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For The Love Of Movies... Can We Talk?TCM's Martin Luther King Jr Day Lineup Loaded With Lots Of Belafonte & Poitier
Check out TCM's, the classic movie cable channel's 13-movie lineup scheduled for January 16, 2012; aka Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
I've seen 11 of the 13 film; the 2 I haven't seen are Intruders In The Dust (1949) and Lost Boundaries (also 1949). Both are on DVD, so I'll be picking up copies.
How about you?
The above still is from the first film on the list which follows below (on first glance, I can say that several of them are available on Netflix to be streamed, so if you're not familiar with any of them, you don't have to wait until January 16; you can watch them now):
16 Monday |
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6:00 AM |
WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL, THE (1959) |
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One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster. Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer . BW-95 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format |
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7:45 AM |
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1952) |
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A South African minister travels to Johannesburg to find his missing son. Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: Canada Lee , Sidney Poitier , Charles Carson . BW-108 mins, TV-14, CC, |
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9:30 AM |
PRESSURE POINT (1962) |
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A black psychiatrist tries to help a racist convict deal with his mental demons. Dir: Hubert Cornfield Cast: Sidney Poitier , Bobby Darin , Peter Falk . BW-89 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
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11:00 AM |
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959) |
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Desperate losers plan a bank robbery with unexpected results. Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Harry Belafonte , Robert Ryan , Shelley Winters . BW-96 mins, TV-PG, |
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12:45 PM |
LOST BOUNDARIES (1949) |
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A black family tries to build a new life by passing as white. Dir: Alfred L. Werker Cast: Beatrice Pearson , Mel Ferrer , Susan Douglas . BW-99 mins, TV-14, CC, |
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2:30 PM |
INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949) |
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Only a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob. Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: David Brian , Claude Jarman Jr. , Juano Hernandez . BW-87 mins, TV-G, |
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4:00 PM |
RAISIN IN THE SUN, A (1961) |
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A black woman uses her late husband's life insurance to build a better world for her children. Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier , Claudia McNeil , Ruby Dee . BW-128 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
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6:15 PM |
DEFIANT ONES, THE (1958) |
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Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other. Dir: Stanley Kramer Cast: Tony Curtis , Sidney Poitier , Theodore Bikel . BW-96 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
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8:00 PM |
MY BROTHER'S WEDDING (1983) |
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Estranged brothers reconcile when one agrees to be the other's best man. Dir: Charles Burnett Cast: Everett Silas , Jessie Holmes , Ronald E Bell . C-81 mins, TV-14, |
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9:30 PM |
LEARNING TREE, THE (1969) |
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A black boy growing up in Kansas dreams of a better life in this film version of director Gordon Parks's autobiography. Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Kyle Johnson , Alex Clarke , Estelle Evans . C-107 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format |
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11:30 PM |
BLACK GIRL (1972) |
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A dramatic tale about three generations of women in a black family. Dir: Ossie Davis Cast: Brock Peters , Claudia McNeil , Leslie Uggams . C-97 mins, CC, Letterbox Format |
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1:30 AM |
STIR CRAZY (1980) |
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Two innocents go to prison after being framed for a bank robbery. Dir: Sidney Poitier Cast: Gene Wilder , Richard Pryor , Georg Stanford Brown . C-111 mins, TV-MA, Letterbox Format |
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3:30 AM |
WATERMELON MAN (1970) |
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A bigoted man comes to see the many sides of racism. Dir: Melvin Van Peebles Cast: Godfrey Cambridge , Estelle Parsons , Howard Caine . C-100 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format |
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10 Comments
Neziah | January 9, 2012 4:27 PM
I downloaded Lost Boundaries off of Karagarga (great quality) and watched it last night, but I wasn't impressed. It was a chore to get through. But then again, I'm not a fan of those types of films. Imitation of Life (the remake) was also quite painful to watch for me.
andrea jones | January 8, 2012 9:09 PM
Hi...I have been looking for years for the movie Black Girl on dvd...any ideal where I can purchase. Thanks
Reads4Pleasure | January 6, 2012 10:22 AM
Looks like I'll be parked in front of the TV all day on the 16th. I saw Lost Boundaries years ago and have been dying to see it again.
Neziah | January 6, 2012 2:48 AM
Surprisingly, I've seen 7 of these, all quality films. I'll be checking out the ones I've never watched for sure, they sound good.
jmac | January 6, 2012 12:06 AM
Intruders in the Dust sounds good. Think I'll skip Lost Boundaries. Just saw Pinky again for the first time in years and still can't tolerate that movie.