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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.

March 8

Poster for Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth (1954)
1h 34min
Drama, History
Released 14 March 1954 (USA)
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.
Poster for Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Bread (1934)
1h 20min
Drama, Romance
Released 2 October 1934 (USA)
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!

March 15

Poster for The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
Musical, Fantasy
Released November 26, 1957 (United States)
Starring Van Johnson, Lori Nelson, Claude Rains
Directed by Bretaigne Windust
Written by Irving Taylor, Hal Stanley
Overwhelmed by rats, a medieval town hires a magical piper who can rid the town of the pest in exchange for gold but the crooked mayor has no intention of honoring the deal.
Poster for Irish Luck
Irish Luck (1939)
58min
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released 22 August 1939 (USA)
Starring Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Dick Purcell
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Written by Mary McCarthy, Charles M. Brown
Buzzy O'Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother.

March 22

Poster for Storm in a Teacup
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
1h 27min
Comedy, Romance
Released 25 February 1938 (USA)
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.
Poster for Clouds Over Europe
Clouds Over Europe (1939)
1h 22min
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Released 20 June 1939 (USA)
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.

March 29

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
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.