TCM Schedule for Monday September 27, 2021 - Academy Museum Part 1

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Daytime spotlights actress Claire Dodd, who worked for multiple studios in the 30's and early 40's; prime time celebrates the soon to be open Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 am The Song of a Nation (1947)
17m | Short | TV-G
This dramatizes the events that led to Francis Scott Key writing the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Director: Frank Mcdonald. Cast: Joseph Crehan, Donald Woods, Gordon Hart

6:30 am Man Wanted (1932)
1h 2m | Romance | TV-G
A female executive falls in love with her male secretary.
Director: William Dieterle. Cast: Kay Francis, David Manners, Una Merkel

7:45 am Parachute Jumper (1933)
1h 13m | Adventure | TV-G
A gangster victimizes three friends trying to get jobs.
Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Bette Davis, Frank Mchugh

9:00 am Blondie Johnson (1933)
1h 7m | Crime | TV-G
A female crook fights her way from poverty to the top of the underworld.
Director: Ray Enright. Cast: Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins

10:15 am Footlight Parade (1933)
1h 42m | Musical | TV-G
A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show.
Director: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler

12:15 pm Journal of a Crime (1934)
1h 5m | Drama | TV-PG
Before she can confess to shooting her husband's mistress, a woman succumbs to amnesia.
Director: William Keighley. Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd

1:30 pm Gambling Lady (1934)
1h 6m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Two gamblers fall in love but one is already married to a possible murderer.
Director: Archie Mayo. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel Mccrea, Pat O'brien

2:45 pm The Personality Kid (1934)
1h 7m | Drama | TV-G
Success corrupts a young prizefighter and leads him to neglect his wife.
Director: Alan Crosland. Cast: Pat O'brien, Glenda Farrell, Claire Dodd

4:00 pm Babbitt (1934)
1h 14m | Drama | TV-G
A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.
Director: William Keighley. Cast: Aline Macmahon, Guy Kibbee, Claire Dodd

5:30 pm The Goose and the Gander (1935)
1h 5m | Comedy | TV-G
A divorcee can't stop meddling in her ex-husband's affairs.
Director: Alfred E. Green. Cast: Kay Francis, George Brent, Genevieve Tobin

6:45 pm The Payoff (1935)
1h 4m | Drama | TV-G
A sports columnist's greedy wife talks him into shilling for a wrestling promoter.
Director: Robert Florey. Cast: James Dunn, Claire Dodd, Patricia Ellis

8:00 pm Citizen Kane (1941)
1h 59m | Drama | TV-PG
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Director: Orson Welles. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

10:15 pm Malcolm X (1992)
3h 19m | Biography | TV-14
Biographical drama on the life of the late Malcolm X, who was assassinated on February 21, 1965.
Director: Spike Lee. Cast: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall

2:00 am Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
1h 41m | Comedy
A young man kidnaps a porn star to win her love.
Director: Pedro Almodovar. Cast: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles Leon

4:00 am The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
1h 6m | Silent | TV-G
This silent silhouetted animation is based on the Arabian Nights' tales.
Director: Lotte Reiniger. Cast: Berthod Bartosch, Alexander Karadan, Carl Koch

5:15 am Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)
21m | Animation | TV-PG
This short features Olive as a screenwriter for Surprise Pictures, working on a treatment of the story of Aladdin that will feature herself as the beautiful princess and Popeye as Aladdin, all the while speaking in rhyme.
Director: Dave Fleischer. Cast: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer, Margie Hines