TCM Schedule for Saturday, June 7: Elmer Gantry, The Song Remains the Same, Monterey Pop, Rosemary's Baby
10:15 PM Elmer Gantry (1960)
A young drifter finds success as a traveling preacher until his past catches up with him.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy
Runtime: 146 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:00 AM Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Based on the true story of a skilled forger who passes as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. An FBI agent becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.
Dir: Steven Spielberg Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
Runtime: 141 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC:
3:30 AM When in Rome (1952)
A con artist disguises himself as a priest, then begins to believe the role.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:00 AM Blonde Crazy (1931)
A con man bellhop and his chambermaid girlfriend set out to fleece hotel guests.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
SATURDAY, June 7
6:30 AM The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957)
Reform school girls trying to make the best of a bad situation.
Dir: Bernard Girard Cast: Susan Oliver, Linda Plowman, Beverly Long
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
A kitten being tortured by a bulldog needs Bad Luck Blackie, a black cat that brings bad luck wherever he goes.
Dir: Tex Avery (fred) Cast: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:15 AM A Night at the Movies (1937)
The mishaps of a married couple simply trying to attend a local movie show.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Robert Benchley, Ricardo Cezon, Betty Clarke
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:30 AM Basque Sports (1957)
This short film focuses on the sports played by ethnic Basques who live in the Pyrenees Mountains.
Dir: Van Campen Heilner Cast: Harry Wismer, Jack Davis, Herman Fuchs
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:45 AM The Avenging Rider (1943)
Two cowhands are wrongly jailed as members of a murderous gang.
Dir: Sam Nelson Cast: Tim Holt, Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, Ann Summers
Runtime: 55 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N
9:45 AM The Steaming Cauldron (1938)
Chapter 5 of the The Lone Ranger 1938 serial. When a band of Texas Rangers is massacred in an ambush, one of the men is nursed back to health by an Indian named Tonto. The lone survivor swears vengeance, and assumes another identity to learn more about who was behind the attack.
Dir: John English, William Witney Cast: Lynn Roberts, Chief Thunder-Cloud, George Letz
Runtime: 18 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: N
10:15 AM Doing Impossikible Stunts (1940)
Popeye tries to get a job as a stunt man by showing movies of some of his most daring exploits to studio executives. But Swee'Pea switches reels in the projection room showing his own stunts, which make Popeye's pale by comparison. Swee'Pea wins the job.
Dir: Dave Fleischer Cast: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:30 AM Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
Bulldog Drummond postpones his wedding to track down a band of bank robbers.
Dir: James Hogan Cast: John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner
Runtime: 56 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: N
11:30 AM Going to Blazes! (1948)
This short film emphasizes fire safety and fire prevention.
Dir: Gunther Von Fritsch Cast: Floyd D Crosby, William Lava, Herbert Morgan
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
12:00 PM Easy to Love (1953)
Williams loves her boss from afar and finally wins him over when she starts an affair with another man.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tony Martin
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 PM Union Pacific (1939)
A crooked politician tries to stop construction of the first intercontinental railroad.
Dir: Cecil B. De Mille Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:15 PM The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
A newlywed couple encounter many difficulties during their honeymoon trip aboard a trailer they purchased.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:00 PM Born Yesterday (1950)
A newspaper reporter takes on the task of educating a crooked businessman's girlfriend.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 PM Carnival of Souls (1962)
A church organist battles demons and delusions after a deadly car accident.
Dir: Herk Harvey Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:30 PM Rosemary's Baby (1968)
A young couple trying to have a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West in New York, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC:
12:00 AM The Undercover Man (1949)
Treasury Department agent Frank Warren takes on the case of a mob leader who has evaded paying taxes on his ill-gotten gains.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC:
1:45 AM The Song Remains the Same (1976)
Members of Led Zeppelin share their fantasies while preparing for a big concert.
Dir: Peter Clifton Cast: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:15 AM Monterey Pop (1969)
Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Performers include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding.
Dir: D. A. Pennebaker Cast: Lou Adler, Sam Andrew, Marty Balin, Jimi Hendrix.
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y