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With popcorn in hand, we invite you to make a date with KSMQ this Saturday night at 7:00pm and/or Sunday afternoon at 2:00pm—be our guest for some of the greatest Hollywood films ever made. > See what's on this week.

These are the legendary movies, the famous stars, the directors who have become icons—the Hollywood figures that are now woven into the fabric of our culture and profoundly impacted moviemaking and audiences forever.

You’ll be spellbound by court room dramas like Twelve Angry Men, Judgment at Nuremburg and Inherit the Wind. Your heart will sing as you watch musicals like Singin’ in the Rain, Hello Dolly, and West Side Story. You’ll see the best of the best original dramas, adventures, comedies, thrillers and Westerns of the last 60 years, among them Streetcar Named Desire, Giant, East of Eden, Some Like it Hot, Lilies of the Field, The Great Escape, Casablanca, Red River, Dial “M” for Murder—it’s an incredible line up—and there's something for everyone!

 

Below is an chronilogical listing of many of the Cinema Classics shown on KSMQ. You may also view the listing organized by alphabetical order.

1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

 

Here's a sampling of the great classics showing on KSMQ—Your PBS station!

1940s

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941) Roddy McDowall, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara

CASABLANCA (1943) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre

LAURA (1944) Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price

LIFEBOAT (1944) Tallulah BAnkhead, William Bendix

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)  Myrna Loy, Frederic March

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946) John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons

MY DARLING CLEMINTINE (1946) Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature

BLACK NARCISSUS (1947) Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Jean Simmons

GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, THE (1947) Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison

RED RIVER (1948) John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT I (1947) Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly,
Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, etc.

LETTER TO THREE WIVES, A (1949) Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Kirk Douglas

TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH (1949) Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe

 

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1950s

ASPHALT JUNGLE, THE (1950) Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen

THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950) Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor

OLIVER TWIST (1951) John Howard Davies, Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951) Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo Carroll

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner

MOULIN ROUGE (1952) Jose Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor

PAT AND MIKE (1952) Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse

THE BANDWAGON (1953) Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse

KISS ME KATE (1953) Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel

LILI (1953) Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor

ROBE, THE (1953) Richard Burton, Jean Simmons

THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA (1954) Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner

BRIGADOON (1954) Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse

DIAL “M” FOR MURDER (1954) Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings

STAR IS BORN, A (1954) Judy Garland, James Mason

THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN (1954) Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Luis Jourdan

BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Ernest Borgnine

EAST OF EDEN (1955) James Dean, Julie Harris, Jo Van Fleet, Raymond Massey

GUYS AND DOLLS (1955) Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra

MISTER ROBERTS (1955) Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon

MARTY (1955) Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) James Dean, Natalie Wood

SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE (1955) Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956) David Niven, Cantinflas

GIANT (1956) Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

HIGH SOCIETY (1956) Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy

MOBY DICK (1956) Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart)

LUST FOR LIFE (1956) Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Pamela Brown

THE SEARCHERS (1956) John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood

LES GIRLS (1957) Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor

TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1957) Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley,
Jack Klugman

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957) Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich

AUNTIE MAME (1958) Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne

THE BIG COUNTRY (1958) Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston,
Burl Ives

BEN HUR (1959) Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau

THE NUN’S STORY (1959) Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans

ON THE BEACH (1959) Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire Anthony Perkins

RIO BRAVO (1959) John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon

1960s

THE ALAMO (1960) John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Frankie Avalon

THE APARTMENT (1960) Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Fred MacMurray

ELMER GANTRY (1960) Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons

MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE (1960) Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson

OCEAN’S ELEVEN (1960) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Angie Dickinson

JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBURG (1961) Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster,
Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland

THE MISFITS (1961) Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach

ONE, TWO, THREE (1961) James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin

WEST SIDE STORY (1961) Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno

THE LONGEST DAY (1962) Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Richard Burton,
Red Buttons, Sean Connery

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey,
Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury

THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962) Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke

THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson, James Coburn

LILIES OF THE FIELD (1963) Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino

A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964) Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sander

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965) Max Von Sydow, John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness

VON RYAN’S EXPRESS (1965)  Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Rafaella Carra

WHAT’S NEW, PUSSYCAT? (1965) Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, Woody Allen , Ursula Andress

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! (1966)
Alan Arkin, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) Sidney Poitier, Ron Steiger

KING OF HEARTS (1967) alan Bates, Pierre Brasseur, Genevieve Bujold

THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE (1968) Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway

HELLO DOLLY (1969) Barbara Streisand, Waltar Matthau, Michael Crawford

INHERIT THE WIND (1969) Spencer Tracy, Frederic March, Gene Kelly

1970s

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971) Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey

CANDIDATE, THE (1972) Robert Redford, Peter Boyle

WHAT’S UP, DOC? (1972)  Barbara Streisand, Ryan O’Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars

THE PAPER CHASE (1973) Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Madelyn Kahn,
Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976) Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Hal Holbrook, Jane Alexander

CARRIE (1976) Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT II (1976) Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland

ANNIE HALL (1977) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane

THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)  Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason

THE INLAWS (1979) Peter Falk, Alan Arkin

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1980s

THE VERDICT (1982) Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason

VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982) Julie Andrews, James Garner, Leslie Ann Warren

COCOON (1985) Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronin, Don Ameche, Wilfred Brimley, Brian Dennehy, Maureen Stapleton

BROADCAST NEWS (1987) William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter

BIG (1988) Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) Carey Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Guest

WALL STREET (1987) Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglass

1990s

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT III (1994) June Allyson, Cyd Charisse,
Lena Horne, Mickey Rooney

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