The Silver Screen Oasis

Hey, did you guys know that Jeanne Eagels (the real one, not Kim Novak) is going to be on TCM tomorrow morning in an early talkie of a classic? The Letter (1929) with Jeanne and Herbert Marshall (who is not the husband this go-round) is being aired at 8:45am ET. More at the link below. I've only seen parts of this, but Eagels was so intensely different than I expected. Btw, Reginald Owen plays her poor clueless hubby in the Somerset Maugham tale.
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81288/Letter-The/

Looking forward to the full movie tomorrow morning, Moira!

JackFavell wrote:Looking forward to the full movie tomorrow morning, Moira!

Me, too, Wen.

This appears to be a day devoted to Somerset Maugham (what a cool idea)...though I can't recommend Isle of Fury at 2:15pm...unless you would like to see the worst movie of Bogie''s career (yeah, this one is worse than Swing Your Lady). Still, I like Maugham's stories too much to miss some of these. I am really interested in seeing Dirty Gertie from Harlem, U.S.A. (1946). It's an African-American interpretation of Rain.

24 Wednesday
6:00 AM
CIRCLE, THE (1925)

A wife on the verge of leaving her husband she meets the mother who deserted him years earlier.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Eleanor Boardman , Malcolm McGregor , Alec Francis .
BW-66 mins, TV-PG,

7:15 AM
MAGICIAN, THE (1926)

A devil worshiper tries to seduce a young innocent.
Dir: Rex Ingram Cast: Alice Terry , Paul Wegener , Ivan Petrovich .
BW-79 mins, TV-14,

8:45 AM
LETTER, THE (1929)

A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
Dir: Jean De Limur Cast: Jeanne Eagels , O. P. Heggie , Reginald Owen .
BW-60 mins, TV-PG,

10:00 AM
STRICTLY UNCONVENTIONAL (1930)

A woman looks up her philandering mother-in-law for advice on adultery .
Dir: David Burton Cast: Catherine Dale Owen , Paul Cavanagh , Tyrrell Davis .
BW-55 mins, TV-G,

11:00 AM
RAIN (1932)

A missionary tries to reform a streetwalker trapped on a Pacific island.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Frederic Howard , Ben Hendricks , William Gargan .
BW-94 mins, TV-G,

12:45 PM
OUR BETTERS (1933)

An American heiress marries into the British nobility.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett , Violet Kemble-Cooper , Phoebe Foster .
BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

2:15 PM
ISLE OF FURY (1936)

A man on the run in the South Seas gets caught up in a romantic triangle.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Margaret Lindsay , Donald Woods .
BW-60 mins, TV-G,

3:30 PM
DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM U.S.A. (1946)
A lady band leader leaves a string of jilted men in her wake.
Dir: Spencer Williams Cast: Francine Everett , Don Wilson , Kathrine Moore .
BW-60 mins, TV-G,

4:45 PM
TRIO (1950)
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
Dir: Ken Annakin Cast: James Hayter , Kathleen Harrison , Felix Aylmer .
BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC,

6:30 PM
ENCORE (1951)

Three stories by W. Somerset Maugham reveal the strangeness of the human character.
Dir: Harold French Cast: Glynis Johns , Nigel Patrick , Kay Walsh .
BW-89 mins, TV-PG,

JackFavell wrote:Looking forward to the full movie tomorrow morning, Moira!

Me, too, Wen.

This appears to be a day devoted to Somerset Maugham (what a cool idea)...though I can't recommend Isle of Fury at 2:15pm...unless you would like to see the worst movie of Bogie''s career (yeah, this one is worse than Swing Your Lady). Still, I like Maugham's stories too much to miss some of these. I am really interested in seeing Dirty Gertie from Harlem, U.S.A. (1946). It's an African-American interpretation of Rain.

24 Wednesday
6:00 AM
CIRCLE, THE (1925)

A wife on the verge of leaving her husband she meets the mother who deserted him years earlier.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Eleanor Boardman , Malcolm McGregor , Alec Francis .
BW-66 mins, TV-PG,

7:15 AM
MAGICIAN, THE (1926)

A devil worshiper tries to seduce a young innocent.
Dir: Rex Ingram Cast: Alice Terry , Paul Wegener , Ivan Petrovich .
BW-79 mins, TV-14,

8:45 AM
LETTER, THE (1929)

A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
Dir: Jean De Limur Cast: Jeanne Eagels , O. P. Heggie , Reginald Owen .
BW-60 mins, TV-PG,

10:00 AM
STRICTLY UNCONVENTIONAL (1930)

A woman looks up her philandering mother-in-law for advice on adultery .
Dir: David Burton Cast: Catherine Dale Owen , Paul Cavanagh , Tyrrell Davis .
BW-55 mins, TV-G,

11:00 AM
RAIN (1932)

A missionary tries to reform a streetwalker trapped on a Pacific island.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Frederic Howard , Ben Hendricks , William Gargan .
BW-94 mins, TV-G,

12:45 PM
OUR BETTERS (1933)

An American heiress marries into the British nobility.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett , Violet Kemble-Cooper , Phoebe Foster .
BW-83 mins, TV-PG,

2:15 PM
ISLE OF FURY (1936)

A man on the run in the South Seas gets caught up in a romantic triangle.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Humphrey Bogart , Margaret Lindsay , Donald Woods .
BW-60 mins, TV-G,

3:30 PM
DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM U.S.A. (1946)
A lady band leader leaves a string of jilted men in her wake.
Dir: Spencer Williams Cast: Francine Everett , Don Wilson , Kathrine Moore .
BW-60 mins, TV-G,

4:45 PM
TRIO (1950)
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
Dir: Ken Annakin Cast: James Hayter , Kathleen Harrison , Felix Aylmer .
BW-92 mins, TV-PG, CC,

6:30 PM
ENCORE (1951)

Three stories by W. Somerset Maugham reveal the strangeness of the human character.
Dir: Harold French Cast: Glynis Johns , Nigel Patrick , Kay Walsh .
BW-89 mins, TV-PG,

FYI - DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM is posted on Youtube.

Jezebel38 wrote:FYI - DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM is posted on Youtube.

Thanks, Jez!

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No wonder I was drawn to today's showings! My foggy brain somehow didn't make the connection last night as I was looking at the sched, I just knew I wanted to see all of the movies today. I love the anthology movies too, and was really intrigued by Dirty Gertie. Some of these films I already have recorded, but I may just plop in another disc and let it go to have them all in one place.

Miss Goddess, ISLE OF FURY is interesting in that it shows Bogart in an unconventional role, and really substandard given the hit he made as Duke Mantee. Actually, this was probably the first film where Bogie earned his WB reputation as "Bogie the Beefer" - not without cause, mind you. Not a classic by any means and Bogart did not need that Errol Flynn pencil-lined mustache any more than Cagney did in HE WAS HER MAN or TORRID ZONE . . . but there is a kind of cool octopus sequence to compensate for its programmer status.

Take a look and let us know your thoughts.

octopus sequence? does he fair better than john wayne did?

Can't remember what happens exactly, but I believe so. I do recall Bogie surviving to the end of the movie. But it's pretty forgettable, certainly not on a par with REAP THE WILD WIND.

Western Guy wrote:Can't remember what happens exactly, but I believe so. I do recall Bogie surviving to the end of the movie. But it's pretty forgettable, certainly not on a par with REAP THE WILD WIND.

don't forget WAKE OF THE RED WITCH. duke seemed the "go to" octopus wrangler for a minute.

If one wants real thrills in battling an octopus, there's only one place
to go (jump to 2:00 if you can't wait!).
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OMG ChiO ...that plastic octopus doesn't stand a chance against old Bela.

Dirty Gertie from Harlem, one would watch it for the title alone.