TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 8: TCM Spotlight: Period Films

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

12:30 AM My Man and I (1952)
A Mexican-American laborer fights for his dignity.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:15 AM The Ring (1952)
A young American of Mexican decent in East Los Angeles, California uses the boxing ring to make a better life for himself and his family.
Dir: Kurt Neumann Cast: Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno, Lalo Rios
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 AM The Badlanders (1958)
Western outlaws join forces for a daring gold robbery in this remake of The Asphalt Jungle.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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6:00 AM Green Dolphin Street (1947)
In 19th-century New Zealand, two sisters compete for the same man against a backdrop of political unrest and natural disaster.
Dir: Victor Saville Cast: Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed
Runtime: 141 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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8:30 AM My Brilliant Career (1979)
A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
Dir: Gillian Armstrong Cast: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:30 AM That Forsyte Woman (1949)
An unhappily married woman falls in love with her niece's fiance.
Dir: Compton Bennett Cast: Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:45 PM Little Women (1949)
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien
Runtime: 121 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y

3:00 PM Jezebel (1938)
Julie Marsden has a place in New Orleans society and a man who adores her, Preston Dillard. But she scandalizes society and her beau when she insists on wearing a stunning red gown to a ball that requires ladies to be dressed in white. Marsden's headstrong action begins a chain of events that will reveal both her raw viciousness ...
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:00 PM Raintree County (1957)
In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful Southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 167 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

8:00 PM The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Dir: Michael Mann Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Colm Meaney
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-14 CC: N

10:00 PM Gone with the Wind (1939)
Classic tale of Scarlett O'Hara's battle to save her beloved Tara and find love during the Civil War.
Dir: Victor Fleming Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell
Runtime: 219 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:00 AM The Heiress (1949)
A plain young woman's wealth makes her prey to fortune hunters.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Olivia De Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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4:15 AM The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y