TCM Schedule for Wednesday, April 5: Studio Contract Players: Robinson, Muni, Brent
1:45 AM Three on a Match (1932)
A woman's childhood friends try to rescue her from gangsters.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Virginia Davis, Joan Blondell, Dawn O'Day
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
3:00 AM Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot, Glenda Farrell
Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:30 AM I Found Stella Parish (1935)
An actress stops at nothing to protect her daughter from her shady past.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas
Runtime: 84 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:00 AM When a Man Loves (1927)
In this silent film, a French adventurer fights to save a young innocent forced into a life of prostitution.
Dir: Alan Crosland Cast: John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Warner Oland
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Silent Rating: TV-PG CC: N
8:00 AM Svengali (1931)
A hypnotist falls in love with a girl using his powers to turn her into a great singer.
Dir: Archie Mayo Cast: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp
Runtime: 76 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-G CC: N
9:30 AM You Said a Mouthful (1932)
To sell his unsinkable bathing suit, an inventor passes himself off as a championship swimmer.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston S. Foster
Runtime: 75 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:00 AM Elmer the Great (1933)
A country hick bats his way to baseball stardom.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh
Runtime: 74 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
12:30 PM Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Jean Muir
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: N
2:30 PM The Great O'Malley (1937)
A ruthless cop gets mixed up with a man who's only turned to crime to help his crippled daughter.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Pat O'Brien, Sybil Jason, Humphrey Bogart
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
4:00 PM Flirtation Walk (1934)
A West Point cadet falls for his commanding officer's daughter.
Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
6:00 PM Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
A socialite is bamboozled into producing a stage show in her home.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: STUDIO CONTRACT PLAYERS: EDWARD G. ROBINSON, PAUL MUNI, AND GEORGE BRENT
8:00 PM The Sea Wolf (1941)
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
9:45 PM Brother Orchid (1940)
After a failed hit, a mob chief recuperates in a monastery.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
11:30 PM The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
The famed writer risks his reputation to defend a Jewish army officer accused of treason.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni, Joseph Schildkraut, Gale Sondergaard
Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:45 AM The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
True story of the French scientist's battle to establish modern medical methods.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:30 AM So Big (1932)
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Dir: William A. Wellman Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y
5:00 AM From Headquarters (1933)
A police lieutenant uses scientific methods to solve a decadent playboy's murder.
Dir: William Dieterle Cast: George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette
Runtime: 64 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y