LOTS of interesting/good movies today, starting with Tom Jones NOW, TCM:

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Necessary for me.

3:00 PM Tom Jones (1963)
2h 11m | Comedy | TV-14
In 18th century England, an abandoned orphan is adopted by a Squire. The young Tom Jones grows up to become a bawdy womanizer.
Director: Tony Richardson. Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith

5:15 PM Oliver! (1968)
2h 33m | Musical | TV-PG
Musical version of the Dickens classic about an orphan taken in by a band of boy thieves.
Director: Carol Reed. Cast: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed

8:00 PM Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
2h 23m | Drama | TV-14
A composer gives up his dreams to change lives as a music teacher.
Director: Stephen Herek. Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas

10:30 PM The Miracle Worker (1962)
1h 47m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate.
Director: Arthur Penn. Cast: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory

12:30 AM The Paper Chase (1973)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-MA
A law student discovers that his girlfriend is the daughter of his toughest professor.
Director: James Bridges. Cast: John Houseman, Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner

2:30 AM Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
1h 54m | Drama | TV-PG
A cold-hearted teacher becomes the school favorite when he's thawed by a beautiful young woman.
Director: Sam Wood. Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn

4:30 AM Rachel, Rachel (1968)
1h 41m | Drama | TV-14
A small town teacher tries to overcome her shyness.
Director: Paul Newman. Cast: Joanne Woodward, James Olson, Kate Harrington

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Tom Jones is great, IF

they left the eating scene in! For some reason, that was edited out when the movie was shown on TV previously--"roo suggestive" or something. It's the most uproariously raunchy-without-being-overtly-raunchy scene ever filmed!

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2. Just SAW the eating scene!

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3. OLIVER on now.