All recommendations this week are from TCM, once again. Listed in EST, subject to change, asterisks on my “new to me” picks, yadda yadda — you all know how it goes!

May 15

6:30 am – Lydia (1941)* – Merle Oberon stars, which is enough reason for me to give this one a shot!

9:30 am – The Third Man (1949) – starring Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli

11:30 am – Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)* – Alida Valli and Joseph Cotten share the screen again!

8:00 pm – Forbidden Planet (1956) – starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Jack Kelly, etc.

10:00 pm – Spellbound (1945) – starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck, directed by Hitch

 

May 16

5:30 am – Born Yesterday (1950) – starring William Holden and Judy Holliday, directed by Cukor

7:30 am – A Star is Born (1954) – starring Judy Garland and James Mason, directed by Cukor

10:30 am – My Sister Eileen (1955) – starring Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon and Betty Garrett

12:30 pm – Queen Bee (1955)* – Joan Crawford as a Southern belle who tries to ruin the lives of all of her friends? Count me in.

4:00 pm – Bell, Book and Candle (1959) – starring Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Jimmy Stewart

6:00 pm – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) – starring Sid Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy

May 17

8:30 am – The Thirteenth Chair (1937)* – A murder takes place at a séance and the faux psychic that led the séance tries to solve the murder. This could be either hilariously corny or very suspenseful.

10:00 pm – Top Banana (1954)* – Leonard Maltin calls this one a “fascinating curio” and says that it is a filmed Broadway production.

May 18

12:00 am – It’s Always Fair Weather (1955) – starring Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse

A couple of biographical films playing on this morning: The George Raft Story (1961) at 6:00 am and The Bob Mathias Story (1954) at 7:45 am. I have seen neither but may tune in for The George Raft Story.

9:15 am – I Met My Love Again (1938)* – I’ll watch pretty much anything with Joan Bennett in it, even if the plot sounds pretty run-of-the-mill.

4:15 pm – The Virgin Queen (1955) – starring Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I

8:00 pm – Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson

May 19

7:45 am – Mary of Scotland (1936) – starring Katharine Hepburn as Mary, Queen of Scots

10:00 am – Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)* – I can’t believe I still haven’t seen this.

4:00 pm – The Three Faces of Eve (1957)* – Woohoo, psychological drama! Joanne Woodward stars as a woman with multiple personalities.

6:00 pm – Leave Her to Heaven (1945) – starring Gene Tierney

May 20

7:45 am – You Can’t Take It With You (1938) – starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Jimmy Stewart, Ann Miller, etc. Directed by Frank Capra.

May 21

8:30 am – Les Girls (1957) – starring Gene Kelly and Mitzi Gaynor

6:15 pm – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) – starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery, directed by Hitch

9:30 pm – The Petrified Forest (1936) – starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart

My streaming recommendation for the week is that you catch up on season 1 of The Dick Van Dyke Show! I finished the season this week and will be finishing up the Recap & React season of it soon, and will then move on to season 2. Previous posts in the series can be found in their own tag, and a chronological list of the episodes can be found on Wikipedia (beware of the wonky order of the episodes on Netflix!).