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CBHagman

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Sun Apr 14, 2013, 10:36 PM Apr 2013

TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 17: Star of the Month: Laurence Olivier

They're running Wuthering Heights in the wee hours of the morning -- a bit odd, that, but it's just one of a great line-up of Olivier films beginning at 8:00.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

12:00 AM
As Long As You've Got Your Health (1966)
Life is tough in the modern era in four comedic sketches by Pierre Ã?taix.
Dir: Pierre Etaix Cast: Pierre Etaix , Denise Péronne ,
C-68 mins, TV-PG,



1:17 AM
All Eyes On Sharon Tate (1966)
A short behind the scenes promo for "Eye of the Devil" (1966), showcasing the late Sharon Tate, then a young 22-year-old hopeful at MGM.
Cast: Sharon Tate ,
BW-10 mins,

1:30 AM
Suitor, The (1963)
Obsessed by his scientific research, a kindhearted young Parisian from a good family gives up studying the stars at the insistence of his parents and sets out to find a wife.
Dir: Pierre Etaix Cast: Pierre Etaix , Laurence Lignères , Claude Massot .
BW-84 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format

3:00 AM
Seven Chances (1925)
To inherit a fortune, a man races to find a bride by 7 p.m.
Dir: Buster Keaton Cast: Buster Keaton , T. Roy Barnes , Snitz Edwards .
BW-56 mins, TV-G,



4:00 AM
Brewster's Millions (1945)
A veteran has to spend $1 million in two months to inherit a fortune.
Dir: Allan Dwan Cast: Dennis O'Keefe , Helen Walker , June Havoc .
BW-79 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #13 (1955)
George Murphy introduces clips featuring Susan Hayward and Fernand Gravet from "The Great Waltz" and "I'll Cry Tomorrow."
BW-25 mins, TV-G,

6:00 AM
Mark Of The Vampire (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Lionel Barrymore , Elizabeth Allen , Lionel Atwill .
BW-61 mins, TV-PG, CC,

7:15 AM
Anna Karenina (1935)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo , Fredric March , Freddie Bartholomew .
BW-93 mins, TV-14, CC,

9:00 AM
Camille (1936)
In this classic 19th-century romance, a kept woman runs off with a young admirer in search of love and happiness.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Greta Garbo , Robert Taylor , Lionel Barrymore .
BW-109 mins, TV-PG, CC,

11:00 AM
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer , Leslie Howard , John Barrymore .
BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC,

1:15 PM
Rose Marie (1936)
An opera singer goes undercover in the Canadian wilderness to hunt for her criminal brother.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Jeanette MacDonald , Nelson Eddy , Reginald Owen .
BW-111 mins, TV-G, CC,



3:15 PM
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Lavish biography of the French queen who "let them eat cake."
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Norma Shearer , Tyrone Power , John Barrymore .
BW-157 mins, TV-G, CC,

6:00 PM
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Cary Grant , Katharine Hepburn , James Stewart .
BW-112 mins, TV-G, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: LAURENCE OLIVIER

8:00 PM
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Naval hero Lord Nelson defies convention to court a married woman of common birth.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Vivien Leigh , Laurence Olivier , Alan Mowbray .
BW-125 mins, TV-G, CC,



10:15 PM
Perfect Understanding (1933)
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree... never to disagree.
Dir: Cyril Gardner Cast: Gloria Swanson , Laurence Olivier , John Halliday .
BW-86 mins, TV-G, CC,

11:45 PM
Rebecca (1940)
A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband's glamorous first wife.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Laurence Olivier , Joan Fontaine , George Sanders .
BW-130 mins, TV-PG, CC,

2:00 AM
Pride And Prejudice (1940)
Jane Austen's comic classic about five sisters out to nab husbands in 19th-century England.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Greer Garson , Laurence Olivier , Mary Boland .
BW-118 mins, TV-PG, CC,



4:00 AM
Wuthering Heights (1939)
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Merle Oberon , Laurence Olivier , David Niven .
BW-104 mins, TV-PG, CC,

5:45 AM
Divorce Of Lady X, The (1938)
In need of a hotel room, a woman poses as a scandalous divorcee.
Dir: Tim Whelan Cast: Merle Oberon , Laurence Olivier , Binnie Barnes .
C-91 mins, TV-G,

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