TCM Schedule for Tuesday, July 23: Hypnosis/Surfing Documentaries (TCM Late Night: More Surfing)

I'm not surprised that there are so many movies on hypnosis, but I am stunned by how many there are on surfing (and that YouTube had the trailers for them).

Whatever floats your boat or board, enjoy!

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

1:15 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM The Office Wife (1930)
A gold-digging secretary sets out to lure her boss from his straying wife.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone, Hobart Bosworth
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:30 AM Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
A secretary becomes so valuable to her boss that it jeopardizes his marriage.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



6:00 AM The Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:30 AM The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
A city is stricken by a wave of self-mutilations performed by beautiful women who appear to be in a hypnotic trance.
Dir: George Blair Cast: Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:00 AM The Sorcerers (1967)
A former stage hypnotist and his wife perfect their mind control techniques on a weak-willed young man, who eventually steals and murders for their vicarious pleasure.
Dir: Michael Reeves Cast: Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Ian Ogilvy
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:30 AM The Pirate (1948)
An actor poses as a notorious pirate to court a romantic Caribbean girl.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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12:30 PM Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
True story of the mad monk who plotted to rule Russia.
Dir: Richard Boleslavsky Cast: John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:45 PM Svengali (1931)
A hypnotist falls in love with a girl using his powers to turn her into a great singer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:15 PM The Seventh Veil (1945)
A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
Dir: Compton Bennett Cast: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 PM The Dark Tower (1943)
A romantic triangle involving a hypnotist and two trapeze artists threatens to destroy a circus.
Dir: John Harlow Cast: Herbert Lom, Terence Fisher
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y



What's on Tonight: Surfing Documentaries (TCM Late Night: More Surfing)

8:00 PM Slippery When Wet (1958)
Cameras follow five professional surfers on a pilgrimage to Oahu.
Dir: Bruce A. Brown Cast: Bruce A. Brown, Dale Velzy, Dell Kennon
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:



9:30 PM Surf Crazy (1959)
Surfers travel around the Pacific in search of the perfect wave.
Dir: Bruce Brown Cast: Bruce Brown, Dick Thomas, Mike Diffenderfer
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:



11:00 PM Barefoot Adventure (1960)
The North Shore of Oahu highlights this tour of great surfing beaches, featuring new narration recorded 30 years after the film was completed.
Dir: Bruce Brown Cast: Bruce Brown, Sammy Lee, Peter Cole
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:



12:30 AM Surfin' Shorts (1960)
Three shorts feature surfers modeling swimwear, a look at the early days of skateboarding and surfing footage from Japan.
Dir: Bruce Brown. Cast: Hobie-MacGregor Surf Team, Hobie Super Surfer Skateboard Team, Peter Johnson
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:


2:00 AM Surfing Hollow Days (1962)
Cameras follow the legends of surfing.
Dir: Bruce Brown Cast: Wayne Miyata, Bruce Brown, Bruce Brown
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:



3:30 AM Big Wednesday (1978)
Matt, Jack and Leroy are surfers who begin the 1960s living at the beach, indulging their passion for their sport. But as the 60s progress and with the start of the Vietnam war, life becomes more complex for them. Jack is sent to Vietnam, and eventually the three friends begin to wonder if they will live to see Big Wednesday, a mythical day when the greatest wave of all time will come.
Dir: John Milius Cast: Gray Frederickson, Barbara Hale, Titus Napoleon
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y