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Bolo Boffin

(23,796 posts)
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:40 PM Sep 2012

TCM Schedule for Sunday, September 23 -- What's On Tonight: Whodunits

6:00 AM
Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)


A new college student lets romance get in the way of his studies.
Dir: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker.
BW-92 mins, TV-G, CC


8:00 AM
Boys Town (1938)


True story of Father Flanagan's fight to build a home for orphaned boys.
Dir: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull.
BW-93 mins, TV-G, CC


10:00 AM
The Story Of Seabiscuit (1949)


Fictionalized account of the legendary racehorse's training and triumphs.
Dir: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister.
C-93 mins, TV-G, CC


12:00 PM
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)


An American missionary falls in love with a Chinese warlord.
Dir: Frank R. Capra
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori.
BW-87 mins, TV-PG, CC


1:45 PM
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)


A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa.
Dir: Henry Koster
Cast: Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner.
C-89 mins, TV-G, CC


3:30 PM
Inside Daisy Clover (1965)


A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
Dir: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford.
C-129 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


6:00 PM
Please Don't Eat The Daisies (1960)


A drama critic and his family try to adjust to life in the country.
Dir: Charles Walters
Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige.
C-111 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT

WHODUNITS

8:00 PM
Ten Little Indians (1966)


Party guests at a remote mansion have been brought together to pay for past crimes.
Dir: George Pollock
Cast: Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian.
C-90 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


10:00 PM
Murder by Death (1976)


A criminal madman invites the world's greatest detectives for a night of dinner and murder.
Dir: Robert Moore
Cast: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers.
BW-95 mins, TV-14, CC, Letterbox Format


12:00 AM
The Red Mill (1926)

In this silent film, a barmaid sets out to win the heart of a handsome hero.
Dir: William Goodrich
Cast: Marion Davies, Owen Moore, Louise Fazenda.
BW-74 mins, TV-G


2:00 AM
Story of Women (1989)


A working class woman in occupied France makes ends meet by performing abortions.
Dir: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Francois Cluzet, Marie Trintignant.
BW-108 mins, TV-14


4:00 AM
Men In White (1934)


A young doctor has to choose between his studies and his marriage to a society girl.
Dir: Richard Boleslavsky
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt.
BW-74 mins, TV-G


5:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #14 (1955)


Clark Gable and Charles Laughton perform in a clip from "Mutiny on the Bounty"; Howard Keel introduces a clip from "Kismet." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW-25 mins, TV-G

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TCM Schedule for Sunday, September 23 -- What's On Tonight: Whodunits (Original Post) Bolo Boffin Sep 2012 OP
I noticed a theme in the middle of the night... CBHagman Sep 2012 #1

CBHagman

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1. I noticed a theme in the middle of the night...
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 08:28 AM
Sep 2012

...namely with the scheduled films The Story of Women and the pre-Code Men in White, neither of which I've seen. The issue is abortion.

A deliberate decision on the part of TCM programmers, or a coincidence?

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