TCM Schedule for Wednesday, February 7: Returning Home/Academy Restorations
A couple of themes (as well as actors) make multiple appearances in today's TCM fare.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
12:00 AM Modern Times (1936)
When an oppressed assembly-line factory worker is mistaken for a radical political leader, he is arrested and thrown into jail. Upon his release he tries to find work, but can't seem to get ahead or escape the long arm of the law.
Dir: Charlie Chaplin Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 AM Safety Last! (1923)
A small-town boy out to impress his girlfriend scales a skyscraper in the big city.
Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N
3:00 AM Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Three roommates try to land rich husbands.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:45 AM The Big Store (1941)
A detective and his zany pals take over a failing department store.
Dir: Charles Riesner Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:15 AM Home Before Dark (1958)
A woman struggles to adjust to her unhappy marriage after time in a mental institution.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
8:45 AM The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
A scarred veteran and a homely woman are transformed by love.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:30 AM Come Live with Me (1941)
A Viennese refugee weds a struggling author platonically so she can stay in the U.S.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 PM Some Came Running (1958)
A veteran returns home to deal with family secrets and small-town scandals.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 PM The Prodigal (1955)
Biblical story of a young man led astray by an evil priestess.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:30 PM Till the End of Time (1946)
A returning World War II veteran falls for a troubled war widow.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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6:15 PM Desire Me (1947)
A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Greer Garson, Robert Mitchum, Richard Hart
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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What's on Tonight: Academy Restorations
8:00 PM Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974)
The life and career of symphony conductor Antonia Brico is examined in this documentary. Brico's struggle to overcome the sexual bias in her male-dominated profession is highlighted, and she is seen at work in rare backstage footage.
Dir: Judy Collins, Jill Godmilow Cast: Antonia Brico, Judy Collins
Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC:
9:15 PM The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Upon returning to small-town America, three World War II veterans have difficulty readjusting to life at home, discovering that both they and their families have irrevocably changed.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews
Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:15 AM Cane River (1982)
A forbidden romance develops in rural Louisiana.
Dir: Horace Jenkins Cast: Horace Jenkins, Richard Romain, Carol Sutton
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
2:15 AM The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
A sadistic nobleman isolates his court from a world stricken with the plague.
Dir: Roger Corman Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: N
4:00 AM The Story of G. I. Joe (1945)
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins an Army platoon during World War II to learn what battle is really about.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y