TCM Schedule for Wednesday, May 13: Asian Americans in Classic Hollywood

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

12:00 AM
BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST ( 1941)
True-life story of Edna Gladney, who fought for orphans' rights in Texas.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Felix Bressart .
C- 99 mins, CC,

2:00 AM
MARIE: A TRUE STORY ( 1985)
A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
Dir: Roger Donaldson Cast: Sissy Spacek , Jeff Daniels , Keith Szarabajka .
C- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



4:00 AM
ANGEL AT MY TABLE, AN ( 1990)
An account of the dramatic childhood and early adulthood of New Zealand writer Janet Frame.
Dir: Jane Campion Cast: Kerry Fox , Alexia Keogh , Karen Fergusson .
C- 158 mins, CC,

6:44 AM
ANGEL OF MERCY ( 1939)
This short film details the life of Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross.
Dir: Edward L. Cahn Cast: Sara Haden , Barbara Bedford , Barry Norton .
BW- 10 mins,

7:00 AM
DEVOTION ( 1946)
The Bronte sisters and their brother fight personal demons to realize their artistic ambitions.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt Cast: Ida Lupino , Paul Henreid , Olivia De Havilland .
BW- 106 mins, CC,

9:00 AM
BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET, THE ( 1957)
Poet Elizabeth Barrett defies her tyrannical father for the love of Robert Browning.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Jennifer Jones , John Gielgud , Bill Travers .
C- 105 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

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10:47 AM
TRIFLES THAT WIN WARS ( 1943)
This short film looks at how a number of inventions made a major contribution to the U.S. war effort.
Dir: Harold Daniels Cast: Roger Moore , Bert Stevens , Margaret Bert .
BW- 11 mins,

11:00 AM
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, THE ( 1959)
A young girl comes of age while hiding from the Nazis.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Millie Perkins , Joseph Schildkraut , Shelley Winters .
BW- 180 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

2:15 PM
DINNER AT EIGHT ( 1933)
A high-society dinner party masks a hotbed of scandal and intrigue.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Marie Dressler , John Barrymore , Wallace Beery .
BW- 111 mins, CC,



4:15 PM
SARATOGA TRUNK ( 1945)
A woman with a past returns to 19th-century New Orleans for revenge.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Gary Cooper , Ingrid Bergman , Flora Robson .
BW- 135 mins, CC,

6:32 PM
OLD NEW ORLEANS ( 1940)
This short film gives the viewer a tour of New Orleans, Louisiana.
C- 9 mins,

6:45 PM
EXPERT, THE ( 1932)
An elderly man complicates his married son's life when he moves in.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: Charles "Chic" Sale , Dickie Moore , Lois Wilson .
BW- 67 mins, CC,

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ASIAN AMERICANS IN CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD

8:00 PM
CRIMSON KIMONO, THE ( 1959)
Two detectives clash over the hunt for a stripper's killer in Los Angeles' Japanese district.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Victoria Shaw , Glenn Corbett , James Shigeta .
BW- 81 mins, CC,

9:30 PM
HOUSE OF BAMBOO ( 1955)
An Army investigator infiltrates a Tokyo crime syndicate to solve a colleague's murder.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Robert Ryan , Robert Stack , Shirley Yamaguchi .
C- 103 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



11:30 PM
LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING ( 1955)
A Eurasian doctor in Hong Kong falls in love with a war correspondent.
Dir: Henry King Cast: William Holden , Jennifer Jones , Torin Thatcher .
C- 102 mins, CC, Letterbox Format



1:30 AM
SONG OF INDIA ( 1949)
A jungle prince stands against a maharajah's plan to capture and sell wild animals.
Dir: Albert S. Rogell Cast: Sabu , Gail Russell , Turhan Bey .
BW- 77 mins, CC,

3:00 AM
STEEL HELMET, THE ( 1951)
Americans trapped behind enemy lines fight off Communists during the Korean War.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Robert Hutton , Steve Brodie , James Edwards .
BW- 84 mins, CC,

4:30 AM
ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS ( 1940)
An exploration into the domestic and political life of this past president.
Dir: John Cromwell Cast: Raymond Massey , Gene Lockhart , Ruth Gordon .
BW- 110 mins, CC,