TCM for the week of 3/13 to 3/19

Here are some of the highlights coming up tonight and for the rest of the week.

Tonight, after midnight, four Paul Robeson features are running. They include Body and Soul (1925), The Emperor Jones (1933), Jericho (1937), and Song of Freedom (1936). I've seen Body and Soul and parts of Emperor and Song. All are excellent if for nothing more than Robeson who has an amazing screen presence even in mediocre films. I will be taping (no TiVo yet) and recommend you do so as well.

Monday night continues the Claudette Colbert feature with Tovarich (1937), It's a Wonderful World (1939), Midnight (1939) and Boom Town (1940). The only one of these I have seen is Boom Town with Gable and Spencer Tracy and again I recommend it. I am less of a fan of later Tracy (1940s and 50s), but can see the energy and excitement of him in his early work. It is on display here with Gable.

Tuesday during the day features one of my favorite of the unremembered yet everywhere stars of the 1930s and 40s, George Brent, in celebration of his birthday. I will see as many as I can - some I have yet to tape and see so this is going to be good for me. Among those I have that I recommend are: The Keyhole from 1933 opposite Kay Francis, Front Page Woman (1935) with Bette Davis, and In This Our Life (1942) also with Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland. Brent is, I think, to modern audiences quite the enigma as he seems so bland and emotionless to us today - hard to believe he was initially promoted as Warners' answer to Clark Gable!

Thursday morning at 6:00am King Vidor's Not So Dumb from 1930 with Marion Davies is playing. I will be taping this one to check out as I am interested in the films of the year.

On Saturday, be sure and check out In A Lonely Place (1950) with Humphrey Bogart and he evening on George Cukor including the 2002 documentary on him. All of the films being shown around are recommended.

Enjoy.