TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 8: Fan Programmers
Tonight's guest programmer is Pat Hill-Yandell of Plano, Texas.
Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
12:00 AM
Show People (1928)
In this silent film, a small-town girl tries to make it in Hollywood.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Marion Davies , William Haines , Dell Henderson .
BW-79 mins,
1:30 AM
Them! (1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Whitmore , Edmund Gwenn , Joan Weldon .
BW-93 mins, CC,
3:15 AM
Cosmic Monsters, The (1989)
A scientist's experiments open the doorway to a strange and deadly world.
Dir: Gilbert Gunn Cast: Forrest Tucker , Gaby Andre , Martin Benson .
BW-72 mins
4:34 AM
Science Friction (1959)
This experimental short film uses stop motion animation of still photographs to convey images of politics and science in the nuclear era.
Dir: Stan Vanderbeek
C-10 mins,
4:45 AM
Wasp Woman, The (1959)
A cosmetics executive's search for eternal beauty turn her into a monster.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Susan Cabot , Fred Eisley , Barboura Morris .
BW-61 mins,
6:00 AM
Where The Boys Are (1960)
College coeds go looking for love during spring break in Fort Lauderdale.
Dir: Henry Levin Cast: Dolores Hart , Yvette Mimieux , Barbara Nichols .
C-99 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
7:45 AM
Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill (1946)
Sherlock Holmes sets out to find why people are killing each other over a seemingly inexpensive music box.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Patricia Morison .
BW-71 mins,
9:00 AM
King's Thief, The (1955)
A highwayman uncovers a plot to assassinate King Charles II.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Ann Blyth , Edmund Purdom , David Niven .
C-79 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
10:30 AM
Blackmail (1939)
A man in prison on false charges escapes to save his family from a blackmailer.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Edward G. Robinson , Ruth Hussey , Gene Lockhart .
BW-81 mins, CC,
12:00 PM
His Brother's Wife (1936)
A man helps his brother skip town, then steals his girlfriend.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Robert Taylor , Jean Hersholt .
BW-88 mins, CC,
1:30 PM
She Went To The Races (1945)
A pretty scientist with a system for horse-race betting falls in love with a trainer.
Dir: Willis Goldbeck Cast: James Craig , Frances Gifford , Ava Gardner .
BW-86 mins, CC,
3:00 PM
Ideal Husband, An (1947)
An upstanding politician is haunted by his past when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a youthful indiscretion.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Paulette Goddard , Hugh Williams , Michael Wilding .
C-93 mins, CC,
4:45 PM
Madame X (1937)
When she kills a blackmailer, a woman is defended by the son she abandoned years earlier.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Gladys George , John Beal , Warren William .
BW-72 mins, CC,
6:00 PM
Bridge To The Sun (1961)
An American woman marries a Japanese diplomat on the eve of World War II.
Dir: Etienne Périer Cast: Carroll Baker , James Shigeta , James Yagi .
BW-112 mins, CC,
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8:00 PM
Catered Affair, The (1956)
A working-class mother fights to give her daughter a big wedding whether the girl wants it or not.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Bette Davis , Ernest Borgnine , Debbie Reynolds .
BW-94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
9:45 PM
Witness For The Prosecution (1958)
A British lawyer gets caught up in a couple's tangled marital affairs when he defends the husband for murder.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Tyrone Power , Marlene Dietrich , Charles Laughton .
BW-116 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 AM
Modern Times (1936)
The Tramp struggles to live in a modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Henry Bergman .
BW-87 mins, CC,
1:45 AM
Woman Under the Influence, A (1974)
The pressures of family life drive a woman insane.
Dir: John Cassavetes Cast: Peter Falk , Gena Rowlands , Matthew Cassel .\
C-146 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:30 AM
High Cost Of Loving, The (1958)
An office worker thinks he's going to lose his job just as his wife announces she may be pregnant.
Dir: Jose Ferrer Cast: Jose Ferrer , Joanne Gilbert , Jim Backus .
BW-88 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
