TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 7: Hollywoodland: Films on Film
In daytime TCM goes deep with Submarine Stories.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
1:15 AM A Star Is Born (1937)
When a young actress arrives in Hollywood with hopes of stardom, a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine. Adopting the stage name Vicki Lester, she co-stars with Norman in a major motion picture, but his success is clearly fading even as her career begins. After the couple wed, Vicki's fame ...
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:15 AM What Price Hollywood? (1932)
A drunken director whose career is fading helps a waitress become a Hollywood star.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:00 AM Show People (1928)
In this silent film, a small-town girl tries to make it in Hollywood.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N
6:30 AM Souls for Sale (1923)
In this silent film, a young woman turns Hollywood upside down in her search for stardom.
Dir: Rupert Hughes Cast: Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:15 AM Hell Below (1933)
A submarine captain clashes with one of his crew during World War I.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:00 AM The Navy Comes Through (1942)
An old freighter single-handedly takes on a Nazi war fleet.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:30 AM Sealed Cargo (1951)
A fisherman tangles with Nazi smugglers off the Canadian coast.
Dir: Alfred Werker Cast: Dana Andrews, Carla Balenda, Claude Rains
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:00 PM Torpedo Run (1958)
A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese prison ship carrying his family.
Dir: Joseph Pevney Cast: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:45 PM Submarine D-1 (1937)
Recruits on a new submarine fall for the same girl.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Wayne Morris
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N
4:30 PM Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
A U.S. submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major World War II battle.
Dir: Paul Wendkos Cast: Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala, Teru Shimada
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Around the World Under the Sea (1965)
An underwater team circles the globe to test an earthquake warning system.
Dir: Andrew Marton Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Eaton, Brian Kelly
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: HOLLYWOODLAND: FILMS ON FILM
8:00 PM Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2021)
Archivists, curators, technicians, and filmmakers from around the world explain what film preservation is and why it is needed.
Dir: Inés Toharia Terán Cast: Ann Adachi-Tasch, Laure Adler, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado
Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
10:15 PM The Invention of Cinema: The First Colors of .. (2022)
The story of how color film technology was introduced into cinema.
Dir: Eric Lange Cast: Serge Bromberg
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: N
11:30 PM The Invention of Cinema: Cinema Finds its Voice (2022)
The story of how sound was ultimately paired with images in early years of cinema, including an in-depth look at the people behind-the-scenes and the technological innovations that culminated in Warner Brothers' ground-breaking film, The Jazz Singer (1927), that changed the industry forever.
Dir: Eric Lange Cast: Leonard Maltin
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:45 AM Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019)
The evolution of the movie business over the past century.
Dir: April Wright Cast: Leonard Maltin, Richard L. Fosbrink, Matt Lambros
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 01 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
3:45 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 02 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:00 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 03 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y