TCM Schedule for Wednesday, September 21: Introducing the Soundies, Part 2

The daytime theme is juicy: Women Write Crimes, and there's certainly a variety of decades and acting styles represented.

And I sure as hell hadn't realized that Bette Davis and Alec Guinness had ever worked together.

Then TCM devotes the evening and the wee hours to more soundies.

Enjoy!

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

12:00 AM
The Opposite Sex (1956)
1h 57m | Musical | TV-PG
A happily married singer lets her catty friends convince her to file for divorce.
Director
David Miller
Cast
June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray

2:15 AM
This is Joan Collins (2022)
1h 36m | Documentary
Joan Collins takes us through her life and the ups and downs of her 70-year silver screen and show biz career.
Director
Clare Beavan
Cast
Joan Collins

4:00 AM
The Squeeze (1977)
1h 46m | Crime
A thriller focusing on a kidnapping and extortion case.
Director
Michael Apted
Cast
Freddie Starr, Edward Fox, Stephen Boyd

6:00 AM
Purple Noon (1961)
1h 58m | Crime | TV-PG
A film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Director
René Clément
Cast
Alain Delon

8:00 AM
The Lodger (1927)
1h 15m | Silent | TV-PG
A family running a boarding house suspects their new tenant is Jack the Ripper.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Ivor Novello, Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault

9:45 AM
Murder She Said (1961)
1h 26m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-G
When nobody will believe she witnessed a murder, elderly sleuth Miss Marple takes a job as a maid to ferret out clues.
Director
George Pollock
Cast
Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow

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11:15 AM
The Unsuspected (1947)
1h 43m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
The producer of a radio crime series commits the perfect crime, then has to put the case on the air.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter



1:15 PM
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
1h 34m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
Nazi spies pursue a Spanish Civil War veteran in search of a priceless keepsake.
Director
Richard Wallace
Cast
John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak

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3:00 PM
The Scapegoat (1959)
1h 32m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A man is tricked into trading places with a look-alike nobleman with murderous plans.
Director
Robert Hamer
Cast
Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey



4:45 PM
Strangers on a Train (1951)
1h 36m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker

6:30 PM
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
1h 30m | Suspense/Mystery | TV-PG
A telephone operator kills in self-defense but can't remember the details of the encounter.
Director
Fritz Lang
Cast
Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: INTRODUCING THE SOUNDIES, PART 2

8:00 PM
Swing for Sale (1941)
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Director
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Cast
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8:04 PM
The Chool Song (1942)
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8:08 PM
Bli-Blip (1942)
3m
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8:12 PM
Hot Chocolate (1941)
3m
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8:16 PM
Good Nite All (1943)
3m
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Director
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8:20 PM
Jordon Jive (1944)
5m
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Director
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Cast
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8:25 PM
Reet, Petite and Gone (1947)
1h 9m | TV-G
A dying bandleader works to leave his successes to his bachelor son.
Director
William Forest Crouch
Cast
Louis Jordan, June Richmond, Milton Woods

9:35 PM
Au Reet (1943)
5m | TV-G
various famous band leaders perform featuring Jimmy Dorsey.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Jimmy Dorsey

9:40 PM
Air Mail Special (1941)
5m
Various famous band leaders perform. Featured: Count Basie.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Count Basie

9:45 PM
Doin' You Good (1945)
5m
Various famous band leaders perform. Featured: Lawrence Welk.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Lawrence Welk

9:50 PM
Dipsy Doodle (1943)
5m
Various famous band leaders perform. Featured: Larry Clinton.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Larry Clinton

9:55 PM
Jam Session (1942)
5m
Various famous band leaders perform. Featured: Duke Ellington.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Duke Ellington

10:00 PM
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
1h 38m | Musical | TV-G
God and Satan battle for the soul of a wounded gambler.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Cast
Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne

11:45 PM
Is it Love or Is it Conscription (1941)
6m | TV-G
A short film featuring a song performed by Doris Day.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
Doris Day

11:51 PM
G.I. Jive (1944)
6m
Sound and dance numbers encouraging others to join the war effort.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

11:57 PM
Love's Gonna Be Rationed (1943)
6m
Sound and dance numbers encouraging others to join the war effort.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

12:03 AM
Take It Off (1942)
6m
Sound and dance numbers encouraging others to join the war effort.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

12:09 AM
When Hitler Kicks the Bucket (1943)
6m
Sound and dance numbers encouraging others to join the war effort.
Director
No Director Available
Cast
No Cast Information Available.

12:15 AM
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
2h 4m | Musical | TV-G
A serviceman and a starlet find love at the star-staffed serviceman's center.
Director
Delmer Daves
Cast
Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown

2:20 AM
Soundies: A Musical History (2007)
Documentary | TV-PG
An exhibition of soundies, black and white films that featured many prominent artists of t...
Director
Chris Lamson
Cast
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basie, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole



3:45 AM
Thousands Cheer (1943)
2h 6m | Musical | TV-G
An egotistical acrobat joins the Army and falls in love with his commander's daughter.
Director
George Sidney
Cast
Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Mary Astor