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I'd like to see George Washington Slept Here. The Man Who Came to Dinner is brilliant comedy. Subtle? No. Brilliant? Yes.

 

3:00am [Musical] Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)
An 18th-century English flirt wins the heart of a notorious highwayman.
Cast: Claudia Dell, Ernest Torrence, Walter Pidgeon, Perry Askam Dir: Alfred E. Green C-63 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

4:15am [Musical] Hot Heiress, The (1931)
When a society woman falls for a riveter, she tries to pass him off as an architect.
Cast: Ben Lyon, Ona Munson, Walter Pidgeon, Tom Dugan Dir: Clarence Badger BW-79 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

5:45am [Romance] Shopworn Angel, The (1938)
A showgirl gives up life in the fast lane for a young soldier on his way to fight World War I.
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel Dir: H. C. Potter BW-85 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

7:15am [Adventure] Flight Command (1940)
A cocky cadet tries to prove himself during flight training.
Cast: Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Kelly Dir: Frank Borzage BW-116 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

9:15am [Romance] Design For Scandal (1941)
A reporter is assigned to dig up dirt on a lady judge.
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Lee Bowman Dir: Norman Taurog BW-85 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

10:45am [Comedy] Julia Misbehaves (1948)
A showgirl returns to her stuffy estranged husband when their daughter gets engaged.
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor Dir: Jack Conway BW-99 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

12:30pm [Romance] Mrs. Parkington (1944)
A lady's maid marries a man whose prospects push her into high society.
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Agnes Moorehead Dir: Tay Garnett BW-124 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

3:00pm [Drama] Executive Suite (1954)
When a business magnate dies, his board of directors fights over who should run the company.
Cast: William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March Dir: Robert Wise BW-105 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

4:46pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Things We Can Do Without (1953)
A look at the inconvenience of modern convenience's specifically modern furniture.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, Pete Smith, Dorothy Short, Pete Smith Dir: Dave O'Brien BW-9 mins [Email Remind Me]

5:00pm [Suspense/Mystery] Man Hunt (1941)
An Englishman goes behind enemy lines to assassinate Hitler.
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine Dir: Fritz Lang BW-102 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

7:00pm [Drama] Madame Curie (1943)
The famed female scientist fights to keep her marriage together while conducting early experiments with radioactivity.
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Basserman Dir: Albert Lewin BW-124 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

9:15pm [War] Mrs. Miniver (1942)
A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II.
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty Dir: William Wyler BW-134 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

11:45pm [Horror/Science-Fiction] Forbidden Planet (1956)
A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of a colony on a remote planet.
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox C-99 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

1:30am [Crime] Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
The British sleuth comes out of retirement to help catch a band of thieves armed with military weapons.
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty, David Tomlinson Dir: Victor Saville BW-80 mins, TV-PG

In the two films I've seen him in, namely "How Green Was My Valley" and "Man Hunt" Walter Pigeon was inadequate. He's okay as a supporting actor, as long as not too much is asked.

 

Forbidden Planet he is good in, not that you care about the acting in that movie. And he's fine in Mrs. Miniver.

 

3:00am [Drama] Spitfire (1934)
A backwoods faith healer falls for a married man from the big city.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young, Ralph Bellamy, Martha Sleeper Dir: John Cromwell BW-87 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

I actually seen this, God help me. Terrible.

4:30am [Romance] Christopher Strong (1933)
An aviatrix's affair with a married man could cost her her career.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke, Helen Chandler Dir: Dorothy Arzner BW-78 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]


7:15am [Romance] Mary of Scotland (1936)
Biography of the flighty Scottish queen who was brought down by love.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton Dir: John Ford BW-124 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

Hepburn had an affair with Ford during the making of this movie; I'm glad *someone* enjoyed themselves. For completists only

9:30am [Comedy] Quality Street (1937)
A woman masquerades as her own niece to get back at a neglectful suitor.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Eric Blore, Fay Bainter Dir: George Stevens BW-83 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

Twee.

11:00am [Suspense/Mystery] Undercurrent (1946)
A sheltered woman realizes that either her husband or his mysterious brother is a psychopath.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Edmund Gwenn Dir: Vincente Minnelli BW-116 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

1:00pm [Drama] Sea Of Grass, The (1947)
Husband-and-wife ranchers take opposite sides in a range war.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker, Melvyn Douglas Dir: Elia Kazan BW-124 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

3:15pm [Drama] Keeper Of The Flame (1942)
A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf, Margaret Wycherly Dir: George Cukor BW-101 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

What's On Tonight: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: KATHARINE HEPBURN

5:00pm [Comedy] Woman Of The Year (1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen Dir: George Stevens BW-114 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

7:00pm [Comedy] Without Love (1945)
A World War II housing shortage inspires a widow to propose a marriage of convenience with an inventor.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn Dir: Harold S. Bucquet BW-111 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

9:00pm [Comedy] Bringing Up Baby (1938)
A madcap heiress upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced scientist.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles, Walter Catlett Dir: Howard Hawks BW-102 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

11:00pm [Comedy] Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey Dir: George Cukor BW-112 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

1:00am [Romance] Summertime (1955)
A schoolteacher is surprised to find love on a Venetian vacation.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin Dir: David Lean C-100 mins, TV-PG


The last 3 movies are easily the best of the lot.

 

3:00am [Drama] Rack, The (1956)
A Korean War veteran is accused of cracking under enemy torture.
Cast: Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmund O'Brien Dir: Arnold Laven BW-100 mins, TV-14 [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

4:45am [Drama] Until They Sail (1957)
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for Allied sailors en route to World War II.
Cast: Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie Dir: Robert Wise BW-95 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

6:30am [Suspense/Mystery] Prize, The (1963)
An American Nobel Prize-winner mixes it up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker Dir: Mark Robson C-135 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

8:45am [Drama] Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Cast: Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart Dir: Robert Wise BW-114 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

10:45am [Drama] Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson Dir: Richard Brooks C-108 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

12:45pm [Drama] Hud (1963)
An amoral modern rancher clashes with his rigid father.
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon de Wilde Dir: Martin Ritt BW-112 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

2:45pm [Suspense/Mystery] Harper (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman's missing husband.
Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill Dir: Jack Smight C-121 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

What's On Tonight: THE ESSENTIALS: PAUL NEWMAN

5:00pm [Comedy] Sting, The (1973)
Two con men hit the big time to take on a gangster in '30s Chicago.
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Robert Redford Dir: George Roy Hill C-129 mins, TV-MA [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

7:15pm [Drama] Cool Hand Luke (1967)
A free-spirited convict refuses to conform to chain-gang life.
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon, Lou Antonio Dir: Stuart Rosenberg C-126 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

9:30pm [Drama] Rachel, Rachel (1968)
A small town teacher tries to overcome her shyness.
Cast: Joanne Woodward, James Olson, Kate Harrington, Estelle Parsons Dir: Paul Newman C-101 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

11:15pm [Drama] Paris Blues (1961)
Two jazz musicians deal with romantic problems in Paris.
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong Dir: Martin Ritt C-99 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

1:00am [Drama] Sweet Bird Of Youth (1962)
A young gigolo returns to his southern hometown in search of the lost love of his youth.
Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley Dir: Richard Brooks C-120 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]
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Hud is his best. I would have been nice if they'd thrown in some newer ones, like his brilliant turn in Nobody's Fool in 1994 or 1995 or even Road to Perdition in which he was surprisingly great. Also, where the heck is The Verdict which should certainly be in any marathon attempting to plumb the kind of genius Newman was capable of.

 

3:00am [Drama] Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
A cold-hearted teacher becomes the school favorite when he's thawed by a beautiful young woman.
Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills Dir: Sam Wood BW-114 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

5:00am [Drama] Hobson's Choice (1954)
A widower father fights to control the lives of his three strong-willed daughters.
Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson Dir: David Lean BW-108 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

7:00am [Drama] Dunkirk (1958)
True story of the Allied evacuation of occupied France at the start of World War II.
Cast: John Mills, Robert Urquhart, Ray Jackson, Meredith Edwards Dir: Leslie Norman BW-135 mins, TV-G [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

9:30am [War] Way to the Stars, The (1945)
A young flyer deals with the strains of wartime service and survivors' guilt during World War II.
Cast: Michael Redgrave, John Mills, John Rosamund, Douglass Montgomery Dir: Anthony Asquith BW-109 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

11:30am [Adventure] Operation Crossbow (1965)
Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base.
Cast: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills Dir: Michael Anderson C-116 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

1:30pm [Drama] Gandhi (1982)
The legendary Indian leader uses peaceful means to free his homeland from British rule.
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud, Edward Fox Dir: Richard Attenborough C-191 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

What's On Tonight: ESSENTIALS, JR. : JOHN MILLS

5:00pm [Adventure] Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Stranded on a deserted island, a close-knit family creates a tropical paradise.
Cast: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro Dir: Ken Annakin C-126 mins, TV-G [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

7:15pm [Drama] Rocking Horse Winner, The (1949)
A young boy's talent for picking winning race horses threatens his life.
Cast: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills Dir: Anthony Pelissier BW-92 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

9:15pm [War] I Was Monty's Double (1958)
British intelligence hires a man to impersonate General Montgomery during World War II.
Cast: John Mills, John Millis, Cecil Parker, Patrick Allen Dir: John Guillermin BW-101 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

11:15pm [Drama] Ryan's Daughter (1970)
An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles, Christopher Jones Dir: David Lean C-206 mins, TV-MA [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]
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His best performance, in "Tunes of Glory" is missing; of the rest, "Hobson's Choice" is very funny. "The Rocking Horse Winner" was produced by him, and so the groom he plays is the only sane non-exploitive adult--to the detriment of the film, IMO. Worth seeing for John Howard Davies.

 

3:00am [Adventure] Lassie Come Home (1943)
A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family.
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn Dir: Fred M. Wilcox C-89 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

4:30am [Drama] National Velvet (1944)
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere Dir: Clarence Brown C-124 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

6:45am [Comedy] Life With Father (1947)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn Dir: Michael Curtiz C-118 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

8:45am [Comedy] Father Of The Bride (1950)
A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor Dir: Vincente Minnelli BW-93 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]
10:30am [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Spotlight (2000)
BW-14 mins [Email Remind Me]

10:45am [Drama] Place in the Sun, A (1951)
An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere Dir: George Stevens BW-122 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

1:00pm [Drama] Last Time I Saw Paris, The (1954)
A writer recalls his turbulent marriage to an expatriate heiress.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed Dir: Richard Brooks C-116 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

3:00pm [Drama] Butterfield 8 (1960)
A party girl ruins her life when she falls for a married man.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill Dir: Daniel Mann C-109 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

5:00pm [Drama] Raintree County (1957)
In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black.
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick Dir: Edward Dmytryk C-173 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

8:00pm [Drama] Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
An academic couple reveal their deepest secret to a pair of newcomers during an all-night booze fest.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis Dir: Mike Nichols BW-131 mins, TV-MA [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

10:30pm [Drama] V.I.P.S, The (1963)
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli Dir: Anthony Asquith C-119 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

1:00am [Drama] X Y & Zee (1972)
A possessive woman fights to end her husband's affair with a younger woman.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton Dir: Brian G. Hutton C-106 mins, TV-14 [Email Remind Me]

 

I still think National Velvet was about her best performance.

 

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

 

3:00am [Silent] Busher, The (1919)
In this silent film, a minor-league baseball player gets his shot at the big leagues.
Cast: Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, Jack Gilbert, Jay Morley Dir: Jerome Storm BW-55 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

4:00am [Silent] He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
In this silent film, a scientist flees his tragic past to become a circus clown.
Cast: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall Dir: Victor Seastrom BW-72 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

5:30am [Silent] 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, Roy D'Arcy, Josephine Crowell Dir: Erich von Stroheim BW-137 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

8:00am [Silent] Show, The (1927)
In this silent film, a sideshow dancer secretly loves the show's amoral barker.
Cast: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Connelly Dir: Tod Browning BW-76 mins, TV-14 [Email Remind Me]

9:30am [Silent] Desert Nights (1929)
In this silent film, diamond robbers get caught in a violent sandstorm.
Cast: John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Mary Nolan Dir: William Nigh BW-62 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

10:45am [Musical] Way For A Sailor (1930)
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
Cast: John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, Leila Hyams Dir: Sam Wood BW-85 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

12:15pm [Crime] Gentleman's Fate (1931)
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
Cast: John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams, Anita Page Dir: Mervyn LeRoy BW-93 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

2:00pm [Suspense/Mystery] Phantom of Paris, The (1931)
A magician is charged with killing his fiancee's father.
Cast: John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt Dir: John S. Robertson BW-74 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

3:30pm [Drama] Downstairs (1932)
An evil chauffeur seduces and blackmails his way through high society.
Cast: John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, Hedda Hopper Dir: Monta Bell BW-78 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

What's On Tonight: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: JOHN GILBERT

5:00pm [Silent] Big Parade, The (1925)
In this silent film, a young innocent enlists for World War I service but soon learns the horrors of war.
Cast: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell Dir: King Vidor BW-126 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]

7:15pm [Silent] Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
A notorious womanizer falls for the woman he has bet he can trick into marriage.
Cast: John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Lionel Belmore Dir: King Vidor BW-90 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

9:00pm [Silent] Flesh And The Devil (1926)
In this silent film, a femme fatale comes between childhood friends.
Cast: John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent Dir: Clarence Brown BW-113 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

11:00pm [Romance] Queen Christina (1933)
Romantic tale of the 17th-century Swedish queen and her romance with a Spanish diplomat.
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone Dir: Rouben Mamoulian BW-99 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

1:00am [Comedy] Captain Hates the Sea, The (1934)
A bond thief, a private eye and a drunken reporter wreak havoc on an ocean voyage.
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Wynne Gibson, Alison Skipworth, John Gilbert Dir: Lewis Milestone BW-85 mins, TV-G [Email Remind Me]


Only vaguely remembered today as a star who was ruined by the coming of sound (see: Gene Kelly's character in "Singin' in the Rain"), John Gilbert is unfairly forgotten; he died young, before he had a chance to redeem his career.

In silents, he's good; I've seen "Bardeleys", "Flesh and the Devil" and "The Merry Widow".

Of the sound films, I've only seen a bit of "Queen Christina"...very, very slow, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with his voice. Perhaps the real problem is that the silent style was very different, and he didn't have a protector at the studio; Louis B. Mayer hated him.

I'm going to record "He Who

 

I found the following trivia note on Gilbert's IMDb page:

It didn't help that he was the highest paid either - apparently they maintained his salary but cut down the budget on pretty much everything else, resulting in him getting fairly poor vehicles to star in.

 

You'd have to see all his early talkies to determine if this ever happened.

 

That is the kind of marathon TCM excels at. You just show up and end up watching the whole thing because it's just a window into another world. I'd love to see some of those.

 

3:00am [Suspense/Mystery] Confidential Agent (1945)
A Spanish spy and an American heiress battle fascists in England.
Cast: Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Katina Paxinou, Peter Lorre Dir: Herman Shumlin BW-118 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

Early in her career. She's not believable as a Brit or as a human being.

5:00am [Drama] Dark Passage (1947)
A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead Dir: Delmer Daves BW-106 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

This is proof that not all of her films with Bogart are worth watching.

7:00am [Adventure] Blood Alley (1955)
An American sailor breaks out of a Chinese jail and dodges Communist agents on the road to Hong Kong.
Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim Dir: William A. Wellman C-115 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Email Remind Me]

I enjoyed watching this one when I was little; she worked well with John Wayne.

9:00am [Drama] Cobweb, The (1955)
Inmates and staff at a posh asylum clash over love and lunacy.
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame Dir: Vincente Minnelli C-124 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

A film about curtains. And no, I'm not kidding. Gloria Grahame peerless sexiness almost redeems it.

11:20am [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Headline Bands (1945)
Clips of various orchestras are featured in this Melody Masters Bands short.
Cast: Betty Hutton, Carol Bruce, Woody Herman, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra BW-9 mins [Email Remind Me]

11:30am [Crime] Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore Dir: John Huston BW-101 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

Based on a talky and rather silly play, but watchable.

1:20pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Pest Control (1950)
A narrated how to short on how to handle various pest including, an obnoxius man, a bratty kid and an ink pen that does not work.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, Pete Smith Dir: David Barclay BW-8 mins [Email Remind Me]

1:30pm [Comedy] Designing Woman (1957)
A sportswriter and a fashion designer have a lot of adjusting to do when they marry in haste.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray, Sam Levene Dir: Vincente Minnelli C-118 mins, TV-G [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

The Odd Couple, sort of.

3:29pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Wife'S Life, A (1950)
BW-8 mins [Email Remind Me]

3:45pm [Documentary] Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall (2005)
Lauren Bacall discusses her life and career with host Robert Osborne.
BW-50 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

4:37pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Beyond The Line Of Duty (1942)
BW-22 mins [Email Remind Me]

What's On Tonight: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: LAUREN BACALL

5:00pm [Romance] To Have And Have Not (1944)
A skipper-for-hire's romance with a beautiful drifter is complicated by his growing involvement with the French resistance.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran Dir: Howard Hawks BW-100 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

Great stuff.

6:49pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Don Redman And His Orchestra (1934)
BW-10 mins [Email Remind Me]

7:00pm [Romance] Young Man With a Horn (1950)
A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael Dir: Michael Curtiz BW-112 mins,

TV-PG [Email Remind Me]
9:00pm [Drama] Bright Leaf (1950)
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson Dir: Michael Curtiz BW-111 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

11:00pm [Suspense/Mystery] Big Sleep, The (1946)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl's involvement in the murde

 

I simply don't get Lauren Bacall. Not particularly attractive, no real screen presence. I wonder what Bogey saw in her that made him inflict her on us in so many of his films...

 

3:00am [Drama] Baby, the Rain Must Fall (1965)
A parolee tries to launch a musical career and keep out of trouble.
Cast: Lee Remick, Steve McQueen, Don Murray, Paul Fix Dir: Robert Mulligan BW-99 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Email Remind Me]

4:41am [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: All Eyes On Sharron Tate (1966)
A short behind the scenes promo for "Eye of the Devil" (1966), showcasing the late Sharon Tate, then a young, 22-year-old hopeful at MGM.
Cast: Sharon Tate BW-10 mins [Email Remind Me]

5:00am [Comedy] Wheeler Dealers, The (1963)
Texas tycoons try to mix love with finance on a trip to New York.
Cast: James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris, Chill Wills Dir: Arthur Hiller C-106 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

7:00am [Comedy] Loot (1970)
A nurse, her lover and his boyfriend hide the money from a bank job in her dead patient's coffin.
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Lee Remick, Hywel Bennett, Roy Holder Dir: Silvio Narizzano C-102 mins, TV-MA [Letterbox] [Email Remind Me]

9:00am [Suspense/Mystery] Experiment in Terror (1962)
A master criminal tries to force a bank teller to help him pull off a big heist.
Cast: Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Ross Martin Dir: Blake Edwards BW-123 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

11:15am [Suspense/Mystery] Running Man, The (1963)
A man fakes his death to get back at the insurance company that denied an earlier claim.
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer Dir: Carol Reed C-104 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Email Remind Me]

1:00pm [Adventure] Hennessy (1975)
When his family is killed, an Irishman with IRA ties plots to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard Dir: Don Sharp C-105 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Email Remind Me]

3:00pm [Suspense/Mystery] Telefon (1977)
A Russian agent travels to the U.S. to stop a crazed defector from triggering human time bombs.
Cast: Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, Tyne Daly Dir: Don Siegel C-103 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

What's On Tonight: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: LEE REMICK

5:00pm [Drama] Face In The Crowd, A (1957)
A female television executive turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Cast: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau Dir: Elia Kazan BW-126 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

7:30pm [Drama] Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell Dir: Otto Preminger BW-161 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

10:30pm [Drama] Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
A husband and wife fight to conquer alcoholism.
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford, Jack Klugman Dir: Blake Edwards BW-117 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

12:30am [Romance] Competition, The (1980)
Competitors in a classical piano competition fall in love.
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Lee Remick, Amy Irving, Sam Wanamaker Dir: Joel Oliansky C-126 mins, TV-14 [Email Remind Me]

 

I'm so flabbergasted by the implication that Lee Remick is a star that I can't think of anything to say really.

 

Well...the late 50's and the early 60's were a low point.

Next is Olivia de Havilland

3:00am [Adventure] Charge Of The Light Brigade, The (1936)
Two brothers love the same woman at a perilous Indian outpost.
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson Dir: Michael Curtiz BW-116 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

5:00am [Western] Dodge City (1939)
A soldier of fortune takes on the corrupt boss of a Western town.
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot Dir: Michael Curtiz C-104 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]
6:45am [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Errol Flynn (1962)

7:00am [Romance] Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
Cast: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp Dir: Michael Curtiz BW-106 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

9:00am [Comedy] Male Animal, The (1942)
A college professor fights censorship and an amorous football player who's after his wife.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson Dir: Elliott Nugent BW-101 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

11:00am [Comedy] Princess O'Rourke (1943)
A flying ace's romance with a princess creates diplomatic problems.
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Jack Carson Dir: Norman Krasna BW-94 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]
12:43pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Football Headliners (1955)
BW-16 mins [Email Remind Me]

1:00pm [Drama] Libel (1959)
A former POW is accused of being an impostor.
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie, Robert Morley Dir: Anthony Asquith BW-100 mins, TV-G [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]
2:53pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Italy'S In Season (1967)
C-7 mins [Email Remind Me]

3:00pm [Romance] Light In The Piazza (1962)
A woman's efforts to marry off her daughter are hindered by a family secret.
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton Dir: Guy Green C-102 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

What's On Tonight: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: OLIVIA De HAVILLAND

5:00pm [Drama] Heiress, The (1949)
A plain young woman's money makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins Dir: William Wyler BW-115 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

7:00pm [Romance] To Each His Own (1946)
A single mother gives up her son, then fights to remain a part of his life.
Cast: Olivia deHavilland, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver, Phillip Terry Dir: Mitchell Leisen BW-122 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

9:15pm [Drama] Snake Pit, The (1948)
A young woman tries to recover her sanity in a corrupt mental institution.
Cast: Olivia deHavilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm Dir: Anatole Litvak BW-108 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

11:15pm [Drama] Not As a Stranger (1955)
A medical student will stop at nothing to become a top surgeon.
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame Dir: Stanley Kramer BW-137 mins, TV-PG [Email Remind Me]

1:45am [Comedy] Alibi Ike (1935)
A brash baseball star gets mixed up with gamblers and a pretty young girl.
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe Karns Dir: Ray Enright BW-72 mins, TV-G


The Flynn films are fun and directed by Curtiz; "The Heiress" and "The Snake Pit" are from her heavy drama era in the late 40's; and "The Light in the Piazza" is, given its time and place, one of the most weirdly subversive films ever.

 

She started to get pretty high billing in the early 60s. Even got an Oscar nom. There have been less prominent performers showcased by TCM in the past, I believe...

 

Any attempt to plumb the depths of Oliva De Havilland in film just has to include Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, in which she is brilliant.

 

She is *very* good as a heavy...wish she had done more of that.

 

3:00am [Crime] Day They Robbed The Bank Of England, The (1960)
Turn-of-the-century Irish patriots plan to overthrow the British government.
Cast: Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter O'Toole, Kieron Moore Dir: John Guillermin BW-85 mins, TV-G [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

The film David Lean first saw O'Toole in when casting "Lawrence of Arabia"

4:30am [Suspense/Mystery] Night of the Generals, The (1967)
A Nazi officer tries to catch a serial killer attacking prostitutes.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence Dir: Anatole Litvak C-144 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Email Remind Me]

A very strangely cast film, but entertaining, sort of.

7:00am [Comedy] My Favorite Year (1982)
A flamboyant star throws a TV comedy show into chaos.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna Dir: Richard Benjamin C-92 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

Limply directed, but the cast is dynamite.

8:45am [Epic] Becket (1964)
England's King Henry II appoints his best friend Archbishop of Canterbury then turns on him.
Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit Dir: Peter Glenville C-148 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]
11:17am [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: On Location With "Fame" (1980)
C-12 mins [Email Remind Me]

11:30am [Drama] Last Emperor, The (1987)
China's final emperor, Pu Yi, becomes a pawn of imperial forces, the invading Japanese and the Communist government.
Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci C-163 mins, TV-MA [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

2:15pm [Adventure] Lord Jim (1965)
After turning coward, a naval officer tries to redeem himself by helping Asian natives stage a revolution.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens, Eli Wallach Dir: Richard Brooks C-154 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

What's On Tonight: SUMMER UNDER THE STARS: PETER O'TOOLE

5:00pm [Adventure] Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
A British military officer enlists the Arabs for desert warfare in World War I.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins Dir: David Lean C-227 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned] [Email Remind Me]

9:00pm [Comedy] Ruling Class, The (1972)
When a deranged nobleman inherits a fortune, his relatives onspire to seize power.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews Dir: Peter Medak C-153 mins, TV-MA [Letterbox] [Email Remind Me]
11:38pm [Short Film] Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Sky Divers, The (1969)
C-15 mins [Email Remind Me]

12:00am [Suspense/Mystery] Stunt Man, The (1980)
A man on the run joins an embattled film company run by a maniacal director.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Sharon Farrell Dir: Richard Rush C-131 mins, TV-MA

A strange kinetic film which does not quite work, but is entertaining none the less. O'Toole gives a magnetic performance as John Huston.

 

My Favorite Year is great fun. Lawrence of Arabia deserves its press, which is saying something. Lord Jim is a weak adaptation and it has about the worst miscasting of James Mason you'll ever see, but O'Toole finds something in the character and gives a real performance.

 

I'd have included The Lion in Winter, but as long as Lawrence is here, I'm happy.