TCM Schedule for Sunday, August 7 --- ESSENTIALS, JR. : CHARLES LAUGHTON

[lavenderdiva]

7 Sunday



6:00 AM Payment Deferred (1932)
A milquetoast kills for money and finds it a hard habit to break.
Dir: Lothar Mendes Cast: Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Sullivan , Dorothy Peterson .
BW-81 mins, TV-G,

7:30 AM The Private Life Of Henry VIII (1933)
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Charles Laughton , Merle Oberon , Wendy Barrie .
BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC,

9:15 AM Rembrandt (1936)
The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Charles Laughton , Gertrude Lawrence , Elsa Lanchester .
BW-84 mins, TV-G, CC,

10:45 AM Sidewalks Of London (1938)
A street performer helps a young pickpocket find a new career as a dancer.
Dir: Tim Whelan Cast: Charles Laughton , Vivien Leigh , Rex Harrison .
BW-86 mins, TV-G,

12:15 PM The Bribe (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Robert Taylor , Ava Gardner , Charles Laughton .
BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:00 PM Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Classic adventure about the sadistic Captain Bligh, who drove his men to revolt during a South Seas expedition.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Charles Laughton , Clark Gable , Franchot Tone .
BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC,

4:30 PM Spartacus (1960)
An heroic slave leads a revolt against the corrupt Roman Empire.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier , Jean Simmons .
C-196 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ESSENTIALS, JR. : CHARLES LAUGHTON


8:00 PM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Thomas Mitchell .
BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC,

:bounce: 10:15 PM Hobson's Choice :bounce: (1954)
A widower father fights to control the lives of his three strong-willed daughters.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Charles Laughton , John Mills , Brenda De Banzie .
BW-108 mins, TV-G, CC,

12:15 AM The Canterville Ghost (1944)
A ghost who died a coward tries to inspire U.S. GIs to become heroes.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Charles Laughton , Robert Young , Margaret O'Brien .
BW-96 mins, TV-G, CC,

2:00 AM Stand By for Action (1942)
A Harvard graduate serving on a battleship is faced with the realities of war.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Robert Taylor , Charles Laughton , Brian Donlevy .
BW-109 mins, TV-G, CC,

Text4:00 AM The Man From Down Under (1943)
A World War I veteran sneaks two orphans back to his native Australia.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Charles Laughton , Binnie Barnes , Richard Carlson .
BW-103 mins, TV-PG, CC,

[lavenderdiva]

1. Hobson's Choice

One of, if not THE, best Charles Laughton films EVER!!!!

[CBHagman]

2. Truly a wonderful film that deserves to be better known.

It's Laughton's party, but John Mills and Brenda De Banzie are also noteworthy. And it all seems like a trip back to a world now vanished (Of course it was made in an era when the Victorian Age was still within living memory for some people).

Note to Fawlty Towers fans: That's Prunella Scales playing Laughton's youngest daughter. "Oh, I know!"

[lavenderdiva]

3. Excellent!

:hi:

[CBHagman]

4. I watched most of "Rembrandt."

They did a very good job with the costumes and the general look, I thought. It's been a while since art history class, I thought but Laughton really captured the look of the aged Rembrandt we see in the late self-portrait.

I didn't realize it was Elsa Lanchester playing opposite him until I saw the credits. The role wasn't one I associate with her.