TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 22nd: TCM Spotlight: Bernard Herrmann

[CBHagman]

It's a birthday celebration for Paul Muni...



...with Bernard Herrmann honored in our evening schedule.



Enjoy.


Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

12:15 AM Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
A mad United States General orders an air strike against Russia. Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. BW-95 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



2:00 AM 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution. Cast: Keir Dullea, William Sylvester, Gary Lockwood. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. C-149 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

4:30 AM Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
A distraught mother searches for her seemingly non-existent daughter, bringing her sanity into question. Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier. Dir: Otto Preminger. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

6:30 AM I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran faces inhuman conditions when he's sentenced to hard labor. Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-93 mins, TV-PG, CC



8:15 AM Hi, Nellie! (1934)
A crusading newspaper editor keeps digging into corruption, even when he's forced to write advice to the lovelorn. Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-75 mins, TV-G, CC

9:32 AM Short Film: Land Of Alaska Nellie (1936)
C-9 mins,

9:45 AM Black Fury (1935)
A coal worker gets mixed up in the mob's efforts to infiltrate his union. Cast: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-94 mins, TV-G, CC

11:30 AM Bordertown (1935)
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss's neurotic wife. Cast: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay. Dir: Archie Mayo. BW-91 mins, TV-PG, CC

1:10 PM Short Film: Paul Muni Biography (1962)
BW-4 mins,

1:15 PM Story Of Louis Pasteur, The (1935)
True story of the French scientist's battle to establish modern medical methods. Cast: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC

2:45 PM Good Earth, The (1937)
Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements. Cast: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly. Dir: Sidney Franklin. BW-138 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

5:15 PM Life Of Emile Zola, The (1937)
The famed writer risks his reputation to defend a Jewish army officer accused of treason. Cast: Paul Muni, Joseph Schildkraut, Gale Sondergaard. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS

7:30 PM MGM Parade Show #20 (1955)
Esther Williams performs in a clip from "Ziegfeld Follies"; Donna Reed introduces a clip from "Ransom." Hosted by George Murphy. BW-26 mins, TV-G

What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: BERNARD HERRMANN

8:00 PM North By Northwest (1959)
An advertising man is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-136 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS

10:30 PM Psycho (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

12:30 AM Marnie (1964)
A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind. Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. C-130 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format



2:45 AM Joy In The Morning (1965)
A law student and his bride try to build a life together despite her fear of intimacy. Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Yvette Mimieux, Arthur Kennedy. Dir: Alex Segal. C-102 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format



4:30 AM Ransom! (1956)
A wealthy couple tries to cope with the press and the police when their son is kidnapped. Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen. Dir: Alex Segal. BW-102 mins, TV-PG, CC