TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 12: TCM Spotlight: Order in the Court
Oh, we're going to have fun today! TCM is celebrating Katharine Hepburn's birthday, and there's a little something for everybody, including screwball comedy, her most popular pairings with Spencer Tracy, and of course The Philadelphia Story. There's even a documentary.
Hepburn sneaks into tonight's theme, too, Order in the Court, with Adam's Rib. And if you haven't seen The Talk of the Town (1:30 a.m.), in which Ronald Colman plays a potential Supreme Court nominee, Cary Grant plays a fugitive, and Jean Arthur does a great turn in a story which veers from comedy to romance to still pertinent questions about the law and freedom, you owe it to yourself to check it out.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
12:00 am
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
2h 15m | Drama | TV-MA
The singles scene takes its toll on a young teacher.
Director
Richard Brooks
Cast
Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton
2:30 am
The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
1h 31m | Romance | TV-G
A scarred veteran and a homely woman are transformed by love.
Director
John Cromwell
Cast
Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall
4:15 am
The Patsy (1928)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-G
A romantic young woman falls for her sister's fiance, then discovers her sister is cheating...
Director
King Vidor
Cast
Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler
6:00 am
Morning Glory (1933)
1h 14m | Drama | TV-G
A stage struck girl travels to New York determined to make it on Broadway.
Director
Lowell Sherman
Cast
Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks, Adolphe Menjou
7:30 am
Stage Door (1937)
1h 23m | Comedy | TV-G
Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen.
Director
Gregory La Cava
Cast
Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou
9:15 am
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (1993)
1h 30m | Documentary | TV-G
In a rare interview, Katharine Hepburn shares her memories and memorabilia.
Director
David Heeley
Cast
Katharine Hepburn, John Alberts, Lauren Bacall
10:45 am
Woman of the Year (1942)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-PG
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter
12:45 pm
Pat and Mike (1952)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A promoter falls for a gym teacher he bills as the world's top woman athlete.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray
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2:30 pm
Keeper of the Flame (1943)
1h 40m | Drama | TV-PG
Top-notch reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a ...
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf
4:15 pm
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1h 51m | Comedy | TV-G
Socialite Tracy Lord is getting married, and an honest reporter is there to get the story....
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart
6:15 pm
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-G
A straight-laced paleontologist loses a dinosaur bone to a dog belonging to a free-spirited heiress...
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: ORDER IN THE COURT
8:00 pm
Adam's Rib (1949)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
Husband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women's rights case.
Director
George Cukor
Cast
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
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10:00 pm
Perfect Strangers (1950)
1h 28m | Comedy | TV-G
A divorcee finds love with a married man while they both sit on a jury.
Director
Bretaigne Windust
Cast
Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Thelma Ritter
12:00 am
Ladies of the Jury (1932)
1h 3m | Comedy | TV-G
A jury hold-out tries to prove the defendant's innocence.
Director
Lowell Sherman
Cast
Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Rosco Ates
1:30 am
The Talk of the Town (1942)
1h 58m | Comedy | TV-G
An escaped political prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher...
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur
3:45 am
The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)
1h 35m | Comedy | TV-G
A teenage girl's crush on a playboy spells trouble, particularly when he falls for her older sister...
Director
Irving Reis
Cast
Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple
5:45 am
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
1h 39m | Comedy | TV-PG
A man hires a private eye to watch his wife on a cruise, but the wife sends an impostor.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don Defore