My TCM Picks of the Weeks

I know, every time you take a look at the TCM schedule for the upcoming week, you’re tempted to quit your job and order all your food for delivery. What’s a classic film fan to do? I have a better solution. Get your self a big fat DVR and just peruse my recommendations for the upcoming week. Here’s what I’ll be watching between June 25 and July 1.

Monday June 25, 2012

7:30 am EST Romance (1930)

Oh Garbo, forever leaving one lover for another lover.

Dir: Clarence Brown Cast:  Greta Garbo , Lewis Stone , Gavin Gordon

11:45 am EST Crime Ring (1938)

There’s crime rings, psychics and what I hope is a fast talking reporter. I’m so there.

Dir: Leslie Goodwins Cast:  Allan Lane , Frances Mercer , Clara Blandick

5:15 pm EST The Long Gray Line (1955)

Hello! A John Ford movie starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara.

Dir: John Ford Cast:  Tyrone Power , Maureen O’Hara , Robert Francis

 

Tuesday June 26, 2012

8:30 am EST Stella Dallas (1937)

Sure, you’ve seen it. Probably more than once. Stella Dallas is still work taking a sick day for.

Dir: King Vidor Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck , John Boles , Anne Shirley

 

Wednesday June 27, 2012

8:15 am EST Haunted Honeymoon (1940)

Oooh… a dead man in a cottage ruins a honeymoon. Gotta hate it when that happens!

Dir: Arthur B. Woods Cast:  Robert Montgomery , Constance Cummings , Leslie Banks

12:45 pm EST Above Suspicion (1943)

This is what I like to call the Serious Joan period of Joan Crawford’s career. I’m not sure it’s nearly as fun as Flapper Joan or late period Bat Shit Crazy Joan, but dang she was a find actress.

Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast:  Joan Crawford , Fred MacMurray , Conrad Veidt

10:00 pm EST The Immigrant (1917)

A surprise silent Chaplin short!

Cast:  Charles Chaplin , Edna Purviance

 

Thursday June 28, 2012

9;30 am EST The Manster (1962)

What’s better than a fast talking reporter? A two-headed fast talking reporter!

Dir: George P. Breakston Cast:  Peter Dyneley , Jane Hylton , Satoshi Nakamura

Friday June 29, 2012

12:45 pm EST Deception (1946)

Refugees, ex-lovers, and Bette Davis eyes. Yes, yes, yes.

Dir: Irving Rapper Cast:  Bette Davis , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains

2:45 pm EST The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

What is there to say about this one? See it once, see it a million times.

Dir: Tay Garnett Cast:  Lana Turner , John Garfield , Cecil Kellaway

Hollow Triumph (1948)

Ah, the old crook posing as a psychiatrist gambit.

Dir: Steve Sekely Cast:  Paul Henreid , Joan Bennett , Eduard Franz

 

Saturday June 30, 2012

12:00 pm EST Dick Tracy (1945)

Saturdays are for Dick Tracy baby.

Dir: William Berke Cast:  Morgan Conway , Anne Jeffreys , Mike Mazurki

8:00 pm EST Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

I love Preston Sturges and I love this movie.

Dir: Preston Sturges Cast:  Joel McCrea , Veronica Lake , Robert Warwick

9:45 pm EST Christmas In July (1940)

Preston Sturges fest continues with one I’ve never seen. Yes.

Dir: Preston Sturges Cast:  Dick Powell , Ellen Drew , Raymond Walburn

11:00 pm EST The Great Mcginty (1940)

So, so much Preston Sturges is sooo good.

Dir: Preston Sturges Cast:  Brian Donlevy , Muriel Angelus , Akim Tamiroff

12:30 am EST The Lady Eve (1941)

Yes, more.

Dir: Preston Sturges Cast:  Barbara Stanwyck , Henry Fonda , Charles Coburn

2:15 am EST Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)

Keep ‘em coming baby.

Dir: Preston Sturges Cast:  Eddie Bracken , Ella Raines , Raymond Walburn

4:00 am EST The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Ah, that’s was awesome.

Dir: Preston Sturges Cast:  Claudette Colbert , Joel McCrea , Mary Astor

 

Sunday July 1, 2012

12:00 am EST Number, Please? (1920)

After a day of musicals, things get blessedly quiet at midnight with 3 silent Harold Lloyd short’s in a row.

Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast:  Harold Lloyd

12:30 am EST Never Weaken (1921)

Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast:  Harold Lloyd

1:00 am EST A Sailor-Made Man (1921)

Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast:  Harold Lloyd , Mildred Davis , Noah Young

 

 

 

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