TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 16: Culver City Productions/Star of the Month: Bela Lugosi

Well, if you've ever wanted to see Plan 9 from Outer Space, here's your opportunity: TCM is airing the film for Star of the Month Bela Lugosi. You will have to either DVR it or stay up into the wee hours.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

12:30 AM A Room with a View (1985)
An Englishwoman visiting Florence is torn between her straitlaced fiance and a young Bohemian.
Dir: James Ivory Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


2:45 AM Tess (1979)
Peasant girl Tess Durbeyfield is sent to live with the wealthy d'Urbervilles by her father after he learns that they are distantly related. However, the d'Urbervilles are not relatives, they're just a family that bought the noble line's name.
Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: John Collin, Tony Church, Nastassja Kinski
Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #20 (1955)
Esther Williams performs in a clip from "Ziegfeld Follies"; Donna Reed introduces a clip from "Ransom." Hosted by George Murphy.
Dir: null Cast: Esther Williams, Donna Reed, George Murphy
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


6:00 AM Father Takes a Wife (1941)
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
Dir: Jack Hively Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Swanson, John Howard
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

7:30 AM Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
A small-town girl finds love on the road to Broadway stardom.
Dir: James V. Kern Cast: Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y



9:30 AM Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
A mystery writer runs into the real thing when he holes up at a deserted inn.
Dir: Lew Landers Cast: Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo Ciannelli
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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11:00 AM Devotion (1931)
The dutiful daughter of a London family falls for a barrister and works her way into his family.
Dir: Robert Milton Cast: Ann Harding, Leslie Howard, Robert Williams
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N



12:30 PM Born to Love (1932)
A World War I pilot thought dead turns up after the mother of his child has married.
Dir: Paul L. Stein Cast: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Paul Cavanagh
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 PM My Forbidden Past (1951)
A beauty with a skeleton in her closet seeks revenge on the suitor who jilted her.
Dir: Robert Stevenson Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 81 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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3:30 PM Gambling House (1951)
A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.
Dir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:00 PM Nocturne (1946)
A police detective refuses to believe a composer's death was suicide.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:30 PM What Price Hollywood? (1932)
A drunken director whose career is fading helps a waitress become a Hollywood star.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



What's on Tonight: Star of the Month: Bela Lugosi

8:00 PM White Zombie (1932)
A zombie master menaces newlyweds on a Haitian plantation.
Dir: Victor Halperin Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



9:15 PM The Body Snatcher (1945)
To continue his medical experiments, a doctor must buy corpses from a grave robber.
Dir: Robert Wise Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



10:45 PM The Devil Bat (1940)
A mad scientist trains killer bats to respond to a special scent.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough Cast: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'brien
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:00 AM Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Vampires seem to be connected to an unsolved murder.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allen, Lionel Atwill
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



1:15 AM The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
A phony medium tries to prove her protege innocent of murder.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: Y



2:45 AM Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Residents of California's San Fernando Valley are under attack by flying saucers from outer space. The aliens, led by Eros and his assistant, Tanna, intend to conquer the planet by resurrecting corpses in a Hollywood cemetery. The living dead, a cape-wearing ghoul, a vampire and a slow-footed cop who was killed for his ...
Dir: Edward D. Wood Jr. Cast: Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:15 AM Queen of Outer Space (1958)
While on a space mission to Venus, explorers discover a society of Amazons.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Lisa Davis
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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