TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 17: Star of the Month: William Powell: Peak Powell
All right, can we put the entire daytime cast into therapy here? The theme is the World of Classical Music, but these people...have issues. Watch Autumn Sonata or The Seventh Veil and you'll see what I mean.
TCM's evening schedule will be just what the therapist ordered: nothing but classic William Powell pictures. Bonus: a Robert Montgomery sighting!
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
12:00 AM Tequila Sunrise (1988)
A beautiful restaurateur becomes involved in a romantic triangle with two old friends: one a police officer, and the other an ex-drug dealer.
Dir: Robert Towne Cast: Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell
Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
2:15 AM The Moonshine War (1970)
A revenuer tries to destroy a sadistic bootlegger's still.
Dir: Richard Quine Cast: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
4:15 AM What--No Beer? (1933)
When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters.
Dir: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Rosco Ates
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:30 AM MGM Parade Show #4 (1955)
George Murphy tours Lake Metro, where "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Show Boat" were shot, and introduces a clip from "Good News." These clips feature June Allyson and Peter Lawford.
Dir: null Cast: Peter Lawford, George Murphy, June Allyson
Runtime: 25 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
6:00 AM Autumn Sonata (1978)
A concert pianist faces the daughters she's neglected for years.
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman
Runtime: 92 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: N
7:45 AM Carnegie Hall (1947)
A woman pushes her son to pursue a career as a classical pianist. Marsha Hunt, William Prince, Frank McHugh.
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Marsha Hunt, William Prince, Frank McHugh
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:15 AM Night Song (1947)
A socialite pretends to be blind to win the love of a blind concert pianist.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:00 PM The Seventh Veil (1945)
A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
Dir: Compton Bennett Cast: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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1:45 PM Humoresque (1946)
A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy neurotic.
Dir: Jean Negulesco Cast: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
4:00 PM Deception (1946)
A woman tries to protect her refugee husband from her rich and powerful ex-lover.
Dir: Irving Rapper Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
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6:00 PM Rhapsody (1954)
A wealthy socialite is torn between the classical violinist who excites her and the pianist who needs her.
Dir: Charles Vidor Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: WILLIAM POWELL: PEAK POWELL
8:00 PM My Man Godfrey (1936)
In the depths of the Depression, socialite Irene Bullock plays a party game that leads her to the city dump. She finds a derelict named Godfrey, brings him home with her, makes him her butler and eventually falls in love with his eccentric ways.
Dir: Gregory La Cava Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
10:00 PM The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The larger-than-life career of stage genius Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is aptly celebrated in this marvelous musical biography.
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer
Runtime: 180 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:15 AM The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
A detective teams with his ex-wife to solve a murder.
Dir: Stephen Roberts Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:00 AM Double Wedding (1937)
A dress designer tries to break her sister's engagement to a free-living artist, only to discover the man is falling for her instead.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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4:45 AM The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.
Dir: Richard Boleslawski Cast: Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery
Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
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