TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 22nd: TCM Guest Programmer Bill Hader

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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

12:00 AM Waterloo Bridge (1940)
A ballerina turns to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War I. Cast: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

2:00 AM Yank At Oxford, A (1938)
A cocky American student runs into trouble when he transfers to the famed British college. Cast: Robert Taylor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh. Dir: Jack Conway. BW-102 mins, TV-G, CC

3:45 AM Chump at Oxford, A (1939)
When they accidentally capture a bank robber, two street cleaners are given a scholarship to Oxford. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardey, Wilfred Lucas. Dir: Alfred J. Goulding. BW-63 mins, TV-G, CC

5:00 AM Saps at Sea (1940)
Two factory workers accidentally set sail with an escaped killer. Cast: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, James Finlayson. Dir: Gordon M. Douglas. BW-58 mins, TV-G, CC

6:00 AM Merry Widow, The (1925)
In this silent film, a European nobleman courts the wealthy American widow he once loved to save his bankrupt homeland, Cast: Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall. Dir: Erich von Stroheim. BW-137 mins, TV-PG



8:30 AM Greed (1924)
In this silent film, lust for gold tears apart a dentist and his wife. Cast: Gibson Gowland, ZaSu Pitts, Jean Hersholt. Dir: Erich von Stroheim. BW-239 mins, TV-PG

12:30 PM Short Film: His First Tooth (1916)
BW-14 mins,

12:50 PM Short Film: Goofy Movies #9 (1934)
BW-10 mins,

1:00 PM Friends And Lovers (1931)
A society woman and her husband blackmail the men who flirt with her. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Lili Damita, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: Victor Schertzinger. BW-68 mins, TV-G

2:19 PM Short Film: Driver, The (1931)
BW-10 mins,

2:30 PM Lost Squadron, The (1932)
Veteran flyers from World War I find work as movie stuntmen. Cast: Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: George Archainbaud. BW-79 mins, TV-G

4:00 PM North Star, The (1943)
Ukrainian villagers unite to fight off invading Nazis. Cast: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston. Dir: Lewis Milestone. BW-106 mins, TV-PG



5:52 PM Short Film: Hollywood Scout (1945)
BW-8 mins,

6:00 PM Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star. Cast: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC



What's On Tonight: TCM GUEST PROGRAMMER: BILL HADER

8:00 PM Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
A British corporal goes undercover to infiltrate Field Marshall Rommel's command. Cast: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC



9:42 PM Short Film: Cairo "City Of Contrast" (1938)
In this "Traveltalk," we learn about the landmarks, people and culture of Cairo, Egypt. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-9 mins,

10:00 PM Rashomon (1950)
In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-88 mins, TV-PG

11:45 PM Brewster McCloud (1970)
A mysterious boy living in the Houston Astrodome dreams of building himself a pair of wings. Cast: Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy. Dir: Robert Altman. C-105 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format

1:45 AM This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
A filmmaker documents the history of Spinal Tap, the world's loudest rock band. Cast: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest. Dir: Rob Reiner. C-83 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format



3:15 AM What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Woody Allen dubbed in comic dialogue for this outrageous spoof of secret-agent thrillers. Cast: Voices of Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Mickey Rose. Dir: Woody Allen. C-80 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

4:45 AM Hold On! (1966)
Rocket scientists consider naming a space ship after Herman's Hermits. Cast: Peter Noone, Herman's Hermits, Shelley Fabares. Dir: Arthur Lubin. C-86 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format