TCM Schedule for Wednesday, October 27: Produced by Carl Laemmle

Daytime's devoted to a birthday tribute to actor Jack Carson. Tonight's devoted to producer Carl Laemmle and his story, which goes beyond moviemaking.

The roster includes some Halloween-appropriate films, and longtime Classic Films Group members should note that there's also a Robert Montgomery sighting!

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

12:45 AM
The Sun's Burial (1960)
1h 27m | Drama
Juvenile delinquent young girls fall prey to ruthless gangs who control prostitution.
Director
Nagisa Oshima
Cast
Masahiko Tsugawa, Kayoko Hanoo, Isao Sasaki

2:30 AM
The Insect Woman (1963)
2h 3m | Drama | TV-14
A woman who's suffered much in her life forges valiantly to survive.
Director
Shohei Imamura
Cast
Sachiko Hidari, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Nagato

4:45 AM
The Face of Another (1966)
2h 1m | Drama | TV-MA
After a fire scars him, a businessman tries to build a new life behind a mask.
Director
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyo, Kyoko Kishida

7:00 AM
This Marriage Business (1938)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
A reporter turns a small-town clerk into a hero then falls for his daughter.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Cast
Victor Moore, Allan Lane, Vicki Lester

8:15 AM
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
1h 1m | Comedy | TV-G
A true to life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
Director
Lew Landers
Cast
Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle

9:30 AM
The Hard Way (1942)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-G
An ambitious woman doesn't care who she hurts in her drive to make her sister a star.
Director
Vincent Sherman
Cast
Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie

11:30 AM
Two Guys from Texas (1948)
1h 26m | Musical | TV-G
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.
Director
David Butler
Cast
Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone

1:00 PM
April Showers (1948)
1h 34m | Musical | TV-G
A family vaudeville act is torn apart by the father's drinking problem.
Director
James V. Kern
Cast
Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda

2:45 PM
High Flyers (1938)
1h 10m | Comedy | TV-G
Two men pose as flyers and get mixed up with jewel smugglers.
Director
Edward Cline
Cast
Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Lupe Velez

4:00 PM
Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
1h 52m | Musical | TV-G
Song-filled look behind the scenes of vaudeville, based on the lives of Nora Bayes and Jac...
Director
David Butler
Cast
Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson

6:00 PM
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
10m | Short | TV-G
Joe McDoakes learns what a bumpy road it can be to become an Hollywood star.
Director
Richard Bare
Cast
George O'Hanlon, Jane Harker, Art Gilmore

6:15 PM
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
1h 29m | Comedy | TV-G
A quarrelsome couple discovers their marriage isn't legal.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: PRODUCED BY CARL LAEMMLE

8:00 PM
Carl Laemmle (2019)
1h 31m | Documentary
A documentary about the man who founded Universal Pictures and saved over 300 refugee families.
Director
James L. Freedman
Cast
James L. Freedman, Bob Balaban, Peter Bogdanovich

9:45 PM
Dracula (1931)
1h 14m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-14
The legendary bloodsucker stakes his claim on a British estate in search of new blood.
Director
Tod Browning
Cast
Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners



11:15 PM
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
2h 20m | War | TV-PG
Young German soldiers try to adjust to the horrors of World War I.
Director
Lewis Milestone
Cast
Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray

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1:45 AM
Carl Laemmle (2019)
Documentary
A documentary about the man who founded Universal Pictures and saved over 300 refugee families.
Director
James L. Freedman
Cast
James L. Freedman, Bob Balaban, Peter Bogdanovich

3:30 AM
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
1h 34m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, a hideously deformed man haunts the sewers beneath the Paris Opera.
Director
Rupert Julian
Cast
Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry

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5:00 AM
Frankenstein (1931)
1h 11m | Horror/Science-Fiction | TV-PG
A crazed scientist creates a living being from body parts, not realizing it has a madman's brain.
Director
James Whale
Cast
Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles