10:15 pm — TCM — Double Indemnity Quite probably the most definitive film noir film in existence (vying only with The Big Sleep in my head, anyway) has insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) being seduced by bored housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) and convinced by her to help murder her husband for the insurance money. (the-frame.com)
Dunne was finally permitted to show off her singing talents in Sweet Adeline (1935), and in 1936 Universal Pictures cast her in her stage role as Magnolia in the studio's definitive film version of Show Boat (1936). (rottentomatoes.com)
Great Directors on TCM: Billy Wilder Billy Wilder had an incredible ability to make definitive films in most genres — screwball comedy, film noir, socially conscious drama, bittersweet comedy - drama. (the-frame.com)