On TCM in May…

Here are some films that caught my eye. Anything you’d like to champion? Please do. Full list at TCM.com. All times are EST. Check for local time.

The theme this month is Frank Sinatra. His movies and some of his old TV specials play throughout the month.

Friday May 2nd:
2:00 AM (Leading into Saturday) Blacula
3:45 AM Scream Blacula Scream

Saturday May 3rd:
5:30 PM The Thing from Another World
10:30 Jamaica Inn I haven’t seen this, but it was (I think) featured in the Medved’s 50 Worst Films of All Time.

Tuesday May 6th:
8:00PM Tarzan the Ape Man Johnny Weissmuller & Margaret Sullivan (grrrrr!)
9:45PM The Naked Prey Simply terrific action flick. Also out on a Criterion DVD as of late. Well worth a look!

Thursday May 8th
8:00PM Grand Prix Terrific car racing flick with James Garner and directed by car action specialist John Frankenheimer. Much of the day’s films involve car racing, so if that’s your bag, check out the schedule.

Friday May 9th:
8:00PM Five One of the very first “last people in the world” movies. Followed by two others:
9:45 The World the Flesh and the Devil
11:30PM On the Beach
2:00AM Reefer Madness, followed by:
3:15 Marihuana
4:30 Cocaine Fiends

Saturday 10th:
12:30PM Five Came Back nice plane crash survivor movie. Chester Morris & Lucille Ball
4:15PM Adventures of Robin Hood One of the all time greats.

Friday 16th:
2:00AM Count Yorga Vampire
3:45 Fearless Vampire Killers

Saturday 17th
8:00AM People that Time Forgot Patrick Wayne and rubber dinosaurs.
10:00PM 7th Voyage of Sinbad The first and best of the Sinbad movies.

Monday 19th:
I love the playful side of TCM. Starting at 7:30 in the morning, they run six straight movies entitled “Here Comesâ€¦” (The Navy, The Band, Trouble, etc) followed by four “There Goesâ€¦” movies.

Tuesday 20th:
Jimmy Stewart day!! 24 hours of Stewart, Stewart, Stewart, our greatest screen actor.

Friday 23rd:
2:00AM Sugar Hill classic ’70s voodoo film.
3:45 Deathline Brit “Most Dangerous Game” riff from 1973.

Saturday 24th:
A full weekend of war/anti-war movies. 36 Hours (w/James Garner); Dirty Dozen, Kelly’s Heroes; Where Eagles Dare, Too Late the Hero, Paths of Glory (great movie!); Red Badge of Courage; Breaker Morant; Apocalypse Now, Beach Red.

Sunday 25th:
Guy Named Joe (inspired Spielberg’s Always), Flight Command, Action in the North Pacific; Objective Burma!; Stalag 17 (great film); Pork Chop Hill.

Monday 26th:
5:00PM Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Still the standard when it comes to “soldiers coming home” movies. If you haven’t seen this, seek it out.

Wednesday 28th:
10:15 The Manchurian Candidate: The greatest political paranoia thriller ever.

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The Rev. D.D.

Oooo, Sugar Hill? I’ve been wanting to see that for years, ever since reading Dr. Freex’s review of it. Excellent news!

May 9th will be the night I’m glad I still have two VCRs so I can get all that…
ADAMBOMB 1701

“Five Came Back” was possibly the inspiration for the “Star Trek” episode “The Galileo Seven.”

As for Sinatra, his “Man and his Music” specials turn up. They haven’t been seen in forty or so years. Also, on May 21, the original “Ocean’s 11” will be run.
mitch

I’m going to agree with Ken on one film here, and disagree on another.

Like most Kubrick films, “Paths of Glory” is worth watching for the cinematography, set design and special effects alone. Kubrick was a genius with a camera, and most of the shots in this film are like very fine photographs.

“Stalag 17,” on the other hand, I feel is overrated. There is too much silly comedy, and one of the central plot devices always seems a little incredible to me. I like William Holden and the movie is certainly worth watching if you haven’t seen it, but I wouldn’t call it “great.”
Ken Begg

Mitch: Thanks for posting.

First of all, NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO DISAGREE WITH ME!! GET OUT OF HERE, YOU SCUM!! I WILL KILL YOU IF I EVER SEE YOU!!!!

That said, you have a valid point. To clarify, I’d call Paths a great *film*, and Stalag a great *movie.” Certainly it’s a classic WWII flick, if only because it inspired Hogan’s Heroes.
Henry

Thanks, Ken. Friday the 16th looks like a winner. “Count Yorga, Vampire” has always been a bit underrated and “Fearless Vampire Killers” is always a hoot.
Henry

Thanks, Ken. Friday the 16th looks like a winner. “Count Yorga, Vampire” has always been a bit underrated and “Fearless Vampire Killers” is always a hoot.
JoshG

This Friday at 6 am, AMC is showing “The Atomic Submarine” as well as the first two Planet of the Apes movies and the original King Kong later in the day.
Emily

You seem to have missed “Rebecca”, one of the greatest films of all time imo. Certainly my favorite Hitchcock film, which is saying a lot. It’s based on the excellent novel of the same name by Daphne de Maurier, who also wrote “Jamaica Inn”.

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