TCM Schedule for Saturday, April 5: Invaders From Mars; The Time Machine; Laurence Olivier; Peter Weir; Dance Girl Dance

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Day At a Glance

TCM SPOTLIGHT: PULP FICTION
- ADVENTURE FILMS
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Lost Horizon (1937)
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Gunga Din (1939)
Killer Shrews, The (1959)
Trader Horn (1931)
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Alice in Movieland (1940) (7:30 am ET) (short)
MGM Cartoons: Poor Little Me (1935)
Canoeman's Holiday (1956) (short)
All Girl Revue (1940) (short)
Fighting Frontier (1943)
Galloping Ghost Ch. 9: The Sign in the Sky
(1931) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: Shakespearian Spinach (1933)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Yours Sincerely (1933) (short)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) (Musical Matinee)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Time Machine, The (1960)
Great Race, The (1965)
- TCM PRIMETIME
DIRECTOR PETER WEIR
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Last Wave, The (1977)
- NOIR ALLEY
Narrow Margin, The (1952)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: LAURENCE OLIVIER
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Betsy, The (1978) (TCM Premiere)

Day's Schedule

9:45 PM Lost Horizon (1937)
Four fugitives from a Chinese revolution discover a lost world of peace and harmony.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:15 AM King Solomon's Mines (1937)
African explorers enlist an exiled native chief to help them find a legendary treasure.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 AM Gunga Din (1939)
Three British soldiers seek treasure during an uprising in India.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:00 AM The Killer Shrews (1959)
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast.
Dir: Ray Kellogg Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:15 AM Trader Horn (1931)
Two white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and is now worshiped as a goddess.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke Cast: Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:30 AM Alice in Movieland (1940)
When a beauty queen tries to make it in Hollywood, she learns stardom comes at a price.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Jack Mower
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 AM Poor Little Me (1935)
Rejected by the other forest animals, a sad skunk bemoans his friendless life until he meets a rabbit with a congested nose.
Dir: Hugh Harman Cast: Dorothy Compton, Harland Evans, Martha Wentworth
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:15 AM Canoeman's Holiday (1956)
This short film takes a look at the Loon Bay Lodge in St. Stephen, Canada.
Dir: Douglas Sinclair Cast: Jean Wheelock, Harry Wismer, George Wheelock
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:25 AM All Girl Revue (1940)
Women are put in charge of all city positions for a day in this musical short. Vitaphone Release B262.
Dir: Lloyd French Cast: June Allyson, Crane Sisters, Beverly Crane
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:35 AM Fighting Frontier (1943)
A cowboy risks his life to infiltrate an outlaw band.
Dir: Lambert Hillyer Cast: Tim Holt, Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, Ann Summers
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:35 AM The Sign in the Sky (1931) (TCM Premiere)
Chapter 9 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:05 AM Shakespearian Spinach (1933)
Popeye replaces Bluto as the lead opposite Olive in a benefit performance of Romeo and Juliet. Bluto is angry and gets a job as head prop man in order to ruin their efforts. He very nearly succeeds.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Roland Crandall Cast: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:15 AM Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he tries to protect a beautiful heiress from an espionage organization.
Dir: James Hogan Cast: Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Yours Sincerely (1933)
A resort owner tries to marry his daughter to a millionaire but his scheme doesn't turn out exactly as he planned.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Lanny Ross, Janet Velie, Richard Keene
Runtime: 19 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:00 PM Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
A ballet dancer and a burlesque queen compete for a wealthy suitor.
Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 PM Invaders from Mars (1953)
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:15 PM The Time Machine (1960)
In this adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel, a scientist in 1880s Victorian England builds a vehicle to transport him through time. He first travels to 1917 and the horror of World War I. Next, he sets his destination for 1940 and the start of World War II. From there he travels to a future London where he barely escapes ...
Dir: George Pal Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:00 PM The Great Race (1965)
Mayhem and double-crossing abound as some zany professional racers go up against each other in a 1908 cross-continental road race from New York to Paris.
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon
Runtime: 160 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
When a group of schoolgirls mysteriously disappear, the survivors find their lives changed forever.
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Martin Vaughan, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


10:00 PM The Last Wave (1977)
An examination of the relationship between white and Aboriginal Australia through the trial of five Aborigines accused of killing another. Corporate tax lawyer David Burton accepts the case just as torrential rains blanket even the most arid regions of the nation, and is instantly beset with prophetic dreams and apocalyptic ...
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


12:00 AM The Narrow Margin (1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's moll on a tense train ride.
Dir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


1:45 AM Clash of the Titans (1981)
A Greek hero fights a series of monsters, including the dreaded gorgon, to win the woman he loves.
Dir: Desmond Davis Cast: Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:00 AM The Betsy (1978) (TCM Premiere)
An aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.
Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: