TCM Schedule for Tuesday, September 12: Revenge

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The daytime schedule theme is not the one in the newsletter, but it seems to be some sort of stardom/assumed identity thing.

Tonight's theme is straightforward: Revenge.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

1:45 AM The Milky Way (1936)
A mild-mannered milkman stumbles onto a career in the boxing ring.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale
Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


3:30 AM Love Affair (1939)
Near-tragic misunderstandings threaten a shipboard romance.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

5:00 AM Hollywood Without Make-Up (1966)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
Dir: Rudy Behlmer Cast: Ken Murray
Runtime: 50 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM Hollywood My Hometown (1965)
In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
Dir: William Martin Cast: Ken Murray
Runtime: 52 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:00 AM Free and Easy (1930)
A bumbling manager turns a beauty queen into a Hollywood star.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Trixie Friganza
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

8:45 AM Make Me a Star (1932)
A grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
Dir: William Beaudine Cast: Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, Zasu Pitts
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:15 AM It's a Great Feeling (1949)
When nobody at Warner Bros. will work with him, movie star Jack Carson decides to turn an unknown into his co-star.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:45 AM Thousands Cheer (1943)
An egotistical acrobat joins the Army and falls in love with his commander's daughter.
Dir: George Sidney Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Mary Astor
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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2:00 PM Hollywood Canteen (1944)
A serviceman and a starlet find love at the star-staffed serviceman's center.
Dir: Delmer Daves Cast: Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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4:15 PM Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
A runaway prince in disguise takes up with a taxi driver.
Dir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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6:00 PM Without Reservations (1946)
A woman writer falls for a war hero who's a perfect match for the hero of her latest novel.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don DeFore
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: REVENGE

8:00 PM Winchester '73 (1950)
A man combs the West in search of his stolen rifle.
Dir: Anthony Mann Cast: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

10:00 PM Act of Violence (1949)
An embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
Dir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

11:30 PM Point Blank (1967)
A professional thief seeks revenge on his unfaithful wife and a fellow mobster who double-crossed him.
Dir: John Boorman Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

1:15 AM Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
Dir: Mark Robson Cast: Carol White, Paul Burke, Mala Powers
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Thriller Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


3:15 AM Black Belt Jones (1974)
Unfortunately for Pops, his karate studio is in a section of downtown that is targeted for redevelopment. The Mafia decides to buy his business, and thugs arrive to pressure him into selling, but in the process, they accidentally kill the elderly man. His heartbroken students call on kung-fu expert Black Belt Jones to help.
Dir: Robert Clouse Cast: Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

5:00 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 56 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y