TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 15: Wednesday, February 15: Piano Players, Part Two
Well, we've got everything from musicals to horror in today's visit to TCM. Daytime is devoted to films Directed by Felix Feist. Tonight is the second part of TCM's Piano Players feature.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
1:15 AM Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
A quarrelsome couple discovers their marriage isn't legal.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:00 AM Cain and Mabel (1936)
The publicity romance between a prizefighter and a showgirl turns into the real thing.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:45 AM After Office Hours (1935)
A society newspaperwoman tries to prove to her editor that she can crack a murder case.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC:
6:00 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 56 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:00 AM Happily Buried (1939)
In this short film, two heirs of competing waffle iron companies are getting married, but call off the wedding when they can't agree on the shape of the new iron.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Maurice Costello, Tommy Bond, Rita Oehmen
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: N
7:21 AM The Magician's Daughter (1938)
A magician's daughter falls in love with a reporter, but heartbreak ensues when the reporter's magazine runs a story exposing the magician's secret methods.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Eleanor Lynn, Frank Albertson, Maurice Cass
Runtime: 18 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
7:42 AM Give Till It Hurts (1937)
This focuses on charity fraud.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Norman Willis, Max Wagner, Evelyn Kurt
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:03 AM My Grandfather's Clock (1934)
A murder has been committed, and two detectives are on the case.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Mischa Auer, Otto Hoffman, Sarah Edwards
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:24 AM Radio Hams (1939)
This short film takes a look at amateur radio operators.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Dorothy Vaughan, Barbara Bedford, Jack Daley
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:45 AM George White's Scandals (1945)
Two sets of lovers come together while working on a big musical.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Phillip Terry
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:30 AM The Threat (1949)
An escaped con kidnaps the people he thinks put him behind bars.
Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: N
11:45 AM The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
A woman in the process of divorce shoots her husband and gets her police lieutenant boyfriend to help hide the body.
Dir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
1:15 PM This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
A female gangster learns she is losing her vision.
Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, David Brian
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 PM The Man Behind the Gun (1953)
A cavalry officer sent to stop a rebellion helps found the city of Los Angeles.
Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 PM Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)
A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released and struggles to adjust to the outside world.
Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 PM The Big Trees (1952)
An unscrupulous lumber baron has to join forces with former enemies to keep even bigger businessmen from taking over.
Dir: Felix Feist Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PIANO PLAYERS, PART TWO
8:00 PM The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
The famed pianist loses the love of his life and almost loses his son's love as well.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kim Novak, Rex Thompson, James Whitmore
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 PM Song Without End (1960)
Musical genius Franz Liszt betrays his lover to court a married princess.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Genevieve Page
Runtime: 141 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
12:30 AM Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 139 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 AM Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
A concert pianist on the run gets mixed up with gangsters.
Dir: null Cast: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: N
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4:30 AM 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
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y