TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 5: The Studio System

On Tuesdays in January TCM will shine a spotlight on the studio system.



Tuesday, January 5, 2021


12:15 AM
Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019)
Documentary
How Britain's wartime leader and its only ever movie mogul changed the course of history. ...
Director: John Fleet
Cast: Dilly Barlow, Charles Barr, Ian Beyts

1:30 AM
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
2h 8m | Romance, Drama | TV-G
Naval hero Lord Nelson defies convention to court a married woman of common birth.
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray

3:45 AM
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
1h 16m | War | TV-PG
British people of every class band together to repel the German Blitz.
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez

5:15 AM
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
1h 35m | Adventure | TV-G
A British aristocrat's effete facade masks a swashbuckling hero rescuing victims of the Fr...
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey



7:00 AM
Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
1h 19m | Comedy | TV-G
To avoid marriage, a nobleman schemes to marry off the eligible women on his family's list...
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Maurice Evans, Roland Young, John Loder

8:30 AM
MGM Parade Show #8 (1955)
25m | Documentary | TV-G
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant perform in a clip from The Philadelphia Story. George Mur...
Director: No Director Available
Cast: No Cast Information Available.

9:00 AM
His Girl Friday (1940)
1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G
Walter Burns is a conniving but irresistible newspaper publisher desperate to woo back the...
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

10:45 AM
Gilda (1946)
1h 50m | Romance | TV-PG
When Johnny Farrell, a callous young gambler new to the Argentine, is held up in a dark al...
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready

12:45 PM
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
1h 55m | Comedy | TV-G
When he inherits a fortune, a small-town poet has to deal with the corruption of city life...
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft

3:00 PM
It Should Happen to You (1954)
1h 26m | Comedy | TV-G
Amateur documentary filmmaker Pete Sheppard meets a despondent Gladys Glover in New York C...
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon

4:45 PM
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
2h 41m | Epic | TV-PG
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Director: David Lean
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

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8:00 PM
Dark Victory (1939)
1h 46m | Romance | TV-PG
Judith Traherne is a rich heiress, but despite a life of parties she takes little pleasure...
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart

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10:00 PM
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
1h 40m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless sta...
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

12:00 AM
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
1h 42m | Adventure | TV-G
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Pri...
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone



2:00 AM
White Heat (1949)
1h 54m | Crime | TV-PG
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'brien

4:15 AM
The Sea Wolf (1941)
1h 40m | Adventure | TV-PG
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield