TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 19: The Studio System

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

12:00 am
Say Amen, Somebody - The Good News Musical (1982)
1h 40m | Documentary | TV-G
The lives and music of early gospel artists are documented. Performers who are highlighted...
Director: George T Nierenberg
Cast: Rhodessa Barrett Porter, Edgar O'Neal, Zella Jacks...

2:00 am
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
1h 24m | Documentary | TV-PG
An incredible collection of classic live performances, "Jazz on a Summer's Day" captures L...
Director: Bert Stern
Cast: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan

3:30 am
No Maps on My Taps (1978)
58m | Dance | TV-G
The indigenous American art of jazz tap dancing is explored in this documentary. Using rar...
Director: George T Nierenberg
Cast: Sandman Sims, Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green



4:45 am
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1969)
31m | Documentary | TV-PG
The legendary Texas bluesman reveals his inspirations.
Director: Les Blank
Cast: No Cast Information Available.

5:30 am
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
58m | Documentary | TV-PG
After years of segregation, the University of Alabama becomes the last U.S. college to ope...
Director: Robert Drew
Cast: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F ...

6:45 am
Broadway Babies (1929)
1h 26m | Drama | TV-G
A chorus girl can't choose between a party animal and her stage manager.
Director: Mervyn Leroy
Cast: Alice White, Charles Delaney, Fred Kohler

8:15 am
Showgirl in Hollywood (1930)
1h 20m | Comedy | TV-G
A Broadway songbird goes to Hollywood in search of screen stardom.
Director: Mervyn Leroy
Cast: Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet

9:45 am
Employee's Entrance (1933)
1h 15m | Drama | TV-G
An unscrupulous department store manager stops at nothing to get what he wants. ...
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford



11:15 am
National Velvet (1944)
2h 5m | Drama | TV-G
A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase....
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor

1:30 pm
Red Dust (1932)
1h 19m | Romance | TV-G
A plantation overseer in Indochina is torn between a married woman and a lady of the eveni...
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond

3:00 pm
The Women (1939)
2h 12m | Comedy | TV-PG
Catty New York socialites gossip about a friend and her husband's girlfriend.
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell

6:00 pm
Camille (1937)
1h 48m | Romance | TV-PG
In this classic 19th-century romance, a kept woman runs off with a young admirer in search...
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: THE STUDIO SYSTEM

8:00 pm
Smilin' Through (1932)
1h 37m | Romance | TV-G
A young woman falls in love with the son of an old family enemy.
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard

10:00 pm
Adam's Rib (1949)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
A happily married middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as tri...
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday



12:00 am
Summer Stock (1950)
1h 49m | Musical | TV-G
A farmer gets sucked into show business when a theatrical troupe invades her farm. ...
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken



2:00 am
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-PG
A frustrated wife seduces a drifter into murdering her husband.
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway

4:00 am
Love Crazy (1941)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-PG
A businessman concocts a series of harebrained schemes to keep his wife from divorcing him...
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick