What To Catch on TCM This Week - May 28 - June 2, 2018

Just a few favorites on TCM this week. Hope everyone finds something new or an old favorite to check out this week.

The Best Years of Our Lives - About the struggles of servicemen adjusting to civilian life after serving in World War II. It's a great look at how hard it can be to get back to some sort of normalcy after the endless battles and how everyday life is a battle. Shows why we should value ALL of our servicemen and try to make their lives easier when they come back. Monday, May 28th 3 P.M. MST

Road to Bali - Is one of my favorite Bob Hope movies next to My Favorite Brunette. I loved the Road to movies, I would always watch them with my dad late at night or early on Sunday mornings, but Road to Bali was my favorite, George and Harold once again philandering their way across another performance gig and ending up in a world of trouble because of beautiful woman. This movie wouldn't be made today because of how women are treated in this film, but I'm glad it was made and it's funny as all hell. Who can't watch Bob Hope? Tuesday, May 29th 2:45 P.M. MST

A Night at the Opera - Next to Duck Soup, this is one of the most prolific Marx Brothers movies, Zeppo had just stopped working with his brothers and had become an engineer and theatrical agent. One of the best scenes in the film is the stateroom scene where 15 people end up in a small 3rd class stateroom, you can use your imagination or catch it on Tuesday, May 29th at 2:45 P.M. MST. it's worth the watch, I promise. It's Groucho at his best.


Flipper - Including this one because it was one that my dad used to make us watch, this and Johnny Quest were a Sunday morning favorite. A young boy befriends an injured dolphin and they have a special bond and way of communicating. Thursday, May 31st, 2:30 P.M. MST.

Stage Fright - A woman, secretly in love with her fellow actor helps him to hide after his girlfriend kills her husband and the police are looking for him. Although not one of Hitchcock's most noted films, it's still very well done and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. Thursday, May 31st, 10:15 P.M. MST.

Executive Suite -  Avery Bullard, president and visionary for the Tredway Corporation has just died in the middle of the street in New York on a trip to meet with investors. Having never named a successor, all of the Tredway executives go to underhanded lengths to be the next president.                                                                                          Friday, May 1st, 10:45 P.M. MST.

Dial M for Murder - Finding out about his wife's affair, tennis champion Tony Wendice, plans to kill her. Grace Kelly is once again a magnet on the screen as the philandering wife who fights off her attacker. If you've ever seen A Perfect Murder with Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow, this is the original that it is based, but this is better, although I really do enjoy A Perfect Murder. Saturday, June 2nd 10:00 A.M. MST.

Birdman of Alcatraz - Based on the real life incarceration of Robert Stroud and his insightfulness of raising and healing birds. Stroud became one of the most renowned ornithologists in the United States. Burt Lancaster gives what is one of his best performances of his career in this film. Saturday, June 2nd 3:15 P.M. MST.

Strangers on a Train - Two men meet on a train and one comes up with the idea to switch murders, both wanting to get rid of dysfunctional people in their lives. One man doesn't take the other seriously and doesn't follow through on his end of the deal and the other man attempts to blackmail him into it. This movie is the basis for Throw Mama from the Train and is another Hitchcock film that dominates TCM this week. Saturday, June 2nd, 8 P.M. MST.