TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 8: Starring Harry Belafonte

I still have not seen The Angel Levine , though I remember the story and the tagline "If he's an angel, imagine what God is like."

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

1:15 AM
KEY LARGO ( 1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Edward G. Robinson , Lauren Bacall .
BW- 100 mins, CC,

3:15 AM
BERLIN EXPRESS ( 1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Merle Oberon , Robert Ryan , Charles Korvin .
BW- 86 mins, CC,

5:00 AM
NAKED CITY, THE ( 1948)
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Dir: Jules Dassin Cast: Barry Fitzgerald , Howard Duff , Dorothy Hart .
BW- 96 mins, CC,

7:00 AM
BIG STORE, THE ( 1941)
A detective and his zany pals take over a failing department store.
Dir: Charles Riesner Cast: Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Harpo Marx .
BW- 83 mins, CC,

8:30 AM
LADY BE GOOD ( 1941)
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
Dir: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Eleanor Powell , Ann Sothern , Robert Young .
BW- 112 mins, CC,

10:30 AM
HULLABALOO ( 1940)
A radio star creates a national panic when he announces a Martian invasion.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Frank Morgan , Virginia Grey , Dan Dailey Jr. .
BW- 78 mins, CC,

12:00 PM
GREAT MORGAN, THE ( 1946)
An actor's attempt to produce a movie results in a collection of random musical numbers.
Dir: Nat Perrin Cast: Frank Morgan , Carlos Ramirez , Lucille Norman .
BW- 57 mins,

1:00 PM
MERTON OF THE MOVIES ( 1947)
A star-struck hick goes to Hollywood to become a star.
Dir: Robert Alton Cast: Red Skelton , Virginia O'Brien , Gloria Grahame .
BW- 82 mins, CC,

2:30 PM
MEET THE PEOPLE ( 1944)
A fading stage star tries to revive her career by taking a job in a shipyard.
Dir: Charles Riesner Cast: Lucille Ball , Dick Powell , Virginia O'Brien .
BW- 100 mins, CC,

4:15 PM
SHIP AHOY ( 1942)
A dancer sailing to Puerto Rico hides government messages in her tap routines.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Eleanor Powell , Red Skelton , Bert Lahr .
BW- 95 mins, CC,

6:00 PM
MARTIN BLOCK'S MUSICAL MERRY-GO-ROUND #4 ( 1948)
In this short film, Virginia O'Brien and Les Brown and His Band of Renown perform several musical numbers.
BW- 10 mins,

6:15 PM
DU BARRY WAS A LADY ( 1943)
A night club employee dreams he's Louis XV, and the star he idolizes is his lady love.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Red Skelton , Lucille Ball , Gene Kelly .
C- 101 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STARRING HARRY BELAFONTE

8:00 PM
CARMEN JONES ( 1954)
A sultry factory worker seduces a young soldier then dumps him for another man.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Harry Belafonte , Dorothy Dandridge , Pearl Bailey .
C- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



10:00 PM
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW ( 1959)
Desperate losers plan a bank robbery with unexpected results.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Harry Belafonte , Robert Ryan , Shelley Winters .
BW- 96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:00 AM
WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL, THE ( 1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster.
Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer .
BW- 95 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:00 AM
ANGEL LEVINE, THE ( 1970)
An angel helps an embittered man find life's meaning.
Dir: Ján Kadár Cast: Zero Mostel , Harry Belafonte , Ida Kaminska .
C- 106 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

4:00 AM
BRIGHT ROAD ( 1953)
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge , Philip Hepburn , Harry Belafonte .
BW- 68 mins, CC,

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5:30 AM
HAUNTED SPOOKS ( 1920)
In this silent short, a woman must marry and live in a seemingly haunted house to collect her inheritance.
Dir: Alf Goulding Cast: Harold Lloyd , Mildred Davis , Wallace Howe .
BW- 25 mins,