Jimmy Stewart, Yeti, and TMC
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 13th, 2011
Jimmy Stewart and the Yeti? Well, yes, but the folks behind the Turner Movie Classic’s marathon on Saturday, August 13, 2011, are little aware that the famous actor had anything to do with the mystery of the Abominable Snowmen.
But you do. Think of this if you watch.
Here is the TMC schedule for August 13th:
13 Saturday |
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6:00 AM |
LAST GANGSTER, THE (1937) |
| When a notorious gangster gets out of prison, he vows revenge on the wife who left him.
Dir: Edward Ludwig Cast: Edward G. Robinson , James Stewart , Rose Stradner . BW-81 mins, TV-G, CC, |
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7:30 AM |
SHOPWORN ANGEL, THE (1938) |
| A showgirl gives up life in the fast lane for a young soldier on his way to fight World War I.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Margaret Sullavan , James Stewart , Walter Pidgeon . BW-85 mins, TV-G, CC, |
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9:00 AM |
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) |
| An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Jean Arthur , James Stewart , Claude Rains . BW-130 mins, TV-G, CC, |
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11:15 AM |
WIFE VS. SECRETARY (1936) |
| A secretary becomes so valuable to her boss that it jeopardizes his marriage.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Clark Gable , Jean Harlow , Myrna Loy . BW-88 mins, TV-G, CC, |
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12:45 PM |
VIVACIOUS LADY (1937) |
| After a whirlwind courtship, a nightclub singer has to adjust to her professor husband’s conservative family.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Ginger Rogers , James Stewart , James Ellison . BW-90 mins, TV-G, CC, |
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2:30 PM |
SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE (1940) |
| Feuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan , James Stewart , Frank Morgan . BW-99 mins, TV-G, CC, |
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4:15 PM |
BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (1959) |
| A beautiful witch puts a love spell on an unknowing publisher.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: James Stewart , Kim Novak , Jack Lemmon . C-102 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
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6:15 PM |
NAKED SPUR, THE (1953) |
| A captive outlaw uses psychological tactics to prey on a bounty hunter.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: James Stewart , Janet Leigh , Robert Ryan . C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC, |
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8:00 PM |
MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (1962) |
| An experienced gunman and a peace-loving tenderfoot clash with a Western bully.
Dir: John Ford Cast: James Stewart , John Wayne , Vera Miles . BW-123 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format |
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10:15 PM |
NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951) |
| An engineer fights to prove that a new model airplane is not safe.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: James Stewart , Marlene Dietrich , Glynis Johns . BW-98 mins, TV-PG, CC, |
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12:00 AM |
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959) |
| A small-town lawyer gets the case of a lifetime when a military man avenges an attack on his wife.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: James Stewart , Lee Remick , Ben Gazzara . BW-161 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format |
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2:45 AM |
MURDER MAN, THE (1935) |
| A hard-drinking reporter specializes in murder cases, until he becomes a suspect in one himself.
Dir: Tim Whelan Cast: Spencer Tracy , Virginia Bruce , Lionel Atwill . BW-69 mins, TV-PG, CC, |
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4:00 AM |
STRATTON STORY, THE (1949) |
| True story of Monty Stratton, the baseball star who fought to continue his career after losing a leg.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: James Stewart , June Allyson , Frank Morgan . BW-107 mins, TV-G, CC, |
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If you catch any of the films tomorrow, you might keep the little gem of information in mind that when one of Stewart’s most occult films appeared (Bell, Book, and Candle, image above) during 1959, this is the same year Stewart found himself enmeshed in the Yeti search.
The Pangboche Hand, the so-called Yeti Hand, has been the point of much discussion since 1959, in the West, which I summarized in Tom Slick: True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology (Fresno, CA: Craven Street-Linden Press, 2002). Some of it involves the late actor Jimmy Stewart arranging the transport of the Pangboche Hand from India to London. (The International Cryptozoology Museum has on display a letter from Jimmy Stewart about this episode.)
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
