TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 18: Star of the Month: Character Actors
Let TCM drive you slowly insane with its daytime schedule, then settle in for the evening with a bevy of character actors, including Fay Bainter, Charles Bickford, William Frawley, Hattie McDaniel, and Frank Morgan.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
1:15 AM
DODSWORTH (1936)
A husband whose wife left him looks for new love in Europe.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Walter Huston , Ruth Chatterton , Paul Lukas .
BW-101 mins, CC,
3:15 AM
CASS TIMBERLANE (1947)
An aging judge creates a scandal when he marries a younger woman from the wrong side of the tracks.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Spencer Tracy , Lana Turner , Zachary Scott .
BW-119 mins, CC,
5:19 AM
CHALLENGE THE WILDERNESS (1951)
This promotional short offers a behind-the-scenes look at the feature "Westward the Women" (1951).
Dir: Jack Atlas
BW-10 mins,
5:30 AM
SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE: NO. 5 CHECKED OUT (1956)
A young deaf women confronts desperate crooks who are using one of her remote resort cabins for a hideout.
BW-25 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
M (1931)
The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Peter Lorre , Theo Lingen , Otto Wernicke .
BW-110 mins,
8:00 AM
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 AM
BEDLAM (1946)
When an actress tries to reform an asylum, its corrupt keeper has her committed.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Boris Karloff , Anna Lee , Billy House .
BW-79 mins, CC,
11:15 AM
TRIAL, THE (1963)
In this adaptation of Kafka's classic, a man in a nameless country stands trial for an unnamed crime.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Anthony Perkins , Jeanne Moreau , Romy Schneider .
BW-120 mins, CC,
1:30 PM
GASLIGHT (1944)
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer , Ingrid Bergman , Joseph Cotten .
BW-114 mins, CC,
3:30 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis , Joan Crawford , Victor Buono .
BW-134 mins, CC,
5:45 PM
HOLLYWOOD HANDICAP (1938)
In this short film, a group of musician stable hands race a horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track.
Dir: Buster Keaton Cast: Lester Dorr , Cyril Ring , E Alyn Warren .
BW-10 mins,
6:00 PM
SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963)
A reporter fakes insanity to crack a murder committed in an asylum.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Peter Breck , Constance Towers , Gene Evans .
C-101 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: CHARACTER ACTORS
8:00 PM
GENTLEMAN JIM (1942)
Fanciful biography of 19th-century boxing champion Jim Corbett.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn , Alexis Smith , Jack Carson .
BW-104 mins, CC,
10:00 PM
HUMAN COMEDY, THE (1943)
A small-town telegraph boy deals with the strains of growing up during World War II.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Mickey Rooney , Frank Morgan , James Craig .
BW-117 mins, CC,
12:03 AM
MIRACLE AT LOURDES (1939)
In this short film, a doctor suffers a crisis of faith when his wife is struck down with a crippling disease.
Dir: Henry K Dunn Cast: Fred Warren , G P Huntley , Barbara Bedford .
BW-11 mins,
12:15 AM
SONG OF BERNADETTE, THE (1943)
A French peasant girl's visions of the Virgin Mary create controversy as pilgrims flock to her small town for healing.
Dir: Henry King Cast: William Eythe , Charles Bickford , Vincent Price .
BW-156 mins, CC,
3:03 AM
TWENTY YEARS AFTER (1944)
This short film celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM.
BW-9 mins,
3:15 AM
JANIE (1944)
A small-town girl defies her father by falling for a soldier.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Robert Hutton , Edward Arnold , Ann Harding .
BW-102 mins, CC,
5:04 AM
VIENNA THE YEARS REMEMBERED (1968)
This documentary short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Mayerling" (1968), as well as the actual history that inspired the film.
C-9 mins,
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
5:46 AM
MY STARS (1926)
In this silent short, a young man tries to compete with his girlfriend's favorite movie stars.
Dir: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
BW-12 mins,
