TCM October 4 ((SPUTNIK!!))

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(Day me and family left for first trip to Europe, in 1957!!!))

Sputnik refers primarily to the Soviet space program's Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, launched on October 4, 1957. This event marked the dawn of the space age and initiated the US-Soviet Space Race during the Cold War, spurring the United States to accelerate its own space and technology development.

4:15 PM Soylent Green (1973)
A police officer in the year 2022 uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


6:00 PM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
A scientist's investigations into the nature of good and evil turn him into a murderous monster.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 PM The Band Wagon (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 PM All That Jazz (1979)
Joe Gideon is a hedonistic workaholic who knocks back a daily dose of amphetamines to juggle a new Broadway production while editing his new movie, not to mention ex-wife Audrey, steady girlfriend Kate, a young daughter, and various conquests. Joe cannot, however, avoid intimations of mortality from white-clad vision Angelique ...
Dir: Bob Fosse Cast: Gary Bayer, Leonard Drum, Jan Flato
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


12:15 AM The Big Street (1942)
A nightclub waiter, who's in love with a selfish showgirl, gets to prove his love when she's injured.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton Maclane
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y