TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 15: TCM Spotlight: Period Films

[CBHagman]

Oh, my lovely film fans, does TCM have a schedule for you! There's a sexy comedy, a literary adaptation from the greatest year in Hollywood history (1939), an unmissable Merchant-Ivory production (with Maggie Smith and a cast more than worthy to be alongside her), and a modern classic that will make you laugh and cry.

Stock up on tissues and treats for the whole experience.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

12:15 AM Mystery Street (1950)
Criminal pathologists try to crack a case with nothing but the victim's bones to go on.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:00 AM On an Island with You (1948)
A movie star falls for a handsome naval officer during location shooting in Hawaii.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:00 AM Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Mistaken identity complicates a polo player's romance with a bathing suit designer.
Dir: Edward Buzzell Cast: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM Romeo and Juliet (1937)
Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:30 AM Tom Jones (1963)
In 18th century England, an abandoned orphan is adopted by a Squire. The young Tom Jones grows up to become a bawdy womanizer.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

11:00 AM Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
A romantic English lass can't choose among three very different suitors.
Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch
Runtime: 169 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

2:00 PM The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Poet Elizabeth Barrett defies her tyrannical father for the love of Robert Browning.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:00 PM Wuthering Heights (1939)
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM Pride and Prejudice (1940)
The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:00 PM Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Jane Austen's classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions.
Dir: Ang Lee Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:30 PM Merchant Ivory (2024)
Documentary that follows the history of the Merchant Ivory partnership, featuring interviews with James Ivory and close collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the company.
Dir: Stephen Soucy Cast: John David Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, John Bright
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC:

12:30 AM A Room with a View (1985)
An Englishwoman visiting Florence is torn between her straitlaced fiance and a young Bohemian.
Dir: James Ivory Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

2:45 AM Tess (1979)
Peasant girl Tess Durbeyfield is sent to live with the wealthy d'Urbervilles by her father after he learns that they are distantly related. However, the d'Urbervilles are not relatives, they're just a family that bought the noble line's name.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: John Collin, Tony Church, Nastassja Kinski
Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #20 (1955)
Esther Williams performs in a clip from "Ziegfeld Follies"; Donna Reed introduces a clip from "Ransom." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: Esther Williams, Donna Reed, George Murphy
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N

[Paladin]

1. Doesn't get much better than "Sense and Sensibility" (1995).

Stayed up past my bedtime to watch it, yet again. Outstanding in every way.