TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 28: Cursed/Special Theme: The Art of Artifice
As always, TCM gets points for breadth of programming. In daytime, deal with the demonic, humorous or horrific, in a series of films about being under a curse. And tonight it's time for the Art of Artifice, which will feature a cult classic and a couple of not-to-be-missed silent features. 
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
1:00 AM Assignment in Brittany (1943)
A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Pierre Aumont, Susan Peters, Richard Whorf
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
3:45 AM Sergeant York (1941)
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:15 AM Mummy's Boys (1936)
Two ditch-digging fools sign on to help excavate a cursed Egyptian tomb.
Dir: Fred Guiol Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Barbara Pepper
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:30 AM My Demon Lover (1987)
A street drifter turns into a monster every time he tries to make friends with a girl.
Dir: Charlie Loventhal Cast: Scott Valentine, Michele Little, Robert Trebor
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
9:00 AM The Smiling Ghost (1941)
A newswoman investigates a haunted house.
Dir: Lewis Seiler Cast: Wayne Morris, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:30 AM Singapore Woman (1941)
A woman who believes she's cursed, takes refuge on a rubber plantation.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Brenda Marshall, David Bruce, Virginia Field
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
11:45 AM The Reptile (1966)
Indian snake worshippers turn an explorer's daughter into a hideous monster.
Dir: John Gilling Cast: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:30 PM Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
After a group of archaeology students disturb the grave of a Seminole witch-doctor, they are haunted by an apparition that materializes variously as an alligator, snake, shark or zombie.
Dir: William Grefé Cast: Fred Pinero, Babette Sherrill, Mayra Gómez Kemp
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
3:00 PM Curse of the Demon (1958)
An anthropologist investigates a devil worshipper who commands a deadly demon.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall Macginnis
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 PM The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
An unearthed mummy returns to life to claim the reincarnation of his lost love.
Dir: Michael Carreras Cast: Ronald Howard, Terence Morgan, Fred Clark
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Sphinx (1981)
An archaeologist travels to Egypt to find the lost tomb of a king. After a local expert on the tomb is murdered, she becomes the next target for assassins.
Dir: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
What's on Tonight: Special Theme: The Art of Artifice
8:00 PM Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The epic adventure of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece.
Dir: Don Chaffey Cast: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 PM King Kong (1933)
A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.
Dir: Merian C. Cooper Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 AM Metropolis (1926)
A city of the future is threatened with destruction when a wealthy corporate leader enlists a mad scientist to put down labor reformers.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich
Runtime: 148 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-PG CC: N
2:45 AM Modern Times (1936)
When an oppressed assembly-line factory worker is mistaken for a radical political leader, he is arrested and thrown into jail. Upon his release he tries to find work, but can't seem to get ahead or escape the long arm of the law.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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4:15 AM Eraserhead (1977)
A printer named Henry Spencer is on vacation when he learns that his ex-girlfriend, Mary X, has given birth to a terribly deformed baby. Henry marries Mary and the two try living together, but it does not work out. So Mary leaves and Henry begins to care for the baby. After this, several bizarre events take place.
Dir: David Lynch Cast: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Judith Anna Roberts
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y