TCM Premieres....

[kingrat]

North Dallas Forty! Rah!

[Bronxgirl48]

Did you ever think you'd hear the word "virgin" and Don Knotts in the same sentence? (i.e. THE LOVE GOD?)

[Hibi]

The original Back Street with Irene Dunne premieres this Saturday at 8pm!

[cmovieviewer]

TCM has scheduled some additional premieres for September - the details are as follows:

Sep 29, 6 AM - Century of Animation Showcase (1923) (2023)
Sep 29, 7 AM - Walt's Early Wonderlands (1921) (2023)
Sep 29, 5:30 PM - The Ten Commandments (1923) (silent version)

These films are added as part of the National Silent Movie Day theme. The first 2 films are collections of early animation from the silent era. Last year on National Silent Movie Day, TCM showed ‘Century of Animation Showcase (1922) (2022)’, so the first film on the list above is probably an updated version of this collection. I believe the second animation collection is related to early Walt Disney cartoons, but TCM has so far provided little background information on these titles.

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as was mentioned.....
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Sat., 9-9


8:00
pm (ET)

Back Street (1932)
1h 33m | Drama

a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles.
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Fannie Hurst, it tells the story of a woman who spends her life as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man.[3] The devotion and love of the woman to the married man determines that she will be the “back streets” of him in the whole life; a story of a love that was not destined.[4] This was the first of three film versions of Hurst's novel, ..........

Director
John M. Stahl
Cast
Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker

"....This subject has many implausible ideas. Mr. Boles's performance, even granted that he is a victim of trite lines and foolish incidents, is stodgy and unconvincing. Miss Dunne does well enough considering the wabbly character she plays. George Meeker is believable as Kurt Shendler. The dependable Zasu Pitts makes the most of a very small part and so does Robert McWade....

https://www.nytimes.com/1932/08/29/arch ... tress.html

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early WED., 9-13


1:15
am (ET)

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
1h 48m | Thriller | TV-14
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.

Director
Mark Robson
Cast
Carol White, Scott Hylands, Paul Burke

"....Worthwhile B movie that fails to make the most of a good idea. And both Play Misty for Me(71) and Fatal Attraction(87) reworked its premise and plot. Mark Robson's direction is economical to a fault, and the film needs more detail and development;it feels perfunctory and thin like a made-for-TV film. And the supporting characters are cardboard.

The film has some effective scenes, generates interest and suspense, though the build-up is ultimately better than the payoff. Scott Hylands is very good and convincing but, Carol White is perhaps too stoic,and she doesn't garner much sympathy for her character. The rest of the cast goes through their paces without making an impression, except for an annoying housekeeper, and "Prissy",the cat. Ultimately, the subject matter and Scott Hylands' performance are what make it worthwhile. ...
see: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064209/re ... ef_=tt_ov_ rt


6:00
am (ET)

I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
1h 10m | Drama | TV-MA
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Director

James Cruze
Cast
Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence

"In his review for The New York Times, film critic Mordaunt Hall called the film "a stolid and often grim picture".[14] While Hall felt the drama was not as good as some of director James Cruze's previous work, the "clever acting of the principals"—especially that of Ernest Torrence—offset some of the film's shortcomings.[14] Hall found some of the scenes "more shocking than suspenseful" and felt a broader adaptation of Max Miller's book may have been more interesting than the focus on the melodramatic series of incidents related to a sinister fisherman.[14]
While acknowledging that "Colbert does well as Julie", Hall did not find her convincing as a fisherman's daughter because she does not look the type.[14] Hall reserved his highest praise for Ernest Torrence in his final screen performance.[14] Torrence died on May 15, 1933, shortly after the film was completed. ....."

see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Cover_the_Waterfront

[Hibi]

I'm recording I Cover the Waterfront and several other offerings on Claudette Colbert Day on Wed.(Also Daddy's Gone A Hunting! I remember that film but it didn't play in my area at the time).

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SAT., 9-16

12:00
pm (ET)

Cry Baby (1990)
1h 25m | Comedy | TV-MA

In 1950s Baltimore, a bad boy with a heart of gold wins the love of a good girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge.

The film centers on a group of delinquent youth who refer to themselves as "drapes" and their interaction with the rest of the town and its other subculture, the "squares", in 1950s Baltimore, Maryland. "Cry-Baby" Walker, a drape, and Allison, a square, disturb Baltimore society by breaking the subculture taboos and falling in love. The film shows what the young couple has to overcome to be together and how their actions affect the rest of the town. ....

Director
John Waters

Cast
Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Polly Bergen, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake and Traci Lords,

".....(RT's) site's consensus states: "John Waters' musical ode to the teen rebel genre is infectious and gleefully camp, providing star Johnny Depp with the perfect vehicle in which to lampoon his pin-up image."[6]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film 3 out of 4 stars.[7] Metacritic calculated an average score of 63 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale...."

see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry-Baby

[CinemaInternational]

Cry-Baby kind of feels like a homage to all those old AIP teen films. It doesn't add up to something big, but it is fun and eccentric.

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early THURS., 9-21
SOTM: Derk Bogarde


3:15
am (ET)

The Damned (1969)
2h 44m | Drama | TV-MA

Set in 1930s Germany, the film centers on the Essenbecks, a wealthy industrialist family who have begun doing business with the Nazi Party, and whose amoral and unstable heir, Martin (played by Berger in his breakthrough role), is embroiled in his family's machinations. It is loosely based on the Krupp family of steel industrialists....

Director
Luchino Visconti
Cast
Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem

"The film opened to worldwide acclaim. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay and was named Best Foreign Film by the National Board of Review.
Among the international cast, Helmut Berger was singled out for his performance as Martin, a vicious sexual deviant who uses his amoral appetites to his own twisted ends. The film was the tenth-most popular movie at the French box office in 1970.[7]

The film has appeared on critics' lists such as the New York Times Best 1000 Movies Ever Made[8] and Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown...

see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Damned_(1969_film)