Marilyn Monroe Movies
Turner Classic Movies, Saturday, Aug. 5
6:00 AM THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist. Director: John Huston. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Marilyn Monroe. Black and White-112 minutes.
8:00 AM CLASH BY NIGHT (1952) An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend. Director: Fritz Lang. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Keith Andes, Marilyn Monroe. Black and White-105 minutes.
10:00 AM NIAGARA (1952) Honeymooners get mixed up with an obsessive husband and his cheating wife. Director: Henry Hathaway. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters. Color-89 minutes.
12:00 PM RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954) A frontier farmer takes off with his son and a saloon singer after the man who stole his rifle and his horse. Director: Otto Preminger. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun. Color-91 minutes. Letterbox.
2:00 PM THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (1957) An American showgirl in London creates an international incident when she falls for a European prince. Director: Laurence Olivier. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Wattis, David Thorne, Jeremy Spenser. Color-117 minutes.
4:15 PM GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) Two singers work their way to Paris, enjoying the company of eligible men they meet along the way. Director: Howard Hawks. Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn. Color-91 minutes.
6:00 PM THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955) A married man whose wife is on vacation falls for the blonde bombshell upstairs. Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes. Black and White-104 minutes. Letterbox.
8:00 PM SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) Two musicians on the run from gangsters masquerade as members of an all-girl band. Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, George Raft. Black and White-121 minutes. Letterbox.
10:15 PM BUS STOP (1956) An innocent cowboy kidnaps a small-time singer with whom he’s infatuated. Director: Joshua Logan. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O’Connell, Hope Lange, Betty Field. Color-94 minutes. Letterbox.
12:00 AM HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953) Three models pool their resources to rent a posh penthouse in hopes of snaring rich husbands. Director: Jean Negulesco. Cast: Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, William Powell, Cameron Mitchell, Alex D’Arcy. Color-96 minutes. Letterbox.
1:45 AM THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (1954) A blonde beauty upsets a show business family. Director: Walter Lang. Cast: Ethel Merman, Donald O’Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Dan Dailey, Mitzi Gaynor. Color-117 minutes. Letterbox.
4:00 AM LET’S MAKE LOVE (1960) A millionaire uses a fake name to infiltrate a musical making fun of him. Director: George Cukor. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall, Gene Kelly. Color-119 minutes. Letterbox.
Van Heflin Movies
6:00 AM THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT (1937) A former lowlife adopts a child to help him go straight. Director: Christy Cabanne. Cast: Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin. Black and White-68 minutes.
7:15 AM H.M. PULHAM ESQ. (1941) A stuffy businessman livens things up by having a fling. Director: King Vidor. Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Van Heflin. Black and White-120 minutes.
9:15 AM TENNESSEE JOHNSON (1942) Biography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached. Director: William Dieterle. Cast: Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey. Black and White-103 minutes.
11:00 AM PRESENTING LILY MARS (1943) A small-town girl fights for her big chance on Broadway. Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter. Black and White-104 minutes.
12:45 PM POSSESSED (1947) A married woman’s passion for a former love drives her mad. Director: Curtis Bernhardt. Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks. Black and White-108 minutes.
2:45 PM ACT OF VIOLENCE (1949) An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer. Director: Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor. Black and White-82 minutes.
4:15 PM MADAME BOVARY (1949) A romantic country girl sacrifices her marriage when she thinks she’s found true love. Director: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, James Mason. Black and White-114 minutes.
6:15 PM CRY OF BATTLE (1963) The son of a wealthy businessman finds himself in the guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese in World War II. Director: Irving Lerner. Cast: Van Heflin, Rita Moreno, James MacArthur. Color-99 minutes.
8:00 PM 3:10 TO YUMA (1957) A sheriff must run the gauntlet to get his prisoner out of town. Director: Delmer Daves. Cast: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr. Black and White-92 minutes. Letterbox.
9:45 PM JOHNNY EAGER (1942) A handsome racketeer seduces the DA’s daughter for revenge, then falls in love. Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin. Black and White-107 minutes.
11:45 PM THE PROWLER (1951) A policeman’s obsession with a married woman leads to murder. Director: Joseph Losey. Cast: Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell. Black and White-93 minutes.
1:30 AM PATTERNS (1956) A replacement in a large corporation encounters loyalty and power struggles. Director: Fielder Cook. Cast: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley. Black and White-84 minutes.
3:00 AM BATTLE CRY (1955) A group of Marines eagerly await deployment during World War II. Director: Raoul Walsh. Cast: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Tab Hunter. Color-148 minutes. Letterbox.
James Mason movies
6:00 AM LORD JIM (1965). After turning coward, a naval officer tries to redeem himself by helping Asian natives stage a revolution. Director: Richard Brooks. Cast: Peter O’Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens. Color. 154 minutes. Letterbox.
8:45 AM THUNDER ROCK (1942). A disillusioned writer moves into a lighthouse where some ghostly visitors restore his faith. Director: Roy Boulting. Cast: Michael Redgrave, Barbara Mullen, James Mason. Black and white. 107 minutes.
11:00 AM THE SEVENTH VEIL (1945). A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory. Director: Compton Bennett. Cast: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom. Black and white. 94 minutes.
12:45 PM THE SEA GULL (1968). The film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century. Director: Sidney Lumet. Cast: James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Eileen Herlie. Color. 141 minutes. Letterbox.
3:15 PM EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1982). A detective trying to solve a case finds himself on an exclusive island frequented by the rich and famous. Director: Guy Hamilton. Cast: Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, Nicholas Clay, James Mason, Sylvia Miles, Roddy McDowall, Denis Quilley, Emily Hone. Color. 117 minutes. Letterbox.
5:30 PM JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959). A professor and his colleagues follow an explorer’s trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth’s center. Director: Henry Levin. Cast: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker. Color. 129 minutes.
8:00 PM LOLITA (1962). Vladimir Nabokov’s racy classic focuses on an aging intellectual in love with a teenager. Director: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers. Black and white. 153 minutes. Letterbox.
10:45 PM THE DESERT FOX (1951). Following his work with the Afrika Korps, Field Marshall Rommell joins in a plot to assassinate Hitler. Director: Henry Hathaway. Cast: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy. Black and white. 88 minutes.
12:30 AM A STAR IS BORN (1954). A falling star marries the newcomer he’s helping reach the top. Director: George Cukor. Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan. Color. 176 minutes. Letterbox.
3:30 AM JULIUS CAESAR (1953). Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Cast: Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, John Gielgud, Edmond O’Brien, George Macready, Michael Pate, Alan Napier. Black and White.
Sidney Poitier Movies
6:00 AM CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1952) A South African minister travels to Johannesburg to find his missing son. Director: Zoltan Korda. Cast: Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson. Black and White-108 minutes.
8:00 AM BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (1955) An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency. Director: Richard Brooks. Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Paul Mazursky, Vic Morrow, Margaret Hayes, Rafael Campos. Black and White-101 minutes. Letterbox.
10:00 AM GOOD-BYE, MY LADY (1956) A stray dog brings together a young boy and an old man in the Georgia swamps. Director: William A. Wellman. Cast: Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon de Wilde, Sidney Poitier. Black and White-95 minutes.
12:00 PM SOMETHING OF VALUE (1957) Childhood friends end up on opposite sides of a bloody African uprising. Director: Richard Brooks. Cast: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier, Wendy Hiller. Black and White-114 minutes.
2:00 PM PARIS BLUES (1961) Two jazz musicians deal with romantic problems in Paris. Director: Martin Ritt. Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll. Color-99 minutes. Letterbox.
4:00 PM THE BEDFORD INCIDENT (1965) An American destroyer, with a journalist on board, pursues a Russian submarine during the Cold War. Director: James B. Harris. Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur. Black and White-102 minutes. Letterbox.
6:00 PM A PATCH OF BLUE (1965) A blind white girl falls in love with a black man. Director: Guy Green. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman. Black and White-105 minutes. Letterbox.
8:00 PM A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961) A black woman uses her late husband’s life insurance to build a better world for her children. Director: Daniel Petrie. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. Black and White-128 minutes. Letterbox.
10:15 PM TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967) A substitute teacher changes the lives of the slum children in his class. Director: James Clavell. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Lulu. Color-105 minutes. Letterbox.
12:15 AM EDGE OF THE CITY (1957) An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official. Director: Martin Ritt. Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden. Black and White-86 minutes. Letterbox.
2:00 AM BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1972) A con man helps a group of former slaves survive the perils of the wild West in their search for the promised land. Director: Sidney Poitier. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee. Color-103 minutes. Letterbox.
4:00 AM THE ORGANIZATION (1971) When a group of revolutionaries fighting the drug rackets are framed for murder, detective Virgil Tibbs steps in to clear their names. Director: Don Medford. Cast: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O’Loughlin. Color-108 minutes. Letterbox.
Movie schedule and synopsis via the Turner Classic Movies website.
Movie schedule and synopses via the Turner Classic Movies website.