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.
July 27
Hercules (1958)
More on IMDBStarring Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni
Directed by Pietro Francisci
Written by Apollonios Rhodios, Pietro Francisci, Ennio De Concini
The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.
Hercules Unchained (1959)
Starring Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Antonini
Directed by Pietro Francisci, Mario Bava
Written by Pietro Francisci, Sophocles, Aeschylus
While negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of Thebes, an amnesiac Hercules is seduced by the evil Queen Omphale.
August 3
Scarlet Street (1945)
Starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea
Directed by Fritz Lang
Written by Georges de La Fouchardière, André Mouëzy-Éon
A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
Starring Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling
Directed by Tay Garnett
Written by Mel Dinelli, Tom Lewis
An invalid husband wrongly believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.
August 10
Algiers (1938)
Starring Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie
Directed by John Cromwell
Written by John Howard Lawson, James M. Cain
Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah.
Dishonored Lady (1947)
Starring Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Written by Edward Sheldon, Margaret Ayer Barnes
A beautiful editor at a fashion magazine has a breakdown due to the pressures of her work and her disappointing love life. A psychiatrist recommends that she start life fresh by moving into a smaller apartment and under another name.
August 17
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey
Directed by Harold Young
Written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Alexander Korda, Montagu Barstow
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Penny Serenade (1941)
Starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi
Directed by George Stevens
Written by Morrie Ryskind, Martha Cheavens
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
August 24
The Stork Club (1945)
Starring Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore
Directed by Hal Walker
Written by Buddy G. DeSylva, Jack McGowan
A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her by anonymously giving her a bank account, a luxury apartment and a charge account at a department store. When her boyfriend (DeFore) returns from overseas, he thinks she is a kept woman.
So This Is Washington (1943)
Starring Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Alan Mowbray
Directed by Ray McCarey
Written by Roswell Rogers, Edward James
Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice.
August 31
Salt of the Earth (1954)
Starring Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer
Directed by Herbert J. Biberman
Written by Michael Wilson
Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Our Daily Bread (1934)
Starring Karen Morley, Tom Keene, John Qualen
Directed by King Vidor
Written by King Vidor, Elizabeth Hill
A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!
September 7
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
Starring Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker
Directed by Ian Dalrymple, Victor Saville
Written by Bruno Frank, James Bridie
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
Clouds Over Europe (1939)
Starring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson
Directed by Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods
Written by Brock Williams, Jack Whittingham
A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.
September 14
Heartbeat (1946)
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.
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
Starring Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, J. Farrell MacDonald
Directed by Albert Ray
Written by Armitage Trail, Frances Hyland
Thirteen years ago, somebody murdered the wealthy host of a dinner party. Now, the guests from that event reunite at the creepy house where the crime took place to figure out who inherited the victim's estate.
September 21
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
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.
Quicksand (1950)
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 28
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
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.
As You Like It (1936)
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 5
Road to Bali (1952)
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.
Eternally Yours (1939)
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 12
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Starring Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas
Written by H. Rider Haggard, Michael Hogan
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
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.
October 19
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.
October 26
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Starring 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.
