TCM Schedule for Thursday, May 29 -- Director Roy Ward Baker

[Staph]

Today features films by a director I had never heard of -- Roy Ward Baker's first job in films was as a teaboy at the Gainsborough Studios in London, England, but within three years he was working as an assistant director. During World War II, he worked in the Army Kinematograph Unit under Eric Ambler, a writer and film producer, who, after the war, gave Baker his first opportunity to direct a film, The October Man (1947). He then went to Hollywood in 1952 and stayed for seven years, returning to Britain in 1958, when he directed one of his best films, A Night to Remember (1958). During the 1960s and 1970s, Baker directed a number of horror films for Hammer and Amicus. He also directed in British television, especially during the latter part of his career. Enjoy!

(And my humble apologies for being late ... again. I've been stuck in a hotel with screwy internet access.)

4:30am -- Cast A Giant Shadow (1966)
True story of U.S. officer Mickey Marcus, who joined the Israeli fight against the Arabs.
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Angie Dickinson, John Wayne.
Dir: Melville Shavelson.
C-138 mins, TV-PG


5:25am -- Short Film: From The Vaults: John Wayne Bio (1962)
BW-4 mins


7:00am -- The Star Packer (1934)
A U.S. Marshall takes on the job of defeating a mysterious criminal.
Cast: John Wayne, Verna Hillie, George 'Gabby' Hayes.
Dir: Robert N. Bradbury.
BW-55 mins, TV-G


8:00am -- Butterfield 8 (1960)
A party girl ruins her life when she falls for a married man.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher.
Dir: Daniel Mann.
C-109 mins, TV-PG


10:00am -- Forsaking All Others (1934)
A woman pursues the wrong man for almost twenty years.
Cast: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke II.
BW-83 mins, TV-PG


11:30am -- Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
An undercover G-man helps with a jailbreak to learn the mob's secrets.
Cast: Chester Morris, Jean Arthur, Joseph Calleia.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben.
BW-90 mins, TV-G


1:00pm -- Wuthering Heights (1939)
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Dir: William Wyler.
BW-104 mins, TV-PG


2:45pm -- Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
A married violinist deserts his family when he falls for his accompanist.
Cast: Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best.
Dir: Gregory Ratoff.
BW-70 mins, TV-14


4:00pm -- Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead.
Dir: Orson Welles.
BW-120 mins, TV-PG


6:00pm -- The Outlaw (1943)
Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday fight over possession of a stallion and a sultry Mexican girl.
Cast: Jack Beutel, Jane Russell, Walter Huston.
Dir: Howard Hughes.
BW-116 mins, TV-PG


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8:00pm -- A Night to Remember (1958)
The crew and passengers of the Titanic fight to survive when the legendary ship strikes an iceberg.
Cast: Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, Anthony Bushell.
Dir: Roy Ward Baker.
BW-123 mins, TV-PG


10:15pm -- The One That Got Away (1958)
A downed German flier escapes from every prison camp he's put into.
Cast: Hardy Kruger, Michael Goodliffe, Alec McCowen.
Dir: Roy Baker.
BW-111 mins, TV-PG


12:15am -- Jacqueline (1956)
A young girl fights to get her unemployed father to quit drinking.
Cast: John Gregson, Kathleen Ryan, Jacqueline Ryan.
Dir: Roy Ward Baker.
BW-93 mins, TV-G


2:00am -- The Singer Not the Song (1960)a
A priest defies a Mexican bandit to bring religion to a Western town.
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Mylene Demongeot.
Dir: Roy Ward Baker.
C-133 mins, TV-14

[lavenderdiva]

1. hey, Staph-

Thanks for posting today- I'm sorry about your internet service; that sucks. I was amazed at how many of my favorites were on in sequence today! Starting with 'Wuthering Heights'. I haven't seen 'Forsaking All Others', but the storyline sounds interesting, and the cast superb! :hi: