PICK OF THE WEEK: Make noise and celebrate. ”The Quiet Man” is coming back. John Wayne stars and John Ford directs and it`s a 1952 movie–an Irish folk tale, really–that some folks can`t forget. Mareen O`Hara is terrific, too. On WGN-Ch. 9, Sunday night at 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY: Laugh if you want to, but ”The Love Connection” really is worth taping. High trash value, surely on a par with ”The Dating Game.” On WMAQ-Ch. 5 at 3 p.m. every week day. . . . ”Agency” is a 1981 movie about a way to program voters using subliminal TV ads. Oh dear. Robert Mitchum stars. On WGN- Ch. 9 at 11:30 p.m.
SATURDAY: The cast is reason enough to grab this one: Humphrey Bogart, Phil Silvers and Jackie Gleason star in a 1942 gangsters-after-Nazi-spie s drama called ”All Through The Night.” On WFLD-Ch. 32 at 8 p.m. . . . ”Kind Hearts and Coronets” is a killer 1950 comedy starring Alec Guiness. On WTTW- Ch. 11 at 11:30 p.m. . . . If you`ve never turned over ”A New Leaf,” give it a try. Elaine May directed and co-stars with Walter Matthau. On WBBM-Ch. 2 at 2:55 a.m.
SUNDAY: ”Here Comes Mr. Jordan” is the 1941 fantasy that Warren Beatty remade as ”Heaven Can Wait.” It`s on WTTW-Ch. 11 at 2:05 p.m. . . . Bela Lugosi made his ”Mark of the Vampire” in this 1935 classic horror film. It`s yours for the shaking on WPWR-Ch. 60 at 2 p.m.
MONDAY: They wrote ”Sound of Music,” ”Oklahoma,” ”The King and I,”
and more. If you want to hear more, try ”Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music” on WTTW-Ch. 11 at 8 p.m. . . . Dudley Moore and Peter Sellers star in a funny comedy, ”The Wrong Box.” On the cable channel WTBS at 9:05 p.m. . . . Do you ”Dream of Success?” WFLD-Ch. 32 has a late-night seminar on that subject at 12:30 a.m.
TUESDAY: Jerry Orbach hosts the musical ”Tintypes,” playing turn-of-the-century music of Sousa, Cohan and more. It`s on A&E, on cable, at 7 p.m. . . . To prepare for your next trip to the Art Institute, review ”Painting:
Creating a Point of View” on WYCC-Ch. 20 at 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: ”The Reivers” is a lively 1969 screen adaptation of William Faulkner`s book, starring Steve McQueen. It`s on WGN-Ch. 9 at 11:30 p.m. . . . Nicholas Ray directed Anthony Quinn and Peter O`Toole in ”The Savage Innocents,” all about white men vs. the Eskimos. Guess who loses? On WFBN-Ch. 66 at 3 p.m.
THURSDAY: Kirk Douglas does a great job playing the slimiest kind of journalist in ”The Big Carnival,” one of film director Billy Wilder`s best efforts. On WFBN-Ch. 66 at 3 p.m. . . . When it comes to ugly racism in South Africa, this film verion of Graham Greene`s novel really gets ”To The Heart of the Matter.” On WFBN-Ch. 66 at 10:30 p.m. . . . This haunting film about a demented ventriloquist will leave you speechless. It`s ”Magic,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret. On the cable channel WTBS at 10:20 p.m.
