TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 21: Hollywoodland
In daytime, TCM has a proposal for viewers: Let's Go to London!
When nighttime comes, it's back to Hollywoodland.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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
6:00 AM The Runaway Bus (1954)
A London motor coach gets lost in the fog with a cache of stolen gold aboard.
Dir: Val Guest Cast: Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:15 AM Journey for Margaret (1942)
An American correspondent tries to adopt two children orphaned during the London blitz.
Dir: Major W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Robert Young, Laraine Day, Fay Bainter
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:45 AM The Time Machine (1960)
In this adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel, a scientist in 1880s Victorian England builds a vehicle to transport him through time. He first travels to 1917 and the horror of World War I. Next, he sets his destination for 1940 and the start of World War II. From there he travels to a future London where he barely escapes ...
Dir: George Pal Cast: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:30 AM Looking at London (1946)
A colorful travelogue of London's most historic buildings and the residual damage still left from WWII.
Dir: null Cast: James A. Fitzpatrick, Nathaniel Finston, James A. Fitzpatrick
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
10:45 AM Berkeley Square (1933)
A young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:15 PM High Hopes (1988)
A satirical look at today's London through the eyes of yuppies, anti-establishment sixties throw-backs, and the upper class bourgeoisie.
Dir: Mike Leigh Cast: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
2:15 PM A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A rock and roll mockumentary that follows "a day in the life" of those four lads from Liverpool who would go on to make music history as the Beatles.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 PM Royal Wedding (1951)
A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour London for Elizabeth II's wedding.
Dir: Stanley Donen Cast: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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5:45 PM The V.I.P.s (1963)
A group of elite British citizens leaving the country find themselves stranded at London Airport because of fog, a situation that leaves them the time to confront their interpersonal relationships.
Dir: Anthony Asquith Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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8:00 PM Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
A look at Jerry Harvey and his creation, the Z Channel, the first pay cable network. The Z Channel launched in 1974 as California's first pay-TV service, showing two movies a week, and quickly became required viewing for Hollywood's elite and cinephiles alike.
Dir: Xan Cassavetes Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: N
10:15 PM What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018)
The life and work of the controversial film critic.
Dir: Rob Garver Cast: Lili Anolik, Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 AM The Celluloid Closet (1995)
This highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people have occupied in cinema history and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry's role in shaping perceptions of LGBT figures. The issues addressed include secrecy, which initially defined homosexuality, as well as the demonization of the homosexual community with the advent of AIDS, and finally the shift toward acceptance and positivity in the modern era.
Dir: Robert Epstein Cast: Lily Tomlin, Jan Oxenberg, Daniel Melnick
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
2:00 AM Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
This documentary covers the life, career, and activism of actor Paul Robeson.
Dir: Saul J. Turell Cast: Sidney Poitier, Jessica Huppert-Berman, Saul J. Turell
Runtime: 30 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 09 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
3:45 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 10 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:00 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 11 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y