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Saturday Classic Movies

Here are highlights of the scheduled programming on SCCtv (Comcast Ch 28 and Wave Broadband Ch19)
Remember, we simulcast our broadcast right here on our Web site, www.seattlecolleges.tv.

Thanks to Igor, of Movie Marvels fame, for putting the schedule together! 
Remember, it is always subject to change, depending on Igor's mood.

September 9

Poster for Two Women
Two Women (1960)
1h 41min
Drama, War
Released 9 May 1961 (USA)
Starring Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Written by Alberto Moravia, Cesare Zavattini
In the Italy of WWII, a widow and her lonely daughter seek for distance between them and the horrors of war.
Poster for Waterfront
Waterfront (1944)
1h 8min
Drama, Romance, War
Released June 10, 1944 (United States)
Starring John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, Maris Wrixon
Directed by Steve Sekely
Written by Martin Mooney, Irwin Franklyn
A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his codebook, and he must get it back.

September 16

Poster for Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1946)
1h 42min
Drama, Romance
Released May 1946 (USA)
Starring Ginger Rogers, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou
Directed by Sam Wood
Written by Morrie Ryskind, Hans Wilhelm
In Paris, a young woman runs away from a reform school, joins a pickpocket academy, and finds herself falling for the handsome diplomat she's been blackmailed into stealing from.
Poster for The Thirteenth Guest
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
1h 9min
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Released 9 August 1932 (USA)
Starring Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, J. Farrell MacDonald
Directed by Albert Ray
Written by Armitage Trail, Frances Hyland
Murder of a woman sparks a search for a killer.

September 23

Poster for Kansas City Confidential
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
1h 39min
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Released 11 November 1952 (USA)
Starring John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster
Directed by Phil Karlson
Written by George Bruce, Harry Essex
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Poster for Quicksand
Quicksand (1950)
1h 19min
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Released 24 March 1950 (USA)
Starring Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates
Directed by Irving Pichel
Written by Robert Smith
After taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mechanic falls into increasingly disastrous circumstances for more and more money which rapidly spirals out of his control.

September 30

Poster for Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
1h 53min
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Released 5 November 1951 (Sweden)
Starring José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince
Directed by Michael Gordon
Written by Edmond Rostand, Brian Hooker
The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play.
Poster for As You Like It
As You Like It (1936)
1h 36min
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released 8 January 1937 (USA)
Starring Elisabeth Bergner, Laurence Olivier, Sophie Stewart
Directed by Paul Czinner
Written by J.M. Barrie, Robert Cullen
A Duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen in love with Orlando, but he has his own tyrannical brother with whom to contend, so he joins those in the forest.

October 7 

Poster for Road to Bali
Road to Bali (1952)
1h 31min
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Released 8 April 1953 (France)
Starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
Directed by Hal Walker
Written by Frank Butler, Hal Kanter
Two unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.
Poster for Eternally Yours
Eternally Yours (1939)
1h 35min
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released January 18, 1940 (Argentina)
Starring Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert
Directed by Tay Garnett
Written by Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker, Edward Childs Carpenter, (uncredited)
Anita Halstead, swept off her feet by magician Arturo, finds the results less than magical.

October 14

Poster for King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
1h 43min
Action, Adventure, Romance
Released November 24, 1950 (United States)
Starring Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson
Directed by Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton
Written by Helen Deutsch, H. Rider Haggard
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Soloman.
Poster for Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
1h 16min
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released 19 August 1932 (USA)
Starring Douglas Fairbanks, William Farnum, Earle Browne
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Written by Douglas Fairbanks, Thomas J. Geraghty
After making a bet, Steve strands himself on uninhabited island.