Last Sunday morning, I had the digital sub-channel known as MOVIES! on (well, I was up at 8am—don’t everyone be surprised at once) and was astonished to see that the station runs an occasional two-reeler to fill up the gaps in time (sadly, they do not provide this information at their website’s schedule). For the curious, they showed The Laurel & Hardy Murder Case (1930)…and anytime I can get my fix of The Boys is a good thing, because I start the day in a pleasant mood and am able to resist the urge to pass out the assisted living brochures among my parents. Anyway, as part of TDOY’s required community service, here’s what you can watch on the channel this week:
08:40am Diamond Head
(1963)
11:00am A Night to
Remember (1942)
01:00pm Seven Thieves
(1960)
03:15pm Come Back to
the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
05:40pm The Big Town
(1987)
08:00pm Absence of
Malice (1981)
10:35pm Come Back,
Little Sheba (1952)
12:40am Absence of
Malice (1981)
03:10am Come Back,
Little Sheba (1952)
05:15am The
President’s Analyst (1967)
Monday, September 23
08:00am Bug (1975)
10:10am Cujo
(1983)
12:10pm Friday the
13th - Part III (1982)
02:15pm Where the
Sidewalk Ends (1950)
04:20pm Reprisal!
(1956)
06:00pm Hostile Guns
(1967)
08:00pm Rio Grande
(1950)
10:15pm The Proud
Ones (1956)
12:20am Rio Grande
(1950)
02:35am The Proud
Ones (1956)
04:40am Phase IV
(1974)
Tuesday, September 24
06:40am Mr. Moto
Takes a Vacation (1939)
08:20am The Molly
Maguires (1970)
11:00am Blind Fury
(1989)
12:55pm Hard Times
(1975)
02:55pm The Italian
Job (1969)
05:05pm Chinatown
(1974)
08:00pm Against All
Odds (1984)
10:30pm About Last
Night (1986)
01:05am Against All
Odds (1984)
03:45am About Last
Night (1986)
Wednesday, September 25
06:20am Cripple Creek
(1952)
08:00am The Family
Jewels (1965)
10:10am Ship of Fools
(1965)
01:25pm Boeing-Boeing
(1965)
03:35pm The Rat Race
(1960)
05:50pm Do Not
Disturb (1965)
08:00pm Sabrina
(1954)
10:30pm Good Neighbor
Sam (1964)
01:30am Sabrina
(1954)
04:00am Good Neighbor
Sam (1964)
Thursday, September 26
08:00am Rio Grande
(1950)
10:15am 7th Cavalry
(1956)
11:55am Comanche
Station (1960)
01:30pm The
Jayhawkers (1959)
03:40pm Dead Heat on
a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
06:00pm The Day the
Earth Stood Still (1951)
08:00pm The Bridge on
the River Kwai (1957)
11:30pm The Bridge on
the River Kwai (1957)
03:05am Murphy's War
(1971)
05:25am Teacher's Pet
(1958)
Friday, September 27
08:00am Summer Rental
(1985)
10:00am The
President's Analyst (1967)
12:20pm The Big
Picture (1989)
02:30pm Lady Sings
the Blues (1972)
05:40pm Come Back to
the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
08:00pm Bye Bye
Birdie (1963)
10:20pm Wild in the
Country (1961)
12:50am Bye Bye
Birdie (1963)
03:10am Wild in the
Country (1961)
05:40am Pretty Baby (1978)
Saturday. September 28
08:15am Call of the
Wild (1935)
10:00am Kids Programming (FCC-mandated)
01:00pm Cujo
(1983)
03:00pm Day of the
Animals (1977)
05:05pm Good Neighbor
Sam (1964)
08:00pm Ship of Fools
(1965)
11:10pm Ship of Fools
(1965)
02:30am Dangerous
Crossing (1953)
04:10am Nightmare
Alley (1947)
Ivan, that's an interesting mix of the old and the new. There are a couple of offbeat pics I'd like to see again, specifically PHASE IV (a sci fi directed by title designer Saul Bass) and THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST (with James Coburn).
ReplyDeleteI have had MOVIES since July and I was thrilled when I first saw Laural and Hardy on their channel. But I came to realise that they only have about 4 shorts that they show over and over and over. Dennis
ReplyDeleteFor anyone recording these, Dead Heat on a Merry Go Round and The President's Analyst make a terrific double feature.
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty good lineup..for a channel I never heard of. I especially like Sept. 25th's movie selection. Anytime a station plays Good Neighbor Sam, it gets the thumbs-up from me!
ReplyDeleteDitto on "Good Neighbor Sam"! It's one of my favorite sexist 1960s comedies. And watching "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" is worth it just to hear Rose Marie say, "He wore a truss."
ReplyDeleteSisters Metzinger:
ReplyDeleteMOVIES! is a fairly new offering (it started in January) but it has been slowly and steadily adding stations. Click here to see if it's available in your neck of the swamp.