TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 23: Shakespeare/Memorial Tribute: Glynis Johns
The Bard, in black and white! Well, mostly.
And just a portion of the lengthy career of Glynis Johns, who lived 100 years and played everyone from a movie mermaid to Desiree Armfeldt onstage in Sondheim's A Little Night Music to the meanest grandmother in Connecticut in The Ref. Check out her credits tonight, but bring a box of tissues.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
1:45 AM Shaft (1971)
A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight the mob.
Dir: Gordon Parks Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
3:45 AM Network (1976)
Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into the mad prophet of the airwaves.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
6:00 AM Playmates (1941)
A bandleader enlists a down-on-his-luck actor to teach him Shakespeare.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:45 AM Romeo and Juliet (1937)
Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:00 AM Hamlet (1948)
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
12:45 PM Master Will Shakespeare (1936)
This short film is a brief biography of William Shakespeare.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Carey Wilson (narrator), John George, Lionel Belmore
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N
1:00 PM A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Shakespeare's classic about two pairs of lovers and an amateur actor who get mixed up with fairies.
Dir: Max Reinhardt Cast: Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Hobart Cavanaugh
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:30 PM Henry V (1944)
Shakespeare's tale of the warrior king who learns the meaning of heroism during a daring invasion of France.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Renee Asherson
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:00 PM Throne of Blood (1957)
Spurred by his wife and a witch's prediction, a samurai murders his lord to steal the throne.
Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-14 CC: N
What's on Tonight: Memorial Tribute: Glynis Johns
8:00 PM The Sundowners (1960)
A nomadic family travels across 1930s Australia to pursue their dream of settling into a big farm, along the way they try to win some money.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
Runtime: 133 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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10:30 PM All Mine to Give (1957)
Pioneer children fight to build a new family after their parents die.
Dir: Allen Reisner Cast: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:30 AM The Card (1952)
Henry, the earnest young son of a washerwoman, uses his wits, and occasional sleight of hand, to become the most successful man in town. During his rise from lowly clerk to local hero, Henry always remains true to his own good humor and generous nature.
Dir: Ronald Neame Cast: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Petula Clark
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-G CC: N
2:15 AM Vacation from Marriage (1945)
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 AM 49th Parallel (1941)
The crew of a stranded German U-boat tries to evade capture in Canada during World War II.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Laurence Olivier
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-14 CC: Y