TCM Schedule for Friday, Dec 6, 2024 - Ava Gardner/Laurence Olivier

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Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's film noir The Killers. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in John Ford's Mogambo (1953 -- airing today), and for best actress for both a Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for her performance in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964).

Full bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Gardner





Laurence Olivier (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career he had considerable success in television roles.

Among Olivier's films are Wuthering Heights (1939 -- airing tonight), Rebecca (1940) and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor/director: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948 -- airing tonight) and Richard III (1955). His later films included Spartacus (1960), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man (1976) and The Boys from Brazil (1978).

Full bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier



Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, Wuthering Heights



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--- DAYTIME: AVA GARDNER (EST) ---

7:00 AM | East Side, West Side (1949)
A chic New York couple is torn apart by a seductive model.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy | Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin

9:00 AM | My Forbidden Past (1951)
A beauty with a skeleton in her closet seeks revenge on the suitor who jilted her.
Dir: Robert Stevenson | Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas

10:15 AM | Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Ranchers in New Mexico have to face Indians and bandits.
Dir: John Farrow | Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel

12:00 PM | The Angel Wore Red (1960)
A priest and a prostitute fall in love during the Spanish Civil War.
Dir: Nunnally Johnson | Cast: Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten

2:00 PM | Bhowani Junction (1956)
An Anglo-Indian beauty falls for a British officer as her country fights for independence.
Dir: George Cukor | Cast: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers

4:00 PM | Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Lancelot, banished from King Arthur's court for loving Queen Guinevere, returns to defeat the evil Mordred.
Dir: Richard Thorpe | Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer

6:00 PM | Mogambo (1953)
In this remake of Red Dust, an African hunter is torn between a lusty showgirl and a married woman.
Dir: John Ford | Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly


--- PRIME TIME: LAURENCE OLIVIER ---

8:00 PM | Wuthering Heights (1939)
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Dir: William Wyler | Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven

10:00 PM | Hamlet (1948)
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Dir: Laurence Olivier | Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney

12:45 AM | A Little Romance (1979)
Teenagers elope with the help of an aging pickpocket.
Dir: George Roy Hill | Cast: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, John Pepper

2:45 AM | The Entertainer (1960)
An old-time British music hall performer, sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Dir: Tony Richardson | Cast: Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Joan Plowright

4:45 AM | 21 Days (1940)
After accidentally killing his mistress' husband, a man must decide whether to let another man hang for his crime.
Dir: Basil Dean | Cast: Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier