TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 6: Produced by Alan Ladd Jr.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
1:15 AM
THESE GLAMOUR GIRLS ( 1939)
A drunken college boy invites a taxi dancer to spend the weekend at his snobbish school.
Dir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Lew Ayres , Lana Turner , Tom Brown .
BW- 79 mins, CC,
2:45 AM
ZIEGFELD GIRL ( 1941)
Three showgirls in the Ziegfeld Follies face romantic trials on their way to the top.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: James Stewart , Judy Garland , Hedy Lamarr .
BW- 133 mins, CC,
5:15 AM
HONKY TONK ( 1941)
A young girl falls for a western gambler.
Dir: Jack Conway Cast: Clark Gable , Lana Turner , Frank Morgan .
BW- 105 mins, CC,
7:15 AM
DRAMATIC SCHOOL ( 1938)
A young actress struggles to make a hit on stage and in married life.
Dir: Robert B. Sinclair Cast: Luise Rainer , Paulette Goddard , Alan Marshall .
BW- 80 mins,
8:45 AM
ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO, THE ( 1938)
Classic biography of the Italian explorer and his journeys to China.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Gary Cooper , Sigrid Gurie , Basil Rathbone .
BW- 104 mins,
10:45 AM
GREAT GARRICK, THE ( 1937)
French actors set out to deflate the ego of legendary stage star David Garrick.
Dir: James Whale Cast: Brian Aherne , Olivia De Havilland , Edward Everett Horton .
BW- 89 mins, CC,
12:30 PM
RICH MAN, POOR GIRL ( 1938)
A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
Dir: Reinhold Schunzel Cast: Robert Young , Lew Ayres , Ruth Hussey .
BW- 72 mins, CC,
1:45 PM
CALLING DR. KILDARE ( 1939)
A young doctor treats a gangster and falls for the man's kid sister.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Lew Ayres , Lionel Barrymore , Laraine Day .
BW- 86 mins, CC,
3:15 PM
DIRTY DOZEN, THE ( 1967)
A renegade officer trains a group of misfits for a crucial mission behind enemy lines.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Lee Marvin , Ernest Borgnine , Charles Bronson .
C- 150 mins, CC,
6:00 PM
MARTY ( 1955)
A lonely butcher finds love despite the opposition of his friends and family.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Ernest Borgnine , Betsy Blair , Esther Minciotti .
BW- 94 mins, CC,
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PRODUCED BY ALAN LADD JR.
8:00 PM
IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE STORY: CONVERSATIONS WITH ALAN LADD, JR. ( 2016)
Alan Ladd Jr. discusses the films he made during his career in this documentary.
C- 49 mins, CC,
9:00 PM
RIGHT STUFF, THE ( 1983)
The first astronauts fight for their place in space.
Dir: Philip Kaufman Cast: Sam Shepard , Ed Harris , Scott Glenn .
C- 193 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
12:30 AM
CHARIOTS OF FIRE ( 1981)
Committed long-distance runners strive for the 1924 Olympics.
Dir: Hugh Hudson Cast: Ben Cross , Ian Charleson , Alice Krige .
C- 124 mins, CC,
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2:45 AM
IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE STORY: CONVERSATIONS WITH ALAN LADD, JR. ( 2016)
Alan Ladd Jr. discusses the films he made during his career in this documentary.
C- 50 mins,
4:00 AM
WALKING STICK, THE ( 1970)
A beautiful polio victim is seduced into helping with a robbery.
Dir: Eric Till Cast: David Hemmings , Samantha Eggar , Emlyn Williams .
C- 101 mins, CC, Letterbox Format