TCM Schedule for Tuesday, June 20: Hollywoodland: Hollywood Comedies

[CBHagman]

TCM's theme of the day is Melodramatic Romance, and tonight it turns to Hollywood Comedies featuring everyone from Jean Harlow to Jeff Bridges, from Veronica Lake to W.C. Fields. Bring them on!



Tuesday, June 20, 2023

12:00 AM Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)
With hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams.
Dir: Leslie Harris Cast: Ariyan A. Johnson, Kevin Thigpen, Ebony Jerido
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N

2:00 AM Blackboard Jungle (1955)
An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
Dir: Richard Brooks Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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4:00 AM Edge of the City (1957)
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official.
Dir: Martin Ritt Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 AM The Lady Refuses (1931)
A millionaire hires an out-of-work girl to lure his son from a gold digger.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Betty Compson, John Darrow, Gilbert Emery
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:15 AM A Notorious Affair (1930)
A beautiful noblewoman gives up wealth and society for love of a two-timing musician.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:30 AM Bullets for O'Hara (1941)
A gangster's wife helps the FBI nail her husband.
Dir: William K. Howard Cast: Joan Perry, Roger Pryor, Anthony Quinn
Runtime: 50 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:30 AM No Marriage Ties (1933)
After drinking himself out of a job, a newspaperman turns himself into a tycoon.
Dir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allen, Doris Kenyon
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:45 AM Play Girl (1932)
A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Winnie Lightner, Loretta Young, Norman Foster
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 PM War Nurse (1930)
A nurse fights to survive when she's caught behind enemy lines during World War I.
Dir: Edgar Selwyn Cast: Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: N


1:30 PM Wings for the Eagle (1942)
Dedicated aircraft workers compete for the same girl.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


3:00 PM The White Sister (1933)
A noblewoman becomes a nun when she thinks her lover is killed during the war.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:00 PM Their Own Desire (1929)
A young man and woman's affair is complicated by her father's relationship with his mother.
Dir: E. Mason Hopper Cast: Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

6:15 PM 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

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: HOLLYWOODLAND: HOLLYWOOD COMEDIES

8:00 PM Sullivan's Travels (1942)
A successful Hollywood director hits the road disguised as a hobo in preparation for a "serious" film on the poor.
Dir: Preston Sturges Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

9:45 PM 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 ...
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:30 PM Hearts of the West (1975)
An aspiring western novelist in thirties Hollywood becomes a low-budget cowboy star.
Dir: Howard Zieff Cast: Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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1:30 AM Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
A filmmaker tries to sell a script about con artists taking on the Russian millionaires of Mexico.
Dir: Edward Cline Cast: W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:00 AM It's a Great Feeling (1949)
When nobody at Warner Bros. will work with him, movie star Jack Carson decides to turn an unknown into his co-star.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

4:30 AM Hollywood Party (1934)
A movie star's gala celebration creates chaos.
Dir: Allan Dwan Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y