TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 7: Flowers/Special Theme: The Art of Artifice

[CBHagman]

Guess all those April showers paid off; TCM is featuring May Flowers today.

And tonight: The Art of Artifice.

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

12:30 AM China Sky (1945)
A dedicated doctor joins the Chinese in their fight against Japanese invaders.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Randolph Scott, Ruth Warrick, Ellen Drew
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:00 AM Sayonara (1957)
American soldiers in post-war Japan defy convention when they fall in love with local women.
Dir: Joshua Logan Cast: Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, Red Buttons
Runtime: 147 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:30 AM China Doll (1958)
A World War II veteran searches for the daughter he left behind in China.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Victor Mature, Li Hua Li, Ward Bond
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

6:15 AM Bed of Roses (1933)
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin .
Dir: Gregory Lacava Cast: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:30 AM Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
Country singer and songwriter Buck Bonham has a solid following in his home state of Texas and in the West, but has not had a hit that would give him national fame. As he and his band are on the road, his wife and son miss him, and Buck is beginning to wonder if he should continue with his musical career or quit. Just as ...
Dir: Jerry Schatzberg Cast: Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


9:30 AM The Subject Was Roses (1968)
A young soldier returns from World War II, moves in with his parents, and tries to mend their deteriorating marriage.
Dir: Ulu Grosbard Cast: Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

11:30 AM The Blue Gardenia (1953)
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can't remember the details of the encounter.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:00 PM Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
A behind-the-scenes epic that explores the effects of the Hollywood dream machine on a spirited young singer and actress from the time of her discovery at age 15 through her triumphs and defeats.
Dir: Robert Mulligan Cast: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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3:15 PM Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
The owners of a taxicab company become guardian angels to a beautiful blonde in trouble.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: William Bendix, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth
Runtime: 50 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


4:15 PM Brother Orchid (1940)
After a failed hit, a mob chief recuperates in a monastery.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:00 PM Black Narcissus (1947)
Nuns founding a convent in the Himalayas are tormented by the area's exotic beauty.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

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What's on Tonight: Tuesday, May 7: Special Theme: The Art of Artifice

8:00 PM North by Northwest (1959)
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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10:30 PM A Matter of Life and Death (1947)
An injured aviator argues in celestial court for the chance to go on living.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

12:30 AM Forbidden Planet (1956)
A futuristic version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Dir: Fred McLeod Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:15 AM Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:30 AM The Fountainhead (1949)
An idealistic architect battles corrupt business interests and his love for a married woman.
Dir: King Vidor Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y