TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 11: TCM Spotlight: Southern Writers
It's Pat O'Brien's birthday, and TCM is celebrating all day long before turning once again to movies based on the works of Southern writers.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
12:45 AM
Divorcee, The (1930)
The double standard destroys a liberal couple's marriage.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Norma Shearer , Chester Morris , Conrad Nagel .
BW-82 mins, CC,
2:15 AM
Their Own Desire (1929)
A young couple's affair is complicated by her father's relationship with his mother.
Dir: E. Mason Hopper Cast: Norma Shearer , Belle Bennett , Lewis Stone .
BW-65 mins,
3:30 AM
Last of Mrs. Cheyney, The (1929)
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer , Basil Rathbone , George Barraud .
BW-94 mins, CC,
5:15 AM
TCM Presents Elvis Mitchell Under the Influence: Joan Allen (2008)
Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell.
C-27 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
6:00 AM
Front Page, The (1931)
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Adolph Menjou , Pat O'Brien , Mary Brian .
BW-100 mins, CC,
7:45 AM
Consolation Marriage (1931)
A couple who married after each was jilted faces the return of their former loved ones.
Dir: Paul Sloane Cast: Irene Dunne , Pat O'Brien , John Halliday .
BW-81 mins, CC,
9:15 AM
Flying High (1931)
A hare-brained inventor invents a new flying machine but can't figure out how to land it.
Dir: Charles F. Riesner Cast: Bert Lahr , Charlotte Greenwood , Pat O'Brien .
BW-81 mins, CC,
10:45 AM
Bombshell (1933)
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Jean Harlow , Lee Tracy , Frank Morgan .
BW-96 mins, CC,
12:30 PM
I Sell Anything (1934)
A small-time auctioneer tries to break into society.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Pat O'Brien , Ann Dvorak , Claire Dodd .
BW-70 mins,
1:45 PM
Gambling Lady (1934)
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Joel McCrea , Pat O'Brien .
BW-66 mins, CC,
3:00 PM
Flirtation Walk (1934)
A West Point cadet falls for his commanding officer's daughter.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Dick Powell , Ruby Keeler , Pat O'Brien .
BW-98 mins, CC,
4:45 PM
Oil For The Lamps Of China (1935)
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Pat O'Brien , Josephine Hutchinson , Jean Muir .
BW-97 mins, CC,
6:30 PM
China Clipper (1936)
A flyer sacrifices everything to open a transpacific airline.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Pat O'Brien , Beverly Roberts , Ross Alexander .
BW-88 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: SOUTHERN WRITERS
8:00 PM
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
A bogus preacher marries an outlaw's widow in search of the man's hidden loot.
Dir: Charles Laughton Cast: Robert Mitchum , Shelley Winters , Lillian Gish .
BW-93 mins, CC,
9:45 PM
Wise Blood (1979)
An ambitious Southern boy tries to set himself up as a street preacher.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Brad Dourif , Dan Shor , Harry Dean Stanton .
C-106 mins, Letterbox Format
11:45 PM
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
A young girl grows up fast when her lawyer father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Gregory Peck , Frank Overton , John Megna .
BW-129 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
2:00 AM
Claudelle Inglish (1961)
A defiant Southern girl marries a poor dirt farmer instead of the wealthy landowner her mother picked out.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Diane McBain , Arthur Kennedy , Will Hutchins .
BW-99 mins, CC,
3:45 AM
God's Little Acre (1958)
A dirt-farmer lets his family fall apart while he hunts for his grandfather's buried gold.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: Robert Ryan , Aldo Ray , Buddy Hackett .
BW-118 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
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