TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 27: Zero Mostel
Interesting schedule tonight. Of course The Producers is prominently featured, but there's also a rarity, The Angel Levine, which I have always meant to see.
Wednesday, December 27th, 2017
12:05 AM
MENDELSSOHN'S WEDDING MARCH ( 1939)
This short film provides an account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."
Dir: James A. FitzPatrick Cast: E Alyn Warren , Mary Anderson , Vernon Dent .
C- 8 mins,
12:15 AM
BACHELOR IN PARADISE ( 1961)
A writer moves into a housing development to study married couples.
Dir: Jack Arnold Cast: Bob Hope , Lana Turner , Janis Paige .
C- 109 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:15 AM
BY LOVE POSSESSED ( 1961)
A woman's desperate search for love leads to an affair with her husband's law partner.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Lana Turner , Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , Jason Robards Jr. .
C- 116 mins, CC,
4:15 AM
BIG CUBE, THE ( 1969)
LSD almost ruins the life of a former actress and her stepdaughter.
Dir: Tito Davison Cast: Lana Turner , George Chakiris , Richard Egan .
C- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
MR. IMPERIUM ( 1951)
An exiled king and a film star try to rekindle a romance from the past.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Lana Turner , Ezio Pinza , Marjorie Main .
C- 87 mins, CC,
7:30 AM
SEA CHASE, THE ( 1955)
A German freighter captain tries to elude the British in the early days of World War II.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: John Wayne , Lana Turner , David Farrar .
C- 117 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:45 AM
PRODIGAL, THE ( 1955)
Biblical story of a young man led astray by an evil priestess.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Lana Turner , Edmund Purdom , Louis Calhern .
C- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
11:45 AM
LOVE HAS MANY FACES ( 1965)
An aging heiress struggles to hold on to the kept man she loves.
Dir: Alexander Singer Cast: Lana Turner , Cliff Robertson , Hugh O'Brian .
C- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
1:45 PM
DIANE ( 1956)
A beautiful woman serving as adviser to the King of France falls for his son.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Lana Turner , Pedro Armendariz , Roger Moore .
C- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:45 PM
BITTERSWEET LOVE ( 1976)
A newly married and pregnant young couple discover that they are half-siblings.
Dir: David Miller Cast: Lana Turner , Robert Lansing , Celeste Holm .
C- 92 mins, CC,
5:30 PM
LEOPARD MAN, THE ( 1943)
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Dennis O'Keefe , Margo , Jean Brooks .
BW- 66 mins, CC,
6:45 PM
CAT PEOPLE ( 1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon , Tom Conway , Jane Randolph .
BW- 73 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ZERO MOSTEL
8:00 PM
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- 89 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:45 PM
FRONT, THE ( 1976)
A bookie agrees to put his name on scripts by blacklisted writers.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: Woody Allen , Zero Mostel , Herschel Bernardi .
C- 95 mins, CC,
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11:30 PM
ANGEL LEVINE, THE ( 1970)
An angel helps an embittered man find life's meaning.
Dir: Ján Kadár Cast: Zero Mostel , Harry Belafonte , Ida Kaminska .
C- 106 mins, Letterbox Format
1:30 AM
GREAT BANK ROBBERY, THE ( 1969)
Outlaws pose as a religious group to mask their attempt to rob a Western bank.
Dir: Hy Averback Cast: Zero Mostel , Kim Novak , Clint Walker .
C- 97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
3:20 AM
PAT NEAL IS BACK ( 1968)
This promotional short focuses on Patricia Neal's return to motion pictures with "The Subject Was Roses" (1968) after her near-fatal stroke.
Dir: Edward Beyer
C- 8 mins,
3:30 AM
GREAT CATHERINE ( 1968)
The legendary Russian ruler falls hard for a military man in love with someone else.
Dir: Gordon Flemyng Cast: Peter O'Toole , Zero Mostel , Jeanne Moreau .
C- 98 mins, CC,
5:30 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #4 ( 1955)
George Murphy tours Lake Metro, where "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Show Boat" were shot, and introduces a clip from "Good News." These clips feature June Allyson and Peter Lawford.
BW- 26 mins,
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