Women directors, and more

I probably should have posted this last night, but I see that today's TCM lineup has a bunch of movies directed by women back in the days when it was truly pioneering for women to be directing. Heck, some of the movies are from the days when it was pioneering for men to be directing. There are a couple of Alice Guy-Blaché movies in the lineup, such as 1912's Algie, the Miner at 3:30 PM:



We also get a pair of Ida Lupino movies. Outrage is back on at 6:00 PM; the last time I tried to record that one there was an interruption in my service that caused it not to record properly, so maybe I'll get to see it in full this time.

Tonight, and every Wednesday in September, TCM is putting the Spotlight on the Motion Picture and Television Fund, which is probably best known for the retirement home for people in the injury who need it. Actual residents of the home are going to be sitting down (I'd assume with Ben Mankiewicz and not some other guest host, although the TCM page doesn't say) to discuss movies of which they were a part, including 104-year-old Connie Sawyer talking about her scene in A Hole in the Head (10:45 PM tonight). There's also a mini-documentary, Showfolk at 10:00 tonight.