Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Kay Francis month
Kay Francis is TCM's featured actress this month. As a result, September will be fantastic, wonderful and sleep-deprived. They're showing 42 of her films, possibly because she is one of the most interesting pre-code and just-post-code actresses. She infused each character with an unusual mix of toughness, feminity and clear-eyed genuineness. I often find her more modern all those years ago than many of today's actors. In fact I can't think of any current performers with anything like her combination of strength and power with charm, sex appeal and occasional silliness. Anyway, for our viewing and recording convenience, here is the schedule:













date / time / title / director and other leading actor(s)

Sept. 4

8:00 p.m. — Raffles (d. G.Fitzmaurice, w/ David Niven)

9:15 p.m. — Jewel Robbery (d. W.Dieterle, w/ William Powell)*

10:30 p.m. — One Way Passage (d. T.Garnett, w/ William Powell)*

11:45 p.m. — Divorce (d. W.Nigh, w/ Bruce Cabot)*

Sept. 5

1:00 a.m. — Man Wanted (d. W.Dieterle, w/ David Manners & Una Merkel)*

2:15 a.m. — Men Are Like That (d. S.Logan, w/ Pat O'Brien)

3:45 a.m. — Comet Over Broadway (d. B.Berkeley, w/ Ian Hunter & Donald Crisp)*

5:00 a.m. — I Loved A Woman (d. A.E.Green, w/ Edward G. Robinson)*

6:45 a.m. — Living on Velvet (d. F.Borzage, w/ George Brent & William Warren)*

Sept. 11

8:00 p.m. — Trouble in Paradise (d. E.Lubitsch w/ Herbert Marshall & M.Hopkins)*

9:30 p.m. — Cynara (d. K.Vidor, w/ Ronald Coleman)*

11:00 p.m. — A Notorious Affair (d. L.Bacon, w/ Basil Rathbone)

Sept. 12

12:15 a.m. — The Feminine Touch (d. W.S.VanDyke, w/ Don Ameche)

2:00 a.m. — Street of Women (d. A.Mayo, w/ Roland Young)

3:00 a.m. — Give Me Your Heart (d. A.Mayo, w/ George Brent)

4:30 a.m. — Stolen Holiday (d. M.Curtiz, w/ Claude Rains)*

6:00 a.m. — Mary Stevens, M.D. (d. L.Bacon, w/ Lyle Talbot)

7:15 a.m. — Passion Flower (d. W.de Mille, w/ Charles Bickford)

8:45 a.m. — Another Dawn (d. W.Dieterle, w/ Errol Flynn)*

10:00 a.m. — The Goose and the Gander (d. A.E.Green, w/ George Brent)*

11:15 a.m. — The House on 56th St. (d. R.Florey, w/ Ricardo Cortez & Gene Raymond)*

Sept. 18

8:00 p.m. — Transgression (d. H.Brenon, w/ Ricardo Cortez)

9:15 p.m. — Secrets of an Actress (d. W.Keighley, w/ George Brent)

10:30 p.m. — Women in the Wind (d. J.Farrow (Mia's father), w/ William Gargan)

11:45 p.m. — King of the Underworld (d. L.Seller, w/ Humphrey Bogart)

Sept. 19

1:00 a.m. — It's A Date (d. W.Seiter, w/ Walter Pidgeon)

2:45 a.m. — Playgirl (d. F.Woodruff, w/ Nigel Bruce)

4:15 a.m. — Little Men (d. N.Z.McLeod, w/ Jack Oakie)

5:45 a.m. — My Bill (d. J.Farrow, w/ Bonita Granville (of Nancy Drew fame))

7:00 a.m. — In Name Only (d. J.Cromwell, w/ Cary Grant)*

8:45 a.m. — The Keyhole (d. M.Curtiz, w/ George Brent)*

10:00 a.m. — I Found Stella Parish (d. M.LeRoy, w/ Paul Lukas & Ian Hunter)

Sept. 25

8:00 p.m. — Mandalay (d. M.Curtiz, w/ Ricardo Cortez)*

9:15 p.m. — Doctor Monica (d. W.Keighley, w/ William Warren)

10:15 p.m. — Confession (d. J.May, w/ Basil Rathbone & Ian Hunter)

Sept. 26

12:00 a.m. — First Lady (d. S.Logan, w/ Victor Jory & Anita Louise)

1:30 a.m. — Always in My Heart (d. J.Graham, w/ Walter Huston)

3:15 a.m. — Stranded (d. F.Borzage, w/ George Brent)*

4:30 a.m. — Storm at Daybreak (d. R.Boleslawski, w/ Walter Huston)

6:00 a.m. — Guilty Hands (d. W.S.van Dyke, w/ Lionel Barrymore)

7:15 a.m. — Allotment Wives (d. W.Nigh, w/ Paul Kelly)

8:45 a.m. — The White Angel (d. W.Dieterle, w/ Ian Hunter & Donald Woods)

*Particularly recommended by me or The Self-Style Siren or Laura or TCM or others (to be added). . . .

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Anonymous Anonymous — at 10:57 AM, September 03, 2008:
Anne, thanks for joining the Lit Flicks Challenge. I'm loving your blog. I can't wait to see what you read and watch.
 

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