The following represent this month's medieval-themed offerings on TCM. The complete schedule for the month can be found online. All times are EST.
SUNDAY, 2 AUGUST
7:37 PM Short Film: Heavenly Music (1943)
Composer Ted Barry arrives at the gates of heaven, only to find that to be admitted the Hall of Music his music must pass the "test of time" according to the Music Committee. The chairman of the committee: the likes of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and other music legends. Problems arise, however, when the old guard composers can't relate to Barry's modern, "hip" compositions. BW-22 mins,
TUESDAY, 4 AUGUST
5:52 PM Short Film: Visiting Italy (1951)
A moving postcard of Italy showing Rome, Assisi, Pisa and Florence, which highlights several of the most famous pieces of the country's impressive architecture. Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick C-7 mins,
FRIDAY, 14 AUGUST
6:00 AM Long Ships, The (1964)
Viking seamen battle a Moorish prince for possession of a golden bell. Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn. Dir: Jack Cardiff. C-126 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
SUNDAY, 23 AUGUST
6:00 PM Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)
An apprentice witch and three war orphans try to prevent the Nazi invasion of England. Cast: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall. Dir: Robert Stevenson. C-117 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format. (Eglantine Price, the apprentice witch, defends England with suits of medieval and early modern armor that she has animated by magic.)
MONDAY, 24 AUGUST
3:30 PM Christopher Columbus (1949)
The legendary explorer discovers the new world while searching for a route to Asia. Cast: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan. Dir: David McDonald. C-99 mins, TV-G
TUESDAY, 25 AUGUST
6:00 AM Private Life Of Henry VIII, The (1933)
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages. Cast: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Elsa Lanchester. Dir: Alexander Korda. BW-94 mins, TV-PG, CC
WEDNESDAY, 26 AUGUST
1:30 PM Kings Of The Sun (1963)
A Mayan tribe emigrates northward but has to fight off Native Americans. Cast: Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field. Dir: J. Lee-Thompson. C-108 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format
THURSDAY, 27 AUGUST
12:45 AM Westworld (1973)
A future fantasy park turns deadly when robot workers go on a killing spree. Cast: Richard Benjamin, Yul Brynner, James Brolin. Dir: Michael Crichton. C-89 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format. (Medievalworld is one of the park's historically-themed environments.)
2:15 AM Futureworld (1976)
Reporters uncover deadly secrets behind a theme park where guests live their dreams. Cast: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Yul Brynner. Dir: Richard T. Heffron. C-104 mins, , Letterbox Format
SATURDAY, 29 AUGUST
7:30 AM Mouse That Roared, The (1959)
An impoverished nation declares war on the U.S. hoping to lose and score foreign aid. Cast: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell. Dir: Jack Arnold. C-83 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
MONDAY, 31 AUGUST
6:00 AM Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm, The (1962)
Fanciful biography of the German fairy-tale collectors, with reenactments of three of their stories. Cast: Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden. Dir: Henry Levin, George Pal. C-136 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS
3:30 PM Richard III (1955)
A hunchbacked madman plots to make himself king of England. Cast: Sir Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom. Dir: Sir Laurence Olivier. C-158 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format
TUESDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER
2:00 AM Clash Of The Titans (1981)
A Greek hero fights a series of monsters, including the dreaded gorgon, to win the woman he loves. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Harry Hamlin. Dir: Desmond Davis. C-118 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format. (The myth of Theseus plus elements of Beowulf.)
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