TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 30: TCM Spotlight: Short and Sweet

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

1:30 AM
THAT'S LIFE! ( 1986)
Dir: Blake Edwards Cast: Dana Sparks , Scott L Mckenna , Hal Riddle .
BW- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM
AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY, THE ( 1964)
A British war widow falls for an opportunistic American sailor during World War II.
Dir: Arthur Hiller Cast: James Garner , Julie Andrews , Melvyn Douglas .
BW- 115 mins, CC,

5:28 AM
GIRL'S BEST YEARS, A ( 1937)
A woman reporter is hired by an author-songwriter to help him avoid additional breach-of-promise suits in this comedic short.
Dir: Reginald LeBorg Cast: John Warburton , Mary Doran , Barnett Parker .
BW- 19 mins,

6:00 AM
SMART BLONDE ( 1936)
An ambitious reporter forces her policeman boyfriend to let her help with a murder case.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Glenda Farrell , Barton MacLane , Winifred Shaw .
BW- 59 mins, CC,

7:15 AM
NANCY DREW...DETECTIVE ( 1938)
A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman's disappearance.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Bonita Granville , John Litel , James Stephenson .
BW- 66 mins, CC,

8:30 AM
SAINT IN NEW YORK, THE ( 1938)
The Saint goes undercover to get the goods on New York's mob kingpins.
Dir: Ben Holmes Cast: Louis Hayward , Kay Sutton , Sig Rumann .
BW- 72 mins, CC,

9:45 AM
PENGUIN POOL MURDER, THE ( 1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Edna May Oliver , James Gleason , Robert Armstrong .
BW- 65 mins, CC,

11:00 AM
MURDER ON A HONEYMOON ( 1935)
A schoolteacher jumps into detective mode when a fellow airplane passenger gets sick and dies.
Dir: Lloyd Corrigan Cast: Edna May Oliver , James Gleason , Lola Lane .
BW- 74 mins, CC,

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12:15 PM
KENNEL MURDER CASE, THE ( 1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell , Mary Astor , Eugene Pallette .
BW- 73 mins, CC,

1:30 PM
PUBLIC DEFENDER, THE ( 1931)
A bank failure could land one of its executives in jail.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Richard Dix , Shirley Grey , Purnell Pratt .
BW- 69 mins, CC,

2:45 PM
TROUBLE FOR TWO ( 1936)
Before he can marry, a European prince gets mixed up with a suicide club.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Robert Montgomery , Rosalind Russell , Frank Morgan .
BW- 74 mins, CC,

4:00 PM
GAY FALCON, THE ( 1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders , Wendy Barrie , Allen Jenkins .
BW- 67 mins, CC,

5:15 PM
WOMAN IN GREEN, THE ( 1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders.
Dir: Roy William Neill Cast: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Hillary Brooke .
BW- 67 mins, CC,

6:30 PM
FOG OVER FRISCO ( 1934)
A San Francisco heiress discovers her sister is hanging out with gangsters.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis , Donald Woods , Margaret Lindsay .
BW- 68 mins, CC,

7:46 PM
HOLLYWOOD NEWSREEL ( 1934)
A variety of stories from "behind the scenes" in Hollywood are the focus in this short film that may have been a publicity vehicle for "Harold Teen" (1934). Vitaphone Release 6170.
Dir: George R. Bilson
BW- 9 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SHORT AND SWEET

8:00 PM
MAD LOVE ( 1935)
A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists.
Dir: Karl Freund Cast: Peter Lorre , Frances Drake , Colin Clive .
BW- 68 mins, CC,

9:15 PM
MOST DANGEROUS GAME, THE ( 1932)
A big game hunter decides to stalk human prey.
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Joel McCrea , Fay Wray , Robert Armstrong .
BW- 63 mins, CC,

10:30 PM
CAT PEOPLE ( 1942)
A newlywed fears that an ancient curse will turn her into a bloodthirsty beast.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Simone Simon , Tom Conway , Jane Randolph .
BW- 73 mins, CC,

11:45 PM
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE ( 1943)
A nurse in the Caribbean resorts to voodoo to cure her patient, even though she's in love with the woman's husband.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: James Ellison , Frances Dee , Tom Conway .
BW- 69 mins, CC,

1:00 AM
WALKING DEAD, THE ( 1936)
A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Boris Karloff , Ricardo Cortez , Edmund Gwenn .
BW- 65 mins, CC,

2:15 AM
MARK OF THE VAMPIRE ( 1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Lionel Barrymore , Elizabeth Allen , Lionel Atwill .
BW- 60 mins, CC,

3:20 AM
HOLLAND IN TULIP TIME ( 1934)
This short film focuses on Holland's culture, customs, and those famous tulips.
Dir: Ruth Fitzpatrick
C- 8 mins,

3:30 AM
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS ( 1960)
A clumsy young man nurtures a bloodthirsty plant that forces him to kill to feed it.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Jonathan Haze , Jackie Joseph , Mel Welles .
BW- 72 mins, CC,

4:45 AM
BUCKET OF BLOOD, A ( 1959)
A jealous Bohemian wannabe resorts to murder to perpetuate his new-found success as a sculptor.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Dick Miller , Barboura Morris , Antony Carbone .
BW- 65 mins, CC,