drama
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D: King Vidor. Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Tim Holt, Marjorie Main. Definitive soap opera (from Olive Higgins Prouty's novel) of woman who sacrifices everything for her daughter; Stanwyck gives one of her finest performances. Tear-jerking score by Alfred Newman. Filmed before in 1925; remade in 1990 as STELLA.
REVIEW:
drama
An obsessive policeman relentlessly hunts a man who escaped prison after stealing bread.
106
min,
TV-PG
, CC
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D: Lewis Milestone. Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Robert Newton, Sylvia Sidney, Edmund Gwenn, Cameron Mitchell, Elsa Lanchester, Florence Bates. Glossy but thoughtful remake of the venerable Victor Hugo classic.
REVIEW:
comedy
In the first Inspector Clouseau film, the bumbling French police detective tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess' diamond.
Dir:
Blake Edwards
Cast:
David Niven
,
Peter Sellers
,
Capucine
.
C-
115
min,
TV-PG
, CC
widescreen
close captioned
comedy
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D: Norman Taurog. Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien, Joe Mantell, Ray Danton, James Gregory, Joey Bishop, Roscoe Karns, Claude Akins, Peter Brown, Tige Andrews. Muddled mishmash with Griffith joining the Coast Guard pre-WW2 and becoming a ship's cook. Tries desperately to be a comedy, romance, and drama all at once, with elements of NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS and MISTER ROBERTS, but is only sentimental and silly.
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western
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D: Anthony Mann. James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon, Wallace Ford. Taut action tale of revenge, with Stewart seeking those who killed his brother. CinemaScope.
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widescreen
close captioned
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT:
RARE ANIMATION
adventure
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D: Dave Fleischer. Singing voices of Lanny Ross, Jessica Dragonette. Max Fleischer's feature-length cartoon version of Jonathan Swift tale suffers from weak scripting, never getting audience involved in story. Towncrier Gabby is obnoxious, but he's got film's most memorable song, "All's Well.''
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short
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D: Dave Fleischer. Pleasant animated feature about residents of bug-ville and their various problems--living in a human world, and threatened by villainous C. Bagley Beetle. Good-looking but uncompelling story-wise, with unmemorable Frank LoesserHoagy Carmichael score. Originally titled MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN.
REVIEW:
comedy
A little boy turns into a chicken whenever he doesn't get his way.
Dir:
Robert Cannon
7
min,
TV-G
musical
On trial for killing a faithless lover, Frankie tries to spin the story in her favor.
Dir:
John Hubley
C-
8
min,
TV-G
, CC
comedy
George Fudget tries to get his family to economize.
Dir:
Robert Cannon
7
min,
TV-G
silent
A railroad porter and his boss get a premature Red Scare when a strange visitor seems to be carrying a Bolshevik bomb.
3
min,
TV-G
<none>
J. Stuart Blackton, one of the earliest screen cartoonists, draws some ethnic caricatures and an animated bottle of wine.
2
min,
TV-G
musical
All the animals on Farmer Goat's farm are lazy and unproductive until a visiting flapper introduces them to jazz.
7
min,
TV-G
<none>
A big-nosed man spends the night in a ghostly inn, where enchanted silverware fixes dinner and a terrible troll swallows unwary sleepers.
5
min,
TV-G
short
Firemen Mutt and Jeff are called to a burning hotel, where Mutt must rescue a rich lady's "baby" while avoiding a monster dog.
6
min,
TV-G
<none>
Farmer Al Falfa flirts with cute girls at the beach.
5
min,
TV-G
silent
In his rare, recently rediscovered debut appearance, Paul Terry's Farmer Al Falfa develops a plant that grows beer, then tests the product on his cow.
3
min,
TV-G
<none>
Krazy Kat tries to help a furrier catch animals to skin.
6
min,
TV-G
silent
An animated dachshund fools his live-action creator by eating the sausages he has drawn.
4
min,
TV-G
silent
Mischievous schoolboy Bobby disobeys his teacher and swings on a dangerous giant school bell.
5
min,
TV-G
silent
This silent silhouetted animation is based on the Arabian Nights' tales.
Dir:
Lotte Reiniger
66
min,
TV-G
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D: Lotte Reiniger. Captivating "silhouette film" (often cited as the first animated feature) based on various Arabian Nights tales involving the title prince and his experiences during a journey on a flying horse. A treat for children and adults alike, with the plot taking a backseat to the nonstop flow of eye-popping images. The video/DVD is a reconstruction derived from an existing tinted and toned nitrate print.
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horror
Carnival of Sinners (1947)
horror
Carnival of Sinners (1947)
A magic talisman grants a man whatever he wishes for, but after a year, he has to pay for it.
81
min,
TV-PG
crime
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D: William K. Howard. Joan Perry, Roger Pryor, Anthony Quinn, Maris Wrixon, Dick Purcell, Hobart Bosworth, Richard Ainley, DeWolf Hopper (William Hopper), Joan Winfield, Roland Drew. Quinn gives a nice, nasty performance as a gangster who is turned in to the FBI by his wife. Warner Bros.' shortest feature is a rapid-fire, entertaining remake of PUBLIC ENEMY'S WIFE, from which it recycled action footage. Crime addicts with less than an hour to spare could do a lot worse.
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Directed by Billy Wilder
