TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 13: Missionaries

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Fredric March is followed by that rascal Errol Flynn, but then the missionaries take over for the evening shift.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

1:30 AM
ANNA KARENINA ( 1935)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Greta Garbo , Fredric March , Freddie Bartholomew .
BW- 93 mins, CC,

3:15 AM
MARY OF SCOTLAND ( 1936)
Biography of the flighty Scottish queen who was brought down by love.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Fredric March , Florence Eldridge .
BW- 123 mins, CC,

5:30 AM
ANTHONY ADVERSE ( 1936)
An orphan runs off to a life of adventure, then returns to France in search of the girl he left behind.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Fredric March , Olivia De Havilland , Donald Woods .
BW- 141 mins, CC,

8:00 AM
ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, THE ( 1944)
Twain moves from Mississippi riverboats to the Gold Rush to literary immortality.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Fredric March , Alexis Smith , Donald Crisp .
BW- 130 mins, CC,

10:15 AM
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ( 1949)
The legendary explorer discovers the new world while searching for a route to Asia.
Dir: David MacDonald Cast: Fredric March , Florence Eldridge , Francis L. Sullivan .
C- 99 mins,

12:00 PM
IT'S A BIG COUNTRY ( 1952)
Seven stories celebrate the glorious diversity of American life.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Ethel Barrymore , Keefe Brasselle , Gary Cooper .
BW- 89 mins, CC,

1:45 PM
CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, THE ( 1936)
Two brothers love the same woman at a perilous Indian outpost.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn , Olivia De Havilland , Patric Knowles .
BW- 115 mins, CC,

4:00 PM
ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN ( 1948)
The legendary lover saves his queen from treason.
Dir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Errol Flynn , Viveca Lindfors , Robert Douglas .
C- 111 mins, CC,

6:00 PM
DESPERATE JOURNEY ( 1942)
American pilots stranded in Germany during World War II fight their way to freedom.
Dir: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn , Ronald Reagan , Nancy Coleman .
BW- 108 mins, CC,

7:49 PM
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO GREAT MASTERS ( 1931)
This short film provides a glimpse at famous art galleries of Rome, Florence and the Vatican. Vitaphone Release 1248.
Dir: E. M. Newman
BW- 8 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: MISSIONARIES

8:00 PM
BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN, THE ( 1932)
An American missionary falls in love with a Chinese warlord.
Dir: Frank R. Capra Cast: Barbara Stanwyck , Nils Asther , Toshia Mori .
BW- 87 mins, CC,

9:45 PM
HAWAII ( 1966)
Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands fight nature, disease and their own passions.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Julie Andrews , Max von Sydow , Richard Harris .
C- 161 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

12:35 AM
HONOLULU THE PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC ( 1935)
This short film takes the viewer to Honolulu, capital of Hawaii.
Dir: Ruth Fitzpatrick
C- 8 mins,

12:45 AM
INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS, THE ( 1958)
A missionary fights to bring Christianity and modern ways to China.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Ingrid Bergman , Curt Jurgens , Robert Donat .
C- 158 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

3:30 AM
RAIN ( 1932)
A missionary tries to reform a streetwalker trapped on a Pacific island.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Frederic Howard , Ben Hendricks , William Gargan .
BW- 94 mins,

5:06 AM
HOW TO TRAIN A DOG ( 1936)
This comedic short film provides a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.
Dir: Arthur Ripley Cast: Robert Benchley ,
BW- 8 mins,

5:15 AM
MGM PARADE SHOW #20 ( 1955)
Esther Williams performs in a clip from "Ziegfeld Follies"; Donna Reed introduces a clip from "Ransom." Hosted by George Murphy.
BW- 29 mins,

5:47 AM
IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN ( 1945)
This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.
Dir: Paul Burnford
BW- 10 mins,