TCM Schedule for Sunday November 25 - Directed by Mark Sandrich
Tonight's bill is a pair from the director who died young at age 44 (both his sons went on to become film and TV directors).
(all times Eastern)
6:00 AM PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY, THE ( 1933)
A boxing champion falls for a gangster's moll. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Myrna Loy , Max Baer , Primo Carnera . BW- 102 mins, CC,
8:00 AM SWING TIME ( 1936)
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner. Dir: George Stevens Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Victor Moore . BW- 104 mins, CC,
10:00 AM KILLING, THE ( 1956)
A team of specialists plots a daring racetrack robbery, but they don't reckon with human frailty. Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Sterling Hayden , Coleen Gray , Vince Edwards . BW- 84 mins, CC,
11:45 AM OF HUMAN BONDAGE ( 1934)
A medical student falls prey to a sluttish waitress. Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Leslie Howard , Bette Davis , Frances Dee . BW- 83 mins, CC,
1:15 PM HIS GIRL FRIDAY ( 1940)
An unscrupulous editor plots to keep his star reporter-and ex-wife-from re-marrying. Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Cary Grant , Rosalind Russell , Ralph Bellamy . BW- 92 mins, CC,
3:00 PM SOME LIKE IT HOT ( 1959)
Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band. Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe , Tony Curtis , Jack Lemmon . BW- 122 mins, CC,
5:15 PMDOCTOR DOLITTLE ( 1967)
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail. Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Rex Harrison , Samantha Eggar , Anthony Newley . C- 149 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
8:00 PM SHALL WE DANCE ( 1937)
A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love. Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Edward Everett Horton . BW- 109 mins, CC,
10:00 PM HOLIDAY INN ( 1942)
When he loses in love, a song-and-dance man retires from show business to run a country inn. Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Bing Crosby , Fred Astaire , Marjorie Reynolds . BW- 101 mins, CC,
12:00 AM WIZARD OF OZ, THE ( 1925)
In this silent film, a farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz. Dir: Larry Semon Cast: Larry Semon , Bryant Washburn , Dorothy Dwan . BW- 72 mins,
1:30 AM MAGICIAN, THE ( 1926)
A devil worshiper tries to seduce a young innocent. Dir: Rex Ingram Cast: Alice Terry , Paul Wegener , Ivan Petrovich . BW- 79 mins,
3:00 AM LAST METRO, THE ( 1980)
During the Nazi occupation, a beautiful actress hides her Jewish husband in the theater they both run. Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Catherine Deneuve , Gerard Depardieu , Jean Poiret . C- 132 mins,
5:30 AM LES MISTONS ( 1957)
During a hot summer, a group of children spy on two lovers in this short film. Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Gerard Blain , Bernadette Lafont , Dimitri Moretti . BW- 18 mins,