TCM Schedule for Thursday, November 21: Directed by John Ford

Daytime: fairy tales.

Nighttime: Ford!

No one can say TCM lacks variety.

Thursday, November 21, 2019

12:30 AM
LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE ( 1971)
Changing times take their toll on high schoolers growing up in a small Western town.
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich Cast: Timothy Bottoms , Jeff Bridges , Cybill Shepherd .
BW- 126 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM
WILD BUNCH, THE ( 1969)
A group of aging cowboys look for one last score in a corrupt border town.
Dir: Sam Peckinpah Cast: William Holden , Ernest Borgnine , Robert Ryan .
C- 145 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

5:29 AM
GANG BOY ( 1954)
In this short film, a police officer tries to prevent a gang war by bringing the rival groups together over dinner.
Dir: Arthur Swerdloff Cast: Curly Riviera ,
C- 27 mins,

6:00 AM
THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE ( 1940)
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Dir: Ludwig Berger Cast: Conrad Veidt , Sabu , June Duprez .
C- 107 mins, CC,

8:00 AM
MORE THAN A MIRACLE ( 1967)
A prince falls for a peasant girl in a fairy tale kingdom.
Dir: Francesco Rosi Cast: Sophia Loren , Omar Sharif , Dolores Del Rio .
C- 103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

9:45 AM
WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, THE ( 1962)
Fanciful biography of the German fairy-tale collectors, with reenactments of three of their stories.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Laurence Harvey , Karl Boehm , Claire Bloom .
C- 136 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:15 PM
GLASS SLIPPER, THE ( 1955)
Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince's ball.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Leslie Caron , Michael Wilding , Keenan Wynn .
C- 94 mins, CC,

2:00 PM
RED SHOES, THE ( 1948)
A young ballerina is torn between her art and her romance with a young composer.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Anton Walbrook , Marius Goring , Moira Shearer .
C- 134 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ( 1946)
A mysterious monster forces a young innocent to share his life in an enchanted castle.
Dir: Jean Cocteau Cast: Jean Marais , Josette Day , Marcel Andre .
BW- 94 mins,

6:15 PM
BLUEBEARD'S TEN HONEYMOONS ( 1960)
A gold digger persuades her older lover to murder for her.
Dir: W. Lee Wilder Cast: George Sanders , Corinne Calvet , Jean Kent .
BW- 93 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD

8:00 PM
MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE ( 1962)
An experienced gunman and a peace-loving tenderfoot clash with a Western bully.
Dir: John Ford Cast: James Stewart , John Wayne , Vera Miles .
BW- 123 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

10:15 PM
SEARCHERS, THE ( 1956)
An Indian-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece.
Dir: John Ford Cast: John Wayne , Jeffrey Hunter , Vera Miles .
C- 119 mins, CC,

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12:45 AM
BATTLE OF MIDWAY, THE ( 1942)
Actual battle footage documents the U.S.' heroic stand against the Japanese on Midway Island.
Dir: John Ford
BW- 18 mins,

1:15 AM
JOHN FORD, THE MAN WHO INVENTED AMERICA ( 2018)
Dir: Jean-Christophe Klotz
BW- 52 mins, CC,

2:15 AM
GRAPES OF WRATH, THE ( 1940)
Oklahoma farmers dispossessed during the Depression fight for better lives in California.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Henry Fonda , Jane Darwell , John Carradine .
BW- 129 mins, CC,

4:30 AM
CHEYENNE AUTUMN ( 1964)
A reluctant Calvary Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Richard Widmark , Carroll Baker , Karl Malden .
C- 155 mins, CC, Letterbox Format