TCM Schedule for Tuesday, June 26: Hollywoodland: Off-Screen Drama

Enjoy TCM's daytime theme, Curious Cases (LOVE that Kennel Murder Case) and then the second-to-last evening of Hollywoodland films.

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

1:30 AM Queen Christina (1933)
Greta Garbo stars as the 17th century Swedish queen fiercely devoted to her country who fights at the head of her army like a man but who loves like a woman - Queen Christina. Crowned queen when she was five years old, the beautiful Christina leads a sexually ambiguous life as she fights to defend her Protestant country ...
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: N


3:30 AM Victim (1961)
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Dir: Basil Dearden Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:30 AM Tea and Sympathy (1956)
A faculty wife risks her marriage to help a troubled teen tormented by his fellow students.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


7:45 AM The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Perry Mason gets caught between feuding neighbors who claim to be married to the same woman.
Dir: Alan Crosland Cast: Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:15 AM Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
Schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers matches wits with the police to solve the murder of a society bride in Central Park.
Dir: Edward Killy Cast: James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:30 AM The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
The Saint infiltrates a small English village run by smugglers.
Dir: Paul Stein Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 PM The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y



1:15 PM Haunted Honeymoon (1940)
British sleuth Sir Peter Wimsey's wedding celebration is cut short by the discovery of a murdered man in his honeymoon cottage.
Dir: Arthur B. Woods Cast: Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y



3:00 PM Eyes in the Night (1942)
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y



4:30 PM Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Elderly sleuth Miss Marple suspects foul play when an old friend is supposedly scared to death by a cat.
Dir: George Pollock Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Flora Robson
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y



6:00 PM Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir: Major W. S. Van Dyke Ii Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: HOLLYWOODLAND: OFF-SCREEN DRAMA

8:00 PM The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Elaine Stewart, Sammy White, Leo G. Carroll
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:15 PM Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
A recovering alcoholic film director tries for a comeback in Rome.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:15 AM The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
A Spanish dancer becomes an international star but still longs to get her feet in the dirt.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:45 AM 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



5:00 AM The Oscar (1966)
A Hollywood actor develops an inflated ego after being nominated for an Academy Award.
Dir: Russell Rouse Cast: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y