TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 1: Donald Bogle - Night 1
Welcome to November! It's going to be an amazing month for TCM. Today's daytime theme is Pre-Code William Wellman.
And tonight TCM features Donald Bogle, the author of Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography; Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films; and Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams
The Story of Black Hollywood.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
1:30 AM Carnival of Souls (1962)
A church organist battles demons and delusions after a deadly car accident.
Dir: Herk Harvey Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Frances Feist
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 AM Night of the Living Dead (1968)
An army of dead bodies comes to life and terrorizes a group of friends trapped inside a rural farmhouse.
Dir: George A. Romero Cast: Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Duane Jones
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
4:45 AM Spider Baby (1964)
Greedy relatives try to repossess the decaying mansion of an inbred Southern family.
Dir: Jack Hill Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 AM Eye of the Devil (1966)
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson Cast: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:00 AM MGM Parade Show #11 (1955)
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly perform in a clip from For Me and My Gal. Susan Hayward introduces a clip from I'll Cry Tomorrow.
Dir: null Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Susan Hayward
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
8:30 AM Other Men's Women (1931)
A railroad engineer falls for a co-worker's wife.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:45 AM Safe in Hell (1931)
On the run from the police, a New Orleans prostitute gets stranded in a tropical haven for outlaws.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
11:15 AM The Public Enemy (1931)
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:45 PM Love Is a Racket (1932)
A beautiful girl convinces a reporter to cover up her involvement in a murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:15 PM The Purchase Price (1932)
A night-club singer on the lam becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot
Runtime: 68 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:30 PM The Conquerors (1932)
Newlyweds go West and build a banking empire in Nebraska.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Richard Dix, Ann Harding, Edna May Oliver
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N
5:15 PM Lilly Turner (1933)
After unwittingly marrying a bigamist, a pregnant woman faces many trials on the road to romance.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Frank McHugh
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:30 PM Midnight Mary (1933)
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Dir: William Wellman Cast: Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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8:00 PM Imitation of Life (1934)
A widow and her housekeeper go into business together but almost lose their daughters.
Dir: John M. Stahl Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:00 PM Intruder in the Dust (1949)
Only a young boy and an old woman stand between an innocent black man and a lynch mob.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernandez
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 AM Super Fly (1972)
Charismatic, big-time Harlem cocaine dealer Youngblood Priest drives expensive cars and plans one last big score to escape his life of violence. When corrupt cops working for the Mob learn of his plan, they try to make Priest a partner rather than arrest him. Now, can Priest outwit the street, the mob, and the cops to win ...
Dir: Gordon Parks Jr. Cast: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Julius Harris
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
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2:00 AM Within Our Gates (1920)
In this film, a black schoolteacher finds the battle against racism is everywhere when she goes North to raise money for better schools.
Dir: Oscar Micheaux Cast: Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N
3:45 AM Dean Martin: King of Cool (2020)
The story of Dean Martin told through interviews and archival footage.
Dir: Tom Donahue Cast: Jerry Lewis, Bob Newhart, Angie Dickinson
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y