto the formula for rocket fuel.
Dir: David Lowell Rich Cast: Moe Howard , Larry Fine , Joe De Rita .
BW-77 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:15 AM
GOOD HUMOR MAN, THE (1950)

A good-hearted ice cream man's efforts to help a young woman turn him into a murder suspect.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Jack Carson , Lola Albright , Jean Wallace .
BW-80 mins,

4:45 AM
CARRY ON TEACHER (1962)

Student try to sabotage a popular headmaster's plans to leave for another job.
Dir: Gerald Thomas Cast: Ted Ray , Kenneth Connor , Leslie Phillips .
BW-87 mins, CC, Letterbox Format


6:15 AM
GIRL MISSING (1933)

A new bride disappears from her honeymoon hotel the same night a dead body pops up.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Glenda Farrell , Ben Lyon , Mary Brian .
BW-69 mins,

7:30 AM
HI, NELLIE! (1934)

A crusading newspaper editor keeps digging into corruption, even when he's forced to write advice to the lovelorn.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Paul Muni , Glenda Farrell , Ned Sparks .
BW-75 mins, CC,

9:00 AM
CHATTERBOX (1936)

A country girl tries to talk her way into a stage career.
Dir: George Nicholls Jr. Cast: Anne Shirley , Phillips Holmes , Edward Ellis .
BW-68 mins,

10:15 AM
LADY CONSENTS, THE (1936)

A doctor leaves his wife for another woman then realizes he's made a big mistake.
Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: Ann Harding , Herbert Marshall , Margaret Lindsay .
BW-77 mins,

11:45 AM
RETURN OF PETER GRIMM, THE (1936)

A strong-willed patriarch returns from the dead to amend the wrongs he did his family.
Dir: George Nicholls Jr. Cast: Lionel Barrymore , Helen Mack , Edward Ellis .
BW-83 mins,

1:15 PM
MAN TO REMEMBER, A (1938)

A small-town doctor fights crooked politicians during a polio epidemic.
Dir: Garson Kanin Cast: Anne Shirley , Edward Ellis , Lee Bowman .
BW-78 mins,

2:45 PM
THREE SONS (1939)

A shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.
Dir: Jack Hively Cast: Edward Ellis , William Gargan , Kent Taylor .
BW-72 mins,

4:00 PM
THREE LIVE GHOSTS (1935)

Three POWs return home to find themselves listed as dead.
Dir: H. Bruce Humberstone Cast: Richard Arlen , Beryl Mercer , Claude Allister .
BW-61 mins,

5:15 PM
WEEKEND FOR THREE (1941)

A married woman invites a former boyfriend to dinner, and he decides to move in.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: Dennis O'Keefe , Jane Wyatt , Phillip Reed .
BW-65 mins, CC,

6:30 PM
THREE MEN IN WHITE (1944)

Young doctors compete for a prestigious position as Dr. Gillespie's assistant.
Dir: Willis Goldbeck Cast: Lionel Barrymore , Van Johnson , Marilyn Maxwell .
BW-85 mins, CC,

8:00 PM
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963)

A group of greedy clowns tears up the countryside in search of buried treasure.
Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Spencer Tracy , Milton Berle , Sid Caesar .
C-159 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:44 PM
STOPOVER IN HOLLYWOOD (1963)

This short film takes the viewer to various landmarks and attractions in Hollywood, CA.
Dir: Will Williams Cast: Lori Lyons , Tony Winhall ,
C-16 mins,

11:15 PM
GREAT RACE, THE (1965)

A bumbling villain plots to win an early 20th-century auto race.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Jack Lemmon , Tony Curtis , Natalie Wood .
C-160 mins, CC,

2:00 AM
SHOT IN THE DARK, A (1964)

Inspector Clouseau tries to clear a beautiful woman accused of shooting her husband.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Peter Sellers , Elke Sommer , George Sanders .
C-102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
PARTY, THE (1968)

An Indian actor turns a swank Hollywood party into a disaster.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Peter Sellers , Claudine Longet , Marge Champion .
C-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:45 AM
LE GRAND AMOUR (1969)

A marriage is on the rocks when a married industrialist falls in love with a lovely secretary.
Dir: Pierre Etaix Cast: Annie Fratellini , Nicole Calfan , Pierre Etaix .
C-87 mins,

[longship]

1. Oh boy! And "Birdie num-num" too.

First It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, which is absolutely hilarious.

Then, two Peter Sellers classics.

A Shot in the Dark -- a great second episode in the Inspector Clouseau series.

The Party -- a little gem. "Birdie, num-num!"