Welcome to this week’s installment of What to Watch, where I share my recommendations for your DVR-ing and Netflix-ing. All times are listed in EST and subject to change. Check your local listings for any deviations. Asterisk notes what I hope to record this week. (You all know the drill by now.)
March 27
12:45 pm on TCM – I Know Where I’m Going (1945) – starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey
11:30 pm on TCM – The Fast and the Furious* (1954) – not to be confused with the Vin Diesel film, this one stars John Ireland and Dorothy Malone
March 28
1:00 am on TCM – Thunder Road (1958) – starring Robert Mitchum
6:00 am on FMC – Love Nest (1951) – starring June Haver, William Lundigan and Marilyn Monroe
7:45 am on TCM – Dead Ringer* (1964) – starring Bette Davis and directed by my boo Paul Henreid
PROPAGANDA ALERT: At 11:26 am on TCM there will be a short featuring Bette Davis selling war bonds for Christmas!
11:30 am on TCM – A Stolen Life (1946) – starring Bette Davis and Glenn Ford
5:00 pm on TCM – Two-Faced Woman* (1941) – starring Garbo and Constance Bennett
8:00 pm on TCM – Edge of the City (1957) – starring Sidney Poitier
March 29
6:00 am on FMC – On the Sunny Side* (1942) – Sounds like an exact counterpoint to Tomorrow, The World with a British kid instead of Emil. Starring Roddy McDowall and Stanley Clements.
8:40 am on FMC – That Night in Rio* (1941) – starring Don Ameche, Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda
9:30 am on TCM – 42nd Street (1933) – starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, Ginger Rogers, Una Merkel, Dick Powell, etc.
11:15 am on TCM – Penthouse (1933) – starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
11:40 am on FMC – Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992) – TIM CURRY IS AWESOME.
March 30
7:30 am on TCM – Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive and Valerie Hobson
8:00 am on FMC – Anastasia (1956) – starring Ingrid Bergman
12:00 pm on TCM – Torchy Plays with Dynamite (1939) – starring Jane Wyman and Allen Jenkins
8:00 pm on TCM – The Lady Eve (1941) – starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
9:45 pm on TCM – I Love You Again (1940) – starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
March 31
MAD MEN ALERT – “Dark Shadows” and “Christmas Waltz” are showing on AMC starting at 6:00 AM
7:30 am on TCM – Ben-Hur (1959) – starring Charlton Heston
8:50 am on FMC – Nightmare Alley (1947) – starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell
6:00 pm on TCM – Easter Parade (1948) – starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire
April 1
8:00 am on TCM – He Who Gets Slapped* (1924) – starring Lon Chaney and Norma Shearer
9:15 am on TCM – The Monster (1925) – starring Lon Chaney
PROPAGANDA ALERT: The Lon Chaney silent Tell It to the Marines (1926), which is basically a Marines recruiter in film form, is playing on TCM at 12:15 pm
9:30 pm on TCM – Angels in the Outfield (1951) – starring Paul Douglas and Janet Leigh
April 2
1:00 am on TCM – Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) – starring Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly!
7:30 am on TCM – King Kong (1933) – starring Fay Wray
11:00 am on TCM – Joy of Living (1938) – starring Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
4:15 pm on TCM – Bright Leaf* (1950) – starring Gary Cooper. Lauren Bacall and Patricia Neal
8:00 pm on TCM – Strangers on a Train (1951) – starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker
No TCM, FMC, or AMC? Here are some streaming recommendations:
Silents of 1920 – 1924 on Netflix:
Anna Boleyn (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Man from Beyond (1922)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Films from 1932 streaming on Amazon Prime:
Freaks
Murders in the Rue Morgue
White Zombie
One pick from the Internet Archive:
Guest in the House (1944)
Nice feature! :D Easier than scanning TCM myself, thats for sure! :D
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I religiously comb through the TCM schedule a few times a week for myself, so I figured I might as well help others in the process. :) Thanks for stopping by!
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I think I’ll catch Strangers on a Train. Been too long since I’ve last seen it.
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I’m due for a re-watch, too. Great film!
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I have absolutely nothing to recommend…all of your asterisked features are ones I’ve never seen! I’ve let you down, Lindsey, and I’ll punish myself for it.
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Punish yourself by watching them all!
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Best punishment EVER!
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