TCM in November: Highlights

Happy November!

We're a bit late with this month's look at TCM highlights, but that doesn't mean the schedule isn't exciting! Quite the contrary, in fact, with November featuring some special premieres, a Disney movie, and Rock Hudson as the November Star of the Month.

TCM is honoring the centennial of Hudson's November 17, 1925 birth with 20 of Hudson's movies, which will be shown each Tuesday evening this month.

The Hudson lineup will include the TCM premiere of ONE DESIRE (1955), costarring Anne Baxter and Julie Adams. Please note there will not be a separate Star of the Month post for November.

The November Noir Alley lineup featured THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBER (1940) earlier this weekend. There was only one showing this weekend instead of the usual two, in order to accommodate a 24-hour memorial tribute to Robert Redford.

The other Noir Alley films this month are BLIND SPOT (1947) on November 8th and 9th, HIGH AND LOW (1963) on November 15th-16th, THE STRIP (1951) on November 22nd and 23rd, and POSTMARK FOR DANGER (1955) on the 29th and 30th.

BLIND SPOT, starring Chester Morris and Constance Dowling, is a TCM premiere.

November's TCM Spotlight is focused on political thrillers. Titles including THE 39 STEPS (1935), MAN HUNT (1941), and THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) will be shown on Wednesday evenings.

This month's schedule also includes the TCM premieres of JOHANNA ENLISTS (1918) with Mary Pickford on November 23rd, BEAU GESTE (1926) with Ronald Colman on November 6th, and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) on November 7th.

The showing of RAIDERS is part of a special evening of programming called Objects of Desire. Other titles that evening include THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) and THE MALTESE FALCON (1941).

There's a fairly rare Disney movie showing on Thanksgiving, THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR (1961). Later that night, programming will be cohosted by Carol Burnett. Burnett will also present movies on Friday, November 28th.

Below are a few additional highlights from this month's schedule. Please click any hyperlinked title to read my full-length review.

...Monday evening, November 3rd, will feature a tribute to the great composer Jerry Goldsmith. Movies shown will include Sean Connery in THE WIND AND THE LION (1975). It's a wonderful film; my favorite thing about it is Brian Keith playing Teddy Roosevelt, seen here.

...A day of films about Native Americans on November 5th includes Anthony Mann's powerful DEVIL'S DOORWAY (1950), starring Robert Taylor.

...I love the November 7th lineup of films about socialites, which includes Barbara Stanwyck in THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938) and Jean Harlow in THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI (1934).

...I love Jimmy Stewart in NAVY BLUE AND GOLD (1937), costarring Florence Rice. It's on Saturday, November 8th.

...A birthday tribute to Claude Rains on November 10th includes favorites such as FOUR DAUGHTERS (1938), THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938), and CASABLANCA (1942). Movies don't come any better!

...The Rock Hudson movies on November 11th include BATTLE HYMN (1957), costarring Dan Duryea and Martha Hyer.

...A November 12th day of films featuring international intrigue includes Jacques Tourneur's BERLIN EXPRESS (1948) with Merle Oberon and Robert Ryan.

...One of my favorite favorite Alfred Hitchcock films, THE LADY VANISHES (1938), will be shown as part of a day of murder mysteries on November 13th. Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave star.

...There's another terrific lineup on November 14th when TCM celebrates the career of Brian Aherne.  One of my favorite films on the schedule is SMART WOMAN (1948) starring Constance Bennett.

...A special film not shown on TCM especially often is Powell and Pressburger's A CANTERBURY TALE (1944). As I wrote several years ago, "It's about everything and nothing...moments in life, and the continuity over centuries." It will be shown on Sunday, November 16th.

...The November 18th lineup of Rock Hudson movies focuses on his work with director Douglas Sirk, including the very special ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955) with Jane Wyman.

...Humphrey Bogart stars in ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (1942), a tale of Runyonesque gangsters taking on the Nazis. It will be shown November 20th.

...TCM will have a fabulous birthday tribute to Eleanor Powell on November 21st, with a lineup of seven films including LADY BE GOOD (1941). Powell has a remarkable dance number with a cute dog!

...The delightful pirate film THE SPANISH MAIN (1945), starring Maureen O'Hara and Paul Henreid, airs on November 22nd. When I reviewed it earlier this year I described myself as "completely charmed by it." The great Frank Borzage directed.

...QUEEN BEE (1955) is a fantastic Joan Crawford melodrama which will be shown on November 23rd. Barry Sullivan costars.

... Rock Hudson night on November 25th includes a lineup of his films with Doris Day plus MAN'S FAVORITE SPORT? (1964) with Paula Prentiss.

...A day of films directed by George Cukor on November 26th includes my favorite version of LITTLE WOMEN (1933), perfect for Thanksgiving week viewing.

...Carol Burnett's Thanksgiving Night picks include a lineup of Kathryn Grayson-Howard Keel MGM musicals! I'll be reviewing LOVELY TO LOOK AT (1952) in the near future. Also showing are SHOW BOAT (1951) and KISS ME KATE (1953).

...There is much more good stuff from Carol Burnett on Black Friday, November 28th, including GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933).

...I love THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL (1946) starring Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Martha Vickers, and Janis Paige. It features a lovely tune, "Oh, But I Do." It will be shown on November 29th.

...MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948) with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas is the perfect Sunday movie. It will be shown to wrap up Thanksgiving weekend on November 30th.

For more on TCM in November, please visit my Quick Preview of TCM in November along with TCM's online schedule.

Best wishes to all my readers for a happy November and a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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The column will return next weekend on Saturday, November 8th.

For those of you watching for TCM's November Highlights, that post will most likely be up on Sunday, November 2nd.

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