TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 22: British Productions/TCM Spotlight: First Name Basis
There's a nice range of film genres in TCM's daytime schedule, which showcases British productions. Then get to know (or revisit) movies on a first name basis tonight.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
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
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
7:45 AM Lord of the Flies (1963)
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Dir: Peter Brook Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
9:30 AM Tunes of Glory (1960)
When a popular colonel loses a promotion, it sets the stage for conflict with his new superior officer.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
11:30 AM Tom Jones (1963)
In 18th century England, an abandoned orphan is adopted by a Squire. The young Tom Jones grows up to become a bawdy womanizer.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith
Runtime: 131 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
&t=105s
1:45 PM The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Miss Froy disappears on her return train trip from a vacation in the Balkans. However, Iris Henderson is the only person, on a train filled with suspicious and unsavory characters, who can attest that Miss Froy was ever on that trip.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:30 PM Oliver Twist (1948)
The famed orphan gets caught up in Fagin's criminal band while searching for familial love.
Dir: David Lean Cast: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:30 PM Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Jane Austen's classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions.
Dir: Ang Lee Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
What's on Tonight: TCM Spotlight: First Name Basis
8:00 PM Marty (1955)
A lonely butcher finds love despite the opposition of his friends and family.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:45 PM Harvey (1950)
When a man whose constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall rabbit that only he can see, is committed to a mental hospital, a wondrously funny turn of events occurs.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: James Stewart, Wallace Ford, Victoria Horne
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 AM Alice (1990)
An unhappy wife turns to an acupuncturist for mystical solutions to her problems.
Dir: Gabriel Benattar Cast: Anne Consigny, Alain Fromager, Denis Manuel
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
2:00 AM Tommy (1975)
A seemingly handicapped boy becomes a Pinball Wizard.
Dir: Ken Russell Cast: Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
4:00 AM Lenny (1974)
Biography of controversial and legendary stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce: His beginnings in the Catskills, his legal battles from challenging obscenity laws with his act and his ultimate self-destruction.
Dir: Bob Fosse Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-14 CC: Y