TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 21: Call Me Mister/Special Theme: The Art of Artifice
So formal! TCM's doing nothing but mister movies during daytime before switching to the Art of Artifice at evening.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
12:00 AM Hell to Eternity (1960)
A young man adopted by Japanese-Americans becomes a hero in World War II.
Dir: Phil Karlson Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 AM Grand Prix (1966)
Story follows the loves and lives of various auto racers as they make their way around the European racing circuit.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand
Runtime: 179 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
6:00 AM Mr. Chump (1938)
A trumpeter's sure-fire moneymaking scheme backfires.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Johnnie Davis, Lola Lane, Penny Singleton
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:15 AM Mr. Hex (1946)
A hypnotist turns one of the Bowery Boys into a championship boxer.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:30 AM Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:00 AM Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
A millionaire will stop at nothing to turn his son into a star athlete.
Dir: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Joe Penner, June Travis, Richard Lane
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N
11:30 AM Mr. Imperium (1951)
An exiled king and a film star try to rekindle a romance from the past.
Dir: Don Hartman Cast: Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: N
1:00 PM Mr. and Mrs. North (1941)
A happily married couple discover a murder victim in their closet.
Dir: Robert B. Sinclair Cast: Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:15 PM Mr. Skeffington (1945)
A flighty beauty marries a stockbroker for convenience and almost ruins both their lives.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
Runtime: 146 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:45 PM Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
A New York businessman's dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack.
Dir: H. C. Potter Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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6:30 PM Mister Cinderella (1936)
A timid young man longs to enter high society.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N
What's on Tonight: Special Theme: The Art of Artifice
8:00 PM The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
A young boy dreams that his piano teacher is a super-villain out to rule the world.
Dir: Roy Rowland Cast: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:45 PM The Red Shoes (1948)
Tale of a famous ballerina who must choose between art and love.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:15 AM Donkey Skin (1970)
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself and flee the kingdom so she won't have to marry the king who happens to be her widowed father.
Dir: Jacques Demy Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
2:00 AM The Glass Slipper (1955)
Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince's ball.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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3:45 AM Brigadoon (1954)
Two New Yorkers on a hunting trip to Scotland stumble upon the legendary and magical village of Brigadoon, which appears once every hundred years. They are enchanted and charmed by this wonderful world and one of them falls for a beautiful woman who lives in it.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:45 AM The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Dir: Ludwig Berger Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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