TCM Schedule for Tuesday, October 22: TCM Spotlight: Period Films

Today the TCM Spotlight turns to the women: Emma Hamilton. Anna Karenina. Cleopatra. Lara.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

12:00 AM Broken Flowers (2005)
After a breakup with his girlfriend, withdrawn businessman Don Johnston receives an anonymous letter from a former lover which causes him to reflect on his past.
Dir: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC:


2:00 AM A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Those he left behind become miserable and beleaguered in his absence, but after several years he returns, a wealthy man.
Dir: D.W. Griffith Cast: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, George Fawcett
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: N


3:30 AM New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization (2021)
The final performance of Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and friends at the conclusion of their European "New Worlds" tour filmed in Greece.
Dir: Andrew Muscato Cast: Bill Murray, Vanessa Perez, Jan Vogler
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC:


6:00 AM That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Naval hero Lord Nelson defies convention to court a married woman of common birth.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:15 AM Anna Karenina (1948)
Adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tale of a woman who deserts her family for an illicit love.
Dir: Julien Duvivier Cast: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore
Runtime: 139 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-14 CC: Y



10:15 AM Madame Du Barry (1934)
True story of the legendary courtesan who was mistress to France's King Louis XV.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y



12:00 PM Camille (1937)
In this classic 19th-century romance, a kept woman runs off with a young admirer in search of love and happiness.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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2:00 PM The Earrings of Madame De... (1954)
When a woman sells her earrings to pay a gambling debt, it leads to a string of betrayals.
Dir: Max Ophüls Cast: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N



4:00 PM Madame Bovary (1949)
A romantic country girl sacrifices her marriage when she thinks she's found true love.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Desiree (1954)
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte as seen through the eyes of a woman who spurned him when he was impoverished and then fell in love with him as he rose to power but was unrequited in her passion as he married Jospehine.
Dir: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y



8:00 PM Cleopatra (1963)
The legendary Egyptian queen tries to use her beauty to conquer the Roman Empire.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Runtime: 243 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



12:30 AM Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Sweeping epic about a Russian doctor pursuing the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism's rise to power.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay
Runtime: 197 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



4:00 AM Valmont (1989)
Set in 18th-century France, a young womanizing aristocrat makes a bet with his ex-lover that he can seduce a pure woman.
Dir: Milos Forman Cast: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly
Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y