TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 29: Special Theme: The Art of Artifice/TCM Spotlight: First Name Basis
On this final Wednesday in May, the Art of Artifice theme continues in the daytime, and tonight is the final installment in TCM's lovely First Name Basis series. 
Also, if you are behind in Greta Garbo viewing or just want to see some of her films again, today's the day to make a start. 
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
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
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. There ...
Dir: David Lynch Cast: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Judith Anna Roberts
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
6:00 AM Beauty and the Beast (1946)
A mysterious monster forces a young innocent to share his life in an enchanted castle.
Dir: Jean Cocteau Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parely
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: N
7:45 AM The Merry Widow (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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9:30 AM The Red Danube (1949)
A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter Lawford
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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11:45 AM Conquest (1937)
A Polish countess sacrifices her virtue to Napoleon to save her homeland.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:45 PM National Velvet (1944)
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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4:00 PM Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Three stories told in dance: a circus clown loves a trapeze artist; a bracelet passes from one lover to another; a sailor enters an animated Arabian Nights fantasy.
Dir: Gene Kelly Cast: Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch, Claire Sombert
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:45 PM The Sea of Grass (1947)
Cattlemen and their farmer enemies feud over New Mexico grasslands.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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8:00 PM Sabrina (1954)
Two wealthy brothers fall for the chauffeur's daughter.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N
10:00 PM Ninotchka (1939)
A coldhearted Soviet agent is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 AM Camille (1937)
In this classic 19th-century romance, a kept woman runs off with a young admirer in search of love and happiness.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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2:00 AM Suzy (1936)
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Dir: Geo. Fitzmaurice Cast: Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Cary Grant
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:45 AM Marius (1931)
A young man must choose between his childhood sweetheart and his love of the sea.
Dir: Alexandre Korda Cast: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, [Fernand] Charpin, Alida Rouffe
Runtime: 125 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N