Listings
: The Return of Peter Grimm
Fantasy starringLionel Barrymore
Peter Grimm is a well meaning meddler. When he succeeds in persuading his adopted daughterto marry his nephew he thinks it's allforthe best - but death puts a very new perspective on matters. With Helen Mack , Edward Ellis , Donald Meek and George Breakston.
Director George Nicholls Jr (1935) B/W * FILM REVIEWS pages 56-65
Contributors
Unknown:
Lionel
Barrymore
Unknown:
Peter
Grimm
Unknown:
Helen
MacK
Unknown:
Edward
Ellis
Unknown:
Donald
Meek
Unknown:
George
Breakston.
Director:
George
Nicholls Jr
: The Curse of the Cat People
The season of ghost films ends with this thriller, starringSimone Simon
A draughtsman is worried when his youngdaughter"invents" a secret companion who appears to be his first wife, and who was once thought to have supernatural powers. With Kent Smith , Jane Randolph and Ann Carter.
Directors Robert Wise and GuntherVon Fritsch (1944)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 56-65
Contributors
Unknown:
Simone
Simon
Unknown:
Kent
Smith
Unknown:
Jane
Randolph
Unknown:
Ann
Carter.
Directors:
Robert
Wise
: The Orson Welles Story
In this classic Arena interview,Orson Welles talks frankly about his long career in film, theatre, and radio, his early life and his incompatibility with an industry he once took by storm. Contributions are made by Jeanne Moreau ,
Anthony Perkins , John Huston , Charlton Heston , Peter Bogdanovich and Robert Wise. The programme is followed by his cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane. Producers Leslie Megahey and Alan Yentob
Contributors
Talks:
Orson
Welles
Unknown:
Jeanne
Moreau
Unknown:
Anthony
Perkins
Unknown:
John
Huston
Unknown:
Charlton
Heston
Unknown:
Peter
Bogdanovich
Unknown:
Robert
Wise.
Producers:
Leslie
Megahey
Producers:
Alan
Yentob
: Citizen Kane
The Cinema Century season of great films to celebrate the centenary of the cinema begins with a biographical drama (allegedly based on William Randolph Hearst), directed by and starring Orson Welles.After the death of famous newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, reporters try to discover the truth about his life. What was he really like, and who was Rosebud, the name he spoke just before he died? Five people who knew him give five different impressions.
(1941, U) (B/W) (Subtitled)
(A programme on the sale of William Randolph Hearst's art treasures, The Sale of the Century, is at 8.05pm)
(See Barry Norman, page 54)
Contributors
Charles Foster Kane:
Orson
Welles
Jedediah Leland:
Joseph
Cotten
Susan Alexander:
Dorothy
Comingore
Mr Bernstein:
Everett
Sloane
Boss JW 'Big Jim' Gettys:
Ray
Collins
Walter Parks Thatcher:
George
Coulouris
Mrs Mary Kane:
Agnes
Moorehead
Raymond, head butler:
Paul
Stewart
Mrs Emily Norton Kane:
Ruth
Warrick
Herbert Carter:
Erskine
Sanford
: The Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture: Prima Donnas and Job Lots
This year's Royal Television Society lecturer is writer and television dramatist Andrew Davies, whose credits include "A Very Peculiar Practice" and the recent adaptation of "Middlemarch". He talks about his early days as a writer, what lifts a television script above the ordinary and what, in his view, is wrong with the state of popular drama today.Contributors
Speaker:
Andrew
Davies
: World Darts
Four more first round matches are played this afternoon, and feature John Part and Bobby George. Introduced by Dougie Donnelly.Contributors
Unknown:
John
Part
Unknown:
Bobby
George.
Introduced By:
Dougie
Donnelly.
: Carousel
The season of classic 50s musicals ends with a film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's hit production showing in widescreen format and starring Gordon MacRae Shirley JonesCameron Mitchell
Billy Bigelow , in a starry heaven, learns that his wife and daughterare having problems on earth .As he recounts their life together he is told that he may return to them - just for one day.
The original stage version was first produced on Broadway in April and ran for890 performances. The musical score includes the show-stopping songs When I Marry Mister Snow, June Is Bustin' Out All Over and You'll Never Walk Alone.
Director Henry King (1956)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 56-65
Contributors
Unknown:
Gordon
MacRae
Unknown:
Shirley
Jones
Unknown:
Cameron
Mitchell
Unknown:
Billy
Bigelow
Billy Bigelow:
Gordon
MacRae
Julie:
Shirley
Jones
Jigger:
Cameron
Mitchell
Came:
Barbara
Ruick
Cousin Nettie:
Claramaeturner
MrSnow:
Robert
Rounseville
Starkeeper:
Gene
Lockhart
Mrs Mullin:
Audrey
Christie
Louise:
Susan
Luckey
MrBascombe:
John
Dehner
Captain Watson:
Frank
Tweddell
Enoch Snow Jr:
Dee
Pollock
: The Sale of the Century
Hugh Scully tells the story of how the American press baronWilliam Randolph Hearst (allegedly the inspiration for Orson
Welles's Citizen Kane, shown earlier today as the first film in the Cinema Century season) was obliged to sell some of his art collection in 1941 in Gimbels department store in New York. Having been forced into the sale by a cash deficit of$11 million, he sold only half of his amassed antiquities - the ones he had stored in a four-storey Bronx warehouse.
The sale gave ordinary people the chance to buy unique items at unbeatable prices. This documentary begins with archive footage of the sale, the treasures and some of Hearst's fabulous houses and goes on to trace the whereabouts and owners of some of the highly collectable items. A team of Antiques Roadshow-style experts helps Scully to unravel the stories behind some of the items and reassess their value.
See today's choices.
Director Alan Lewens
Producers Dee Lustig and Jo Lustig
Contributors
Unknown:
Hugh
Scully
Unknown:
William Randolph
Hearst
Director:
Alan
Lewens
Producer:
Dee
Lustig
Producer:
Jo
Lustig
: Screen Two: The Blue Boy
A ghost story starring Emma Thompson, Adrian Dunbar, Eleanor BronA haunting tale set in the Scottish Highlands where a couple, expecting their first child, are spending a few days away with the hope of making a fresh start to their relationship. But the past creeps up on the present with devastating consequences.
Showing in widescreen format. See today's choices.
Written and directed by Paul Murton
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
See This Week: page 7
Contributors
Writer/Director:
Paul
Murton
Producer:
Kate
Swann
Marie Bonner:
Emma
Thompson
Joe Bonner:
Adrian
Dunbar
Christine:
Eleanor
Bron
Robert:
David
Horovitch
Beth:
Joanna
Roth
Marie's mother:
Phyllida
Law
Kiran:
Barry
Molloy
Kiran's father:
Sandy
Welsh
Archie:
Jim
Twaddle
Doctor:
Carol Ann
Crawford
Kenny:
Lewis
Howden
: The Doors
The first showing on network television for this musical biography of rock legend Jim Morrison , starring Val Kilmer , Meg Ryan and Kyle MacLachlanOliver Stone's intense portrayal of the so-called "Lizard King" and demon prince of 60s rock begins in California in 1965, with the 22-year-old Morrison spending his time on the beach writing poetry and taking drugs. After dropping out of college with fellow student Ray Manzarek he formsthe Doors with two other musicians.
The remaining film catalogues Morrison's journey to an early grave in 1971, combining brilliantly staged concert sequences with his now legendary narcotic and sexual habits. Classic hits such as Riders on the Storm, Hello, I Love You, Break On
Through, Light My Fire and The End are all featured along the way.
(1991) Stereo Subtitled .............. * FILM REVIEWS pages 56-65
Contributors
Director:
Oliver
Stone
Jim Momson:
Val
Kilmer
Pamela Courson:
Meg
Ryan
Ray Manzarek:
Kyle
MacLachlan
John Densmore:
Kevin
Dillon
Robby Krieger:
Frank
Whaley
Cat:
Billy
Idol
Dog:
Dennis
Burkley
Bill Siddons:
Josh
Evans
Tom Baker:
Michael
Madsen
Patricia Kennealy:
Kathleen
Quinlan
Paul Rothchild:
Michael
Wincott
Andy Warhol:
Crispin
Glover
Mom:
Gretchen
Becker
Dad:
Jerry
Sturm
Young Jim Morrison:
Sean
Stone
Shaman:
Floyd Red Crow
Westerman
Dorothy:
Kelly Ann
Hu
Jerry:
John
Capodice
Jac Holzman:
Mark
Moses
Bruce Botnick:
Frank
Military
Ed Sullivan:
Will
Jordan
Edie:
Jennifer
Rubin
Nico:
Kristina
Fulton
Chuck Vincent:
Hawthorne
James
: World Darts
Highlights of tonight's matches. Introduced by Dougie Donnelly.Contributors
Introduced By:
Dougie
Donnelly.
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