TCM Schedule for Friday, December 6: Burton Before Taylor

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Friday, December 6, 2019

12:30 AM
MAKE ME A STAR ( 1932)
A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Joan Blondell , Stuart Erwin , ZaSu Pitts .
BW- 86 mins, CC,

2:15 AM
BLONDIE JOHNSON ( 1933)
A female crook fights her way from poverty to the top of the underworld.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell , Chester Morris , Allen Jenkins .
BW- 68 mins, CC,

3:30 AM
CROWD ROARS, THE ( 1932)
A race-car driver tries to keep his brother from following in his footsteps.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: James Cagney , Joan Blondell , Ann Dvorak .
BW- 70 mins, CC,

4:45 AM
THREE ON A MATCH ( 1932)
A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Virginia Davis , Joan Blondell , Dawn O'Day .
BW- 63 mins, CC,



6:00 AM
MISS PINKERTON ( 1932)
A private duty nurse gets herself mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joan Blondell , George Brent , Ruth Hall .
BW- 65 mins, CC,

7:15 AM
FAMOUS FERGUSON CASE, THE ( 1932)
Two reporters interested in different stories write about a murder.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joan Blondell , Grant Mitchell , Vivienne Osborne .
BW- 74 mins,

8:30 AM
SHOW BOAT ( 1951)
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River."
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kathryn Grayson , Ava Gardner , Howard Keel .
C- 108 mins, CC,

10:30 AM
CITIZEN KANE ( 1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten , Dorothy Comingore , Agnes Moorehead .
BW- 119 mins, CC,



12:45 PM
JOHNNY BELINDA ( 1948)
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Jane Wyman , Lew Ayres , Charles Bickford .
BW- 102 mins, CC,

2:33 PM
FACE BEHIND THE MASK, THE ( 1938)
This dramatized short film focuses on the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask."
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Leonard Penn , Harry Worth , George W. Jimenez .
BW- 11 mins,

2:45 PM
DARK PASSAGE ( 1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Lauren Bacall , Bruce Bennett .
BW- 106 mins, CC,

4:45 PM
BAT, THE ( 1959)
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
Dir: Crane Wilbur Cast: Vincent Price , Agnes Moorehead , Gavin Gordon .
BW- 80 mins, CC,

6:15 PM
MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE ( 1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten , Dolores Costello , Anne Baxter .
BW- 88 mins, CC,

7:47 PM
1-2-3 GO! ( 1941)
In this short film, a gang of children form a society to promote automobile safety awareness.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: John Dilson , Roger Moore , Robert Blake .
BW- 10 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: BURTON BEFORE TAYLOR

8:00 PM
DUPONT SHOW OF THE MONTH, THE: WUTHERING HEIGHTS ( 1958)
BW- 89 mins,

9:41 PM
RELAXED WIFE, THE ( 1957)
A short industrial film that seeks to help working men and their wives deal with life's little problems.
C- 13 mins,

10:00 PM
LOOK BACK IN ANGER ( 1959)
An embittered young man spews venom on all around him, particularly his upper-class wife.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Richard Burton , Claire Bloom , Mary Ure .
BW- 100 mins, CC

12:00 AM
BITTER VICTORY ( 1957)
A World War II commander jeopardizes his mission to endanger a colleague involved with his wife.
Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Richard Burton , Curd Jurgens , Ruth Roman .
BW- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA ( 1974)
Southwestern lawbreakers vie for the bounty on a rapist's head.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: Warren Oates , Gig Young , Emilio Fernandez .
C- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID ( 1973)
The legendary outlaw clashes with his former best friend, now the sheriff.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: James Coburn , Kris Kristofferson , Bob Dylan .
C- 115 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

[oasis]

1. No one does intense like Richard Burton.