Courage. Born seven days and thirteen years apart, Paul Muni and Greer Garson share a stunning ability to portray strength in the face of hardship on screen. Paul Muni was born on September 22, 1895 in what was then Austria and what is now Russia - not a particularly promising place for a future movie star. After moving to the US in 1902 with his parents, Muni began appearing in the Yiddish theaters and, later, on Broadway. Picked up, dropped, and then picked up again by Hollywood, Muni is best remembered by his Oscar winning performance in The Life of Emile Zola (1937). Also that year, Muni starred as Wang Lung, a Chinese farmer in Hollywood's adaptation of the epic Good Earth (1937). Earlier in his career, Muni played a tactless Mexican lawyer beset by two wealthy women in Bordertown (1935). Regardless of his characters' nationality, Muni played strong men who stood up for the civil and intellectual rights of the downtrodden. Through these roles, Muni makes clear his own belief in the difference that a single, outspoken voice can make. While Muni portrayed on screen the plights of various groups of people, Garson brought to life different types of compelling women whose situations met their times. Because of this commitment to portraying "the underdog" with determination and valor, both Muni and Garson deserve recognition, applause and honor. 
7 TUESDAY--Peter Lawford 6:00 AM Lord Jeff (1938) When a good boy goes bad, his family sends him to a naval military school. Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney, Charles Coburn. D: Sam Wood. BW 86m. 7:30 AM A Yank at Eton (1942) An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline. Mickey Rooney, Freddie Bartholomew, Ian Hunter. D: Norman Taurog. BW 89m. 9:00 AM Son of Lassie (1945) The beloved collie goes to war to help the resistance in occupied Norway. Peter Lawford, June Lockhart, Donald Crisp. D: S. Sylvan Simon. C 101m. 11:00 AM My Brother Talks to Horses (1946) A small boy’s secret gifts help him pick racetrack winners. Butch Jenkins, Peter Lawford, Charlie Ruggles. D: Fred Zinnemann. BW 93m. 1:00 PM Easter Parade (1948) When his partner leaves him, a vaudeville star trains an untried performer to take her place, finding love in the process. Oscar® for Best Score. Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Ann Miller. D: Cbarles Walters. C 104m. CC 8 WEDNESDAY--Peter Sellers 6:00 AM tom thumb (1958) A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks. Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas. D: George Pal. C 93m. LBX 8:00 AM The Road to Hong Kong (1962) A pair of con men get mixed up in international intrigue and the space race. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour. D: Norman Panama. BW 92m. 10:00 AM The World of Henry Orient (1964) Two poor little rich girls dog the steps of a womanizing pianist. Peter Sellers, Angela Lansbury, Paula Prentiss. D: George Roy Hill. C 107m. LBX 12:00 PM After the Fox (1966) A notorious con man poses as a film director to front a major caper. Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland. D: Vittorio de Sica. BW 104m. LBX 2:00 PM The Party (1968) An Indian actor turns a swank Hollywood party into a disaster. Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Marge Champion. D: Blake Edwards. BW 99m. LBX 9 THURSDAY--Cliff Robertson 11:30 AM The Honey Pot (1967) A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends. Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Maggie Smith. D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. C 132m. LBX 2:00 PM Sunday in New York (1964) A philandering pilot gets real moral real fast when his sister contemplates a pre-marital fling. Cliff Robertson, Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda. D: Peter Tewksbury. C 105m. 10 FRIDAY--Edmond O'Brien 6:00 AM Fighter Squadron (1948) A dedicated flyer pushes himself and those around him during a perilous World War II campaign. Edmond O’Brien, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson. D: Raoul Walsh. C 95m. 8:00 AM White Heat (1949) A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic. James Cagney, Edmond OÕBrien, Virginia Mayo. D: Raoul Walsh. BW 114m. 10:00 AM D.O.A. (1950) The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer. Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler. D: Rudolph Maté. BW 84m. 11:30 AM The Hitch-Hiker (1953) A dangerous madman kidnaps two businessmen on a hunting trip. Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Tallman. D: Ida Lupino. BW 71m. 1:00 PM The Barefoot Contessa (1954) A Spanish dancer becomes an international star but still longs to get her feet in the dirt. Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien. D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. C 131m. CC 13 MONDAY--Claudette Colbert 6:00 AM Boom Town (1940) Friends become rivals when they strike it rich in oil. Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert. D: Jack Conway. BW 119m. 8:00 AM Tomorrow is Forever (1945) A scarred veteran presumed dead returns home to find his wife remarried. Orson Welles, Claudette Colbert, George Brent. D: Irving Pichel. BW 104m. 13 MONDAY--Mel Torme 10:00 AM Words and Music (1948) Songwriters Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart search for love while rising to the top. Guest stars include Judy Garland, Gene Kelly and Lena Horne. Mickey Rooney, Janet Leigh, Tom Drake. D: Norman Taurog. C 122m. 16 THURSDAY--Janis Paige 6:00 AM Hollywood Canteen (1944) A serviceman and a starlet find love at the star-staffed serviceman’s center. Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark. D: Delmer Daves. BW 124m. 8:15 AM Romance on the High Seas (1948) A singer on a Caribbean cruise gets mixed up in a series of romantic problems. Doris Day, Jack Carson, Janis Paige. D: Michael Curtiz. C 100m. 10:00 AM One Sunday Afternoon (1948) A dentist in turn-of-the-century New York thinks he may have married the wrong girl. Dennis Morgan, Dorothy Malone, Janis Paige. D: Raoul Walsh. C 91m. 16 THURSDAY--Anne Francis 12:00 PM Summer Holiday (1948) Musical remake of Ah, Wilderness!, about a small-town boy's struggles with growing up. Walter Huston, Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan. D: Rouben Mamoulian. C 93m. 2:00 PM Blackboard Jungle (1955) An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency. Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Sidney Poitier. D: Richard Brooks. BW 101m. CC 17 FRIDAY--Roddy McDowall 6:00 AM Lassie Come Home (1943) A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to his lost family. Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp. D: Fred M. Wilcox. C 90m. CC 7:30 AM White Cliffs of Dover (1944) An American woman with a British husband fights to keep her family together through two world wars. Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Roddy McDowall. D: Clarence Brown. BW 127m. CC 9:45 AM Holiday in Mexico (1946) An ambassador’s daughter falls for a famous musician. Jane Powell, Walter Pidgeon, Roddy McDowall. D: George Sydney. C 128m. 22 WEDNESDAY--Paul Muni 8:00 AM The Good Earth (1937) Epic adaptation of the Pearl Buck classic about Chinese farmers battling the elements. Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly. D: Sidney Franklin. BW 139m. CC 10:30 AM Bordertown (1935) An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss's neurotic wife. Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay. D: Archie Mayo. BW 91m. CC 23 THURSDAY--Walter Pidgeon 8:30 AM Shopworn Angel (1938) A showgirl gives up life in the fast line for a young soldier on his way to fight World War I. Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon. D: H.C. Potter. BW 86m. 10:00 AM Flight Command (1941) A cocky cadet tries to prove himself during flight training. Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon. D: Frank Borzage. BW 116m. 12:00 PM If Winter Comes (1948) Scandal results when a well-meaning man takes in a pregnant girl. Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Janet Leigh. D: Victor Saville. BW 97m. 2:00 PM Cass Timberlaine (1947) An aging judge creates a scandal when he marries a younger woman from the wrong side of the tracks. Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott. D: George Sidney. BW 119m. 27 MONDAY--William Conrad 8:00 AM Tension (1950) A man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it. Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Barry Sullivan. D: John Berry. BW 92m. 10:00 AM Any Number Can Play (1949) The owner of a gambling casino tries to win back his estranged wife and child. Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey. D: Mervyn LeRoy. BW 103m. 12:00 PM Stranger on the 3rd Floor (1957) A young innocent tries to find the real killer when her reporter boyfriend is framed for murder. Margaret Tallichet, Peter Lorre, John McGuire. D: Boris Ingster. BW 64 m. 29 WEDNESDAY--Greer Garson 6:00 AM Goodbye, Mr.Chips (1939) A cold-hearted teacher becomes the school favorite when he’s thawed by a beautiful young woman. Oscar® for Best Actor (Robert Donat). Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Paul Henreid. D: Sam Wood. BW 115m. CC DVS 8:00 AM Blossoms in the Dust (1941) True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphan’s rights in Texas. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Marsha Hunt. D: Mervyn LeRoy. C 100m. CC 9:45 AM Adventure (1945) A rough-living sailor has trouble adjusting to domestic life when he marries a librarian. Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Thomas Mitchell. D: Victor Fleming. BW 126m. 12:00 PM Desire Me (1947) A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband’s death. Greer Garson, Robert Mitchum, Richard Hart. D: None credited. BW 92m. 2:00 PM Julia Misbehaves (1948) A showgirl returns to her stuffy estranged husband when their daughter gets engaged. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Elizabeth Taylor. D: Jack Conway. BW 100m. CC |
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