Playwright Day (?) -- June 10, 2026

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Since I got out of the hospital, I have been watching a lot of movies on TCM. I guess Thursday was Playwright Day. We watched two movies based on plays by Tennessee Wiliams and one by Maxwell Anderson.

12:15pm PDT

Key Largo (1948)

2 hrs|Action|TV-G

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I don't know how many times I have seen Key Largo. I watch it every chance I get. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall work together so well, especially when she has her head down and the hurricane is over. Claire Trevor played an older woman. When she sings a song, it is heart-breaking. Lionel Barrymore is a grumpy old man, not much acting required. Edward G Robinson has my favorite lines, which I frequently quote:

Frank McCloud (Bogart): He knows what he wants. Don't you, Rocco?

Johnny Rocco (Robinson): Sure.

James Temple (Barrymore): What's that?

Frank McCloud: Tell him, Rocco.

Johnny Rocco: Well, I want uh ...

Frank McCloud: He wants more, don't you, Rocco?

Johnny Rocco: Yeah. That's it. More. That's right! I want more!

James Temple: Will you ever get enough?

Frank McCloud: Will you, Rocco?

Johnny Rocco: Well, I never have. No, I guess I won't.

And I love the end, where Humphrey Bogart talks to the Coast Guard and then with Lauren Bacall.

John Huston directed,

2:00pm PDT

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

2 hrs 30 mins|Drama|TV-PG

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I don't know how many times I have seen A Streetcar Named Desire. My favorite time was with my Fiancée at the Parkside Theater on Taraval. It was a nice 35mm print. I was surprised when she said she would not have cast Vivien Leigh as Blanche. Elia Kazan directed a somewhat bowdlerized version of the play by Tennessee Williams. 

4:15pm PDT

The Night of the Iguana (1964)

2 hrs|Drama|TV-14

This was the first time I saw Night of the Iguana all the way through. I can't picture how it would have worked as a stage play. I liked the conclusion.

John Huston directed.