This week:
* Monday—Cherchez la femme.
* Tuesday—John Ford defines the Old West.
* Wednesday—Nick and Nora — and of course Asta — are on the case.
* Thursday—Orson Welles startles from both sides of the camera.
* Friday—Gary Cooper talks his head off.
* Saturday—William Powell is smooth regardless of which side of the law he’s on.
* Sunday—Zachary Scott gets shot in the excitement.
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Monday—May 3rd
8:30 AM—The Runaway Bride (1930)
A criminal gang goes after the jewels their dying leader stashed in a woman’s handbag.
2:45 PM—There’s Always a Woman (1938)
While working on a simple case, married private eyes uncover a murder.
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Tuesday—May 4th
Several John Ford Westerns this evening: Stagecoach, The Searchers, Cheyenne Autumn, and Fort Apache.
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Wednesday—May 5th
12:00 PM—The Hucksters (1947)
A war veteran fights for honesty in the advertising game.
4:00 PM—The Bribe (1949)
A sultry singer tries to tempt a federal agent from the straight-and-narrow.
8:00 PM—Shadow of The Thin Man (1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
11:30 PM—Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
A wheelchair-bound doctor fights off a homicidal maniac.
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Thursday—May 6th
1:00 AM—Dr. Gillespie’s Criminal Case (1943)
A wheelchair-bound doctor tries to prove a convicted killer’s innocence.
11:30 AM—Journey into Fear (1942)
A munitions expert gets mixed up with gunrunners in Turkey.
2:15 PM—The Stranger (1946)
A small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
4:00 PM—The Third Man (1949)
A man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
5:45 PM—Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon’s dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
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Friday—May 7th
5:30 PM—The Fountainhead (1949)
An idealistic architect battles corrupt business interests and his love for a married woman.
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Saturday—May 8th
6:00 AM—Jewel Robbery (1932)
A jewel thief falls for a tycoon’s wife in Vienna.
7:30 AM—The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
9:00 AM—The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
10:30 AM—Jinx Money (1948)
The Bowery Boys find a dead gangster’s loot-and the mob out to get it back.
12:00 PM—King Kong (1933)
A film crew discovers the “eighth wonder of the world,” a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.
4:00 PM—Hang ’em High (1968)
A mysterious drifter survives a lynching, then goes back for revenge.
6:00 PM—The Great Train Robbery (1979)
Three crooks plot to steal a fortune in gold from a moving train.
10:30 PM—The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John.
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Sunday—May 9th
10:00 AM—The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
A possessive son’s efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
1:15 PM—Mildred Pierce (1945)
A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society.
~~Mike Gray