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November 20

BIRTHDAYS

Bo Derek~51

Veronica Hamel~66

Richard Dawson~77

Estelle Parsons~82

Gene Tierney~1920-1991

TCM SCHEDULE

TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: INTERRACIAL ROMANCE

8:00pm [Drama] One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
A white divorcee's marriage to a black man could cost her custody of her daughter.
Cast: Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton, Richard Mulligan, Harry Bellaver Dir: Larry Peerce BW-92 mins

10:00pm [Drama] Landlord, The (1970)
A spoiled rich boy buys a Brooklyn tenement and gets mixed up in his tenants' lives.
Cast: Beau Bridges, Pearl Bailey, Diana Sands, Louis Gossett Dir: Hal Ashby C-110 mins, TV-MA [Letterbox]

12:00am [Drama] Great White Hope, The (1970)
A black boxer and his white mistress face racial prejudice when he wins the championship.
Cast: James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen Dir: Martin Ritt C-103 mins, TV-14
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November 19

BIRTHDAYS

Jodie Foster~47

Meg Ryan~48

Ted Turner~71

Dick Cavett~73

Larry King~76

TCM SCHEDULE

What's On Tonight: STAR OF THE MONTH: GRACE KELLY

8:00pm [Adventure] Green Fire (1954)
An emerald prospector clashes with a beautiful plantation owner in South America.
Cast: Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas, John Ericson Dir: Andrew Marton C-100 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox] [Close Captioned]

10:00pm [Drama] Bridges At Toko-Ri, The (1954)
Two jet pilots forge a lasting friendship while fighting the Korean War.
Cast: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney Dir: Mark Robson C-103 mins, TV-PG [Close Captioned]

12:00am [Suspense/Mystery] Rockingham Tea Set, The (1950)
Ghosts interfere with a young nurse's love life.
Cast: Grace Kelly Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner. BW-59 mins, TV-G

1:00am [Suspense/Mystery] Kill, The (1952)
A persecuted newcomer falls under suspicion when one of his tormentors is killed.
Cast: Grace Kelly Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner. BW-59 mins, TV-PG
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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse Turns 91 on November 18, 2009



Mickey Mouse is a comic animal cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks and voiced by Walt Disney. The Walt Disney Company celebrates his birth as November 18, 1928 upon the release of Steamboat Willie. Although Mickey had already appeared six months earlier in Plane Crazy (Steamboat Willie being the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon with sound). The anthropomorphic mouse has evolved from being simply a character in animated cartoons and comic strips to become one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. Mickey is currently the main character in the Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney series "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse." Mickey is the leader of The Mickey Mouse Club.

Mickey was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios.

When Disney asked for a larger budget for his popular Oswald series, Mintz announced he had hired the bulk of Disney's staff, but that Disney could keep doing the Oswald series, as long as he agreed to a budget cut and went on the payroll. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch.

"Mortimer Mouse" had been Disney's original name for the character before his wife, Lillian convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be.

Said Disney: "We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin — a little fellow trying to do the best he could. When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity. I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse."
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November 18

BIRTHDAYS

Chloe Sevigny~34

Owen Wilson~41

Jameson Parker~59

Linda Evans~67

Brenda Vaccaro~70

Mickey Mouse~91

TCM SCHEDULE

What's On Tonight:
TCM SPOTLIGHT: JOHNNY MERCER (daytime)

8:00pm [Musical] Harvey Girls, The (1946)
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury Dir: George Sidney C-101 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned]

10:00pm [Musical] Here Comes the Groom (1951)
A foreign correspondent woos his former fiancee so he can maintain custody of some orphans he's adopted.
Cast: Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith, Franchot Tone Dir: Frank Capra BW-113 mins, TV-G [Close Captioned]

12:00am [Comedy] Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
A young writer gets caught up in a party girl's carefree existence.
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen Dir: Blake Edwards BW-115 mins, TV-G
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Rock Hudson

Mini Biography

He was the son of an auto mechanic and a telephone operator who divorced when he was eight years old. He failed to obtain parts in school plays because he couldn't remember lines. After high school he was a postal employee and during WW II served as a Navy airplane mechanic. After the war he was a truck driver. His size and good looks got him into movies. His name was changed to Rock Hudson, his teeth were capped, he took lessons in acting, singing, fencing and riding. One line in his first picture, Fighter Squadron (1948), needed 38 takes. In 1956 he received an Oscar nomination for Giant (1956) and two years later Look magazine named him Star of the Year. He starred in a number of bedroom comedies, many with Doris Day, and had his own popular TV series "McMillan & Wife" (1971). He had a recurring role in TV's "Dynasty" (1981) (1984-5). He was the first major public figure to announce he had AIDS, and his worldwide search for a cure drew international attention. After his death his long-time lover Marc Christian successfully sued his estate, again calling attention to the homosexuality Rock had hidden from most throughout his career.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan < stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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November 17

BIRTHDAYS

Danny DeVito~65

Lorne Michaels~65

Lauren Hutton~66

Martin Scorsese~67

Rock Hudson~1925-1985

TCM SCHEDULE

What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: CLAUDIA CARDINALE

8:00pm [Western] Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)
A mail-order bride enlists an outlaw and a mystery man to help protect her land from a ruthless cattleman.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards Jr., Charles Bronson Dir: Sergio Leone C-165 mins, TV-14 [Letterbox] [Close Captioned]

11:00pm [Drama] 8 1/2 (1963)
A world-famous film director juggles his romantic relationships while trying to come up with an idea for his next picture.
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo Dir: Federico Fellini BW-138 mins, TV-PG [Letterbox]

1:30am [Comedy] Don't Make Waves (1967)
A swimming-pool salesman gets mixed up with beauty queens and bodybuilders when he falls in love.
Cast: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate, Robert Webber Dir: Alexander Mackendrick C-97 mins, TV-PG
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