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Subterranean Cinema

What is Subterranean Cinema? 

From the basement of PBS Fort Wayne, Subterranean Cinema is the place to enjoy classic Hollywood movies. This weekly film series is hand-picked to be enjoyed by film fans of every generation. They are broadcast on:

  • Saturday nights at 8pm (Prime Time) on our Explore Channel, 39.4.
  • Saturdays at 12am (Midnight Movie) on our Main Channel, 39.1.
  • Sundays at 2pm (Weekend Matinee) on our Main Channel, 39.1.

 

Once they premiere on-air, these movies are also available through the PBS app on your smartphone, tablet or smart TV, at pbs.org, and on the PBS Fort Wayne YouTube channel.

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Weekend of February 22-23

The Inspector General (1949) 

In this farcical musical (in Technicolor, no less!), snake oil salesman Georgi (Danny Kaye) is too honest for his own good. After his partner (Walter Slezak) fires him, the simple-minded Georgi wanders into a corrupt town where he is mistaken for a diplomat. As Georgi unknowingly enjoys his false identity, the townspeople make several botched attempts to assassinate him, believing he is a powerful politician. Matters get even more tangled, and amusing, when the real inspector general shows up.

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The 39 Steps (1935)

A heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps follows Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) as he stumbles upon a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors—a chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued—as well as into an unexpected romance with the cool Pamela (Madeline Carroll). 

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Charade (1963)

Regina Lampert (played by Audrey Hepburn) finds herself followed and harassed by three men who are linked to the death of her husband, Charles. She seeks help from a charming stranger named Peter (Cary Grant) but gets embroiled in a world of lies.

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Meet John Doe (1941)

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Meet John Doe (1941)

Frank Capra directs this story of a recently fired reporter (Barbara Stanwyck) who prints a fake letter from an unknown "John Doe," threatening suicide in protest of social ills. When the note causes an uproar, the newspaper hires her back, along with a homeless man (Gary Cooper) to play the mysterious Doe, whose philosophy unwittingly starts a social movement.

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The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

The film follows the private life of the infamous 16th century British monarch, King Henry the VIII, and his misadventures in his various marriages. Henry is wonderfully portrayed by the highly talented and entertaining Charles Laughton, a masterful one-of-a-kind character actor who managed to land many plum roles. Laughton portrays the Henry as a rollicking, impetuous, boozing lover of women; A man equal parts charming, childish and dangerous.

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Angel

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Angel On My Shoulder (1947)

Deceased gangster Eddie Kage (Paul Muni) is an-exact double for very much alive, well-respected judge, Frederick Parker.  The Devil, aka Nick (Claude Rains), arranges for a body swap. Eddie agrees to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge his death.

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McLintock! (1963)

G.W. McLintock would have enjoyed his success a lot more if his wife hadn’t left him...and returned. John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara play the warring couple in a marriage run joyfully amuck. Top ten box-office winner of 1963, based (loosely) on Shakespeare’s "Taming Of the Shrew."

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Fear In The Night (1947)

The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson (DeForest Kelley, aka Dr. McCoy, Star Trek, in his film debut) finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a mysterious woman breaks into a safe. It is so vivid, in fact, that Vince suspects it may have really happened. To get the dream off his mind, he goes on a picnic with some relatives. When a thunderstorm forces his party into a nearby mansion, Vince discovers that the bizarre room does exist, and it means nothing but trouble.

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To see all of the Subterranean Cinema selections now streaming, visit our show page at pbs.org or search for  Subterranean Cinema with the PBS app!