TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 19: TCM Prime Time: Author Lillian Hellman

The daytime schedule is a birthday tribute to Betty Compson, and the evening showcases works from Lillian Hellman.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

2:00 AM Beach Red (1967)
American soldiers fight to take a Japanese-occupied island during World War II.
Dir: Cornel Wilde Cast: Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr De Benning
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-MA CC: N


4:00 AM At Sword's Point (1951)
The children of the Three Musketeers swing into action against a traitor.
Dir: Lewis Allen Cast: Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Douglas
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

5:30 AM Alice in Movieland (1940)
When a beauty queen tries to make it in Hollywood, she learns stardom comes at a price.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Jack Mower
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:00 AM The Gay Diplomat (1931)
A Russian diplomat takes on a notorious female spy in Bucharest.
Dir: Richard Boleslawski. Cast: Genevieve Tobin, Betty Compson, Ivan Lebedeff
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:15 AM The Lady Refuses (1931)
A millionaire hires an out-of-work girl to lure his son from a gold digger.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Betty Compson, John Darrow, Gilbert Emery
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:30 AM On With the Show (1929)
An inexperienced newcomer steps in for a musical comedy's ailing star.
Dir: Alan Crosland Cast: Betty Compson, Louise Fazenda, Sally O'Neil
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



10:15 AM Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
The Bowery Boys try to expose a phony fortune-teller.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan
Runtime: 63 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM Here Comes Trouble (1948)
A newspaper publisher and his ace reporter try to solve the murder of a blackmailing stripper.
Dir: Fred Guiol Cast: William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Emory Parnell
Runtime: 50 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:30 PM Blondes at Work (1938)
Even a jail term for contempt can't keep reporter Torchy Blane from investigating the case of a murdered department store owner.
Dir: Frank Mcdonald Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton Maclane, Tom Kennedy
Runtime: 60 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:45 PM Street Girl (1929)
A girl from the wrong part of town finds a new life managing a jazz band.
Dir: Wesley Ruggles Cast: Betty Compson, John Harron, Ned Sparks
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: N


3:30 PM Inside the Lines (1930)
During World War I, German spies stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
Dir: Roy J. Pomeroy Cast: Betty Compson, Ralph Forbes, Montagu Love
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:00 PM Three Who Loved (1931)
A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Betty Compson, Conrad Nagel, Robert Ames
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:15 PM Weary River (1929)
A jailed criminal's life turns around when he fronts the prison band.
Dir: Frank Lloyd Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, Louis Natheaux
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

What's on Tonight: TCM Prime Time: Author Lillian Hellman

8:00 PM The Children's Hour (1961)
When an unruly young girl spreads the rumor that the co-headmistresses at her private, all-girls school are engaging in a lesbian relationship, the townsfolk remove their daughters from the school and charge up a scandal.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:00 PM Another Part of the Forest (1948)
A Southern Civil War profiteer deserves his mean sons and daughter.
Dir: Michael Gordon Cast: Fredric March, Dan Duryea, Edmond O'Brien
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N



12:00 AM Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Nazi agents pursue a German freedom-fighter and his family to Washington.
Dir: Herman Shumlin Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



2:00 AM Toys in the Attic (1963)
Man finds trouble when he brings young bride back to his New Orleans home.
Dir: George Roy Hill Cast: Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



4:00 AM The North Star (1943)
Ukrainian villagers unite to fight off invading Nazis.
Dir: Lewis Milestone Cast: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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