TCM Schedule for Tuesday, May 12: Wonder Women
This Tuesday TCM showcases influential women in a big way, with a Katharine Hepburn birthday tribute during the day and a roster of films featuring real-life reformers and educators in prime time!
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
12:00 AM
LITTLE COLONEL, THE ( 1935)
Dir: David Butler Cast: Shirley Temple , Lionel Barrymore , Evelyn Venable .
BW- 81 mins, CC,
1:30 AM
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY ( 1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: James Cagney , Joan Leslie , Walter Huston .
BW- 126 mins, CC,
3:48 AM
CAVALCADE OF DANCE ( 1943)
In this musical short, ballroom dancers present the history of American dance. Vitaphone Release 1159A.
Dir: Jean Negulesco
BW- 11 mins,
4:00 AM
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN ( 1981)
A traveling salesman's music-inspired dreams lead to tragedy.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Steve Martin , Bernadette Peters , Christopher Walken .
C- 108 mins, CC,
6:00 AM
SPITFIRE ( 1934)
A backwoods faith healer falls for a married man from the big city.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Robert Young , Ralph Bellamy .
BW- 86 mins, CC,
7:30 AM
BREAK OF HEARTS ( 1935)
An unknown composer tries to save the conductor she loves from his drinking problem.
Dir: Philip Moeller Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Charles Boyer , John Beal .
BW- 78 mins, CC,
9:00 AM
UNDERCURRENT ( 1946)
A sheltered woman realizes that either her husband or his mysterious brother is a psychopath.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Robert Taylor , Robert Mitchum .
BW- 116 mins, CC,
11:00 AM
KEEPER OF THE FLAME ( 1943)
A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn , Richard Whorf .
BW- 101 mins, CC,
12:45 PM
SYLVIA SCARLETT ( 1935)
A female con artist masquerades as a boy to escape the police.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , Brian Aherne .
BW- 95 mins, CC,
2:30 PM
ALICE ADAMS ( 1935)
A small-town girl with social ambitions falls in love with a local playboy.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Katharine Hepburn , Fred MacMurray , Fred Stone .
BW- 99 mins, CC,
4:15 PM
PAT AND MIKE ( 1952)
Romance blooms between a female athlete and her manager.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn , Aldo Ray .
BW- 95 mins, CC,
6:00 PM
WOMAN OF THE YEAR ( 1942)
Opposites distract when a sophisticated political columnist falls for a sportswriter.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn , Fay Bainter .
BW- 114 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: WONDER WOMEN
8:00 PM
MIRACLE WORKER, THE ( 1962)
True story of the determined teacher who helped Helen Keller overcome deafness and blindness to learn to communicate.
Dir: Arthur Penn Cast: Anne Bancroft , Patty Duke , Victor Jory .
BW- 107 mins, CC,
10:00 PM
WORLD APART, A ( 1988)
A white girl in South Africa experiences Apartheid through the eyes of her activist mother and black housekeeper.
Dir: Chris Menges Cast: Barbara Hershey , Jodhi May , Jeroen Krabbe .
C- 113 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:00 AM
BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST ( 1941)
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Felix Bressart .
C- 99 mins, CC,
2:00 AM
MARIE: A TRUE STORY ( 1985)
A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
Dir: Roger Donaldson Cast: Sissy Spacek , Jeff Daniels , Keith Szarabajka .
C- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM
ANGEL AT MY TABLE, AN ( 1990)
An account of the dramatic childhood and early adulthood of New Zealand writer Janet Frame.
Dir: Jane Campion Cast: Kerry Fox , Alexia Keogh , Karen Fergusson .
C- 158 mins, CC,