TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 6: Asian Americans in Hollywood

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

2:30 AM
MARY OF SCOTLAND ( 1936)
Biography of the flighty Scottish queen who was brought down by love.
Dir: John Ford Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Fredric March , Florence Eldridge .
BW- 123 mins, CC,

4:45 AM
MARIE ANTOINETTE ( 1938)
Lavish biography of the French queen who "let them eat cake."
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke II Cast: Norma Shearer , Tyrone Power , John Barrymore .
BW- 157 mins, CC,

7:30 AM
YOUNG BESS ( 1953)
The future Elizabeth I fights court intrigue in the turbulent years before her ascension to the throne.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Jean Simmons , Stewart Granger , Deborah Kerr .
C- 112 mins, CC,

9:30 AM
RISE OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, THE ( 1934)
Marriage to the heir to the Russian throne is far from a picnic for his lovely German bride.
Dir: Paul Czinner Cast: Douglas Fairbanks , Elisabeth Bergner , Flora Robson .
BW- 93 mins, CC,

11:15 AM
PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, THE ( 1939)
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Bette Davis , Errol Flynn , Olivia De Havilland .
BW- 106 mins, CC,

1:15 PM
FAST AND FURIOUS ( 1939)
Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane get mixed up with murder during a beauty pageant.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Franchot Tone , Ann Sothern , Ruth Hussey .
BW- 73 mins, CC,

2:30 PM
PAGE MISS GLORY ( 1935)
A con artist creates a composite photo to win a beauty contest, then has to find the real thing.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Marion Davies , Pat O'Brien , Dick Powell .
BW- 93 mins, CC,

4:15 PM
POPEYE: DANCE CONTEST, THE ( 1934)
BW- 7 mins, CC,

4:30 PM
MISS PACIFIC FLEET ( 1935)
Two stranded showgirls enter a beauty contest to win the fare back home.
Dir: Ray Enright Cast: Joan Blondell , Glenda Farrell , Hugh Herbert .
BW- 66 mins, CC,

5:45 PM
STRIKE UP THE BAND ( 1940)
A high-school band sets out to win a national radio contest.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Mickey Rooney , Judy Garland , Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra .
BW- 120 mins, CC,

7:47 PM
STREAMLINED SWING ( 1938)
In this musical short, a group of waiters sing to bring in customers to their diner.
BW- 9 mins,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: TCM SPOTLIGHT: ASIAN AMERICANS IN HOLLYWOOD

8:00 PM
DRAGON PAINTER, THE ( 1919)
In this silent film, an artist obsesses over a beautiful woman he believes has been turned into a dragon.
Dir: William Worthington Cast: Sessue Hayakawa , Toyo Fujita , Edward Peil .
BW- 54 mins,

9:00 PM
PICCADILLY ( 1929)
In this silent film, the dancers at a London nightclub get wrapped up in jealousy and murder.
Dir: E. A. Dupont Cast: Charles Laughton ,
BW- 109 mins,

11:00 PM
DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI ( 1937)
A young woman tracks down the smugglers who killed her father.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Anna May Wong , Charles Bickford , Larry Crabbe .
BW- 62 mins,

12:07 AM
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER'S THE SONGWRITERS' REVUE ( 1930)
This short showcases composers and lyricists of songs that are now considered standards of American popular music.
Dir: Sammy Lee
BW- 20 mins,

12:30 AM
PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN ( 1940)
Asian sleuth Mr. Wong fights to keep a killer from winning control of a rich oil deposit.
Dir: Phil Rosen Cast: Keye Luke , Grant Withers , Lotus Long .
BW- 62 mins,

1:37 AM
PHANTOMS, INC. ( 1945)
This short film focuses on fake "spiritualists" and psychics who con innocent people out of their money.
Dir: Harold Young Cast: Dorothy Adams , Ann Shoemaker , Howard Mitchell .
BW- 17 mins,

2:00 AM
LETTER, THE ( 1940)
A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis , Herbert Marshall , James Stephenson .
BW- 95 mins, CC,

3:36 AM
FLAME SONG, THE ( 1934)
In this short film, a prince is such a playboy that his subjects revolt and place his cousin (who is worse) on the throne, forcing the former prince to find a way to overthrow the dictator. Vitaphone Release 1762-1763.
Dir: Joseph Henabery Cast: Daniel Makarenko , Bobette Christine , Mildred Van Dorn .
BW- 22 mins,

4:00 AM
NIGHT SONG ( 1947)
A socialite pretends to be blind to win the love of a blind concert pianist.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Dana Andrews , Merle Oberon , Ethel Barrymore .
BW- 102 mins, CC,