Karl Malden remembered with TCM movie marathon
Karl Malden was inducted into the
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s Hall of Great Western Performers in 2005. The year before, he was honored with a Life Achievement Award by the Screen Actors Guild.
On Friday, TCM will pay tribute to Malden with a three-movie marathon. He died July 1 at age 97.
The movie marathon collection features his Oscar-nominated performances in “On the Waterfront” (7 p.m.) and “A Streetcar Named Desire” (9 p.m.).
His Western characters in such films as “The Gunfighter” (1950) and “How the West Was Won” (1962) eaned him his place in the Oklahoma museum.
–Penny TV
TCM’s July 10 Tribute to Karl Malden
••7 p.m. — “On the Waterfront” (1952): Malden earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as a priest who helps prize-fighter wannabe Marlon Brando come to terms with a corrupt boss. Elia Kazan’s gritty drama co-stars Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint and Lee J. Cobb.
••9 p.m. — “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951): Malden took home an Oscar when he reprised his Broadway role for Elia Kazan’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play. Fellow Oscar winners Vivian Leigh and Kim Hunter co-star, along with screen powerhouse Marlon Brando.
••11:15 p.m. — “Birdman of Alcatraz” (1962): Malden co-starred opposite Burt Lancaster in this true story about Robert Stroud, a convict who became a world-renowned bird expert. Thelma Ritter, Betty Field, Neville Brand and Telly Savalas also star in this John Frankenheimer drama.
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