TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 19: Wonder Women
Call in the therapists — a LOT of therapists — for TCM's daytime descent into madness. Then at evening make some popcorn and celebrate the real-life women who did wonders — including Sister Kenny, whose methods actually helped a friend of mine back in the day.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
12:00 AM
VARSITY SHOW ( 1937)
A Broadway producer puts on a show at his alma mater.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Dick Powell , Fred Waring , Ted Healy .
BW- 80 mins, CC,
1:30 AM
TOO MANY GIRLS ( 1940)
Four college football stars are hired to chaperon a reckless heiress to a Wild West college.
Dir: George Abbott Cast: Lucille Ball , Richard Carlson , Ann Miller .
BW- 85 mins, CC,
3:04 AM
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS ( 1943)
In this comedic short, Robert Benchley answers several questions from audience members.
Dir: Will Jason Cast: Lon Poff , Robert Benchley , John B. Kennedy .
BW- 9 mins,
3:15 AM
GOOD NEWS ( 1947)
A football hero falls in love with his French tutor.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: June Allyson , Peter Lawford , Patricia Marshall .
C- 93 mins, CC,
5:00 AM
PRIVATE SCREENINGS: LIZA MINNELLI ( 2010)
The actress discusses her life and career with host Robert Osborne.
Dir: Sean Cameron
C- 45 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
MAD GENIUS, THE ( 1931)
A deranged ballet teacher will stop at nothing to keep control of his protegee.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: John Barrymore , Marian Marsh , Charles Butterworth .
BW- 81 mins, CC,
7:30 AM
GREY GARDENS ( 1976)
Documentary of a reclusive mother and her daughter who created their on own world in their mansion known as "Grey Gardens."
Dir: Ellen Hovde Cast: Jerry Torre , Lois Wright , Jack Helmuth .
C- 95 mins, CC,
9:15 AM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? ( 1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis , Joan Crawford , Victor Buono .
BW- 134 mins, CC,
11:34 AM
BUBBLES ( 1930)
In this musical short, The Vitaphone Kiddies perform a song and dance routine in the land of "make believe." Vitaphone Release 3898.
Dir: Roy Mack Cast: Marjorie "Babe" Kane ,
C- 8 mins,
11:45 AM
MAD LOVE ( 1935)
A mad doctor grafts the hands of a murderer on to a concert pianist's wrists.
Dir: Karl Freund Cast: Peter Lorre , Frances Drake , Colin Clive .
BW- 68 mins, CC,
1:00 PM
RED SHOES, THE ( 1948)
A young ballerina is torn between her art and her romance with a young composer.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Anton Walbrook , Marius Goring , Moira Shearer .
C- 134 mins, CC,
3:17 PM
MASTER WILL SHAKESPEARE ( 1936)
This short film provides a brief biography of the Bard.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur Cast: John George , Lionel Belmore , Ralph Bushman .
BW- 11 mins,
3:30 PM
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 .
BW- 154 mins, CC,
6:15 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 .
C- 101 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: WONDER WOMEN
8:00 PM
SISTER KENNY ( 1946)
True story of the Australian nurse who fought to gain acceptance for her polio-treatment methods.
Dir: Dudley Nichols Cast: Rosalind Russell , Alexander Knox , Dean Jagger .
BW- 116 mins, CC,
10:15 PM
GIRL IN WHITE, THE ( 1952)
Biography of Emily Dunning, the first woman doctor to practice in a New York hospital.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: June Allyson , Arthur Kennedy , Gary Merrill .
BW- 93 mins, CC,
12:00 AM
WHITE ANGEL, THE ( 1936)
In this true story, Florence Nightingale defies military leaders to organize humanitarian nursing services during the Crimean War.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Kay Francis , Ian Hunter , Donald Woods .
BW- 92 mins, CC,
1:45 AM
NUN'S STORY, THE ( 1959)
A headstrong girl fights the strictures of the Catholic church in Europe and the Belgian Congo.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Audrey Hepburn , Peter Finch , Dame Edith Evans .
C- 152 mins, CC,
4:30 AM
I WAS AN AMERICAN SPY ( 1951)
A war widow spies for the U.S. in Japanese-occupied Manila.
Dir: Lesley Selander Cast: Ann Dvorak , Gene Evans , Douglas Kennedy .
BW- 85 mins, CC,
