TCM Schedule for Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 - Agnes Moorhead/Creepy Cinema

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Agnes Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards.

Moorehead had joined Orson Welles' Mercury Players, as one of his principal performers in 1937. She also had notable roles in films such as Citizen Kane (1941), Dark Passage (1947), Show Boat (1951), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). Moorehead garnered four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performances in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Mrs. Parkington (1944), Johnny Belinda (1948), and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). She is also known for the radioplay Sorry, Wrong Number (1943).

TCM airs Citizen Kane, Mrs. Parkington and Johnny Belinda during the day

Moorhead gained acclaim for her most famous role as Endora on the ABC sitcom Bewitched which she played from 1964 to 1972. Her performance earned her six nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Full bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead






Creepy Cinema is hosted by Mario Cantone, comedian, impressionist, writer, actor, and singer.


--- DAYTIME (EST) ---

6:45 AM | The Big Street (1942)
A nightclub waiter, who's in love with a selfish showgirl, gets to prove his love when she's injured.
Dir: Irving Reis | TCast: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton Maclane, Agnes Moorehead

8:30 AM | Citizen Kane (1941)
A publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Dir: Orson Welles | TCast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

10:45 AM | Mrs. Parkington (1944)
A lady's maid marries a man whose prospects push her into high society.
Dir: Tay Garnett | TCast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Agnes Moorehead

1:00 PM | Scandal at Scourie (1953)
Controversy erupts in a small Canadian town when a Protestant couple tries to adopt a Catholic child.
Dir: Jean Negulesco | TCast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Agnes Moorehead

2:30 PM | Johnny Belinda (1948)
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Dir: Jean Negulesco | Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead

4:15 PM | Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
A Norwegian farmer tries to raise two children in the Midwest.
Dir: Roy Rowland | Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Agnes Moorehead

6:15 PM | Caged (1950)
A young innocent fights to survive the harsh life in a women's prison.
Dir: John Cromwell | Cast: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby


--- PRIME TIME ---

8:00 PM | Rear Window (1954)
A photographer with a broken leg, and confined to a wheelchair, believes he has witnessed a murder.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock | Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter

10:15 PM | Sisters (1972)
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
Dir: Brian De Palma | Cast: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning

12:00 AM | Poltergeist (1982)
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Dir: Tobe Hooper | Cast: Jobeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight

2:00 AM | The Haunting (1963)
An anthropologist assembles a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not a house is haunted.
Dir: Robert Wise | Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson

4:00 AM | Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Three supernatural tales based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Dir: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Cast: Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon

6:15 AM | Carnival of Souls (1962)
A church organist battles demons and delusions after a deadly car accident.
Dir: Herk Harvey | Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist