TCM Schedule for Tuesday, February 28: Screwball Comedy: Mix-Ups and Mishaps/Madcap Heiresses

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So we have come to the end of February and the end of TCM's screwball series. But don't fret; there will be laughter, romance, and suspense aplenty in days to come.

Today you can ride the range all day with '30s Westerns, and tonight you can watch delicious chaos ensue with the likes of Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, and a dream cast of character actors in Ball of Fire, plus more screwball comedy classics.


Tuesday, February 28, 2023

12:30 AM Day for Night (1973)
A film about the artful deceptions of movie making. A beleaguered director must complete a film managing to accommodate a lovelorn actor, a coolly mysterious beauty, a mixed-up diva with a drinking problem, and her debonair ex-lover.
Dir: François Truffaut Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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2:45 AM My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Bertrand Tavernier's personal journey through French cinema, from films he enjoyed as a boy to his own early career, told through portraits of key creative figures.
Dir: Bertrand Tavernier Cast: Bertrand Tavernier, Thierry Fremaux, Marcel Carnt
Runtime: 195 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: N


6:15 AM The Painted Desert (1931)
A cowboy and his girlfriend try to settle a feud between their fathers.
Dir: Howard Higgin Cast: Bill Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N

7:30 AM Scarlet River (1933)
During location shooting, a movie cowboy is called upon to act like the real thing.
Dir: Otto Brower Cast: Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Creighton Chaney
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:30 AM Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
A cowboy tames a wild horse suspected of killing a man, then rides out to find the real culprit.
Dir: Fred Allen Cast: John Wayne, Duke, Ruth Hall
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:45 AM To the Last Man (1933)
In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he follows them seeking revenge.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Jack La Rue
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: N


11:00 AM Powdersmoke Range (1935)
Three cowboys buy a ranch but have to fight off gunmen to keep it.
Dir: Wallace Fox Cast: Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Guinn Williams
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:15 PM Moonlight on the Prairie (1936)
An unemployed rodeo star takes on cattle rustlers.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Dick Foran, Smokey, A Horse, Sheila Mannors
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:30 PM Yellow Dust (1936)
After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
Dir: Wallace Fox Cast: Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Moroni Olson
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:45 PM Border Cafe (1937)
Cowboys clash with gangsters and Boston snobs in the modern West.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Harry Carey, John Beal, Armida
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: N


4:00 PM Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
A cowboy actor gets caught up in a real cowgirl's ranch affairs.
Dir: Ewing Scott Cast: George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Maude Eburne
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:15 PM Gun Law (1938)
A criminal poses as the lawman he's ambushed.
Dir: David Howard Cast: George O'Brien, Rita Oehmen, Ray Whitley
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:30 PM The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
A cowardly judge enlists a hot young gunman to help him fight outlaws.
Dir: Glenn Tryon Cast: Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: N

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: SCREWBALL COMEDY: MIX-UPS AND MISHAPS/MADCAP HEIRESSES

8:00 PM The Palm Beach Story (1942)
To finance her husband's career, a married woman courts an eccentric millionaire.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N

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9:45 PM The Major and the Minor (1942)
A woman disguises herself as a little girl and ends up in a military academy.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:30 PM Ball of Fire (1942)
A group of professors takes in a nightclub singer hiding from the law to protect her gangster boyfriend.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Aubrey Mather, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Oscar Homolka, Richard Haydn, Allen Jenkins
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N

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1:30 AM The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
A daffy socialite gets her friends mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:00 AM Libeled Lady (1936)
When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N

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4:45 AM Man-Proof (1938)
A woman refuses to give up on the man she loves, even after he marries someone else.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: