TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 11: Newspaper Comedies

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The Around the World in 80 Movies series continues during the day.

Evening is devoted to classic comedies about journalists.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

12:00 AM
Gigi (1958)
1h 56m | Musical | TV-G
The story of an illegitimate waif in late 1800s Paris who is pushed upon by her grandmother and aunt to become a kept woman.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan

2:00 AM
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
2h 50m | Drama | TV-PG
A young girl comes of age while hiding from the Nazis.
Director
George Stevens
Cast
Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters

5:00 AM
Holland in Tulip Time (1934)
8m | Short | TV-G
This short film focuses on Holland's culture, customs, and those famous tulips.
Director
Ruth Fitzpatrick
Cast
James A. Fitzpatrick, Ray Fernstrom

5:15 AM
Knife in the Water (1962)
1h 34m | Drama | TV-MA
A young businessman and a hitchhiker develop a deadly rivalry during a boating weekend.
Director
Roman Polanski
Cast
Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz

7:00 AM
Loves of a Blonde (1966)
1h 28m | Comedy | TV-14
A young woman from a small Czech town falls for a piano-playing soldier.
Director
Miloš Forman
Cast
Hana Brejchová; Vladimír Pucholt; Vladimír Menšík

8:45 AM
Queen Christina (1934)
1h 37m | Romance | TV-G
Romantic tale of the 17th-century Swedish queen and her romance with a Spanish diplomat.
Director
Rouben Mamoulian
Cast
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith

10:30 AM
Hamlet (1948)
2h 35m | Drama | TV-14
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Director
Laurence Olivier
Cast
Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney

1:15 PM
Z (1969)
2h 5m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-14
A political assassination uncovers a hotbed of corruption.
Director
Costa-Gavras
Cast
Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant

3:30 PM
Clash of the Titans (1981)
1h 58m | Adventure | TV-14
A Greek hero fights a series of monsters, including the dreaded gorgon, to win the woman he loves.
Director
Desmond Davis
Cast
Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith

5:45 PM
That's Entertainment! (1974)
2h 12m | Documentary | TV-G
An all-star cast, including Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, introduces clips from MGM's great musicals.
Director
Jack Haley Jr.
Cast
Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor

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8:00 PM
His Girl Friday (1940)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
Walter Burns is a conniving but irresistible newspaper publisher desperate to woo back the wife (and reporter) he lost.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cast
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

9:45 PM
Libeled Lady (1936)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-G
When an heiress sues a newspaper, the editor hires a reporter to compromise her.
Director
Jack Conway
Cast
Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy

11:30 PM
Front Page Woman (1935)
1h 22m | Comedy | TV-G
Rival reporters try to scoop each other while covering a fire.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns

1:00 AM
Nothing Sacred (1937)
1h 15m | Comedy | TV-PG
When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaperman is on the story.
Director
William A. Wellman
Cast
Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger

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2:30 AM
The Front Page (1931)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case...
Director
Lewis Milestone
Cast
Adolph Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian

4:30 AM
Love on the Run (1936)
1h 20m | Romance | TV-PG
Rival newsmen get mixed up with a runaway heiress and a ring of spies.
Director
W. S. Van Dyke
Cast
Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone