Author Robert Kimball joins Robert Osborne to discuss his new book and TCMs new documentary Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s On Me , 2009, from the latest edition of TCM's "Now Playing: The Show."
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Snappy theme song performed by Gordon MacRae, followed by efficient narration, opening director Frank Lloyd’s last film, starring Sterling Hayden as Alamo hero Jim Bowie, The Last Command , 1955.
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Barbara Streisand stars in and directs Yentl (1983) based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s story of a Jewish girl who passes as a boy to study the Torah.
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Opening sequence from Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains , 1982, introduces TV anchor Harley Dennis (Peter Donat), Corrine "3rd Degree" Burns (Diane Lane) and sidekick "Dizzy" (Laura Dern).
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In the immediate aftermath of a "Jack the Ripper" murder, "Slade" (Laird Cregar) inquires about rooms from Robert and Ellen Burton (Cedric Hardwicke and Sara Allgood) in The Lodger , 1944.
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The panicked Ruth (June Travis) appears briefly as investigators at the site of the space-capsule crash find evidence but draw minimal conclusions in Monster A Go-Go! , 1965.
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Disabled Candy (Roman Bohnen) wonders if he can join new farm-hand pals George (Burgess Meredith) and Lenny (Lon Chaney Jr.) in buying their own place, in director Lewis Milestone’s Of Mice and Men , 1939.
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The chilling opening credits and introductory talk from Dr. Carroll (Josef Forte) in the quasi-documentary "Tell Your Children," better known as Reefer Madness , 1938.
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