TCM Schedule for Tuesday, March 23: Growing Up on Screen

First we have a birthday tribute to Joan Crawford.

Then it's time for a visit with child stars Jodie Foster and Patty McCormack (no Taxi Driver, but we do have The Bad Seed).

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

12:00 AM
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
1h 40m | Comedy | TV-G
A man mistakenly thinks he's dying of an illness, so he tries to set up his wife with another...
Director:
Norman Jewison
Cast:
Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall

2:00 AM
It Happened to Jane (1959)
1h 38m | Comedy
Widow Jane Osgood, the proprietress of a lobster restaurant supply business in Cape Anne, ...
Director:
Richard Quine, Carter DeHaven ...
Cast:
Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest

3:45 AM
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
1h 38m | Comedy | TV-PG
A married couple endures endless red tape when they try to adopt a child.
Director:
Gene Kelly
Cast:
Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young

5:30 AM
Every Girl's Dream (1966)
8m | Documentary, Short | TV-G
Nancy Bernard, the 1966 Maid of Cotton, is given a studio tour for MGM.
Director:
null
Cast:
Nancy Bernard, Ray Aghayan, Doris Day

6:00 AM
Dancing Lady (1933)
1h 22m | Musical | TV-G
A musical star is torn between a millionaire playboy and her stage manager.
Director:
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone



7:45 AM
Mannequin (1938)
1h 35m | Romance | TV-PG
A small-time crook's wife falls for a shipping magnate.
Director:
null
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis

9:30 AM
A Woman's Face (1941)
1h 45m | Drama | TV-PG
Plastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.
Director:
George Cukor
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt



11:30 AM
Susan and God (1940)
1h 55m | Comedy | TV-PG
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
Director:
George Cukor
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey

1:30 PM
Mildred Pierce (1945)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-PG
A woman's ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott

3:30 PM
Possessed (1947)
1h 48m | Drama | TV-PG
A married woman's passion for a former love drives her mad.
Director:
Curtis Bernhardt
Cast:
Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey

5:30 PM
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
2h 12m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Cast:
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: GROWING UP ON SCREEN



8:00 PM
Bugsy Malone (1976)
1h 33m | Musical
A spoof of classic gangster movies with a cast of children. The violence is limited to...
Director:
Alan Parker
Cast:
Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, Florrie Dugger

10:00 PM
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1977)
1h 34m | Horror/Science-Fiction
When people come to 13-year-old Rynn's house and ask for her father, she says he is away on...
Director:
Nicolas Gessner
Cast:
Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith

12:00 AM
Foxes (1980)
1h 46m | Drama
Victims of broken homes and uncaring parents, four teenage girls soothe their emotional wo...
Director:
Adrian Lyne
Cast:
Charles Shull, Robert Romanus, Randy Quaid



2:15 AM
The Bad Seed (1956)
2h 9m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
An eight year old girl--a quintessential psychopath--kills a schoolmate, an old woman, an ...
Director:
Mervyn Leroy
Cast:
Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croyden

4:30 AM
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
1h 47m | Adventure | TV-G
Classic Mark Twain story of a young troublemaker who tries to help a runaway slave.
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Tony Randall, Patty McCormack, Neville Brand