TCM Schedule for Saturday, November 6, 2021 -- What's On Tonight: Blondie Triple Feature

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In the daylight hours, TCM has the usual Saturday matinee lineup of films and shorts. Then in prime time, we get a trio of films featuring Penny Singleton as the comic strip heroine Blondie. Enjoy!


6:00 AM -- The Search (1948)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
An American soldier in post-war Europe becomes attached to a homeless child.
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Ivan Jandl

8:00 AM -- Scat Cats (1957)
7m | Animation
Spike and Tyke try keep the alley cats from having a party in the house while their owners are away.
Director: William Hanna,Joseph Barbera
Cast: Daws Butler

8:08 AM -- The Horse with the Human Mind (1946)
7m | Short | TV-G
This focuses on Bess, considered to be the smartest horse in the movies, as she works with her trainer.
Director: Harry Loud
Cast: Frank Whitbeck, Joe Adkinson, Bess

8:17 AM -- West Point on the Hudson (1942)
8m | Documentary | TV-G
This short film takes the viewer on a visit to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Director: James A. Fitzpatrick
Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Robert Eichelberger

8:27 AM -- Arizona Legion (1939)
58m | Western | TV-G
A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town.
Director: David Howard
Cast: George O'Brien, Laraine Johnson, Carlyle Moore Jr.

9:30 AM -- Batman and Robin: Batman Trapped (1949)
17m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Batman and Robin follow an evil mastermind's henchmen to a lonely mountain road.
Director: Spencer Bennett.
Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams

10:00 AM -- Popeye's Premiere (1949)
10m | Animation | TV-PG
The Genie of Aladdin's Lamp appears to help Popeye realize some dreams but Bluto turns up to ruin them and to swipe Olive.
Director: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel
Cast: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Mae Questel

10:12 AM -- Blondes at Work (1938)
1h | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
Even a jail term for contempt can't keep reporter Torchy Blane from investigating the case of a murdered department store owner.
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy

11:30 AM -- No Contest! (1934)
21m | Musical | TV-G
This short film revolves around a musical contest starring Ruth Etting.
Director: Joseph Henabery
Cast: Bert Matthews, Ruth Etting, Elmer H. Brown

12:00 PM -- Dodge City (1939)
1h 45m | Western | TV-PG
A soldier of fortune takes on the corrupt boss of a western town.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Ann Sheridan

2:00 PM -- White Heat (1949)
1h 54m | Crime | TV-PG
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien

4:00 PM -- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-PG
An alienated teenager tries to handle life's troubles and an apron-wearing dad.
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo

6:00 PM -- The Celluloid Closet (1995)
1h 42m | Adaptation
From comic sissies to lesbian vampires, from pathetic queens to sadistic predators, Hollywood has both reflected and defined how we think about homosexuality--and what it means to be a man or woman.
Director: Robert Epstein
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Jan Oxenberg, Daniel Melnick


WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PRIMETIME THEME -- BLONDIE TRIPLE FEATURE


8:00 PM -- Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
1h 8m | Comedy
The Bumsteads decide to spend a safe and sane 4th of July at Aunt Hannah's ranch.
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms

9:15 PM -- Blondie in Society (1941)
1h 17m | Comedy
Dagwood brings home a pedigreed Great Dane which an important company client wants.
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms

10:45 PM -- Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
1h 9m | Comedy
Cookie is born, producing unmitigated joy in the Bumstead household.
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms

12:00 AM -- 5 Steps to Danger (1957)
1h 21m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A couple attempts to keep important secrets from Communist spies.
Director: Henry S. Kesler
Cast: Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer

1:45 AM -- The Andromeda Strain (1971)
2h 7m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
Scientists race to find the cure for a deadly space virus.
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson

4:00 AM -- Coma (1978)
1h 53m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-MA
A woman doctor investigates a series of strange deaths and disappearing bodies at her hospital.
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Michael Douglas, Rip Torn, Geneviève Bujold