TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 2: Twins/Star of the Month: Bela Lugosi

[CBHagman]

Welcome to October! Double the fun and suspense in daytime, plenty of spine-tingling cinema with Bela Lugosi at night.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

12:45 AM Mrs. Brown (1997)
Queen Victoria risks scandal because of her loyalty to a Scottish groundskeeper who saved her life.
Dir: John Madden Cast: Judi Dench, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly
Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-MA CC: N


2:45 AM Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes a royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:00 AM Marie Antoinette (1938)
The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.
Dir: W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore
Runtime: 157 mins Genre: Biography Rating: TV-G CC: Y


7:45 AM Fiesta (1947)
A Mexican beauty replaces her toreador brother in the bull ring so he can pursue his musical career.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

9:30 AM Twice Blessed (1945)
Twin sisters set a parent trap to reunite their divorced mother and father.
Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Lee Wilde
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

11:00 AM Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
Andy Hardy's college career is threatened by his attraction to three coeds - two of whom are identical twins - in this light-hearted family comedy.
Dir: George B. Seitz Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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1:00 PM The Guilty (1947)
Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead.
Dir: John Reinhardt Cast: Bonita Granville, Don Castle, Regis Toomey
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

2:15 PM Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
Two mismatched sets of identical twins mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.
Dir: Bud Yorkin Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:00 PM Dead Ringer (1964)
One of a pair of twins, jealous that the other became wealthy and took away her husband, kills her sister and takes over the latter's identity.
Dir: Paul Henreid Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

6:00 PM The Woman in White (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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

8:00 PM Dracula (1931)
The legendary bloodsucker stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

9:30 PM Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
A mad doctor tries to mix human and gorilla blood with deadly results.
Dir: Robert Florey Cast: Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Waycoff
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

11:00 PM Island of Lost Souls (1932)
On a remote island, a mad scientist turns wild animals into human monsters.
Dir: Erle C. Kenton Cast: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

12:15 AM The Black Cat (1934)
A Satanist faces off with the vengeful man whose wife and daughter he has stolen.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

1:30 AM The Wolf Man (1941)
A British nobleman undergoes a startling transformation when he's bitten by a gypsy werewolf.
Dir: George Waggner Cast: Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

3:00 AM The Devil-Doll (1936)
A Devil's Island escapee shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
Dir: Tod Browning Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

4:30 AM The Walking Dead (1936)
A framed man comes back from the dead to seek revenge.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

[Auggie]

1. Island of Lost Souls (1932): IMO the best adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel

Worth the watch for the performance of Charles Laughton. Dated, of course. But the oppression and pain still ring true.