TCM’s Story of Film series will continue this month on Monday and Tuesday nights. I love having the chance to see so many of the movies discussed in the documentary so I’m really looking forward to see more from this series.
October 1: The month starts off with the Story of Film. Tonight’s movies include Singin’ in the Rain at 8:00 PM, Double Indemnity at 10:00 PM, The Bicycle Thief at 12:00 AM, Gun Crazy at 1:45 AM, and The Story of Film: Chapter 5 at 3:15 AM.
October 3: Tonight we get the first night of Vincent Price movies with The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex at 8:00 PM, Leave Her to Heaven at 10:00 PM, The Keys of the Kingdom at 12:00 AM, The Three Musketeers at 2:30 AM, and The Bribe at 5:15 AM.
October 4: There’s Female on at 8:45 AM, In the Good Old Summertime at 9:45 AM, Pat and Mike at 11:30 AM, It Happened to Jane at 2:45 PM, and His Girl Friday at 6:15 PM. Then it’s time for a night full of classic horror movies with Carnival of Souls at 8:00 PM, Night of the Living Dead at 9:30 PM, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse at 11:15 PM, Bride of Frankenstein at 1:30 AM, and Frankenstein Created Woman at 3:00 AM.
October 6: Keeper of the Flame at 6:00 AM, In a Lonely Place at 8:00 AM, Mister Roberts at 8:00 PM.
October 7: Lots of good stuff on today. Dancing Lady at 7:45 AM, The Great Ziegfeld at 9:30 AM and Ziegfeld Girl at 3:00 PM. Then it’s back to the Story of Film with Pather Panchali at 8:00 PM, The Story of Film: Chapter 6 — 1953-1957 at 10:00 PM, Cairo Station at 11:15 PM, Throne of Blood at 12:45 AM, The Seven Samurai at 2:45 AM.
October 8: The Story of Film continues tonight with Rebel Without a Cause at 8:00 PM, All That Heaven Allows at 10:00 PM, Johnny Guitar at 11:45 PM, The Story of Film: Chapter 6 at 1:45 AM, Los Olvidados at 3:00 AM, and …And God Created Woman at 4:30 AM,
October 9: Tonight is all about movie parodies starting with Love and Death at 8:00 PM, Murder By Death at 9:30 PM, Support Your Local Sheriff at 11:15 PM, and This is Spinal Tap at 1:00 AM.
October 10: Vincent Price returns with The Baron of Arizona at 8:00 PM, His Kind of Woman at 9:45 PM, The Las Vegas Story at 12:00 AM, Dangerous Mission at 1:30 AM, Son of Sinbad at 3:00 AM, and Serenade at 4:45 AM.
October 11: Get ready for another night of classic horror with Horror of Dracula at 8:00 PM, Isle of the Dead at 9:30 PM, Dead of Night at 11:00 PM, The Haunting at 1:00 AM.
October 13: Today has The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at 2:00 PM, Magnificent Obsession at 4:00 PM, High Society at 6:00 PM, The Thomas Crown Affair at 8:00 PM, Raffles at 10:00 PM, Nosferatu at 12:00 AM, Vampyr at 2:00 AM, The Vampire Bat at 2:00 AM, and The Vampire at 4:30 AM.
October 14: Happy birthday to Lillian Gish and Vincente Minnelli! For their birthday tributes, we can see Broken Blossoms at 6:00 AM, The White Sister at 7:45 AM, La Boheme at 10:15 AM, The Scarlet Letter at 12:00 PM, One Romantic Night at 1:45 PM, The Cobweb at 3:00 PM, The Story of Three Loves at 5:15 PM. After that, it’s back to the Story of Film with Nights of Cabiria at 8:00 PM, The Story of Film: Chapter 7 — 1957-1964 at 10:00 PM, Winter Light at 11:15 PM, Pickpocket at 12:45 AM, Cleo From 5 to 7 at 2:15 AM, The 400 Blows at 3:45 AM, and Rocco and His Brothers at 5:30 AM.
October 15: More from The Story of Film with A Fistful of Dollars at 8:00 PM, Accatone at 9:45 PM, Breathless at 12:00 AM, The Story of Film: Chapter 7 at 1:45 AM, I Am Curious (Yellow) at 3:00 AM, and L’Ecclise at 5:15 AM.
October 16: Happy birthday, Angela Lansbury! See her in Gaslight at 7:30 AM, The Harvey Girls at 9:30 AM, If Winter Comes at 11:15 AM, Kind Lady at 1:00 PM, Mister Buddwing at 2:30 PM, In the Cool of the Day at 4:15 PM, and The Manchurian Candidate at 5:45 PM. Then it’s Tyrone Power’s turn in the spotlight with Rawhide at 8:00 PM, Nightmare Alley at 9:45 PM, The Mark of Zorro at 11:45 PM, The Black Swan at 1:30 AM, and Marie Antoinette at 3:00 AM.
October 17: Get ready for more Vincent Price with While the City Sleeps at 8:00 PM, The Story of Mankind at 9:45 PM, The Big Circus at 11:30 PM, Master of the World at 1:30 AM, Convicts Four at 3:15 AM, and The Trouble With Girls at 5:15 AM.
October 18: Friday night horror movies are back with Burn, Witch, Burn at 8:00 PM; The Tomb of Ligeia at 9:45 PM; The Seventh Victim at 11:15 PM; Curse of the Demon at 12:30 AM; and I Walked With at Zombie at 2:15 AM.
October 19: During the day are Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at 2:00 PM, The Grapes of Wrath at 4:00 PM, and Dr. Strangelove at 6:15 PM. Then it’s on to a night of movies directed by Tod Browning with Freaks at 8:00 PM, Mark of the Vampire at 9:15 PM, The Devil Doll at 10:30 PM, Miracles for Sale at 12:00 AM, and the re-constructed version of London After Midnight at 1:15 AM.
October 20: Who doesn’t love some Doris Day and Rock Hudson? Tonight has Lover Come Back at 8:00 PM and Send Me No Flowers at 10:00 PM. For Silent Sunday Nights, we get Haxan at 12:00 AM and for TCM Imports, tonight’s movie is Kwaidan at 2:00 AM.
October 21: It’s back to the Story of Film with Boy at 8:00 PM, Knife in the Water at 10:00 PM, The Story of Film: Chapter 8 — 1965-1969 at 12:00 AM, Daisies at 1:15 AM, and Andrei Rublev at 2:45 AM.
October 22: The second part of this week’s Story of Film series includes Saturday Night and Sunday Morning at 8:00 PM, The Insect Woman at 10:00 PM, The House is Black at 12:15 AM, The House is Black at 12:15 AM, I Am Cuba at 12:45 AM, The Story of Film: Chapter 8 at 3:15 AM, and Black Girl at 4:30 AM.
October 23: It’s a night of selections by Robert Osborne with Two Girls and a Sailor at 8:00 PM, Castle on the Hudson at 10:15 PM, Trader Horn at 12:00 AM, Malaya at 2:15 AM, and Macao at 4:30 AM.
October 24: Ready for more Vincent Price? House of Wax at 8:00 PM, The Mad Magician at 9:45 PM, House of Usher at 11:00 PM, Diary of a Madman at 12:30 AM, The Tingler at 2:15 AM, House on Haunted Hill at 3:45 AM, and The Bat at 5:15 AM.
October 25: A couple more from Vincent Price this morning, Tower of London at 6:45 AM and The Raven at 8:15 AM. Then it’s another night of classic horror movies with A Bucket of Blood at 8:00 PM, Dementia 13 at 9:15 PM, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? at 10:45 PM, and Sisters at 1:15 AM.
October 26: Hope you’re not tired of horror movies, because tonight has Bride of Frankenstein at 8:00 PM, The Mummy at 9:30 PM, Cat People at 11:00 PM, and White Zombie at 12:30 AM.
October 27: Mr. Skeffington at 8:00 PM, Mrs. Parkington at 10:45 PM, Lon Chaney’s The Phantom of the Opera at 1:00 AM, and Diabolique at 3:00 AM.
October 28: Another installment of the Story of Film series with The Graduate at 8:00 PM, The Story of Film: Chapter 9 — 1967-1979 at 10:00 PM, McCabe and Mrs. Miller at 11:15 PM, The Last Picture Show at 1:30 AM, and Mean Streets at 3:45 AM.
October 29: The Story of Film continues with Badlands at 8:00 PM, Cabaret at 9:45 PM, M*A*S*H* at 12:00 AM, and Chinatown at 2:00 AM.
October 30: Gilbert Gottfried is October’s Guest Programmer and he has chosen Of Mice and Men at 8:00 PM, The Swimmer at 10:00 PM, Freaks at 12:00 AM, The Conversation at 1:15 AM.
October 31: Happy Halloween! I’m sure you can guess what today’s schedule is all about — even more classic horror movies! The Curse of Frankenstein at 6:00 AM, The Mummy at 7:30 AM, Horror Castle at 9:00 AM, Castle of the Living Dead at 10:30 AM, Dracula, Prince of Darkness at 12:15 PM, The Devil’s Bride at 1:45 PM, Dracula Has Risen From the Grave at 3:45 PM, Horror Express at 5:30 PM. And then Vincent Price brings the month to an end with Pit and the Pendulum at 8:00 PM, The Haunted Place at 9:30 PM, The Masque of the Red Death at 11:15 PM, The Abominable Dr. Phibes at 1:00 AM, Twice-Told Tales at 2:45 AM, and The Tomb of Ligea at 5:00 AM.