TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 4: TCM Spotlight: Studio Directors

[CBHagman]

Here we go with Studio Directors!

Learn more about this TCM Spotlight here:

https://www.tcm.com/articles/Programming%20Article/021933/spotlight-studio-directors

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

1:00 AM The Young Philadelphians (1959)
A young lawyer from the wrong side of town tries to break into society.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:30 AM Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
A Chicago gangster stumbles into philanthropic work during a gang war.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 AM The Better 'Ole (1926)
In this silent film, friends face misadventures during World War I.
Dir: Charles Reisner Cast: Sydney Chaplin, Doris Hill, Harold Goodwin
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

7:45 AM Smilin' Through (1932)
A young woman falls in love with the son of an old family enemy.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:30 AM After Office Hours (1935)
A society newspaperwoman tries to prove to her editor that she can crack a murder case.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

10:45 AM Boom Town (1940)
Friends become rivals when they strike-it-rich in oil.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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1:00 PM I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
When broke, would-be architect James Allen is wrongly arrested and convicted for a small-time holdup, he is sent to prison to work on a chain gang. After enduring years of hard labor that kills many prisoners, Allen escapes and builds a successful new life. But his landlady learns the truth and blackmails Allen into marriage, although he is in love with another woman.
Dir: Mervyn Le Roy Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:45 PM The Mayor of Hell (1933)
A racketeer goes straight to run a reform school.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Arthur Byron
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:30 PM Baby Face (1933)
Lily Powers's dreary life in Pennsylvania takes a sudden turn when her father is killed in an accident. Unmoved by her father's death, Lily, along with friend Chico, jumps on a freight train and seduces a worker to avoid being arrested. Now in New York City, Lily uses her beauty and sexual prowess to seduce a string of successful men as she works her way to the top.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM The Gay Divorcee (1934)
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:45 PM Lady Killer (1933)
A criminal on the run becomes a Hollywood movie star.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:15 PM Christopher Strong (1933)
An aviatrix's affair with a married man could cost her her career.
Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:45 AM Bombshell (1933)
Film starlet Lola Burns is tired of her money-grubbing father and her scandal-chasing publicist E.J. "Space" Hanlon. After being unable to adopt a child due to Hanlon's interference, Lola flees movie stardom and meets Gifford Middleton, a millionaire who doesn't know of her fame. Just when marriage seems right around the corner for the new couple, Lola discovers that her past won't be as easy to forget as she'd like.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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2:30 AM Cain and Mabel (1936)
The publicity romance between a prizefighter and a showgirl turns into the real thing.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:15 AM The White Cockatoo (1935)
Crooks and killers try to stop a young woman from proving her claim to an inheritance.
Dir: Alan Crosland Cast: Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez, Ruth Donnelly
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y

[JoseBalow]

1. What a great line-up!

There are some really great pre-code gems here, and all the Clark Gable films are wonderful (as always, of course.)

But I just love anything with William Powell or Myrna Loy, and especially with both together... and Asta!