TCM Schedule for Tuesday, April 4: Studio Contract Players: Rogers, Blondell, Francis
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Tuesdays and Wednesdays in April are devoted entirely to studio contract players at Warner Brothers. Tonight that'll mean a roster of movies featuring Ginger Rogers, Joan Blondell, and Kay Francis. 
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
12:45 AM Anthony Adverse (1936)
An orphan runs off to a life of adventure, then returns to France in search of the girl he left behind.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Fredric March, Olivia De Havilland, Donald Woods
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:15 AM Marked Woman (1937)
A crusading DA fights to get a nightclub hostess to testify against her gangster boss.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:00 AM Cain and Mabel (1936)
The publicity romance between a prizefighter and a showgirl turns into the real thing.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:30 AM The Great Divide (1929)
A businessman masquerades as a bandit to kidnap a flapper and end her reckless days.
Dir: Reginald Barker Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Ian Keith, Myrna Loy
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:45 AM The Truth About Youth (1930)
A gold digging cabaret singer is unaware that her latest love is penniless.
Dir: William Seiter Cast: Loretta Young, David Manners, Conway Tearle
Runtime: 67 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:00 AM My Past (1931)
A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone, Ben Lyon
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:15 AM The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Detective Sam Spade investigates the theft of a priceless statue.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:45 AM Madame Du Barry (1934)
True story of the legendary courtesan who was mistress to France's King Louis XV.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory
Runtime: 79 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N
1:15 PM In Caliente (1935)
At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Dolores Del Rio, Pat O'Brien, Leo Carrillo
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
2:45 PM Love Is a Racket (1932)
A beautiful girl convinces a reporter to cover up her involvement in a murder.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 PM Murder in the Clouds (1934)
A hotshot pilot takes on enemy agents to fly a scientist and his new explosive to Washington.
Dir: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Lyle Talbot, Ann Dvorak, Gordon Westcott
Runtime: 61 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: N
5:15 PM Smart Blonde (1936)
An ambitious reporter forces her policeman boyfriend to let her help with a murder case.
Dir: Frank McDonald Cast: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Winifred Shaw
Runtime: 59 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:30 PM Little Big Shot (1935)
Small-time hoods turn nursemaid when a gangster's daughter is orphaned.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Sybil Jason, Glenda Farrell, Robert Armstrong
Runtime: 78 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STUDIO CONTRACT PLAYERS: GINGER ROGERS, JOAN BLONDELL, AND KAY FRANCIS
8:00 PM 42nd Street (1933)
When revered Broadway director Julian Marsh falls on hard times with both his health and his finances, he helms an ambitious musical as a final production before his retirement. His lead actress, Dorothy Brock, is torn between two loves, the show's wealthy backer, Abner Dillon, and the earnest but penniless actor Pat Denning.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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10:00 PM Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:45 PM Footlight Parade (1933)
A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 AM Three on a Match (1932)
A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Virginia Davis, Joan Blondell, Dawn O'Day
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 AM Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot, Glenda Farrell
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:30 AM I Found Stella Parish (1935)
An actress stops at nothing to protect her daughter from her shady past.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y