TCM Schedule for Fri, May 15, 2026: Pre-code dramas / Gregory Peck

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DAYTIME (listings EST)

6:00 AM Midnight Mary (1933)
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Dir: William Wellman Cast: Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone

7:30 AM Mandalay (1934)
A woman with a past tries to get rid of a former lover.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland

8:45 AM The Divorcee (1930)
The double standard destroys a liberal couple's marriage.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris

10:15 AM The Easiest Way (1931)
A slum girl discovers the joys of life as a kept woman until she falls in love.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Montgomery

11:45 AM The Reckless Hour (1931)
A young innocent almost ruins her life for the love of an unfeeling cad.
Dir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagel, H. B. Warner

1:00 PM Beauty for Sale (1933)
An innocent young hairdresser snares herself a rich husband but he's already married.
Dir: Richard Boleslavsky Cast: Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Otto Kruger

2:30 PM Blondie Johnson (1933)
A female crook fights her way from poverty to the top of the underworld.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins

3:45 PM Frisco Jenny (1932)
A district attorney prosecutes his own mother for murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy

5:00 PM Red-Headed Woman (1932)
An ambitious secretary tries to sleep her way into high society.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone

6:30 PM Baby Face (1933)
A young woman uses sex to advance her social and financial status.
Dir: Alfred E. Green Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook



PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT & EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM Mirage (1965)
A biochemist suffers memory lapses, finds bad guys after him, and has no idea why.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau

10:00 PM Arabesque (1966)
A university professor gets mixed up with international spies and a two-timing woman.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel

12:00 AM The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
A World War II veteran fights his way up the corporate ladder.
Dir: Nunnally Johnson Cast: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March

2:45 AM Designing Woman (1957)
A sportswriter and a fashion designer adjust to each other after marrying in haste.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray

5:00 AM The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
A hunter remembers his lost loves as he fights deadly jungle fever.
Dir: Henry King Cast: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner

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1. Baby Face: why it matters in film history

(Wikipedia): Marketed with the salacious tagline "She had it and made it pay", the film's open discussion of sex made it one of the most notorious films of the Pre-Code Hollywood era and helped bring the era to a close; beginning in 1934, enforcement of the code became stricter. Mark A. Vieira, author of Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, has said: "Baby Face was certainly one of the top 10 films that caused the Production Code to be enforced." In late 2005, Baby Face was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.