Classic Films
Related: About this forumTCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 28: Hollywoodland
Uh-oh. TCM's daytime theme is Poison Warning. At least you won't have to turn all the lights on.
Come evening TCM has the final installment of its Hollywoodland series.
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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
7:15 AM Mandalay (1934)
A woman with a past tries to get rid of a former lover.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
8:30 AM The Unsuspected (1947)
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:15 AM The Unholy Wife (1957)
An ambitious beauty marries a vintner, then falls for one of his workers.
Dir: John Farrow Cast: Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
12:00 PM Back in Circulation (1937)
A reporter tries to win her editor's heart by solving a murder case.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Margaret Lindsay
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:30 PM The Man with a Cloak (1951)
A mystery man tries to help a young innocent escape a murderous housekeeper.
Dir: Fletcher Markle Cast: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 PM D.O.A. (1950)
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
Dir: Rudolph Maté Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: N
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4:30 PM Shadow on the Wall (1950)
A child is left mute by the sight of her stepmother's murder.
Dir: Patrick Jackson Cast: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
6:15 PM The Nanny (1965)
A conniving nanny of a well-to-do family "accidentally" drowns the family's daughter and blames it on their troubled young son, whom she blackmails into taking the rap for the crime.
Dir: Seth Holt Cast: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: HOLLYWOODLAND
8:00 PM Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015)
Storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his wife, film researcher Lillian Michelson, were a talented couple once considered the heart of Hollywood. Harold and Lillian worked on hundreds of iconic films during Hollywood's golden age, including The Ten Commandments, The Apartment, The Birds, Full Metal Jacket and more.
Dir: Daniel Raim Cast: Lillian Michelson, Harold Michelson, Bill Krohn
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:45 PM By Design: The Joe Caroff Story (2022)
A look into the life and career of Hollywood graphic designer Joe Caroff.
Dir: Mark Cerulli Cast: Joe Caroff, Phyllis Caroff, Erik Cerulli
Runtime: 52 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
10:45 PM Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
Animator Floyd Norman became the first Disney African-American animator in 1956. After Walt's death, Mr. Norman left Disney to start his own company to produce black history films for high schools.
Dir: Michael Fiore Cast: Jane Baer, Cosmo Anzilotti, Dave Bossert
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:30 AM Something's Gonna Live (2009)
Documentary on renowned production designer Robert Boyle, including Boyle's friends and fellow art directors Henry Bumstead and Albert Nozaki, who worked together at Paramount in the early 30s.
Dir: Daniel Raim Cast: Robert F. Boyle, Henry Bumstead, Conrad L. Hall
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: N
2:00 AM High Noon on the Waterfront (2022)
A look at Elia Kazan and Carl Foreman's works through the lens of the HUAC hearings.
Dir: David Roberts Cast: Edward Norton, John Turturro
Runtime: 14 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:30 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 12 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
3:45 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 13 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
5:00 AM Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 14 (2019)
A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
Dir: Mark Cousins Cast: null
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-14 CC: Y