TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 3: Marion Davies

Happy New Year, DU Classic Films Group! Today we have the full TCM Birthday Tribute to Ray Milland, followed by some rarely screened films featuring Star of the Month Marion Davies.

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

1:00 AM A Child Is Waiting (1963)
An emotionally fragile woman takes a job teaching mentally handicapped children.
Dir: John Cassavetes Cast: Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


3:00 AM Pressure Point (1962)
A black psychiatrist tries to help a racist convict deal with his mental demons.
Dir: Hubert Cornfield Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


4:45 AM Alex in Wonderland (1970)
A hot young film director can't decide on his next project.
Dir: Paul Mazursky Cast: Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Meg Mazursky
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: N


6:45 AM Wise Girl (1937)
A rich girl plays poor to win over a Greenwich Village artist.
Dir: Leigh Jason Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 AM Payment Deferred (1932)
A milquetoast kills for money and finds it a hard habit to break.
Dir: Lothar Mendes Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dorothy Peterson
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N


9:30 AM Night into Morning (1951)
After a fire kills his family, a college professor sinks into alcoholism.
Dir: Fletcher Markle Cast: Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Reagan
Runtime: 86 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:00 AM Close to My Heart (1951)
A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child.
Dir: William Keighley Cast: Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:45 PM Blonde Crazy (1931)
A con man bellhop and his chambermaid girlfriend set out to fleece hotel guests.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:15 PM The Safecracker (1958)
A reformed burglar calls on his criminal skills to aid the war effort.
Dir: Ray Milland Cast: Colin Tapley, Ray Milland, Clive Morton
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:00 PM A Life of Her Own (1950)
An innocent small-town girl climbs to the top of the modeling business man by man.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Lana Turner, Ray Milland, Tom Ewell
Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



6:00 PM Dial M for Murder (1954)
A straying husband frames his wife for the murder of the man he'd hired to kill her.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y



WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STAR OF THE MONTH: MARION DAVIES

8:00 PM The Bride's Play (1921)
An Irish lass is torn between the poet who seduced her and the nobleman who truly loves her.
Dir: George W. Terwilliger Cast: Marion Davies, Jack O'Brien, Frank Shannon
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N



9:30 PM Beauty's Worth (1922)
An unsophisticated girl turns the tables on two snobs who try to embarrass her.
Dir: Robert G. Vignola Cast: Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, June Elvidge
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N



11:00 PM When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
Mary Tudor, sister of England's Henry VIII, causes a stir by falling in love with a guardsman below her class.
Dir: Robert G. Vignola Cast: Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Lyn Harding
Runtime: 135 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N



1:15 AM Little Old New York (1923)
An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.
Dir: Sidney Olcott Cast: Marion Davies, Stephen Carr, J. M. Kerrigan
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-PG CC: N



3:15 AM Beverly of Graustark (1926)
Beverly Calhoun of New Jersey accompanies her cousin Oscar to claim the throne of the tiny kingdom of Graustark. When Oscar has a skiing accident, Beverly takes his place as Prince Oscar.
Dir: Sidney Franklin Cast: Marion Davies, Antonio Moreno, Creighton Hale
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N



4:45 AM The Red Mill (1926)
A barmaid sets out to win the heart of a handsome hero.
Dir: William Goodrich Cast: Marion Davies, Owen Moore, Louise Fazenda
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-G CC: N