TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 18: TCM Spotlight: Studio Directors
Here's the TCM Spotlight summary for Wednesdays in September:
https://www.tcm.com/articles/Programming%20Article/021933/spotlight-studio-directors
And once again, there's an interesting juxtaposition of genres here, with Judy Garland and the other wholesome Harvey Girls chased by the maniacal Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) in White Heat.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
12:00 AM Jungle Book (1942)
A boy raised by wolves adjusts to life among humans.
Dir: Zoltan Korda Cast: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:00 AM Man of the People (1937)
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice, Thomas Mitchell
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:30 AM Sworn Enemy (1936)
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Joseph Calleia
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:00 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 56 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:00 AM Nothing But Trouble (1944)
A pair of dimwits get jobs as servants to a boy king whose life is in danger.
Dir: Sam Taylor Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
7:15 AM It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
A returning GI and his friends try to make it in the music business.
Dir: Richard Whorf Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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9:00 AM The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
Fictionalized account of the legendary racehorse's training and triumphs.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:45 AM The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
A scarred veteran and a homely woman are transformed by love.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:30 PM The Woman in White (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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2:30 PM My Reputation (1946)
A widow generates small-town gossip when she falls in love too soon after her husband's death.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:15 PM The Harvey Girls (1946)
Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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6:00 PM White Heat (1949)
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 PM The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Dir: Tay Garnett Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 PM Born to Kill (1947)
A murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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11:45 PM Kings Row (1942)
Small town scandals inspire an idealistic young man to take up psychiatry.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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2:00 AM Now, Voyager (1942)
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:15 AM Easy to Love (1953)
Williams loves her boss from afar and finally wins him over when she starts an affair with another man.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tony Martin
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y