TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 11: Studio Contract Players: Davis, de Havilland, Sheridan

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Welcome to another Tuesday on TCM, when the theme is Studio Contract Players at Warner Brothers. Enjoy!

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

12:30 AM The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2019)
This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and production photos and footage, revealing Walsh's extraordinary, adventurous life.
Dir: Joel Bender Cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Jane Russell, Johnny Crear
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:30 AM The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Three old friends and World War I veterans become involved in bootlegging in New York during Prohibition. Two of the friends become rival liquor sellers, while the third is a prosecutor determined to wipe out illegal liquor businesses.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:30 AM Juarez (1939)
True story of a revolutionary leader who causes the downfall of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Muni, Brian Aherne
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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6:45 AM Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
True story of the German scientist who devoted his life to curing syphilis.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:30 AM Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
A freethinker's liberal ways are tested when her daughter announces plans for a premarital fling.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Roland Young
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:15 AM Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Brewster sisters are spinster pillars of Brooklyn society, except for their secret penchant for poisoning old male callers with their homemade elderberry wine, to end the men's loneliness!
Dir: Frank Capra Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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12:30 PM Out of the Fog (1941)
A racketeer terrorizes a small fishing community until he falls in love with a fisherman's daughter.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:30 PM The Hard Way (1942)
An ambitious woman doesn't care who she hurts in her drive to make her sister a star.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:30 PM Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018)
A woman has to make a difficult choice after learning her personal diaries have been stolen.
Dir: Alexa Foreman Cast: Lee Grant, Molly Haskell, Leonard Maltin
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 PM The Great Lie (1941)
Believing her husband to be dead, a flyer's wife bargains with his former love to adopt the woman's baby.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STUDIO CONTRACT PLAYERS: BETTE DAVIS, OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND, ANN SHERIDAN

8:00 PM Now, Voyager (1942)
A repressed spinster is transformed by psychiatry and her love for a married man.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:15 PM Dark Victory (1939)
Judith Traherne is a rich heiress, but despite a life of parties she takes little pleasure in the trappings of wealth. When she begins to suffer from dizzy spells, her doctor, Frederick Steele, has to tell her that she has a brain tumor.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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12:15 AM The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
A man's infatuation with a gold-digging beauty continues after his marriage.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

2:30 AM Princess O'Rourke (1943)
A flying ace's romance with a princess creates diplomatic problems.
Dir: Norman Krasna Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:15 AM City for Conquest (1940)
A truck driver risks his eyesight when he boxes to pay for his brother's education.
Dir: Anatole Litvak Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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