TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 15: 90th Anniversary Films
It's a day of Old Dark House Mysteries and a night of 90th birthday celebrations for (and racy relationships in) 1933 movies.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
1:30 AM Macao (1952)
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.
Dir: Josef Von Sternberg Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 AM The Todd Killings (1971)
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmid ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"
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Dir: Barry Shear Cast: Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, Belinda Montgomery
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC:
5:00 AM Report from the Aleutians (1943)
World War II documentary supervised by John Huston, a captain in the United States Army, that relates the tough conditions under which American men had to fight.
Dir: Capt. John Huston Cast: Capt. John Huston, Walter Huston, Lt. Jules Buck
Runtime: 45 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
6:00 AM Before Dawn (1933)
Detectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
Dir: Irving Pichel Cast: Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:15 AM The Unholy Night (1929)
A mad strangler haunts the London fog.
Dir: Lionel Barrymore Cast: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:00 AM The Monster (1925)
In this film, a mad scientist engineers car wrecks so he can experiment on the survivors.
Dir: Roland West Cast: Lon Chaney, Gertrude Olmsted, Hallam Cooley
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:30 AM Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
Peace and quiet elude a writer hiding away in a mysterious country inn.
Dir: Reginald Barker Cast: Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Crauford Kent
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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12:00 PM The Phantom of Crestwood (1933)
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:30 PM You'll Find Out (1940)
Kay Kyser and his band fight to save a young girl trapped in a haunted mansion.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:15 PM The Hidden Hand (1942)
The body count rises during the competition for a family inheritance.
Dir: Ben Stoloff Cast: Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 PM Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
A mystery writer runs into the real thing when he holes up at a deserted inn.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo Ciannelli
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:45 PM Mystery House (1938)
A detective tries to solve a murder in a house full of suspects.
Dir: Noel Smith Cast: Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:45 PM The White Cockatoo (1935)
Crooks and killers try to stop a young woman from proving her claim to an inheritance.
Dir: Alan Crosland Cast: Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez, Ruth Donnelly
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: 90TH ANNIVERSARY FILMS
8:00 PM Man's Castle (1933)
An unemployed man turns to crime when he gets his girlfriend pregnant.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young, Marjorie Rambeau
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:30 PM I'm No Angel (1933)
A carnival dancer evades the law and invades high society.
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Gregory Ratoff
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
11:15 PM Design for Living (1933)
An independent woman can't chose between the two men she loves.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:00 AM Baby Face (1933)
Lily Powers's dreary life in Pennsylvania takes a sudden turn when her father is killed in an accident. Unmoved by her father's death, Lily, along with friend Chico, jumps on a freight train and seduces a worker to avoid being arrested. Now in New York City, Lily uses her beauty and sexual prowess to seduce a string of successful men (including a young John Wayne) to work her way to the top.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 AM Dinner at Eight (1933)
A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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4:30 AM 42nd Street (1933)
When revered Broadway director Julian Marsh falls on hard times with both his health and his finances, he helms an ambitious musical as a final production before his retirement.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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