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.
October 21
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
More on IMDBStarring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Ethel Lina White, Sidney Gilliat
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
The 39 Steps (1935)
Starring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by John Buchan, Charles Bennett
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information.
October 28 and 29
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon
Directed by Richard Brooks
Written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
An American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief.
Life with Father (1947)
Starring William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Clarence Day, Donald Ogden Stewart
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
November 4
At War with the Army (1950)
Starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mike Kellin
Directed by Hal Walker
Written by James B. Allardice, Fred F. Finklehoffe
Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II.
The Flying Deuces (1939)
Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Written by Ralph Spence, Charley Rogers
Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her husband. To forget her he joins the Foreign Legion with Stan. Bad idea.
November 11
The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
Starring Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke
Directed by Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Written by Richard T. Heffron
A gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions.
Please Murder Me! (1956)
Starring Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran
Directed by Peter Godfrey
Written by Al C. Ward, Donald Hyde, Ewald André Dupont
A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.
November 18
Under Capricorn (1949)
Starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by John Colton, Margaret Linden, Helen Simpson
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Sabotage (1936)
Starring Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Joseph Conrad, Charles Bennett, Ian Hay
A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.
November 25
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Written by Robert Rossen, John Patrick
A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
Detour (1945)
Starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Written by Martin Goldsmith, Martin Goldsmith
Chance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail.
December 2
The Stranger (1946)
Starring Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young
Directed by Orson Welles
Written by Anthony Veiller, Victor Trivas
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
The Dark Hour (1936)
Starring Ray Walker, Berton Churchill, Irene Ware
Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Ewart Adamson, Sinclair Gluck
A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family.
December 9
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Starring Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea
Directed by Byron Haskin
Written by Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
The Lady Confesses (1945)
Starring Mary Beth Hughes, Hugh Beaumont, Edmund MacDonald
Directed by Sam Newfield
Written by Irwin Franklyn, Helen Martin
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 year disappearance to prevent her husband from marrying his new love, and someone kills her.
December 16
Secret Agent (1936)
Starring John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Campbell Dixon, W. Somerset Maugham
After three British Agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
Topper Returns (1941)
Starring Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Written by Thorne Smith, Jonathan Latimer
A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.
December 23
Meet John Doe (1941)
Starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Directed by Frank Capra
Written by Richard Connell, Robert Presnell Sr.
A man needing money agrees to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins.
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Starring Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Written by Adele Comandini, Mildred Cram
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple they initially brought together.
December 30
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Starring Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner
Directed by Henry King, Roy Ward Baker
Written by Casey Robinson
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
Starring Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim, John L. Balderston
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.
January 6, 2024 - Happy New Year!
The Beachcomber (1954)
Starring Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden
Directed by Muriel Box
Written by Sydney Box, W. Somerset Maugham
In the Indian Ocean, the new British Resident of the Welcome Islands tangles with loneliness, angry natives, a drunken troublemaker and a sudden outbreak of cholera.
Big Time Operators (aka 'The Smallest Show on Eart (1957)
Starring Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford
Directed by Basil Dearden
Written by William Rose, (original story), John Eldridge, (screenplay)
A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.
January 13
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Starring Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Written by Arthur Mann, Lawrence Taylor
The legend stars as himself in this biopic that traces his ascent from poverty to becoming the first black American to play major league baseball.
Song of Freedom (1936)
Starring Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy
Directed by J. Elder Wills
Written by Claude Wallace, Dorothy Holloway
A black British dockworker named Johnny Zinga becomes a famous singer and learns that he is the rightful king of the African island of Casanga.
