TCM Schedule for Fri, July 25, 2025: Murderous Affairs / Cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg

Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C. (July 4, 1889 – May 1, 1983) was a Ukrainian-born American photojournalist and cinematographer.

Ruttenberg was accomplished at winning accolades. At MGM, Ruttenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 10 times, winning four. In addition, he won the 1954 Golden Globe Award for his camera work on the film Brigadoon.

He emigrated to the United States in 1895, and worked as the Boston Globe as a photojournalist. In 1915 he accepted a job with the Fox Film Corporation in New York City to train as a cinematographer. Two years later, he was behind the camera for The Painted Madonna (1917), which marked the start of a remarkably successful career.

In the late 1920s, Ruttenberg went to work for Paramount Pictures in New York. His first assignment for a sound film was The Struggle (1931), D.W. Griffith's final film. In 1934, Ruttenberg signed with MGM, moving to Hollywood where he was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers.

Bio and filmography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ruttenberg

Somebody Up There Likes Me, Oscar winner for cinematography, airs tonight, as does Gaslight, which was nominated. This guy had an amazing career.

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DAYTIME: (EST)

6:00 AM | Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
A D.A.'s personal life mirrors the love-triangle murder he's prosecuting.
Dir: James Whale | Cast: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore

7:15 AM | Shadow of a Woman (1946)
A woman suspects her husband of plotting to kill his son from a previous marriage.
Dir: Joseph Santley | Cast: Helmut Dantine, Andrea King, William Prince

8:45 AM | Born to Kill (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir: Robert Wise | Cast: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak

10:30 AM | Julie (1956)
A stewardess is stalked by her psychotic, estranged husband.
Dir: Andrew L. Stone | Cast: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan

12:15 PM | The Arnelo Affair (1947)
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
Dir: Arch Oboler | Cast: John Hodiak, George Murphy, Frances Gifford

2:00 PM | Bewitched (1945)
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
Dir: Arch Oboler | Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Phyllis Thaxter, Harry H. Daniels Jr.

3:15 PM | The Witness Chair (1936)
A woman lets her lover stand trial for the murder she committed.
Dir: George Nicholls Jr. | Cast: Ann Harding, Walter Abel, Douglass Dumbrille

4:30 PM Millie (1931)
A prostitute turns to murder to protect her teenage daughter's honor.
Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames

6:00 PM | Mike's Murder (1984) TCM PREMIERE
A young woman tries to uncover what led to the brutal murder of her old flame and who killed him.
Dir: James Bridges | Cast: Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun, Darrell Larson



PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM | Crossroads (1942)
A French diplomat who's recovering from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor

9:30 PM | Gaslight (1944)
A husband manipulates his wife to believe she is descending into insanity.
Dir: George Cukor | Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten

11:30 PM | Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Dir: Robert Wise | Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane

1:30 AM | Comrade X (1940)
An American warms up an icy Russian streetcar conductor.
Dir: King Vidor | Cast: Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Oscar Homolka

3:15 AM | The Vintage (1957)
Two fugitives hide out in a vineyard.
Dir: Jeffrey Hayden | Cast: Pier Angeli, Mel Ferrer, John Kerr

5:00 AM | Side Street (1950)
A mailman is chased by both cops and crooks when he steals a shipment of dirty money.
Dir: Anthony Mann | Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig