TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 2: Royal Treatments: British Royalty, Part I
What a schedule! The daytime theme is Clowning Around, only it's not all laughs, and nighttime is all about the royals, who are . . . complicated. Just watch your back AND your neck.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
12:15 AM
Cinderella Liberty (1973)
1h 57m | Drama | TV-14
An earnest sailor, held over temporarily in a port city, falls for a pool shark/sex worker and becomes a surrogate dad to her mixed-race son.
Director
Mark Rydell
Cast
Marsha Mason, Bruno Kirby, Clayton Corzatte
2:30 AM
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
1h 52m | Comedy | TV-MA
Freebie and the Bean are San Francisco police partners who are doing everything in their power to put a mobster away.
Director
Richard Rush
Cast
Alan Arkin, James Caan, Loretta Swit
4:30 AM
Slither (1973)
1h 36m | Comedy | TV-14
An ex-con and his misfit team search the underbelly of American life for a cache of embezzled loot.
Director
Howard Zieff
Cast
James Caan, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco
6:15 AM
Scaramouche (1923)
2h 11m | Silent | TV-G
A French rebel masquerades as a clown so that he can avenge his friend's murder.
Director
Rex Ingram
Cast
Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro
8:30 AM
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
1h 16m | Silent | TV-G
In this silent film, a scientist flees his tragic past to become a circus clown.
Director
Victor Seastrom
Cast
Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert
9:45 AM
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
1h 13m | Silent | TV-PG
A circus clown falls for a young innocent in love with another.
Director
Herbert Brenon
Cast
Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young
11:15 AM
Merry Andrew (1958)
1h 43m | Musical | TV-G
An archaeologist's search for Roman treasure gets him mixed up with a circus troupe.
Director
Michael Kidd
Cast
Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Baccaloni
1:15 PM
Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
1h 56m | Comedy | TV-PG
A vaudeville clown neglects his family while fighting for stardom.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Cast
Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman
3:15 PM
Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un clown (1946)
Short
This short film looks at the daily routine of a music hall clown.
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast
Monique Bonnot, Henri Cassel, Jean-Pierre Melville
3:45 PM
The Clown (1953)
1h 32m | Drama | TV-G
In this remake of The Champ, a drunken clown tries to make a comeback so he can keep his son.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast
Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine
5:30 PM
Limelight (1952)
2h 18m | Romance | TV-G
A broken-down comic sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time.
Director
Charles Chaplin
Cast
Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: ROYAL TREATMENTS: BRITISH ROYALTY, PART I
8:00 PM
The Lion in Winter (1968)
2h 14m | Drama | TV-14
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine celebrate Christmas together and battle for control of the throne.
Director
Anthony Harvey
Cast
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow, Anthony Hopkins, Timothy Dalton
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10:30 PM
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
2h 26m | Drama | TV-14
Henry VIII divorces his wife, Catherine of Aragon, to marry Anne Boleyn, with tragic results.
Director
Charles Jarrott
Cast
Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas
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1:15 AM
Lady Jane (1986)
2h 22m | Biography
After the death in 1553 of Edward VI, a faction pushes into power his second cousin Lady Jane Grey.
Director
Trevor Nunn
Cast
Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Patrick Stewart
3:45 AM
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
1h 33m | Drama | TV-PG
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages.
Director
Alexander Korda
Cast
Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie
5:30 AM
Mary of Scotland (1936)
2h 3m | Romance | TV-G
Biography of the flighty Scottish queen who was brought down by love.
Director
John Ford
Cast
Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge
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