Tivo Alert: Apollo 11 Plus 40 on Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies (United States feed) is running a day's
worth of Moon-connected programming for the 20th of July. There's
almost certainly something you've been meaning to see in the list.
The schedule, using Eastern Time, for the 20th, from

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.js...zone=EST&cid=N


6:00am They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
Scientists investigating a meteor shower uncover an
alien invasion.
Cast: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay
Dir: Freddie Francis C-85 mins, TV-PG

7:30am From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket.

Cast: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dobbins
Dir: Byron Haskin C-100 mins, TV-G

9:30am First Men in the Moon (1964)
A scientist's experimental space craft puts him in the
path of an intergalactic invasion.
Cast: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer, Erik Chitty
Dir: Nathan Juran C-103 mins, TV-PG

11:30am Twelve to the Moon (1960)
An international team boards a spaceship to the moon.
Cast: Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, Tony Dexter
Dir: David Bradley BW-74 mins, TV-PG

1:00pm Destination Moon (1950)
A crusading scientist defies the government to launch
an expedition to the moon.
Cast: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson
Dir: Irving Pichel C-90 mins, TV-G

3:00pm Mouse On The Moon, The (1963)
A small European nation launches a space program using
the local wine as rocket fuel.
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins,
David Kossoff
Dir: Richard Lester C-85 mins, TV-G

4:30pm Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
Three janitors stumble onto the formula for rocket fuel.
Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe De Rita, Jerome Cowan
Dir: David Lowell Rich BW-76 mins, TV-PG

6:00pm Moon Pilot (1962)
An astronaut dodges secret agents and a beautiful spy
before his first moon trip.
Cast: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval
Dir: James Neilson C-98 mins

8:00pm Trip to the Moon, A (1902)
In this silent film, a group of scientists ride
to the moon in a cannon shell.
Cast: Georges Melies, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon.
Dir: Georges Melies

8:15pm For All Mankind (1989)
Documentary footage traces the progress of the Apollo
missions.
Cast: Michael Collins, Charles Duke, James Lovell, Russell L
Schweickart
Dir: Al Reinert C-80 mins

10:00pm Right Stuff, The (1983)
The first astronauts fight for their place in space.
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid
Dir: Philip Kaufman C-193 mins, TV-MA

1:30am Marooned (1969)
Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when their
rockets fail during a space voyage.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus
Dir: John Sturges C-129 mins, TV-PG

3:45am Capricorn One (1978)
The government fakes a Mars landing then sets out to kill
the astronauts involved.
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterson
Dir: Peter Hyams C-123 mins, TV-14


Also, the 28th appears tob e a festival of Joe E Brown comedies.

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Joseph Nebus
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